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Syllabus for a class on the Structures of Racialization A class is being offered at the Omni on the structures of racialization in the US. This is a syllabus for that class. It is offered to provide a sense of some topics which urgently suround that issue and phenomenon.... Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2016 6:49AM
More than 6,000 CA Public Service Workers Vote to Unite with AFSCME in Landslide Victory Walnut Creek, Calif. – Six thousand public service workers represented by Public Employees Union (PEU), Local 1 voted Monday to unite with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)—one of the nation’s largest public service worker unions. Nearly two-thirds voted in favor of the affiliation, which will give public workers across eight Northern California counties a stronger voice to improve the vital services they provide their communities every day.... Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 11:36PM
The Surreality of the Actual Ever since the 60s and 70s, there has been a plan to drive out of town the entire community of activists, along with the black and brown communities, and turn Berkeley into a normal town again. It has gone as far as it has in part because too many people never thought that there was a plan. This article is just a kind of mirror on that.... Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 2:30PM
Benecia, California Votes Unanimously to Deny Crude by Rail Facility Benecia, CA, September 21, 2016 -- Late yesterday evening, Benecia, CA voted unanimously to deny Valero’s proposed crude by rail facility in the city. The now rejected facility would have brought two trains of 50 oil tankers carrying 3 million gallons of volatile Bakken and tar sands crude into the city every day. This decision follows years of organized opposition to the facility.... Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:50PM
Richmond Mayor accepted CAA contributions before he voted no on eviction moratorium Before Mayor Tom Butt voted no to block the proposed urgency moratorium on evictions and rent increases the mayor failed to disclose to the residents at the September 13, City Council meeting that he has been accepting political contributions from the California Apartment Association (CAA)!... Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 3:03AM
The CAA plans to run attack ads against renter protection ballot measures The political ads highlight the problems of big money trying to hijack renter protections, and influencing the outcome of ballot measures offering the public an opportunity to vote against a corrupt system that allows greedy landlords and slumlords to engage in price gouging, and the eviction-for-profit system!... Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 1:21AM
National Renters’ Day of Action on September 22 On September 22, according to Causa Justa/Just Cause, in Oakland there will be a rally & banner drop in Oakland at 14th & Broadway at 12:00 PM to amplify #RenterPower and to lift up our fights against evictions, rising cost of rents and displacement!... Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:27PM
Richmond Mayor & two council members block emergency eviction and rent increase moratorium Richmond Mayor Tom Butt is a landlord who also makes a living being an architect. His vote against the proposed 45 day moratorium means that he is ignoring the plight of the poor, elderly and working class individuals and families of Richmond facing displacement from their communities due to unreasonable massive rent increase, and evictions by unscrupulous landlords!... Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:17PM
Richmond to vote on emergency moratorium on evictions and high rent increases On September 13th the Richmond City Council will vote on an emergency moratorium on evictions and high rent increases!... Posted: Wed Sep 7, 2016 4:35PM
Bill to limit property seizures by cops heads to Governor The people of California are still waiting to hear if Governor Jerry Brown will sign SB 443 into law, meanwhile our U.S. Troops remain to guard the fields of poppies in Afghanistan for the drug kingpins involved in shipping heroin to the streets of Oakland, and across the country!... Posted: Wed Sep 7, 2016 12:17AM
Scott Sternberg of Beverly Hills is behind Richmond’s mass evictions According to records with the Secretary of State in California, Scott Sternberg the owner of Creekview Condominiums, has a brokers license that has expired. Thats right. Scott Sternberg, has not had a valid real estate license in California since 8/3/1992, according to records. However, he is evicting people by the hundreds at Creekview Condominiums in Richmond, without a valid real estate license!... Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 4:45PM
Hacker houses are proliferating in the Bay Area Some of the better known hacker houses have included Chez JJ in San Francisco, Startup Embassy in Palo Alto, Casa Hacker in San Jose, 939 Makers Club in Walnut Creek, Colliding Club (3 houses in San Francisco), and 20 Mission in San Francisco!... Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:34PM
Danny Haber and Alon Gutman target tenants with eviction and higher rents Indeed. During 2015, in a report from 48Hills.org, it mentioned “The “Evictions Profiteers of the Year” award, which was given out to mock “Danny Haber” and “Alon Gutman,” for finding opportunity in the wake of a devastating Soma fire,” in San Francisco!... Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:06PM
James Kilpatrick is sued by China Town tenants and Oakland City Attorney According to public records, James Kilpatrick of 475 14th Street, Suite 700, in Oakland, has had problems in the past, and has a brokers license that was suspended in 2009, and in 2012.... Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 1:23AM
HUD policies threaten poor, elderly, disabled, and low-income people with eviction There are around 300,000 renters in California who receive Section 8 voucher rental assistance. As of March 2016, in Berkeley there are around 1,935 section 8 units. Richmond has around 1,851 section 8 units. San Francisco has around 9,238 section 8 units. Alameda has around 1,845 section 8 units, and Alameda County has around 6,312 section 8 units. Marin County has around 2,153 section 8 units, and Contra Costa County has around 6,887 section 8 housing units.... Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:15PM
Oakland landlords rip off renters with high rents in high crime areas According a recent report from Zumper rents in Oakland are the fifth highest in the nation with one bedroom prices rising 11.6% on the year to $2,210 per month, and two bedrooms rising 13.8% on the year to $2,730 per month to rent!... Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:02PM
Rent increases in least expensive apartments show need for rent control Massive rent increases in the least expensive rental markets and apartments reveal why there is a real need for strong renter protections including real rent control, and just cause eviction protections to help stabilize families, and our communities!... Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:57PM
Is Matt Sridhar the owner of Bay View Apartments in Alameda a slumlord? In addition to being involved in mass evictions that are displacing families from their housing at the Bay View Apartments in Alameda, people are also wondering if Matt Sridhar (aka Madhu Sridhar) who resides in a very fancy home in Saratoga on Deer Trail Ct., is a slumlord?... Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:52PM
The MacArthur Tranist Village Developers -- Researching Boston Properties The proposed MacArthur Transit Village is being worked through the approval process in Oakland. The structure, to be constructed adjacent to MacArthur BART, was the subject of an Oakland Design Review Committee meeting on August 10th. The transit village, which would become the tallest building in North Oakland, has drawn civic argument (both pro and con) regarding the height, environmental and aesthetic impacts, and the number of affordable housing units. While the building is the subject... Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 12:53AM
Renter protections are on the ballot for 6 cities in November No matter how hard the landlords and the California Apartment Association are trying to stop the renters movement, tenant advocates across the Bay Area are urging renters to vote on strong renter protections during the upcoming November elections in the cities of Oakland, Richmond, Alameda, Burlingame, San Mateo, and Mountain View. The activists are urging people to vote against any weak proposals placed on the ballot by the City Council in Alameda, and Mountain View!... Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:54PM |