Photo Essay: Displacement in the Mission

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"We are Real people!" reads a sign posted by a homeless camper on his tent. City officials planned to kick out campers on Division and Bryant streets the next day. Photo by Joe Sciarrillo/Mission Local

By Joe Sciarrillo, Mission Local

As a fourth-generation Bay Area resident, I grew up hearing stories about the changes in San Francisco from family who grew up in the Mission, the Marina and the Richmond districts.

Seeing drastic changes in San Francisco over the past decade, I’ve set out during my lunch breaks where I live and work in the Mission District to document the city’s changing landscape. These images are part of the photojournalism project “San Francisco: A Changing City” and are intended to capture different responses of what it means to call San Francisco “home.”

Read the complete story at Mission Local.

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