San Mateo County is currently experiencing and will continue to experience drift smoke from the fires from our north. Changes in wind and stability of the atmosphere will vary the amounts of smoke as they change. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued smoke and health advisories for the region. Please visit their website at http://www.baaqmd.gov for further information and air quality updates.
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San Mateo County is currently experiencing and will continue to experience drift smoke from the fires from our north. Changes in wind and stability of the atmosphere will vary the amounts of smoke as they change. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued smoke and health advisories for the region. Please visit their website at http://www.baaqmd.gov for further information and air quality updates.  Today Governor Brown signed AB 291 into law, which will protect undocumented tenants (and communities perceived to be undocumented) from harassment and retaliation.
This is important legislation at a time when citizenship status is used as a means to displace current residents. A report by the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) and the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project found that Latino women with children were the highest risk for eviction in the county. Displacement affects all of us, but communities of color are disproportionately targeted. It is important that we stand together and not be divided by landlord tactics. Latino and undocumented communities stood up for all of us through their leadership in fights for rent control and just cause for eviction policies in Richmond and Mountain View. In Richmond, the fight for rent control was sparked by a building-wide tenant association of mostly undocumented residents, who organized and stood up to their landlord against rent increases. In Mountain View, the key leadership of the Day Workers Center is credited with being instrumental to the passage of rent control. The Immigrant Tenant Protection Act goes into effect January 2018, and we celebrate the recognition that vulnerable members of our communities need and deserve additional protection. In solidarity, Tenants Together Team Connect with Us When & Where: SAT • OCTOBER 21, 2017 11:00AM - 3:00PM SEQUOIA HIGH SCHOOL 1201 BREWSTER AVE. REDWOOD CITY MORE INFO AT TRANSITIONFAIR.ORG  San Mateo County's 2017 Annual Transition Resource Fair Join your community on Saturday October 21st for the 4th annual Stepping Up Transition to Independence Fair Learn about programs and services available to students who are no longer eligible for school-based special education programs. The event brings together 50 agencies that provide higher education, job training, employment, day programs, living options, and health services to adults with disabilities. The event will also feature nine Workshops ranging from Benefits Counseling, Advocacy, Healthcare, Employment, College Preparedness and Assistive Technology.
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