Themes:
Incorporation - 1980 & After
People of EPA
Economic Development - Whiskey Gulch/University Circle
Elections in EPA
Housing
Annexation
Local Businesses
EPA Government - Mayor & City Council
Incorporation - EPACCI
Political Activism & Social Justice
Non-Profits
Subjects:
Ruben Abrica, Renee Glover, Barbara Mouton, Rent Stabilization Task Force, Carlos Romero, EPA Council of Tenants, Sharifa Wilson, Lon Otterby, EPACCI, David Skidmore, Omowale Satterwhite, Duane Bay
Date of Creation or Publication:
5/27/2021
Creator
Dianne Otterby
Donor
Ruben Abrica
Language
English
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Interview of Ruben Abrica, Lon Otterby, Carlos Romero and David Skidmore by Dianne Otterby about Tenants Rights in EPA in 1983. Topics include: how they each came to EPA, combining tenants rights with incorporation, Menlo Park's annexation of territory, multicultural activism, rent increase moratorium, Rent Stabilization Task Force, Whiskey Gulch businesses and tenants rights, forming a tenants union and it role in incorporation, EPACT and others.
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