A long-time resident of the Venice area of Los Angeles, once an affordable haven for free spirits, meditates on the damage done by gentrification, destruction of the area’s character, displacement and homelessness
A statement on the passage of the largest reduction in health care and food assistance in American history, and testimony as to its unconscionable, cruel and deadly consequences to those millions who will be hurt. The bill is a giveaway to the billionaire class that slashes programs people need to stay alive.
Homeless Union leader Crystal Sanchez in an open letter to the nation calls out the federal government’s attacks on the most vulnerable – the houseless, immigrants, ‘minority’, poor and working class communities – as violations of the Constitution’s promise of equal protection, and calls for the people to resist its tyranny.
The Statue of Liberty was heard talking recently. She was wondering how to return to France since the …’send me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses seeking freedom’… message was no longer important.
Our elected officials seem unable or unwilling to keep the financial vultures out of Altadena. We can only win if we fight together to ensure our future.
Workers deliver services like Medicaid and food stamps to people who need them, but say poor conditions at the Illinois DHS offices make this difficult.
