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2022 Election Endorsements
Concord Communities Alliance endorses Laura Nakamura for Concord City Council in District 5. She has a proven history of commitment to Concord’s most vulnerable citizens. She has supported housing security, responses to the unhoused, and solutions for traffic...
Transgender Day of Visibility
Natalie is a fellow Concord Communities Alliance Member March 31st is the Transgender Day of Visibility. It wasn't until 2016 that medical providers were required by law to cover transitional services through healthcare plans. This decision was in response to...
Defund Concord PD Rebrands
In March of 2021, Defund Concord PD members voted to become an Action Team of Concord Communities Alliance. CCA agreed that Defund Concord PD should maintain the original mission and demands and continue to take guidance from the Movement for Black Lives and the Black...
November Housing & Homelessness Update
Concord has a huge housing crisis -- the lack of has kept 800 residents unhoused turning the City of Concord into a tent city with Concord residents in need of urgent help. The Homelessness Action Team has been advocating for a tiny home village, and safe tent and...
November Community Safety Update
The Community Safety action team has been busy over the last few months defending Concord residents’ civil liberties and rights to privacy. We are continually asking the City Council to re-imagine community safety and reinvest in its residents. With the support of...
November CNWS Update
On October 26, 2021, the Concord City Council directed staff to enter negotiations with Concord First Partnership to develop a specific plan for the Concord Naval Weapons Station redevelopment. They did this even though they received a petition signed by almost 1800...
Seeno: Will some Councilmembers Ignore Their Voters?
On August 25, the Concord Communities Alliance (CCA) invited Concord residents to sign a petition requesting that the City Council reverse their August 21 decision selecting the Seeno group as a master developer candidate for the Concord Naval Weapons Station. More...
CNWS Development – A Perspective & Timeline
Kathy Gleason is a founding member of the CNWS Neighborhood Alliance, a group which was founded to give community members a voice in the development decision making process, and which grew to 1,800 families. Her experience with the Reuse Project process is invaluable,...
An Open Letter to the Concord City Council
An Open Letter to the current members of the Concord City Council: The development of the CNWS land is far too important a step in the life of Concord to be treated cavalierly. And the process for moving forward should be firmly rooted in respecting the voices of...
Is Concord Ready for Police Drones?
Here at CCA, we don't think so. We need basic transparency from the Concord PD on their drone program proposal and use policy. As presented to us, the use policy (viewable here), is void of a police oversight committee or commission, budget expenditures, tools to...