Death claims 97-year-old Burlingame woman fighting eviction (xpost from GD)

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http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Death-claims-97-year-old-Burlingame-woman-6869612.php

Marie Hatch, the 97-year-old Burlingame woman whose fight against being evicted from her home of 66 years drew international attention, died Thursday evening.

Ms. Hatch apparently died of natural causes after suffering from a severe cold for more than a week, family friends said. She had been hospitalized and Thursday evening returned home, where she succumbed....

Joe Cotchett, the powerhouse lawyer who — after The Chronicle broke the story last month — took up Ms. Hatch’s fight with a lawsuit, said her case was “the tip of the iceberg as to how senior citizens are being treated in the Bay Area in terms of being put out on the sidewalk.”

His law partner, Nancy Nishimura, was at the Hatch home comforting her relatives and her longtime roommate, 85-year-old Georgia Rothr

ock. “There is no doubt that her being served with a notice that she had to be out on the sidewalk brought about her death,” she said.

Original story here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/104012842

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1. The One Percent Approves This Message.

And sfgate is complicit, by running "stories" of multi-million dollar homes for sale, and similar crap.

We see that the One Percent are going after those they deem disposable, all over the country.

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5. All homes in San Francisco now are multi-million dollar homes, my friend.

Multi million dollar flats.

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2. I hope they can find a solution for her roommate.

They should have least offer to pay for the move and some sort of settlement.

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4. Three months rent

Thats fairly typical.

Older people just die. In large numbers. they know that there is noplace nearby they can afford, they dont drive.

Just pray that the TTIP energy deal does not pass.

It will kill rent control nationally because of the price rise.

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3. I am 100% certain that some landlords are not above literally killing tenants.

I've basically seen it happen.

It's getting worse.

I have photos of the things that a professional building cleaner was doing to try to drive tenants out of a building. You would never in a million years believe that an apartment would get SO horrible in just two months. Also...Sick cats.. lots of sick cats.flies, garbage, extremely loud activity at night. They pay people to do this.