Pittsburg residents and members of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment delivered some 4,100 signatures to the Pittsburg city clerk on Wednesday, May8, 2024 and rallied in front of city hall in their campaign to bring rent stabilization, just cause eviction rules and tenant protections to the Nov. ballot .Pittsburg renters fed up with high rents and the lack of tenant protections have moved a step closer to getting new rules on this November’s ballot.
Pittsburg ACCE Action member Nicole Arrington, who is unable to work because she has cancer, has been campaigning for this proposed ballot measure since it was first introduced last year. She said she has no other options as attempts to persuade the City Council to introduce the measure have failed in the past.
Willis and other housing advocates said the proposed Pittsburg Rent Stabilization and Tenant Protections Ordinance will ensure a 3% rent cap or up to 60% of the inflation rate based on the Consumer Price Index. Last year Arrington’s rent was $1,700 – the same as her social security check, but working with her landlord, she was able to get it reduced to $940, which is still more than 30% of her income, she said. And she still must pay back the $16,000 she was unable to pay when her rent was higher, she said.
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