by Beth Eyre
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Abstract:

San Francisco’s Mission District has been a predominantly working-class Latino neighborhood since the Irish population left for the suburbs after World War II. The barrio has served as a gateway for immigrants, primarily from Central America, and also as a home to artists, students, and people with alternative lifestyles. All of these populations are now being evicted and priced out as the neighborhood becomes prime real estate for tech companies, loft housing, and upscale bars and restaurants. But Mission residents have not been willing to go without a fight.