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Eric Ares

@EricJAres
 Los Angeles, CA
Joined June 2020
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 LAHSA report finds that the City of LA's anti-camping ordinance (LAMC 41.18) is INEFFECTIVE when it comes to: • Housing unhoused people AND preventing their return to encampments in 41.18 zones Criminalizing homelessness does not solve it. It makes it worse. 🧵
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Over this weekend, several tenants at Hillside Villa received eviction notices. I am calling on Mr. Botz to work with my office to find a resolution and to immediately withdraw all evictions that have been issued to the tenants. My full statement below:
Over this weekend, several tenants at Hillside Villa received eviction notices. This dangerous escalation from owner Tom Botz shows — yet again — that he is willing to gamble with the safety and security of vulnerable tenants who have lived in Hillside Villa for decades. Mr. Botz has not responded to outreach from my office, and actions like this show his continued unwillingness to negotiate in good faith with the City. In 2022, the City started the process of acquiring the Hillside Villa apartments, which I support. This acquisition is still working its way through the courts but has been repeatedly held up. This is just another example of how so many of our systems are fundamentally biased against renters and working people and too often fail to meet their needs. I am calling on Mr. Botz to work with my office to find a resolution and to immediately withdraw all evictions that have been issued to the tenants. My office is working with City partners to urgently address this latest

ALT Over this weekend, several tenants at Hillside Villa received eviction notices. This dangerous escalation from owner Tom Botz shows — yet again — that he is willing to gamble with the safety and security of vulnerable tenants who have lived in Hillside Villa for decades. Mr. Botz has not responded to outreach from my office, and actions like this show his continued unwillingness to negotiate in good faith with the City. In 2022, the City started the process of acquiring the Hillside Villa apartments, which I support. This acquisition is still working its way through the courts but has been repeatedly held up. This is just another example of how so many of our systems are fundamentally biased against renters and working people and too often fail to meet their needs. I am calling on Mr. Botz to work with my office to find a resolution and to immediately withdraw all evictions that have been issued to the tenants. My office is working with City partners to urgently address this latest

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Yesterday, our resolution calling on the City to explore social housing as a model to ensure safe, healthy, and affordable homes for all residents of Los Angeles passed in Council. 🧵
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These results are tragic, devastating and unacceptable. On any given night, more than 46,000 of our neighbors are unhoused in the City of LA and the vast majority are experiencing unsheltered homelessness.
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It's sad to see homelessness increasing, which is why we need stronger tenant protections in place to keep people housed!
David Wagner (@radiowagner) profile pictureDavid Wagner@radiowagner29 Jun 2023
NEW: Unsheltered homelessness in Los Angeles increased 14% over the last year. This year's count shows more than 75,000 people experiencing homelessness across L.A. County on any given night. via @LAist and @nicholasgerda: laist.com/news/housing-homel…

Homelessness On LA County Streets Skyrockets 40% In 5 Years

The latest count found that 75,518 people are unhoused in L.A. County. The head of the agency that oversaw the data collection says multiple safety net…

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Today there will be a lot of news about numbers. Here are some others per @CHPCnews, including 521K rental unit shortfall & too many struggling tenants. The homeless count # will go down when the # of policies protecting tenants & building/preserving affordable housing goes up.
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We found that the City does not have a list or map of all zones where it's illegal to park RVs overnight. Last week, @cd1losangeles introduced a motion requesting data on vehicle dwelling, the Oversize Vehicle parking ban, and safe parking.
City Council motion introduced by Eunisses Hernandez and seconded by Katy Young Yaroslavsky and Hugo Soto-Martinez requesting reports back on a list and map of where it's illegal to park oversize vehicles overnight, a list of locations allowing the safe parking of RVs overnight, the number of vehicle dwellings in the City, the number of citations and tows of oversize vehicles, a list of the total citations issued related to the oversize vehicle ordinance and the amount of money paid by citation recipients, Total expenditures of City resources by department on implementation and enforcement of the OVO; and an analysis of these costs relative to various City projects/efforts related to serving people living in these vehicles, including but not limited to purchasing RVs from owners, service connections, and interim and permanent housing placements.

ALT City Council motion introduced by Eunisses Hernandez and seconded by Katy Young Yaroslavsky and Hugo Soto-Martinez requesting reports back on a list and map of where it's illegal to park oversize vehicles overnight, a list of locations allowing the safe parking of RVs overnight, the number of vehicle dwellings in the City, the number of citations and tows of oversize vehicles, a list of the total citations issued related to the oversize vehicle ordinance and the amount of money paid by citation recipients, Total expenditures of City resources by department on implementation and enforcement of the OVO; and an analysis of these costs relative to various City projects/efforts related to serving people living in these vehicles, including but not limited to purchasing RVs from owners, service connections, and interim and permanent housing placements.

LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia (@lacontroller) profile pictureLA City Controller Kenneth Mejia@lacontroller14 Jun 2023
More Angelenos than ever live in RVs. (nearly 6,500 in 2022, up from 2,931 in 2020) There are only 18 safe parking sites in the City (404 spots total). Only 7 of those sites accept RVs (up to 150 spots) Yet the City's approach to the issue is to create zones to ban RV parking.
A bar chart that shows Number of LAMC 80.69.4 (Oversize Vehicle Ordinance) Resolutions by Council District. Council District (CD) 11 has the most resolutions: 85. CD2 has the fewest resolutions: 2. A few other CDs have a substantial number of resolutions. CD15 has 60 resolutions. CD 12 has 55 Resolutions. CD6 has 40 Resolutions, and CD7 has 39 resolutions. A few other CDs have low numbers of resolutions. CD14 has 4, CD 1 has 8, and CD4 has 8. In between are: CD3 with 15, CD5 with 25, CD8 with 19, CD9 with 11, CD10 with 16, and CD13 with 21.

ALT A bar chart that shows Number of LAMC 80.69.4 (Oversize Vehicle Ordinance) Resolutions by Council District. Council District (CD) 11 has the most resolutions: 85. CD2 has the fewest resolutions: 2. A few other CDs have a substantial number of resolutions. CD15 has 60 resolutions. CD 12 has 55 Resolutions. CD6 has 40 Resolutions, and CD7 has 39 resolutions. A few other CDs have low numbers of resolutions. CD14 has 4, CD 1 has 8, and CD4 has 8. In between are: CD3 with 15, CD5 with 25, CD8 with 19, CD9 with 11, CD10 with 16, and CD13 with 21.

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Help us build a solution that responds to community need: TAKE OUR SURVEY TODAY! And please share with any renters you know, especially those who are struggling with rent debt: bit.ly/larentdebtsurvey Spanish survey: bit.ly/LAdeudaderenta #KeepLAHoused #HousingIsAHumanRight
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The first repayment deadline for the City of LA is coming up... for many, it's been a struggle to make current rent payments, let alone pay back debt accumulated during the pandemic. If we don't address this debt, it could lead to another spike in evictions and homelessness.
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Right now, almost 300 THOUSAND households in the county of Los Angeles have some amount of rent debt... We already know it's a big problem, but we need your help to get a better idea of how it is affecting our communities. 🧵 #KeepLAHoused #HousingIsAHumanRight
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Greg Abbott is using human beings for political theatre. These dangerous actions from far-right, weak-minded politicians who rely on stunts instead of actual leadership are exactly why we’re fighting to make LA a sanctuary city.
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LA was built by immigrants and it thrives because of immigrants. We will continue to be a place that values and dignifies all human life, no matter who they are or where they come from. LA is for all.
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The only thing that will stop these deaths is when @LACountyBOS finally shuts down MCJ & invests in proper mental health services & Pretrial reform. Twin Towers & Men’s Central Jail are in CD1. This isn’t a new emergency. I’m extremely disappointed in their lack of urgency.
Keri Blakinger (@keribla) profile pictureKeri Blakinger@keribla13 Jun 2023
Two people may have died with hypothermia in the LA jails this past winter. How incredibly broken does... everything have to be for hypothermia-related deaths in custody to even be a possibility in Southern California??
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I voted no on the budget today. Budgets are a statement of values—and a budget that allocates one quarter of our entire budget to LAPD while underfunding every other department and service does not reflect my values or the values of my constituents.
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Majority of council prefers to waste money criminalizing people, instead of preventing theft from happening. I’ll be using our city resources to install anti-catalytic converter theft infrastructure in the cars of our community members. Because criminalization won’t work.
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An essay I wrote for @MensHealthMag on teaching 4th Grade in the Age of School Shootings. (And below, see 🧵, for some thoughts on what next) menshealth.com/health/a43479…
Here's What It Takes to Protect My Class From School Shooters

Here's What It Takes to Protect My Class From School Shooters

"I suspect there isn’t a teacher in my wing, my school, America, who has not imagined, in terrible detail, exactly what they may one day have to do."

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**Update: We’ve received an overwhelming amount of responses in our first 36 hours of opening the applications so we are moving up the deadline to April 13th.
Social Justice Partners LA (@sjplosangeles) profile pictureSocial Justice Partners LA@sjplosangeles3 Apr 2023
Announcing the $1M Wellbeing Fund for LA's homeless response sector workers! Apply for funds to support your wellbeing, in partnership with @CedarsSinai and @LAUnitedWay. sjpla.org/wellbeing-fund-app… #WellbeingFund #LAHomelessResponse #SupportingWorkers #ApplyNow #grantopportunity
Wellbeing Grants for LA Homeless Sector Workers — Social Justice Partners LA

Wellbeing Grants for LA Homeless Sector Workers — Social Justice Partners LA

Wellbeing Grants for LA County homeless sector workers! Apply now for microgrants to address personal wellbeing needs and enhance resilience amid the challenges of serving the homeless community.

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Thanks to this story for confirming what I suspected — they are not only playing music at leaf-blower volumes, they are pretty much playing same song over and over and over latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
L.A. blasting classical music to drive unhoused people from subway station. It's louder than...

L.A. blasting classical music to drive unhoused people from subway station. It's louder than...

The transportation authority's goal with the classical music is to 'to restore safety' at the MacArthur Park station. The music is divisive, with online commentators calling it an inhumane torture...

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We refuse to let @LACountyBOS and @LACountyCEO continue to underfund #CareFirst! We need a FULLY FUNDED #CareFirst Community Investment plan! @hildasolis @HollyJMitchell @Kathryn_Barger @SupJaniceHahn @LindseyPHorvath #CareFirst #YouthJusticeReimagined #CloseMCJ #ReimagineLA
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What would most support your well being at this time? If you are a worker in LA’s homeless response sector, you can apply for funds to support your wellbeing. Apply by 4/28!
Social Justice Partners LA (@sjplosangeles) profile pictureSocial Justice Partners LA@sjplosangeles3 Apr 2023
Announcing the $1M Wellbeing Fund for LA's homeless response sector workers! Apply for funds to support your wellbeing, in partnership with @CedarsSinai and @LAUnitedWay. sjpla.org/wellbeing-fund-app… #WellbeingFund #LAHomelessResponse #SupportingWorkers #ApplyNow #grantopportunity
Wellbeing Grants for LA Homeless Sector Workers — Social Justice Partners LA

Wellbeing Grants for LA Homeless Sector Workers — Social Justice Partners LA

Wellbeing Grants for LA County homeless sector workers! Apply now for microgrants to address personal wellbeing needs and enhance resilience amid the challenges of serving the homeless community.

sjpla.org
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