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Ted Gullicksen, SF tenant activist, dead at 61

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Ted Gullicksen stand with Sara Short at the city wide tenant convention this past spring. Photo Olympia Zampathas
Ted Gullicksen stands with Sara Short at the city wide tenant convention this past spring.
Photo Olympia Zampathas

Ted Gullicksen, the executive director of the San Francisco Tenants Union since 1988, passed away on Oct. 14 in his sleep.
“That was exactly the politics of The City that drew him here,” said Sara Short, executive director of the Housing Rights Committee to SF Weekly. “If it weren’t for Ted and the tenants union, I don’t think we would have such a continuing and relentless movement that has been fighting for renters from that time up until now.”

Mere days after his death, his roommate faces eviction from what was a rent controlled apartment.
An active, passionate voice, there is no doubt he will be greatly missed in the community.

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