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What an immense honor it was to have Naomi Klein give Institute on Inequality & Democracy's Third Annual Distinguished Lecture in Ideas and Organizing. "Climate justice is not a luxury policy for better days. It is how we fight fascism." View her full lecture here>> challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/naomi-klein/

A new study shows that large corporate landlords in LA are disproportionately evicting Black tenants in the post-pandemic housing market. The findings and their impacts are disturbing, but they also raise possibilities for tenant organizing. I wrote about it for The American Prospect.

The American Prospect Corporate landlords appear to be systematically attracting Black residents into white, upmarket neighborhoods with favorable deals, stripping their wealth, and then kicking them out again. Read about the research The American Prospect: prospect.org/infrastructure…

RUBS is something we've heard about a LOT in Sacramento! It's impossible to plan and budget for utility charges that change from month to month and add sometimes hundreds of dollars beyond what tenants signed up to pay in their leases.

LA County Sheriff is expected to try and lock out Reclaimer Benito Flores sometime today. Deputies evicted two Reclaimers from a Caltrans-owned house across the street a couple weeks ago. Los Angeles Public Press

thank you to the Burbank Landlord Association for this spectacular text comparing my book to the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf

Power to Benito and all the other Reclaimers!

The average rent in California is $2,795, yet Newsom is proposing a $2,000 asset limit for MediCal eligibility. If passed, this would prevent many low income individuals from qualifying for MediCal if they ever have more than $2,000 saved despite the sky high cost of living.

calmatters.org/health/2025/05…

Instead of differentiating themselves from the cruelty of the Republicans, it looks like Dems are choosing to dive right into making the lives of the poor even more miserable alongside them.

By denying people with disabilities the ability to save even one month's rent, these policies trap them in a cruel cycle: choose between keeping healthcare or risk homelessness.

🚨🚨🚨LA EMERGENCY PROTEST🚨🚨🚨 From the Community Self Defense Coalition: STOP DEPORTATIONS NOW! ICE HAS HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY KIDNAPPED AND IS HOLDING THEM AT THIS LOCATION Friday, June 6, 2025 4:30PM 535 Alameda St, LA, CA 90012

Today in a "sanctuary city" LAPD actively helped ICE kidnap people

Yes, TENANTS as in "anyone who doesn't control their housing," as in "propertyless people of the world." FUCK ICE