Causa Justa Just Cause | Media / Press Archive

November 2020 Endorsements

San Francisco Endorsements / Proposiciónes de San Francisco (Courtesy SF and Oakland Rising) Prop A – Health and Homelessness, Parks, and Streets Bond / Financia servicios críticos, parques y reparación de calles en respues- ta a COVID YES ✓ Crafted
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Resources for Oakland Tenants/Recursos para inquilinxs de Oakland

Assistance for SF Tenants/Asistencia para SF Inquilinx

SF Tenant Tips :: Recursos para inquilinxs

Español sigue 1. ALWAYS document any issue you are experiencing as a tenant. We advise that you type or handwrite a letter to your landlord or master tenant. If possible, make a copy for yourself and send via certified mail
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SF Eviction Moratorium Update/ la moratoria de desalojo

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July 19 Newsletter: Evictions are State Violence. #DefundOPD & Extend the Moratorium

Stop Displacement and Police Violence This Tuesday, 7/21, at 1:30pm is a pivotal City Council vote. It’s our chance to pass the Tenant Protection Upgrades, prevent the expiration of Oakland’s Eviction Moratorium, and add amendments to the city
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July 14 Newsletter

Key Vote Will Add More Tenant Protections On Tuesday, July 14, at 1:30 pm, the Oakland City Council will vote on important upgrades to the Tenant Protection Ordinance and other city tenant ordinances. The upgrades are common sense updates in
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June 18 Newsletter

A Call to Action & Support The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) has put out a call to action for Juneteenth (#SixNineteen) to mobilize digitally, in our communities, and in Washington D.C. for the weekend of June 19th-21st.
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CJJC June 9th Newsletter

Breaking Point: Justice for George Floyd

CJJC stands in solidarity with the Black-led rebellion in Minneapolis, MN in response to the murder of George Floyd by the police. We vehemently oppose state force used to repress them. Even as a global pandemic ravages the world’s population,

CJJC April 15 Newsletter

Shut Down, Decarcerate Local Jails for Public Health Now is a pivotal moment in the fight against jails in the Bay Area. Covid-19 is exposing what many of us already knew, that our jails are ALWAYS public health hazard, especially
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CJJC Newsletter April 1

TODAY!! Day of Action to Cancel Rent/Mortgages & Demand Homes For All This crisis is making clear — true collective health for all means we must guarantee that everyone has a safe, secure and healthy home. Across the country,
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San Francisco Eviction Moratorium Extension

Mayor Breed extended the local eviction moratorium by a month on June 26. This means that missed rent for the month of July is now covered by the moratorium (rents due March 13 – July 31), and these missed rents
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Oakland Eviction Moratorium Fact Sheet

What is the Oakland Evictions Moratorium? The Oakland Moratorium is currently the only real moratorium on evictions in the state of California. Here’s an overview of what it does: 1) It protects Oakland tenants from being evicted during the Oakland
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PREGUNTAS FRECUENTES SOBRE LA Moratoria de Oakland

________________________________________________________________________________ PREGUNTAS FRECUENTES SOBRE LA MORATORIA ¿Qué es la moratoria de desalojos de Oakland? La Moratoria de Oakland es actualmente una de las únicas moratorias de desalojo reales en el estado de California. Aquí hay una descripción general de lo
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Relief for Oakland Tenants: City Council Approves Eviction Moratorium

Dear Community, After receiving over 2,000 supportive letters and hundreds of calls and e-comments on the issue, Oakland City Council just passed the strongest eviction moratorium in California by a unanimous vote of 8-0. This law takes effect immediately

Explaining the City of Oakland’s COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium

[español sigue] After receiving over 2,000 supportive letters and hundreds of calls and e-comments on the issue, Oakland City Council on Friday, passed the strongest eviction moratorium in California by a unanimous vote of 8-0. Oakland’s eviction moratorium comes
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How You Can Support During COVID-19

Renter Protections Silicon Valley Rising, along with allies sent a letter to all city council members in Santa Clara County, asking them to join with San Jose to immediately enact strong paid sick leave ordinances to protect our public health—
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Our Clinic Shifts During This Time // Adaptaciones para nuestro trabajo en las Clínicas

Given the regional “Shelter in Place” announcement, all CJJC office will be closed and we will work remotely. Our Tenant Rights Clinic SAN FRANCISCO We are shifting our in-person counseling services to phone counseling for the next month. At this
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Leaning Into Each Other During This Time of Crisis

As we work collectively to support each other during these challenging times, Causa Justa :: Just Cause is standing strong with our allies and coalitions to promote #PowerNotPanic The nature of the public health crisis of COVID-19 brings into
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Please welcome our 2020 spring interns! ¡Bienvenidos a nuestros pasantes de primavera de 2020!

Nikkie Ubinas – Oakland HLD/Hotline – línea directa I’m a queer Afrodominicana hailing from New York City and currently in my first year as a PhD student in African Diaspora Studies at UC Berkeley. As someone who has experienced homelessness
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Land for People, Not Profit! 4/7 Day of Action Demands + Just Land & Housing Principles

CJJC is joining with Homes For All in calling on renters, low-income homeowners, people without homes, and everyone that believes the land in our communities should benefit the people that live there to take bold, creative, direct action on Tuesday, April 7th!

The High Court’s Egregious Public Charge Ruling

This ruling is an attack on our immigrant communities and rooted in hate. This act of hypocrisy is an effort by the administration and its nativist policies to limit immigration by any means necessary.

Building Sustainable Leadership :: Construyendo un liderazgo sostenible

Our executive director is going on 3-month sabbatical. Vanessa Moses has been with Causa Justa :: Just Cause for 13 years. She is one of the founding staff members of the organization and started as an organizer with Just Cause
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Elder Fights Off Attempted 700% Rent Hike

After her husband died she received a rent increase of 700 percent -- almost 9 times her current rent -- which caused a tremendous amount of distress.

Building a Movement for Affordable & Healthy Housing

Renters are rising, organizing, and building a movement to win affordable, dignified, and sustainable housing for all. We know that only we can create a society where housing is not a commodity but a human right. On June 8, renters,
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OAKLAND ‘CLOSES THE LOOPHOLE’ ON TENANT INEQUALITY

OAKLAND — Tenants and advocates are celebrating a huge victory. At the second reading, Oakland City Council voted 6-0 (1 excused; 1 recused), to amend the local rent stabilization ordinance to close a major “loophole” in renter protections. The legislation
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Oakland City Council Must #ClosetheLoopholes

Oakland’s housing affordability crisis is deepening inequality and forcing working-class communities of color out of the city. Rent stabilization is an essential policy tool to stop displacement and must be applied uniformly to duplex and triplex buildings. Oakland City Council
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