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
[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 Read More »
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— Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
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!
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.
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 Read More »
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, Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
We denounce the recent SCOTUS decision to roll back constitutional protections of due process for immigrants, stripping them of their legal rights and expanding the detention system.
We demand transparency and accountability around the violent deaths and practices that have occurred under the jurisdiction of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Dept.
Community! Air quality is continuing to deteriorate. Please wear a mask of at least N95 (P100 is best) quality anytime you go outside and stay indoors and near air purifiers if this is at all possible for you. Bay Area Read More »
Measure Y’s people-powered victory, speaks to the strength of creating a grassroots organizing movement that will not and cannot be morally defeated by big spending by the real estate industry
Measure Y is a ballot measure that, if passed in November, would close a critical eviction protection loophole for duplex and triplex residents in Oakland.
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. We will re-open our offices on Monday August 13th at 1PM We will have Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
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
( Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
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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 Read More »
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 Read More »
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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 Read More »
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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, 2017. CJJC
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.
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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 Read More »
