Gentrification is a huge problem that inner city-communities, which consist mostly of Black and Latino families, face every day. Evictions, rent increase and slumlords are all par for the course in this urban landscape, where the median price for a one-bedroom rental is beyond the means of most people. 

Causa Justa Just Cause has been working hard to make sure that people from these marginalized communities are not taken advantage of or evicted from not only their home but oftentimes the very community and city that they have always known. Many of these families facing gentrification have lived in Oakland and San Francisco’s Mission and Bayview areas for generations. 

CJJC is a grassroots organization that began in 2010 with the merger of Just Cause Oakland and St. Peter’s Housing Committee, both powerful organizations in their own right. In 2015, they brought People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER) into the fold, creating a formidable protection for the people of these marginalized groups. 

CJJC provides housing and racial justice, builds grassroots power and leadership to create strong, equitable communities. They improve conditions in neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area by providing rights-based services, policy campaigns, civic engagement and direct action.

They have brought together thousands of African-American and Latino residents of Oakland and San Francisco to fight for housing and immigrant rights. In doing so, the organization has successfully passed more than a dozen tenants’ rights ordinances in both cities, stopped hundreds of evictions, prevented rent increases and forced landlords to do much needed repairs. 

The Oakland office for CJJC is located at 1419 34th Ave #203, Oakland, CA, 94601 and they can be reached by phone at 510-763-5877. Please call them or visit their website for more locations and information. You can also visit them on Facebook and Twitter. Please consider volunteering or donating to this worthy cause, Just Cause.

Christy Price

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