Organizer say locals who want to help LA fire victims are turning up their noses at the larger community of LA people without a home.
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- LAPD is illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol. Under California law, police agencies are barred from sharing license plate reader data with out-of-state public agencies or federal entities.
- Federal agents thought they could stay at LA-area hotels. Communities are trying to make sure they can’t. When feds checked into a Pasadena hotel, they didn’t expect 100s of protesters and a day laborers’ band, the tactic that kicked them out is spreading
- After the Compton Community Garden’s lot was put up for sale with a potential buyer, supporters of the community space found out that they have until Tuesday to raise funds to purchase the land. The Compton Community Garden feeds up to 100 families a week, free of charge.
00:00 - ICE raids tried to split LA apart, but might have made it stronger. From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking ICE buses, community organizers say LA County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone.
- LA bus operators vow to shut doors on ICE to keep immigrant riders safe. Bus operators and riders aren’t waiting on Metro to enact protections for immigrants, they’re sharing know-your-rights information and shielding riders from ICE.
- LA River at Fletcher and Crystal St. #HurricaneHilary
00:00 - LA street vendors are going into hiding after ICE raids, so neighbors are buying out their food. Maritza’s children may have to drop out of college because their mother — who has fed her LA neighborhood for 20 years — is now too afraid to work her corner.
- The UCLA Palestine solidarity encampment was attacked for two days, first by masked counter-protesters and second by the LAPD, the California Highway Patrol, and the LASD. On the first night, there were zero arrests. The second night, there were over 200.
- The ‘badass’ Echo Park renters who defeated their landlord. The tenants formed a union and won new protections against evictions for all renters in Los Angeles.
- It’s impossible to gain a real understanding of homelessness in LA from mainstream news
- Police violence against ICE protesters and journalists could cost LA $100M in settlements. A veteran civil rights attorney said law enforcement’s deployment of “less-lethal” weapons in the past week is the “most horrific” he’d ever seen at demonstrations.
- Huntington Park police raided Ryan Cortez’s family home in unincorporated Whittier after he advocated for street vendors facing harassment.
00:00 - The Dodgers won’t speak out against the ICE raids, so fans are calling for a boycott. Some fan groups are organizing email campaigns as Latino fans question the team’s commitment to a community that generates hundreds of millions in revenue.
