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Our campaign has been texting and calling residents, getting the word out about the election and asking what issues are important to them.
Among the responses we’re getting, one thing has stood out: how many people are homeless or on the verge of losing their housing. (thread)
Among the responses we’re getting, one thing has stood out: how many people are homeless or on the verge of losing their housing. (thread)
People ask us how to get into a shelter, or what programs can help them stay housed or pay rent. They say they spoke to a caseworker and then never heard from them again. They share feelings of depression and anxiety.
They don’t know where to go. Nobody has told them.
They don’t know where to go. Nobody has told them.
We’re directing people to services. But it shouldn't take a political campaign to do that work.
It is unconscionable that LA doesn’t have comprehensive 24-hour resources for the 1% of our population that live on the street, and the much larger number at risk of homelessness.
It is unconscionable that LA doesn’t have comprehensive 24-hour resources for the 1% of our population that live on the street, and the much larger number at risk of homelessness.
When you are seriously ill, you go to the ER. We need a place like that for people who need help with housing.
Access centers that are open 24/7, at the neighborhood level, where people can find services and someone to talk to. Where they can begin finding a home again.
Access centers that are open 24/7, at the neighborhood level, where people can find services and someone to talk to. Where they can begin finding a home again.
When people lose their homes in LA, our city largely abandons them to navigate an indecipherable maze of services and departments on their own -- all while they’re trying to survive another day on the street.
We’ve created a system that encourages people to give up. So many do.
We’ve created a system that encourages people to give up. So many do.
It’s not complicated: bringing services into communities helps end homelessness.
Withholding those services, and making people jump through hoops to obtain them increases and prolongs homelessness -- and makes the care and services we ultimately provide even more expensive.
Withholding those services, and making people jump through hoops to obtain them increases and prolongs homelessness -- and makes the care and services we ultimately provide even more expensive.
LA can be a city that is premised on care instead of criminalization. We can lift vulnerable people out of poverty, instead of repeatedly jailing and displacing them.
Angelenos look out for each other. And we can have a local government that reflects our values if we demand it.
Angelenos look out for each other. And we can have a local government that reflects our values if we demand it.
If you’d like to read more about Community Access Centers and other ways we can meaningfully fight homelessness in LA, you can find our Housing and Homelessness policy on our website! https://www.nithyaforthecity.com/platform/housing-homelessness
