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Dump The Banks

Dump the Banks on Valentine’s Day! Come join CJJC and friends on Feb 14th, to let the banks know we’re dumping them.  They’ve broken our hearts, our homes and torn our families and communities apart. Let them know that we’re
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East Bay tenants win right to water!

On Tuesday, East Bay tenants won a huge victory when the East Bay Municipal Utilities District (EBMUD) Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution that will keep water on for tenants in multi-unit properties. Three years ago, Causa Justa member
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Election Roundup – Stunning victories and defeats

      Big Money, distortions damage Prop G.  Despite a powerful, coordinated, grassroots campaign, Proposition G, the Anti-Speculation Tax, went down at the polls in initial results. The Real Estate lobby outspent the tenant side by 12-to-1, flooding voters’ mailboxes with a

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EMERGENCY PROTEST~ Stand Up Against S-Comm

Stand Up Against S-Comm The Obama Administration and  DHS/ICE Now Say: No State Agreement Needed Denounce Dept. of Homeland Security’s notice cancelling Memorandum of Agreements with 40 cities and counties and their plan to continue rolling out  S-COMM Program across
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Eviction Group Aims to Put Housing on the Ballot

Attendees at Saturday’s tenant convention placed stickers marking where they live on a map of San Francisco that displayed average housing prices. Photo by Lynne Shallcross By Lynne Shallcross/MISSION L@CAL Posted November 25, 2013 4:00 pm Sergio Lainez is fighting
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Expanded Blight Measure Moves Forward

More protections for tenants living in foreclosed properties The Oakland City Council unanimously passed a measure on Tuesday night, expanding the Foreclosed Property Registration and Maintenance Ordinance to now include tenants. The proposal was introduced by a coalition of housing, labor
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Fair Housing Groups File Suit

Fair Housing Organizations File Discrimination Complaint Against Wells Fargo National Fair Housing Alliance Alleges Discrimination in Marketing and Maintenance of Foreclosed Properties   WASHINGTON, DC – Today, April 10, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and four of its member organizations
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