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On the day Reyna Gonzalez was told she must vacate her home, the
children she works as a nanny for held a fundraiser to help her find a
new home.
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She hasn’t left yet, however, and is hopeful the new owners will give
her more time to find a new place or provide, at the least, some
relocation assistance.
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August 25, 2015, 05:00 AM By Bill Silverfarb Daily Journal
Gonzalez was told she must vacate her home at 1824 El Parque Court
in San Mateo by Aug. 24 so new owners can commence a remodel of
the four-unit apartment complex.
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Kids come to nanny’s rescue: Children sell cookies, lemonade to raise money for
evicted caretaker
As a community organizer for San Francisco Organizing
Project/Peninsula Interfaith Action, Gonzalez, 56, has advocated on
behalf of families who have been evicted from their homes but never
expected to get an eviction notice herself.
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Ron Romin, center, and his sister Natalie, right, were
selling cookies and lemonade Monday to raise rent for
their nanny, who was recently given an eviction notice.
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The children she cares for, though, hatched an idea Friday to hold a
fundraiser at Marlin Park in Redwood Shores to raise money so their
nanny can continue to care for them five days a week.
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Ron, 10, and Natalie, 8, were busy Monday selling lemonade and
cookies to park visitors and giving interviews to television and
newspaper reporters.
Gonzalez has worked with the children since Ron was a baby.
“I know she doesn’t have enough money to pay rent. She doesn’t have
money so we are trying to raise rent. She got kicked out of her
apartment,” Ron said. “I’m scared she will have to move away. I want
her to remain our nanny.”
Reyna Gonzalez has been caring for Ron and his sister
since they were both babies. She was brought to tears
by the children’s efforts to raise money for her to pay the
rent.
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The children’s mother, Ilanit Romin, said the children came up with the idea
and that they wanted to surprise their nanny.
“Reyna is like a family member,” Ilanit said. “The kids are learning to help
people who are in trouble. This is the first step. They are starting little but
are learning to lend a hand to anybody who’s in trouble.”
She spoke these words as Gonzalez was rescuing Natalie, who climbed a
bit too high in one of the park’s trees.
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Moments later, she escorted Ron out of the sun and into the shade. The
family lives within walking distance of Marlin Park.
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Ron said he would likely be a different person without Gonzalez’s influence.
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“I’d probably be a lot meaner and maybe not a good listener. I’d be more
selfish with a different attitude,” Ron said.
He clearly adores his nanny.
For Gonzalez, the lemonade and cookie stand the children put together
brought tears to her eyes.
“They made me cry. It makes me feel like someone loves me a lot. They
want to buy me a house selling lemonade. They are like my grandkids,” she
said.
Daniel Saver, an attorney with Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto,
spoke on behalf of Gonzalez and the other evicted tenants at 1824 El
Parque Court to the San Mateo City Council in July.
He told the council that a pattern has evolved in which buildings are sold and new owners evict for renovations and then boost
the rents. He mentioned the 73-unit Park Royal apartment complex in San Mateo that is being renovated now. Every tenant
had their leases terminated and only a handful signed new leases after the rents went up, in some cases, nearly $1,000 a
month.
“Too often I have to say they are allowed to do this,” Saver said about landlords. “It’s unjust but not illegal.”
Saver and SFOP/PIA have been urging policy changes at the city and county level to offer more protections to renters.
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