Communally Governed

SacCLT is one group made up of many voices.  

We have mechanisms in place to assure that community power is respected wherever it is consolidated--both in physical neighborhoods and in the hands of people groups that are presently and historically underrepresented and underserved.  

Our General Membership is open to all who are interested and ready to act.  They drive our meetings and elect an Advisory Council (made up of resident leaders representing specific zip codes) as well as a Board of Directors (made up equally of CLT Property Residents, members representing Historically Discriminated Groups, and General Members).  ​

​Term limits, conflict of interest agreements, public elections, open and accessible meetings and codes of conduct ensure that leadership is accountable and that SacCLT business is truly the business of all members and their neighborhoods.

Meet Our Community's New Advisory Council Members

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our May the 4th membership meeting (top photo). At that meeting our very first Advisory Council members were elected. Congratulations and welcome: ​

• Aidan Willett
• Dave Abramson
• Jeff Tardaguila
  

Our Advisory Council members are already planning ways to engage their communities and would love to hear from you!

For more on our Advisory Council and how we are democratically and communally governed, click here.

The Organizing Process

Starting January 2017, SacCLT volunteers have brainstormed, debated, presented, and fine-tuned a set of draft bylaws and an organizational handbook to lay a strong foundation for this subversive endeavor.  Crafted to be understandable, amendable, and sustainable, the draft bylaws were also designed to outlive any member or director, because housing equity is bigger than any single project, interest group, or leader.  

SacCLT's inscribed structure values participation, cooperation and transparency.  The draft bylaws and organizational handbook were originally written by a working group composed almost entirely of community activists of “historically discriminated” communities, as highlighted in our Primary Value: [First Nations/Native American, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Black, Arab/Middle Eastern, refugee, undocumented and documented immigrants, LGBTQIA, low-income, youth, people with disability, people who are housing insecure, people who are formerly incarcerated].

After months of crafting and deliberation, these documents were presented at SacCLT's first public convention, whereupon further discussion and rewriting led to a second public convention, prompting additional fine-tuning.  The Incorporating Board currently continues this work in advance of public presentation following the bylaws' final ratification by all requisite State and Federal bodies.  The Organizational Handbook provides the deepest look into how and why we are doing what we are doing.

View our Organizational Handbook

View our Draft Bylaws