The owners of the Lotus and Amsterdam Hotels are challenged by THC, alleging illegal use of their designated residential units for tourist rentals.
Publication: The Independent
1991
Homeless Renovate Old 6th Street Hotel
The Sunnyside Hotel and Jefferson Hotel renovation, organized by the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, were the first of their kind, using the labor of formerly homeless recipients to renovate the building.
1992
Artists Find a Home on Sixth Street
The opening of live work spaces for artists give hope to the community that the block may be at a turning point.
1994
Prop G Wages Assault on the Bureau of Building Inspection Empire
Warren Hinkle exposes the continued failure of the Bureau of Building Inspection (BBI) to protect low-income residents, the BBI’s unfair harassment of homeowners, and the impending disbandment of the BBI with the passage of Prop G.
1996
Activism? He Wrote the Book On It
Randy Shaw director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic critiques and applauds activism in San Francisco and speaks of his new book “The Activists Handbook”.
1997
Neighbors, Nonprofit Fight Over Vacant Building
A residential hotel being turned into a hostel is halted after lawsuits from Tenderloin Housing Clinic over the illegal conversion.
1998
‘Hotelization’ Restrictions OK’d by Panel
Supervisors approve legislation aimed at reducing hotelization.
1998
Debates Over Bond Measure Costs
With the impending passage of a $90 million bond measure to support the de Young Museum in 1998, tenant advocates, including THC, voiced their opposition to passing the cost of bonds on to tenants.
1998
Controversial motel owner sentenced for perjury
The owner of a Sunset District motel is accused of perjury in a suit brought by THC.
2002
Tenderloin Community Impatient With Progress by Redevelopment Agency
SF’s Redevelopment Agency is supposed to improve the state of the Tenderloin and Sixth Street. Residents and advocates feel they have done little to improve the Residential Hotels in the area, and that their complaints and issues have gone unheard.