Please tune in tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. to KIQI 1010AM to hear a live interview with our very own Imelda Navarro. She will be talking about the ongoing housing crisis, how it has been affecting Latinos, and what Latinos can do and have been doing to fight for candidates and policies that will address the issues that matter to them.
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Pacifica, CA – The District Attorney is investigating reports of misrepresentations made by paid signature gatherers during a referendum campaign in Pacifica sponsored by the real estate industry. In May 2017, an industry-backed referendum narrowly repealed a temporary renter protection ordinance by a margin of only 63 signatures. Fair Rents 4 Pacifica, an all-volunteer tenants’ rights group, has gathered evidence that at least 66 Pacifica voters have sought to remove their signatures. Nearly all claimed they only signed because they had been misled by signature gatherers.
Dale Duncan and Marta Mendoza sued sisters Anne Kihagi, Christina Mwangi, and their company Zoriall LLC, after they and their 6-year-old daughter were evicted in 2015. They say a “pattern of harassment” started shortly after the women bought the property in 2014.
With just over a week to go until Election Day, another round of updated campaign contribution forms were submitted in the competitive San Mateo City Council race where seven are seeking three seats.
Nearly $123,216 has gone toward supporting current Planning Commissioner Eric Rodriguez. He has raised $52,748 toward his own campaign, including a $5,000 loan, and spent about $45,327. The California Apartment Association independently spent $20,649.39 to see him elected while the National Association of Realtors spent $49,819, according to forms filed with the city.
“Follow the money” has been a pretty reliable measure when looking at where a candidate’s interests lie. Not all candidates for our little San Mateo City Council race are popping up in the margins of my computer as we speak, but there he is again, compliments of the National Association of Realtors Fund “not authorized by a candidate or a committee.”etc. etc.
With less than three weeks to the November election, a team of Latino renter advocates took to the streets in San Mateo to encourage renters to vote. They also offered recommendations about which candidates to vote for.
“There are seven people competing for three seats on the San Mateo City Council”, says Imelda Navarro, who was a member of the Latino team. “Some of the candidates have proven to be much more sympathetic to renters than the others, and we wanted renters to know who they are.”
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