Justice Warrior--ACCE--Ayana Forbes

I have chosen to highlight a group here in Sacramento working for social justice. That group is Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action.

This is a non-profit community organization that fights and stands for economic, racial and social justice to create transformative community change.

Some recent victories that ACCE has contributed to within the community is the cancel rent movement, which is a tent relief bill passed to excuse tenant inability to pay rent this past covid pandemic year if income is between a certain bracket. If landlord participates in program rent is forgiven, if not tenant can apply for 25% off. There are loopholes in this SB 91, tenant relief bill and ACCE is currently working to close those loopholes.

ACCE also participated in the success of tenants winning for a rent cap and eviction protections across California. There are many ACCE chapters throughout California we even have one right here in Sacramento. The Sacramento chapter is currently focused on housing justice and civic engagement.