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Although it has not been a stellar year for advancing tenant rights in Sacramento*, there has recently been a modest but important legislative victory for tenants. This month Governor Brown signed a bill allowing tenants to express political speech at … Continue reading →

You likely have heard of the statewide budget problems this year and funding cuts to many government branches, including the Courts. You may not have heard that, in San Francisco, the looming effect of those cuts appeared to be a … Continue reading →

On July 4, 2011, a group of 50-100 activists used the celebratory occasion to draw attention to the homeless forgotten and sleeping in the streets while good housing sits empty. They took over and occupied the 43 unit former residential … Continue reading →

A new article yesterday in BeyondChron exposes that the landlord lobby is once again willing to employ lies and misrepresentations in their effort to raise opposition to tenant protections, in this instance to preserve a judicially created circumstance (since 2007) … Continue reading →

Last month, federal prosecutors dropped their criminal investigation into Angelo Mozilo, founder and former Chairman and CEO of Countrywide Financial (now part of Bank of America.)  Countrywide grew notorious during the housing bubble crash and the bank bailouts which followed, … Continue reading →