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Friend --
The racist oppressive systems that have led to the state-sponsored
police violence that is taking the lives of Black people are the same
systems that subject us to the psychological violence of evictions,
and strangle us with sky-high rents. And with the looming threat of a
pandemic-induced tsunami of evictions, and subsequent escalation of
homelessness, that violence draws closer.
We’re taking action to change
that.
Today, Assemblymember Chiu introduced Assembly Bill 1436 the
“COVID-19 Eviction Protection and Housing Stability Act.” The
bill prohibits landlords from ever evicting tenants based on any
unpaid rent accrued during the state of emergency and through 90 days
after.
As we fight to liberate Black lives from physical violence,
we must pass this bill to prevent the violence caused by housing
insecurity, displacement and homelessness. Click
to urge the Senate Judiciary Committee members to vote yes on
AB1436!
AB 1436 is being moved amidst a
growing call for holistic solutions to racial violence in California.
It connects to the housing solutions being lifted up under the
umbrella of a Black New Deal. Started in Oakland, one of the core
principles of the Black New Deal and the movement for black liberation
is housing justice. Preventing police-enforced evictions of tenants
who were unable to pay rent during the pandemic is a critical piece
to protecting communities from additional housing policy
violence.
Take
1 minute to email, tweet at, and call Senate Judiciary Members to urge
them to stand for racial and housing justice and prevent
police-enforced evictions caused by the COVID-19
pandemic!
While billionaires have gotten
half-a-trillion dollars richer
since the start of the pandemic, far too many of the 17 million
Californians who rent worry about getting evicted by police, and not
surviving through the summer. There is so much to be done to heal from
this moment, but the least we can do is give renters the assurance
that the consequences of the pandemic will not fall on
them.
Urge
Senate Judiciary members to vote yes on AB 1436!
Our time is now.
In solidarity,
Sasha Graham, ACCE Action Board Chair
ACCE Action
http://www.acceaction.org/
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