Mark Reuben's Eviction Fees
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My 75-year-old father, Mark Reuben, is being evicted from his small business of thirty years and his place of residence on January 1, 2022. Your donation will support him in finding secure food and housing – human rights that everyone should have access to.
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In 1991 my father opened a photography shop on the corner of Princess Lane in Sausalito, CA, ten minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Mark sold collectible prints and his own landscape photography for thirty years. He called it "the Sports and History Gallery".
When Covid hit nearly two years ago, my father fell behind on bills and failed to make rent with a rapid decline in tourism. At age 75, he called to let me know that he had lost his apartment and would start living in his rear office only to be served with an eviction notice in March this year. Despite legal battles, the gallery will permanently shut its doors on December 31, 2021. Mark’s small business will be one of over a dozen storefronts in Sausalito to close during the pandemic; most direly, the eviction will leave my father without housing in the New Year.
There are significant fees expected over the next week and months including: monthly rental fees for a storage unit for his inventory, moving company fees for relocating the inventory, overdue rent and utilities on the storefront, legal fees for fighting eviction, and most imperatively, secure housing/food for my father.
If you are local, make a visit to see this historied man at 34 Princess Street in Sausalito before December 31. You can also order a print from his website or watch this (awkward but sincere) video to hear from Mark himself. All donations will make a difference and if you can’t donate, just pass this link along to a friend.
Thank you, thank you, thank you and happy holidays!
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In 1991 my father opened a photography shop on the corner of Princess Lane in Sausalito, CA, ten minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Mark sold collectible prints and his own landscape photography for thirty years. He called it "the Sports and History Gallery".
When Covid hit nearly two years ago, my father fell behind on bills and failed to make rent with a rapid decline in tourism. At age 75, he called to let me know that he had lost his apartment and would start living in his rear office only to be served with an eviction notice in March this year. Despite legal battles, the gallery will permanently shut its doors on December 31, 2021. Mark’s small business will be one of over a dozen storefronts in Sausalito to close during the pandemic; most direly, the eviction will leave my father without housing in the New Year.
There are significant fees expected over the next week and months including: monthly rental fees for a storage unit for his inventory, moving company fees for relocating the inventory, overdue rent and utilities on the storefront, legal fees for fighting eviction, and most imperatively, secure housing/food for my father.
If you are local, make a visit to see this historied man at 34 Princess Street in Sausalito before December 31. You can also order a print from his website or watch this (awkward but sincere) video to hear from Mark himself. All donations will make a difference and if you can’t donate, just pass this link along to a friend.
Thank you, thank you, thank you and happy holidays!
Organizer
Joseph Cohen
Organizer
Sausalito, CA