"A few dozen protesters brought a charged jolt to a morning panel at the DTECH energy conference in San Diego yesterday, climbing onto the stage and chasing PG&E's vice president for wildfire mitigation away from the podium. Activists packed the front of the room with blue signs and loud chants, forcing panelists to step down while the moderator urged the audience to clear out. The disruption halted a session billed as a discussion of technologies for locating and identifying wildfires."

"A few dozen protesters disrupted the energy industry conference DTECH in San Diego on Tuesday, interrupting a morning panel and prompting its speakers — including a PG&E executive — to flee the stage.

The protesters called on PG&E to cancel its contract with the tech company Palantir, a data and artificial intelligence outfit that has become the focus of ire over the past year due to its extensive work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The activist group Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action carried out the protest; ACCE campaign director Eric Lerner told SFGATE that they attempted to give a demands letter to Andrew Abranches, PG&E’s vice president of wildfire mitigation, but he left the room without taking it."

"The race to win the 2026 elections to save our country from all-out authoritarianism has begun. Last month’s election of Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s next mayor—running on a bold platform of freezing rents for 2.4 million rent-stabilized tenants—shows exactly how Democrats can win. California Democratic leadership, from Assembly leader Robert Rivas to Governor Gavin Newsom, have pledged to address Californian’s kitchen table economics. But they continue to ignore one of the most powerful tools available to provide immediate relief to millions now—rent caps.

The disconnect is staggering. A new report shows California tied with Louisiana for the highest poverty rate in the country, driven by the crushing cost of housing. And yet many of our elected officials remain paralyzed by the myth that capping rents is politically toxic. It’s time to set the record straight: rent caps aren’t just good policy, it’s a winning issue that Democrats can lead on to rebuild trust with working families in 2026."

"SAN DIEGO (FOX5/KUSI) — Activists and community members gathered Friday morning at the San Diego Federal Offices building for a “people over billionaires” rally, bringing attention to several topics, but specifically immigration. 

The rally was organized by the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) in coordination with other rallies in major cities like San Francisco, Palo Alto, Denver and New York.

Residents of the community arrived at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building in downtown San Diego at 11 a.m. to highlight “the role of billionaire corporate interest fueling the deportation machine,” according to a press release by ACCE."

"NATIONAL CITY, Calif. — Dozens of National City residents marched to City Hall on Tuesday to demand stronger renter protections, including a lower rent cap and measures against tenant harassment. The protesters, primarily renters, are calling for a city-wide tenant protection act that would surpass current statewide regulations.

"In October 2017 Yesenia Miranda Meza’s landlord sent notice that rent would increase by $300 a month — a roughly 30% increase for the Pomona apartment. 

Miranda Meza a certified paralegal, had lived in the unit for about six years at that point. 

With help from tenant advocacy group ACCE Action Miranda Meza organized a rent strike among fellow tenants, focusing on long-deferred maintenance and habitability issues in the building. About 18 of the 24 units withheld their rent. That experience eventually led to the formation of Pomona United for Stable Housing (PUSH). Miranda Meza drove to Los Angeles for a clinic held by ACCE, but the single parent of three wanted Pomona tenants to get help closer to home. The tenants’ rights group has spent the better part of a decade fighting for rent control in the city on Los Angeles County’s eastern border."

"A group of California neighbors is working to eliminate gas-powered appliances, which create harmful air pollution inside homes. The group, the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action, formed after residents found out about the risks to public health created by indoor gas appliances.

As Twilight Greenaway explains in Inside Climate News, the movement for “neighborhood-scale” or zonal decarbonization seeks to eliminate gas lines in favor of electrifying homes. The idea has support from Pacific Gas & Electric, a Northern California utility, which says it is willing to “spend a portion of the money it would otherwise use to maintain gas lines to help electrify the homes in the neighborhood that will no longer use the gas.”"