Ocean & Mountain

@Erika_D_Smith would you share an email at Bloomberg where I can send you something about youth justice in Los Angeles? 🙏

Master leasing is LA County's new strategy for resolving encampments formed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Robert Almorejo and William Sabino share their stories of finding their way to a permanent home with the efforts of @LAHomeless. latimes.com/california/sto…

Their resilience in navigating our flawed healthcare system sheds light on the need for equitable healthcare access and support for underserved communities. #HealthcareEquity

thehill.com/opinion/health… In this powerful essay, Dr. Elaine Batchlor, CEO of @yourMLKCH and @MedellBriggsMD write for @thehill about three Black women navigating the challenges of breast cancer within our flawed healthcare system.

Marie Condron had a blast talking #OurBestMove alongside @abodesweethome &@LAFamilyHousing @abc7JoshHaskell at this year’s @scanph conference. Feels hopeful to know that thoughtful people are tackling our affordable housing crisis together.

Amazing piece by Zella @all4thekids housing advocate with @ResidentsUnited, reminding us all that we have what it takes to make “homelessness brief, rare, and nonrecurring in California!” calmatters.org/commentary/202…

Powerful piece by housing activist @ResidentsUnited leader @all4thekids: "We can make homelessness brief, rare and nonrecurring in California... If there were more affordable homes and subsidies, I wouldn’t have waited so long for my own." calmatters.org/commentary/202…

USC is planning to build a Health Science Campus (HSC), a 200,000 square foot lab facility in Boyle Heights, that has the potential to cause large displacement of people in to East LA, Boyle Heights and Northeast LA. This is why we marched against it today!

Thank you @latimes, for highlighting the need for action on homeless housing in CD5. It's time to turn words into deeds and create a more equitable and compassionate community EVERYWHERE. #EndHomelessness #CD5 latimes.com/opinion/story/…

.@LibertyHill’s newly formed #LiberationFund will provide resources to support new alliance-building work for organizations with the expertise and trust to meet the needs of girls and gender expansive youth and invest in their liberated futures. Learn more libhill.co/liberation-fund

L.A hotels hire migrants from Skid Row homeless shelter to replace striking workers thread🧵⬇️ latimes.com/business/story…

On October 7th we #MarchtoFreeTheLand. Together, we will FIGHT to reimagine a vibrant Figueroa Corridor with housing for all, access to healthy food, safe places to play, accessible public transit, and businesses that serve the area’s current neighbors. bit.ly/MarchtoFreethe…

Huge. Spread the word 💙

There are multiple sweeps scheduled in Ktown today. Some of these locations include places where our volunteers have replaced tents due to repeated sweeps in the past few months. These sweeps are entirely about displacement—except that they don't work. So they keep happening.

A Idaho family's violent eviction is one of the most egregious cases of unhoused people facing hostility from police for having nowhere else to go. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Wages have risen but still haven’t closed the persistent gap between renters’ incomes and climbing housing costs.

Street vendors have called SELA home for decades but recently Huntington Park has become a hostile place for them & their advocates. All this despite SB 972 which intended to decriminalize street vending in CA. The latest from SELA local @ADelCidLugo bit.ly/3PsvqxA

VICTORY UPDATE: No charges were filed against the workers at the JW Marriott who were cited for drumming! We are ready now more than ever to keep fighting! We will not be bullied and silenced by the JW Marriott and AEG. Fair contract now! #ShameOnMarriott

lapublicpress.org/2023/09/reloca… via @LAPublicPress

"Nobody likes the elephant in the room, but the reality is that there are thousands of sick Americans who are likely homeless — and sick — because of medical debt." buff.ly/44H0qzG