Weekly Update - Week 44 2024
Below, you will find updates on our latest activities and a list of “Action Items,” which are tasks we need to finish to accomplish the campaigns and activities Members have voted on.
If you have questions about any of these action items, please schedule a Zoom meeting with a member of the Steering Committee here. We were elected to help Members achieve the goals they voted for, so please don’t hesitate to book a meeting!
Upcoming Meetings and Events
CalVilla Townhomes Meeting with Tenants (WCU Tenant Union Focus Campaign)
– October 26 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Hybrid Working Meeting
– October 28 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
General Meeting
– November 7 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Tenant Union Focus Campaign
Recent Updates
- We submitted signatures to Stockton Code Enforcement with a letter signed by tenants detailed the cockroach problem in the development.
- We left flyers with tenants asking them to meet with us on October 26th to discuss updates and possible next steps.
Current Campaign: Cockroach Infestation and Solifying the Tenant Association
- Code Enforcement may not as helpful as we had hoped. You can read details of our conversation with them here.
- We can still leverage Code Enforcement’s involvement to get the landlords and HOA to take the cockroach issue seriously and take some action.
- At this upcoming meeting with tenants, we hope to hear updates from tenants
Goals
- The goals of this campaign are to cohere a group of tenants who can form the start of the CalVilla Tenant Association.
Tenant Union Handbook
- We need to create a Tenant Union Handbook. The current progress on this can be found here.
Action Items
Cockroach Infestation and Solifying the Tenant Association (Details for each item)
- Contact Stokton Code Enforcement
- Review the Review Draft Letter to Code Enforcement
- Develop One-Page Explainer for Code Enforcement Inquiry
- [Prepare Letter Toolkit]
- Follow-Up With Tenants and Code Enforcement
- Reach Out to Landlords
- CalVilla Tenant Association Meeting
- Update the Google Docs version of the Handbook
No Votes for Genocide Campaign
Recent Updates
- We have been out canvassing events and hanging up flyers in recent weeks, collecting over 100 signatures in two days of outreach.
Current Campaign: Pledge Signatures and Cosponsors
- We are reaching out to organizations with an updated NVFG pledge. It may be close to the election, but hopefully we carry on these connections going forward.
Action Items
No Votes for Genocide (Details for each item)
- Type up scanned signature sheets
- Outreach materials: posters and flyers
Post Election Recap
Side-Quest Vote: Working Class Power Beyond the Ballot Box
– We have discussed a post-election discussion but the Membership needs to take a vote to approve the event. Please vote here.