KPCC/SCPR 5/13/14: “Los Angeles City Council approves funding for Skid Row...
Link to full story at www.scpr.org HERE. Written by Alice Walton Skid Row in downtown L.A. will get additional clean up crews and trash cans thanks to $3.7 million approved Tuesday by the City Council....
View ArticleLA CAN Opposes 2014-15 $3.7 Million Operation Healthy Streets Allocation
On Tuesday Morning (May 13), the LA City Council approved funding for Operation Healthy Streets. The Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN) welcomes a bit of forward progress in addressing the...
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LA CAN HAS MOVED!
LA CAN has moved to its new home at 838 E. 6th Street! Come through and say hello!Also, we’re still setting up the new space (and phones!), but our email is working! More updates soon! …
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Vice 6/4/14: “Gentrification Comes to LA’s Skid Row, and the Homeless Get the...
Full article HERE.”Gentrification Comes to LA’s Skid Row, and the Homeless Get the Shaft” Written by Charles Davis One of the worst things about being rich is sometimes you’re forced to interact with...
View ArticleEqual Voice News 6/10/14: “L.A. Skid Row Residents: The Heart of Hope”
Link to full multimedia piece (including videos and photos) HERE. “L.A. Skid Row Residents: The Heart of Hope” by David Bacon LOS ANGELES — “I’m the people’s general,” says TC, explaining the nickname...
View ArticleHuman Rights Victory Today – A Win against City of LA’s Continued Efforts to...
Today, the 9th Circuit of the US Court of Appeals overturned a prior lower court decision and ruled that LA Municipal Code Section 85.02 (which prohibits living/sleeping in a vehicle) is an...
View ArticleAmong the Many Challenges, Threats and Missed Opportunities in the State...
After ten years of work by organizations focused on food justice and ending the mass criminalization of our communities, the budget signed by Governor Brown today FINALLY ends the lifetime bans on...
View ArticleLA Times 7/2/14: “Skid row residents criticize LAPD after death of mentally...
Full article HERE. “Skid row residents criticize LAPD after death of mentally ill man” Written by Gale Holland Skid row residents met Wednesday with Los Angeles police to protest the death of a...
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The July/August 2014 Community Connection is NOW AVAILABLE!
Click HERE to read the July/August 2014 Community Connection. Click HERE to download a high-resolution PDF version.…
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Bacon Reader 7/15/14: “On the frontline of a social hygiene campaign”
Link to full article at baconreader.com HERE. “On the frontline of a social hygiene campaign” Written by Aaron Cantu Last week I was talking to someone, a recent Kansas transplant in Los Angeles, who...
View ArticleLA Times 7/15/14: “L.A. leaders are crafting new plan to help homeless on...
Full article HERE. “L.A. leaders are crafting new plan to help homeless on skid row” Written by Gale Holland Los Angeles officials are developing a new strategy for taming pervasive homelessness on...
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LA is “crafting a new plan” for Skid Row – unfortunately in reality it’s...
May 2014 – Carlos Ocano, a homeless Skid Row resident with a known mental illness, who fell to his death after LAPD SWAT Team shot him with non-lethal ammunition. Why was SWAT called instead of the...
View ArticleLA Weekly 7/24/14: “L.A.’s Culture War Over the Last True Skid Row in America “
Link to LA Weekly article HERE. “L.A.’s Culture War Over the Last True Skid Row in America” Written by Hillel Aron “Yo!” “We want everything to get better, yeah. But people have decided it should all...
View ArticleWRAP Op-Ed in SF Chronicle: “Change heartless rules to house homeless families”
An Op-Ed in the San Francisco Chronicle from our friend and ally Paul Boden over at the Western Regional Advocacy Project. Change heartless rules to house homeless families by Paul Boden What kind of a...
View ArticleDaily News 8/12/14: “L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti says city-county homelessness...
Full article HERE. “L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti says city-county homelessness agency ‘needs to function better’” Written by Dakota Smith In a pointed criticism of one of the region’s largest agencies...
View ArticleLA Times 8/13/14: “Physician joins skid row cleanup to get homeless off the...
Full article HERE. “Physician joins skid row cleanup to get homeless off the streets” Written by Gale Holland Armed with a stethoscope, Dr. Susan Partovi walked some of skid row’s meanest streets...
View ArticleLA Times 8/13/14: “City, county join forces in program to help homeless get...
Full article HERE. “City, county join forces in program to help homeless get off skid row” Written by Gale Holland Los Angeles city and county workers launched a major effort Wednesday to clean up skid...
View ArticleSkid Row Residents and Organizations Sue DTLA BID and City of LA for Unlawful...
LOS ANGELES, CA (September 19, 2014)—Los Angeles Catholic Worker, Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), Harry James Jones, Louis Grady, Lloyd Hinkle and Walter Shoaf filed a lawsuit in federal...
View ArticleLA Times 9/30/14: “Skid row groups are divided over future of homeless district”
Full article HERE. “Skid row groups are divided over future of homeless district” Written by Gale Holland A deep divide over the future of skid row and of the thousands of homeless people living in the...
View ArticleThe Guardian 10/20/14: “Housing First: the ‘counterintuitive’ method for...
Full article HERE. “Housing First: the ‘counterintuitive’ method for solving urban homelessness” Written by Billy Briggs At a soup kitchen in Detroit, a former crack addict in a wheelchair is...
View ArticleThe Nation 10/23/14: “Can a ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’ End the Criminalization...
Full article HERE. “Can a ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’ End the Criminalization of LA’s Most Vulnerable Residents?” Written by John Thomason “We are human beings who live here,” Silvia Hernández says...
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LAist 1/9/15: “What Happened When ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters Met With...
Full article HERE. “What Happened When ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters Met With Los Angeles Police Chief” Written by Charles Davis Melina Abdullah began her week in jail. On Monday, the Cal State...
View ArticleLA Times 1/9/15: “Activists fear that big-project zoning change would ignore...
Full article HERE. “Activists fear that big-project zoning change would ignore L.A.’s poor” Written by Emily Alpert Reyes Newly proposed rules meant to smooth the way for vetting big developments in...
View ArticleLA Times 1/12/15: “L.A. Council committee moves to ban disposal of bulky...
Full article HERE. “L.A. Council committee moves to ban disposal of bulky items in parks” Written by Catherine Saillant Disturbed by a proliferation of mattresses and sofas appearing on park property,...
View ArticleLA Times 1/19/15: “What’s the best way to pressure L.A. council – publicly or...
Link to full article HERE. “What’s the best way to pressure L.A. council – publicly or privately?” Written by David Zahniser Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo set off a small political firestorm...
View ArticleLA CAN and Skid Row Community Outraged at Latest LAPD Murder in Skid Row
LA CAN and Skid Row Community Outraged at Latest LAPD Murder in Skid Row Residents Plan to Take Action Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3rd! 8:00 am – Rally/Protest at corner of 6th and San Pedro Streets,...
View ArticleLA TIMES 3/3/15: “Skid row shooting: ‘Irate’ protesters blast LAPD at packed...
Link to full article HERE. “Skid row shooting: ‘Irate’ protesters blast LAPD at packed meeting” Written by Sarah Parvini, Kate Mather and Richard Winton Tempers flared Tuesday morning as dozens of...
View ArticleLA TIMES 3/7/15: “L.A. Housing Authority $3.3-million trash pickup settlement...
Link to full article HERE. “L.A. Housing Authority $3.3-million trash pickup settlement approved” Written by Ruben Vives A federal district judge on Friday gave final approval to a $3.3-million...
View ArticleHuffington Post 3/9/15: “Activist Reminds Us That There is Much More To Skid...
Read full post HERE. “Activist Reminds Us That There is Much More To Skid Row Than Homelessness” by Rahel Gebreyes Beyond the tall buildings and growing development of downtown Los Angeles lies the...
View ArticleLA TIMES 3/10/15: “Activists’ disruption of skid row tour was legal, court...
Link to full article HERE. “Activists’ disruption of skid row tour was legal, court rules” Written by Maura Dolan and Gale Holland A federal appeals court decided unanimously Tuesday that a California...
View ArticleJewish Journals 4/9/15: “Clergy march to LAPD headquarters, City Hall to...
Read full article HERE. “Clergy march to LAPD headquarters, City Hall to protest skid row killing” Written by Ryan Torok On April 8, group of local Jewish and African-American leaders spotlighted the...
View ArticleTruthOut 4/16/15: “Jordan Downs: Toxic Cleanups Underway, but Many Fear It’s...
Link to full article HERE. “Jordan Downs: Toxic Cleanups Underway, but Many Fear It’s Too Little, Too Late Written by Daniel Ross When the head of one of California’s largest and most powerful...
View ArticleLA TIMES 4/17/15: “Why most of the $100 million L.A. spends on homelessness...
Link to full article HERE. “Why most of the $100 million L.A. spends on homelessness goes to police” Written by Gale Holland A report showing that more than half the $100 million the city of Los...
View ArticleRaw Story 4/19/15: “Los Angeles spends more money policing the homeless than...
Read the full article HERE. “Los Angeles spends more money policing the homeless than helping them: report” Written by Jin Zhao A new report shows that more than half of the $100 million the city of...
View ArticleLA TIMES 4/19/15: “Venice homeless activists challenge beach curfew”
Link to full article HERE. “Venice homeless activists challenge beach curfew” Written by Gale Holland Venice homeless advocates early Sunday defied the city’s overnight beach curfew, sipping coffee and...
View ArticleKTLA5 4/22/15: “Rally Held to Urge L.A. Lawmakers to Protect Renters”
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View ArticleLA Times 5/13/14: “Council OKs $3.7 million for skid row cleanup, ‘valet cart...
Full article HERE. “Council OKs $3.7 million for skid row cleanup, ‘valet cart storage'” Written by Gale Holland The Los Angeles City Council authorized a $3.7-million skid row cleanup plan Tuesday...
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The Answer to the Homeless Crisis in Los Angeles is Simple: House Keys, Not...
City Leaders’ Proposal Lacks Resources for More Housing and Lacks Specifics about Changing the Policies of Criminalization This morning members of the LA City Council and Mayor Garcetti announced a...
View ArticleKPCC’S TAKE TWO 9/23/15: “Where could LA’s $100M to combat homelessness come...
Listen to LA CAN’s Pete White on Take Two HERE. “Where could LA’s $100M to combat homelessness come from, and how could it be spent?” By Take Two Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin and others...
View ArticleLAPD Continues to Escalate Police Presence on Main St.
Over the last few weeks, we have seen an increase in LAPD presence and hostile policing on Main St. in Downtown. This dangerous trend continued late last night when a large group of officers began...
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Coalition of 130 Orgs and Civic Leaders to Escalate their Demand to City...
A group of over 130 organizations and civic leaders – representative of the social, professional, racial and religious diversity of Los Angeles – will convene at City Hall on Friday, November 13, 2015...
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Changes in Leadership and Becky’s Transition
Since 1999 the Los Angeles Community Action Network has been a leading voice and force in the fight against inequality, civil rights violations, and housing and food insecurity in Downtown Los...
View ArticleResidential Hotel Ordinance Celebrates 8 years of Preserving a DTLA FOR ALL!
May 6 marks the 8th Anniversary of what the City of LA called the “strongest housing preservation ordinance in Los Angeles’ history.” After a years-long campaign created and led LA CAN members, the...
View ArticleWatch LA CAN’s Pete White and LAFLA’s Shayla Myers on Midday Sunday
In May, LA CAN Executive Director Pete White and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles’ Shayla Myers were on Fox 11’s Midday Sunday to discuss Mayor Garcetti’s Homeless Budget for 2016 as well as the...
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LA CAN Led Effort Leads to Universal EBT at Farmers Markets!
After a community effort initiated by members of LA CAN’s Team Food Committee LA City Council passed a motion on May 13 directing the City Attorney to draft an ordinance requiring that all farmer’s...
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Vote YES on Measure H!
LA CAN is urging all of our supporters to vote YES on Measure H on March 7. Measure H, in just the first 5 years, will enable 45,000 families/individuals to exit homelessness into permanent housing and...
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LA CAN hosts Skid Row Town Hall with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on...
On December 5, LA CAN hosted a historic meeting with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human rights, Philip Alston. The meeting was followed by a walking tour of Skid Row by...
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Join us on June 18 for the 8th Annual Freedom Now Awards!
It’s that time again! Please join us for the 8th Annual “Freedom Now” Awards and Celebration, which is shaping up to be a historic gathering. It’s happening on June 16th 2018, from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00...
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