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Crossroads, Cherubs, and 炒鱿鱼 (Chǎoyóuyú)
Valley Street Tenant Council meets to discuss RAP Outcome, continue fight against slumlord Byong Joo Yu ✦ Membership Committee convenes TANC social at The Lodge for drinks, food and solidarity ✦ Berkeley Local tenants canvass San Pablo buildings in danger of demolition ✦ West/North Local members continue MLK corridor doorknocking campaign ✦ Embark tenants regroup and refocus following hiatus with new list of demands ✦ Acorn Town Center tenants team up with People’s Programs and West/North Local members to plan resource fair ✦ Spanish Language Mixers find a permanent home at Oakland’s Two Pitchers Brewing, every second Saturday ✦ Tenants Against Policing Working Group does Cop Campus community outreach at El Cerrito Farmers Market ✦ Palestine Solidarity Research Working Group to meet Sunday, April 7th, 11am-1pm ✦ SF Local canvass the Mission District
Our History, Our Horizon
TANC, via consensus of locals vote, officially endorses Labor for Palestine Rally ✦ Valley Street Tenant Council and TANC members pack Valley Street’s RAP Hearing ✦ Mandarin and Spanish Mixers continue to bring tenants together for language justice ✦ Organizing committee holds first monthly Organizer Development Training: Escalation 101 ✦ Palestine Solidarity Working Group organizes phone zap, demanding DA Jenkins drop all charges against the Bay Bridge 78 ✦ Tenant socials hosted by South Bay, East of Lake Locals ✦ Tenants Against Policing Working Group holds Valentines phone zap to demand Overaa Construction break their contract with Cop Campus ✦ Acorn tenants, People’s Programs, and West-North Oakland Local collaborate on door knocking, phone banking Acorn Town Center ✦ West-North Oakland Local tables at West Oakland Farmers Market ✦ Berkeley tenants send two demand letters, secure repairs from two landlords ✦ South Bay Local launches new organizing project at San Jose mobile home park ✦ Renascent Place tenants collect 80% of building signatures on petition to demand landlord pay for utilities ✦ East of Lake Local to Collaborate With CSU Professor, Engaging Oakland Youth in Tenant Solidarity ✦ East of Lake Local now meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at César E. Chávez Branch Library, 6:00-7:30pm ✦ West-North Oakland Local Kicks Off MLK Corridor Doorknocking Campaign
Tenants for Palestine, Fighting Eviction
MacArthur Blvd tenants in East of Lake Local fight back against attempted illegal eviction in court ✦ East of Lake Local continues drop-in office hours Sundays at Hasta Muerte Coffee 11am-1pm ✦ Central Oakland Local Rallies Around La Peralta Tenant Council Leader Displaced by Nov. 5 Fire in Mosser-Managed Apartment Building ✦ SF Rents Threatens Fees for Tenants Without Renters’ Insurance at 1461 Alice Street ✦ 1461 Alice Street Tenant Council Hosts Central Oakland Local Neighborhood Social ✦ SF Rents Replaced Washer-Dryers After 1461 Alice Street Tenant Council Raises Demands ✦TANC Mobilizes For Palestine, Publishes Solidarity Statement, Forms Solidarity Working Group, Hosts Art Build and Turns Out 60 Tenants to March on Nov. 4 ✦Tenant Inquiry Working Group Meets with ATUN Members from Across US to Practice Inquiry ✦ West-North Local Members Table at MacArthur BART, Piedmont Halloween Parade ✦ West-North Local Tenants Team Up with People’s Programs and ACORN Tenants to Door-Knock, Plan Council Events ✦ Comms Committee Hosts Abolition Painting Party ✦ Language Justice Committee Now Officially Hosts Spanish Language Mixer Every Second Saturday, Alternating Between Oakland and SF ✦ TANC Joins Stop Cop Campus Coalition March Against Police Playground in San Pablo ✦ Valley St Tenants meet to fill out RAP petitions and discuss pending hearing ✦ Valley Street tenants picket KP Plaza to protest neglect by slumlord Byong Joo Yu
Crashing landlords’ eviction party as politicians lift moratorium
TANC Mobilizes 100 Tenants To Disrupt Landlords’ Obscene Eviction Celebration ✦ Berkeleyside: “Protest at landlord party devolves into physical fights” ✦ SF Chronicle: “Landlord Party Celebrating End of Eviction Ban Turns Violent After Protest” ✦ Mission Housing tenants facing dire habitability issues spurred to organize ✦ Sakura Apt tenants complete second doorknock, planning potluck ✦ SF Local members meet for long-term planning to oust notorious San Francisco eviction lawyer ✦ Thomas Paine Tenant Association goes to media about illegal habitability issues and landlord harassment- redoubles efforts for outreach with doorknock ✦ SF Local coordinates with YDSA on SFSU tenant organizing ✦ CCTA holds community meeting at their moldering building to hold landlord Michael Johnson accountable, lead local officials on tour of flood damage ✦ CCTA tenants given green light to return home, continue fight for habitable conditions with landlord and ✦ People’s Programs and West-North Local collaborate with ACORN Town Center residents on door-knocking afternoon ✦ Language Justice Committee holds first two Spanish Language Exchange Mixers in Oakland and SF ✦ Berkeley tenants reignite organizing campaign after landlord throws tenant’s belongings out second story window ✦ Tenants of Byong Yu at the Valley Street Tenant Council in Oakland Collectively Petition Rent Board ✦ TANC Tabling at Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair in Oakland Sunday, Oct. 1
Convention Season Actions and Reflections
TANC Members Rally at Slumlord Evictor Sharon Prager’s house in San Mateo in Solidarity with Tenant Candice King and Eugene HAND ✦ Displaced Coliseum Connections Tenants Association Delivers Demands to Landlord/Developer Michael Johnson With Support from East of Lake Local, Release Video Exposing Johnson’s Negligence ✦ CCTA and TANC Members Return to Rally at Michael Johnson’s House, Speak On their Struggles, Find Neighbors Supportive ✦ ATUN Tenants Wrap Convention with Letter Delivery to Home of Deposit Withholding West Oakland Landlord ✦ 90% of Valley Street Tenants fill out RAP Petitions ✦ TANC Cuba Brigadiers Share Panel Reportback with Mojito-Sipping Crowd at Tamarack ✦ West/North Oakland Local Plans Propaganda Stroll for Sunday, July 23rd, 4-6 PM, Location TBA ✦Anticipating End of Eviction Moratorium, LATU and TANC Members Meet to Share Eviction Defense Strategies ✦ TANC Members Vote at Convention to Amend Constitution, Affirming Org Commitments to Police Abolition, Internationalism, and Anti-Electoralism ✦ With 8 Kids and Youth in Attendance, ATUN Convention Occasions TANC’s Childcare Collective Debut
Vote on Coordinators, Constitutional Amendments at TANC Con!
La Peralta Tenant Council Win Building-Wide, Onetime Rent Discount in Fight to Stop Rent Increases at Mosser Companies-Owned, 92-Unit Apartment Building in Downtown Oakland ✦ Coliseum Connections Tenants, Displaced More Than Six Months, Distribute Wifi Hotspots ✦ East of Lake Local Organizes Court Support for Madison Park Tenant ✦ Tenants Stream Into Locals Through Office Hours Following Recent Propaganda Strolls ✦ East of Lake Supports New Laurel Tenant Council Organizing Against Eviction Threats and Habitability Issues ✦ Autonomous Tenant Union Network (ATUN) West Coast Convention, June 24-25 in Oakland, Raising Funds for Venue Rental, Organizer Travel Costs ✦ W/N Local Now Meeting 1st and 3rd Mondays, 7pm at Omni Commons ✦ W/N Local Develops Campaign Against West Oakland Landlord Refusing to Address Storm Damage
Tenants to City: Expand the Moratorium, Ban Evictions!
Read the First Issue of Tenant Voice, an Autonomous Tenant Union Network Newsletter ✦ Commie Caucus Panel: Proletarian Disorganization, April 9, 6pm, Tamarack (1501 Harrison Street, Oakland) ✦ La Peralta Tenant Council Demands Mosser Management Address Severe Habitability Issues ✦ Leaks, Vermin, Mismanagement Spur Formation of La Peralta Tenant Council at Mosser Apartment in Downtown Oakland ✦ West/North Oakland Local Posts Flyers Shaming Neighborhood Slumlord Keith Dixon ✦ After Management Mistreatment, Berkeley Hires Tenant Advocate for Seniors at Harriet Tubman Apartments ✦ Berkeley Local Meeting Persists Through Power Outage ✦ Rent Hikes and Deferred Maintenance Spur New Berkeley Local Member to Organize Council ✦ Aria & SF Local Seek Justice Amidst Issues with Management and Maintenance ✦ SF Local Discussion Series Explores Goals, Strategies, and Engagement for a Stronger Community
Tenants in movement look back and spring forward
Central Oakland Local Stands in Solidarity with 2341 Valley Street Tenant Council as Tenants Withhold Rent Pending Building-Wide Heat, Other Repairs✦ Displaced Coliseum Connections Tenants Continue to Pressure Urban Core and City and Regional Governments, Winning $2mil to Cover Hotels ✦ East of Lake Local Settles on New Consistent Meeting Time, 1st and 3rd Thursdays, at Hasta Muerte ✦ West-North Oakland Local Meets 7PM Every Other Monday at Omni Commons ✦ SF Local Organizes Edgewater Tenant Council in Mission Bay Apartment Buildings ✦ Food Not Bombs and SF Local Collaborate to Organize Tenants in the Mission ✦ Longtime North Beach Tenant Fights Eviction with SF Local ✦ Ecology Center Workers Follow the Wingnut Wobblies of Urban Ore, Unionize With IWW ✦ TANCsList, Housing Listings for Organizers, Seeks Submissions
Rights, rats, and a tenant mantra
2341 Valley Street Tenant Council Raises Demands to Landlord Byong Yu/Koreana Development Corporation ✦ Renew on Merritt Tenant Council Rent Strike Enters Month Six Despite Landlord Retaliation ✦ West-North Local Seeks Arabic-Speaking Organizers for Fox Courts Tenant Council ✦ Rapid Response Team Assembled to Defend West Oakland Tenant Against Illegal Eviction ✦ San Francisco Local Organizing With Mission Housing Tenants ✦Seeking Housemates? TANC’s Housing List is on Discord ✦ East of Lake Local Meeting Alternate Thursdays at Hasta Muerte ✦ Central Oakland Local Meeting 1st, 3rd Wednesdays at Tamarack ✦ Membership Advances Revised Eviction ‘Moratorium’ Defense Proposal ✦ Wood Street: Judge OKs Encampment Sweeps, Eviction Defense Continues ✦ Moms 4 Housing Pressure County Supervisor to Support Tenant Protections
Debating the eviction ‘moratorium,’ remembering Mary Jesus
East of Lake Local: Cases Dismissed in Fruitvale, Innovia Tenants’ Eviction Defense ✦ EoL Local Canvasses Senior Tenants facing Habitability Issues ✦SF Local: Direct Action Against SF-Based Landlord of Oregon-Based Woodspring Tenants Association ✦ SF Local-DSA SF Joint Canvass Alamo Square Area Tenants ✦ Thomas Paine Tenants Recruit Supervisor To Pressure HUD