East LA Community Corporation — 25 years of building a more equitable Eastside.
Joined May 2009
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16 Mar 2022
Today, we launched the #openaireconomycollaborative in partnership with @InclusivAction @PublicCounsel & @CalReinvest, to help #lastreetvendors launch and expand their small businesses!
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East LA Community Corporation retweeted
30 Aug 2023
The Rent is Too Damn High and the Wages are Too Damn Low! Join us Saturday, September 30th, at 9 am at Pershing Square to make some noise for Tenant & Worker Rights! #HousingIsAHumanRight #TenantWorkerSolidarity #KeepLAHoused
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East LA Community Corporation retweeted
26 Sep 2023
🚨WEEK OF ACTION ALERT🚨 Starting TOMORROW!
Join #KeepLAHoused in a Tenants & Workers Week of Action to demand sustainable wages and safe, affordable housing! See toolkit for more deets!👇
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bit.ly/klahtoolkit
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East LA Community Corporation retweeted
10 Aug 2023
“We have all these people here who cannot afford to move anywhere else,” - Rene Alexzander, @hillside_villa tenant facing eviction over nonpayment of rent debt…
The wave of evictions is hitting. @MayorOfLA @LACityCouncil what now?
laist.com/news/housing-homel…
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13 Jul 2023
The Open Air Economy Collaborative is hosting a BTRC & Food Handlers Permit Workshop on July 19th 😊 please help us share this to reach as many vendors as possible!
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East LA Community Corporation retweeted
11 Jul 2023
Let’s go get a #RightToCounsel for LA county tenants! 💪🏽
Use this toolkit to prep your public comment and/or take action online: bit.ly/RTCLA
Together we can #KeepLAHoused!
3 Jul 2023
SAVE THE DATE! Get ready to make some noise for a codified #RightToCounsel at the LA County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, July 11th! More details to come.
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East LA Community Corporation retweeted
12 Jul 2023
MASSIVE WIN! 👏🏽🎉✊🏽
Shouts to the tenants who lead from experiences - often painful ones - so that we all stand a better chance at keeping our homes!
11 Jul 2023
Victory! Today @LACountyBOS passed a motion to codify Right to Counsel in unincorporated areas of LA County by FY 2024-2025. It also calls for expansion of @stayhousedla for universal access to incorporated cities and unincorporated areas by 2030. When we fight, we win!
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East LA Community Corporation retweeted
11 Jul 2023
Victory! Today @LACountyBOS passed a motion to codify Right to Counsel in unincorporated areas of LA County by FY 2024-2025. It also calls for expansion of @stayhousedla for universal access to incorporated cities and unincorporated areas by 2030. When we fight, we win!
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East LA Community Corporation retweeted
11 Jul 2023
🎉 VICTORY: Both Items 14 - #RightToCounsel - and 23 - strengthening tenant protections - passed at the @LACountyBOS meeting today! 👏🏽
This is thanks to steadfast community organizing efforts. Huge congrats to everyone who played a part!
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31 Mar 2023
BOYLE HEIGHTS ‼️ ¡es hora de #votar por su idea favorita! Los presupuestos participativos de L.A. REPAIR de @lacivilrights le permiten decidir cómo se usa el dinero de @LACity en su comunidad. Vote hoy por su idea favorita en REPAIR.lacity.org #GetOutTheVote #boyleheights
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31 Mar 2023
BOYLE HEIGHTS ‼️ it’s time to #vote for your favorite idea! L.A. Repair Participatory Budgeting from @lacivilrights let’s YOU decide how @LACity dollars are spent in your community. Vote for your favorite idea today at REPAIR.lacity.org! #GetOutTheVote #boyleheights
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Starting the morning with LA Street Vendors at the Mosk Courthouse to defend our lawsuit against the City of LA. Time to abolish the “No Vending Zones”! @CPColectivo @InclusivAction @elaccOrg @PublicCounsel
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16 Mar 2023
This court decision comes after a lawsuit filed in December 2022 by street vendors and a coalition of community groups—@cpcolectivo, @elaccorg, @inclusivaction, represented by @public_counsel and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP— to end the city’s “no-vending zones."
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16 Mar 2023
The City of LA had attempted to have the lawsuit dismissed last month as they claimed that no legal merits justified the lawsuit.
We are committed to continue our legal fight to ensure street vendors in Los Angeles are treated with dignity and
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East LA Community Corporation retweeted
16 Mar 2023
“I've been cited while walking with my family on Hollywood Boulevard on my days off… my presence alone on the Hollywood stars results in an unjust citation that carries a lot of economic and mental weight” - Ruth Monroy, vendor & plaintiff in our lawsuit against the City of LA
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East LA Community Corporation retweeted
16 Mar 2023
BREAKING: A L.A. Superior Court judge ruled today that a lawsuit brought by street vendors to challenge the City of L.A.'s "no-vending zones," will continue – rejecting the City's arguments to dismiss the case.
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East LA Community Corporation retweeted
16 Mar 2023
BREAKING: A L.A. Superior Court judge ruled today that a lawsuit brought by street vendors to challenge the City of L.A.'s "no-vending zones," will continue – rejecting the City's arguments to dismiss the case.
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15 Mar 2023
For more than a decade, street vendors have advocated for just treatment and recognition of their rights as small business owners and entrepreneurs. Due to their efforts, in 2018, California legalized street vending!
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15 Mar 2023
Learn more about these discriminatory and unlawful “no-vending zones” and their negative impacts on street vendors across the city!
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15 Mar 2023
We are committed to ensuring that the City of LA acknowledges that street vendors are part of the economic, social, and cultural fabric of Los Angeles and deserve the same economic opportunity as other small businesses in the city.
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