Please come out and help show Oakland’s City Council that affordable housing is important!
Dear Allies,
Thank you for your support over the 4 plus years in fighting for housing justice for Oakland Chinatown’s Pacific Renaissance families and low-income communities.
At this Tuesday’s Oakland City Council hearing, Councilmembers will vote on approving the settlement agreement reached that will result in preserving the 50 Pacific Renaissance units as affordable ownership AND develop 50 new low-income rental housing units in Chinatown AND pay back the City of Oakland its entire attorneys fees and costs. Here’s the link to the report with more information about the settlement agreement, http://clerkwebsvr1.oaklandnet.com/attachments/17227.pdf
We have recently learned that there may be opposition to this deal, in part, due to misinformation being spread in the community. We need your help again to FINALLY WIN housing justice for Chinatown and the Pacific Renaissance tenant families! Here’s how you can help:
- Contact City Councilmembers and let them know that you are supporting the Pacific Renaissance settlement—it’s a win/win for the community and the City of Oakland.
- Come to the Council hearing, 9/18, 6:30 pm, to support the settlement agreement.
- Attend the community Press Conference with Mayor Dellums and others on 9/19, 11-12 at Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 2.
For more information, please contact Adam Gold, Just Cause Oakland, 763-5877, adam@justcauseoakland.org OR Roger Kim, APEN, 834-8920, roger@apen4ej.org.
Pat Kernighan, 238-7002 pkernighan@oaklandnet.com
Nancy Nadel, 238-7003 nnadel@oaklandnet.com
Jean Quan, 238-7004 jquan@oaklandnet.com
Ignacio Dela Fuente, 238-7005 idelafuente@oaklandnet.com
Desley Brooks, 238-7006 dbrooks@oaklandnet.com
Larry Reid, 238-7007 lreid@oaklandnet.com
Henry Chang, 238-7008 cityochang@aol.com
- Pacific Renaissance Plaza
- Oakland Chinatown
- 9th St, between Webster + Franklin
- Saturday, April 28, 2007
- 10:30 am
Four years ago, Oakland’s social justice community came together
to support the Pacific Renaissance Plaza families who were being
evicted from their homes. Please join us as we commemorate the families who stood up for housing rights and as we recommit to realizing
justice for the Pacific Renaissance tenants and Oakland Chinatown.
It’s been four years since tenant families, community groups, and the
City of Oakland sued the Pacific Renaissance developers. Last May, the
parties entered into a tentative settlement agreement that would have
resulted in preserving the 50 affordable housing units as permanently
affordable housing for the Chinatown community. Yet the wheels of
justice currently turn slowly, while many of the Pacific Renaissance
families face uncertain futures.
The Pacific Renaissance units represent the last remaining option for
affordable housing in Chinatown—a community that is experiencing a
serious affordable housing crisis. It also represents unmet promises
made to Chinatown. Beginning in the 1970s, community leaders fought
to secure community benefits from the Pacific Renaissance project,
which received over $30 million in public subsidies. With the documented loss of thousands of Chinatown’s affordable housing units due
to redevelopment, affordable housing at Pacific Renaissance was a key
community demand.
With your continued help, we will write a different chapter of history on
the treatment of Chinatown residents and realize justice for the Pacific
Renaissance families. We look forward to seeing you on April 28th.
In peace and solidarity,
Chin Jurn Wor Ping, Oakland Tenants Union, Just Cause Oakland, Asian
Pacific Environmental Network, East Bay Asian Local Development
Corp, East Bay Asian Consortium, ACORN, East Bay Community Law
Center, East Bay Housing Organizations, Movement Strategy Center,
Alameda County Central Labor Council, Urban Strategies Council,
Siegel & Yee; California Affordable Housing Law Project, Paul, Hastings,
Janofsky, & Walker LLP; Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, SEIU
Local 1021, League of Women Voters, East Bay Alliance for Sustainable
Economy
For more information, contact Eric Chang :: wokwhiz _at_ sbcglobal _dot_ net :: 650.580.7719
