Millions Spent to Deceive Homeowners Having seen forty years of anti-rent control campaigns I am accustomed to their reliance on the most outlandish and cynical lies. And California’s No on 10 campaign reflects this. But I think No on 10
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East Bay Democrats Square Off in Assembly Showdown In a November election cycle that is all about Democrats challenging Republicans, the California State Assembly race between Democrats Jovanka Beckles and Buffy Wicks has its own significance. Covering  Berkeley, El Cerrito,
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Cities Won’t Be Compelled to Spend A recent SF Chronicle story characterized  as a “new idea”  plans to build Navigation Centers outside San Francisco. It’s actually less of a “new” idea than a variation of a long hoped homelessness cure
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Jovanka Beckles is the True Progressive Choice As Beyond Chron noted in February, the primary competition to fill an open Assembly seat in the East Bay produced what may have been “the strongest field in California legislative history.” (See http://beyondchron.org/star-field-east-bay-d15-assembly-race/)
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Buffy Wicks is the progressive champion the East Bay needs to deliver real results for our communities. I want to share with you why I’m supporting Buffy Wicks for State Assembly. Buffy grew up in a trailer in a small
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The Truth About Costa Hawkins Repeal As Big Real Estate spends millions to defeat California’s Prop 10 (which repeals the Costa Hawkins Act), its falsehoods are coming fast and furious. Here are five of the biggest.

1. “Costa Hawkins Repeal Will

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LATEST CES REPORT–The City of Los Angeles saw 997 more Ellis Act Eviction application filed by landlords and developers for the first half of 2018, January through June. This is the equivalent of losing nearly 5 1/2 Rent Stabilization Ordinance
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This piece first appeared in Capital and Main. If privatization is making American education the Wild West for those wishing to profit off children using public dollars, then Los Angeles Unified is its Tombstone. We wanted the launch of Learning
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