Residents who have lived in the building at 1120 Jackson St. for decades say they are facing eviction and other pressure to leave.
Several longtime residents of a San Francisco Chinatown building are facing eviction in what they believe is an effort to turn the units over so the new owner can charge higher rents. Now, they’re working together to fight back.
Tenants at 1120 Jackson St. on the border of Nob Hill and Chinatown, including many Chinese immigrants who have lived in the building for decades, announced Monday they are forming a union and urging their new landlord to drop the eviction cases.
Their struggle comes as rents in San Francisco are skyrocketing, largely driven by the artificial intelligence industry boom, and as evictions in the city are at the highest levels in nearly a decade…