For the second time in almost four months, a coalition of tenant advocates held a rally in Antioch at a low-income apartment complex to urge city leaders to enact a suite of renter protection ordinances.

A group of about 60 people carrying signs and chanting slogans gathered at the Delta Pines Apartments on Sycamore Drive on Wednesday to demand a stop to what they call exorbitant rent hikes at the property and its sister site, Casa Blanca Apartments, about a mile away.

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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.