Dear Governor Newsom: California has been facing an ongoing housing and homelessness crisis made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. That's why I'm asking you to support struggling communities by signing AB 1487. AB 1487 would create the Homelessness Prevention Fund to fund education, outreach, and legal services aimed at preventing displacement and homelessness among vulnerable California tenants. California can support millions of renters hit hard by the pandemic by ensuring California's eviction protections are enforceable. Unfortunately, the vast majority of tenants find that these protections do little for them when they go to trial. Only 3% percent of renters have a lawyer when they’re forced to go to eviction court while 81% of landlords do. This imbalance in legal representation makes a mockery of due process, fairness before the law, and justice. AB 1487 will fund legal services for tenants who can’t afford private representation. If people have to fight for their home at trial, the least we can do is ensure tenants have a fighting chance. California desperately needs a fund dedicated to eviction prevention services for tenants with low incomes. As it stands, the legal system is set up to protect property owners and people with wealth, which means California’s low income tenants, most of whom are Black and brown, are especially vulnerable – they need and deserve the legal protection AB 1487 would provide. Thank you!

California has been facing an ongoing housing and homelessness crisis made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. That's why I'm asking you to support struggling communities by voting YES on AB 1487. AB 1487 would create the Homelessness Prevention Fund to fund education, outreach, and legal services aimed at preventing displacement and homelessness among vulnerable California tenants. California can support millions of renters hit hard by the pandemic by ensuring California's eviction protections are enforceable. Unfortunately, the vast majority of tenants find that these protections do little for them when they go to trial. Only 3% percent of renters have a lawyer when they’re forced to go to eviction court while 81% of landlords do. This imbalance in legal representation makes a mockery of due process, fairness before the law, and justice. AB 1487 will fund legal services for tenants who can’t afford private representation. If people have to fight for their home at trial, the least we can do is ensure tenants have a fighting chance. California desperately needs a fund dedicated to eviction prevention services for tenants with low incomes. As it stands, the legal system is set up to protect property owners and people with wealth, which means California’s low income tenants, most of whom are Black and brown, are especially vulnerable – they need and deserve the legal protection AB 1487 would provide.