Correction: Harbor Island Eviction Court Date 10/14

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Press Release
From: Lynda Carson
Contact # 510/763-1085

HARBOR ISLAND EVICTIONS GO TO COURT

City of Alameda lawsuit to stop evictions meant to
dump 1,200 Harbor Island Apartment tenants out of
their housing goes to court on Thursday October 14 in
San Francisco...

Anyone that can offer support to the Harbor Island
Apartment tenants is welcome to join them in court.
They could use some support...

Help save the diversity of Alameda and stop the mass
evictions taking place these past few months! NO
TO MASS EVICTIONS!

When:
8am - Oct 14, 2004

Where:
US District Court
450 Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco

On the 19th Floor--Court Room #9

Case Number; C-04-4010

Judge William Alsup

Contact numbers for interviews of Harbor Island
Tenants;

Lorraine Lilly 510/523-3626

Regina Tillman 510/523-2311

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Eviction Calender Date;
Alameda 1,200 That Faced Eviction

From : Thursday, October 7, 2004
Alameda Sun News Paper

Harbor Island in Court Next Week (In Court On Oct 14)

By Ed Moser

The city of Alameda’s lawsuit against the owners of the Harbor Island apartments will be brought before a federal judge next Thursday in San Francisco, to decide the fate of some 150 residents still living at the complex.

The city is asking for a temporary restraining order to prevent a mass eviction of tenants at the West End apartments, which is scheduled to take place Nov. 3. City Attorney Carol Korade said the court gave this case an early hearing because of the Nov. 4 deadline.

“(The court) recognized the serious risk and urgent need to get this case heard,” Korade said. “The federal court expedited their calendar and made this a top priority.” Korade said cases aren’t typically heard so fast. “I’m amazed how fast they’ve been,” she said.

This type of lawsuit against a landlord has never been argued in front of a judge, Korade said.
The suit alleges that the evictions constitute an unfair business practice. The suit says, “150 of Alameda’s most vulnerable families face homelessness after years of paying excessive rents for substandard housing.”

Click below for full story...

http://www.alamedasun.com/local/100704local2.htm

More On The 1,200 Harbor Island Evictions

Miami Profiteers Abuse Alameda Renters : SF Bay Area Indymedia
... Activists urge everyone possible to contact Alameda City officials to demand the evictions at the Harbor Island Apartments must be stopped immediately. ...

http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/08/1692564.php

East Bay Express/Harbor Island Evictions Story

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2004-10-06/cityside.html