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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Dozens of human rights protestors gathered Tuesday morning to protest charges filed against a community organizer.
The group marched into a Los Angeles Commission board meeting …
Unearthing the Truth: Drugs, Addiction, Race and Poverty Forum and Book Signing with Dr. Carl Hart
June 20th, 2013 6:00pm – 9:00pm
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From the streets of Miami to becoming Columbia University’s first tenured African-American professor in the sciences, Dr. …
Downtown Los Angeles gentrification continues to reach all-time lows as LAPD carries on with its mission to rid downtown of poor and homeless, and mostly Black, faces. In the May 20th episode, LAPD took action to stop…wait for it…a …
This morning, LAPD officers shot into a crowd on the corner of 5th and Wall in Skid Row. At least one person was shot and killed. LA CAN is still looking into the matter and collecting information from witnesses.
However, …
Yesterday the LA CAN Community Watch Team came upon the Central City East Association (CCEA) Security Guards attempting to use bolt cutters to illegally confiscate the property of a Skid Row resident. The team intervened to prevent them from stealing …
Dozens of homeless individuals, organizers, and advocates were on hand on April 23 as the Homeless Bill of Rights and Fairness Act (also known as Assembly Bill 5, or AB 5) passed out of the Judiciary Committee of the California …
April 18, 2013
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Becky Dennison, Los Angeles Community Action Network (213) 840-4664
The Dirty Divide Highlights the Continued Lack of Public Health Equity for Poor Downtown Resident
LOS ANGELES — On April 11, …
Yesterday, LA CAN was featured on Voices on the Frontlines with Eric Mann. Listen below to find out more about the coordinated efforts of CCEA, LAPD, and the City Attorney to silence the human rights work of LA CAN.
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For more information on the unjust charges against Deborah Burton, click HERE.
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Over the last few weeks, we have seen an increase in LAPD presence and hostile policing on Main St. in Downtown.
This dangerous trend continued late last night when a large group of officers began roughing up a couple of …