Becky Chen

Thank you Ryann from @SpecNews1SoCal for the interview! Listen to me talk about why I support the Arcadia Tiny Shelter Project as a student, and why my voice matters. 👇👇👇 spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-east/hom…

We need to make it easier for Asian elders to get in-language mental health resources. Help is out there and available in Khmer, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Korean, Tagalog, Thai. @robertgarrova's got a list going. laist.com/news/coalition…

Please join the #MontereyPark and San Gabriel Valley community Tuesday evening for a vigil honoring the victims this weekend’s tragic mass shooting. Tuesday, January 24 5:30pm Monterey Park City Hall 320 W. Newmark

My friend Denise lives in the SGV and saw this on the window of Arcadia Donuts. The owners were impacted by the #MontereyPark shootings & gave some requests for the public. Please support them in ways that uplift their recovery from this, and respect their privacy in other ways.

Check out my live reporting of tonight’s Apache Name Information and Input Forum! Hopefully more live tweeting to come from @arcadiaquill in the future 🤞

While the battle over the unhoused is centered in DTLA, Echo Park & Venice, there are fierce debates all over Southern California, including in Arcadia. A proposal to build 15 tiny homes was just put on an indefinite hold. #Arcadia #TinyHomes #Homelessness latimes.com/california/sto…

@steamyporkbuns I swear I did not steal this tweet omg

Councilwoman April Verlato reports that funding for the Tiny Shelter project is no longer available—exactly what I had feared for.

@steamyporkbuns @jocelynthao_ Especially with the Tiny Shelter Project and shedding tears over how people are mad at the council members because they’ve been “working hard for 7 years” 😬

Was very shocked to hear this disturbing comparison. Verlato had to inform him that the project includes job training, mental health services, etc... Even I knew that. Comparing genocide to tiny housing is not very appropriate as a mayor.

@steamyporkbuns @jocelynthao_ + starting them off with some dramatic story or Chinese quote and then using a weird metaphor to wrap it up

Arcadia Mayor Sho Tay compared tiny homes to "concentration camps" at tonight's city council meeting, saying the homeless in these small shelters would be "out of sight, out of mind without care." #Arcadia #TinyHomes #Homeless

Arcadia City Council votes to table talk of a Tiny Shelter Project to build 15 8 x 8 homes indefinitely, while agreeing to public forums on homelessness in English & Mandarin within 120 days. City will also form a citizen's committee "sometime in the future." #Arcadia #TinyHomes

@steamyporkbuns The students caught that too. Absolutely ridiculous

Arcadia has been debating the construction of Tiny Shelters in convos that have gotten very heated. But this so much is clear: We must take real action to support our unhoused neighbors, and this is just one step forward.

I’m so happy @RyanPForan & I got to see this rockstar @ApacheBadminton player and #ausdDCI intern @KailinKLiu and her doubles partner, Andrea, take first place in CIFSS Individual Champs! You rock, Kathy! Looking forward to seeing you rock your senior season! 👏🏸❤️💛🙌💪

Officials say people are coming to Arcadia bc it’s on the Gold Line, has a large hospital & the Santa Anita Wash, where encampments crop up. But many grew up in the area like Veronica Steele and would have priority to get a tiny home.

On a rainy day like this, there are several in our community who are unable to stay in closed, warm houses. We came out today & showed our support for our unhoused neighbors in Arcadia. Thanks to @AprilVerlato, @ArcadiaRaymond, and others for visiting!