A smattering of folks partially responsible for Mission gentrification made an attempt to chip away at its glossy veneer on Monday. Last night at around 5 p.m., according to Mission Local, a "group of housing activists occupied the vacant second floor of a building on the corner of 20th and Mission Streets Monday night and said they don’t plan to leave unless they are forced out."

The building in question occupies T-Mobile, which sits below a vacant building. The plan, more symbolic than literal, is to keep the building open for anyone who wants to use it. The attention-grabbing effort was spearheaded by Direct Action to Stop the Cuts/Creative Housing Liberation, a well-intentioned group of housing activists, who "also took over the former homeless shelter at 150 Otis in June and a Mission duplex on the 500 block of San Jose Avenue in April."

Further reasoning, if you will, from DASC can be found at IndyBay.

As of 9:45 p.m., squatters were still inside the building. No arrests have been made as "SFPD can’t arrest people inside a vacant building until the owner reports that someone is trespassing." SF Appeal points out that said protesters remain inside the building as of Tuesday afternoon, but that "it's just a matter of time before they're forced to leave the premises."

[Source: Mission Local, via UA]