Notice to Richmond Voters: Fraudulent Petition Circulating

Posted By Lynda Carson


From: Richmond Progressive Alliance

Aug. 27, 2015

Subject: Notice to Richmond Voters: Fraudulent Petition Circulating



Hello,

We are reaching out to notify you of a misleading petition to repeal
the new rent control ordinance in Richmond, CA. This petition is being
circulated by paid professionals who are now earning $12.50 per
signature, funded by an anonymous group.

If you have been contacted by one of these circulators, please
disregard their fraudulent claims that the petition will support rent
control. Not all of these circulators are making misleading or
fraudulent claims, but we have received dozens of reports from
residents and have cause to believe that up to half of their
signatures are from supporters who have been otherwise fooled.

This petition will not support rent control, and the groups working to
stabilize rents in Richmond do not endorse it. The community groups
supporting rent control are listed at the bottom of this message.

This petition if validated will SUSPEND the ordinance for up to Nov.
2016, during which landlords will be free to unfairly raise rents and
evict tenants without just cause.

If you support rent control and have accidentally signed this
petition, we encourage you to fill out the form under the link below
and submit it to the City Clerk on the third floor of 450 Civic Center
Plaza, Richmond, CA between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM, Mon-Fri. The forms
are also at the City Clerk's office, so printing one out is not
necessary. Your form must be submitted before whomever is behind the
petition submits their signatures, so please do this as soon as you
can.

http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/35522

If you have encountered a petition circulator and they made misleading
statements to you, please contact
contracosta [at] calorganize.org to
tell your story. It is possible that this petition will be invalidated
if enough voters have been misled about what the petition will do.
Below are video testimonies of rent control supporters who were misled
by signature gatherers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRlksxPgv3w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg2vNx1wx9I

Thank you,



Zak Wear

Richmond Progressive Alliance

Sent to you by

Eduardo Martinez for Richmond City Council FPPC# 1328674

Jovanka Beckles for Richmond City Council FPPC# 1307178

Gayle McLaughlin for Richmond City Council FPPC#1364821



Community groups supporting rent control:



AFSCME Local 3299, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment,
Tenants Together, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, Building Blocks
for Kids Richmond Collaborative, California Nurses Association, CCISCO
(Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization), Centro
Latino Cuzcatian, CUIDO (Communities United in Support of Olmstead),
Eviction Defense Center, EBHO (East Bay Housing Organization), Iron
Triangle Neighborhood Council, Richmond Progressive Alliance, Saffron
Strand, SEIU Local 1021, Urban Habitat, and Urban Tilth



RPA
http://www.teamrichmond.net/

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