The survival of American democracy displaced the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and California’s wildfires as the center of addictive attention in the weeks just before and after the 2020 Election. Fights over local …
Closing Argument: Why LGBTQs, and Especially the Trans Community, Need Prop 21
This is it. Tuesday’s election is an existential event for LGBTQ Americans. “Hate is on the march,” says former Vice President Joe Biden in a powerful new video by the …
Surgeon Says Prop 21’s Connection Between Housing and Healthcare is a Moral Issue
Proposition 21 boils down to a simple issue of fairness and morality, says Chris Goring, a former lieutenant colonel in the Army who is now an orthopedic surgeon based in …
Pregnant, Asthmatic Military Spouse Trapped in Moldy Apartment, Needs Prop 21
Callous disregard from human life is on the ballot this Tuesday. The point was driven home when the president’s son appeared on Fox News to cavalierly announce that deaths from …
Stressed Tenants Attorney Supports Yes on 21 for Systemic Change
“I can’t take it anymore,” says Phil Rapier, a tenants attorney in Oakland, California. “In the last few years, I’ve had more and more calls from seniors who are being …
Housing Now CA on Gov. Newsom’s ‘Hypocritical’ Alignment with Big Real Estate
The federal Calvary has not ridden to the rescue with a COVID relief bill as Gov. Gavin Newsom had hoped when he signed AB 3088 just before midnight on Aug. 31. …
Yes on 21 Get Out the Vote Webinar with Elected Leaders
This is it. Go time. Election Day is almost here. To encourage Californians to vote, the Yes on 21 campaign assembled a number of state and local elected officials to …
L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl Emphatic That ‘Prop 21 Is Good’
For decades, Sheila Kuehl’s house in Santa Monica has served as a hub for political networking, fundraising, and advocating for progressive issues, candidates, and campaigns with her close friend and …
Yes on 21 Protests Gov. Newsom’s Heartbreaking Failures on Housing
In the beginning, there was a glimmer of hope. In 2017, then-Lt. Gov, Gavin Newsom published a plan in Medium about how, as governor, he would generate 3.5 million new …
Why Young, Gay Latino Arturo Castro Works Hard to Pass Prop 21
Have you noticed? A new generation of LGBTQ people — especially LGBTQ people of color whose arms are tired of juggling so many different issues – are finding the America …
