Media Advisory
For Thursday, July 27th
Contact:
Ged Kenslea, AHF Senior Communications Director
323.791.5526
CA Rent Control Measure Qualifies Early for Nov. 2024 Ballot with Strong Coalition
Justice for Renters Act easily qualifies for November ballot with more than 617,000 signatures verified
Zoom Press Teleconference: Thursday, July 27 @ 12:00 p.m. PDT
Link: https://ahf-org.zoom.us/j/82109341396
LOS ANGELES, CA (July 26 2023) A broad and growing coalition of California renters, housing advocates, elected officials, and social justice organizations will host a ZOOM press teleconference on Thursday, July 27 at 12:00 pm (noon) PDT to announce the California Secretary of State’s office has certified the ‘Justice for Renters Act’ for the November 2024 ballot. The statewide initiative will remove California’s rent control ban and give local communities the right to stabilize rents and make apartments more affordable for low- and middle-income renters.
WHAT: ZOOM Press Conference – Calif. ‘Justice for Renters’ Act ballot measure qualifies
WHEN: Thursday, July 27 at 12:00 p.m. PDT
WHERE: ZOOM LINK: https://ahf-org.zoom.us/j/82109341396
WHO: Hon. Tony Vasquez, California State Board of Equalization member
Ada Briceno, Co-President, UNITE HERE Local 11
Hon. Brian Tabatabai, Mayor Pro Tem, City of West Covina
Hon. Sue Himmelrich, former Mayor, City of Santa Monica
Hon. Cody Petterson, San Diego School Board Member
Hon. Soli Alpert, Berkeley Rent Board member
Art Rodriguez, Organizing Director, Central Valley Empowerment Alliance & Vice Chair of Renters Council
Yesenia Miranda Meza, Pomona United for Stable Housing (PUSH)
Mari Perez-Ruiz, Chair, California Renters’ Council
Esther Malkin, Founder, Monterey County Renters United
Denny Zane, Co-chair & Co-founder, Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights
Ernie Powell, President, Social Security Works, California
Carlos Aguilar, Director of Organizing, Coalition for Economic Survival
Basil Kimbrew, Veterans Voices
Michael Weinstein, President, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Susie Shannon, Policy Director, Housing Is A Human Right (press conf. emcee)
and a representative from the Los Angeles Urban League
Earlier this year, backers of the Justice for Renters Act submitted more than 810,000 signatures in support of the Justice for Renters Act. The Secretary of State’s office confirmed as of today (7/26), they had verified over 617,000 signatures—substantially more than the 546,651 valid California voter signatures required by its random sample count method to qualify the measure to go before voters in November 2024.
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