This is 100% many steps towards incarceration; against the realization that addiction is a health issue; and, a grift by the retail industry. Don’t go for the twist, NO on 36!

Myth #5: Incarceration is an effective way to solve social issues like poverty & drug addiction Truth: DAs, police, and corporations have been EAGER to roll back the reforms of last decade and reignite/ramp up the War on Drugs DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE, VOTE NO ON PROP 36!

Check out this thread from SV De-Bug. It tells you all you need to know about Prop 36. The truth is mounting the grift is uncovered.

This is a must-read on why we must reject Prop 36 this November. 👇🏾

Good morning from Skid Row, where it's not even 10am, it's almost 90 degrees on its way to 102, and Kevin de Leόn's sweeps of houseless people continue unabated. Maniacally evil shit.

Someone who had their tent thrown away is looking for LA Homeless Services Authority outreach workers. I rode around all the blocks around the sweep and nary an outreach worker was to be found.

Earlier LAPD officers surrounded me and threatened to arrest me for being in a CARE+ "work zone." Sgt Alpert said they consulted LAPD commanders, the chief of police and city attorney and were told to put me in handcuffs and take me to jail if I crossed the tape. L.A. TACO🌴🌮

No officer was able to show me where in 56.11 it says that journalists have to be outside of the CARE+ "work zone" because "work zones" are not mentioned in the law. L.A. TACO🌴🌮

The authors of Prop 36 say it's all about treatment and not incarceration; if that were true, why does The Home Depot knowingly have prison labor in its supply chain? An issue that’s not new and clearly an integral part of their business model. northstarasset.com/home-depot-sha… #slavelabor

To understand why things are happening, it’s always helpful to examine where the money is coming from. Proposition 36 in California’s upcoming election would dramatically expand prison, and look at the cash behind it:

The authors of Prop 36 say it's all about treatment and not incarceration; if that were true, why does The Home Depot knowingly have prison labor in its supply chain? An issue that’s not new and clearly an integral part of their business model. northstarasset.com/home-depot-sha… #slavelabor

#LASAN did not suddenly find humanity or compassion. Community organizing and community outrage are the real reasons this action is being taken. Today in Skid Row, General Dogon and the LACAN were on duty. #ThursdayThrowdowns #WestillHere

And then, of course, there was this from Shayla M. and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles — yup, definitely not a moment of kindness from the poverty bureaucracy.

Read LA CAN and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles's letter to the city demanding that they cancel these sweeps. x.com/LACANetwork/st…

Good afternoon from Skid Row. What is the City doing today, right now, to keep people alive? The community had to push the City to stop sweeps for the next few days of this heat. The community is out handing out waters and checking on folks. And people will continue to die.

"We ain't going for that. Not today, and not tomorrow."