We Are California

The holidays can be tough.

This time of the year is not the same for everyone-- corporations and billionaires make huge profits while many families are struggling to make ends meet. When we come together, we can make sure everyone is taken care of.

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When we come together, we win! ✊🏽

Mr. Jay, a community member in LA’s Koreatown, jumped in and volunteered as a translator with ACCE to make sure ALL his neighbors, regardless of the color of their skin or what language they speak, could access resources to keep them in their homes and off the streets 🏘️🏢

ACCE and other organizations across the LA area threw down all Summer and Fall to connect over 14,000 neighbors to essential services amid the pressing housing crisis.

Volunteer with We Are CA if you agree we all deserve a safe and affordable place to call home! Plug in at wearecalifornia.org ✨

When we stop evictions, we save lives!

A huge win in Santa Barbara! By coming together through We Are California, we have the power to push back on corporate landlords and hold elected leaders accountable to continue winning BIG for our communities! ✊🏽

Join We Are California, and let’s create a state where we all have a roof over our heads, schools that provide a quality education, and programs & services that meet our communities’ needs! 💛

Hayward is grappling with a housing crisis, with 95 families on the brink of eviction and the numbers are on the rise!

Join hands with our partners at Oakland Rising and activists across Alameda County to demand an IMMEDIATE HALT to these evictions. It's time to stand in solidarity with our Black and BIPOC working-class families facing the looming threat of homelessness.

We Are California, is a formidable statewide movement, partnering with grassroots allies across our vast state. 💪

We're rewriting the story, championing justice, and reshaping California's political landscape. 🗳️🏛️ Let's break away from corporate influence and the clutches of the wealthiest 1%. Be a part of rewriting laws that guarantee a brighter future for ALL Californians! 🏠✊🏿

Ready to make an impact?
Head to https://www.oaklandrising.org/volunteer/, sign up to volunteer, and be a vital part of the movement that's paving the way for a California where everyone has a home.

Meet Desiree Marrufo, a We Are California organizer and leader in South Central LA with Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education (SCOPE) talking to folks in the community about the importance of coming together.

“When we get people to share their stories with us and can connect them to resources to keep them in their homes, it makes it all worth it!

Before joining We Are California, I didn't realize the struggle people were going through. I knew that sometimes my family struggled to afford rent, utilities, food, and gas but I wasn't aware that so many other people were struggling in the same way. So learning about my community and being able to offer support and resources like food giveaways gives me so much fulfillment.

There was one Saturday where we invited volunteers in South Central LA to have breakfast and canvass with us. I was paired with a young gentleman who was a little nervous about talking to others. We finally got to a door where a woman answered but was a little hesitant and stayed behind the gate. After he shared about how the housing crisis has impacted him, she opened up about her situation and ended up joining the We Are California movement.

Afterwards, he turned around, looked at me, and said, “I did that!” He was super proud about getting through to someone and I was proud of how much I saw his confidence build after just one conversation. We saw that when we talk to people about the We Are CA movement, it resonates and our community comes together.”

Together we win! ✊🏼

We are a movement of people using our votes and voices to create a California where we all have a roof over our heads, schools that provide a quality education, and programs & services that meet our communities’ needs no matter the color of our skin, what’s in our wallets, or who we love.

We're partnering with 16 community organizations from the Bay to San Diego and everywhere in between. Join the movement at https://wearecalifornia.org/funding-our-futures/ to plug in and create a California for all of us!

Our spotlight and shoutout goes to all the MVP volunteers, canvassers, members, staff, and partners that made our summer organizing a huge success!! 47 Grassroots leaders from 14 organizations spoke to 41,264 California voters about the housing issues most impacting them.

Many voters told our organizers that they are working multiple jobs and spending more than 50% of their income just on rent. That’s why almost 80% of the voters we spoke with (31,470 voters) agreed that California needs to do more to stop corporate landlords like Blackstone and their affiliates from evicting tenants and inflating rents.

Like to show some love to our organizers and follow to get involved AAPIs for Civic Empowerment -AAPI FORCE We Are California Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Power CA Action

When Alicia Olivarez was 7 she and her mom lost their Fresno apartment and had to bounce from shelter to shelter. Fresno faced the HIGHEST rent growth of any city nationwide – 28% in 2021 https://lat.ms/3Kzsr54

People losing their homes has a domino effect ➡️ If they’re lucky, they move in w/ friends and families but that's only a temporary solution. Many live in their cars or motels until money runs out and they're forced to live on the streets

Many leaseholders experience this domino effect and rapidly descend into homelessness after events like eviction, domestic violence, health crises, etc. Many had little warning before being forced to leave with a median of 10 days notice.

This is why voting YES on helps millions of Californians

The will:

✅ Close exploitable loopholes used to unfairly evict
✅ Provide enforcement tools that protect people from arbitrary evictions & displacement
✅ Protect families from homelessness

Fresno residents are majority renters, but it's 1 of 2 major CA cities w/o rent control. Residents are more vulnerable to housing costs than much smaller cities in SoCal. The # of homeless folks in Fresno and Madera counties is the HIGHEST in 10 years.

The overwhelming majority of 1,000 Fresno voters across the political spectrum support tenant protections and rent control, but the city's mayor and council have taken few steps to protect renters.

Because of local inaction, Fresno renters rely on state housing + homelessness policies more than other Californians. Voting YES on stops landlords from using loopholes around the few existing tenant protection policies + strengthens enforcement

If homelessness continues to increase in California at its current pace, by 2050 the homeless population will reach over 500,000 people. That’s more than the total number of people in Oakland, Sacramento, Fresno or Long Beach. Vote YES on

Failing to address the housing crisis in SoCal and the Bay Area exported it to the Central Valley. We need strong, statewide protections against predatory rent increases and eviction. Voting YES on is a step in the right direction

Comment 1: Read more at https://lat.ms/3Kzsr54

Opinion: Another consequence of the L.A. housing crisis: The Fresno housing crisis The Central Valley city has seen among the fastest rent hikes nationwide as coastal California residents flee inland in search of affordable homes.

We won!!!!
Pilot program to remove police from traffic stops just PASSED LA CITY COUNCIL!!!
Continuing to push for a complete and permanent change that will save lives.
Saying the names of our folks whose lives were stolen at stops by LAPD…




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WE BUILD POWER BY:
🦾Holding decision-makers accountable
🦾Mobilizing voters in every election
🦾Talking to our neighbors and families about our multiracial movement
🦾Connecting grassroots leaders and organizations across the state
🦾Passing laws that improve the well-being of our communities

Así construimos poder:
🦾Responsabilizando a los responsables políticos
🦾Movilizando a los votantes en cada elección
🦾Hablando con nuestros vecinos y familias sobre nuestro movimiento multirracial
🦾Conectando a líderes y organizaciones de base de todo el estado
🦾Aprobando leyes que mejoren el bienestar de nuestras comunidades

HOUSING WATCH - Corporate landlords continue to rip off tenants because it's profitable for them. They are working to stop which would:
❌ Stop unfair evictions.

Hold corporate landlords accountable ✊ take action today by urging your state representative to pass the Homelessness Prevention Act

Protect CA Tenants - Vote Yes for the Homelessness Prevention Act (SB567) Right now, Assemblymembers Connolly, Pacheco and Papan can help millions of working class, fixed income and low income Californians hold onto their California dream and prevent homelessness by prohibiting landlords from using loopholes in the law as shortcuts to eviction. Some landlords have even ex...

We Are California is a people-powered movement creating lasting change for ALL Californians. Follow us and join the movement.

Somos California es un movimiento impulsado por la comunidad que busca un cambio duradero para TODOS los californianos. Sigue a Somos California y únete al movimiento para crear un California para todos.

Is housing a human right in California? No, but it can be when we are guaranteed to have housing, not eviction! Housing, not criminalization! Housing, not punishment! People experiencing homelessness deserve to have their needs met instead of having their homes and belongings trashed.

¿Es la vivienda un derecho humano en California? No, pero puede serlo cuando se nos garantice ¡Vivienda no arrasamiento! ¡Vivienda no criminalización! ¡Vivienda no castigo! Las personas sin hogar merecen tener sus necesidades cubiertas en lugar de tener sus hogares y pertenencias destrozadas.

We can create a California where we can all thrive by sharing these resources with our friends, loved ones and neighbors to keep more of us in our homes and off the streets

Podemos crear un California donde todos podamos prosperar compartiendo recursos con nuestros amigos, seres queridos y vecinos para mantener a más de nosotros en nuestros hogares y fuera de las calles. Infórmate y comparte el link

California Housing Resources - We Are California, a project of California Calls California housing assistance. Every Californian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home no matter if we rent or own.

Not corporations and the wealthiest 1% jacking up rents and buying up entire neighborhoods for quick profits 😩 🍅

Everyone deserves a safe, healthy and affordable place to call home, period. 👏

Together we have the power to push back on corporate landlords and real estate billionaires who are making billions in profits and preying on bankruptcies to take more homes. We can create a California where all of us can thrive. 🌱✨

Follow We Are California and join the movement to create a California for all!

📺 LA CAN Freedom Singers will be on America's Got Talent! Tune in tonight at 8pm!! 📺

The Los Angeles Community Action Network organizes people to fight back against oppression and they're one of many We Are California partners working to prevent homelessness in Los Angeles by sharing necessary resources with the folks in our communities!

Be sure to catch their special message tonight 💖

LA CAN (Los Angeles Community Action Network)

When over 4.7 million Californians are not registered to vote, it's easier for big real estate and greedy corporations to take over and leave our communities to fend for ourselves.

Cost of living is outrageous and everyday Californians are struggling to pay for housing and make ends meet.

Passing gets us closer to creating a government that works for all of us, not just the wealthy and well connected. Call Senator Portantino today! ☎️ 📱

It is up to us, as Californians, to fight for a future that reflects who we are: diverse, welcoming, innovative. A place that our children and grandchildren can afford to live in and call their home!

Please click here to urge these 9 Senators to pass the Homelessness Prevention Act - Senate Bill 567- to make sure all California children, today and tomorrow, have a roof over their head and a safe place to live by doing the following:

🚪 Lowering the statewide rent increase cap from 10% to 5%
🚪Giving tenants the right to return to substantially renovated units without a rent increase
🚪Implementing enforcement measures that keep landlords from removing their buildings from the housing market just to put them back on the market at unaffordable prices.

Protect CA Tenants - Vote Yes for the Homelessness Prevention Act (SB567) It is up to us, as Californians, to fight for a future that reflects who we are: diverse, welcoming, innovative. A place that our children and grandchildren can afford to live in and call their home. Right now, Senators Allen, Ashby, Atkins, Bradford, Caballero, Min, Portantino, Umberg and Wiener ca...

Ralph Yarl was shot twice for accidentally ringing the doorbell at the wrong address as he tried to pick up his younger siblings in Kansas City, Missouri

Our children deserve better. Our children deserve to be safe. Our children deserve to grow old without the looming fear of being shot



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Everyone deserves a safe, healthy and affordable place to call home, period.

Together we have the power to push back on corporate landlords and real estate billionaires who are making billions in profits and preying on bankruptcies to take more homes. We can create a California where all of us can thrive.

Follow @‌wercalifornia to join the movement to create a California for all!

Accountability is the name of the game

Police funding has nearly tripled in the last 50 years despite rampant abuse while our schools and communities are starved of the resources we need.

We deserve a California where all of us, no matter the color of our skin, or what’s in our wallets are safe, and with a government that cares for us.

San Jose Police Union Executive Facing Fentanyl-Smuggling Charges Fired The woman accused of operating an international drug operation while working as an executive for the San Jose Police Union Association has officially lost her job. Robert Handa reports.

Representation Matters! ✨🌖🌠

In selecting a woman and Black astronaut, NASA is keeping its promise to bring greater diversity to its exploration efforts. All the previous crewed missions to the Moon were made by white men.

When we stop evictions, we save lives! We Are CA grassroots leaders across the state are on the front line to keep people housed.

Check out this KQED article that follows how SB 567 aka The Homelessness Prevention Act would close loopholes and protect renters facing eviction.

*all photos and quotes sourced from KQED* [https://www.kqed.org/news/11945257/california-landlords-can-evict-renters-for-repairs-a-new-bill-could-limit-that]

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White supremacy and capitalism kill! A train derailed, spilling hazardous materials and catching fire in San Bernardino.

From Atlanta to CA, the people are loud and clear: DEFEND THE LAND!

Get involved with Cope Inland Empire to find out more about how you can organize with people in your community to create real change that puts people and the planet before profits.

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From the United Farm Workers movement to today's efforts by workers to build power, unionize, and protect their rights, Viva La Causa!

Tomorrow is Cesar Chavez day and we are celebrating a legacy of labor organizing. Together with Dolores Huerta, they co-founded the United Farmworkers union, building coalition with other campesinos to organize for fairer work conditions and inspiring generations today to continue standing up for their rights.

Dolores is still putting in the work of community organizing, education, and civic engagement through her own foundation Dolores Huerta Foundation and through her involvement with movements like We Are California

Join Dolores in standing up for a better California for all! Plug into We Are California, a people-powered movement by following We Are California today.

GUN CONTROL NOW

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via: We Are CA partner Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education (SCOPE)

Dignity and Respect

Workers with SEIU Local 99 successfully shut down LA schools by striking to demand better wages and fair work conditions. They were able to organize more than 65,000 people and this is why we do it.

LAUSD must take care of the adults responsible for taking care of our youth!!

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Today, Senator Maria Elena Durazo, Assembly Member Miguel Santiago, and a statewide coalition of labor, faith, organizing, community services, and advocacy groups announced the Homelessness Prevention Act.

If passed will protect from unjust evictions & exorbitant rent increases.

Supporters are stressing the need to keep families housed during an ongoing crisis and increased evictions.

What are your thoughts? Share them down below 👇🏽

All jokes aside, Californians deserve a government that cares for all of us, regardless of the color of our skin or what’s in our wallets. When we have to choose between basic necessities like eating and shelter, we know it’s time to come together and demand the people in power do right by us.

Join the movement by following We Are California if you’re down to have your basic needs met ✌️

We want freedom to thrive, with housing for all, living wages, clean air and water and safe communities!

We believe we can create a California where all are valued, regardless of where you were born, the color of your skin, who you love, or how much money you make. Follow We Are California to plug into the movement.

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It’s not hard: every Californian deserves shelter and a safe place to rest their heads. Especially as it snows, hails, and rains across the state.

If you’re wondering what your state rep is doing to protect Californians during the housing crisis, give em a call and ask them: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ 🏡

Imagine the world we could create if we all just knew ourselves and each other a little better 💛⭐️🌻🐝✨💫

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