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OC occupations deal with anti-homeless laws

October 29, 2011
By Amber Stephens
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Reporting from Orange County – When Mark West heard about a protest happening near the Orange County Civic Center, it struck his curiosity. He was informed of the Occupy Orange County demonstration when police officers knocked on the window of the truck he lives out of in the Santa Ana Civic Center parking lot. West...
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Police killing of Kelly Thomas rattles Fullerton

August 19, 2011
By Amber Stephens
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Reporting from Orange County – Jim Arambula was sitting at the bus stop at the Fullerton Transportation Center when two men in suits came up to him. The men identified themselves as officials from the Orange County District Attorney’s office. They proceeded to question him about Kelly Thomas. Thomas was a 37-year-old schizophrenic homeless...
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Venice residents ‘sleep out’ for the homeless

August 7, 2011
By Dan Bluemel
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Those with homes, as well as a few without, slept outside last night to raise awareness of, what critics say is, a growing movement to criminalize the homeless in Venice. Advocates say the city is attempting to remove a destitute population from the beachside community through various parking ordinances, such as disallowing overnight parking,...
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Health Dept., LAPD continues crackdown on Skid Row charities

April 11, 2011
By Dan Bluemel
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Health inspectors, accompanied by police, issued a notice of violation to volunteers from the Los Angeles Catholic Worker and ordered them to stop feeding the homeless on Friday, April 8. Martha Lewis, a community member of the LA Catholic Worker, said they were warned on April 6 to cease their feeding operations on Skid...
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Conference on housing seeks to assist the foreclosed

April 10, 2011
By Dan Bluemel
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Typically a conference on homelessness and poverty would only focus on gentrification, police abuse, public housing or tenants’ rights, but there is a recession and a new issue must also be addressed: foreclosures. This weekend, the Los Angeles Housing and Hunger Crisis Conference was held to provide a venue for groups to share information...
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Defending the right to share food: Skid Row’s community picnic

October 4, 2010
By Carly Gillis
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Themes of empowerment and social responsibility permeated a community picnic in Skid Row on Thursday, Sept. 30. The event was both a festival and a protest against the alleged rise in citations against charities distributing food to the homeless in downtown. Groups from the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), Los Angles Catholic...
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Skid Row food providers and LAPD remain divided on ‘right to share food’

September 17, 2010
By Dan Bluemel

Members of the Los Angeles Community Action Network and the Los Angeles Police Department met yesterday to try and settle differences over an ongoing issue for food providers on Skid Row. According to police, food providers hand out food that is often not prepared and distributed according to health codes, leave trash behind and...
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Battle lines drawn over right to share food

September 2, 2010
By Carly Gillis
A local church serves food to the homeless near Gladys Park on July 18. Community organizations that provide food for Skid Row’s residents say their “right to share food” is being threatened by irrelevant Health Department codes. (Dan Bluemel / LA Activist)

Which has priority when distributing food to the homeless: need or law? Two groups based in downtown Los Angeles are actively debating just that. On one end of the issue exists the non-profit and volunteer-driven organizations devoted to providing food to any in need, whatever the method. At the other end exist government officials,...
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Downtown organizations fight for the right to feed homeless

August 18, 2010
By Carly Gillis
A local church serves food to the homeless near Gladys Park on July 18. Community organizations that provide food for Skid Row’s residents say their “right to share food” is being threatened by irrelevant Health Department codes. (Dan Bluemel / LA Activist)

Due to a perceived rise in law enforcement by the Los Angeles Police Department and Department of Public Health, members from a variety of human rights and homeless empowerment organizations joined together to discuss ways to defend, as they put it, their “right to share food.” Members from Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), Los...
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‘Water Man’ provides oasis for downtown homeless

July 26, 2010
By Carly Gillis
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On a typically hot July afternoon, Michael Hubman arrives at Gladys Park in his navy blue Volvo. He breaks out six gallon-sized jugs of water in a small crate and places it on a foldable cart. Before he can finish unpacking, many recognize him with a call: “Hey, water man!” Hubman can’t get the...
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