Since 2008, LA has increased LAPD’s budget by 62%. What if we defunded LAPD at this rate? We could forgive a year of rent for 80k renters or fund 200 community-led crisis response & mutual aid providers with $12 million each #DefundLAPD #PeoplesBudgetLA #reimaginepublicsafety

Today's #BlackLivesMatter-LA action will be a Black-centered space and if you are non-Black you can still support without taking space in a variety of ways but also specifically by signing the petition: downtowncrenshaw.com

Rayshard Brooks was a father. George Floyd was a father. Eric Garner. Sean Bell. Delrawn Smalls. Alton Sterling. Walter Scott. Bobby Gross. Terence Crutcher. Sam Dubose. Oscar Grant. Philando Castile. Donald Ivy. Deonte Dorsey. They were fathers too. May they rest in Power.

Amazed at the amount of civic engagement we saw today with the Budget and Finance Committee public comment period. We have a busy week though! Tomorrow: Police Commission 9:30 AM City Council 10 AM Wednesday: Ad Hoc Police Reform Committee 8 AM Thursday: LA Metro Board 10 AM

I don’t think people understand. This is NYC right now. Day 30. In a row. The #BlackLivesMatter movement is just getting started.

There’s over 700 videos of police brutality and violence from the PEACEFUL protests... #whatareyoucelebrating

The Los Angeles Police Protective League is not a union; it's a gang. It buys off politicians, intimidates critics and covers up the crimes of its members. This band of bullies won't silence us. We will expose them and stand in our power. #ProtectPeopleNotPolice #PeoplesBudgetLA

The temperature in Siberia is 100 degrees, wildfires are raging there and sea ice is melting. In the midst of all the other crises we face, we cannot forget climate change. We must transform our energy system away from fossil fuel to energy efficiency and sustainable energy. Now!

In the richest country on earth. Thread

Pasadena City Council is having a public hearing today about the murder of #AnthonyMcClain from 4 pm to 530 pm. Pasadena police chief John Perez will also be on the call. They are asking for public comment, you can register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… pasadenanow.com/main/councilme…

Telling people to give money to McGrath when there are so many closer races — ME, NC, SC, GA, GA, AZ, MT, MI, CO, TX, and even Alaska — is utterly bizarre.

McGrath is far behind in an uphill state. The most likely way to dethrone McConnell is to win 4 of these seats. Here are the Dems and their poll margins. GA: Ossoff -4.3 MT: Bullock -2.0 IA: Greenfield +0.3 NC: Cunningham +3.6 ME: Gideon +6.2 AZ: Kelly +6.7 CO: Hickenlooper +8.2

4.8 magnitude earthquake occurred 0.62mi NE of South San Gabriel, California. Details: eqbot.com/8oE Map: eqbot.com/8oW

An entire system designed for the police to get away with murder, the rich to blindly rob, the cruel to senselessly inflict their sadistic whims, the unjustly powerful to justify their position by amassing more power. America was always an elaborate con.

This by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.