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DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \nWHAT: Press Conference on Rescinding of 526 and 528 
 California Avenue Tenants Eviction\nWHERE: 528 California Avenue\nWHEN: 
 October 15, 10:00am\nWHO: California Avenue Tenants Union and Campaign for 
 Measure M\n\nTenants at 528 California Avenue and volunteers with the 
 campaign for Measure M will hold a press conference on Monday, October 15 
 and 10:00am to discuss the status of their eviction case. They will present 
 their current situation, talk about how they are currently protected by the 
 city's temporary Just Cause for Eviction law, and present the importance of 
 voting Yes on Measure M to protect low-income, vulnerable renters 
 throughout Santa Cruz.\n\nAfter Dan Decker recently purchased the apartment 
 building at 526 and 528 California Avenue, he served tenants there with 
 notices to quit the property. Many of the tenants are elders, military 
 veterans, and have serious medical issues or mobility limitations. Albert 
 Brett, in particular, suffers from pancreatic cancer and is currently in 
 treatment for it.\n\nThese tenants would have enormous difficulty finding 
 new homes if forced to move, because of their disabilities and income 
 status. Albert lives with Donna Robles who, like him, uses a walker to get 
 around. Their neighbor Logan also relies on a walker. As such, they all 
 need accessible home environments either on the ground floor or with a 
 functioning elevator - a limit to their choices should they be forced out 
 of their homes on California Avenue. With regards to income, Albert and 
 Donna rely on HUD/VASH rental assistance provided by the Veterans 
 Administration. Very few landlords in Santa Cruz county accept rental 
 vouchers, which further limits these tenants' choices in the housing 
 search. Luckily for them, the temporary Just Cause for Eviction law passed 
 by City Council in February means the notices to quit they were given are 
 illegal. There is some concern that the landlord discriminated against the 
 tenants he served notices to based on age and disability 
 status.\n\nDecker's arbitrary and discriminatory attempt at evicting his 
 tenants would push out low-income, disabled elders in favor of other 
 tenants who can pay the outrageous prices he would like to charge. While 
 Albert and Donna pay affordable portions of their incomes - supplemented by 
 HUD/VASH - their upstairs neighbors pay close to $3000 for a two bedroom 
 apartment. They fear that their new landlord's plan is part of what Albert 
 calls "a wave of money coming over the hill" from Silicon Valley, fueling 
 speculative investment in rental housing and driving rents up beyond what 
 poor and working people in Santa Cruz can afford.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/14/18818207.php
SUMMARY:Eviction notice rescinded for tenants at 526 and 528 California Avenue
LOCATION:526 and 528 California Avenue, in front of the apartment buildings at those 
 addresses
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/14/18818207.php
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