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Ocean & Mountain

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Advancing social justice through strategic communications

 Los Angeles, CA
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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/story…
New tool to reduce homeless camps: L.A. County leases apartment building for former RV dwellers

New tool to reduce homeless camps: L.A. County leases apartment building for former RV dwellers

Twenty former RV dwellers moved into a new apartment building as the first cohort in a program to lease buildings for people being moved from street encampments.

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thehill.com/opinion/healthca… 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.
How 3 Black women took on breast cancer in our failed health care system

How 3 Black women took on breast cancer in our failed health care system  

As doctors working to change America’s separate and unequal healthcare system, we know how serious breast cancer can be for Black women.

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Their resilience in navigating our flawed healthcare system sheds light on the need for equitable healthcare access and support for underserved communities. #HealthcareEquity
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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.
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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/20…
Once homeless, California makes it needlessly difficult for people to regain housing

Once homeless, California makes it needlessly difficult for people to regain housing

It's incredibly difficult for someone experiencing homelessness to regain housing in California, writes a formerly unhoused single parent.

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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/20…
Once homeless, California makes it needlessly difficult for people to regain housing

Once homeless, California makes it needlessly difficult for people to regain housing

It's incredibly difficult for someone experiencing homelessness to regain housing in California, writes a formerly unhoused single parent.

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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!
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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/20…
Editorial: Homeless people need housing everywhere. Including down the street from your house

Editorial: Homeless people need housing everywhere. Including down the street from your house

Los Angeles City Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky did the right thing when she continued to support a homeless housing project amid local opposition.

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.@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
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L.A hotels hire migrants from Skid Row homeless shelter to replace striking workers thread🧵⬇️ latimes.com/business/story/2…
L.A. hotels hire migrants from Skid Row homeless shelter to replace striking workers. Gascón...

L.A. hotels hire migrants from Skid Row homeless shelter to replace striking workers. Gascón...

Venezuelan and Colombian migrants living at Union Rescue Mission in L.A. say they are working at Southern California hotels where workers are on strike.

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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/MarchtoFreetheLand
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Huge. Spread the word 💙
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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.
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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/nati…
A homeless man living on national forest land was shot by federal police. He's now suing

A homeless man living on national forest land was shot by federal police. He's now suing

An 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.

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Wages have risen but still haven’t closed the persistent gap between renters’ incomes and climbing housing costs.
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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
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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
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lapublicpress.org/2023/09/re… via @LAPublicPress
'Relocating' rent-controlled tenants in LA is a lucrative business

'Relocating' rent-controlled tenants in LA is a lucrative business

Landlords want to kick out rent-controlled tenants. Shelby Istrin is here to help — for a fee.

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"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
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Breaking ground and making history! The @nhslacounty & @abodesweethome project in South LA will include 122 new apartments for low-income renters. When the developers first went through the title documents they found a chilling reminder of our city's racist past... 🧵
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Restrictive covenants were outlawed in the 1940s but remained in flagrant, illegal use until the Fair Housing Act of 1968. @radiowagner wrote it up here: laist.com/news/housing-homel…
South LA Affordable Housing Project Breaks Ground On Site With Racist Past

South LA Affordable Housing Project Breaks Ground On Site With Racist Past

A property that once banned “any person of the African or Mongolian race” will soon be home to 122 new apartments for low-income renters.

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Now this affordable housing site (thanks @mhccd8 for joining the groundbreaking) will transform a whole city block from an empty lot that doubles as a monument to the city's racist history of preventing black homeownership into a source of hope for South LA. #HousingforAll
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