Black and Brown Residents Speak to Urgency of Deep Systemic Transformation, Offer Insights Regarding Reinvestment
"We’re done paying for an institution that produces racism, violence, and poverty," said Carlos Cázares. "We are done talking. It’s time to put money where the people are at."
July 2, 2020
Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals
Making the case for why, if L.A. is serious about reimagining public safety, it must embrace the conversation around defunding the police
June 23, 2020
CIM Group Abandons Effort to Buy Crenshaw Mall; Community Members Take Victory Lap, Plan Next Steps
"When our community comes together we can achieve anything" - Akili
June 18, 2020
Tormented by a Bandit, Unhoused Residents Just Want to Be Left in Peace
A few feet down from where the handwashing station lies on its side, El Abuelo Travieso - a name that translates to the Naughty Grandfather (though he told me with a giggle that it translates to Grandpa Tush) - is spraying his arms and hands down with a liquid from a disinfectant bottle.
May 9, 2020
As Public Health Prepares for Vending Crackdown, Street Vendors Call for the Cancellation of Rents
Street vendors decry having been left to fend for themselves during a disaster, seek cash assistance, the cancellation of rents, and an end to criminalization
May 1, 2020
Evicted During COVID-19: “I Have Been Homeless for 20 Days…What’s Going to Happen to Me?”
A true eviction moratorium might have kept Miguel housed and stable; now he fears for his mental health and his ability to get back on his feet
April 25, 2020
Crenshaw Line Opening Pushed Back to Late 2021 – Nearly a Year Later than the Date Projected Six Months Ago
The 2021 opening will come nearly a year later than the date Metro offered last October, and two years later than its original projected opening
April 9, 2020
City Council to Hear More Proposals for Tenant Protections Today
Councilmember Mike Bonin took to social media yesterday to announce that he and councilmember David Ryu would be pushing for greater tenant protections at today's city council meeting at 10 a.m.
April 7, 2020
Vending in the Time of Corona: an Elotera Who Can’t Afford to Stay Home is Attacked
Vendors across the city wonder how they will feed their families; a Street Vendor Emergency Fund aims to help
March 31, 2020
As Council Heads to Chambers Today, a Plea that It Abandon the Do-No-Harm-to-Landlords Doctrine
While arguing to limit the grace period tenants would have to pay back any missed rent to six months during the marathon city council session last Tuesday, March 17, Second District councilmember Paul Krekorian beseeched his colleagues to consider the Hippocratic Oath - the pledge physicians make to do no harm - and not enact policies that could have far-reaching negative consequences... for landlords.
March 27, 2020
