Talk:Tenants and Owners Development Corporation
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This is a biased article - and not worth keeping. edit
For instance "The organization has used these resources to lobby against housing construction" is not supported by the citation he gives. Also: "Elberling lives rent-free in one of TODCO's affordable housing units" should mention that he's doing it as a building manager. (Which is in the citation listed). Personally, I'd suggest just getting rid of this article. Dancingsnails (talk) 18:12, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
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Hello,
My name is Andres, I work for TODCO and would like to help editors on Wikipedia in making this article more robust. For the near future, I will be making requests on this Talk page with suggestions for content to be added. Feel free to tag me here if you want to chat.
For my first suggestion, I propose adding some early history of TODCO to the very top of the History section. Please consider the following:
- TODCO was founded in 1971 as a coalition of South of Market tenants and building owners.[1] It was formed in response to redevelopment of the Yerba Buena corridor.[2]
- John Elberling took over TODCO in 1978, when it had started construction on the first of its senior housing buildings.[3] Elberling lives rent-free in one of TODCO's affordable housing units.[3]
- After joining TODCO, Elberling worked on the 1980s Prop. M campaign that limited office development.[2]
References
- ^ Levy, Dan (23 February 2003). "Home sweet home for the city's neediest". The San Francisco Chronicle.
TODCO, founded in 1971 as a coalition of South of Market tenants and building owners.
- ^ a b Kelliher, Fiona (Nov 1, 2019). "The San Francisco office market's worst enemy". San Francisco Business Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ a b Dineen, J. K. (2021-11-18). "'You don't mess with him': How an S.F. housing advocate wields power by funding ballot measures". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
I'm here on the Talk page to chat! TODCOAM (talk) 20:26, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
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Hello,
This is TODCO employee Andres again. Thanks to Encoded for the updates above. Here are a few more possible updates to History section for editors to consider:
- After the sentence, "In the 1980s and 1990s, TODCO built a set of low-income apartment buildings, concentrated on Sixth Street", consider adding, "Following this, TODCO redeveloped single-room-occupancy hotels on the street.[1] In 1998, it completed a 24 unit development called The Leland Apartments for people with disabilities.[2]"
- In the sentence that reads, "Since the early 2000s, the organization has not built more housing, but remains active in local politics", consider changing "local politics" to "advocacy". I think this is a better description of what TODCO does and is also supported by this San Francisco Chronicle source[3] already in the article.
- In the sentence, "The organization has used these resources to lobby against housing construction, as well as fund various other propositions", consider adding the phrase "market-rate" so that it reads: "The organization has used these resources to lobby against market-rate housing construction, as well as fund various other propositions." This is also supported by the above source[3] and adds more specificity to the sentence.
- After the sentence that reads, "The organization has been criticized for using the windfalls of its operation on political advocacy rather than on its properties and resident services", consider adding, "According to author Chester Hartman, TODCO offers social services for its residents including a community clinic, case management and shopping transportation.[2]" for additional information of TODCO's functions.
References
- ^ Kelliher, Fiona (Nov 1, 2019). "The San Francisco office market's worst enemy". San Francisco Business Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ a b Hartman, Chester (October 2002). City for Sale The Transformation of San Francisco. University of California Press. p. 219. ISBN 9780520914902.
- ^ a b Dineen, J. K. (2021-11-18). "'You don't mess with him': How an S.F. housing advocate wields power by funding ballot measures". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
I'm here on the Talk page to chat! TODCOAM (talk) 22:13, 6 May 2024 (UTC)