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Congressmember Sydney Kamlager-Dove Hosts Town Hall, Discusses Affordable Housing and Combatting Homelessness
Democratic Congressmember Sydney Kamlager-Dove of the 37th District, which includes portions of the Westside, hosted a telephone town hall in Los Angeles on Monday, December, 11 with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and the President and CEO of Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) Douglas Guthrie, to discuss housing, affordability, and homelessness in the city of Los Angeles.
West Hollywood to Host 30-Year Anniversary Event Celebrating ACT UP
On Monday evening, the West Hollywood City Council passed a Co-Sponsorship agreement with The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power – far better known as ACT UP – to hold a 30-year anniversary event celebrating the organization’s renewed activism at that time.
Heather McGhee Encourages Racial Solidarity with Speech in Santa Monica
Bestselling author and renowned policy advocate Heather McGhee visited Santa Monica last Thursday and delivered a mesmerizing address to a few hundred at the performing arts center at John Adams Middle School. She was a featured portion of Santa Monica College’s Spring Symposium, an annual event sponsored by SMC’s Public Policy Institute. The address she highlighted a three-year journey around the U.S. that culminated in her 2021 book, "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together."
Airline Workers at LAX Advocate for Harsher Penalties for Unruly Passengers
Flight attendants and other airline workers at LAX were handing out fliers advocating for stricter regulation of unruly flight passengers Tuesday. This “Assault Won’t Fly” campaign was started by members of the Transport Workers Union of America in June 2022 to push for harsher penalties like public prosecution and an addition to a no-fly list for disruptive passengers.
Congressmember Sydney Kamlager-Dove Hosts Town Hall, Discusses Affordable Housing and Combatting Homelessness
Democratic Congressmember Sydney Kamlager-Dove of the 37th District, which includes portions of the Westside, hosted a telephone town hall in Los Angeles on Monday, December, 11 with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and the President and CEO of Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) Douglas Guthrie, to discuss housing, affordability, and homelessness in the city of Los Angeles.
West Hollywood to Host 30-Year Anniversary Event Celebrating ACT UP
On Monday evening, the West Hollywood City Council passed a Co-Sponsorship agreement with The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power – far better known as ACT UP – to hold a 30-year anniversary event celebrating the organization’s renewed activism at that time.
Heather McGhee Encourages Racial Solidarity with Speech in Santa Monica
Bestselling author and renowned policy advocate Heather McGhee visited Santa Monica last Thursday and delivered a mesmerizing address to a few hundred at the performing arts center at John Adams Middle School. She was a featured portion of Santa Monica College’s Spring Symposium, an annual event sponsored by SMC’s Public Policy Institute. The address she highlighted a three-year journey around the U.S. that culminated in her 2021 book, "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together."
Airline Workers at LAX Advocate for Harsher Penalties for Unruly Passengers
Flight attendants and other airline workers at LAX were handing out fliers advocating for stricter regulation of unruly flight passengers Tuesday. This “Assault Won’t Fly” campaign was started by members of the Transport Workers Union of America in June 2022 to push for harsher penalties like public prosecution and an addition to a no-fly list for disruptive passengers.