San Francisco Church Sues Nonprofit It Created

A prominent San Francisco church sued a nonprofit it created decades ago on Tuesday, accusing it of being “blinded by the riches the gold rush dangles” and illegally attempting to sell a housing complex for low-income residents.

The nonprofit wants to sell Frederick Douglas Haynes Gardens, a 104-unit apartment community for low-income residents. Third Baptist Church—whose pastor, the Rev. Amos Brown, is a former supervisor—claims in the suit that the plan to sell the apartments violates the bylaws and fiduciary duties of Third Baptist Gardens Inc., a nonprofit the church founded in 1969 to purchase land and build affordable housing in the Western Addition.