Tenant Fire Guide/Toolkit - English/Español (living document, continues to be updated)
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Next General Meeting
Thursday, January 23, 7-9p
236 W Mountain St. #117
The Flintridge Center in Pasadena
RENT CONTROL & EVICTION PROTECTIONS ARE IN EFFECT IN PASADENA
In November 2022, Pasadena voters said YES on MEASURE H and passed strong rent control and eviction protections by a 7.6% margin! Measure H, now Article XVIII of the Pasadena City Charter, codifies new rights for renters as of December 22, 2022.
To understand how Measure H benefits you as a tenant, please read our Measure H Tenant Toolkit. The toolkit contains a two-page explainer along with a variety of other tools including sample letters to send to your landlord in a variety of situations, including the rent rollback for tenants that qualify.
If you have questions, please email us at pasadenatenantsunion@gmail.com. However, please read the toolkit before writing. There is a very good chance that the answer you're looking for is in the toolkit. If you still need help with your case, please join the tenants union and emails at the address above.
Our Meetings
We regularly have meetings twice a month - a general meeting and a working meeting. General meetings are where we have "tenant counseling & solidarity" discussions. If you are a tenant seeking help, this is where to start. Many tenants come with issues like rent increases, eviction notices, and landlord abuse. We answer questions about your rights and strategize how we can organize together to achieve change. Please see the schedule below for the next general meeting. Working meetings are where we discuss and work on other organization matters, projects, and goals. These meetings may include some administrative stuff, planning actions, organizing canvasses, doing research, having a reading group, etc. To join our next working meeting, please contact PTU at pasadenatenantsunion@gmail.com
Interpretation: We are working hard to ensure interpretation (English <-> Spanish) at all of our meetings. Currently, interpretation is not guaranteed. Join our email list to find out if the next meeting will have interpretation. To help secure regularly interpretation, please pay dues!
COVID Policy: COVID is still prevalent and dangerous. PTU has an organization policy of wearing N95 or KN95 masks at meetings. Masks will be provided if you do not bring your own. It is very difficult to organize when members are stuck at home sick. There are a number of chronically ill and disabled members of PTU. For the sake of the union, the community, and our work, please wear a mask at our in-person meetings.
General Meeting Schedule:
All General Meetings are 7-9p at The Flintridge Center, 236 W Mountain St., Room 117 (park along Banbury Alley).
- January: Thursday, 1/23/25
- February: Thursday, 2/27/25
- March: TBD
- April: Thursday, 4/24/25
- May: Thursday, 5/22/25
Tenant Solidarity Email
If you have issues with your housing, if you think something illegal is happening to you, email us. Our email is run by volunteer members of the union with the goal of building a broad base of tenants to act in solidarity to protect our housing from predatory landlords.
Due to a high volume of calls, our solidarity voicemail is currently over capacity and unfortunately we are unable to respond to voicemails at this time. We are actively recruiting volunteers for our solidarity team—please contact us via email if you are interested in volunteering.
info@pasadenatenantsunion.org
We cannot provide you with legal advice but we will do our best to counsel you with information about your rights as a tenant and potential strategies for fighting back.
