[VIDEO] Dregs One explores gentrification in San Francisco

Nice well put together vid...cant wait to see the other episodes

ITS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.ITS COOL YOU MADE THIS BRO.HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL GET SOMETHING FROM THIS....

Very nice man, you should have linked up with the dude J. DaVinci, he just dropped a whole album about the gentrification of Frisco at the start of the year.

Nice video, good to see some conscienceness going on. I think a series of video will be dope.

Great Job -

the city changing everyday it aint like it used to be sad but tru, nice video bro keep doing ur thang

that shit go breh..keep doing ya shit

im with that, support locals fuck an outsider

Rent control usually leads to abandoned buildings filled with squatters and junkies, it usually worsens the problem is was designed to control because landlords are no longer able to maintain the buildings upkeep at the government mandated price ceiling. The market will always move to an equilibrium price especially in an area like SF bay where so many people want to live and do business. The best solution I can think of is education, your region has so many universities out there making it easy for lower class people to become displaced. In a 100 mile radius northern cali you have like 10 major universities and Ivy League schools, compared to the entire state of arizona which has 3. They can't push out out if you can compete with the people coming in.

Good shit Dregs, I like that you're taking the consciousness outside of rap & bringing it into everyday situations that effect us, the Bay Area citizens. What month do you think Wake Up Call will be ready?

the social conciousness has been missing for years from rap music, so it's always heart-warming to see projects like this!

Keep it movin Dregs!

lol i did my english finals essay on gentrification in san francisco as a junior in hs

This has been going on for generations upon generations, everywhere. Its sad but in a way its kind of the food chain. Come up and stay or stay idle and be forced out. Its pretty much life in a nutshell.

What happens to the local artists and what not when they make it big, earn alot of money or become successful? i tell ya what, they probably move out. Im sure that doesnt help either but its just the way it goes.

Other than an organized form of intimidation(which i dont condone) theres really nothing much you can legally do to actually stop it. You may slow it down but i dont think it can be stopped.

What can be done is to keep the culture of SF alive(whatever this is for the neighborhood and city), pass it on, reach one and teach one this will ensure that atleast the meaning of being a san franciscian stays alive and well. On the flip side of that coin, the cutlture is one of the main reason why people want to move out to San Francisco.

Stay in school, education yourself, make money and invest locally.

I'm gonna play devil's advocate here, but can you imagine being worth over a million dollars, owning fancy cars, living it up in the middle of the hood? Having your kids go to school with the general population and letting them walk home after school?

I'm not going against the grain, or arguing with anybody in here. I understand what what this discussion is about, but fact of the matter is that the truly rich folks can't live in the hood. They simply put something up in the hood and call it "giving back," but will use it as a tax write off, so in reality they don't give a shit. It just looks good on paper.

MC Hammer did exactly that and once he went broke the hood laughed & disregarded him like he was a joke. Because he gave back to the community. Buying homes for people etc. Putting money behind the Oakland Police Dept. Granted they have they're bad cops (there's bad cops everywhere) we all know that, but is it right to call Hammer a "snitch" etc. ?

Look at it through Hammer's eyes. There is nothing wrong with a man wanting to change his community for the better and having a good intention to make it a safe place for children etc. to live in. Fact of the matter is, the hood doesn't want a change. A lot of "hoods, barrios, ghettos" whatever you decide to call it scream for community support, but they don't want regular jobs. They love that fast / dope money and too many people strung out on it in every part of your city. Only difference is, the higher class hides it a lot better.

That's just one example of how I tend to view this whole, "Get rich & give back." thing. Again, I'm not trying to discredit anybody's good intention, but there are somethings that are just facts & happen to be the root of the problem. I'm also not saying to not give back, but don't go broke doing it. One rich man can't save the hood / world. People have to unite and want that change. And at this point, it's still a dream.