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| E. Palo Alto wins appeal on Page Mill legal fees
by Jessica Bernstein-Wax, Palo Alto Daily News
February 6th, 2010
The California Court of Appeal has reversed a lower court's decision awarding East Palo Alto predatory landlord, Page Mill Properties, about $20,000 in legal fees in a case against the city, possibly saving the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in another legal case. |
| San Francisco renters fall victim to foreclosures
by Monica Jensen, KALW Radio
February 4th, 2010
In this radio report on tenants caught in the foreclosure crisis we hear from Ted Gullicksen of the San Francisco Tenants Union and Mayor Newsom who recently vetoed an ordinance that would have expanded just cause for eviction protection to all rental units in SF. |
| Condo Conversion Lottery Comes But Once A Year
by Heather Smith, Mission Local
February 4th, 2010
This article covers the annual San Franicsco lottery for Tenancy In Common (TIC) owners who wish to convert their properties to condominiums. The director of the SF Tenants Union isn't a fan of TICs and sees their increase over the last decade as an attempt by realtors to contravene laws meant to prevent rampant speculation. |
| Judge sanctions CitiApartments in city lawsuit
by John Coté, SF Gate
February 3rd, 2010
A judge has tagged notorious San Francisco landlord, CitiApartments, and its related companies with a $50,000 fine for failing to turn over to the city legally required information in what City Attorney Dennis Herrera called "elaborate financial shell games." |
| Blumenthal wants tenants' protection in foreclosures
by Ken Dixon, Leagle
February 2nd, 2010
Hundreds, if not thousands, of Connecticut renters, unaware of their rights in property foreclosure proceedings, have been illegally intimidated and evicted by real estate companies, banks, lenders and law firms,say the state's attorney general and legal aid lawyers. |
 | A Crucial Moment for Affordable Housing in the Silicon Valley
by Andy Blue, Rents & Rants
February 1st, 2010
East Palo Alto stands at a crossroads as one of the last affordable communities in the Silicon Valley. It is imperative that tenants, advocates, elected officials, and the foreclosing lender, Wells Fargo Bank, work together to make certain that safe, affordable housing is preserved in the City of East Palo Alto. |
| Council considers building moratorium
by Star Staff, St. Helena Star
January 30th, 2010
Due in part to the Palmer/Sixth Street Properties v. City of LA court decision, St. Helena city council is considering placing a moratorium on some new construction projects to give the city time to rewrite one of its housing laws and adopt its new General Plan. |
| Auction of Page Mill's East Palo Alto properties delayed
by Jessica Bernstein-Wax, San Jose Mercury News
January 30th, 2010
The trustee sale of 1,800 rental units in East Palo Alto owned by Page Mill Properties won't take place Feb. 1 as planned, according to city officials. Meanwhile advocates including Tenants Together insist that the portfolio be sold to a responsible owner at a price reflecting it's true value based on rents in compliance with the city's rent control laws. |
| Renters, beware of trapdoor
by DANIELLE E. GAINES, Merced Sun-Star
January 28th, 2010
This article about Merced area tenants caught in the foreclosure meltdown is part of a series of articles on the impact of the crisis on mental health. |
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