Catholic Church Evicts Homeless

[EFerrari]

72. You coudn't be more wrong.

My friend and dedicated housing activist Paul Boden was there with W.R.A.P.

He wouldn't be part of any bullshit. At one point, Paul was the director of the Coalition on Homelessness in San Francisco, and at that time, iirc, their offices were just across the street. And of course, they had to consider eviction as well as success. But no, they weren't just using the homeless to ding the Catholic Church. That's the kind of thing someone who doesn't know anything about this would conclude.

"Protesters say that they were occupying the space to demand rights for the homeless and a community center in which to organize.

The occupation was part of a “National Day of Action for the Right to Exist,” organized by the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) and USA-Canada Alliance of Inhabitants. According to Paul Boden, an organizer with WRAP, demonstrations in conjunction with the day of action took place in 17 cities.

“The government serves the people. If the laws stops working, and there are people who are homeless on the street and they need a place to stay, they should be able to stay there,” said Shannon Mueller, a sophomore environmental studies major at the University of San Francisco. Mueller and others from Occupy USF joined about 50 others who protested outside police lines as the arrests took place."

http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/04/02/arrests-after-overnight-san-francisco-commune-occupation