Pomona contingent faculty members’ housing crisis remains stagnant

Seventeen days after three Pomona College contingent faculty members sent an open letter to faculty about their removal from college-owned residences, the situation — in which a total of nine contingent faculty have received an eviction letter — has yet to be resolved. Still, members of Pomona’s community have continued

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Monarch Terrace residents get relief from eviction threats, following Claremont city council’s eviction moratorium

The Claremont City Council voted Tuesday evening to adopt a temporary urgency ordinance banning “renovictions” — forced evictions for renovation purposes — for six months, beginning Jan. 1, 2023, when COVID-19 tenant protections expire in Los Angeles County.  The vote comes after months of organizing by residents of Monarch Terrace

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