SB 1338, also known as “CARE Court,” passed on Wednesday. The bill makes it easier to coerce people with mental health disabilities into treatment, and is targeted at the unhoused. The bill ...
Hey Human Rights Warriors,
SB 1338, also known as “CARE Court,” passed on Wednesday August 31. The bill makes it easier to coerce people with mental health disabilities into treatment, and is targeted at the unhoused. The bill also contains a TBD plan to manifest the massive amount of resources that would be needed to treat so many new patients. It passed unanimously in the Senate and 62–2 in the Assembly despite overwhelming opposition from disability rights and civil liberties groups. -The Thorn West is a state and local news roundup compiled by members of DSA-LA.
Denver, CO. Extend the Stay at Quality Inn until End of Year Use the time to Secure Housing for all!
Denver, CO. Extend the Stay at Quality Inn until End of Year
Residents of Quality Inn, HAND, and the broader community are asking Colorado Coalition for the Homeless to extend the stay at Quality Inn until December 31st and to use that time to secure housing for all residents. Join us in making this ask!!...
Fires Raise Questions About ‘Tiny Homes’ As L.A. Homeless Settlement Looms
The Pallet Shelter homes are in Los Angeles and elsewhere, but fires in Oakland and Banning have destroyed structures and displaced people.
The city of Los Angeles’ tentative settlement in a high-profile federal lawsuit over homelessness leaves the door open for a controversial type of shelter that’s been raising fire concerns.
Last month a fire in Oakland followed a similar blaze in Banning on Dec. 27, 2020, that destroyed the city’s inaugural tiny home village, made entirely of Pallet Shelter structures a.k.a. tiny homes. Now the latest fire to burn through a grouping of tiny homes occurred again in Oakland on March 21. Three 64-square-foot shelters made by the Washington state-based Pallet Shelter were destroyed, along with everything in them. One resident told The Mercury News she barely made it out as the “walls were melting.” The Oakland Fire Department said 20 firefighters helped prevent the blaze from spreading to the 12 other structures.
Portland, OR. Sisters of the Road at the Peoples Food Co-op Street Fair.
We had a blast meeting and dancing with everyone at the Peoples Food Co-op Street Fair.
Big shout out to our staff for braving the smoke and heat today. It’s always so inspiring to meet with folks who are excited to learn about our history and the kind of work that we do in advocacy🌻
CONVERSION THERAPY-LINKED PASTOR FIRED FROM SOUTHERN OREGON HOMELESS SHELTER ORG
CONVERSION THERAPY-LINKED PASTOR FIRED FROM SOUTHERN...
Pastor Chad McComas is officially an unemployed bigot. McComas was the founder of Rogue Retreat, the largest provider of publicly funded homeless shelters in Southern Oregon, and served as the organization's executive director for 24 years....
Housekeys Action Network Denver on Twitter: "Video -...
Video - call to action from Quality Inn Residents https://t.co/BVUVuVWHKnElderly, Sick and Disabled Residents are facing the streets, shelters, and other unsafe living situations on September 16th.
LA CAN on Twitter: "From L.A. to the Bay and Redlands,...
From L.A. to the Bay and Redlands, these toolsheds continue to ignite. Tool sheds are for tools and not people, and this push is not towards housing as a human right is nothing less than carceral and a nexus to criminalization....
