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I want our governments to abolish the police, provide housing and services to our unhoused neighbors, and improve public transit. Abolish 41.18

Los Angeles, CA
Joined April 2021
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Probably not technically illegal but very questionable use of what seems to be city resources for Bass less than a week before the election (and I've definitely received texts that also seem to be from the mayor's office and not from her campaign before from that number)
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LA City Councilmembers; John Lee @TraciParkforLA Monica Rodriquez Bob Blumenfield @adrin_nazarian and the shame of Black LA @mhdcd8 all sold Angelenos out to the police, voting for mass surveillance, with ALPR to Axon. There should be political consequences. @stoplapdspying
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It would be awesome if Metro would be fareless. Karen Bass has no intention of actually doing that though and has said NOTHING as riders are now being subjected to violent fare checks by Metro DPS, including on the A and G Lines
People always told me LA isn’t a transit city. Then we made Metro free for students and expanded rail across the county — and Angelenos took 305 million rides last year. As your mayor and the chair of Metro, I’m making Metro Safe, Affordable, Reliable, and Ready for 2028.
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Riders on the G Line are being harassed at North Hollywood by Metro DPS when they board at Sepulveda or Van Nuys when the onboard tap validators are broken (and they frequently are.) There are no validators at Sepulveda or Van Nuys due to construction
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This is all a desperate attempt to get support for her failing campaign and she has no intention of actually trying to make Metro fareless (even though it would be awesome if she did)
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She doesn't want people to talk about it...
The LA Times wrote about the police union (Bass’s biggest donor) honoring Daryl Gates two weeks ago. Shouldn’t Karen Bass disavow the police union’s endorsement?
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Andrew retweeted
M.I.A. Mayor
Replying to @UnrigLA
She was so embarrassed she no-showed most of the rest of the meeting...
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LAPD still contracts with, and patrols parts of, Metro so it’s hard to argue this is not within the jurisdiction of an item re: the board chair…
Replying to @KarenBassLA
Bass repeatedly is taking a statement from Raman about Daryl Gates (which was badly worded and Raman has apologized for it) out of context. Now here's how Bass reacted at today's Metro Board meeting when I brought up how her donor the LAPPL and her police chief celebrate Gates
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You can let the Metro Board know about how ridiculous this all is TODAY at 10 AM at Metro HQ or by calling 888-978-8818 and using the access code 5647249# (7292892# if you need a Spanish translator)
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Additional thread with some more thoughts
Its been a few hours now and I'm still just so shaken and frustrated by what I experienced this morning. Once again, I carry a fully loaded tap card that I tap whenever the validator on buses is working and not blocked off by the driver, and would have tapped if able (thread)
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Its been a few hours now and I'm still just so shaken and frustrated by what I experienced this morning. Once again, I carry a fully loaded tap card that I tap whenever the validator on buses is working and not blocked off by the driver, and would have tapped if able (thread)
Good morning from the North Hollywood Station! I just took the G Line in from Sepulveda and once again, the on-bus validator was broken. Despite this, the DPS security officers still argued with me and threatened to give me a citation
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Especially since fare enforcement can turn deadly, like when LBPD murdered Cesar Rodriguez on Metro over the fare
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Also just adding that on my train ride back to North Hollywood this afternoon, I ONCE AGAIN experienced LAPD delaying my train to conduct a "TAP card inspection" while profiling people...
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