Statewide rent control in Oregon!
Oregon is poised to become the first state in the nation to impose statewide limits on how much landlords can raise rents after state lawmakers passed a sweeping measure on Tuesday. Read more here
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San Francisco Eviction Control Law Strengthened
The SF Board of Supervisors has passed a new ordinance to protect tenants in single family homes, which are not covered by rent control. Landlords of single family homes and condos cannot give tenants a huge rent increase in order to evict them without just …
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Rachel Lederman in the news as Standing Rock criminal cases wrap up
Rachel is quoted in a major AP piece on Water Protector Legal Collective. WPLC has just wrapped up almost 850 criminal cases stemming from the indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access oil pipeline at Standing Rock in 2016-2017. Regarding the ongoing civil rights lawsuit over …
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Oakland Protest Settlement Restricts “Less Lethal” Munitions
Federal court injunction stops police from using impact munitions, explosive …Read More »NAACP v. San Jose Class Action Lawsuit
We filed a class action civil rights lawsuit today, with …Read More »UC SANTA CRUZ GRAD STUDENT SUES UCSC POLICE FOR BRUTALITY DURING 2020 STRIKE
UC Santa Cruz graduate student Sabrina Shirazi has filed a …Read More »
Water Protector Civil Lawsuit Moving Forward!
On September 10, 2020, in a long-awaited ruling, Judge Daniel …Read More »
Rachel quoted in: “State High Court to Cops: No, You Can’t Charge $3,000 for Body Camera Videos”
KQED article on the May 28 California Supreme Court decision …Read More »