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Shortly After SF "Renter Hero" Ted Gullicksen Dies, His Roommate Faces Eviction
http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/10/21/shortly-after-sf-renter-hero-ted-gullicksen-dies-his-roommate-faces-evictionTenant's rights activist Ted Gullicksen was not dead more than four days when his roommate was threatened with eviction.
Gullicksen died at the age of 61 last week. Executive director of the San Francisco Tenants Union since 1988, his status as a hero among San Francisco renters cannot be understated. Many credit him with saving thousands of San Franciscans from evictions.
But for his roommate, Beth Powder, Gullicksen's life-long struggles to curb evictions are now personal. Four days after she found Gullicksen dead in their home, Powder's landlord told her to leave the apartment or face eviction, Powder told SF Weekly.
"She came into my apartment and said 'let's pull this Band-Aid off shall we?'" Powder told us, "'I want you out.'"
Gullicksen died at the age of 61 last week. Executive director of the San Francisco Tenants Union since 1988, his status as a hero among San Francisco renters cannot be understated. Many credit him with saving thousands of San Franciscans from evictions.
But for his roommate, Beth Powder, Gullicksen's life-long struggles to curb evictions are now personal. Four days after she found Gullicksen dead in their home, Powder's landlord told her to leave the apartment or face eviction, Powder told SF Weekly.
"She came into my apartment and said 'let's pull this Band-Aid off shall we?'" Powder told us, "'I want you out.'"
Good on "SF Meekly"
for printing this! With the demise of the Bay Guardian 
, they're the closest thing left to a progressive voice in the 49-square-mile kingdom.