Stephani
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In 2020, the city opened A Bridge Home shelter on Aetna. Yoked to law enforcement, this prison-like structure has been a bridge to nowhere. But it’s slated to close soon with an opportunity for Metro Los Angeles to repurpose this land & facilities for the unhoused community. 7/7
Many community members living on the streets are eager to go inside. But Mayor Karen Bass’s Inside Safe is at best a temporary placement in unsafe conditions for which unhoused persons have to give up their belongings, social networks, ending up more precarious than before. 2/7
Open letter to Mayor Karen Bass from researchers Institute on Inequality & Democracy expressing grave & urgent concerns about the displacement of, & escalating police violence against, the Aetna Street community, where we have been doing research and collaborative pedagogy for a year. Read & amplify. 1/7