• ACCE members, renters, workers, community and labor leaders demand that California's millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share in taxes and for the state's recovery from the pandemic. The Los Angeles action took place outside Bank of America and in Bel Air near Tesla CEO Elon Musk's mansion. #DivestTheRich #InvestInUs #RecoveryForAll
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    ACCE members, renters, workers, community and labor leaders demand that California's millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share in taxes and for the state's recovery from the pandemic. The Los Angeles action took place outside Bank of America and in Bel Air near Tesla CEO Elon Musk's mansion. #DivestTheRich #InvestInUs #RecoveryForAll
  • Yesterday, hundreds of renters, workers and community members caravanned to the neighborhoods of the rich and wealthy to demand a Just #RecoveryForAll. It’s time to #DivestTheRich and #InvestInUs @afscme_3299 @unitehere11 @seiuusww @uaw2865 . Photos by @movementphotographer
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    Yesterday, hundreds of renters, workers and community members caravanned to the neighborhoods of the rich and wealthy to demand a Just #RecoveryForAll. It’s time to #DivestTheRich and #InvestInUs @afscme_3299 @unitehere11 @seiuusww @uaw2865 . Photos by @movementphotographer
  • Since the pandemic began, CA billionaires have profited $181B, while millions of us have lost our jobs, struggle to eat and stay in our homes. We don’t need to wait for another federal stimulus - the money is right here. It’s time to #ReturnOurWealth for a #RecoveryForAll
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    Since the pandemic began, CA billionaires have profited $181B, while millions of us have lost our jobs, struggle to eat and stay in our homes. We don’t need to wait for another federal stimulus - the money is right here. It’s time to #ReturnOurWealth for a #RecoveryForAll
  • Amidst the pandemic, its economic fallout, and a reckoning with police violence, Californians have stepped up to take care of each other. May we continue to make change for a better future.⠀ ⠀ #RepCA #RepTogether #BlackLivesMatter
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    Amidst the pandemic, its economic fallout, and a reckoning with police violence, Californians have stepped up to take care of each other. May we continue to make change for a better future.⠀ ⠀ #RepCA #RepTogether #BlackLivesMatter
  • Together we fight for world-class schools, affordable housing, and an end to police abuses in #California, starting with centering and affirming Black lives and futures.⠀ ⠀ #RepCA #RepTogether #BlackLivesMatter #BLM
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    Together we fight for world-class schools, affordable housing, and an end to police abuses in #California, starting with centering and affirming Black lives and futures.⠀ ⠀ #RepCA #RepTogether #BlackLivesMatter #BLM
  • [SWIPE] Part 3. Today rent is due and across the country as courts begin to reopen, millions of us who have lost our employment and income and have been unable to pay rent are at risk of being evicted. The police violence that is taking Black lives is the same violence that evicts us from our homes and denies us the right to shelter. No amount of time will be enough to help people pay their rent back if their jobs no longer exist or if they have not been able to return to full employment. The full forgiveness of rent is the only humane thing to do. We have the money we need, to #CancelRent for everyone who needs it. It’s time to #DefundTheRich to pay for a #RecoveryForAll and that starts first with keeping us in our homes. #BlackLivesMatter #TheRealLooters
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    [SWIPE] Part 3. Today rent is due and across the country as courts begin to reopen, millions of us who have lost our employment and income and have been unable to pay rent are at risk of being evicted. The police violence that is taking Black lives is the same violence that evicts us from our homes and denies us the right to shelter. No amount of time will be enough to help people pay their rent back if their jobs no longer exist or if they have not been able to return to full employment. The full forgiveness of rent is the only humane thing to do. We have the money we need, to #CancelRent for everyone who needs it. It’s time to #DefundTheRich to pay for a #RecoveryForAll and that starts first with keeping us in our homes. #BlackLivesMatter #TheRealLooters
  • What we once accepted as normal, but harmful, no longer has to be. We all deserve a California where all of us - no matter the color of our skin or where we come from - can thrive.⠀ ⠀ #RepCA #RepTogether #CareNotCops
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    What we once accepted as normal, but harmful, no longer has to be. We all deserve a California where all of us - no matter the color of our skin or where we come from - can thrive.⠀ ⠀ #RepCA #RepTogether #CareNotCops
  • [SWIPE] Part 2 of America’s professional looters. Today we expose Big Corporations and Wall Street. Since the beginning of the #COVID19 pandemic, American billionaire’s have gotten a half trillion dollars richer. While these same companies stumble over each other to share Black Lives Matter statements and donate some masks to support the pandemic, they pay little to nothing in taxes, leaving our country, our states, and our cities - deprived of the resources we need to invest in Black communities and communities of color at large. Racial justice is not just sharing a hashtag. Racial justice means redistributing resources from the Wall Street Corporations that have more than enough to our communities that are barely making it. A mere .02 cent tax on those who own more than $50M in wealth would generate $4 trillion dollars in just one decade - that’s enough money to finance free universal childcare, pre K higher education, Medicare For All and cancelling all student debt. We have the resources right here to build the #FutureWeWant coming out of this pandemic. It’s time to #DefundTheRich for a #RecoveryForAll #BlackLivesMatter #TheRealLooters
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    [SWIPE] Part 2 of America’s professional looters. Today we expose Big Corporations and Wall Street. Since the beginning of the #COVID19 pandemic, American billionaire’s have gotten a half trillion dollars richer. While these same companies stumble over each other to share Black Lives Matter statements and donate some masks to support the pandemic, they pay little to nothing in taxes, leaving our country, our states, and our cities - deprived of the resources we need to invest in Black communities and communities of color at large. Racial justice is not just sharing a hashtag. Racial justice means redistributing resources from the Wall Street Corporations that have more than enough to our communities that are barely making it. A mere .02 cent tax on those who own more than $50M in wealth would generate $4 trillion dollars in just one decade - that’s enough money to finance free universal childcare, pre K higher education, Medicare For All and cancelling all student debt. We have the resources right here to build the #FutureWeWant coming out of this pandemic. It’s time to #DefundTheRich for a #RecoveryForAll #BlackLivesMatter #TheRealLooters
  • [SWIPE] Part 1. Meet America's professional looters. From the looters that stole families from Africa to the looters that colonized Indigenous lands - racial capitalism has been looting our land, our labor, our homes, our lives for a very long time. But today, looting has been legalized across multiple institutions and systems. Introducing modern Looter #1: Big Banks and Big Lenders. #BlackLivesMatter #TheRealLooters
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    [SWIPE] Part 1. Meet America's professional looters. From the looters that stole families from Africa to the looters that colonized Indigenous lands - racial capitalism has been looting our land, our labor, our homes, our lives for a very long time. But today, looting has been legalized across multiple institutions and systems. Introducing modern Looter #1: Big Banks and Big Lenders. #BlackLivesMatter #TheRealLooters
  • We believe Governor Newsom is at a tipping point in terms of endorsing Schools & Communities First. He recently endorsed ACA 5 (Prop 209 repeal) and there is an opportunity right now to help frame the connection between institutional racism, disinvestment in POC communities, and Schools & Communities First. We have a small window to urge Governor Newsom to endorse Schools & Communities First! Urge him by clicking the link in our bio!
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    We believe Governor Newsom is at a tipping point in terms of endorsing Schools & Communities First. He recently endorsed ACA 5 (Prop 209 repeal) and there is an opportunity right now to help frame the connection between institutional racism, disinvestment in POC communities, and Schools & Communities First. We have a small window to urge Governor Newsom to endorse Schools & Communities First! Urge him by clicking the link in our bio!
  • California We Need You To Act- Call Your Senator!⠀ Tell them to VOTE YES on SB 1190⠀ ⠀ "Hello, I am a constituent in your district and I urge my Senator to vote YES and pass SB 1190 (Durazo). Local governments should have the ability to stop unjust evictions and rent gouging, and victims of crime should be able to move for their safety without obstacles. Please pass SB 1190 so our communities can thrive. Thank you!"
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    California We Need You To Act- Call Your Senator!⠀ Tell them to VOTE YES on SB 1190⠀ ⠀ "Hello, I am a constituent in your district and I urge my Senator to vote YES and pass SB 1190 (Durazo). Local governments should have the ability to stop unjust evictions and rent gouging, and victims of crime should be able to move for their safety without obstacles. Please pass SB 1190 so our communities can thrive. Thank you!"
  • “Los Angeles’ mayor is trying to give over 50% of the city’s budget to police officers: *$3 Billion*, while cutting all other essential services, during a global pandemic. If you want health and safety you should fund people, not the police.” - Mynor from @powercanow. How would 3 billion change your community? #repca #reptogether
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    “Los Angeles’ mayor is trying to give over 50% of the city’s budget to police officers: *$3 Billion*, while cutting all other essential services, during a global pandemic. If you want health and safety you should fund people, not the police.” - Mynor from @powercanow. How would 3 billion change your community? #repca #reptogether
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  • Urge Contra Costa Board of Supervisors to Invest in Black communities and divest from Trump supporter - Contra Costa Sheriff Livingston's Department! The Sheriff's department has already increased by a whopping $66M in just 10 years.⠀ ⠀ And now, in the midst of national calls to divest from the police and invest in black communities - into healthcare, schools, community services - Sheriff Livingston, is fighting for $2.8 Million MORE.⠀ ⠀ Meanwhile, the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors is discussing closing the County Hospital in Martinez due to a budget deficit in the middle of a global pandemic.⠀ ⠀ This is outrageous. We can no longer allow our elected leaders to use our taxpayer dollars to fund a broken policing system while taking money from the community services we need!⠀ ⠀ Click the link in our bio to urge Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors to divest from Sheriff's to invest more into black communities and the services we need!⠀ ⠀ #BlackLivesMatter #DefundPolice
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    Urge Contra Costa Board of Supervisors to Invest in Black communities and divest from Trump supporter - Contra Costa Sheriff Livingston's Department! The Sheriff's department has already increased by a whopping $66M in just 10 years.⠀ ⠀ And now, in the midst of national calls to divest from the police and invest in black communities - into healthcare, schools, community services - Sheriff Livingston, is fighting for $2.8 Million MORE.⠀ ⠀ Meanwhile, the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors is discussing closing the County Hospital in Martinez due to a budget deficit in the middle of a global pandemic.⠀ ⠀ This is outrageous. We can no longer allow our elected leaders to use our taxpayer dollars to fund a broken policing system while taking money from the community services we need!⠀ ⠀ Click the link in our bio to urge Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors to divest from Sheriff's to invest more into black communities and the services we need!⠀ ⠀ #BlackLivesMatter #DefundPolice
  • We are ready to make meaningful structural change in California. We are ready to correct historic underfunding of communities of color. We are ready to ensure CA’s largest corporations begin paying their fair share. We are ready to pass #SchoolsAndCommunitiesFirst.
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    We are ready to make meaningful structural change in California. We are ready to correct historic underfunding of communities of color. We are ready to ensure CA’s largest corporations begin paying their fair share. We are ready to pass #SchoolsAndCommunitiesFirst.
  • CA spends BILLIONS on police - more than schools, roads and utilities. When the LA mayor committed to cutting over $100m from the police, WE did that. But this is just the beginning. We know that when we Rep Together and fight for Black lives, we can make a better California that includes all of us. This can be our future. What kind of California should we build? #RepCA #RepTogether #BlackLivesMatter
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    CA spends BILLIONS on police - more than schools, roads and utilities. When the LA mayor committed to cutting over $100m from the police, WE did that. But this is just the beginning. We know that when we Rep Together and fight for Black lives, we can make a better California that includes all of us. This can be our future. What kind of California should we build? #RepCA #RepTogether #BlackLivesMatter
  • We can't allow California renters who can't pay rent due to COVID-19 to be kicked out of their homes and onto the streets. #AB1436 is a first step in the #CancelRent movement toward protecting tenants and preventing a rise in homelessness during the pandemic. Sign the petition (link in our bio) #HomesNotTents
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    We can't allow California renters who can't pay rent due to COVID-19 to be kicked out of their homes and onto the streets. #AB1436 is a first step in the #CancelRent movement toward protecting tenants and preventing a rise in homelessness during the pandemic. Sign the petition (link in our bio) #HomesNotTents
  • Californians need #HomesNotTents! We can't allow California renters who can't pay rent due to COVID-19 to be kicked out of their homes and onto the streets. Assemblymember David Chiu’s new bill #AB1436 protects California renters from police-enforced evictions due to unpaid rent during the COVID pandemic, and protects tenants from late fees or lost security deposits for unpaid rent. Contact your Assemblymember today and tell them to stand with California renters and support #AB1436! https://www.acceaction.org/HomesNotTents
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    Californians need #HomesNotTents! We can't allow California renters who can't pay rent due to COVID-19 to be kicked out of their homes and onto the streets. Assemblymember David Chiu’s new bill #AB1436 protects California renters from police-enforced evictions due to unpaid rent during the COVID pandemic, and protects tenants from late fees or lost security deposits for unpaid rent. Contact your Assemblymember today and tell them to stand with California renters and support #AB1436! https://www.acceaction.org/HomesNotTents
  • Today, dozens of California’s largest labor unions and community organizations representing well over one million Californians came together to pledge their political power and resources to join the movement for black lives. This is big. Not just lip service, but a real commitment. “We need a #BlackNewDeal for housing. We need a #BlackNewDeal for healthcare. We need a #BlackNewDeal for education… It’s not just about the police. It’s about all of the institutions that are taking our money, our wealth, that are exploiting our people, that are killing us! We gotta stay in these streets and take this crisis to the people that are exploiting us!” - Christina Livingston, Executive Director of @ACCE_action #BlackLivesMatter
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    Today, dozens of California’s largest labor unions and community organizations representing well over one million Californians came together to pledge their political power and resources to join the movement for black lives. This is big. Not just lip service, but a real commitment. “We need a #BlackNewDeal for housing. We need a #BlackNewDeal for healthcare. We need a #BlackNewDeal for education… It’s not just about the police. It’s about all of the institutions that are taking our money, our wealth, that are exploiting our people, that are killing us! We gotta stay in these streets and take this crisis to the people that are exploiting us!” - Christina Livingston, Executive Director of @ACCE_action #BlackLivesMatter
  • “We have an agenda. They have an agenda. Our will has got to be stronger than theirs. Our resolve has to be stronger than theirs. Our ability to stay in these streets and demand justice has got to be stronger than theirs. There are more of us than them. We will win, we will persist, we will resist, we will continue, we will fight until all of us can breathe. Until all of us can breathe!" - Carroll Fife Oakland @acce_action Director, speaking at the #FuckYourCurfew rally, Oakland, CA, June 3rd, 2020. #repost @sassmasterdeane
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    “We have an agenda. They have an agenda. Our will has got to be stronger than theirs. Our resolve has to be stronger than theirs. Our ability to stay in these streets and demand justice has got to be stronger than theirs. There are more of us than them. We will win, we will persist, we will resist, we will continue, we will fight until all of us can breathe. Until all of us can breathe!" - Carroll Fife Oakland @acce_action Director, speaking at the #FuckYourCurfew rally, Oakland, CA, June 3rd, 2020. #repost @sassmasterdeane
  • It's time for a #BlackNewDeal
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    It's time for a #BlackNewDeal
  • America was founded on land stolen from indigenous people and built with the stolen labor of African people. That original sin created a violent and racist system of wealth hoarding by a few - leading to redlining, housing segregation and an affordable housing crisis. #MakeThemPay #CancelRent
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    America was founded on land stolen from indigenous people and built with the stolen labor of African people. That original sin created a violent and racist system of wealth hoarding by a few - leading to redlining, housing segregation and an affordable housing crisis. #MakeThemPay #CancelRent
  • While our communities are enraged over the brutal murder of #GeorgeFloyd & other Black people from police violence -- elites deflect & talk about looting. But it's Wall Street that has looted from Black people by benefitting from decades of racist housing policy. #MakeThemPay
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    While our communities are enraged over the brutal murder of #GeorgeFloyd & other Black people from police violence -- elites deflect & talk about looting. But it's Wall Street that has looted from Black people by benefitting from decades of racist housing policy. #MakeThemPay
  • This morning, members of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Black Housing Union woke up Alameda Board of Supervisors outside of their homes calling on them to #CancelRent, stop evictions and to move unsheltered people into hotels immediately. “The violence that is taking the lives of black bodies, with knees and boots on our necks, is the same violence that is evicting us, locking us out of shelter, strangling us with rent. This moment is also about housing. Because housing is health. Housing is life. We need rent cancelled,  and we need evictions cancelled!” - @carroll_fife , ACCE Oakland Director. #housingisahumanright #filltherooms #cancelrent #cancelmortgages
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    This morning, members of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Black Housing Union woke up Alameda Board of Supervisors outside of their homes calling on them to #CancelRent, stop evictions and to move unsheltered people into hotels immediately. “The violence that is taking the lives of black bodies, with knees and boots on our necks, is the same violence that is evicting us, locking us out of shelter, strangling us with rent. This moment is also about housing. Because housing is health. Housing is life. We need rent cancelled,  and we need evictions cancelled!” - @carroll_fife , ACCE Oakland Director. #housingisahumanright #filltherooms #cancelrent #cancelmortgages
  • Corporate landlord Greystar spent $38 million to build its NC headquarters - complete with coffee bar & yoga studio - while also filing for evictions during this pandemic. Real estate barons have enough to build fancy offices, so they can afford to #CancelRent. Read the report #MakeThemPay (link in our bio)
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    Corporate landlord Greystar spent $38 million to build its NC headquarters - complete with coffee bar & yoga studio - while also filing for evictions during this pandemic. Real estate barons have enough to build fancy offices, so they can afford to #CancelRent. Read the report #MakeThemPay (link in our bio)
  • 1 in 4 people didn't pay their rent in May and all indications show June will be worse. Tenants who lost income due to COVID-19 shouldn't be saddled with debt after this crisis ends. Related Companies and other corporate landlords who benefitted from government relief can afford to #CancelRent. Read the report #MakeThemPay (link in our bio)
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    1 in 4 people didn't pay their rent in May and all indications show June will be worse. Tenants who lost income due to COVID-19 shouldn't be saddled with debt after this crisis ends. Related Companies and other corporate landlords who benefitted from government relief can afford to #CancelRent. Read the report #MakeThemPay (link in our bio)
  • #GeorgeFloyd #BreonnaTaylor #AhmaudArbery #TonyMcDade When you mourn alone, you show respect. But when we mourn together, we show our power.
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    #GeorgeFloyd #BreonnaTaylor #AhmaudArbery #TonyMcDade When you mourn alone, you show respect. But when we mourn together, we show our power.
  • "For generations, since our ancestors were stolen from our native lands, the American government has mercilessly dehumanized us, terrorized us, hated us, and slaughtered us by direct and indirect means. The murders of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, Emmett Till, and countless others are connected in a long line of state sponsored and sanctioned repression and hate. The individuals who call the police on black people for doing mundane things like writing checks, watching birds, or barbecuing have internalized our dehumanization, support our systemic repression, and are participating in our destruction.  And today the president of this country uncovered its racist roots (yet again) by attempting to label the people fighting for OUR lives in the streets in MN as thugs and threatening to have them shot. His call to arms against Black Liberation is vile yet unsurprising - the racist and bloody legacy of this country is alive and powerful. It shows up through our murders but it also shows up in a million other ways. It's in our homelessness rates, in our chronic poor health, in our substandard living conditions, in our crumbling schools, and.. The depths of sorrow we feel is only matched by the rage within us. If you are not fighting to dismantle white supremacy you are implicated in it. All of us have a role to play in that. I don’t have the answers but I know we have to speak truth to power and let our values move us.  We cannot let the toxicity of stuffing down our pain, anger, and fear tear us apart from the inside out or render us immobile. There are endless ways you can stand up but here are a few suggestions to get you started: -Support those in MN doing black liberation work like the MN Freedom Project: https://buff.ly/2M5m76K -Answer the calls to action from groups working to hold police accountable/defund the carceral state - Join a black liberation/anti-racist affinity group Pause when you need to, cry, hug, write, sing, sleep, find your resilience. And move into action when you can, our lives depend on it." - Christina Livingston, Executive Director of ACCE Action art by @shirien.creates
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    "For generations, since our ancestors were stolen from our native lands, the American government has mercilessly dehumanized us, terrorized us, hated us, and slaughtered us by direct and indirect means. The murders of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, Emmett Till, and countless others are connected in a long line of state sponsored and sanctioned repression and hate. The individuals who call the police on black people for doing mundane things like writing checks, watching birds, or barbecuing have internalized our dehumanization, support our systemic repression, and are participating in our destruction.  And today the president of this country uncovered its racist roots (yet again) by attempting to label the people fighting for OUR lives in the streets in MN as thugs and threatening to have them shot. His call to arms against Black Liberation is vile yet unsurprising - the racist and bloody legacy of this country is alive and powerful. It shows up through our murders but it also shows up in a million other ways. It's in our homelessness rates, in our chronic poor health, in our substandard living conditions, in our crumbling schools, and.. The depths of sorrow we feel is only matched by the rage within us. If you are not fighting to dismantle white supremacy you are implicated in it. All of us have a role to play in that. I don’t have the answers but I know we have to speak truth to power and let our values move us.  We cannot let the toxicity of stuffing down our pain, anger, and fear tear us apart from the inside out or render us immobile. There are endless ways you can stand up but here are a few suggestions to get you started: -Support those in MN doing black liberation work like the MN Freedom Project: https://buff.ly/2M5m76K -Answer the calls to action from groups working to hold police accountable/defund the carceral state - Join a black liberation/anti-racist affinity group Pause when you need to, cry, hug, write, sing, sleep, find your resilience. And move into action when you can, our lives depend on it." - Christina Livingston, Executive Director of ACCE Action art by @shirien.creates
  • #SafeAndSimple voting is crucial this November, especially when Black and Brown communities are being hit hard by COVID-19. We need @cagovernor @gavinnewsom next #executiveorder to mirror #AB860 & #SB423 and ensure robust voter education and a voting plan that protects our most vulnerable. Join us in urging your legislator to stand on the right side of democracy! (link in our bio)
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    #SafeAndSimple voting is crucial this November, especially when Black and Brown communities are being hit hard by COVID-19. We need @cagovernor @gavinnewsom next #executiveorder to mirror #AB860 & #SB423 and ensure robust voter education and a voting plan that protects our most vulnerable. Join us in urging your legislator to stand on the right side of democracy! (link in our bio)
  • Corporate landlords like Starwood Capital who amassed great fortunes during the Great Recession are now expressing excitement over potentially profiting from this pandemic. We cannot continue to allow this kind of disaster capitalism to devastate our communities. Read the report #MakeThemPay (link in our bio)
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    Corporate landlords like Starwood Capital who amassed great fortunes during the Great Recession are now expressing excitement over potentially profiting from this pandemic. We cannot continue to allow this kind of disaster capitalism to devastate our communities. Read the report #MakeThemPay (link in our bio)
  • San Diego artists & activists protested near Sheriff Bill Gore’s home demanding his department not evict families during this pandemic! The chalk outlines represent the 160 tenants who could potentially be exposed to COVID-19 & die if Gore goes through with evictions after June 1.
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    San Diego artists & activists protested near Sheriff Bill Gore’s home demanding his department not evict families during this pandemic! The chalk outlines represent the 160 tenants who could potentially be exposed to COVID-19 & die if Gore goes through with evictions after June 1.
  • Corporate landlords like Brookfield Property Partners are hoarding billions in wealth while low-income tenants & homeowners are struggling to pay for necessities. Real estate barons who profit from poverty must be the ones who sacrifice in this crisis. Read why in the new report #MakeThemPay (link in our bio)
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    Corporate landlords like Brookfield Property Partners are hoarding billions in wealth while low-income tenants & homeowners are struggling to pay for necessities. Real estate barons who profit from poverty must be the ones who sacrifice in this crisis. Read why in the new report #MakeThemPay (link in our bio)
  • San Diego renters target the city's corporate landlords in #MakeThemPay car caravan calling on them to #CancelRent! The renters tape a “pay or quit" notice to the office of the Southern California Rental Housing Association, which represents the city's corporate landlords. These landlords have the ability to pay up and #CancelRent now! This June 1st, even more tenants are demanding corporate landlords pay for the cancellation of rent during the pandemic. Join the movement https://westriketogether.org/ (photo credit @eontiverosmedia)
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    San Diego renters target the city's corporate landlords in #MakeThemPay car caravan calling on them to #CancelRent! The renters tape a “pay or quit" notice to the office of the Southern California Rental Housing Association, which represents the city's corporate landlords. These landlords have the ability to pay up and #CancelRent now! This June 1st, even more tenants are demanding corporate landlords pay for the cancellation of rent during the pandemic. Join the movement https://westriketogether.org/ (photo credit @eontiverosmedia)
  • Corporate landlord Mosser Capital has a history of engaging in "harassment by construction" - constantly repairing apartments, even during the pandemic, in the hopes of pushing them out. Mosser and other corporate landlords must stop putting profits over safety. #MakeThemPay
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    Corporate landlord Mosser Capital has a history of engaging in "harassment by construction" - constantly repairing apartments, even during the pandemic, in the hopes of pushing them out. Mosser and other corporate landlords must stop putting profits over safety. #MakeThemPay
  • Over 200,000 tenants & homeowners have taken to the streets, Zoom & social media to demand that corporate landlords like Irvine Company Chairman Donald Bren - who can afford to do the right thing - #CancelRent during this crisis. Read the report #MakeThemPay to learn more! (link in our bio)
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    Over 200,000 tenants & homeowners have taken to the streets, Zoom & social media to demand that corporate landlords like Irvine Company Chairman Donald Bren - who can afford to do the right thing - #CancelRent during this crisis. Read the report #MakeThemPay to learn more! (link in our bio)
  • Our communities should not have to make the impossible choice between affording rent or food or medicine during this pandemic - or ever. Why should we suffer when corporate landlords like Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwartzman have amassed multi-billion-dollar fortunes? #MakeThemPay
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    Our communities should not have to make the impossible choice between affording rent or food or medicine during this pandemic - or ever. Why should we suffer when corporate landlords like Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwartzman have amassed multi-billion-dollar fortunes? #MakeThemPay
  • Equity Residential CEO Sam Zell is worth $5.2 billion, making him one of the richest landlords in the country. He can afford to #CancelRent - but we CAN’T afford to lose our homes. We demand that corporate landlords pay for rent cancellation during the pandemic. #MakeThemPay
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    Equity Residential CEO Sam Zell is worth $5.2 billion, making him one of the richest landlords in the country. He can afford to #CancelRent - but we CAN’T afford to lose our homes. We demand that corporate landlords pay for rent cancellation during the pandemic. #MakeThemPay
  • Elected leaders increasingly agree: a moratorium on evictions is not enough. We need rent cancelled. The question that is asked is how to pay for it. Let's not make the same mistakes we made during the foreclosure crisis by shouldering the burden of the pandemic on the people. It's time for corporate landlords like Kushner Companies that have lobbied for loopholes, corporate welfare programs & other schemes to avoid taxes, regulation & boost profits to pay their fair share. It's time to #MakeThemPay to #CancelRent! Get more details in the new report #MakeThemPay (link in our bio)
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    Elected leaders increasingly agree: a moratorium on evictions is not enough. We need rent cancelled. The question that is asked is how to pay for it. Let's not make the same mistakes we made during the foreclosure crisis by shouldering the burden of the pandemic on the people. It's time for corporate landlords like Kushner Companies that have lobbied for loopholes, corporate welfare programs & other schemes to avoid taxes, regulation & boost profits to pay their fair share. It's time to #MakeThemPay to #CancelRent! Get more details in the new report #MakeThemPay (link in our bio)
  • Tenants across the country are demanding that corporate landlords like Essex Properties stop putting their profits over our safety. They must pay for rent cancellation during this pandemic. Read the report to learn more! (link in our bio) #MakeThemPay #CancelRent
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    Tenants across the country are demanding that corporate landlords like Essex Properties stop putting their profits over our safety. They must pay for rent cancellation during this pandemic. Read the report to learn more! (link in our bio) #MakeThemPay #CancelRent
  • When we rep for ourselves we have pride, but when we do it together, we have power. Join ACCE in following @rep_ca - to #RepresentTogether #RepCA
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    When we rep for ourselves we have pride, but when we do it together, we have power. Join ACCE in following @rep_ca - to #RepresentTogether #RepCA
  • BAY AREA Represent to #CancelRent! Today tenants of Mosser Capital on #RentStrike due to the #COVID-19 pandemic car caravanned to their corporate landlords house to urge him to #CancelRent - corporate landlords like Mosser Capital are sitting on billions and can afford to care for their tenants by cancelling the rent. Corporate landlords like Mosser are sitting on billions of dollars right now. Making them pay our monthly housing expenses for the rest of the COVID-19 pandemic is the fairest, most pragmatic way to address the financial crisis facing millions of tenants, homeowners, and small property owners. So, Congress and Governor Newsom should #MakeThemPay. It’s the right thing to do.
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    BAY AREA Represent to #CancelRent! Today tenants of Mosser Capital on #RentStrike due to the #COVID-19 pandemic car caravanned to their corporate landlords house to urge him to #CancelRent - corporate landlords like Mosser Capital are sitting on billions and can afford to care for their tenants by cancelling the rent. Corporate landlords like Mosser are sitting on billions of dollars right now. Making them pay our monthly housing expenses for the rest of the COVID-19 pandemic is the fairest, most pragmatic way to address the financial crisis facing millions of tenants, homeowners, and small property owners. So, Congress and Governor Newsom should #MakeThemPay. It’s the right thing to do.
  • Everyone deserves a safe, healthy and affordable place to call home - especially now - when our collective wellbeing depends on it. But right now, our communities’ health is being threatened by growing housing debt and the inevitable wave of evictions that will follow it. While California renters struggle, corporate landlords become wealthier every day, by huge tax loopholes and tax giveaways from Trump in 2017 and from Congress in the most recent federal stimulus packages. Unless our elected leaders step up to make corporate landlords pay for rent cancellation - Californians will be forced into homelessness at catastrophic levels. That is why thousands of renters across the country are taking action today to call on Congress and Governor Newsom to make corporate landlords return our rent - to #MakeThemPay to #CancelRent
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    Everyone deserves a safe, healthy and affordable place to call home - especially now - when our collective wellbeing depends on it. But right now, our communities’ health is being threatened by growing housing debt and the inevitable wave of evictions that will follow it. While California renters struggle, corporate landlords become wealthier every day, by huge tax loopholes and tax giveaways from Trump in 2017 and from Congress in the most recent federal stimulus packages. Unless our elected leaders step up to make corporate landlords pay for rent cancellation - Californians will be forced into homelessness at catastrophic levels. That is why thousands of renters across the country are taking action today to call on Congress and Governor Newsom to make corporate landlords return our rent - to #MakeThemPay to #CancelRent
  • Sacramento Represent to #CancelRent!!! TODAY thousands tenants across the country - and @acce_action members from Sacramento to San Diego - are sending a strong message to corporate landlords: your bill is long past due. It’s time to #MakeThemPay for the cancellation of rent, mortgages, & utilities for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic!!! #CancelRent #RepCA #CancelMortgages #RentStrike #rentstrike2020
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    Sacramento Represent to #CancelRent!!! TODAY thousands tenants across the country - and @acce_action members from Sacramento to San Diego - are sending a strong message to corporate landlords: your bill is long past due. It’s time to #MakeThemPay for the cancellation of rent, mortgages, & utilities for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic!!! #CancelRent #RepCA #CancelMortgages #RentStrike #rentstrike2020
  • TODAY tenants across the country are sending a strong message to corporate landlords: your bill is long past due! It’s time to make corporate landlords pay for the cancellation of rent, mortgages, & utilities for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    TODAY tenants across the country are sending a strong message to corporate landlords: your bill is long past due! It’s time to make corporate landlords pay for the cancellation of rent, mortgages, & utilities for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Corporate Landlords are sitting on at least $470 billion in handouts and income. They can afford to #CancelRent, mortgages, and utilities for the duration of the pandemic. #MakeThemPay report (link in our bio)
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    Corporate Landlords are sitting on at least $470 billion in handouts and income. They can afford to #CancelRent, mortgages, and utilities for the duration of the pandemic. #MakeThemPay report (link in our bio)
  • San Diego, May 15 - @ACCE_Action and Community Budget Alliance (The Center on Policy Initiatives) @cpisandiego car caravan protesting Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s plan to cut programs & services for residents hit hardest by #COVID19. Learn more and take action (link in our bio) Photo credit: @eontiverosmedia
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    San Diego, May 15 - @ACCE_Action and Community Budget Alliance (The Center on Policy Initiatives) @cpisandiego car caravan protesting Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s plan to cut programs & services for residents hit hardest by #COVID19. Learn more and take action (link in our bio) Photo credit: @eontiverosmedia
  • Californians are stepping up to care for one another during this difficult time. Our state leaders must pass a moral budget that protects the people who care for us. @philting @hollyjmitchell @senatortoniatkins @rendon63rd ✊🏼 ✊🏽 ✊🏾#RepCA #RepTogether #CareForUs (link in our bio)
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    Californians are stepping up to care for one another during this difficult time. Our state leaders must pass a moral budget that protects the people who care for us. @philting @hollyjmitchell @senatortoniatkins @rendon63rd ✊🏼 ✊🏽 ✊🏾#RepCA #RepTogether #CareForUs (link in our bio)
  • 📢Action Alert 📢COVID-19 is only highlighting what was always true - Black and brown people have been denied the adequate care and treatment that we all deserve. We need to implement proven solutions - access to paid time to recover, healthcare, stable housing, and a fair return on our work that allows us to make ends meet. We need a moral budget that prioritizes the health and wellbeing of people, not corporations. @philting @hollyjmitchell @senatortoniatkins @rendon63rd ✊🏼 ✊🏽 ✊🏾 #RepCA #RepTogether #CareForUs → link in our bio
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    📢Action Alert 📢COVID-19 is only highlighting what was always true - Black and brown people have been denied the adequate care and treatment that we all deserve. We need to implement proven solutions - access to paid time to recover, healthcare, stable housing, and a fair return on our work that allows us to make ends meet. We need a moral budget that prioritizes the health and wellbeing of people, not corporations. @philting @hollyjmitchell @senatortoniatkins @rendon63rd ✊🏼 ✊🏽 ✊🏾 #RepCA #RepTogether #CareForUs → link in our bio
  • ❗️❗️❗️Essential workers across CA are showing up to care for each other during this pandemic, we need our gov't to do the same! CA needs leaders in Congress and the State Legislature to make choices that expand testing and health care ⚕️, guarantee income and jobs, and protect workers, children and the elderly. Take action and make sure our congressional leaders pass federal relief that goes directly to individuals and state governments. @speakerpelosi @repadamschiff @repkevingmccarthy @realdevinnunes @repbarbaralee ✊🏼 ✊🏽 ✊🏾#RepCA #RepTogether #CareForUs → link in our bio
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    ❗️❗️❗️Essential workers across CA are showing up to care for each other during this pandemic, we need our gov't to do the same! CA needs leaders in Congress and the State Legislature to make choices that expand testing and health care ⚕️, guarantee income and jobs, and protect workers, children and the elderly. Take action and make sure our congressional leaders pass federal relief that goes directly to individuals and state governments. @speakerpelosi @repadamschiff @repkevingmccarthy @realdevinnunes @repbarbaralee ✊🏼 ✊🏽 ✊🏾#RepCA #RepTogether #CareForUs → link in our bio
  • 56% of Californians support enshrining #HousingIsAHumanRight in the state constitution, according to a new report by @Moms4Housing, The Justice Collaborative and @DataForProgress. Such a right would compel our elected leaders to provide solutions to make housing available to all. https://buff.ly/3fOWiFt
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    56% of Californians support enshrining #HousingIsAHumanRight in the state constitution, according to a new report by @Moms4Housing, The Justice Collaborative and @DataForProgress. Such a right would compel our elected leaders to provide solutions to make housing available to all. https://buff.ly/3fOWiFt
  • #COVID19 has shown that one of the deadliest underlying condition in America is systemic racism. For generations, racial and economic segregation has limited the mobility of Californians, resulting in the concentration of low-income Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other people of color in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities – communities exposed to toxic chemicals and other unhealthy land uses, failing infrastructure, and lack of access to services. To survive this pandemic, we must address the inequities that have made communities of color more vulnerable to the spread of this deadly virus. Read the interactive report by @advancementprojectca here: https://www.racecounts.org/covid/ #CASolidarity #RaceCounts
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    #COVID19 has shown that one of the deadliest underlying condition in America is systemic racism. For generations, racial and economic segregation has limited the mobility of Californians, resulting in the concentration of low-income Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other people of color in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities – communities exposed to toxic chemicals and other unhealthy land uses, failing infrastructure, and lack of access to services. To survive this pandemic, we must address the inequities that have made communities of color more vulnerable to the spread of this deadly virus. Read the interactive report by @advancementprojectca here: https://www.racecounts.org/covid/ #CASolidarity #RaceCounts
  • 100 cars strong! San Diego rent strikers on #MayDay fired up a "Cancel the Rent" caravan to press @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom to cancel rent & mortgage payments for those who have lost income due to #COVID19. So far, 12,000+ Californians have joined the movement! Learn more and join today! https://www.rentstrikemovement.org/#RentStrike #CancelRent #CancelMortgages
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    100 cars strong! San Diego rent strikers on #MayDay fired up a "Cancel the Rent" caravan to press @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom to cancel rent & mortgage payments for those who have lost income due to #COVID19. So far, 12,000+ Californians have joined the movement! Learn more and join today! https://www.rentstrikemovement.org/#RentStrike #CancelRent #CancelMortgages
  • Today is #BigDayOfGiving Can we count on you to give back so ACCE can continue to fight for families #FoodNotRent sdl.fm/ajjy
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    Today is #BigDayOfGiving Can we count on you to give back so ACCE can continue to fight for families #FoodNotRent sdl.fm/ajjy
  • ⚡️ PHONE ZAP 📅 TODAY ⏰ 8AM - 1PM ☎️ CALL CONGRESS 🏠 #CancelRent #CancelMortgages @Ilhan introduced the Rent + Mortgage Cancellation Act (#HR6515). Congress can either pass #HR6515 to cancel all rent/mortgage payments, or face nationwide rent strikes and mass disruption. Call your Rep and tell them the clock is ticking - www.acceaction.org/cancelrent #HomesGuarantee
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    ⚡️ PHONE ZAP 📅 TODAY ⏰ 8AM - 1PM ☎️ CALL CONGRESS 🏠 #CancelRent #CancelMortgages @Ilhan introduced the Rent + Mortgage Cancellation Act (#HR6515). Congress can either pass #HR6515 to cancel all rent/mortgage payments, or face nationwide rent strikes and mass disruption. Call your Rep and tell them the clock is ticking - www.acceaction.org/cancelrent #HomesGuarantee
  • Los Angeles #MayDay #RentStrike round-up: @acce_action members were part of the 200 rent strikers making up a car caravan rally on May 1st to demand @cagovernor @gavinnewsom #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages during the #COVID19 crisis. Join the movement! Www.rentstrikemovement.org #FoodNotRent #ComidaNoRenta #CantPayWontPay #nopuedepagarnopagará #rentstrike #huelgaderenta #cancelrent #cancelarenta #cancelmortgages cancelahipotecas #housingisahumanright
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    Los Angeles #MayDay #RentStrike round-up: @acce_action members were part of the 200 rent strikers making up a car caravan rally on May 1st to demand @cagovernor @gavinnewsom #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages during the #COVID19 crisis. Join the movement! Www.rentstrikemovement.org #FoodNotRent #ComidaNoRenta #CantPayWontPay #nopuedepagarnopagará #rentstrike #huelgaderenta #cancelrent #cancelarenta #cancelmortgages cancelahipotecas #housingisahumanright
  • San Diego rent strikers want @cagovernor @gavinnewsom to #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages NOW and help struggling tenants and homeowners impacted by #COVID19! Check out these photos of @acce_action organizers and #RentStrike supporters in the MayDay #CancelTheRent car caravan that wound its way from the border in San Ysidro to the San Diego State Building and ending at the buildings of three slumlords. #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #housingisahumanright
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    San Diego rent strikers want @cagovernor @gavinnewsom to #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages NOW and help struggling tenants and homeowners impacted by #COVID19! Check out these photos of @acce_action organizers and #RentStrike supporters in the MayDay #CancelTheRent car caravan that wound its way from the border in San Ysidro to the San Diego State Building and ending at the buildings of three slumlords. #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #housingisahumanright
  • Check out this round-up of amazing MayDay #RentStrike photos from Los Angeles! Two hundred @acce_action organizers and #RentStrike supporters took a car caravan through downtown Los Angeles to demand @cagovernor @gavinnewsom help struggling tenants and homeowners impacted by #COVID19 and order the cancellation of all rent and mortgage payments until the pandemic crisis lifts. #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #housingisahumanright
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    Check out this round-up of amazing MayDay #RentStrike photos from Los Angeles! Two hundred @acce_action organizers and #RentStrike supporters took a car caravan through downtown Los Angeles to demand @cagovernor @gavinnewsom help struggling tenants and homeowners impacted by #COVID19 and order the cancellation of all rent and mortgage payments until the pandemic crisis lifts. #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #housingisahumanright
  • @ACCE_Action member Guadalupe Ortiz of L.A. says her husband has been without work for 5 weeks due to the #COVID19 pandemic and it's been tough to pay bills. She asks @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom and Mayor Eric Garcetti @MayorOfLA to please #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages NOW! "You can do it! I know you can help those of us in our communities who cannot go out to work because we must stay in our homes. I believe it can be done." #CancelaRenta #CancelaHipotecas #ComidaNoRenta #FoodNotRent
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    @ACCE_Action member Guadalupe Ortiz of L.A. says her husband has been without work for 5 weeks due to the #COVID19 pandemic and it's been tough to pay bills. She asks @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom and Mayor Eric Garcetti @MayorOfLA to please #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages NOW! "You can do it! I know you can help those of us in our communities who cannot go out to work because we must stay in our homes. I believe it can be done." #CancelaRenta #CancelaHipotecas #ComidaNoRenta #FoodNotRent
  • Join the movement! oaklandrentstrike.org ⠀ @ACCE_Action member Merika Reagan of Oakland saw her pet care business plummet due to #COVID19. "My once-thriving business is literally down to three clients and I don’t know how this is going to end for us. I know that my clients are saying that when this is over, they will be more than happy to resume services. But, with my nerves around rent, and housing, I don’t even know if I will be in a situation to provide services. I do have employees that are not working now because of COVID19, because like I said, all of the clients are home because of shelter in place. They don’t need their dogs walked. They don’t need their cats fed. That income that I usually get, I’m not getting now. And for the Governor to say, we can pause your rent for three months and then expect me to have three months of rent all at once is ridiculous. I don’t have money coming in. It’s not like I have money coming in and I’m saving it.”⠀ #RentStrike #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom
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    Join the movement! oaklandrentstrike.org ⠀ @ACCE_Action member Merika Reagan of Oakland saw her pet care business plummet due to #COVID19. "My once-thriving business is literally down to three clients and I don’t know how this is going to end for us. I know that my clients are saying that when this is over, they will be more than happy to resume services. But, with my nerves around rent, and housing, I don’t even know if I will be in a situation to provide services. I do have employees that are not working now because of COVID19, because like I said, all of the clients are home because of shelter in place. They don’t need their dogs walked. They don’t need their cats fed. That income that I usually get, I’m not getting now. And for the Governor to say, we can pause your rent for three months and then expect me to have three months of rent all at once is ridiculous. I don’t have money coming in. It’s not like I have money coming in and I’m saving it.”⠀ #RentStrike #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom
  • Join the movement! @ACCE_Action member and Oakland tenant Lizzie Holloway has not worked for a month because her age makes her vulnerable to #COVID19. “Right now I am not working due to my age and the fact that I can get the virus so I have been off work I guess a month now, month and a half. I’ll be striking on May 1st as far as the rent. We’re not able to pay the rent and also buy food at this time due to our situation, as far as not working. This strike is important to me because we’re not getting work, the money that we were getting before COVID19. My husband isn’t working. I’m not working. We still have bills to pay. This is something that makes me nervous every day.” ⠀ #RentStrike #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #HousingIsAHumanRight @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom
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    Join the movement! @ACCE_Action member and Oakland tenant Lizzie Holloway has not worked for a month because her age makes her vulnerable to #COVID19. “Right now I am not working due to my age and the fact that I can get the virus so I have been off work I guess a month now, month and a half. I’ll be striking on May 1st as far as the rent. We’re not able to pay the rent and also buy food at this time due to our situation, as far as not working. This strike is important to me because we’re not getting work, the money that we were getting before COVID19. My husband isn’t working. I’m not working. We still have bills to pay. This is something that makes me nervous every day.” ⠀ #RentStrike #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #HousingIsAHumanRight @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom
  • Join the movement! oaklandrentstrike.org⠀ @ACCE_Action leader Vanessa Bulnes of Oakland lost her teaching job in mid-March due to #COVID19. She explains why she is on #RentStrike: "I’ve been a resident of Oakland since 1986. I’m supporting the Rent Strike on May 1st because I have not been employed since the middle of March when we were required to shelter in place. As an early childhood educator teaching young children, we were closed, our business closed, my school closed, my job closed. So I haven’t had the income that I would need to support my household as rent is concerned. There are other considerations as far as food. I don’t want to have to choose between putting food on the table and paying the rent. So rent forgiveness! We want the rent that we have not been able to pay to be forgiven." #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #HousingIsAHumanRight @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom
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    Join the movement! oaklandrentstrike.org⠀ @ACCE_Action leader Vanessa Bulnes of Oakland lost her teaching job in mid-March due to #COVID19. She explains why she is on #RentStrike: "I’ve been a resident of Oakland since 1986. I’m supporting the Rent Strike on May 1st because I have not been employed since the middle of March when we were required to shelter in place. As an early childhood educator teaching young children, we were closed, our business closed, my school closed, my job closed. So I haven’t had the income that I would need to support my household as rent is concerned. There are other considerations as far as food. I don’t want to have to choose between putting food on the table and paying the rent. So rent forgiveness! We want the rent that we have not been able to pay to be forgiven." #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #HousingIsAHumanRight @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom
  • @ACCE_Action member Francisco Perez and his fellow Oakland tenants have been on #RentStrike for five months. He explains why it's important to join the movement! "We could create an incredible force that no one could no longer ignore." oaklandrentstrike.org #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #CancelaRenta #CancelaHipotecas @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom
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    @ACCE_Action member Francisco Perez and his fellow Oakland tenants have been on #RentStrike for five months. He explains why it's important to join the movement! "We could create an incredible force that no one could no longer ignore." oaklandrentstrike.org #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #CancelaRenta #CancelaHipotecas @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom
  • Join the movement! ⠀ @ACCE_Action member & Oakland tenant Ronnie Casey tells why he will go on #RentStrike May 1st. "I’ve been here 13 years and I work for a local church that serves as a community center. Unfortunately, I temporarily lost my job due to the COVID19 outbreak. Because I work for a church, I’m actually ineligible for unemployment benefits. And what this means for me is that I have not been able to pay my rent for the month of April, and I won’t be able to pay it for the month of May or for as long as this pandemic continues to affect us. This has been very stressful and very scary as you can imagine. So, I am striking on May 1st to send a message to @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom that we are demanding and requesting total rent and mortgage forgiveness. There are hundreds, thousands of people like me here in Oakland who are unable to pay their rent and who will not be able to pay their rent after this crisis is over with - a multi-month rent bill. So we are coming together to act now to ask for total rent and mortgage forgiveness because we believe that housing is a human right.”⠀ #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #HousingIsAHumanRight
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    Join the movement! ⠀ @ACCE_Action member & Oakland tenant Ronnie Casey tells why he will go on #RentStrike May 1st. "I’ve been here 13 years and I work for a local church that serves as a community center. Unfortunately, I temporarily lost my job due to the COVID19 outbreak. Because I work for a church, I’m actually ineligible for unemployment benefits. And what this means for me is that I have not been able to pay my rent for the month of April, and I won’t be able to pay it for the month of May or for as long as this pandemic continues to affect us. This has been very stressful and very scary as you can imagine. So, I am striking on May 1st to send a message to @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom that we are demanding and requesting total rent and mortgage forgiveness. There are hundreds, thousands of people like me here in Oakland who are unable to pay their rent and who will not be able to pay their rent after this crisis is over with - a multi-month rent bill. So we are coming together to act now to ask for total rent and mortgage forgiveness because we believe that housing is a human right.”⠀ #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #HousingIsAHumanRight
  • @ACCE_Action member Patricia Mendoza of Imperial Beach tells @CAGovernor @GavinNewsom why she will go on #RentStrike May 1st: “I’ve lived here for over three years. I’m a single mother of two that has always worked hard to pay my rent on time and keep food on the table. Last year, I even worked on Christmas Eve. I worked for a non-emergency medical transport company and lost my job due to #COVID19. It’s already extremely hard enough because we live paycheck to paycheck and recently, we’ve been going to food drives and food donations. I was not able to pay my rent in April. I feel very stressed, worried and at times, scared. I’m striking on May 1st because I have no income to pay my rent. And I know many others are struggling just like me. This is why I am asking Governor Newsom to please cancel the rent and mortgage payments. Because how are we supposed to afford a multi-month rent bill at the end of this crisis if we have no income? Thank you." Join the movement TODAY! https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #HousingIsAHumanRight
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    @ACCE_Action member Patricia Mendoza of Imperial Beach tells @CAGovernor @GavinNewsom why she will go on #RentStrike May 1st: “I’ve lived here for over three years. I’m a single mother of two that has always worked hard to pay my rent on time and keep food on the table. Last year, I even worked on Christmas Eve. I worked for a non-emergency medical transport company and lost my job due to #COVID19. It’s already extremely hard enough because we live paycheck to paycheck and recently, we’ve been going to food drives and food donations. I was not able to pay my rent in April. I feel very stressed, worried and at times, scared. I’m striking on May 1st because I have no income to pay my rent. And I know many others are struggling just like me. This is why I am asking Governor Newsom to please cancel the rent and mortgage payments. Because how are we supposed to afford a multi-month rent bill at the end of this crisis if we have no income? Thank you." Join the movement TODAY! https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #HousingIsAHumanRight
  • Join the movement TODAY! oaklandrentstrike.org⠀ ⠀ @Acce_Action member and Oakland tenant Fikre tells his story and why he is going on #RentStrike May 1. Fikre asks @GavinNewsom @CAgovernor to #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages NOW: "Hello. My name is Fikre. I am a tenant of this building right here at 3080 Richmond Blvd. I am part of the rent strike group. I am striking starting May 1st regarding my rent because I am not capable of paying my rent. My income has completely been compromised because of this crisis." ⠀ ⠀ "The situation has been causing a lot of stress to me and to my neighbor tenants. I operate and I manage my own small business for an auto glass repair service and this pandemic has affected my business as well. Besides rent, we have so many different expenses that are now being put on hold. This is one thing that can really alleviate our current stress due to this pandemic."⠀ ⠀ "I am sending this message to our Governor Newsom that I’m striking starting May 1st because my rent is not my priority right now. My safety is. We would like to see some kind of solution. This is the time we need your help."
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    Join the movement TODAY! oaklandrentstrike.org⠀ ⠀ @Acce_Action member and Oakland tenant Fikre tells his story and why he is going on #RentStrike May 1. Fikre asks @GavinNewsom @CAgovernor to #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages NOW: "Hello. My name is Fikre. I am a tenant of this building right here at 3080 Richmond Blvd. I am part of the rent strike group. I am striking starting May 1st regarding my rent because I am not capable of paying my rent. My income has completely been compromised because of this crisis." ⠀ ⠀ "The situation has been causing a lot of stress to me and to my neighbor tenants. I operate and I manage my own small business for an auto glass repair service and this pandemic has affected my business as well. Besides rent, we have so many different expenses that are now being put on hold. This is one thing that can really alleviate our current stress due to this pandemic."⠀ ⠀ "I am sending this message to our Governor Newsom that I’m striking starting May 1st because my rent is not my priority right now. My safety is. We would like to see some kind of solution. This is the time we need your help."
  • We are OUTRAGED that those most affected are continually left out of  federal COVID relief packages. Its time to put People First! We refuse to let the needs of Black & Brown people, working people, and immigrants be ignored. Join our LIVE townhall April 24 at 9 AM PST as we share stories of those who in desperate need of federal support: populardemocracy.live/peoplesforum
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    We are OUTRAGED that those most affected are continually left out of  federal COVID relief packages. Its time to put People First! We refuse to let the needs of Black & Brown people, working people, and immigrants be ignored. Join our LIVE townhall April 24 at 9 AM PST as we share stories of those who in desperate need of federal support: populardemocracy.live/peoplesforum
  • We are all in this crisis together. If some of us cannot pay, none of us will pay. When we are alone in not paying , we are vulnerable. When we act collectively, and don’t pay, we have greater power to push our Government to do the right thing, and help save lives by keeping people housed. Join the #RentStrike movement NOW! https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #CantPayWontPay #HousingIsAHumanRight
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    We are all in this crisis together. If some of us cannot pay, none of us will pay. When we are alone in not paying , we are vulnerable. When we act collectively, and don’t pay, we have greater power to push our Government to do the right thing, and help save lives by keeping people housed. Join the #RentStrike movement NOW! https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #CantPayWontPay #HousingIsAHumanRight
  • Join us on Monday April 27th at 12:30 pm in calling on Governor Newsom to keep families housed and debt free! Millions of people were unable to pay their rent in March or April, and that number will rise as May 1st approaches and rent is due again. We need direct and immediate action from Governor Newsom. An eviction moratorium is NOT ENOUGH to ensure tenants have a #DebtFreeFuture. Link to register in bio!
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    Join us on Monday April 27th at 12:30 pm in calling on Governor Newsom to keep families housed and debt free! Millions of people were unable to pay their rent in March or April, and that number will rise as May 1st approaches and rent is due again. We need direct and immediate action from Governor Newsom. An eviction moratorium is NOT ENOUGH to ensure tenants have a #DebtFreeFuture. Link to register in bio!
  • During this pandemic, many of us have had to choose between food and rent, and given that the shelter-in-place order has been extended, on May 1st even more of us will be unable to pay. We refuse to stand by and allow our families, friends, neighbors and communities to be put in this position. Housing is a human right and it is not worth the risk to our collective well-being to allow anyone to go unsheltered. Pledge to #RentStrike NOW! https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge #HousingIsAHumanRight #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #CantPayWontPay
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    During this pandemic, many of us have had to choose between food and rent, and given that the shelter-in-place order has been extended, on May 1st even more of us will be unable to pay. We refuse to stand by and allow our families, friends, neighbors and communities to be put in this position. Housing is a human right and it is not worth the risk to our collective well-being to allow anyone to go unsheltered. Pledge to #RentStrike NOW! https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge #HousingIsAHumanRight #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #CantPayWontPay
  • We are coming together to demand an immediate cancellation of rent and mortgage payments until the crisis of the #COVID19 pandemic lifts. If those demands aren't met, we will take collective action to keep our families housed! Join the #RentStrike Movement TODAY! https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #CantPayWontPay #HousingIsAHumanRight
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    We are coming together to demand an immediate cancellation of rent and mortgage payments until the crisis of the #COVID19 pandemic lifts. If those demands aren't met, we will take collective action to keep our families housed! Join the #RentStrike Movement TODAY! https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #CantPayWontPay #HousingIsAHumanRight
  • While corporations have gotten a bailout during the #COVID19 pandemic, our elected officials so far have failed to adequately protect the millions of Californians whose incomes have been significantly reduced or lost entirely due to the pandemic. We say: #CantPayWontPay! Pledge here https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge and Join the #RentStrike movement TODAY! #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #HousingIsAHumanRight
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    While corporations have gotten a bailout during the #COVID19 pandemic, our elected officials so far have failed to adequately protect the millions of Californians whose incomes have been significantly reduced or lost entirely due to the pandemic. We say: #CantPayWontPay! Pledge here https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge and Join the #RentStrike movement TODAY! #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #HousingIsAHumanRight
  • No family should have to choose between paying for food or housing. All of us, no matter what we look like, where we’re from, or where we live, deserve to have shelter from the storm, a permanent home, and food and medicine to keep us nourished and healthy. Now more than ever, our collective well-being depends on it. Together, we choose #FoodNotRent! Sign the pledge at https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge and Join the #RentStrike movement TODAY! #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #HousingIsAHumanRight
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    No family should have to choose between paying for food or housing. All of us, no matter what we look like, where we’re from, or where we live, deserve to have shelter from the storm, a permanent home, and food and medicine to keep us nourished and healthy. Now more than ever, our collective well-being depends on it. Together, we choose #FoodNotRent! Sign the pledge at https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge and Join the #RentStrike movement TODAY! #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #HousingIsAHumanRight
  • Today we are taking a stand as a community and are calling for an order for the cancellation of rent and mortgage debts during the #COVID19 Pandemic. If those demands are not met, we will take collective action to keep our families housed! Join the #RentStrike Movement TODAY! https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #HousingIsAHumanRight
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    Today we are taking a stand as a community and are calling for an order for the cancellation of rent and mortgage debts during the #COVID19 Pandemic. If those demands are not met, we will take collective action to keep our families housed! Join the #RentStrike Movement TODAY! https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #FoodNotRent #HousingIsAHumanRight
  • Right now, 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck - and that means millions of us could be facing eviction or foreclosure in just a few months if most of us are not already. If we have no income, we cannot pay. It's common sense. Join the #RentStrike movement! Sign the pledge https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge today! #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #CantPayWontPay
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    Right now, 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck - and that means millions of us could be facing eviction or foreclosure in just a few months if most of us are not already. If we have no income, we cannot pay. It's common sense. Join the #RentStrike movement! Sign the pledge https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge today! #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #CantPayWontPay
  • We are demanding Governor Newsom #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages during the #COVID19 pandemic, or on May 1st we will be forced to strike! Sign the pledge at https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge and join the #RentStrike movement! #FoodNotRent #CantPayWontPay #HousingIsAHumanRight @gavinnewsom @CAgovernor
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    We are demanding Governor Newsom #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages during the #COVID19 pandemic, or on May 1st we will be forced to strike! Sign the pledge at https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrikepledge and join the #RentStrike movement! #FoodNotRent #CantPayWontPay #HousingIsAHumanRight @gavinnewsom @CAgovernor
  • Families shouldn’t have to choose between paying for food or housing. All of us, no matter what race we are, where we're from, or where we live, we deserve to have shelter from the storm! Sign the petition https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrike and Join the #RentStrike movement! #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #CantPayWontPay #HousingIsAHumanRight
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    Families shouldn’t have to choose between paying for food or housing. All of us, no matter what race we are, where we're from, or where we live, we deserve to have shelter from the storm! Sign the petition https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrike and Join the #RentStrike movement! #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #CantPayWontPay #HousingIsAHumanRight
  • We have been told to stay home, but what’s being done to make sure we have a home to stay in? Let's send a message to our elected officials: Do the right thing! #CancelRent #CancelMortgages! Join the #RentStrike movement here https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrike @gavinnewsom @CAgovernor #COVID19 #FoodNotRent #CantPayWontPay #HousingIsAHumanRight
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    We have been told to stay home, but what’s being done to make sure we have a home to stay in? Let's send a message to our elected officials: Do the right thing! #CancelRent #CancelMortgages! Join the #RentStrike movement here https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrike @gavinnewsom @CAgovernor #COVID19 #FoodNotRent #CantPayWontPay #HousingIsAHumanRight
  • Es de sentido común: si no tenemos ingresos, no podemos pagar la renta o la hipoteca. Muchos de nosotros ya no podemos hacer nuestros pagos de vivienda. Decenas de miles, o millones, más no podrán realizar estos pagos antes del 1 de mayo. Necesitamos unirnos y detener los desalojos y ejecuciones hipotecarias crueles y sin sentido que son inminentes.⠀ ⠀ La salud y el bienestar de nuestros hijos, nuestros adultos mayores, todos nosotros, está en juego. Juntos tenemos el poder de obligar a los políticos a reconocer nuestra realidad.⠀ ⠀ Juntos, debemos hacerles reconocer que la vivienda es un derecho humano básico.⠀ ⠀ El 1 de abril emitimos un aviso de 30 días.⠀ ⠀ El 1 de mayo, si el gobierno no ha actuado, actuaremos como pueblo. Aquellos de nosotros que podamos tomar medidas juntos reteniendo nuestra renta, o hipoteca hasta que nuestro Gobierno haga lo correcto y ayude a salvar vidas al mantener a las personas alojadas.⠀ ⠀ #FoodNotRent #ComidaNoRenta⠀ #CantPayWontPay #NoPuedePagarNoPagará⠀ #RentStrike #HuelgaDeRenta⠀ #CancelRent #CancelaRenta⠀ #CancelMortgages #CancelaHipotecas⠀ #HousingIsAHumanRight
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    Es de sentido común: si no tenemos ingresos, no podemos pagar la renta o la hipoteca. Muchos de nosotros ya no podemos hacer nuestros pagos de vivienda. Decenas de miles, o millones, más no podrán realizar estos pagos antes del 1 de mayo. Necesitamos unirnos y detener los desalojos y ejecuciones hipotecarias crueles y sin sentido que son inminentes.⠀ ⠀ La salud y el bienestar de nuestros hijos, nuestros adultos mayores, todos nosotros, está en juego. Juntos tenemos el poder de obligar a los políticos a reconocer nuestra realidad.⠀ ⠀ Juntos, debemos hacerles reconocer que la vivienda es un derecho humano básico.⠀ ⠀ El 1 de abril emitimos un aviso de 30 días.⠀ ⠀ El 1 de mayo, si el gobierno no ha actuado, actuaremos como pueblo. Aquellos de nosotros que podamos tomar medidas juntos reteniendo nuestra renta, o hipoteca hasta que nuestro Gobierno haga lo correcto y ayude a salvar vidas al mantener a las personas alojadas.⠀ ⠀ #FoodNotRent #ComidaNoRenta⠀ #CantPayWontPay #NoPuedePagarNoPagará⠀ #RentStrike #HuelgaDeRenta⠀ #CancelRent #CancelaRenta⠀ #CancelMortgages #CancelaHipotecas⠀ #HousingIsAHumanRight
  • No family should have to choose between paying for food or housing. Not during #COVID19, not ever. All of us, no matter our current housing situation, have a right to a safe home. Send Governor Newsom this message - You must act to #CancelRent #CancelMortgages or we will #RentStrike! Pledge to join the movement here at https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrike @GavinNewsom @CAgovernor #FoodNotRent #CantPayWontPay #HousingIsAHumanRight
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    No family should have to choose between paying for food or housing. Not during #COVID19, not ever. All of us, no matter our current housing situation, have a right to a safe home. Send Governor Newsom this message - You must act to #CancelRent #CancelMortgages or we will #RentStrike! Pledge to join the movement here at https://www.acceaction.org/rentstrike @GavinNewsom @CAgovernor #FoodNotRent #CantPayWontPay #HousingIsAHumanRight
  • Join the #RentStrike movement!⠀ ⠀ It’s common sense: if we don’t have income, we can’t pay the rent or mortgage. Many of us are already unable to make our housing payments. Tens of thousands, or millions, more will be unable to make these payments by May 1st. We need to stand together and stop the cruel and senseless evictions and foreclosures that are imminent. ⠀ ⠀ The health and well-being of our children, our seniors - all of us - is at stake. Together we have the power to force the politicians to recognize our reality. ⠀ ⠀ Together, we need to make them recognize that housing is a basic human right. ⠀ ⠀ On May 1st, if the government has failed to act, we will act as a people. Those of us who are able to will take action together by withholding our rent, or mortgage payments, until our Government does the right thing, and helps save lives by keeping people housed. ⠀ ⠀ We will go on strike!!! ⠀ ⠀ Text "Rent Strike" at 213-296-0424⠀ ⠀ rentstrikemovement.org⠀ ⠀ #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #HousingIsAHumanRight
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    Join the #RentStrike movement!⠀ ⠀ It’s common sense: if we don’t have income, we can’t pay the rent or mortgage. Many of us are already unable to make our housing payments. Tens of thousands, or millions, more will be unable to make these payments by May 1st. We need to stand together and stop the cruel and senseless evictions and foreclosures that are imminent. ⠀ ⠀ The health and well-being of our children, our seniors - all of us - is at stake. Together we have the power to force the politicians to recognize our reality. ⠀ ⠀ Together, we need to make them recognize that housing is a basic human right. ⠀ ⠀ On May 1st, if the government has failed to act, we will act as a people. Those of us who are able to will take action together by withholding our rent, or mortgage payments, until our Government does the right thing, and helps save lives by keeping people housed. ⠀ ⠀ We will go on strike!!! ⠀ ⠀ Text "Rent Strike" at 213-296-0424⠀ ⠀ rentstrikemovement.org⠀ ⠀ #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #HousingIsAHumanRight
  • 20% of Americans have reduced or entirely lost their hours and income due to the #COVID-19 pandemic. As long as there is no income, there cannot be housing payments. This is basic common sense. Listen to @Acce_Action members Olga Ford, Silvia Venegas, Reyna Molina, Alicia Rhoden and Josephina Ibarra tell their local reps that rent and mortgage forgiveness is needed now! #COVID19 #Cancel Rent #CancelMortgages #CancelaRenta #CancelaHipotecas #HealthyLA @CD6Nury @davideryu @CurrenDPriceJr @herbjwesson Olga Ford: “Please freeze rent payments as my family is out of work due to this virus. My pension does not adjust to the rent. We need to eat and cannot be on the street. We need to stay in our homes! Councilman Price, we ask for your support on this!” Silvia Venegas tells @CD6Nury: "This shouldn’t be an option. This is a must. This pandemic has affected everyone. All working families are struggling to pay the rent, the mortgage and just keeping up with their utility bills as well. We know that there are existing programs that might be able to alleviate some, but not everyone, and this pandemic has affected everyone. We have a community composed of hardworking members that are not necessarily documented or are able to benefit out of any of these programs. Now these programs alone would be just a temporary solution, a Band-Aid. Forgiving the rent will be a certainty, and will protect families in their homes." Reyna Molina: “My sons are not working right now because of #Covid19 and we won't be able to pay rent. We are asking Councilmember David E. Ryu to continue to support #rentforgiveness and the #HealthyLA resolution for #mortgageforgiveness. Help us get this passed as soon as possible.” Alicia Rhoden: “Councilmember Herb Wesson, I want you to know that rent forgiveness is important. I'm a senior citizen with many ailments. Many people are being impacted by the coronavirus. There was a time that I did not have a home. I am thankful that I have one now. We need to protect our neighbors!” Josephina Ibarra urges her Councilmember, Curren D. Price Jr “to support #RentForgiveness and the #HealthyLA resolution for #MortgageForgiveness.”
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    20% of Americans have reduced or entirely lost their hours and income due to the #COVID-19 pandemic. As long as there is no income, there cannot be housing payments. This is basic common sense. Listen to @Acce_Action members Olga Ford, Silvia Venegas, Reyna Molina, Alicia Rhoden and Josephina Ibarra tell their local reps that rent and mortgage forgiveness is needed now! #COVID19 #Cancel Rent #CancelMortgages #CancelaRenta #CancelaHipotecas #HealthyLA @CD6Nury @davideryu @CurrenDPriceJr @herbjwesson Olga Ford: “Please freeze rent payments as my family is out of work due to this virus. My pension does not adjust to the rent. We need to eat and cannot be on the street. We need to stay in our homes! Councilman Price, we ask for your support on this!” Silvia Venegas tells @CD6Nury: "This shouldn’t be an option. This is a must. This pandemic has affected everyone. All working families are struggling to pay the rent, the mortgage and just keeping up with their utility bills as well. We know that there are existing programs that might be able to alleviate some, but not everyone, and this pandemic has affected everyone. We have a community composed of hardworking members that are not necessarily documented or are able to benefit out of any of these programs. Now these programs alone would be just a temporary solution, a Band-Aid. Forgiving the rent will be a certainty, and will protect families in their homes." Reyna Molina: “My sons are not working right now because of #Covid19 and we won't be able to pay rent. We are asking Councilmember David E. Ryu to continue to support #rentforgiveness and the #HealthyLA resolution for #mortgageforgiveness. Help us get this passed as soon as possible.” Alicia Rhoden: “Councilmember Herb Wesson, I want you to know that rent forgiveness is important. I'm a senior citizen with many ailments. Many people are being impacted by the coronavirus. There was a time that I did not have a home. I am thankful that I have one now. We need to protect our neighbors!” Josephina Ibarra urges her Councilmember, Curren D. Price Jr “to support #RentForgiveness and the #HealthyLA resolution for #MortgageForgiveness.”
  • We have been told to stay home, but what’s being done to make sure we have a home to stay in? Families shouldn’t have to choose between paying for food or housing. All of us, no matter what race we are, where we're from, or where we live, we deserve to have shelter from the storm! Listen to @Acce_Action members Beverly Roberts, Silvia Ramos and Joe Stringer take a stand and call for their local representatives to cancel rent and mortgage debts during the #COVID19 pandemic. @mhdcd8 @currendpricejr #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #CancelaRenta #CancelaHipotecas #HealthyLA #COVID19 Beverly Roberts: “We’re in dire straits and we need help right now because of this virus!” Silvia Ramos: “I am from Council District 9. We are asking for the Council to please help us. We do not have a way to pay rent come May. We need you to pass #RentForgiveness. My husband has not been working for the last three weeks and we just don't have a way to pay rent in May. We are barely getting by right now with what we have while paying bills and taking care of our two kids. This does not leave anything for rent. We need to forgive the rent while we are not working these next two months. Our expenses with our children, food, Pampers and bills leave us in a tough situation and #RentForgiveness is what we are asking for. Thank you.” Joe Stringer: “Marqueece Harris-Dawson is my Councilman. I’m asking you to support a landlord-tenant forgiveness bill. Would you know, that we are all in this together.”
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    We have been told to stay home, but what’s being done to make sure we have a home to stay in? Families shouldn’t have to choose between paying for food or housing. All of us, no matter what race we are, where we're from, or where we live, we deserve to have shelter from the storm! Listen to @Acce_Action members Beverly Roberts, Silvia Ramos and Joe Stringer take a stand and call for their local representatives to cancel rent and mortgage debts during the #COVID19 pandemic. @mhdcd8 @currendpricejr #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #CancelaRenta #CancelaHipotecas #HealthyLA #COVID19 Beverly Roberts: “We’re in dire straits and we need help right now because of this virus!” Silvia Ramos: “I am from Council District 9. We are asking for the Council to please help us. We do not have a way to pay rent come May. We need you to pass #RentForgiveness. My husband has not been working for the last three weeks and we just don't have a way to pay rent in May. We are barely getting by right now with what we have while paying bills and taking care of our two kids. This does not leave anything for rent. We need to forgive the rent while we are not working these next two months. Our expenses with our children, food, Pampers and bills leave us in a tough situation and #RentForgiveness is what we are asking for. Thank you.” Joe Stringer: “Marqueece Harris-Dawson is my Councilman. I’m asking you to support a landlord-tenant forgiveness bill. Would you know, that we are all in this together.”
  • The #COVID19 pandemic won't just kill people from the virus. It could kill people by forcing millions into homelessness and poverty. Unless we #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages, we will see a tsunami of evictions and millions saddled with a multi-month rent/mortgage bill they can't pay. Before the crisis, 78% of Americans were already living paycheck to paycheck. No more debt! We must #CancelRent! Listen to @Acce_Action members Abel Gonzalez, Guadalupe Ortiz and Suyapa Maldonado urge their state and local representatives to support rent and mortgage forgiveness! @cd6nury @mhdcd8 @mayorofla @gavinnewsom #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #CancelaRenta #CancelaHipotecas #HealthyLA Abel Gonzalez: “I would like ask Council President Nury Martinez to support the motion for #RentForgiveness and the #HealthyLA resolution for #MortgageForgiveness for the city of Los Angeles for all of us that are living through the #Covid19 pandemic. Thank you.” Guadalupe Ortiz: “My husband has been out of work for the last three weeks and it’s not clear when he will be back anytime soon. As we are left without any income, I am asking my Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson to stand with #HealthyLA and vote yes for #RentForgiveness and #MortgageForgiveness until life returns to normal. To keep everyone safe, we are sheltering in place and cannot go out to work. I ask that you stand with us! Thank you.” Suyapa Maldonado: “I am a homeowner urging Mayor Eric Garcetti and Governor Gavin Newsom to #CancelRent & #CancelMortgages. I rent to a young man that can't pay rent due to #COVID19 which means that I can't pay my mortgage. I urgently need help! I am senior citizen and my income is limited. If we don't die of #Covid19 we will die of starvation because I won't have money for food, rent or medicine."
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    The #COVID19 pandemic won't just kill people from the virus. It could kill people by forcing millions into homelessness and poverty. Unless we #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages, we will see a tsunami of evictions and millions saddled with a multi-month rent/mortgage bill they can't pay. Before the crisis, 78% of Americans were already living paycheck to paycheck. No more debt! We must #CancelRent! Listen to @Acce_Action members Abel Gonzalez, Guadalupe Ortiz and Suyapa Maldonado urge their state and local representatives to support rent and mortgage forgiveness! @cd6nury @mhdcd8 @mayorofla @gavinnewsom #CancelRent #CancelMortgages #CancelaRenta #CancelaHipotecas #HealthyLA Abel Gonzalez: “I would like ask Council President Nury Martinez to support the motion for #RentForgiveness and the #HealthyLA resolution for #MortgageForgiveness for the city of Los Angeles for all of us that are living through the #Covid19 pandemic. Thank you.” Guadalupe Ortiz: “My husband has been out of work for the last three weeks and it’s not clear when he will be back anytime soon. As we are left without any income, I am asking my Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson to stand with #HealthyLA and vote yes for #RentForgiveness and #MortgageForgiveness until life returns to normal. To keep everyone safe, we are sheltering in place and cannot go out to work. I ask that you stand with us! Thank you.” Suyapa Maldonado: “I am a homeowner urging Mayor Eric Garcetti and Governor Gavin Newsom to #CancelRent & #CancelMortgages. I rent to a young man that can't pay rent due to #COVID19 which means that I can't pay my mortgage. I urgently need help! I am senior citizen and my income is limited. If we don't die of #Covid19 we will die of starvation because I won't have money for food, rent or medicine."
  • Flashback to @acce_action Executive Director Christina Livingston introducing @berniesanders in Venice a few months ago. @berniesanders thank you - thank you for your lifelong commitment to justice- for organizing from the ground up, and bringing the working class, immigrants, black and brown communities, immigrants and women to the table to build this incredible movement. Now more than ever we need each other to rise to the moment. #ThankYouBernie #NotMeUs
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    Flashback to @acce_action Executive Director Christina Livingston introducing @berniesanders in Venice a few months ago. @berniesanders thank you - thank you for your lifelong commitment to justice- for organizing from the ground up, and bringing the working class, immigrants, black and brown communities, immigrants and women to the table to build this incredible movement. Now more than ever we need each other to rise to the moment. #ThankYouBernie #NotMeUs
  • LA: want to support the unhoused mothers and families that have reclaimed vacant public homes in LA? Text “reclaim” to 323-214-3761 to support! #ReclaimLA #HousingIsHealthcare
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    LA: want to support the unhoused mothers and families that have reclaimed vacant public homes in LA? Text “reclaim” to 323-214-3761 to support! #ReclaimLA #HousingIsHealthcare
  • Today, we are sending a #30DayNotice to Governor Newsom to #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages - or thousands will be forced to #RentStrike. It’s about our survival, if you have to choose between food and rent, choose #FoodNotRent. Already today, ACCE members across California are striking - by May 1st it will be thousands more. As long as there is no income, there cannot be housing payments; this is common sense. No family should have to choose between paying for food or housing. Not during #COVID19, NOT EVER. All of us, no matter our current housing situation, have a right to a safe home. Join us in pledging to withhold May 1st rent by clicking the link in our bio! #HousingIsAHumanRight Swipe to see and hear from ACCE members across the state about why they are striking! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏻
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    Today, we are sending a #30DayNotice to Governor Newsom to #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages - or thousands will be forced to #RentStrike. It’s about our survival, if you have to choose between food and rent, choose #FoodNotRent. Already today, ACCE members across California are striking - by May 1st it will be thousands more. As long as there is no income, there cannot be housing payments; this is common sense. No family should have to choose between paying for food or housing. Not during #COVID19, NOT EVER. All of us, no matter our current housing situation, have a right to a safe home. Join us in pledging to withhold May 1st rent by clicking the link in our bio! #HousingIsAHumanRight Swipe to see and hear from ACCE members across the state about why they are striking! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏻
  • “Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.” - Cesar Chavez . . . Today we recognize #CesarChavez, and celebrate the legacy of organizers who have fought to build a better world before us. Whether we’re fighting for the rights of farmworkers, those experiencing housing insecurity, or those who don’t have healthcare - we know that our strength comes from our unity, and our shared commitment to each other. #CesarChavezDay #Organize #FutureWeWant
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    “Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.” - Cesar Chavez . . . Today we recognize #CesarChavez, and celebrate the legacy of organizers who have fought to build a better world before us. Whether we’re fighting for the rights of farmworkers, those experiencing housing insecurity, or those who don’t have healthcare - we know that our strength comes from our unity, and our shared commitment to each other. #CesarChavezDay #Organize #FutureWeWant
  • [LINK IN BIO] Last week, we collected thousands of signatures calling on Gavin Newsom to put forward a moratorium on evictions to protect California renters during this COVID-19 crisis. Instead of responding to the needs of millions of Californians, on Monday, March 16th, Governor Newsom released an "order" that did nothing more than allow cities to volunteer protections. The Governor's lack of leadership is a shameful abdication of responsibility at a time when we need bold leadership to protect the millions of Californians who are quickly losing the income and stability many of us need to survive. Yesterday the Governor himself stated that up to 60K unhoused people could get the virus. That doesn't include the families who could become homeless if our lawmakers don't take real initiative to protect people's housing and income. This is our time - not just to survive this crisis, but to heal the structural wounds of our society by pushing forward a visionary agenda that fundamentally uplifts the value and dignity of all human beings - not a system built to maximize profits for corporations and the 1%. We are calling for more than just "containment" - we are calling for a fundamental shifting of our system to respond to the real needs of Californians now and in the long term - regardless of income, location, age, race or immigration status. In response, we at ACCE have written "an Open Letter to all California Leaders" demanding bold and aggressive action to protect us. Check it out here and join us - click the link in our bio!
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    [LINK IN BIO] Last week, we collected thousands of signatures calling on Gavin Newsom to put forward a moratorium on evictions to protect California renters during this COVID-19 crisis. Instead of responding to the needs of millions of Californians, on Monday, March 16th, Governor Newsom released an "order" that did nothing more than allow cities to volunteer protections. The Governor's lack of leadership is a shameful abdication of responsibility at a time when we need bold leadership to protect the millions of Californians who are quickly losing the income and stability many of us need to survive. Yesterday the Governor himself stated that up to 60K unhoused people could get the virus. That doesn't include the families who could become homeless if our lawmakers don't take real initiative to protect people's housing and income. This is our time - not just to survive this crisis, but to heal the structural wounds of our society by pushing forward a visionary agenda that fundamentally uplifts the value and dignity of all human beings - not a system built to maximize profits for corporations and the 1%. We are calling for more than just "containment" - we are calling for a fundamental shifting of our system to respond to the real needs of Californians now and in the long term - regardless of income, location, age, race or immigration status. In response, we at ACCE have written "an Open Letter to all California Leaders" demanding bold and aggressive action to protect us. Check it out here and join us - click the link in our bio!
  • Yesterday, homeless mothers and housing insecure families reclaimed 8 more taxpayer owned properties of @caltrans in the El Sereno neighborhood of LA to protect themselves from the #covid19 pandemic, for the public’s health at large, and ultimately because #HOUSINGISAHUMANRIGHT Now is the time for California leaders to take bold action to protect their people. We need all vacant properties to be turned into housing for unsheltered people immediately. @wendycarrillo and @mariaelenadurazoofficial people’s LIVES are at stake. This is not a time to sit on the sidelines. Which side are you on? We need SHELTER IN THE STORM ⛈ . . . . #reclaimla #displaced #rent #rentcontrol #housingishealthcare #housing
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    Yesterday, homeless mothers and housing insecure families reclaimed 8 more taxpayer owned properties of @caltrans in the El Sereno neighborhood of LA to protect themselves from the #covid19 pandemic, for the public’s health at large, and ultimately because #HOUSINGISAHUMANRIGHT Now is the time for California leaders to take bold action to protect their people. We need all vacant properties to be turned into housing for unsheltered people immediately. @wendycarrillo and @mariaelenadurazoofficial people’s LIVES are at stake. This is not a time to sit on the sidelines. Which side are you on? We need SHELTER IN THE STORM ⛈ . . . . #reclaimla #displaced #rent #rentcontrol #housingishealthcare #housing
  • Struggling to get by in our new #ShelteringInPlace norms in CA? We've put together a Coronavirus Resource Guide for Californians in #Oakland, #SanFrancisco, #ContraCosta, #Sacramento, #LosAngeles, and #SanDiego We're in this together fam ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼 Check the link in our bio!
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    Struggling to get by in our new #ShelteringInPlace norms in CA? We've put together a Coronavirus Resource Guide for Californians in #Oakland, #SanFrancisco, #ContraCosta, #Sacramento, #LosAngeles, and #SanDiego We're in this together fam ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼 Check the link in our bio!
  • HAPPENING NOW: @reclaiminghomes is moving into 5 more vacant homes owned by Caltrans! Shame on California for sitting on vacant properties during a housing and #COVID19 crisis! No one should be homeless when homes are empty. #HousingIsAHumanRight LIVESTREAM: Reclaimingourhomes.org/stream We are called to help those who have less, who don't have the choices and options some of us have. To find SHELTER IN THE STORM. As we talk about the least vulnerable, we know that those who are unhoused - those that are staying in tents on the street or in their cars - are some of those most vulnerable when it comes to a health Pandemic like the one we have now. We need to bring people indoors NOW. In this community alone there are hundreds of publicly owned vacant homes. Paid for with our tax dollars. Many have been sitting vacant for years! All across Los Angeles there is unused public land and buildings that are sitting vacant while people need homes. There are speculator owned luxury condos and buildings sitting vacant, while people sleep in tents on the street. We need to be better than this. We ARE better than this. We need to come together and bring our people indoors and off the streets. Reclaiming Our Homes is doing exactly that! We need to act fast. Government is not moving fast enough. If they don't act, the community will. #housing #housingisahumanright #rentcontrol #rentcontrolnow #repealcostahawkins #rent #rentdue #heretostay #keepfamilieshome #keepfamiliestogether #peoplepower #organize
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    HAPPENING NOW: @reclaiminghomes is moving into 5 more vacant homes owned by Caltrans! Shame on California for sitting on vacant properties during a housing and #COVID19 crisis! No one should be homeless when homes are empty. #HousingIsAHumanRight LIVESTREAM: Reclaimingourhomes.org/stream We are called to help those who have less, who don't have the choices and options some of us have. To find SHELTER IN THE STORM. As we talk about the least vulnerable, we know that those who are unhoused - those that are staying in tents on the street or in their cars - are some of those most vulnerable when it comes to a health Pandemic like the one we have now. We need to bring people indoors NOW. In this community alone there are hundreds of publicly owned vacant homes. Paid for with our tax dollars. Many have been sitting vacant for years! All across Los Angeles there is unused public land and buildings that are sitting vacant while people need homes. There are speculator owned luxury condos and buildings sitting vacant, while people sleep in tents on the street. We need to be better than this. We ARE better than this. We need to come together and bring our people indoors and off the streets. Reclaiming Our Homes is doing exactly that! We need to act fast. Government is not moving fast enough. If they don't act, the community will. #housing #housingisahumanright #rentcontrol #rentcontrolnow #repealcostahawkins #rent #rentdue #heretostay #keepfamilieshome #keepfamiliestogether #peoplepower #organize
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  • Today, homeless and housing insecure mothers reclaimed a vacant property as their home - this time in Los Angeles, and this time a home owned business the state. The home is publicly owned by @caltrans and have been sitting empty for years and we stand in the midst of housing crisis where families desperately need shelter, and now with a #coronavirus crisis where protecting oneself from getting #covid19 means having a safe place to call home. ACCE stands in firm solidarity with the reclaimers! Because #Housingisahumanright Let’s #reclaimLA . . . . #NotMeUS #FeelTheBern #MedicareForAll #CancelStudentDebt #Bernie2020 #RaiseTheWage # #housing #housingisahumanright #rentcontrol #rentcontrolnow #repealcostahawkins #rent #rentdue #heretostay #keepfamilieshome
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    Today, homeless and housing insecure mothers reclaimed a vacant property as their home - this time in Los Angeles, and this time a home owned business the state. The home is publicly owned by @caltrans and have been sitting empty for years and we stand in the midst of housing crisis where families desperately need shelter, and now with a #coronavirus crisis where protecting oneself from getting #covid19 means having a safe place to call home. ACCE stands in firm solidarity with the reclaimers! Because #Housingisahumanright Let’s #reclaimLA . . . . #NotMeUS #FeelTheBern #MedicareForAll #CancelStudentDebt #Bernie2020 #RaiseTheWage # #housing #housingisahumanright #rentcontrol #rentcontrolnow #repealcostahawkins #rent #rentdue #heretostay #keepfamilieshome
  • We stand in Solidarity with @reclaiminghomes during a housing and healthcare crisis. It is time to fight for safe and healthy housing for all. We urge the city & state to take immediate action to make all publicly-owned vacant housing available for the people who need it. #HousingIsHealthcare #ReclaimLA
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    We stand in Solidarity with @reclaiminghomes during a housing and healthcare crisis. It is time to fight for safe and healthy housing for all. We urge the city & state to take immediate action to make all publicly-owned vacant housing available for the people who need it. #HousingIsHealthcare #ReclaimLA
  • 🚨 Nearly a dozen elderly & disabled tenants at @brookdaleliving in San Pablo are set to be forcefully evicted in just weeks - at the height of the #Coronavirus crisis. Sign the petition in our bio urging @GavinNewsom to immediately stop all evictions during #COVID19 !
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    🚨 Nearly a dozen elderly & disabled tenants at @brookdaleliving in San Pablo are set to be forcefully evicted in just weeks - at the height of the #Coronavirus crisis. Sign the petition in our bio urging @GavinNewsom to immediately stop all evictions during #COVID19 !
  • #VICTORY! @katie4citycouncil & the community have won! When big real estate & the corporate landlord lobby try to buy our democracy & thwart the will of Sacramentans, we have proven that we can overcome. WE CAN elect those that truly fight for the needs of the community they serve! #sacramento #peoplepower #rentcontrol #tenantpower
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    #VICTORY! @katie4citycouncil & the community have won! When big real estate & the corporate landlord lobby try to buy our democracy & thwart the will of Sacramentans, we have proven that we can overcome. WE CAN elect those that truly fight for the needs of the community they serve! #sacramento #peoplepower #rentcontrol #tenantpower
  • IT’S ELECTION DAY! Time to head to the polls!!! 🗳 Time to go out and vote for justice, for our future, for the babies! And if you haven’t registered already, no worries, you can same day register now! Learn how and where to same day register or where your poll is in the link in our bio! And in case you were wondering who we think you should vote for... swipe right! . . . . #BernieParaPresidente #NoYoNosotros #NotMeUS #FeelTheBern #MedicareForAll #CancelStudentDebt #Bernie2020 #RaiseTheWage # #housing #housingisahumanright #rentcontrol #rentcontrolnow #repealcostahawkins #rent #rentdue #heretostay #keepfamilieshome #keepfamiliestogether #peoplepower #organize #EvictTheSpeculators #ControldeRenta #MedicareParaTodos #UniversidadParaTodos #AumentarElSalarioMinimo #NoYoNosotros #ReformaDeLaJusticiaPenal #BernieParaPresidente
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    IT’S ELECTION DAY! Time to head to the polls!!! 🗳 Time to go out and vote for justice, for our future, for the babies! And if you haven’t registered already, no worries, you can same day register now! Learn how and where to same day register or where your poll is in the link in our bio! And in case you were wondering who we think you should vote for... swipe right! . . . . #BernieParaPresidente #NoYoNosotros #NotMeUS #FeelTheBern #MedicareForAll #CancelStudentDebt #Bernie2020 #RaiseTheWage # #housing #housingisahumanright #rentcontrol #rentcontrolnow #repealcostahawkins #rent #rentdue #heretostay #keepfamilieshome #keepfamiliestogether #peoplepower #organize #EvictTheSpeculators #ControldeRenta #MedicareParaTodos #UniversidadParaTodos #AumentarElSalarioMinimo #NoYoNosotros #ReformaDeLaJusticiaPenal #BernieParaPresidente