We have chapters in Richmond, Antioch, San Pablo, and Pittsburg. Contra Costa ACCE Action members are taking action and winning transformative changes!
322 Harbour Way #5
Richmond, California 94801
925-348-9165 ext. 104
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Contra Costa ACCE organizes tenants in Richmond, Antioch, Pittsburg, and San Pablo to fight for Housing Justice! In 2023 Antioch ACCE members celebrated when the Antioch City Council passed a Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance and in the previous year they passed a strong rent control policy. In Richmond, tenants are pushing to update the city’s code enforcement policy to ensure that landlords make repairs in a timely manner and that they are held accountable. Members in Richmond have also won an equitable public lands policy designed so that public lands are put in the hands of local land trusts and are used for permanent affordable housing. We continue to organize across the county - particularly in San Pablo and Pittsburg where we are fighting to win rent control, just cause for evictions and a tenant anti-harassment policy!
In 2023, ACCE worked with our allies from SEIU 1021, APEN and Lift Up Contra Costa to elect candidates that put communities and families first in cities across Contra Costa. During the last election we worked to elect candidates like Antioch City Council Members Monica Wilson and Tamisha Walker - who won by only 3 votes! We also helped elect Mayor Eduardo Martinez and Councilmember Doria Robinson in Richmond. We are now working to increase turnout as it is clear that every vote counts this November 2024. As we approach the most important and decisive elections in our lifetimes we are fighting to ensure that we protect and strengthen our democracy while holding bad actors accountable.
ACCE and our coalition partners waged a successful campaign around the Contra Costa County Budget to win $5 million dollars for rental assistance and tenant legal services to serve low-income families in Contra Costa. After our successful fight for Measure X in 2020 we were successful in getting the County to invest $80,000 in a feasibility study to create an African American Wellness and Resource Hub in Contra Costa County, and $1 million from the county to go toward resources for the Black community in Contra Costa County. In Antioch we have waged a successful campaign for police accountability and reform of the Antioch Police Department after more than half of their police officers were involved in a text group where they shared racist, sexist and homophobic messages and images.