Daniela Harvey is an organizer with the Sacramento Valley Tenants Union. Through collective action, the union helps organize and educate the tenants of Sacramento on a variety of housing issues such as eviction, food insecurity and rental assistance, to name a few.
Formed in January of 2024, the union is a completely volunteer-run organization, whose only funds come from union dues from about 50 paying members. Membership is free for unhoused members and a sliding scale membership is available for unemployed and student members.
Harvey joined the union as an organizer in September, and helps educate tenants on their rights, hosts Tenant Power Study Groups and canvass neighborhoods where tenants have recently experienced evictions or threats of eviction…