INQUIRER.net: Fil-Am activists slam Twitter, SF officials for wave of low-income evictions

INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

Fil-Am activists slam Twitter, SF officials for wave of low-income evictions Nov 9th 2013, 00:37 SAN FRANCISCO—On the same day that Twitter went public, about 200 protesters staged a rally in front of the social media giant's corporate headquarters in downtown San Francisco to protest the increased evictions of low-income renters resulting from the new high tech boom.   The protesters, among them members of the Filipino-American nonprofit Manilatown Heritage Foundation, denounced Twitter, other tech companies and the city of San Francisco for displacing low-income, immigrant and elderly residents.   Manilatown Heritage Foundation last week declined to receive an award from San Francisco officials on the occasion of Filipino American Heritage Month to pr... Keep on reading: Fil-Am activists slam Twitter, SF officials for wave of low-income evictions Media files: twitter-1-1024x576.jpg (image/jpeg)

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