This is it. This is what powers a democracy: the right of individual citizens to express their political voice through the ballot. Women and people of color have endured cruel …
New L.A. Councilman Kevin de León Says Prop 21 Addresses Homelessness Crisis
It’s a new, virtual reality. Before the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of political and grassroots activists would have packed the Los Angeles City Council chamber to applaud the swearing-in of longtime …
National Council of Jewish Women/LA Strongly Backs Proposition 21
It has been an article of faith in America that religious people exercise their beliefs in the public square for what they believed is the “Common Good.” But before religion …
Santa Monica Rent Stabilization Commissioner Anastasia Foster Explains the Truths of Prop 21
It’s the fog of election war, David versus Goliath style: the people-powered Yes on Prop 21 campaign fighting against Big Real Estate’s multi-million-dollar effort to stop Proposition 21. And while …
LGBTQ Political Groups Endorse Prop 21, Fearing Loss of Rights, Shelter
This year LGBTQ people faced a difficult dilemma on Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day: come out, be authentic, and jump into the progressive fight for full equality – or …
Activist Susan Hunter Fights for Renters and the Unhoused – One Third of Whom are Women
In the middle of perhaps the most important election in American history, the California Sec. of State acknowledged the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage: “On October 10, 1911, California became …
‘Heartbroken’ Veterans Say They Need Proposition 21
It looks like even the calvary isn’t saddling up to ride to the rescue. On Oct. 6, upon returning from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where he was aggressively …
Ballots Are Dropping. Yes on 21 Backer Courage California Explains What To Do.
2020 just gets curiouser and curiouser. With the shocking news that the president of the United States tested positive for the coronavirus, questions abound about what might happen to the …
L.A. County Democratic Party’s Mark Gonzalez Urges Voting Yes on Prop 21
Like many other progressive organizations, the Los Angeles County Democratic Party has enthusiastically backed Proposition 21 as a crucial tool to urgently address California’s housing affordability and homelessness crises. With …
Prop 21 is ‘Deeply Personal’ for Housing Activists, Who Slam the Opposition
Follow the money. The famous Watergate slogan got new traction Sept. 27 after a blockbuster expose by the New York Times revealed that the president of the United States paid …
