Report: Impact of Discplacement on Fillmore Residents

Fillmore Neighborhood Association

Report on Impact of Displacement on Fillmore Residents - 2011

The out-migration, displacement and gentrification of communities from San Francisco is a phenomenon that has long-lasting and multifaceted impacts on the wellbeing of

residents who were forced to move.

Economic

·         Research has shown that displaced families endure a number of economic hardships.

·         The initial costs of relocating and setting up a new household.

·         Employment rates for urban residents displaced from their neighborhoods tend to remain the same (Goetz 2002, Levy and Kaye 2004).

·         Transportation costs increase in order to commute to an old school or place of employment (Goetz 2002).

·         More nuanced impacts, such as the loss of investments made in a home or job, as well as a decreased sense of “entrepreneurial spirit,” have also been found among displaced residents (Feldman 2003).

Social

·         The social impacts of displacement for involuntarily moved families are varied, and include lower levels of interaction with neighbors (Levy 2002 – HOPE VI tracking study and Goetz 2002).

·         The destruction of myriad social support networks that existed in the original neighborhood (Fullilove 2004). Additionally, when displacement is proportionately imposed onto a particular segment of the population by public policies such as Urban Renewal.

·         Feelings of distrust and disappointment towards city government are profound and have been entrenched over time (Fullilove 2004).

 

Health

·         Research on the health impacts of displacement have shown that relocation often interrupts access to healthcare, which can result in increased rates of morbidity

·         (Goetz2002).

·         The psychological costs of displacement are also significant, and include disorientation, loneliness, and alienation that result from a loss in place identity and familiarity (Fullilove 1996).

Community

·         More nuanced investigations of displacement have revealed an experience of fragmentation.

·         This fragmentation has manifested itself politically by diluting the political power of a voter blocs.

·         Culturally - by creating an environment in which people no longer feel like they are part of the same “family,” thus enabling violence and feelings of distrust to fester within a neighborhood (Fullilove 2004).

·         While it is not possible to undo all of the costs of displacement mentioned above, it is possible and imperative to reverse the decline of population in SF both in terms of existing public housing slots, and new affordable housing units.

·         Public housing is one of the few affordable ways for low-income residents to stay in San Francisco, and it is also important to remember that the expansion and improvement of affordable housing for existing residents.

Children

·         According to survey findings among displaced families, children are less likely to play with and have friends in their new neighborhood.

·         Receive less attention from school teachers than they did in their old neighborhoods (Goetz 2002).

MINUTES, 06-08-12 - Public Safety Committee - Justice Hearing

Public Safety Committee Meeting

Justice Hearing

MINUTES – June 8, 2012

Hosted by the Fillmore Neighborhood Association

City Official Present:

 

·         Northern Police Station
·         Supervisor Olague’s Office
·         District Attorney’s Office

General Meeting Discussion and Q&A

1.00)        San Francisco Police Department – Question & Answer

2.00)        Supervisor Christina Olague’s Office – Judy B, Legislative Aide – Question & Answer

3.00)        District Attorney’s Office – Question & Answer 

1.00 San Francisco Police Department - Question & Answer

1.01 Question from Audience: You say clean the park because they are getting ready to build or they will take away the park. 

Answer - Captain Mannix of Northern Station: It is up to the community.

1.02 Audience Comment:  Park doesn’t stand for drinking.  For people who are homeless their needs to be a shelter that leads to SRO.  Young folks don’t have a clue.  It’s getting worse then we realize.  There is a serious housing problem. 

Reply – Captain Mannix:  Do you need service?  M.A.P. system is busy.  There must be a willingness of homeless to commit to 30 to 90 days in shelter.  The mini park is not there for people to drink, smoke and cut hair.  New life in the mini park. 

1.03 Audience Comment:  People need help a social support system.  What a person can look like in one week.  City must get behind local activities. 

1.04 Audience Comment:  Bring life to park.

1.05 Audience Comment:  There is no where for young people to hand out in the Fillmore. 

1.06 Audience Comment:  Engage community more, police can’t do it alone.  Meet with Mo’ MAGIC regularly. 

1.07: Skated in the Golden Gate Park in the 80’s. 

1.08 Audience Comment:  Brothers Against Guns (BAG) spoke with vice this morning.  Last Juneteenth had a big fight.  BAG was out there stopping fights.  They pulled me out there. 

1.09 Audience Comment:  Does the police have access to cameras to see what is going on throughout the City? 

SFPD Answer:  We have to wait for access to camera that is how it is set up.  Some homicides investigations deal with releasing the footage. 

1.10 Audience Comment:  SFPD don’t have control over cameras.  An agreement made with parties including the ACLU sitting personal and privacy issues. 

SFPD: Cameras capture everything and normal things, maybe an affair. 

1.11 SFPD – Lt.:  Sector foot patrols.  Golden Gate Park patrols.  Enforce rules.  Complaint driven quality of life.  Homeless outreach officers.  When you are older it is not healthy to live on street. 

1.12 SFPD – Lt.: Regular sector cars, Violence Reduction Foot beat, Housing Officers, Gang Task Force. 

1.13 Audience Comment:   There are identified services needed.  Services in housing authority location.  Mental health.  Job skills training. 

Mayor Lee Summer Jobs Plus.  Summer after school programs.  Young black adults have nothing to do in their own community.

1.14 Audience Comment:  I am a pile driver and bridge builder.  Workers are being brought in from a different county and no one can pressure the contractor. 

1.15 Audience Comment:  Ella Hill Hutch / Dwayne Jones

1.16 Audience Comment:  Public Hearing on OEWD. 

1.17 Audience Comment:  McDonalds is trying to fire staff.  Sensitivity training. 

Plumbing & Electrical Union.

2.0 Supervisor Christina Olague’s Office – Judy B, Legislative Aide

2.01 Audience Comment:  Justice.  Supervisors are a law maker.  We need to narrow down our focus, it is very difficult to handle everything. 

We are pushing community policing, beat patrols and cooperation between Northern and Park Police Station. 

Joint meetings among groups.

Frustrating.  Reports on reports.  Grand Jury Reports not being followed up.  Don’t know what is happening with status of reports. 

If Birds were dying there would be a major press release. 

2.02 Audience Comment:  There should be a committee under the Supervisor’s Office for the Western Addition.  One committee for the Western Addition. 

Judy B – (Supervisors Office):  Does the Supervisor appoint the people to the committee. 

Audience Comment:  Yes.

Judy B – (Supervisors Office):  Would rather be seen as a supporter instead of a gate-keeper. 

3.0 District Attorney’s Office Question & Answer

3.01 Wade (District Attorney’s Office):  Ran our Gang Unit. 

Legal definition

Organized group of three or more.

Common sign/or symbol

Common crime

Social versus Criminal

Robbery crew is not a gang.

Engage in prior criminal activity before the crime. 

Find out what is important to you guy’s and communicate back to my office.  

3.02 Audience Comment:  Parole now = PRCS.  New equivalent to community supervision.  Positive re-entry. 

5 Keys Charter School in prisons and work around GED / reduce chance of committing crime in future.  Neighborhood court does reduce. 

3.03 Audience Comment:  Gang Injunction.  Community was hoping more discussion.  City Attorney says people support Gang Injunction, but people were afraid to come out. 

City Attorney talks about numbers.  Data come from numbers; we need to see the numbers. 

Homicides are down, Gang Injunction takes the credit, but when goes back up it isn’t working. 

I submitted a report to the District Attorney’s Office.  I had to physically arrest a security guard.  I sent it to the D.A. and it sat for months. 

Share with us year by year, if it is working lets applaud. 

When it comes to implementing report it is not happening.  PERF report some have been implemented.  There needs to be a joint effort by C.A., D.A. and SFPD to look at report. 

Everything has been said. 

3.04 Wade (District Attorney’s Office):  S.F. Gang Injunction is different from anywhere.

3.05 Audience Comment:  Javon Helton was at a sports bar in the Marina, he was prevented to come to his area.  Three other people on list were family.

Can we claim success? 

Wade (District Attorney’s Office):  Fewer gang related activities. 

3.07 Audience Question/Comment: What is legal requirement?

Wade (District Attorney’s Office):  Evident / case specific. 

Build case description, victims. 

Stolen gun from home. 

3.08 Audience Question:  Do you get a lot of reports about missing guns?

Wade (District Attorney’s Office):  Prosecutors suspect guns are obtained from break ins or people losing their guns. 

We charge a lot of stolen gun cases when we trace them back. 

Straw buyers get a bunch from gun shows. 

A gun shop in the peninsula was broken into. 

3.09 Audience Comment:  Guns are coming here.  One phone call will produce a guy with a box of guns. 

Quarantine, prevent people from coming in with weapons. 

Wade (District Attorney’s Office):  We need cooperative witnesses.  Eye witnesses.  Circumstantial evidence. 

3.10 Audience Question:  What percent of murder cases are solved from an eye witness?

3.11 Audience Question:  Can we work with the people recently arrested for murder charges to help reduce the murders in the Fillmore.

Wade (District Attorney’s Office):  Do you mean shave off a few years for cooperating to help reduce violence.  I don’t think will work and have to consider the victim’s families.  A better approach would be to look into the people getting out.    

 

Newsletter Sent 08-22-12

Fillmore Neighborhood Association

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NEWSLETTER SENT 08-22-12

In this edition:

1) Impromptu Meet & Greet and Membership Drive - [Fillmore Neighborhood Association - This Thursday, 08-22-12 @ 6PM]
2) General Community Meeting - [Fillmore Neighborhood Association - Next Thursday, 08-27-12 @ 6PM]
3) Supervisor Christina Olague Introduces Ordinance that may Impact Displacement

 

1) Impromptu Meet & Greet and Membership Drive

Fillmore Neighborhood Association

This Thursday, August 23^rd, 2012

6:00pm – 7:00pm

West Bay Conference Center

1290 Fillmore Street (@ Eddy Street), S.F.

AGENDA
Open discussion.

2) General Community Meeting
Fillmore Neighborhood Association

Next Thursday, August 30th, 2012

6:00pm – 8:00pm

West Bay Conference Center

1290 Fillmore Street (@ Eddy Street), S.F.

AGENDA
1) Nominate yourself or someone you know for the Sept-2012 Board Election for the Fillmore Neighborhood Association.
2) General Public Comment

 

3) Supervisor Christina Olague Introduces Ordinance that may Impact Displacement

“Introduce ordinance to provide families that are relocated due to redevelopment of a public housing sites to have a right to return to the revitalized housing. Create an expressed right to return will simplify the occupancy process and make it possible for those that have been displaced from revitalized projects to return to their community. Displacement of people as a result of Redevelopment activities has had an irreparable impact on the Western Addition and San Francisco’s African American community.” (July 31, 2012)