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garden in 300 block ~East · i s the s ite of Cordova Lodge . ----time: g7.30-o-re- ap.m.-nd_ c _o_rd_o_"'_a__ ! "J, - Downtown Eastside Residential Facility
A Time City Mi ssi on off e re d t o pro the desi gn need not change. for Decision vide management and direct I t was at t hi s point I gave By Ray Guttridge . Central City Miasion the Social Se rvices as it up a l so. Here we were, over had long expe rience i n t hi s t wo years of work and now mo re talk of postponement. Many community people recent St eer i ng Conmi ttee was cal l fie ld. On Sept ember 12th -ly have become concerned ed on March 14t h 1973 at 1973 this proposal was rec Let us first consider the eived by the Steering Commit. about t his proj ect . Hav i ng City Ha ll and was chaired by "priorities .They are many , but been i nvo lved s ince 1972 in Tony Geach, t he Assistant -tee. At the next meeting on in this case the desperate changing t he origi nal con Director of Cormnunity Plann November 21st 1973 the writ need is for housing i n the er was the only remaining cept of a hostel where t he i ng. This was the start of Downtown Eastside area. That member · of the original Com rooms could be hosed down, to the long struggle which saw is the only priority in this -mitt ee of Six . and at this a poin t where a desir a ble t he origi na l members of t he instance . Whether it is c all t ime many i mportant decis -ed a 11 ho.rd - to - house - building 1s , co be b u i l t , I Cormnittce o f Six become ion s were pu shed through. felt it was •bou t time that fru scrat cd to the poi nt fac i.li.c.y" , "di.ffi.c u\.t - to - f• c c • • • :C know c: hcn...... cro whe r e t hey fa il e d to s h o w u p J onuary 9th 1974 bro ught houae•• or the ••Oownt:..own Eaa t p laced berorc you. Bue a word £or cho moot:.t n s• · J"n Ma y o f f o r L h Lho arch~L•ct:. '• draw- -a~du R o•~d ~nce Cac~\~tY'h•• no real bearing on the o f warning Do not lose 1973 Maureen Sanderson and ings and plans. The design and fle xibilicy mc c w1ch op 1• s u e . B u e wo mu s e noc l o • c \ ,·ht ,\ 1... ·, ri. rit.lo.,. o r L~nda Rogon a puL o u t a q u c•t - proval of t he connitLce and s ighc 0£ t he need wh1 c h i s thu ~riti~ill "'housing need i[ -ionnaire concerning the c l earl y i ndic ated b y the proposed my own. The point of manage you in~cnd to prol o ng the qualities of the many homele s s p e ople who agony o [ achieving a desir facil i ty and this was sub ment was ag ain raised, and Mr . Geach informe d the become difficult to house ab le goal by mor e t al k . At -mitted to the Steering for many reasons. The c rit Committee as a whol e . Wa lter Central City Mi ssi on that this time we need action, not action on this proposal e ria for residence i n s uch a more commi ttees. Boyd, who at the time was the facility must neve r be allow Direct or of We lfare and could be expect ed in two to When one cons ider s t hat it three weeks. On February 1st - e d t o be brought down to a Rehabilitation for the City point o_f labe lling a pe r son. was a report f rom t he Vancou of Vancouver ,and Dr . Bonham, 1974 Central City Mission -ver Medical Health Officer the Medical Health Officer , again asked for c larificat Having put in a tremendous t o City Planning Department endorsed the r ecom:nendations ion on the management prob amount of time and effort to dated August 11th, 1972 that in memorandums t o Tony Geach -lem and to date no satisf this project I would hate to initiated t he concept of a ,n July 13th 1973 . Also on -actory answer has been have us fall into the trap fac ility t o acco111Dodate the that date the planning de received. of verbalizing oursel ves out so- calle d" difficult t o house" partment submi tted their To end this chronological of the poss ibility of having from the Down t own Eastside, report t o Council. The document it was on the 4th 75 additional beds in the it i s somewhat dis tressing contents of this report ap of July 1974(the date is not area. And if at this t ime to find t hat t o date Vancouv peared to be in line with significant) that the author there is indicated a need -er Social Planning has not the physical facility envis was advised that the Council for housing for women , l et us deemed it necessary t o ac -ioned by the Co!llllittee of bad approved the recommend prove the point and make quaint the local residents Six but the report did not ations of the Steering Com change. The flexibility of and workers on what format contain recommendations in -mittee on the 23rd of the design allows for change. The other questions we. this f acility is to be oper regard to management or April 1974 (it took two and should be asking are what is at e d. social s ervices . a half months to let me the management concept, and know) and the letter c losed From the date of the initial It should also be pointed how much social service in report on Augu st 11th 1972 with a brief thank-you for out that based on the re put i s required to help 75 your he lp, but still no word it was not until January ports from the City Soc ial people through a difficult 16th 1973 that the communi ty We lfare Department there was on management,But the frust time to a better quality of workers under the l eadership no indication that there was ration had not ended. On life that i s everyone' s of Pet e r . Davies had the op a need to serve wmen in September 24th 1974 I was right and not just a privi portunity t o di scus s t his this facility at t hat time. asked t o attend a meeting l edge? project.At that time a local Following the Hay 1973 meet with members of the Alcohol r epresentation was appoi nted ing t he re was s ilence f rom and Drug Conmission, Dr. Ci t y Hall and t he wr iter Bonham, representative from Tenants Sue t o t he Steering Commi ttee of t ook up t he i nit i ati ve t o re Central Mortgage and Hous ing t he Vancouver Social Plann - solve t he cancellation of Corpor ation and a represent Slumlord ing Department from the t he J une and July meetings ative f rom the Greater Van Fourteen of the t e nants in Downt own Eastside co!llllunity and i t appeared that there -couver Regional District. the King Edward Apartments workers.This component,which were problems i n r espect to The archi t ect wa s also pres have followe d the lead of eve nt ually became known as management of this facility ent. At this meeting it was the East Hote l t enants , and the 11Co!llllittee of Six'' was that were being discussed be felt that f urther input was are sueing their l andlord comprised of Pat Canning,Jim -tween the City,CMHC and the necessary by t he Alcohol and for breach of contract in Erb, J .A. Murray,Linda Ragona Provincial Govennent. To Drug Commission and other the sum of $1,000. 00 each, Andy Wo litski and the write~ force action, the Central co!llllunity groups , but that for a t otal of $14,000.00. The first meeting of the LE/1P ON 1HE GO D.E.R.A. Lays it on the line By Don Montgomery * D.E.R.A.- L.E A.P. Foreman Civic Grant appeal fails Elisabeth Davlea It puts the Mayor and the The DERA - LEAP project's down to 292 persons for When dealing with ~ivic three Aldermen who voted firs t year of operation has assistance of Renters Resour Grant requests in February, against the appaal in a drawn to a c l ose with a most -ce Grant forms and 26 5 City Council approved the sticky position. Whi l e on the productive record behind it. residents approached us on suggestion of Alderman Bird one hand they are on record The year started off slowly to limit the grant request Landlord and Tenant matters. as committing themselves to with the usual growing pains of DERA for two Coimnunity An additional 494 members cleaning up Skid Road, (and This period of staff tur Organizer s ' salaries to came to us under the class cannot help, but acknowledge moil was quickly resolved. We $14,250.00, which was the ification 'Other' ; this , that it is being done very then began the demanding job amount received the year included every other reason successfully by DERA] ;on the of working towards the before. In effect, the cut residents came to our office other hand, they have s tooped Association' s objectives. of$5,250.00 meant a decr ease - s , i.e. , Corranunity Inform to an all time low; scorned Throughout the summer and in the two salaries of 16. 6% . ation, Job Application, etc. the support of 89 pet.itioner fall , a core of devoted The LEAP staff is also -s representing many CO!llnun staff members was establish involved in the renovation Really, the Mayor , and Ald -ity organizations in the ed, who then started to prod of the Carnegie Library into - efmen Bowers, Volrich and downtown eastside, to avoid - uce an impressive array of a Community Recreation Bird should be above such funding an active, dedicated statistics. These include the Centre. We are also fighting tactics of appearing to corranunity group. Eastside Story, our very pop hard to get construction support a Corranunity Organiza ular display on neighbour with Antoinette Lodge and -tion such as DERA,when they The President of DERA, - hood Improvement in Oppen the Multi-Use Centre(44 East are· actually penalizing it Bruce Eriksen, who ran for heimer; the Downtown East Cordova) begun in the i111Dedi by chopping salaries indis Alderman in 1974, thus posing· , our monthly newsletter was -ate future . criminately and throwing in a threat to TEAM, was more produced • • • the ' past year, In reviewing the LEAP, it criticisms of irresponsibili than they could take, and has seen the circulation is easy to see that it is - ty and questionable tactics they are willing to penalize increase by 50% and the beg working, and is a valuable Had DERA really been a whole community of over innings of a professional asset to the corranunity in irresponsible, Council wou ld 7, 000 residents for it. looking paper. that it is both productive not have awarded one cent of As always TEAM & NPA We have established a comp and useful. the grant request. politics at the expense of -rehensive and thorough community develoinent. community information centr& Within this centre, we have many of the various forms · and applications with which Rooming House Operator SPECIAL NOTICE / the public comes into cont ALL MEMBERS OF c:!ITY COUNCI L; act. These include Renters MEMBERS & REPRESENTATIVES OF Resource Grant, Income Tax, DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE COMMUN I TY Bu s Pass , e t c . [we also ORGANIZATIONS ; AND MEMBERS assi s t in the ir completion] . Protests Against Slumlord OF THE MEDIA: We also have a wide range of information from Landlord Are invited to attend a and 'T enant matte rs t.o Le.gal Dear Mr . Eri ksen: not that easy. Realistically, special election meecing oE I Aid problems. The job of would i ke t o have your Quon Wong will say, " That s the Downt own Eastside maintaining o ur comprchens suggestions for the situat your problem.Fix it or close Residents' Association, as Lve informaLion centre is ion I am now in. This may be down. 11 his wi 11 J.eave_ us no observers. important to you, as a leader choice, but to dish out the one taking an extensive ON : APRIL 14TH, 1975. of this area, because it ; oney.Furthennore, concerning amount of time and energy AT: ST . JAMES ANGLICAN and i s unceasing, as we keep might affect about 37 t his sprinkl er s ystem for residents. control •• ••• • it appears that CHURCH --- LOWER GYM . abreas t of the very latest [GORE AVE . &CORDOVA the operators[us]will end up ST.] information available . This is the situation: ~: 7:30 P. M. Dne of our accomplishments We [excluding me , because I paying for it. He has a lready of which we are most proud, wo rk full time somewher e told us that t he more it i s the publishing of our own e lse] , operate the Wonder· cost to install, the higher Downtown East s i de Catalogue Rooms . As you probably al the rent increases.Up to the ; all the services included ready know, we have been present dat e , no action has we felt wo uld be useful to getting very bad r eports been taken regarding to thi& Readers: our residents. (5, 000 copies from the city health inspect How long will our tiny sav were distributed). -or. This place i s not up to -ings last? Sooner or late r, Do you have something to Our staff i s presently s tandards of the Lodging we will have to close down, say about living i n the working on a s urvey of all House By-laws . The m~in because we are already poor downtown eastsi de? the hotels and rooming house complaints of the report enough. Our furniture, food - sin the area. In this were there was no heat, and living conditions are no We need to hear project , we are gathering leaking ceilings,infestation better than the tenants. . information on t he present of insects, and no water pres This letter is also to in from you! Write r ent and vacancy rates. - s ure . form you that some operators us a letter! We have also comple t ed a We , the operators have to ar e very dedicated to their Jood store cost survey [in face all these charges, while job. Some are addicted to this issue] . In this survey, DE.A.A . the rich slum landl ord [Quon rooming house operation and we have r eveal ed t he mos t Wong] sits back ,and counts will not l eave even if they economical stor es in which his huge rent money. make a net loss or . just 616 East Cordova to shop. break even. I hope that in The success of the LEAP is Your probabl e solutions to the future,the city wi ll buy Vancouver wi tnessed by the popularity these, would be t o fix the up all the slum r ooming of our offices. From October roof, switch to gas from saw houses, repair them, and 8th, 1974 to February 28th, dust, r epair all the cracks provide a small income for The DOWNTOWN EAST is a com- 1975 (a five month period), [nests of insects] in the •• t hose who truly want to munity newsletter published 1, 051 residents have utiliz walls and send the whole operate a r ooming house. by the DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE ed our offices. This breaks bill to the landlord.No,it 1 s Sidney Wong . RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION , 616 E. Co rdova St., Vancouver , BC. Layout , editing, reporting- Friends, Mayor, Fe l low Aldermen, l end me your ears. D. E. R. A. L. E. A. P. staff. I come to praise the D. E. R. A., not to bury them! Feature articles by members Forget your differences, forget that they have refer of active co111Dunity groups. -red to Alderman Volrich as a s l um landlord, forget All t yping by Chris Gray. Maurice Egan'.; report in which he describes the motives The newslett er is published of D. E. R.A• . as questionable ,their irresponsibility and monthl y and distributed t o abrasive tactics. l ocal residents f ree of I f you work down ther e , you have to be kinky. charae. Circulation ta 3, 000. ***5 SHOPPING IN THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE By Sh&ron MacDonald The Downtown Eastside Resi d B. C. Grocery--refused admit Carrots . 18¢- lb. Note that the 6 stores do ent s ' Associ a tion - L. E. A. P. - tance Potatoes . 09¢- lb. not include the notoriously ~ rkers have compiled t he Bill' s Gr ocery Bo logna-fresh • 59¢- lb. high priced corner groce rie~ following information as a O.K. Grocery Eggs -Grade A. .89¢- l dz . For example : In the D.C . H. S • shopping guide f or resi dents John' s Grocery Orange Juice-can • 18¢-10 oz. Food Store 100 tea bags cost in the downtown east s ide . Queen's Grocery--re fused ad- Saus ages .89¢- l lb. , 60¢ compared to $2 . 64 in mittance Live r . 58¢- 1 lb. Park ' s Grocery; 10 oz. of Allhough a t ot a l of 21 stor es Park I s Grocery Pork Chops 1.39¢- l lb. Sun Rye Orange Juice in were lis t ed for compa rison New World Grocery Bacon . 89¢- l lb. Bill' s Grocery cost . 30¢ only 14 were actually s urvey York' s Grocery--refused ad whereas , in the D.C. H. S. -ed; t he r emaining nine West ern Salvage, 627 Powe 11 mittance food store it only cost . 18~ refused t o allow worker s to Street . 95 w. Cordova St. Corner groce ries, open as price articles. We can only ~ Date:" March 13th, 197 5. late as 11 :00 pm, can afford conclude that publication of Number of lowest prices : 6 to charge exorbitant prices the i r prices would be bad TABLE OF STORE S SURVEYED Bread $ . 25¢- 16 oz. since most of their busi ness for bu s iness! WITH THE LOWEST PRICES Eggs -Grade B. • 73¢- l dz . ·is done after 5:00 pm, when 44 of t he most commonly used D. C.H. S. 14 Cheddar Cheese .69¢- l lb. mo r e reasonably pr iced food items were selected and Payles s Meat 11 Te a Bags . 59¢- 1 lb. stores close • include peris hables, canned Western Salvage 6 Ground Coffee • 93¢- l lb. foods , vege tables , and me ats . Woodwards 4 Woodwards , Abbott&Hastings St. Wher ever pos sible, brands Pay & Save 3 Warning -- If you want to Date : March 12th, 1975. save money, stay away from t bat we r e inexpens ive and Save On Meats 2 Number of l owest prices: 4 popular we r e compared. Com corner groceries in the parisons do not inc lude Bologna-package$ . 55¢ pk . downtown eastside! They' re 11 11 qt . expensive, often dirty, and speci a l s • Downtown Community Health Milk-quart . 58¢- Society Foodstore, 373 East Butter 1.00¢ lb. sell old stock. Once the food items had been Edam Cheese • 68¢- lb • checked and charted, each Cordova Str eet. Date: March 10th, 1975. Since the o. c . H.S.food store st or e was listed in order of Pay & Save Meat ,16 w. Hast is the only non- profit low Number of l owest prices : 14 the highest number of lowest i ngs St. cost stor e in the neighbour priced items . --- Margatine $ . 45¢- l lb. Date: March 20th, 1975. hood, it would seem logical Number of lowest prices: 3_ LIST OF 21 STORES SURVEYED: Sugar • 85¢- l lb. to gre atly expand thei r serv Instant Coffee l. 72¢-10 oz. Pork Chops $1 . 39¢ lb. -ices , so that res idents can Downt own Community Health Canned Milk .29¢ - large. Stewing Beef • 75¢ l b . get a fai r deal • Societ y Orange Juice . 18¢- 10 oz. Weiners- package . 79¢- pk . Forming food co-operatives, Payless Meats and/or moving the D. C. H. S • West ern Salvage Mac . &Ch. food store to a store front, Dinner • 20¢- 7 \ oz. 43 w. Hastings Wo odwards Rice l lb • Save On Me at, would be alternatives to not • 31¢- Street. Pay & Save Tuna- canned . 55¢- 6 oz. only the high priced grocer y March 13th, 1975. Save On Meat s Cr eamed Corn- can .25¢-14 oz. Date: stores, bu t the l arge super Number of lowest prices: 2 Produce City Pork & Beans .27¢- 14 oz . mar ket chains like Safeway & Sunrise Market Onions-medium $ . 13¢- l lb. Woodwards . The on~y dr awba ck Moonlight Payless Meats, 469 Powell St. , 69¢- 1 lb. is that, if a food co- operac Date : March 13th, 1975. Hamburger r ~ ed ad..~itt ance - ive i s t o b e s uccessful , it Number of lowest prices : 11 Sunki· t-- L ..a d ddi:,it.t.ancL needs conunitment and wo r k Co zy Co rner- - - refused admi t Lettuce $ . 20¢- l lb. Pr oduce City is excellent from its members . Are we - t ance Cabbage . 10¢- l lb. for vegetables, and variety. prepared to do that? a By May Gutteridge 'Please may we have a swimming pool ? ' St. James Social
Jan., 1973 -- A l et t er was A large number of children J an. 11, 1974 -- We received The children' s weekly me et sent to Mr . R. Young, So cial attended, about 24 carrying a reply, at last,. telling us ings continued, during the Planni ng Department, r eques t placards they had made -- that Council had voted for surrane r many trips were ar - ing t hat Lot C & 0 [ the 11Please may we have a swim housing - " As you are aware , ranged,overnight camping, et~ vacant ground in f ront o f ming pool" etc. They were ter Council is taking s ignific But again summer is over, Strathcona School ] woul d make - rific - and we ll mannered ant steps to increase recrea where can we take the kids an exce llent s i te for a r ec as well . They we re put in the -tional opportunities in the for exercise to run off that r eation area, swi.rmning pool , balcony, and they waited downtown east side are a" . energy? et c . Two mothers of the ar ea quietly until it was time Jan. 22 -- We reminded Alder Sept. 6 -- A letter to Prem ha'd collected s i gnatures t o f or their pres entation, at -man Harcourt of the quote ier Barrett [copies to t he support the proposal. that point they gave a spont and asked what was planned. restj comparing r ecreational This area has mo r e children -aneous chee r.After- the pres Feb , l - - A r eply s aying he f acilities at Strathcona t han mos t,but the facilities - entation they filed out. We would be in touch re recr eat School area with the same at ar e a lmos t nil. feel they wer e ignored. The -ional facilities. Lord Byng.Wasn' t his govern Feb. 5 -- A reply, r eferr ing Sun did not report on their Feb . 20 - - A l etter refer ment for the poor? us t o Al derman Volrich and efforts - I wondered if they ring us to Tanis Cornwall, Se pt. 17 - - A letter from G. the Community Oevelopnent had put a brick through one Parks Board repr esentative - Lauk saying his assistant ,Mr. Committee . [ But Social Plan of the windows ,would it have "I am advised that the pro Alber t Me lul, would inves tig ning favoured housing] . been reported? grammes she has helped to ate Lots 0- & D - he came - March 22 -- We s ent a l etter Dec. 6 -- Our request was get going wi th the residents said he wou ld be back in a to Mayor and Council, with tabled with Council. involve such things as swim couple of days -- poor man, I the s ame request. Feb. 6 - - The Sun reported ming pool , bingo, drama, think he fell in a hole in Ap ril 9 -- A lette r to Alder in a 2" by 2" insert - an crafts, trips, etc. 11 the r ough ground [it' s been -man Rank i n, inqu1r1ng if agreement had been reached. Bingo maybe , a Swinning Pool dug for about 7 years) - he there had qeen any develop Housing - who can knock it - never, unless it' s the flood never returned. ment re Lo ts C & D. it ' s the sacred cow - but I - ed Oppenheimer Park. Oct, 16 -- We received from Ap ril 18 -- We received a predict it will not r ehouse March 26 -- We telephoned Mt Hr. Lorne Nicolson a letter copy of a memorandum to Ald any ,from this area, but Little, Ci ty Clerk, complain - stating he would certainly erman Rankin from Deputy Dir that' s another war., • • i ng that we had not been not not be prepared to interfere -ector of Planning, they Nov . 27 - - Delinquency is -ified when the conrnittees with the decisi on to use t he favoured hous ing-but suggest risi ng, more housing won't met regarding C & D. He sent l and for housing, but, Mr . -ed other organizations may hel p without recreational us copies of all t he meet David Davies would be asked have other proposals. f acilities for the area. ings.It's easy to get things to review recreation facilit June 14 -- A meeting was Dec. 21 -· Another letter re paased, when you get rid of -ies in the area. he ld at Strathcona School to -questing a reply from Alder the opposition. -- Ve were I I hear proposals. -man Harcourt. at:,,aied. OONT. ON P.8 See Swimming 6 tt*
-ies include decent room sizes, and tenancy by local The developers TEAM: Vancouver's resident~, and the dev•lop• ment of a reoidenL•' cormnit~ tee which will have a s trong • role in the management . 'reform' party ID power oi course our Lop priority :l s to nave the Lodge built as quickly aa possible. At present the expected complet By kind pennission of the , there was never any devel far to the right. Aldennan - ion date ii; May 1976. publishers of CITY MAGAZINE, opnent of the Four Seasons Walter Hardwick, TEAM' s "guru of urban affair~' is the The 4eaign includes 78 room~ December 1974 January 1975, s ite, at the entrance to of approximately ten by Vol. 1, No . 2. Stanley Park.Granted,the NPA extreme example of the trend r twenty feet . All are house- was going to give the devel • Hardwick was first elected Urban reform came to Vancouv to council in 1968, the year keeping units, and contain opers everything they wanted two piece washrooms,the bath -er in a big way in 1972 . But the issue was clear to TEAM was formed. He spent the when a young, progressive next four years as a strong -tubs being shar ed. Handi the citizens of Vancouver. -capped units ar e also political party called TEAM They bitterly opposed the de 'opposition spokesman. James swept out of office the pro Lorimer, in a Citizens Guide included, and are larger than -velopnent at every stage, the above for wheelchair developer aldennen of the and would have gone on op to City Politics, tabul at ed NPA, the party which had posing it for as long as the Vancouver City Councii access. controlled Vancouver City necessary. When TEAM came voting record for 1971-72 Lounge spaces, elevat or, tel Hall for 3 5 straight years. into power, the opposition and showed Hardwick, along -evision room, meeting or Fed up with the constant let up. TEAM was going to with COPE Alderman Harry multi-purpose room, workshop assau lt on citizen interests give the people what they Rankin,to be the most consis (which shall include carpent mounted by the NPA politican wanted. Very soon, TEAM -tent anti-development voice -ry equipment ) are all - 5 led by millionaire became unclear and fuzzy on council, with an almost included to make a bu ilding developer mayor Tom Campbel l on the issue. Various pro perfect record of voting for hospitable to its • tenants, , Vancouver' s citizenry turn posals were publicized. A and are therefore a necess -ed to the most visible,most the people' s interests . A referendwn held on the quest ity. publicized and least threat -ion further confused the similar tabulation of coun ening alternative. It was citizenry, who vot ed to buy cil' s voting record for 1974 We are just now developing called TEAM, for the the first block, but not t he shows that Hardwick had done our role i n management, If Electors ' Action Movement . second. The net result was a complete reversal i n his you are interested in voting patte rn,now being one In s pite of all the attent that there would be no
'48 people in cafe - five
Downtown Eastside Residents 1 Association
The area designated as the Assis ted by personnel f r om A second CD wo rke r he l ped on DERA pressed fo r e xte ns i on " do wntown e asts ide " s tre t c h First United Church and a the "ins ide " t o r esearch of Oppenhe i mer Lodge and for es along the harbo ur f rom Peopl es Aide proj e ct, he a nd issues, build the member ship, more hous ing in False Cr e ek Cla rk Drive to Burrard a few other r e s i dents o r gan pr oduce a newspape r , and for s ingle people and oppos St r eet(except for the Strath i zed DERA in 197311 to pr ot ect organize a day car e centre. e d e victions from Eas t Hote l - cona ne i ghbourhood wh i ch t he r esi dents of the ar e a Ei ght downtown r esidents RECENT DEVELOPMENTS maintains i ts sepa rate i dent f r om s l um landlo r ds, the City were also employed and train - ity) . It contain s downt own of Vancouver and anyone e lse - ed on a Manpower LEAP pro In Novemb er 1974, Bruce bus ine s s e s , wat e rfront in who wants t o t ake advantage j e ct t o assist with many of Eriksen •• ••• ran as a candi du s tries and a newl y deve l o p of the area-- and t o c l ean up t hese tasks . A J apanese and - dat e for alderman. He con - e d Ga s town comme r c ial the image : not a ll r es idents a Ch inese worke r assi s t e d tinued to stage demonstrat e ntertainme nt are a which has a r e der e licts a nd most are people wi th immigration and -ions at City Hall and along pushed Vancouver' s Ski d Road not transients". Al though he interpretation problems. with a few DERA ~embers eastward., The residents of took the strong l ead a nd was occupied the empty Brid8,e11Y" the area include many single the spokesman, he began to Hotel to demonstrate the ~ot,l .Jho 1 iv in ninrlo•..m invo1 v<' oth c -rs . need for housing. llespite \ 10LC l.!, cl.HU LVVI in~ ~VU!> cons iderabl e public ity he 11 the most vis ibl e of whom are We went out on the streets was no t e l ect ed but vowed to the t ran s i ents , alcoho lics and dragged people in and continue his watch dog r o l e and soc i al outcasts on t he i ns ist e d on the i r b e ing by attending all City s treet s . Howeve r, the majori ty involved. We r a i sed hell Council meetings. are pe rmane nt resi de nts who wi th Ci t y Counc i l i f we have l ived downtown for many did n ' t get what we wanted . 11 Libby Davies , the " inside organizer" (paid through NSA) years and inc l ude a number Peopl e began to participate of J apanese and Chi nese , has continued to work with through petitions , public . fami l i es in the e astern f LEAP s taff and DERA membe r s meetings, demons t rations and sect i on. on long t e rm planning i ssues delegati ons t hat often went LI BBY DAVIE S ins ide organizer and programs, including a De r e l i ct , dange rous accommod to City Hall . DERA cons titut recent proposal to convert - a tion a nd a de t e riorating ion r equired no Board and Constant pressure , publ icity the former Carnegie Library " s l um" environmen t ar e maj o r members me t weekly to give and political ac tion includ building into a mu l ti i deas and ins truc t the four probl ems , along wi th a high e d fre quent protests against service centre run by and offi cer s . r ate of alcoholi sm and drug soc i a l planne rs, he alth for downtown residents. She use , and increasing c r i me and inspectors , police and Liquor summarized DERA accomplish viol ence. Pat erna lis t i c Control Board empl oyees who ments as follows : services for t he " down and were accused of not doing "(l) We he lpe d to make ouO:'oft e n dest r oy i nitia t i ve the i r jobs . A pe tition was and se l f r espect . people from the are a r e alize launched by DERA supporting they don' t have to s it back ORG/JHZATION the need for more po l ice and and can organize and sti ck · demanding a ban on sal e of t ogether and change things. The Downtown East s i de Resi d knives af t e r seve ral bad ents ' Associ a t i on was f ormed Over 550 people are regis ter "mugging" incidents .Me rchants -ed DERA members . i n 1973 l argel y by the who ~old bayrum and cafes efforts of two de t e rmi ned that we r e hangouts f or dr ugs (2 ) DERA worked on up socialis t s , Bruce Erikse n and we r e exposed and the city gr ading the whol e community Pet er Davies . Er iksen, a vocal rooming house s , changing Bruce Eriksen became a famil was press ured to take a cticn. resi dent of the a r ea and beer parlours , pressuring the chairman of DERA, objecte d to -iar f ace at City Counc il A c rackdown on skid road government for mo r e housing. at t itudes of social workers, and in the pre ss as a spokes hote l s and rooming houses LIP proj ec ts, and social -man and wat ch-dog for down was the first s t ep in t he (3 ) The next aim is to planne r s who" go down t o he lp t own r e s idents . Despite fight for better hous i ng. try and have the downtown the po or" wi th soup kit c he ns antagonism o f some alde rmen Bruce Eriksen named s ix ar ea dec l ared a NIP area and othe r band-aid servi ces . and offic i a l s , who obje cted hot els and two cafes that with rezoning (to protect He was det e rmined to expose . o his pe r sonal critic i sm event ually were give n a city residential develoJXllent from the issues and make changes . and po l iti cal biases, city ultimatum that they wou_l d be industry). More r ecreation He b l ame d skid road condit funds we r e a lloc ated fo r one closed down if improvements centres (othe r than the pubs ions on the hote l owne r s ye ar to employ two DERA weren' t made in two months . and missions) are needed and t hat pushe d be e r, the or ganize r s , pr ovi ded that A ma j o r "fire t hat killed the Carnegie Library build-" merchant s and pushe r s who NSA administe red t he s alarie three and injured seven i ng will be an ideal l oca 11 so ld drugs , the s l um l and -s . Bruce was h i red as the peopl e gave impet us to the - tion. highly visible " outside" city' s new by-law that re- lords, and the gove rnments BY who did not e nforce the i r o r ganizer while remaining quired sprinkler system& in 0 hotel s and rooming houses, wn laws . president of DERA. MARGARET A. MITCHELL 8 **** recreation- preview LOW INCOME SALTSPRINO ISLAND CAMP TRIP O c,',-j June 20th-27th, Room fo r 22 I 0 (D :,- people. ' C: (D RENTERS • '1 :,- ' rt CD...... :r LEAVE : 1:00 p.m. -- -616 East TO BENEFIT I Co rdova, Friday, June "rt "'"...'1 20th. I 0 ::l Ii ( 's rcn1co g, ;mt 1.s being ovcr ::l 00 00 RETURN: From Saltspring Is. haulc..-J 1hi:i. )Cur. j ~ rt O 1 ·1 he 11.J74 formula or outncht &rants ~;'"" --Friday, June 27th tu .111 lcnanl!. lS be1ne repl.1.ced wit h a I "' rt --11 :00 a.m. ,1tJ1n~ sc-.alc or benefits bJ)Cl) on a tu I ;;- N ~ I :r ~ Q,) 1.. H:J11 ' )~lcm .ipplu:J 10 grOM income. ., .. ::l COST: $17.00 per person--- I '1 rt rt The m.u.1mum benefit v.111 be $ 100 I Cl, o, includes transportation, lhl\ )C.tr Ho "'cvcr, renters over a~c I tn g- .. food and camp rental. 65 v.1II rccm,c ..i Joublc bencfil in '< ., l';n m on.Jcr to phJsc m the new I CJ) I'> rt O rt Money refundable only if the ') , tcm wtth m1mmJI economic dLS· '1 ,.,, ... camp trip is cancelled. tUJ1l1un, I (D 0 (D 3: ::l I he SKO clJcrly c1ti.z.cns renters rc rt"'< •.. Payment is due no lat er than ....,u, i.:c er.ant v,11J be J1stnbuted as "-'"aS Wednesday, June 11th at-- Jone l.a>I )'C:.tr. 1.... 1cr 1n the ) car, ,~111ur c,11i:cn tcn.iml> .... 111 also rccc1vc O.E.R.P.--616 E. Cordova St. 1h1.. ncVI- ~r.int o n 1hc I.ax credit system I he pnnc1plc behind lhc new S)~cm Accormnodation---cabins--with " 10 -.cJlc the grca1cs1 benefits 10 thow: showers and washrooms,dining "'-"h 1hc grc..11c:s1 nceJ~ hall, kitchen, lounge area. I ..:nJnh "-tlh ~r())s incomn of SS.000 Close to water-----swilllDing, 0 1 le~ v.111 rccc, .. c the fu ll S 100 bcnc- fi1. When income 1:i. bct>ACCO $5,000 boating, fishing. Trails for .ind 16,000, the benefit i~ S96. hiking • I hi"' formulJ ~orL. s pro,rCMivdy to rcJuce rhe benefit as eross income rises. Hust bring your own s leeping When income reaches S 10,000, lhe bag or blanket s , towels, benefit 1s S47 The bc: ndi1s stop 'when bathing suit, etc. income rejchc:s 1he SIS,000 level. For further information-- phone 2534744-Tuesday- Friday 9 am-4 pm or 6816858--Monday - Friday-1 pm-3 pm ;7 pm- llpm.
TRIP TO THE VANCOWER PUB LIC AQUARIUM
Tuesday - April 22nd. LEAVE :616 E. Cordova 1:15 pm. RETURN: From. the Aquarium-- _ _3 :45 p .m. Room for 40 people. · COST-- 25¢ per person. Deadline for registration - April 17th, Thurs day at D. E. R. P. - 616 E. Cordova. For information call 2534744 --Tues.-Fri., 9 am - 4 pm .
SUNDAY FILHS--373 E. Cordova at 7 :30 pn. notice IN SHALL CLAIMS COURr AT• 8 14 RICHARDS ST. , 10 A.H. , APR!' 8th, 197 s. The thirty-s ix former tenant - s of t he East Hotel are sueing their landlords for breach of contract and dam ages in the sum of $1,000. 00 each. Legal counsel for t he claim ants are Stuart Rush an Allan Maclean. The claimants have summone the following as witnesses on their behalf: Mayor Art Phillips , Rentalsman Barr Clark,Ald, Harry Rankin,Ald, Hike Harcourt, Dave Mo rgan Health Dept. , Dr . Bonham,City Health Dept . Other witnesses on behalf of t he cl aimants are Bill Hennessey of t he First United Church, Bruce Erikse - President of DERA, and o course t he 36 claimants. Be there to support tbe1 residents! B GRACE L. GRAY