Housing policy researcher/writer 12+ yr multifamily housing exp. Indie Journalist @iwwfju @geesemagazine Member @dsa_losangeles H&H Committee Views my own.
Brentwood, CA
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Sean retweeted
Can you guys stop being weird so my friends stop asking me what’s going on in DSA? I canvass for endorsed candidates and I have one-on-ones with newly joined members, that’s how I relate to DSA. The intra-DSA stuff is a drag and I keep having to answer for it! I’m clueless!
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CNN article: shadowy groups like the “bread and roses” run zohran’s administration
peter sterne article: i interviewed all of sarah’s high school teachers and ex girlfriends to gain insight into the latest npc debate
italian jospeh stalin: socialism in one cannoli
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The city of Lynwood says the L.A. Sheriff's Department denied that any ICE activity took place, but photos show otherwise.
The full story: lataco.com/lynwood-photos-la…
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
I'm not a huge electoral guy, mostly because studies show (at least at the federal level) electing legislators has regularly done little to move the needle for the will of the people (Gilens & Page, 2014).
An exception I make is for The People's Attorney.
Having a City Attorney like Marissa who will actively prosecute landlords, megacorporations (including Meta, against whom Marissa won a landmark $17B settlement), and employers who routinely harm workers through wage-theft, contract misclassification, etc. is one place an elected official can start making immediate material changes for the conditions of workers.
Roy said her office would fight for "vulnerable" workers/tenants.
"This was the vision that we offered," Roy said. "The response was overwhelmingly emphatic. The people want a city attorney that's fighting for them." teapaw.org/reporterliz/status/212…
Sean retweeted
Ya estamos en vivo 🍿 latimes.com/delos/live/latin…
If you like mess, I’m live-blogging the Latin Grammys tomorrow night for the @latimes 🌚
Sean retweeted
This is tragic. strongly suspect the developers excavating the immediately adjacent lot (disregarding a stop work order) will be found to have some responsibility for the collapse.
The environment of impunity and deregulating for developers has to be checked.
Sean retweeted
Happy Birthday, Randy! 🎉
It takes a village, it takes a Valley — it takes a Villegas! And it's going to take all of us, from New Jersey and New York to Bakersfield and Los Angeles to help build a brighter future.
If you like good music journalism, keep your eyes here folks. 👀
If you like mess, I’m live-blogging the Latin Grammys tomorrow night for the @latimes 🌚
Sean retweeted
Pass the PRO Act. Pass the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act. PERIOD.
Washington has talked about protecting workers long enough. We’ve got the numbers. Now let’s get shit done.
UNIONIZE EVERYTHING!
Public and local government workers deserve better pay, better benefits, and a damn seat at the table.
And to hell with anyone who disagrees.
Gonna be keeping an eye on this one. LA, you should too. Don’t let LAPD steal more services from us.
LA's police union spent big this cycle ahead of looming police contract negotiations.
Its last contract cost the city an estimated $994 million mainly meant to help LAPD hire and keep officers. LAPD had about 9,000 officers when it was signed and has about 8,700 now.
We'll be ramping up our coverage of the talks, the MOU process, and all things police accountability in the coming months!
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This is great. I hope @nithyavraman is watching & understands why the money made available by Measure ULA is a critical component of such a push in Los Angeles.
Sean retweeted
In 2021, DSA was 85% white.
In 2026, DSA is 60% white.
America is 56% white.
By 2028 DSA will have a higher percentage of Black membership than America has as a percentage of the population.
And I'm not even joining. But these are the facts and the trajectory no matter how much you goofies want to Weaponize Neoliberal Identity Politics to maintain Zionist occupation of our Republic through Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer
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You’d never get this info — especially presented in a way that’s easy to understand — if Koretz or Sokoloff had become Controller.
If your landlord offered you cash to move out, would you take it?
According to our latest Cash for Keys analysis (Jan 2019 - Sep 2026), the avg buyout amount is $25,455.
The most impacted neighborhoods are Koreatown, Mid-Wilshire, Echo Park, & South LA.
cashforkeys.lacontroller.app
ALT 6,709 Cash for Keys Agreements (Jan 2019 - Sep 2026 Cash for Keys or Tenant Buyout Agreement is when a landlord pays a tenant to move out of their unit. Cash for keys situations often involve rent-stabilized homes. Once tenants move out, landlords can re-rent to new tenants at higher, market rate prices. Controller Mejia seal and logo, cashforkeys.lacontroller.app
ALT heatmap of cash for keys showing clusters in Koreatown, Mid-Wilshire, Pico-Union, South LA, West Adams
Sean retweeted
There is an arrogant criticism sometimes levied against DSA-SF - that "they don't know how to win elections." They just won a public bank & have won Right to Counsel, 2 Supes, and a real estate transfer tax over the past 8 years at the ballot.
Despite the worst circumstances.
PROP B WINS!! San Francisco has voted to establish the first municipal public bank in United States history!🌹
DSA SF and its members have been fighting for a public bank for nearly a decade, since @JackieFielder_ co-founded the SF Public Bank Coalition in 2017.
ALT Democratic Socialists of America - San Francisco YES ON PROP B WINS! SAN FRANCISCO VOTES TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC BANK
Sean retweeted
A lot of you "Marxists" on here are just reproducing Feuerbach's materialism and bastardizing Marx by branding it as his dialectical materialism
