In Spring of this year, Payless Realty (owned by Daiuy Nguyen) began harassing tenants at Winona Avenue by demanding illegal charges and trying to evict them. By forming a tenant council and reaching out to community organizations like Tenant Councils… Continue Reading
By now many Californians are familiar with the California Tenant Protection Act (see Civil Code section 1947.12) and their local rent control laws, which protect tenants by limiting their yearly rent increases to ten percent or less of their current… Continue Reading
Tenant farmers at New Roots Community Farm are facing a critical struggle against San Diego NGO City Heights Community Development Corporation (City Heights CDC). In 2020, City Heights CDC usurped the farm, without a lease with the City, collecting… Continue Reading
Are you being harassed by your landlord? Offered a cash-for-keys agreement? Received an eviction notice? Unfair rent increase? Do you want to start a tenant association in your building? The best way to get support (and give support to other… Continue Reading
Do not trust Mayor Todd Gloria and City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera! The proposed ‘Tenant Protection’ Ordinance (“TPO”) drafted by their offices is designed to trepidatiously manage the greed of landlords, rather than standing firmly on the side of tenants.… Continue Reading
Tenants Councils of San Diego is hosting its Tenant Unionism Workshop this Saturday, March 11th at 2:00 at the College-Rolando Library at 2:00. The presentation is titled Know Your Rights, Know Your Power, and will cover some basic tenants rights… Continue Reading
Since our most recent article, we’ve received a number of San Diego tenants reach out to us seeking advice on issues they are facing with their landlord, which more than anything is a reminder of how widely shared all of… Continue Reading
Update: This article mentions three properties where tenants are currently facing unlawful eviction at the hands of Matthew Holt and Sydney Daily. Since posting the article, tenants from two additional properties have contacted the Holt Tenant Council and report they… Continue Reading
Want to talk to your neighbors and don’t know where to start? Wondering how to present collective demands to your landlord? Come to Tenant Councils of San Diego zoom office hours on Sunday, August 28th at 4:00 to ask an… Continue Reading
San Diego renters, you don’t have to tolerate habitability issues and constant rent increases in one of the most unsustainable expensive housing markets in the country! Come participate in a Know Your Rights workshop put on by Tenant Council of… Continue Reading