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The SF Bay Guardian ran an article this week about an absentee landlord who booted an impromptu community garden off her land. Owner Aileen O'Driscoll has let her vacant lot fill with trash and weeds for as long as anyone can remember. Earlier this year neighbors took the initiative to clean up the lot, turning a longtime neighborhood eyesore into a garden.
O'Driscoll refuses to negotiate with the gardeners, and has demanded that the plants be torn out. Apparently, bare dirt, weeds and trash are preferable to a thriving garden, and the woman has even refused the gardeners' attempts to lease the land from her.
