Anya Lawler

Policy advocate for equity & social justice-focused orgs. Land use and housing policy nerd. Lover of all things cheese.

[Richard Bloom @RichardBloom]

My legislation, #AB2597 is featured in this @latimesopinion editorial. We have minimum building standards for heating. With increasing, life threatening, extreme heat, it’s time to develop similar standards for cooling. #climateadaptation #ClimateCrisis

https://t.co/626FcIGelY

[Erin Baldassari @e_baldi]

Just got this from the Housing & Community Development: A little more than 2% of people who have applied to the state's rent relief program have gotten aid. 4,074 out of around 190,000.

That's staggering.

Meanwhile, the state's eviction moratorium is set to expire on June 30.

[Chris Hoene @ChrisWHoene]

While it's great to see a lot of $$ to fight homelessness in the @GavinNewsom 2021-22 #cabudget, it's offensive & dehumanizing to say CA is "too damn dirty" in regard to homelessness & a homelessness slide is on the screen. C'mon @CAgovernor comms team? #BeBest @CalBudgetCenter

[Anya Lawler @anyalawler]

@fmecca @sevejchristian @Scott_Wiener That was such a great day! Appreciate the reminder. Happy birthday @Scott_Wiener!

[Anya Lawler @anyalawler]

@mdavidruff I can’t speak to how long the session runs but in my home state the legislature is unicameral, which is a fun fact I get few opportunities to deploy so thanks for providing one.

[🔎 Poverty & Race Research Action Council - PRRAC @PRRAC_DC]

PRRAC, @NHLP, and @LawyersComm all agree that the future of fair housing depends on expanding tenants' rights.

#FairHousingMonth

[tamika butler is @tamikabutler.bsky.social @TamikaButler]

Echo Park to Leimert Park, LA loves fencing to criminalize being poor, being unhoused, & just plain being. Speaking of being...being silent on this doesn't make folks (esp elected leaders) neutral. It's called being complicit. Stop making statements. Do something. #EchoParkRiseUp

[Doug Smith @DougSmth]

Deploying a heavy police presence to create a literal barrier to dislocate unhoused residents from public space in a gentrified neighborhood during a deadly pandemic at night is an impressively comprehensive “wrong answers only” approach to housing justice.

[Doug Smith @DougSmth]

This Editorial spotlights the Housing Element as an important opportunity to make LA’s land use and housing policy more equitable. Check out specific recommendations on how we can do this from @All4Transit & @PublicCounsel https://t.co/HzgN3cVXPz https://t.co/VtMpDXAfwz

[Doug Smith @DougSmth]

It’s hard to keep track of all the many overlapping systemic failures to protect us from COVID, but this one is a biggie.

[derecka @dereckapurnell]

the united states has convinced do many people that MLK day is a day of service. MLK wasn't interested in "service," he was interested in the redistribution of wealth to render poverty obsolete. Less service, more redistribution

[Ash Kalra 🌱 @Ash_Kalra]

MLK Day gives me mixed feelings. When he lived, MLK was hated by most Americans. That hatred may have been seeded in white resentment, but it grew as Dr. King focused his attention on our unjust economic system & started marching with workers, joining them on strike lines. 1/

[Mackenzie Mays @MackenzieMays]

The disconnect and head scratching happening as Newsom reveals record high state budget numbers during a pandemic that's left many unemployed is a scary reminder of our tale of two Californias.

Even now, the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. A tale of two pandemics.

[Anya Lawler @anyalawler]

@JackDonaShe @fmecca This is only day 3. It’s gonna be epic.

[Frank Mecca 🌈 @fmecca]

I realize the following is unproductive: but fuck Susan Sarandon. Fuck Jill Stein. Fuck 🌹 far left idiots who sat on the sidelines in 2016 because you thought HRC and 45 were the same. Fuck all of you to hell.

[tamika butler is @tamikabutler.bsky.social @TamikaButler]

White privilege. From politicians who have consistently pushed hateful, racist, & anti-democratic rhetoric being praised for FINALLY doing right to white folks storming the Capitol free of fear of death, tear gas or rubber bullets. Whiteness is a hellevua thing, ain't it?

[Ananya Roy @ananyaUCLA]

This spectacle of non-policing is quite something. In one of the world’s most militarized cities. A stark reminder that in this settler democracy, the seat of power is a comfortable & welcoming space for white supremacist violence.

[Anya Lawler @anyalawler]

@mdavidruff Same but somehow I’ve acquired 4 in the last 2 years thanks to birthing cat people. I still don’t get them, but they are enjoyable nonetheless.

[Ruben Gallego @RubenGallego]

We need to recognize our Indigenous brothers and sisters in Indian Country. Their turnout broke records and we could not have won Arizona with out them!! #azblue

[Todd Gloria @ToddGloria]

For those who continue to mispronounce her first name, you can now just call her #MadamVicePresident.