Thank you to @_ToriLarson (n.k.a. Larett) for working tirelessly to prepare them.
We went from trial win to a fascinating guest lecture from the brilliant Laura Riley - author of our coursebook "Homeless Advocacy." The students adorably lined up for her signature after class.
I am so proud of what we've built in the Buccola Family Homeless Advocacy Clinic at @PacificMcGeorge. Congratulations to Ash de la Rosa and Cassandra Tubiello for successfully defending their client against criminal charges for being unhoused in public.
Yesterday, the visionary Dr. @SamTsemberis joined the Buccola Family Homeless Advocacy Clinic seminar to share his wisdom with the next generation of attorneys fighting to end homelessness. At @PacificMcGeorge, we know that housing, not handcuffs, solves homelessness.
We know how to end homelessness. Rent costs are unaffordable for many people & that makes them 1 costly emergency away from losing their housing.
My colleagues @AnnaKBailey @eg_cbpp & I have a new paper highlighting the longstanding evidence on what works to end homelessness.
McGeorge School of Law’s Homeless Advocacy Clinic recently submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Grants Pass v. Johnson. #McGeorgeProud#HomelessAdvocacy#LegalClinics
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The facts are simple - #BringChicagoHome dedicates funds to address homelessness and creates funding for affordable housing.
It’s time the rich and corporate interests pay their fair share. Join us in VOTING YES on March 19th.
We need federal preemption. Thank you @RepCori, @RepBarbaraLee, @withouthousing, and @homeless_law.
PRESS RELEASE: House Democratic Caucus Poverty Task Force, Congressional Caucus on Homelessness Hold Meeting on Criminalization of Poverty - WRAP https://t.co/9Wmsw5WUc2
The solution to homelessness isn’t sexy or new and definitely not rocket science. Rental assistance helps people stay housed, ends homelessness. Period!
"Surfside's attempt to criminalize soap is latest attack on homeless people. [...] Criminalization compounds the trauma of homelessness and traps people in a cycle of poverty."
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We investigated why the @CityofLA meticulously measured unhoused people's urine, meanwhile their bathroom access was restricted.
Long story short, measurements like this dehumanize unhoused people and paint them as a public health hazard instead of as people, reports @carlaflou
Media depictions of people experiencing homelessness, and the political debates surrounding public safety, have created “a group of people who are OK to hate and be violent toward," says @sberg0
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Bravo @santamonicacity !
https://t.co/KN18wj5JET "With a 6 to 0 vote by the City Council on Tuesday, Santa Monica became the second city in California, and likely the nation, to require gender-neutral public restrooms in new buildings." #gender#equity#efficiency#dignity
While in Colombia, never a problem to find a bathroom! Some places you had to pay 1000 pesos, but clearly signed and available! California we must find ways to offer individuals #publicrestooms I have a bill to begin the process.
What do you do when you are in public and can’t find a public restroom? That’s a question thousands face because we are not taking basic services, like having clean public restrooms available to our public? I am presenting AB1297, to create a website of public bathrooms!
The Cicero Institute continues to export its criminalization agenda against homeless people to other states, this time in Kansas. Locking people up isn’t the answer to destitution & human suffering — housing solves homelessness. #endhomelessness https://t.co/82JuDYKZ94
Unhoused community organized a 24 hour hygiene center. Where the government fails, people create their own solutions. Unhoused leaders are human rights defenders. They need protection from police criminalization. @DESCA_CIDH@solgmunoz@PromiseInstUCLA