Residents United Network (RUN) San Diego
Building Power Through Lived Experience
We build power among resident leaders and affordable housing staff to change laws so that every Californian has a safe, stable, and affordable home.
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Our Mission
"To ensure that the people most impacted by housing policies have the power, leadership, and opportunity to shape the decisions that affect their homes and communities."
Who We Are
Residents United Network (RUN) San Diego is a non-partisan coalition of affordable housing residents, community leaders, and allies working to elevate the voices and leadership of those most impacted by housing policies. As the local network partner of Housing California’s statewide Residents United Network, we organize, educate, and advocate to ensure residents have a meaningful role in shaping the future of affordable housing.
Our coalition brings together:
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Resident Leaders: Affordable housing residents — including seniors, families, and individuals with lived experience — who share their expertise and lead efforts to improve housing policies and strengthen communities.
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Community Partners & Housing Professionals: Frontline staff, housing providers, and allies who support resident leadership and work alongside communities to advance housing stability and equity.
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Policy Advocates: Community members and partners committed to creating a more equitable housing system where residents’ voices are centered in decision-making.
2026 Meeting Calendar
August 19th
Wed, 10:30 AM
In-Person
October 7th
Wed, 10:30 AM
Virtual
November 18th
Wed, 10:30 AM
In-Person
Featured Event
This Ought To Be A Law 2026
A Power-Building Gathering for Housing Justice
Join the Movement. Build the Power.
This isn't your typical policy meeting. This year, we’re reimagining our annual gathering to focus on what matters most: us.
Join us for a space dedicated to connecting our personal stories to the statewide vision for housing justice. We are shifting the focus from "what laws should there be" to "how do we build the power to win the future we deserve?"
Date: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Location: Iowa Street Community Room, 3939 Iowa St, San Diego, CA 92104
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Location: Iowa Street Community Room, 3939 Iowa St, San Diego, CA 92104
Join the Movement
2026 Policy Priorities
Our agenda is driven by the lived expertise of our members and our commitment to housing justice. We work in partnership with the statewide Housing California network to advocate for systemic change at both the local and state levels.
Current Strategic Focus:
- • The Roadmap Home: A comprehensive, multi-year policy framework designed to create 1 million affordable homes, protect 3 million renters, end homelessness, and close racial equity gaps across the state.
- • $10 Billion Housing Bond (AB 736/SB 417): A critical investment to move 47,000 shovel-ready developments forward, aiming to build and preserve over 135,000 affordable homes and foster economic stability through job creation.
Join our monthly meetings to help drive these initiatives forward.
Our Accomplishments
As the San Diego chapter of a statewide network, we work alongside Housing California to pass laws that protect our neighbors and fund our communities.
Securing Funding
- Propositions 1 & 2: In 2018, RUN led a field campaign to help approve $6 billion for affordable homes.
- SB 2 (Atkins): Passed a permanent state funding source for affordable housing.
- Homelessness Services: Secured $1 billion in annual funding for local services.
Protecting Tenants
- Voucher Protections: Prohibited discrimination against neighbors using housing vouchers.
- Third-Party Payments: Made it illegal for landlords to reject rent from charities or family.
- #ShelterFromTheRain: Successfully advocated for the landmark SB 1380 "Housing First" bill.
*These wins were made possible through the collective power of the statewide RUN network.
Support & Strategy Team
Julieta Michel Ornelas-Morales
Advocacy Program Manager
Julieta leads our RUN and HEAL networks, rooted in the belief that those closest to housing inequities must shape the solutions. A San Diego native, she leverages her public health background from UC San Diego to drive community well-being.
Formerly an Education Organizer with KIPP SoCal, she founded their first Family Organizing Committee. Julieta is a fluent Spanish speaker, a former member of the City Heights Area Planning Committee, and is dedicated to fostering local leadership.
Lacey Gribble
Director of Programs & Operations
Lacey brings extensive expertise in social justice and operational leadership to SDHF. Her passion for housing began while working with survivors of human trafficking, where she recognized affordable housing as the fundamental prerequisite for stability and healing.
A first-generation college graduate with a Master’s in Peace and Justice from USD, Lacey pairs over a decade of high-level operations management with a deep focus on survivor empowerment and systems change to ensure housing is a human right.