Most people would agree that the Federal government has abandoned any pretense of its responsibility to “ensure safe, decent and affordable” (Housing Act, 1937) housing for the poorest people in our country as it committed to do in 1937 when[…]

              ♦ Bob Wieckowski, Chair (D, Alameda, Santa Clara) phone: 916-319-2025. fax: 916 319-2125. kevin.baker@asm.ca.gov ♦ Donald P. Wagner – Vice Chair (R, Orange) phone: 916-319-2068. fax: 916-319-2168. matt.hedges@asm.ca.gov ♦ Luis A. Alejo (D,[…]

            ♦Bob Wieckowski, Chair (D, Alameda, Santa Clara) phone: 916-319-2025.  fax: 916 319-2125.  kevin.baker@asm.ca.gov ♦ Donald P. Wagner – Vice Chair (R, Orange) phone: 916-319-2068.  fax: 916-319-2168.   matt.hedges@asm.ca.gov ♦ Luis A. Alejo (D, Monterey, Santa[…]

REGISTER NOW!!! https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/273176714 Homeless Bill of Rights in California and Oregon Join us for a Webinar on April 1, reserve your webinar seat now at: This is a call for people and organizations wanting to actively engage in promoting and[…]

Bay Area friends, because this is so important, I’m posting it again in case you missed it. And thanks to those of you who are spreading the word. Several media outlets are planning to be at the hearing! This needs[…]

Not until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 did Jim Crow laws finally become part of history. Not until 1974 did Chicago take off the books the last Ugly Law that penalized and[…]

We started the year by launching our “Without Housing Organizer’s Toolkit” and as the year comes to a close,we are sponsoring a Homeless People’s Bill of Rights for California that Assemblyman Tom Ammiano is introducing in the California Legislature. The[…]

Laws that segregate, that make criminals of people based on their status rather than their behavior, or that prohibit certain people’s right to be in public spaces are not just sad relics from the past: Today, numerous laws infringe on[…]

Building off our brothers and sisters in Rhode Island WRAP member groups are introducing Homeless Bill of Rights in both California and Oregon. Thanks to Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, California saw it’s bill introduced TODAY! December 3, 2012. “Homeless Persons’ Bill[…]

Because with inequality reaching record numbers and California¹s inequality the greatest in the country, we are seeing a wave of discriminatory laws in our cities that target mostly people without homes. Commonly called quality of life² or ³nuisance² legislation, they[…]