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May Day Oakland 2018. Photo by Brooke Anderson, Stills of our Stories & Struggles

Dear supporters, allies and clients, all our offices in SF and Oakland will be closed for summer break from August 6-10, including our Tenant Rights Clinics.
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Building Urban Youth Power

By Hunter King Around the country, urban youth of color face big challenges – access to education and jobs, substance abuse, violence and an angry wave of white nationalism that is making attacks all too common. In early July, youth
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Shaping the Terrain for Community Power

We fought to put powerful community-led initiatives like Prop F on the ballot this year, and we won!

Education For Liberation Summer :: Verano De Educación Para Liberación

E4LS 2018 Applications due 5/25 :: Aplicación de E4LS

INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY CELEBRATES IMMIGRANTS AND FIGHT FOR JUSTICE

Hundreds of folks gathered in Oakland to lift up the many struggles and triumphs of workers around the world on International Workers’ Day on May 1.

La habitabilidad de la vivienda y la salud

DECLARACIóN 23 de abril de 2016 El informe del departamento de salud pública del condado de Alameda encuentra una brecha económica creciente y mayores inequidades de salud para los residentes dependiendo de la raza y el lugar Las recomendaciones se
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ACPHD Releases Report on Deepening Health Problems Among Oakland Children

Alameda County Public Health Dept. Report Finds Widening Economic Divide and Greater Health Inequities for Residents According to Race and Place Recommendations focus on improving gaps in the current system and on better alignment of policy, practice, and resources (
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Urban Shield No More!

The end of Urban Shield is a monumental victory and testament to a vision of Community Defense beyond policing.

We Can End Urban Shield

Join the Stop Urban Shield Coalition Tuesday, March 27 for a 10AM press conference and then the meeting at 11AM at the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, to urge them to say NO to the Sheriff’s request to fund Urban
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A King’s Radical Legacy :: El legado radical de Martin Luther King

By Madison Ashley Causa Justa and hundreds of community members–from young children to seniors– took to the streets of downtown Oakland Jan. 15, to reclaim the radical legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr through marching, dance, art, and displays
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No Human Being is Illegal :: Ninguno de nosotros es prescindible

The removal of Temporary Status Protection is yet another strike against our community.

Fight for Real Rent Control Will Continue

Hundreds of renters, organizers and housing rights allies streamed into the Capitol Jan. 11

Appreciating Two Movement Leaders

Espanol sigue Dear Causa Justa family: Two of our longtime leaders are headed in new directions. Dawn Phillips, Co-Director of Programs and Robbie Clark, Co-Director of Community Rights will both be transitioning out of Causa Justa. We feel honored by
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Tenants Across the State to Flood Capitol Chambers for Costa Hawkins Repeal

SACRAMENTO–Hundreds of tenants across the state are convening Thursday, Jan. 11, at the capitol to demand a full repeal of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, the state law that restricts local rent control measures. The Assembly Housing Committee is to
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Sanctuary For All: Building a Path Toward Grassroots Democracy

Español sigue Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution to the good of all. Peace is
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New Housing Clinic Hours//Cambio de horario

Causa Justa :: Just Cause (CJJC) is in an important phase of change and development, which will impact our Tenant Rights Clinic schedule. This is a necessary stage for our sustainability and long-term vision of creating strong and just communities.
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San Francisco Tenants Squash Evictions and Win 22k Rent Reimbursement!

Bessy Wong

Español sigue Bessy Wong, long-term tenant in the Mission, has been living in her unit with her family since 1994. The landlord recently renovated part of the building and then issued an Owner Move-In Eviction dated June 12th,
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OUR OAKLAND OFFICES ARE MERGING AND MOVING!

Defend DACA and Beyond – Continuing to Organize and Dream Transformatively

As our immigrant communities reel from the announcement that the Trump regime ended DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – we commit even more deeply to organizing.

Longtime Bayview Family Fights off Second Eviction Attempt

(español sigue) When the Pelayo-Valenzuela family first came to San Francisco in 1996 they struggled to find decent and affordable housing. Norma and Faustino lived in expensive yet tiny studios, shared cramped units with other families while having
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Tenants Get Keys To Their Restored Apartment But Not Without Strings

May 2017-Three years after being displaced when a fire roared through their apartment Trinidad Sanchez and her daughter Cindy Salazar and two grandchildren will be getting the keys to their restored apartment in the Bayview on Thursday where they have
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Office Closed/oficina cerrada Aug. 7-11

We will be closed August 7th through the 11th for our summer break. During that time, no one will be available for walk ins or appointments. If you have an Unlawful Detainer please note that you must respond within five
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Victory! How Owner Move-in Reform will Affect SF Tenants

Photo by Carmen Jovel, Causa Justa

SF Examiner By Cynthia Fong, Housing Rights Committee of SF Owner move-in reform unanimously passed through the Board of Supervisors on July 18. This reform adds enforcement mechanisms to protect tenants from landlords who
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Tell the Council to Turn the Tide & Fund Anti-Displacement Efforts to Prevent Homelessness

TONIGHT, Monday, June 26, you are invited to take a stand for justice in Oakland in a CALL TO ACTION! The ReFund Coalition is a community-labor coalition which organized to get a just budget approved in Oakland. This fair budget
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Meet Our New Summer Interns…..

KATE ORCHARD I am a student UC Santa Cruz who will be doing a field study at CJJC as part of my major, Community Studies. I organize with the fossil fuel divestment movement and am inspired to fight
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Sup. Farrell Attempts to Block Tenant-Backed OMI Measure

For Immediate Release: June 12, 2017 Housing advocates, tenants, supervisors prepare for a showdown after Supervisor tries to fast-track Apartment Association-backed proposal When: Monday, June 12, 2017 Where: Front steps of SF City Hall – Polk Street side
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Excelsior Tenant Convention

Photo by Diana Flores

The first-ever Excelsior Tenant Convention took place June 3 with a strong community presence of folks concerned and motivated to exert their rights as renters. The day opened up with inspiring music from musician activist Francisco
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Budget for the People on Both Sides of the Bay!

Espanol sigue Come to Oakland City Council – Monday 6/12 5:30 SIGN THE PETITION and join the ReFund Oakland Community-Labor Coalition and fight to: 1. Reinvest in Housing for ALL, 2. Reinvest in Oakland’s Workers, 3. Reinvest in Public Services,
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Witnessing the Power of Renters

Español Tenant rights groups like Causa Justa, the SF Tenants Union, and Housing Rights Committee of SF [//www.hrcsf.org/], PODER, and the Filipino Community Center, have come together to organize tenant conventions around the city as a way to inform renters
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2016 Annual Report

Causa Justa :: Just Cause 2016 Annual Report Download CJJC_AR_2016
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DACA-Eligible Activist Targeted by ICE

Overview of May 18 Border Patrol Operation: On Thursday, May 18, Border Patrol went into Los Angeles area Boyle Heights communities, knocking on doors to try to locate 22-year-old DACA eligible Cal State LA student Claudia Rueda, ultimately arresting and
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Join Our Summer Youth Program!

Education for Liberation Summer is a program for San Francisco Unified School District to youth learn about immigrant and tenant rights, how gentrification and criminalization is impacting your communities, and how to fight to create justice for yourself and your
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Transitions at Causa Justa :: Building on a Leader-Full Organization

It has been said that nothing is certain but change. And we’d like to tell you about some exciting changes.

New ED Vanessa Moses, (L), Former ED Mária Poblet, (R)

We are sad yet proud to announce the departure of

Beyond May 1: A Future for Us All

May Day Oakland. Photo by Martyn Andrés Bonaventura

Thank you for joining us on May Day along with hundreds of thousands across the county. Our hearts and spirits, like yours, were lifted to see families, elders, workers, activists, artists, mothers
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Monster In the Mission Part 2 — It’s Not Over!

Courtesy of Plaza16 Our fight against Maximus/Robert Rosania’s luxury Monster in the Mission is not over! We have learned the project may be coming for a vote before the Planning Commission in the near future. Meanwhile Robert Rosania has hired
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The Future is Ours! 7-Year Anniversary Celebration

You can sponsor Causa Justa :: Just Cause’s 7-Year Anniversary. RSVP here Last Day to Buy Tickets: is August 25. Make sure to buy your ticket! Live music by Candelaria Dance by African Queens Dance Co. Dinner & Drinks
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How Many More?

San Pablo Ave. apartment fire in West Oakland’s Flatlands March 27, 2017

Camilo Sol Zamora, Causa Justa Co-Director of Community, Land & Development Our hearts are heavy and they go out to the loved ones of the three tenants who
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Tenant Organizing from the Ground Up

California is home to over 16 million renters, 45% of the population, and the majority of us are low-income people of color. A disproportionate number of women with children and people of color are targeted for eviction and displacement every
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Key Hearing on Calle 24 Latino Cultural District

Calle 24 will present its special use district legislation for commercial regulations in the Latino Cultural District to the SF Planning Commission on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 These regulations have been in the works for nearly two years and will
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On Inauguration Day, Bay Area Communities Resist Trump and Issue Call to Resistance

What: San Francisco “Resist Trump” Protest Inauguration Date: Friday, January 20, 2017 Time and Locations: 9:00AM Justin Herman Plaza, rally and march to various Trump-supporting companies  12:00PM 555 California Street, a Trump-owned building. March ends with cultural events Throughout the
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