‘Neighbors evicting neighbors’: Longtime North Beach tenants fight to stay in their homes

Six North Beach households could lose the apartments they’ve called home for decades after new owners bought their building last year and soon began trying to evict them.

Faced with soaring San Francisco rental prices, the tenants say they face an uncertain future and could be forced out of the city they love if they lose their rent-controlled apartments.

Yok Lin Chui has lived in the building on Powell Street for more than 50 years after immigrating from Hong Kong in 1971. She said she uses neighborhood buses to get around and has easy access to Chinatown…

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