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Nonprofit Quarterly brings national attention to Richmond & San Mateo rent battles Presently, housing and tenant activists are urging everyone possible to appear at the September 21 Special Hearing in San Mateo, and to contact the San Mateo City Council to propose a humane solution to the eviction-for profit-system by passing a renter protection ordinance that includes rent control, and just cause eviction protections!...
Posted: Sat, Sep 19, 2015 4:51pm PDT
San Mateo needs rent control & just cause eviction protections On September 21, a special hearing will be held by the council at San Mateo City Hall in an effort to discuss possible solutions to save affordable housing, including rent control, and just cause eviction protections that may be beneficial to renters, and honest landlords not involved in the eviction-for profit-system!...
Posted: Sat, Sep 19, 2015 12:38am PDT
In bizarre perverse twist of fate, anti-tenant group CAA partners with United Way In a bizarre perverse twist of fate, the anti-tenant organization California Apartment Association (CAA) an organization that has been attacking renter protections that assist community members from displacement and homelessness in Richmond, while attacking renter protection proposals in Santa Rosa and San Mateo in recent weeks, has entered into a partnership with the United Way to help out the homeless!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 16, 2015 6:12pm PDT
CAA pressures San Mateo to stall just cause renter protections Councilman David Lim and other council members have been targeted
by the CAA and CAA Tri-County for proposing a just cause eviction
protection ordinance to keep families from being displaced by unfair
and unjust no-cause evictions in San Mateo. This is known as the
eviction-for profit-system!...
Posted: Sun, Sep 13, 2015 1:08pm PDT
CAA is meddling in San Mateo efforts to protect renters Now that the CAA just blocked renter protections from taking effect in Richmond, the CAA is targeting San Mateo! Councilman David Lim has been targeted by the CAA and CAA Tri-County for proposing a just cause eviction protection ordinance to keep families from being displaced by unfair and unjust no-cause evictions in San Mateo!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 9, 2015 4:03am PDT
Gill Tract Protesters Disrupt Two Sprouts Supermarkets to Stop Development of Farmland For Immediate Release...
Posted: Sun, May 31, 2015 11:52am PDT
Lawsuit Targets Pacifica Highway Project Threatening Wetlands, Rare Species, Views SAN FRANCISCO— Resident and conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal court today against the California Department of Transportation and other agencies challenging the approval of the Calera Parkway Project, a proposed highway widening in Pacifica, Calif. The Caltrans project would more than double the width of the existing state Highway 1 for a 1.3-mile portion of the roadway in Pacifica, at a projected cost of more than $50 million, while hurting wetlands, endangered species and their...
Posted: Fri, May 8, 2015 4:42pm PDT
The Tech Commute Did Not Take Place The mainstream media attempted to portray the May 1st blockade of the Oakland tech commute a failure. An article on SFGate.com carried the headline “May Day rally fails to block tech bus in Oakland.” Further below in the same article, the author goes on to write, “When the lone bus pulled up at 7:40 a.m., it stopped across the street from protesters and left before they could assemble. Other buses were either rerouted or cancelled in anticipation of the protest.”...
Posted: Mon, May 4, 2015 2:51pm PDT
Endangered Sperm Whale Washes Ashore at Pacifica Beach A sperm whale washed ashore in Pacifica, the cause of its death is still unknown. Sperm whales are endangered and off the coast of California on of the main threats to their survival is the California driftnet fishery for swordfish, which sets out huge mega nets and indiscriminately catches, harms or kills whatever happens to swim into those nets....
Posted: Wed, Apr 15, 2015 11:31am PDT
Scientists Sign On to Support the Phase Out of the California Drift Gillnet Fishery Oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle and 230 scientists signed on to a letter opposing the deadly California drift gillnet fishery for swordfish, which has some of the highest bycatch rates in the world. The letter specifically requests that immediate action be taken to phase out the fishery and protect the ecological integrity of California’s coastal waters....
Posted: Tue, Mar 10, 2015 12:58pm PDT
Lawmakers & Conservation Groups Call for Phase Out of California Drift Gillnets With the full support of Turtle Island Restoration Network, OCEANA and other marine conservation organizations, California Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) and Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay), Assemblymember Das Williams (D-Santa Barbara), Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), Senator Bill Monning (D-Carmel) today called on the Pacific Fisheries Management Council and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service to transition away from de...
Posted: Mon, Dec 22, 2014 3:33pm PST
Obama Admin Finalizes Stronger Stream Buffers to Protect Imperiled Salmon from Pesticides The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized an agreement to restore no-spray buffer zones around waterways to protect imperiled salmon and steelhead from five toxic pesticides....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2014 1:27pm PDT
Lawsuit Launched to Reinstate Protections for Endangered Sperm Whales Turtle Island Restoration Network and conservation groups today announced plans to file a lawsuit to reinstate rules designed to protect endangered sperm whales from deadly, mile-long drift gillnets in ocean waters off California....
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2014 2:30pm PDT
Illegal Relationship Exposed Between CPUC and PG & E: PG & E/CPUC emails The following Press Release came from the City of San Bruno: “Today’s disclosure demonstrates an ongoing, illicit and illegal relationship between the CPUC and PG&E,” said San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane, who released more than 7,000 pages of documents received after San Bruno filed a Public Records Act lawsuit against the CPUC. Download the PG&E-CPUC emails and highlights by visiting www.gaspipelinesafety.org ....
Posted: Mon, Jul 28, 2014 11:34pm PDT
July 15 Global Solidarity Fast for Peace – Palestine/Israel People around the world are fasting for peacej...
Posted: Mon, Jul 14, 2014 11:44pm PDT
Tenant Group Calls for Ouster of EPA City Manager for Interference with Rent Control Tenants Together calls for the replacement of East Palo Alto's City Manager based on a comprehensive review of documents obtained through a Public Records Act request. The documents reveal that the City Manager has effectively given control over the regulatory process to the biggest landlord in East Palo Alto. The City Manager's contract expires in October 2014, and the City Council will decide whether to replace her or renew the contract....
Posted: Wed, Jul 9, 2014 4:59pm PDT
'Granny Power' documentary about the Raging Grannies finished at last The feature-length documentary GRANNY POWER, a rollicking feel-good film about the Raging Grannies - hip older women who use song and satire to protest injustice, demonstrate against war, and promote peace - is finally finished. Along with the Montreal Raging Grannies, we are hosting a pre-release screening on June 26th in Montreal, to coincide with the Grannies bi-annual Unconvention. Our Indiegogo campaign to pre-sell the documentary and help us raise the needed funds to release the film th...
Posted: Fri, Jun 13, 2014 12:58am PDT
San Mateo Sheriff Kills Special Needs Woman A San Mateo County Sheriff’s Deputy killed an 18 year old woman on June 3 at her home near Half Moon Bay. Sheriffs say they were called to her home after they received a report that she was violent and had a weapon. According to a report by NBC Bay Area, the woman's brother, Lorenzo Serrano, said that his special needs sister, "may have been off her medication and likely had a knife." He also said, "We want answers....Why didn't they use a Taser? We just want to know what really happened."...
Posted: Wed, Jun 4, 2014 6:57pm PDT
Beach Access Bill Clears State Senate, Advances to Assembly Sacramento, Calif., May 28, 2014— A California state bill, Senate Bill 968 (Hill – San Mateo), which will restore public access to Martin’s Beach located minutes south of Half Moon Bay in San Mateo County, passed on the Senate floor with a vote of 22 to 11. It will now move on to the Assembly for consideration....
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2014 3:47pm PDT
Apple, the State and Social Rights Apple only gained its profits with the iPhone because of state promotion and investment in the Internet and language recognition software. The state faces a revenue crisis in part because Apple, Google and dominant corporations transfer tens of billions in profits to tax havens and dummy Irish corporations. The 8-hour day was only achieved through organization and struggle....
Posted: Mon, May 12, 2014 6:01am PDT
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