Fuck that, why do all the people in the picture look like landlords? Because they are, and unless I’m mistaken that’s literally Derek Barnes from the EBRHA the landlord lobby!
This isn’t about poor homeowners, this is about corporations, hiding behind small landlords, to keep poisoning the air in the properties they hoard for income!
Climate change is class war, and once you zoom in to who are the loyal foot soldiers of big oil, it’s the same landlords and small business owners that block bike lanes.
If you’re not from the Bay Area it might not be obvious but 90% of the protests that mercury news covers are fake protests by landlords and small business owners.
There’s also a conflict of interest where the landlord is often not responsible for paying for electricity or gas costs, those are usually tenant responsibilities. The only utility that’s common for landlords to pay is water. Tenants do not have control over the mechanical systems of the buildings they rent and thus are forced to pay for whatever system the landlord chooses even if it is more expensive for them
Fuck that, why do all the people in the picture look like landlords? Because they are, and unless I’m mistaken that’s literally Derek Barnes from the EBRHA the landlord lobby!
This isn’t about poor homeowners, this is about corporations, hiding behind small landlords, to keep poisoning the air in the properties they hoard for income!
Climate change is class war, and once you zoom in to who are the loyal foot soldiers of big oil, it’s the same landlords and small business owners that block bike lanes.
If you’re not from the Bay Area it might not be obvious but 90% of the protests that mercury news covers are fake protests by landlords and small business owners.
There’s also a conflict of interest where the landlord is often not responsible for paying for electricity or gas costs, those are usually tenant responsibilities. The only utility that’s common for landlords to pay is water. Tenants do not have control over the mechanical systems of the buildings they rent and thus are forced to pay for whatever system the landlord chooses even if it is more expensive for them