[sudo-discuss] new occuption in SF: #gezigardens

[Jehan Tremback]

I doubt that a farm will make SF rent any more affordable, while new
housing will. Building temporary structures is a great use of an
underutilized backyard, but there is no way that a plywood hexayurt will
last 200+ years like an actual building will (not that your hexayurts
aren't awesome, Morten).

There seems to be a group of people who are intensely interested in
agriculture, but only if it will lead to a confrontation with the police.
There are also people who have strong opinions about the zoning of
neighborhoods they do not live in, despite never having attended a single
planning board meeting.

OSF, to me, was less hypocritical because the stated aim was always
occupation as a means to protest greater societal ills. Squatting in empty
buildings also makes some sense because the space is not being utilized.
Blocking construction that will make the city more affordable, while
sustaining well-paying unionized construction jobs is handwavy posturing.

-Jehan


On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com> wrote:

> hey friends,
>
> morten is building a yurt (
> https://twitter.com/OccupyOakland/status/342041218806599681) over at a
> new occupation site in sf: gezi gardens.
>
> folks there want to build an ecovillage, which i believe is relevant to
> the interests of at least some sudoers.
>
> more info at
> http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/06/04/former-hayes-valley-farm-site-occupied-renamed-gezi-gardensand on twitter at #gezigardens.
>
> - marina
>
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