Supervisor Hilda Solis allocated 1.6 million dollars towards rental assistance for her district. The first district includes downtown L.A., Pomona, Eagle Rock, and South Gate. The relief will be three thousand dollars over the course of three months.
As National Crime Victims’ Rights Week enfolds, legislative and government leaders are taking action to magnify the voices of survivors of violence and crime victims. Commnunity organization leaders as well as Assemblymembers Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Eloise Reyes and Sen. Maria Elena Durazo joined survivors of crime in a virtual town hall discussion on April 21, 2020 about the key role community-based crisis assistance services play in stopping the spread of COVID-19 among California’s most vulnerable communities. The goal for the call was to find ways to build more comprehensive systems to effectively respond to the COVID-19 crisis and the violence it
Out-of-work gig workers in California whose employers have not paid into the state’s unemployment insurance fund — as well as Californians without jobs who have run out of unemployment benefits — will be able to file new unemployment claims.
M’Dears Bakery & Bistro fills the air in its South Los Angeles neighborhood with smells of fried chicken, French toast, and homemade desserts. “It was very serendipitous,” said 66-year-old restaurant owner Carrie Reese about how she transitioned from a vendor at jazz festivals to opening a dine-in restaurant at 77th and Western Avenue.
In a letter to her district and to all of America. The California Congresswoman and Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus the Honorable Karen Bass issued this statement: “This week, about 60 million Americans received a $1,200 bank deposit as mandated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that Congress passed at the end of last month.