Bash Baird

Activist, Artist, Advocate, Anonymous. Changing Perceptions #HousingIsAHumanRight
#BLM
#ServicesNotSweeps
#HomesGuarantee

[Bash Baird @bashbaird1312]

Please stop spreading misinformation. There's not a housing shortage in LA. There are 3x vacant homes in LA county to every unhoused individual/family in LA. We have 0 shortages. We have a surplus of greedy people in control of housing.

[LA Homeless Services Authority @LAHomeless]

As there’s an ongoing shortage of permanent housing, most participants remain in Interim Housing after their PRK site closes, where we continue to work with them on finding a permanent home.

[Bash Baird @bashbaird1312]

@LAHomeless Please stop spreading misinformation. There's not a housing shortage in LA. There are 3x vacant homes in LA county to every unhoused individual/family in LA. We have 0 shortages. We have a surplus of greedy people in control of housing.

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

It is HOT as hell this week. Here are more details on the 5 Cooling Centers in the City of LA showing capacity & times.

Canoga Park is the busiest, the other locations are EMPTY or not busy. When asked why? Centers said people don't know about it. The city needs to do outreach.

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

Remember how we said that there are only 5 cooling centers in the City of LA while temperatures hit 100 degrees?

I called 1 of the cooling centers (Canoga Park) to see how the first day went. They said it was busy! 😊 HOWEVER, they only had capacity for 15 people... 15 people 😭

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

Hi friends, June is the final month before we report our fundraising numbers. Can you donate to help us have a strong showing? LA residents can donate up to $214 and it will be multiplied 6 times (we get an additional $1,284)!

Thank you for your support!

https://t.co/m506wr91Cz

[Matt Orfalea @0rf]

There are 31 vacant homes for each homeless person in the U.S.

[Wetheunhoused @TheoHen95302259]

Advisory warning of 85+ heatwave. Cold water 💧 is paramount Please invest in coolers and ice to chill water.

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

What can the City Controller do? Audit the city's handling of the summer heat waves and provide recommendations, point out the inefficiencies / ineffectiveness, and even make a big fuss about it to push the city to do something.

Hell yeah, we are doing that and will do that. 😡

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

In some parts of the City of LA, it's going to hit a 100 degrees. Last year, there was an article of 3 unhoused people in LA who died on the same day due to the heat.

It amazes me how the city knows this is going to happen every year & prepare for it w/ 5 cooling centers.

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

We are proud to be endorsed by PANA - Progressive Asian Network for Action! @ProgressiveAPIs

Located in Los Angeles, PANA is an independent, grassroots, all-volunteer organization that mobilizes Asians/Pacific Islanders and allies to advance the interests of the 99%! Join PANA!

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

Team, WE NEED your help for Princess, a dog who was shot twice by a @LASDHQ deputy!

Deputies were serving a warrant to a neighbor & 1 of them entered the WRONG YARD & shot Princess twice! They're not compensating for Princess' surgery! GoFundMe below!

https://t.co/ygujVneji0

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

On this ONE night, the LAPD booked $848,248 of overtime at a vigil. 🕯️

@LAPDChiefMoore, we will audit your department. We already are. In office, we will have a Controller's team at every major protest & audit LAPD's performance. We will also audit overtime booked & timesheets.

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

Person yelling in the back: I WORKED 900 HOURS A WEEK WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE TO GET BASIC HUMAN NECESSITIES 🤬

Me: Why don't we break the system that makes people work 900 hours a week? 🤔

Person yelling: NO I SUFFERED FROM THIS EXPLOITATIVE SYSTEM, SO EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO TOO! 🤬

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

"What kind of world do you want to live in?" 🌍

Me: a world where people have housing, good paying jobs, education, healthcare, services, accessible transportation, & a clean green environment regardless of their income. 😊

Person yelling in the back: WOW, YOU ARE TERRIBLE! 🤬

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

"Then there is Kenneth Mejia; the CPA likely won’t pull in dollars on the level of his competitors, but he’ll appeal to progressive voters fed up with the status quo"

We may not have big money BUT we have the people. Can you chip in to help us win? 💚

https://t.co/m506wr91Cz

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

Did you know? 🤔

The LAPD's budget would make it the 62nd largest military budget in the world at $3.1B! 🚔 The LAPD budget (which takes 27% of the total city's budget of a population of 4 million Angelenos) is more than the military budgets of Peru, Syria, Czechia, & Venezuela!

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

On March 25, 179 people were arrested at a peaceful vigil for our unhoused neighbors who were evicted from Echo Park Lake. The police knew no one was a threat but still decided to arrest 179 people. 🚔

On March 25, the LAPD booked $848,243 of overtime.

https://t.co/sW9jg6r2iW

[Bash Baird @bashbaird1312]

@JaThiccJazzBoi @YFNCM1 Only take it if you get to sound the "shave and a haircut, two bits" on the whistle, too!

[Friendly Neighborhood Anthropologist🎷 @YaBoiJames463]

This Amtrak agent just yelled "aaaaaaaaall aboard" and I want this job 😂

[Street Watch LA @StreetWatchLA]

Wow, shocked that a gang of armed fascists lied and deceived people in order to remove them. Cops literally have no idea what they are doing, they aren't social workers, and they don't have housing. In all cases, they make things worse.