Mission Statement
The mission of LA CAN is to help people dealing with poverty create & discover opportunities, while serving as a vehicle to ensure we have voice, power & opinion in the decisions that are directly affecting us.
The Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN) was formed in 1999 when 25 residents of Downtown Los Angeles came together and acknowledged the issues that existed in our community. We made a commitment to address those problems by organizing and becoming a force that demands change. Today we work on a variety of initiatives and projects across Skid Row and South Central LA.
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L.A. project shows homeless housing can be done quickly, cheaply – It’s good to see the County of Los Angeles has climbed on the LA CAN common sense bandwagon. Our EcoHoods project provides all of this and more. Plus, we’ve pushed design alt for years. Support EcoHoods today. Visit Cangress.org for details.
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Culture hour will be back in February!
Here is one of out culture hour shows from last year so that you don’t forget about us in the meantime💗
It’s going to take more than White people storming the Capitol armed with pipe bombs and White privilege to change this country’s course. The arrests are symbolic. You can’t arrest structural and institutional racism. Organize as our lives depend on it.
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LA CAN is the funnel for the political energy that continues to build around inequality, houselessness and unjust policing.✊
Pete White, who heads the anti-poverty group Los Angeles Community Action Network, said prosecutors should have negotiated a tougher penalty. Huizar’s district, he said, desperately needs more low-income housing.
"This is not a fair agreement," he said. "We need the whole $14 million."
There should be no wonder why houselessness continues unabated. Our city is up for grabs to the highest bidder. The current vision of Los Angeles does not include those that built it on their backs, nor anyone that makes it function today.
This is nothing less than the reversal of “white flight” and the race to install a higher tax base. Corruption is as normal as apple pie, and organizing and electoral engagement is the only cure.
Downtown developer will pay $1.2 million in L.A. City Hall corruption case
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The city’s handling of 520 Mateo, a tower being developed by Carmel Partners, is part of the bribery case against former Councilman Jose Huizar.At LA CAN, we turn every dollar into action. You’ve seen our COVID-19 response, our tenant organizing, our food and wellness work and our development of new housing models. For the last 20 years, LA CAN has come through. Help propel us into the new year: cangress.org/donate/
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Become a part of a movement to end poverty create and create opportunity. Learn more about the issues that impact us all and ways that you can make a difference in solving them.
Become An Organizer
We change problems together. Join LA CAN in ensuring that we have voice, power and opinion in the decisions that are directly affecting us.
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Over the years, we added core projects addressing women’s rights, the human right to housing, and healthy food access. LA CAN also has projects focused on economic development, civic participation and voter engagement, and community media.
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Facts about LA CAN
LA CAN has been a strong and visible leader in promoting and defending human rights in Downtown and South LA, with additional impacts regionally, nationally and internationally.
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Eliminated the guest fee practice in more than 2,500 homes, saving tenants from an unjust charge
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Organized community-lawyering projects that resulted in 2.84 million dollars
LA CAN provides legal assistance and organizes to protect poor communities against illegal evictions.They do a great job focusing on many areas of poverty, housing, civil rights and community health.
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