After months of organizing by tenants, City Council set to vote on temporarily banning evictions for substantial remodeling

Jul. 6, 2021 / By Carlos Omar
Tags: COVID-19 pandemic, evictions, Housing, Long Beach Tenants Union, Substantial remodeling, Tenants rights

Tenants and advocates have spoken up about a substantial remodeling “loophole” being used by landlords to pursue evictions. A policy to end these evictions is finally up at city council.

Long Beach activists speak out at May Day 2021

May. 4, 2021 / By Ceferino Martirez
Tags: black lives matter, Immigrant rights, Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition, may day, police brutality, Tenants rights

Organizers gathered in North Long Beach to speak about immigrant rights, tenants’ struggles, and police violence.

Long Beach tenants launch campaign aiming to prevent substantial remodeling evictions in the city

Apr. 1, 2021 / By Carlos Omar and Ceferino Martirez
Tags: Housing, Long Beach Tenants Union, Tenants rights

Closing the substantial remodeling loophole in the state's law would prevent landlords in Long Beach from using substantial remodeling of a unit as a no-fault just-cause for eviction.