A group of tenants and housing rights advocates held a demonstration at an Antioch apartment complex to call on the City Council to pass new renter protection rules.

The group of about 40 gathered across the street from the Twin Creeks Apartments on Donlon Boulevard on Wednesday to hold a news conference featuring local residents, two members of the Antioch City Council, members of First 5 Contra Costa, the East County Regional Group and the Alliance for Californians for Community Empowerment.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.