Photo taken 9/10/24
The Bridge Fire in the Angeles National Forest exploded to ~47k acres with 0% containment.
The fire was quite visible last night from behind the Los Angeles skyline photographed the Baldwin Hills area.
A sad reality of fire season in LA.
City council is questioning the law department about when the “lending of credit” factor is applied, which prohibits the city from giving money to residents to make improvements to their home.
🚨🚨🚨NEW REPORT ALERT🚨🚨🚨
Philadelphia is known as 'America’s poorest big city' despite luxury buildings going up across the city & mega-corporations receiving millions of dollars in tax giveaways.
That's why we need A Philly that Works for Everyone: https://t.co/1l0WGwfcpb
🚨 BREAKING: Today, we unveiled a groundbreaking report exposing the City of Detroit's concerning allocation of resources, especially concerning tax incentives and development projects. https://t.co/9n600RcT7k
On this day, May 23, 1954, negotiations between the big banana monopolies, the Honduran government, and striking agricultural workers began after weeks of coordinated national resistance. The general strike was the most significant popular uprising in Honduras in the 20th century
🚨 TODAY (5/4): Uber & Lyft drivers from coast to coast are taking coordinated action to demand safer jobs and better pay.
Here’s what you should know about #UberDriversUnite: 🧵
New: Trump’s OMB director, proving influential in GOP debt talks, wants to avoid Medicare/SS but is pushing to pulverize programs for the poor
His budget calls for:
- $2T cuts to Medicaid
- $600B cuts to ACA
- $400B food stamps cut
- Halve head start
https://t.co/rhZfDbpKDp
There's an old saying, "Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." That's why we’ve been reading up on some of our city’s #Titans history. Here are some interesting things we learned about football stadium deals. /1
THREAD🧵(1/7): Today, @MayorEdGainey announced plans for a city-wide review of tax-exempt properties, to ensure non-profits pay what they truly owe our communities. Read below for our full statement re: the Mayor's plan to review City non-profits' charitable compliance:
"We need to make sure we have enough revenue to pay for our police officers, to pay for our bridges, and to pay for our snowplows."
Suggest properties for us to review by emailing [email protected]
Satellite and thermal imagery captured Mauna Loa's eruption Sunday night on Hawaii's Big Island. It's the first time the world's largest volcano has erupted in nearly four decades.
Read more: https://t.co/RE0n2kcwDx
Los Angeles mayoral note: @KarenBassLA and @RickCarusoLA are in a tight race, and L.A. is not updating again until Friday (schedule below). Strap in for the long haul
https://t.co/6fQUJT5vx7
I’ve seen several media outlets, including The Daily podcast, perpetuate a misconception about the recorded conversation of the three Councilmembers – specifically that their primary goal was advancing Latino power in LA.
That is not what was happening in that meeting. (thread)
Once again the @latimes gets it dead wrong.👇🏽Literally so. The current LA City Council is tyrannical, in process & outcome. Its policies enact social death & actual death on the poor & unhoused. If there is democracy in LA, it’s being kept alive by social justice activists.
🥳 We are so excited to share the “What is participatory democracy” graphics with you all!
Members of the #democracybeyondelections coalition worked w/ artist TK Dinh to create this accessible introduction to #participatorydemocracy - tap in & share!
📢 https://t.co/MPKBx1h6Fk