Activists Must Increase Pressure on Pro-Speculator Democrats “We’re here to make sure the Democratic Party upholds its values and keeps its promises, and to also push and expand the scope and the ambition of the Democratic Party,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, April
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Greasy Pete, his “tree-sitter” name, went up the “Mamma Tree” on the eighth of this month; Bugs followed, climbing the next closest big tree on the eleventh. Today, they sit on platforms 75 feet up a 200 foot-tall redwood tree,
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Breaking News:  Key Democrats Push to Kill Bill The security of millions of California tenants could be decided on Thursday, April 15 as the Assembly Housing Committee votes on AB 854. AB 854 prevents speculator evictions under the Ellis Act,
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Stopping Speculator Evictions Under Ellis Act California Assembly member Alex Lee, along with colleagues David Chiu and Richard Bloom, has introduced AB 854, a key strategy for stopping tenant displacement and the loss of affordable housing. The three joined with
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Opposition to Georgetown project places politics over community needs Advocates for veterans and affordable housing criticized members of the Solano County Board of Supervisors for their decision to oppose the Georgetown housing project near Travis Air Force Base. The board
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Participants aim to stop evictions, save lives in Bay Area county with second highest rate of evictions Contra Costa County residents, joined by tenants from throughout the Bay Area, shut down the remote Contra Costa courthouse in a virtual civil
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New Threat to Tenants in Non-Rent Controlled Cities In 2019, California enacted AB 1482, which provided statewide rent caps and eviction protections for  tenants. It was an historic victory. But now landlords are misusing the state Ellis Act to circumvent
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A Model For Other Cities? When I was speaking across the country promoting the housing policy changes urged in Generation Priced Out, I did not foresee my hometown of Berkeley, California ending exclusionary zoning before Seattle, Denver and other cities.
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