Hastings Law News covers the opening of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, founded by Hastings Law students. The legal services highlighted in this 1980 article are still offered by THC today!
Tag: Tenderloin
1981
Proposal for First Full-Time Attorney
THC’s early success in advocating for tenant rights led founder Randy Shaw to seek funding for a full-time attorney, to increase THC’s power to defend tenants. This proposal excerpt, submitted in 1981, began THC’s first expansion of organization staffing.
1985
Did Kaussen Stash His Cash?
Kaussen’s death sends his estate scrambling to untangle his finances, leaving many in SF and abroad uncertain about the future of his debt and active lawsuits.
Trigger Warning: suicide
1985
Tenderloin Takes on Street Crime
Hundreds of residents join Tenderloin workers, and public officials for a parade to show they’re united for safer streets in the Tenderloin.
1995
TL Focuses on Crime Prevention
Advocates for the Tenderloin look further than Law Enforcement but instead Crime Prevention. Suggestions for improving the area include allowing new businesses in at a street level, and adding a school and rehab to the neighborhood.
1995
Property Owners in Tenderloin Sued
Tenants and Advocates take property owners to small claims court for allowing illegal activity at their businesses. This in an effort to make owners responsible for what happens around their businesses.
2002
Hastings Will Listen to Burton on Garage
Senate President John Burton back Housing Advocates in rejecting an 885 space parking garage with no mixed housing on site. The meaningful opposition gets Hastings to agree to negotiate a compromise.
2011
SF Tenderloin Crime Surge Linked To Drop In Police Patrols
THC’s Randy Shaw connects the drop in police patrols to the higher crime happening in the Tenderloin.
2016
Cocktails, Live Jazz Flowing at ‘Black Cat’
The much awaited Black Cat Jazz Club opens in the Tenderloin.