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🏘 #HousingIsHealthCare 🏡 #HomesGuarantee 🏠 #HomesForAll 🛏 #EvictionsKill 🛁 #PHIMBY🚿 Past Lives: Public Policy at @CST_News; @UCLA He/Him/His

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"@LACity Administrative Officer and Chief Legislative Officer, in coordination with @flyLAXairport, @metrolosangeles & @LAHomeless, to report on a plan addressing homeless encampment resolution & unhoused outreach and housing placement during the 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games"

[Unrig LA @UnrigLA]

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"A federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to stop interrogating people they have identified as potentially fraudulent voters using databases that have been proven unreliable."

[San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle]

A federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to stop interrogating people they have identified as potentially fraudulent voters using databases that have been proven unreliable. https://t.co/wLAC32XwUS

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@TIME @CNN coverage:
https://t.co/pTUlErDpGC

[CNN @CNN]

Premiums are expected to skyrocket for the fourth year in a row, and employees will likely pay more when they receive care, too. The increased costs will put an additional squeeze on Americans' already-tight budgets, adding to the nation's affordability crisis. https://t.co/fgpqW5A6lB

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"The average family health insurance plan offered through an employer cost $28,303 this year, an increase of 5% from a year ago, according to #KFF."
@USATODAY

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

The average family health insurance plan offered through an employer cost $28,303 this year, an increase of 5% from a year ago, according to KFF. https://t.co/xVYwcBCqiN

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@TIME coverage:
https://t.co/10YB3cf3IG

[TIME @TIME]

As the cost of health insurance continues to rise, more people are dropping coverage. https://t.co/9tRxuQ1ng7

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@NRQTXsxy I had no idea!

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Facts

[Unrig LA @UnrigLA]

“It’s been said that she doesn’t have many friends at City Hall, and I know what that feels like,” Horvath told The Times. “When you take on institutional inertia and decades of refusal to change, that kind of shake-up can feel disruptive to people.”
https://t.co/LgVk1wBtCT

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@TheBasinLA @FilmThePoliceLA

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" @LindseyForLA backs @nithyavraman in mayor's race, giving her a strong ally in the Valley and Westside" ~ @latimes

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

Horvath backs Raman in mayor's race, giving her a strong ally in the Valley and Westside https://t.co/Bj4GG0bXDe

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Link to news article:
https://t.co/hbymd3FaBP

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"Savannah PD cop gave her Flock credentials to her husband, an ICE agent. He used them to run 983 unauthorized searches of Latino drivers to target them."

[IncarcerNation.com @IncarcerNation]

Savannah PD cop gave her Flock credentials to her husband, an ICE agent. He used them to run 983 unauthorized searches of Latino drivers to target them.
https://t.co/xQOFi3Hf8p

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Assembly Bill 2434, the Visitor Protections and Safety Act

[Bolts @boltsmag]

Advocates for people with incarcerated family say prisons often cancel visits for what they deem is excessive contact with loved ones. “There are so many other experiences like that where just a simple hug or a peck is constituted as excessive contact.”

https://t.co/T3pXZGI0Nb

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"This Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. Elections. Officials Fear It’s Been Compromised by Trump." @propublica by @AndrewMannix
& @DougBockClark :
https://t.co/DoxHlsV29w

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

VERY important story: This Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. Elections. Officials Fear It’s Been Compromised by Trump. https://t.co/Gcm0MR8sWE @AndrewMannix @DougBockClark

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Watch out now!

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Trump: If Democrats win, “You’re going to be thrown into a system where everyone gets healthcare.”

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@JanCBS Subtle

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And for those curious about per sq. mile considering the size of the city

[The Basin @TheBasinLA]

No fancy graphic but it's pretty fascinating. LA ranks nearly the same by land

Running the numbers by land produces a similar list but with larger extremes on both ends

Officers per square mile:
New York 111.8
Chicago 50.7
San Francisco 40.3
Philadelphia 37.7
Los Angeles 18.4
Seattle 12.7
Denver 10.2
Dallas 9.6
Columbus 8.4
Houston 8.3
San Jose 6.0
Charlotte 5.5
San Diego 5.4
San Antonio 5.2
Indianapolis 5.0
Fort Worth 5.0
Phoenix 4.8
Austin 4.6
Nashville 3.3
Jacksonville 2.5

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Fact of the day

[The Basin @TheBasinLA]

https://t.co/lz3OZTCyPY

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Follow up
https://t.co/L48U8jsraD

[The Basin @TheBasinLA]

Quite a few of you have reached out about our LAPD staffing piece. For clarity, narrowing the list only makes the finding MORE clear, not less.

Of the TWENTY largest cities in the US, LA has more sworn officers per capita than all but five:

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More

[Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي @NTarnopolsky]

#Breaking: European diplomats, including French and Polish representatives, who went to the West Bank to observe the olive harvest, have been violently assaulted by Israeli settlers.

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@wapo coverage of their reporter being attacked

[jasper nathaniel @infinite_jaz]

.@washingtonpost coverage of their reporter Heidi Levine being attacked by settlers: https://t.co/TafuzaQGZo

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@ConnorEatsPants @KatieZacharia /s