‘Raise wages, lower the rent’: Long Beach tenants demand housing justice More than 100 people gathered Downtown on May 1, urging city officials to adopt a rent stabilization policy, increase investment in legal aid for immigrants and tenants and create a livable wage.

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Oakland eviction defense services approved at the 11th hour City leaders say they've found $1M to fund a legal aid program that faced elimination. But it could be on the chopping block again next year.

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Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.

Important read
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Teaching at UC College of the Law has been inspiring ! One the highlights is the walking tour of redevelopment and affordable housing in the Fillmore.

Berkeley Residents Form City’s 1st Tenants Union Under New Renters Rights | KQED Residents at a building on Shattuck Avenue have complained of persistent issues with mold, leaks and electricity. They organized under new rights codified in a November ballot measure.

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Thankful for all the environmental lawyers who have protected or mountains and continue to

Sonoma County freezes evictions, declares emergency in wake of latest storm, with damage at $8.8 million The board ratified the disaster proclamation and passed the moratorium in a 4-1 vote Tuesday, taking advantage of a tenant protection ordinance adopted last year.

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Alameda County launches committee to protect vulnerable residents from Trump policies The Alameda County Together for All committee aims to uphold the rights of immigrants, transgender people and people seeking abortions.

The Alameda County Together for All committee aims to uphold the rights of immigrants, transgender people and people seeking abortions.

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Register now for an informational session on how to exercise your data rights in CA, where you have the right to know, limit & delete the data that companies collect about you. Thursday, January 30, 6 pm Pacific Time. Co-sponsored with @techequity.bsky.social techequity.us/event/tech-w...

If he is only allowing two teams - with him or Far Left Radical Trump Hater. I choose FLRT- I guess I am just a big FLRT.

Berkeley is far from perfect but we are teaching our children how to speak up

Acce members raising their voice to demand eviction moratorium in the face of fire displacement

Happy to be back at Community And Economic Development Committee in Oakland. Great work by Rent Adjustment Program

Alameda County divests from company that sells bulldozers to Israeli military The county is also considering an ethical investment policy to guide how it handles billions in public funds.

Proud moment --Alameda County divests from company that sells bulldozers to Israeli military oaklandside.org/2024/12/12/a...

Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians

This kind of dehumanization is emblematic of 1934 Germany. She's calling transgender people subhuman.

Morning! Happy to be here