Today at 9:45am pt members of the California Grassroots Democracy Coalition, including our interim co-Executive Director Cha Vang, will be speaking at a press conference in support of #SB846 - watch LIVE here https://t.co/LltZs8Qf1t
LACDA abruptly announced that it will withdraw emergency housing vouchers (EHVs) from hundreds of people if they’re not able to finalize their housing by Tuesday, Jan. 31. The application for EHV is 50+ pages. Why are we ripping away housing from applicants during a crisis?🧵
The election race between Jay Chen & Michelle Park Steel in California's 45th District is being discussed a lot and I wanted to add some of my own thoughts. I was born, raised, & still live in #CA45, and am Taiwanese American, so this election is personal.
It’s how Nury rolled. It was her way, or no way.
When she was afraid of a challenge to her leadership from Marqueece, who was in line to be president pro tempore, she quickly rammed through a vote to give the post to her closest ally, Mitch O’Farrell.
We’ve all heard the ugly things three of my colleagues said on the infamous tapes.
It is also important to remember what they did. The legislation they killed, stalled or weakened. The laws and programs they stopped that would've helped people. The bad policies they passed.
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I'm sure many will note that youth reg picks up later in the cycle. All reg picks up later in the cycle. In this super confusing chart I added lines for 2020 - you can see how much bigger the youth spike in reg is this year relative to last cycle.
This is a big freaking deal. A coalition of AAPI civil rights groups have published a lengthy report on AsAm mis/disinformation online which focuses on several troubling trends including anti-Blackness, anti-feminism, and casteism.
https://t.co/B3imgqDvY1
@StateFairEnt Hi the extreme circus was amazing! We couldn't stop screaming at the amazing feats and we are so glad that no one is dead 💀 Please bring them back next year! Xoxo
@JeongPark52 (...) this unionization movement will fail anyways" (essentially). The only voice from the worker's side is Korea Daily rehashing an interview that NBC did with KIWA - and only as a "opposition intel", not abt workers rights. That's exactly what I would expect from Korea Daily.
@JeongPark52 that Korea Daily article is typical Korean newspaper-level hilarious. It has five interview quotes, and four of them are supermarket owners complaining & afraid about the move. Not a single worker or advocate was quoted. An attorney was quoted saying "calm down guys, (cont)