After eight years of tenant advocacy, rent stabilization and just cause eviction protections were enacted, but months of challenges ensued.
Tag: Contra Costa County
Posted inHealth
Contra Costa County launches insurance for undocumented immigrants
The Basic Health Care plan aims to help people who make too much for Medi-Cal.
Posted inJusticia Ambiental
Residentes de Bay Point piden reabrir un parque cerrado hace 20 años
Pacifica Park está abandonado, sin mantenimiento y lleno de basura. El vecindario de Shore Acres quiere que el liderazgo local cambie eso.
Posted inEnvironmental Justice
Residents in Bay Point advocate to reopen a local park closed 20 years ago
Pacifica Park is abandoned, unkept and littered with trash. The Shore Acres neighborhood wants local leadership to change that.
Posted inInside El Tímpano
El Tímpano’s East Contra Costa County Information Ecosystem Assessment
Our team spent a year listening to learn the information needs, assets, and opportunities of Latino immigrants of East Contra Costa County
Posted inHousing
When crowding up is the only choice for low-income renters in Contra Costa County
Immigrant renters describe the challenges of affording housing—from hazardous conditions to overcrowding and displacement.
Posted inMi Historia
‘I wonder why me and my family have suffered this much theft.’
Valentín Rodríguez has had his cars stolen twice just this past year. He’s experienced firsthand the rise in auto thefts in the Bay Area, with more than 650 cars stolen in his home city of Concord in 2023.