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Tenant Union Focus Campaign Updates
Upcoming Events
Recent Updates
- Canvassed and surveyed tenants who previously reported cockroach issues.
- Goal was to involve motivated tenants, already familiar with us, to assist in drafting a letter to Code Enforcement.
Highlights
- Ongoing roach problems reported by new and long-term tenants.
- Initial attempts by landlords to address the issue failed due to roaches being present across the development.
- Children are coming into contact with cockroaches; it is affecting quality of life for tenants.
- Tenants expressed fear of landlord retaliation, but showed willingness to confront the HOA.
Current Project: Letter to Code Enforcement About Cockroach Infestation
- Review of Cal-Villa’s governing documents shows the HOA’s responsibility for common areas, where the cockroach infestation is actually originating from.
- Instead of tackling this issue landlord by landlord, urge Stockton Code Enforcement to impose fines on the HOA until they address the infestation.
Goals
- Use this widespread issue to encourage tenant participation and involvement in the Cal-Villa Tenant Association.
- Obtain signatures from a majority of affected tenants.
- Organizing a meeting of the Cal-Villa Tenant Association to discuss next steps at the end of the month.
ACTION ITEMS
Letter to Code Enforcement About Cockroach Infestation (Details Here)
- Review Draft Letter to Code Enforcement
- Develop One-Page Explainer
- Prepare Letter Toolkit
- Schedule and Sign Up for Canvassing/Phone Banking Days
Educational Committee
(Sponsored) Solidarity Reading Group
- Currently reading Remaking Society by Murray Bookchin (second half).
- The Reading Group will meet on May 8th at 8PM on Discord
- You can join the Solidarity Reading Group’s Discord by following this link.
WCU Reading Group
- The current reading is on An Introduction to 1-on-1 Organizing Conversations by Fire with Fire Blog
- The Reading Group meets on May 29th at 8PM on Zoom
- Participate in a discussion about the reading ahead of time here
- Last month, we finished our reading on Omelets with Eggshells: On the Failure of the Millennial Left by Alex Hochuli
- Participate in a discussion about the reading here