1. Gentrification of the
Mission District
By: Hiya qare

2. What is gentrification?
“The restoration of run-down urban
areas by the middle class (resulting in
the displacement of low-income
residents)”
 http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=
gentrification

3. Protest against the gentrification
of the Mission District.

4. Location of the Mission
District
 Located in east central San Francisco
 Also known as “inner mission” neighbor to Potrero
Hill
 Part of San Francisco’s supervisorial districts 6, 9,
and 10.

5. History
 Spanish missionaries during the late 18th century.
 Spanish priest Father Francisco Palou founded
Mission San Francisco de Asis on June 29, 1776.
 Ranchos owned by Spanish Mexican families.
 Lands around mission church became a primary
area for attractions like bull and bear fighting, and
horse races.

6. Ethnicity Trends
 During 19th and 20th century Irish and German
immigrant workers moved into the area.
 During the 1940s-60s large number of Mexican
immigrants moved into the area influencing a heavy
Latino population in the district.
 During the 1960s central and south American
immigrants began to out number the Mexicans.
 Gang affiliations emerged during the 1980s.

7. Current History
 From the late 1990s to 2010, hipsters began to
emerge which initially started gentrification.
 House prices and rent immediately began to rise.
 Number of Latino middle class families began
moving to the outer mission or the east and south
bay.
 In the last decade, the Latino population dropped
by 20%.

8. Reaction To
Gentrification
• The antgentrification was
created.
• This consists of an
art exhibits by
artists who
experienced the
negative effects of
gentrification.

9. Recent Protests Against
Gentrification
 December 9, 2013
 Google commuter bus
blocked due to antigentrification protestors.
 Organized by Heart of the
City.

10. Recent Protests Against
Gentrification
 October 12, 2013
 Took place on 24th and
Mission St.
 Put on by a cross section of
residents, merchants, local
organizations, and artists.

11. Gentrification=Racism
 Middle class and minority families are displaced
because of increase in rent.
 Politicians justify these acts as a way to provide jobs
and new investments for areas containing high
unemployment, poverty, and neglect.
 Developed out of the national wave “urban decay.”
 People supporting gentrification are the real estate
actors who want the rent paid by middle class white
people.

12. Conclusion
In my opinion, we as human
beings need to end the
separation amongst the
human race through ways like
gentrification and differences
in social-classes. We must
instead preserve and admire
the differences in cultures that
we are lucky to experience in
this country.