""I'm from code enforcement," said a woman standing at the entrance to a tiny triangle of land at Cesar Chavez and Mission streets, wearing an official looking lanyard claiming DPH (Department of Public Health) and handing me a card."
""I'll be passing onto my manager what I witnessed here and if you want to send an email to her directly you can.""
""Instead of enforcing, sweeping, cleaning, criminalizing and removing, how about actively redirecting those funds and all of that work into housing these San Francisco residents?""
""Just letting you know there are discarded needles and broken glass on the property you own.""
A tiny parcel of land claimed by POOR Magazine at Cesar Chavez, Mission and Capp streets immediately drew complaints and surveillance from neighbors and officials. Code enforcement and public health representatives appeared, documenting the site and deflecting responsibility for housing solutions. Calls and emails framed houseless neighbors as problems, noting discarded needles and broken glass. An advocate and a progressive supervisor also received similar complaints. The community faces patterns of eviction, foreclosure, treaty violations, and violent removals tied to settler colonial practices, while funds and labor remain focused on cleaning and criminalization instead of housing people.
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