CALL TO ACTION UPDATE: 

At its regular meeting on July 9, 2019, the Council adopted an emergency ordinance limiting the amount of rent increases during a pendency emergency, regulating evictions and rolling back rents to a pre-emergency levels.  Council also requested that staff determine if a longer time period could be used for reaffirming the Proclamation. 

Staff has determined that Government Code section 8630 will allow for a 60-day time period between reaffirmation of the Proclamation.  However, in order to take advantage of the 60-day period, Council will need to amend Resolution 19-069 in which it required a 30-day time period.

The 60-day time period amendment was approved at the special City Council meeting held on August 1, 2019.

ATTEND THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JULY 16TH AT 6 PM

CALL TO ACTION JULY 9TH:  Support your neighbor by attending the Common Ground press conference and
City Council Meeting on

Tuesday July 9th at 6 p.m. at City Hall
(555 Santa Clara Street)

What if you received a note taped to your door stating your rent was going up by $1000 in 60 days?  It happened at both Strawberry Hill and Holiday Garden apartment complexes. Many of the residents are elderly Filipino immigrants; others are seniors or disabled on fixed incomes or the working poor.  They don’t know where they will go. Some of our St. Basil parishioners live in those apartments.  Our neighbors could become homeless in a matter of weeks.  

The City Council of Vallejo has promised to help them-- and we need to show the city council that these tenants have the community’s support!
 
Saint Basil’s is partnering with the Vallejo Catholic parishes and other religious churches and institutions in Vallejo as members of Common Ground to support these neighbors-- and our community as a whole.  Stop by on your way out of mass and sign up if you want to learn more about how to help.  Or leave your name and phone number with the Parish Office 644-5251. We ask that you sign up so our volunteers can call you to remind you.

Guided by the Holy Spirit and our clergy, the St Basil Common Ground committee will strive to develop strategies to help meet the needs of St Basil’s faith community. We will identify by whatever means the most pressing needs, make plans for solutions, organize our teams, train and direct our members, coordinate with other social service and faith based organizations and fully utilize our talents, while at the same time encouraging more parishioners to become active participants in our efforts. 

St. Basil's members joined in solidarity with Vallejo's three Catholic Churches, other churches and civic organizations to improve safety. Mayor Sampayan and School Superintendent Dr. Clark agreed to work with us to improve our city. 

Now we will meet with candidates for City Council to engage them about their commitment to work with us for a better community.

If you are interested in knowing more, please contact Charmaine Ferraz at 631-6959.

St. Basil's members joined in solidarity with Vallejo's three Catholic Churches, other churches and civic organizations to improve safety. Mayor Sampayan and School Superintendent Dr. Clark agreed to work with us to improve our city.