News and Views
Tenants not quick to celebrate as rent cap law takes effect 10News
January 7, 2020
The life and death of Oceanside mobile homes San Diego Reader
New housing laws could help Butte County housing crisis Oroville Mercury-Register
Tenants See No Relief Despite State and City Protections coloradoboulevard.net
January 2, 2020
December 19, 2019
Video: Rent-Controlled Units Remain on Airbnb in Violation of LA Law Capital and Main
December 19, 2019
Tenants secure $1 million settlement from Santa Monica landlords - Santa Monica Daily Press
Mountain View rent control, school bonds on March ballot Mountain View Voice
Mission Nonprofit Makes First Richmond Purchase to Protect Tenants SF Weekly
CAUSE: Central Coast tenants being unjustly evicted, facing rent hikes KEYT
December 17, 2019
Goleta City Council to consider temporary ban on no-fault evictions Santa Barbara News-Press
December 17, 2019
The Tenants Group is suing for the rights of tenants displaced by the Hollywood project gotech daily
Moms Reclaim Vacant Home Amid National Attacks on Homeless People Truthout
Oakland looks to amend 40-year-old condo conversion laws The Mercury News
December 12, 2019
December 10, 2019
In San Diego, activist Rafael Bautista is fighting a seemingly impossible fight. Landlords do whatever they want. Developers build whatever they want. And city politicians do next to nothing about the troubling practices of landlords and developers.
“They’re very developer friendly,” says Bautista, referring to the politicians, “but they’re not doing anything for tenants.”
December 10, 2019
As Brown Berets, Jessica Aguallo-Hurtado and her husband, Jesse Hurtado, travel throughout California to help the underserved in the Latino community. They tackle police brutality, immigration reform, education, and other important issues. Recently, they added housing justice to their activism. What was happening in their hometown of Concord, a middle- and working-class city that’s 22 miles northeast of Oakland, could no longer go unattended.
December 10, 2019
El Segundo extends no-fault eviction ban in lead up to state law The Daily Breeze
December 10, 2019
LA Tenants Union puts repealing the Ellis Act on the table Knock LA
December 9, 2019
Baldwin Park apartment dwellers are set to receive some relief from large rent increases after the City Council unanimously passed a rent control measure Wednesday.
As part of the proposal, rent increases for apartments in the city will be capped at 3%, and no more than one increase will be allowed in a 12-month period. It also requires landlords to have “just cause” before evicting tenants.