Several neighborhood associations and popular movements denounce that San Sebastian has become an administrator and service provider of the private initiative. They denounce that the city is not changing according to the needs of the neighbours, and that the public authorities have stopped thinking about the city for the citizens and acting accordingly. Therefore, in the face of the serious need to change the city model, initiatives of shared claim will be launched. Among these initiatives is the demonstration that will leave on June 18 from Plaza Araba at 18:00.

They argue that important decisions that directly affect Donostiarras are channeled in terms of private economic interests, and that this model has increasingly negative consequences on the living conditions of most citizens. Among the reasons that drive the initiatives are the emergence of housing, the precarious economic model of the city, the commodification and massification of the street, the elitization of the city, the emergence of aggressive urban policies, the destruction of architectural heritage and the persecution of the organization and citizen movements.

‘Recover San Sebastian, change the city model!’

The groups guarantee that they see the risk of further conditioning and seriously harming the future of San Sebastian and the Donostians in the long term. In fact, the City of Donostia-San Sebastian has begun the process of renovating the General Urban Management Plan. They denounce that they are spawning the Donostians who are opposed to the major economic forces and defend another city model.

For all these reasons, they have insisted on the need to concentrate forces in order to deal with the policies that subordinate the city to the interests of the market and to transform the model to the needs of the citizens and of the visitors. At the same time, each one works in its neighborhood and in its scope, it is essential to have an impact among all the groups and people who share similar concerns on this issue.

List of neighborhood associations and popular movements grouped as follows:

1. Cooperative housing Abaraska.
2. For sale New Rental.
3. Altza XXI people's initiative.
4. Neighborhood Association Amara Bai.
5. Ancora.
6. Association of neighbours Añorgatxikitarrak.
7. Retain Añorga's neighborhood movement.
8. Cultural Association AZPI.
9. Belartza 2 Gelditu.
10. Platform with neighbors.
11. CNT Gipuzkoa.
12. Dendartean Merchants Association.
13. Bilgune Feminist from Donostia.
14. Pirates of San Sebastian.
15. Egia Bizirik Neighbourhood Association.
16. Egia Housing Union.
17. Ecologist group Eguzki.
18. Textile movement.
19. ELA Union.
20. Ernai youth organization.
21. Movement against incineration.
22. ESK trade union.
23. Gros Feminist Assembly.
24. Association of naturalists Haritzalde.
25. Heriz platform.
26. Herria Cultural Association.
27. Association of Herripe neighbours.
28. Citizen Care Network.
29. Hondarpe Neighbors Association.
30. Tenants of Azora.
31. The youth group Intziri*.
32. IZBE Bizilagun Association of Intxaurrondo Zaharra.
33. Stop Donostialdea evictions.
34. LAB syndicate.
35. Morlans Neighbors Association.
36. Gizarte Eskubideen Bulegoa.
37. Ondare SS Association.
38. Association Thursday.
39. Parkea Bizirik Association.
40. Association of Bizi neighbours in the Old Part.
41. Turn on San Sebastian.
42. Satorralaya neighborhood movement.
43. Saretxe Gros Housing Union.
44. Steilas Union.
45. Association of Ulia residents.
46. Floral Gardens of Ulía.