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Rent Control Campaign Launches in California’s Hard-Hit Central Valley

2023-08-19 22:29
VISALIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 19, 2023--
Rent Control Campaign Launches in California’s Hard-Hit Central Valley

VISALIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 19, 2023--

A broad coalition of California renters, housing advocates, elected officials, and social justice organizations will host a press conference in Visalia, CA on Saturday, August 19 th in support of the ‘Justice for Renters Act,’ a statewide ballot initiative that would remove California’s rent control ban and give local communities the right to stabilize rents and make apartments more affordable for low-income and middle-income renters. This is the first Justice for Renters event in the Central Valley, which, according to NBC News, has seen some of the steepest rent increases since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 with rents up 39.4% in Bakersfield, 38.4% in Visalia, 38% in Fresno, 35.3% in Merced, and 29.6% in Redding.

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WHAT: ‘Justice for Renters Act’ Press Conference
WHEN: Saturday, August 19 at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Comfort Suites Visalia – Convention Center, The Sequoia Room
210 E. Acequia Ave, Visalia, CA 92391 (directly across from the Convention Center)
WHO: Hon. Santos Garcia, Mayor, City of Madera
Hon. Verónica Vázquez, Councilmember, City of Delano
Art Rodriguez, Organizing Director, Central Valley Empowerment Alliance & Vice Chair of Renters Council
Carolyn Fowler, California Democratic Party Controller
Mari Ruiz Perez, Chair, California Renters’ Council
Christine Pelosi, Tenant & DNC Member
Aide Hernandez, Tenant, and DACA farmworker who dropped out of college to help parents pay rent

Susie Shannon, Policy Director, Housing Is A Human Right ( HHR ) (press conf. emcee)

The Justice for Renters ballot campaign kicked off May 25 th with a press conference on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall. Advocates needed to collect at least 546,651 valid California voter signatures to qualify the measure. They collected more than 810,000 in total.

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CONTACT: Ged Kenslea, AHF Senior Communications Director

323.791.5526

ged.kenslea@ahf.org

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA

INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ADVOCACY GROUP OPINION STATE/LOCAL PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC POLICY/GOVERNMENT OTHER POLICY ISSUES

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