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In the news

  • DoorDash drivers knock on CEO’s door to protest wages
    San Francisco Examiner, 9/2/21
  • DoorDash workers protest outside CEO Tony Xu’s home demanding better pay, tip transparency and PPE
    TechCrunch, 9/2/21
  • DoorDash drivers go to CEO’s door to demand fair wages and working conditions
    48hills, 9/2/21
  • DoorDash Settlement Would Pay a Paltry $130 to Workers Instead of Making Them Employees
    Gizmodo, 9/1/21
  • Gig worker advocacy groups react to court ruling that Prop. 22 is ‘unconstitutional’
    CNN, 8/21/21
  • Rising Concern Over Lead in Exhaust of Small Aircraft Spurs New Calls to Close Reid-Hillview Airport
    NBC Bay Area, 8/7/21
  • Uber showed drivers lower fares than passengers, blames California law it supported
    MarketWatch, 7/23/21
  • Black and Brown Gig Workers Report Lower Ratings — But Companies Make Bias Hard to Track
    KQED, 7/22/21
  • Community workforce agreement highlighted in Santa Clara VTA projects
    Mass Transit Magazine, 7/15/21
  • Santa Clara County sees increase in value of taxable properties
    San Jose Spotlight, 7/13/21
  • No plans yet for first Google-San Jose funds
    San Jose Spotlight, 7/6/21
  • Local resources for survivors and victims of gun violence
    ABC 7 News, 6/29/21
  • How Google won over some of its biggest critics to build a megacampus in San Jose
    CNBC, 6/27/21
  • San Jose to decide where to prioritize affordable housing
    San Jose Spotlight, 6/24/21
  • Teamsters plan sweeping effort to unionize Amazon workers
    The Guardian, 6/22/21
  • San Jose-Google advisory group is years away
    San Jose Spotlight, 6/15/21
  • You may be paying more for Uber, but drivers aren’t getting their cut of the fare hike
    Washington Post, 6/10/21
  • It’s Hard Work to Make Ordering Groceries Online So Easy
    New York Times, 6/4/21
  • San Jose Flea Market vendors protest development plan
    San Jose Spotlight, 6/4/21
  • How will San Jose enforce its return to work law?
    San Jose Spotlight, 6/1/21
  • San Jose VTA Shooting: How to Help Victims, Families and Those Personally Affected
    KQED, 5/27/21
  • How you can help victims of San Jose’s VTA mass shooting
    San Jose Spotlight, 5/26/21
  • Op-ed: Downtown West sets new standard for addressing displacement and community voice
    San Jose Spotlight, 5/25/21
  • San Jose-Google benefits fund could take 10 years to pay out
    San Jose Spotlight, 5/25/21
  • San Jose’s City Council just unanimously approved Google’s Downtown West project
    Silicon Valley Business Journal, 5/25/21
  • San Jose approves policy to rehire laid-off workers
    San Jose Spotlight, 5/11/21
  • Is Uber disclosing enough information about its lobbying? 30% of shareholders want more
    MarketWatch, 5/11/21
  • Advocates fear thousands of families will end up homeless with eviction moratorium set to expire next month
    ABC 7 News, 5/5/21
  • On May Day, Gig Workers Are Organizing an Intersectional Movement
    TruthOut, 5/1/21
  • Gig companies oppose U.S. push for worker employee status, suggest compromise
    Reuters, 4/29/21
  • San Jose Google project one step closer to reality
    San Jose Spotlight, 4/28/21
  • Uber and Lyft expect ride-hailing to make a sharp recovery, but there are some potential roadblocks
    MarketWatch, 4/28/21
  • Gig companies seek to sway pro-union task force
    Politico, 4/28/21
  • COVID Vaccines: Santa Clara County Launches Outreach Teams To Aid Holdouts
    CBS San Francisco, 4/20/21
  • SF sees major drop in vaccine supply, while Santa Clara sees bump: Here’s why
    ABC 7 News, 4/20/21
  • Gig Worker Classification Worsens Inequities During Pandemic, Organizer Says
    San Francisco Public Press, 4/16/21
  • Uber spending $250 million to lure drivers back to work as pandemic restrictions ease
    MarketWatch, 4/7/21
  • Google promises $200M worth of community benefits under Downtown West plan for San Jose
    Silicon Valley Business Journal, 4/6/21
  • Google’s downtown San Jose transit village project offers $200 million in community benefits
    San Jose Mercury News, 4/6/21
  • Google’s San Jose megaproject offers $200 million in community benefits, 1,000 affordable homes
    San Francisco Chronicle, 4/6/21
  • San Jose releases Google’s $200 million community benefits plan
    San Jose Spotlight, 4/6/21
  • Google, San Jose Development Deal Includes $200 Million in Housing Funds
    KQED, 4/6/21
  • Silicon Valley’s essential workers form new group, fight for rights
    San Jose Spotlight, 3/31/21
  • Local rent relief is on its way in San Jose
    San Jose Spotlight, 3/24/21
  • After a Remote Year, Tech’s Shadow Workforce Barely Hangs On
    Wired, 3/24/21
  • Black and Hispanic Communities Grapple With Vaccine Misinformation
    New York Times, 3/10/21
  • How to Reach the Unvaccinated
    New York Times, 3/10/21
  • California’s make-or-break reopening has arrived
    CalMatters, 3/4/21
  • More parks, housing? Google, San Jose to release agreement
    San Jose Spotlight, 3/1/21
  • Uber asked its drivers about working for the app. They didn’t hold back.
    Mashable, 2/24/21
  • San Jose seeks to squeeze more affordable housing out of developers
    San Jose Spotlight, 2/23/21
  • Every Major Gig Company Has Now Raised Prices In California After Prop. 22
    Forbes, 2/19/21
  • Labor Groups & Gig Workers Continue The Fight Against Prop 22 For Fair Pay & Worker Protections
    KALW, 2/17/21
  • San Francisco rideshare and delivery drivers demand more PPE
    CBS News, 2/17/21
  • If Work Is Going Remote, Why Is Big Tech Still Building?
    Wired, 2/16/21
  • A DoorDash driver’s car was stolen with his kids inside. Funds poured in to help them, but there’s a bigger problem.
    The Counter, 2/11/21
  • ‘Panic and fear’: S.F. father whose two kids were abducted in carjacking recounts ordeal
    San Francisco Chronicle, 2/8/21
  • ‘One job is no longer enough to survive’: Dolly Parton’s Super Bowl ad glosses over the reality for millions of gig workers, critics say
    MarketWatch, 2/7/21
  • Gig economy shows the danger and power of data imbalance, Mozilla report says
    MarketWatch, 1/28/21
  • Congress urged to extend labor protections to gig workers who are ‘on the precipice of devastation’
    MarketWatch, 1/25/21
  • The Real Reason Food Delivery Just Got More Expensive In California
    Mashed, 1/21/21
  • Lyft announces additional fee for California riders to cover cost of Prop. 22 driver benefits
    San Francisco Examiner, 1/13/21
  • Gig drivers and labor unions ask state Supreme Court to strike down Prop. 22
    San Francisco Examiner, 1/12/21
  • Worker Advocates Rally Around Biden’s Labor Department Pick
    MotherJones, 1/9/21
  • Community leaders: Sedition by a sitting president. Treason by false patriots.
    San Jose Spotlight, 1/7/21
  • The End of the Golden Age of Silicon Valley Cafeterias”
    Bloomberg, 1/6/21
  • Members of San Jose’s Diridon advisory group say the city isn’t listening to them anymore
    San Jose Spotlight, 1/5/21
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Thank you to the San Jose Conservation Corps for partnering together to launch a powerful pilot to create new worker leaders.
Our hearts are filled with joy and pride as we mar Our hearts are filled with joy and pride as we marched together — as workers, tenants, immigrants, parents, and community members at the San José May Day Parade today. 

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❌ Higher Rents = ⛺️ More Tents While corpo ❌ Higher Rents = ⛺️ More Tents 

While corporate landlords keep jacking up prices & collecting our rents, more Californians are being pushed into homelessness & tents. On Tuesday 4/25 we call on @senator_umberg senatorashby @sendavemin @senatorcaballero to vote YES on the #HomelessnessPreventionAct #SB567
 
Yesenia Miranda Meza is a single mother. Both she and her son have had health problems in the last year and is concerned about losing their home. ""I did not ask for my son to have 3 surgeries in a span of 6 months. I am an increase away from becoming homeless."" 

Over 170,000 Californians are living on the streets and the homelessness is growing in every community. The people most at risk of becoming homeless are people of color and immigrants. Corporate landlords will always choose profits. 

☎️ Will you call @senator_umberg senatorashby @sendavemin @senatorcaballero TODAY to choose the people and vote YES on #SB567 to #KeepFamiliesHoused and stop the rent hikes and unjust evictions? Without their votes, this bill won't make it. 

https://www.ocregister.com/2023/03/10/legislator-proposes-california-law-to-protect-renters-from-becoming-homeless/
ICYMI our State Senators can pass #SB567 to cap re ICYMI our State Senators can pass #SB567 to cap rent increases annually. We already know rent has been skyrocketing across CA 📈 and a majority of us can hardly make it through the month. So we’re driving calls to ☎️ @senator_umberg senatorashby @sendavemin @senatorcaballero

Corporate landlords are looting constantly us by controlling rent hikes while we struggle to make ends meet 💰 We can’t afford to wait another day to protect seniors, families, students, and everyday Californians. We need to pass SB567 NOW! 

For too long, real estate lobbyists and corporate landlords have been able to hike rents unchecked but with SB567 we’re about to put a stop to that 🛑 

We gotta get these State Senators on board and out of the pockets of corporate interests so call them TODAY and demand they pass SB567 ☎️ #HomelessnessPreventionAct #KeepFamiliesHoused #HomeIsSacred
ICYMI our State Senators can pass #SB567 to cap re ICYMI our State Senators can pass #SB567 to cap rent increases annually. We already know rent has been skyrocketing across CA 📈 and a majority of us can hardly make it through the month. So we’re driving calls to ☎️ @senator_umberg senatorashby @sendavemin @senatorcaballero

Corporate landlords are looting constantly us by controlling rent hikes while we struggle to make ends meet 💰 We can’t afford to wait another day to protect seniors, families, students, and everyday Californians. We need to pass SB567 NOW! 

For too long, real estate lobbyists and corporate landlords have been able to hike rents unchecked but with SB567 we’re about to put a stop to that 🛑 

We gotta get these State Senators on board and out of the pockets of corporate interests so call them TODAY and demand they pass SB567 ☎️ #HomelessnessPreventionAct #KeepFamiliesHoused #HomeIsSacred
"We already know you’ve heard about the rent inc "We already know you’ve heard about the rent increases and rising homelessness in CA 🗣️ OF COURSE you have! A MAJORITY of Californians are facing skyrocketing rents 🚀 making our cost of living impossible! 

But WHY are these rents are rising, you ask? 📈 Corporate landlords have been buying up housing complexes and single family homes all across California, and then deliberately driving up the cost of rent. In San Diego, Blackstone drove up rents by 64% in TWO YEARS. It’s pushing out seniors, families, students, and so many others from their homes.

And starting this TUESDAY 4/25, our reps are gonna decide what to do about it — because there’s something WE can do about it! We can contact @senator_umberg senatorashby @sendavemin @senatorcaballero today and demand they vote ✅ YES and pass #SB567 so we can prevent more homelessness, cap rents, and ensure people have a roof over their heads #HomelessnessPreventionAct #KeepFamiliesHoused #HomeIsSacred
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