Rikicin matsuguni na kara ta'azzara a Los Angeles, inda aka kiyasta mutane 60,000 ba su da matsuguni a gundumar Los Angeles kuma wasu dubbai na kan hanyar korarsu, duk da cewa dakunan otal 20,000 ba su da kowa a yankin. Wannan na zuwa ne a yayin da wani sabon matakin kada kuri’a zai iya bukatar otal-otal don tsugunar da marasa gida a dakunan da ba kowa. Ma'aunin yana da goyan bayan babbar ƙungiyar baƙi ta California, UNITE HERE Local 11, da ƙoƙarin farfado da manufar cutar sankara ta jihar da aka fi sani da Project Roomkey, wanda, yanzu an saita zuwa ƙarshe, ta ba da takaddun shaida ga mutanen da ke fama da rashin matsuguni don amfani da su a otal-otal da otal. "Project Roomkey wani yanki ne na wuyar warwarewa," in ji Kurt Petersen, shugaban kungiyar UNITE HERE Local 11, wanda, tare da farfesa na UCLA Ananya Roy, ya lura cewa ana matukar bukatar saka hannun jari mai yawa don samar da gidaje masu araha na dindindin. Mun kuma yi magana da tsohon mazaunin Echo Park Lake Will Sens Jr., wanda ke Project Roomkey kuma ya ce shirin ya samar da kwanciyar hankali ga shi da sauran su.
AMY GOODMAN: wannan shi ne Democracy Now! Ni Amy Goodman, yayin da muke juya zuwa California a tsakiyar wani rikodin rikodin zafi, tare da yanayin zafi 10 zuwa 20 digiri fiye da yadda aka saba. Muna magana ne game da karya lambobi uku, sama da digiri 100 a wasu wurare a yankin - wato Fahrenheit.
Wasu daga cikin wadanda suka fi rauni sun hada da mutane sama da 150,000 da ke fama da rashin matsuguni a fadin jihar. A cikin gundumar Los Angeles, akwai kimanin mutane 60,000 da ba su da matsuguni, duk da cewa wasu dakunan otal 20,000 sun kasance babu kowa.
A makon da ya gabata, Gwamna Gavin Newsom ya sanar da sabbin kudade na shirin Homekey na jihar don samar da gidaje ga mutanen da ke fita daga rashin matsuguni. Ya gina kan wani shiri mai suna Project Roomkey, wanda ya tanadi dubunnan mutane da ke fama da rashin matsuguni a lokacin bala'in a otal-otal da gidajen otel kuma yanzu an shirya kawo karshensa. Gwamna Newsom ya yi magana a wani taron manema labarai tare da dan majalisar dokokin California Karen Bass, wanda ke takarar magajin garin Los Angeles. Taron ya gudana ne a gundumar majalisar ta, unguwar da ta taso.
REP. KAREN BASS: Don kasancewa a nan a yau kuma don ganin wannan ci gaba, wannan mataki ne mai ban sha'awa a kan hanyar da ta dace. Lokacin da cutar ta barke, a cikin Majalisa, mun san wanda zai fi tasiri, kuma mun yi gwagwarmaya sosai don aika albarkatun zuwa Los Angeles don Roomkey na Project da Homekey. Kuma ina so in sake taya gwamna murna bisa jagoranci da hangen nesa na cewa dole ne a ci gaba da wadannan ayyuka. Ba wai kawai a lokacin bala'in cutar ba, amma rashin matsuguni ya ci gaba, kuma muna buƙatar samun wannan tallafin a kan ci gaba.
GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM: Kuma ina so jama'a su sani kada su karaya. Ina so jama'a su sani cewa muna takure. Ina so jama'a su sani muna fara farawa. Bari in yi takamaimai game da hakan. …
'Yar majalisar ta taka rawa wajen taimaka mana wajen fitar da kudaden gwamnatin tarayya don yin wani abu da ba a taba yi ba a Amurka, kuma daga nan ne wannan samfurin Roomkey ya fito. A gaskiya mun sami damar yin amfani da dala miliyan 846 na kudin tarayya, ba dalar Amurka daya ba, mun zabo dala miliyan 846, kuma a cikin watanni shida mun samu damar sayo, muka shigo da rukunin gidaje sama da 6,000, wanda ba a taba ganin irinsa ba a tarihin jihar. Yi lissafi akan haka. …
Mun dauki wannan samfurin, kuma saboda jagorancin Karen Bass da sauransu, mun sami damar gwamnatin Biden ta tsawaita wannan shirin. Wannan shine ruhin wannan lokacin. Ya ba mu damar ɗaukar wannan hangen nesa na ainihi kuma yanzu mu sake maimaita shi, inda, kamar yadda Gustavo ya ce, yanzu muna da, tare da sanarwar yau, kuma a cikin ƴan kwanaki, lokacin da mutane suka shiga, a zahiri, raka'a 12,500 mun kawo ta yanar gizo. a cikin shekaru biyu kawai.
AMY GOODMAN: Aikin gidaje marasa matsuguni na biliyoyin daloli na gwamnan California Gavin Newsom ya zo ne a daidai lokacin da majalisar birnin Los Angeles ta kada kuri'a a kwanan nan don sanya kuri'ar zaben 2024 wani shiri da ake kira Dokokin Otal din da ke da alhakin sanya marasa gida a cikin dakunan da ba kowa. Ƙungiyar UNITE HERE Local 11 ce ta tsara matakin, wanda ke wakiltar yawancin ma'aikatan baƙi na Los Angeles. Sun kuma amince da dan majalisa Karen Bass a matsayin magajin gari.
Don ƙarin, za mu je Los Angeles. Baƙi uku ne suka haɗa mu. Will Sens yana tare da mu. Ya kasance a cikin Project Roomkey a Otal ɗin LA Grand tun Maris na 2021. Kafin haka, mazaunin Echo Park Lake ne a zango. Shi memba ne wanda ya kafa ƴan haya mara gida a kan Gidajen Carceral. Muna kuma tare da farfesa na UCLA Ananya Roy. Ta jagoranci Cibiyar Nazarin Rashin daidaito da Dimokuradiyya, wanda ke gida ne ga ƙungiyar bincike na Bayan Echo Park Lake wanda ya haɗu da jami'a da masana na tushen motsi tare da abokan aiki marasa gida, kamar Will, don nazarin ƙaura a Los Angeles. Kuma muna tare da Kurt Petersen, mataimakin shugaban kungiyar UNITE HERE Local 11.
Muna maraba da ku duka Democracy Now! Kurt, bari mu fara da kai. Magana game da wannan shirin.
KURT PETERSEN: Don haka, Project Roomkey, a ganinmu, kyakkyawan tunani ne. Muna da, a lokacin bala'in cutar, duk garin ba shi da masu yawon bude ido, don haka akwai dubun dubatar - dakunan otal dubu dari da ba kowa. Muna da mutanen da ke fuskantar rashin matsuguni da rashin tsaro, kuma muna da ma’aikatan otal da ba su da aikin yi. Don haka, ra'ayin shine: Shin za mu iya auren waɗannan matsalolin guda uku a cikin wannan shirin? Kuma ya yi aiki. Mun sami damar sanya mutane 10,000 marasa gida a cikin otal-kamar Will, a ɗaya daga cikin kaddarorinmu na cikin gari, LA Grand - inda membobinmu ke aiki, da alfahari, a cikin wannan shirin kuma sun sami amfani saboda sun ci gaba da ayyukansu. Kuma mun sami damar sanya mutane a cikin wadannan dakunan da ba kowa. Kuma a gaskiya, masana’antar otal da kanta sun sami hanyar samun kudaden shiga wanda in ba haka ba da ba za su samu ba.
To, abin da muka yanke shawarar yi bayan wannan shirin shi ne: Ta yaya za mu ci gaba ba kawai wannan shirin ba, amma ta yaya za mu iya - ta yaya masana'antar otal, ta yaya membobinmu za su iya rage wannan rikicin? Don haka, mun bi ƙofa zuwa kofa kuma muka tattara sa hannun 126,000 daga masu jefa ƙuri'a na LA - amsa mai inganci - akan yunƙurin da zai yi abubuwa biyu. Na daya, zai bukaci masu gina otal da su yi tururuwar gidaje lokacin da suke gina otal din, cewa dole ne su maye gurbin wannan gidaje. A cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, an yi asarar dubban raka'a saboda abubuwan more rayuwa na otal-otal sun yi cikas kuma ba su maye gurbin gidaje ba. Na biyu kuma, mun ce, “Bari mu sanya tsarin bauchi na dindindin ga mutanen da ba su da gidaje. Kuma mu tabbatar da cewa, a ci gaba, otal-otal na bukatar su mutunta wa] annan takardun, kuma a bar mutane su kwana a dakunansu, domin abin da ya dace kenan." Kuma ya yi aiki yayin bala'in cutar a cikin Project Roomkey, kuma muna tunanin yana buƙatar amfani da shi gaba. Don haka, zai kasance a kan katin jefa kuri'a a cikin Maris na 2024. Muna da kwarin gwiwa zai wuce. Kuma muna jin kamar abu ne da ya dace a yi a matsayinmu na Angelenos waɗanda ke fuskantar wannan mawuyacin lokaci na rashin gidaje masu araha da ɗimbin jama'a marasa matsuguni.
AMY GOODMAN: Bari in shigo da Will Sens cikin wannan tattaunawar. Kun kasance a cikin Project Roomkey a Otal ɗin LA Grand sama da shekara guda. A gaskiya, kuna tare da mu daga nan a yanzu. Kai kuma memba ne na masu haya mara gida akan Gidajen Carceral. Yi magana game da dalilin da yasa wannan shirin yake da mahimmanci, abin da yake nufi a gare ku, yadda kuka zama marasa gida, sannan kuma abin da ake nufi da kasancewa a otal. Shin, kuna can?
ZAI SAMU JR.: To, Amy, yana da mahimmanci - za ku iya ji na?
AMY GOODMAN: Eh, ina jinka yanzu.
ZAI SAMU JR.: Yayi, mai girma. The Project Roomkey yana da mahimmanci don taimakawa mutane su sami wurin zama kuma su haɗa kansu a kan hanyar zuwa sabon gida, zuwa wurin da za su sami kwanciyar hankali. Idan aka yi amfani da shi yadda ya kamata, ya kamata ya zama kamar tashar tauraron dan adam don samun sabbin ayyukan yi da samun damar hada kansu, hada kayansu, su iya shiga wani sabon yanayi da inganta rayuwarsu. Abin baƙin ciki, ba a faruwa sosai a fili kamar yadda yawancin mutane ke faruwa a cikin shirin.
AMY GOODMAN: Bari in tambayi Ananya Roy, wanda farfesa ne a fannin tsara birane, jin dadin jama'a da kuma labarin kasa a yanzu a UCLA, inda ta jagoranci Cibiyar Nazarin Inequality da Democracy, wanda ke gida ga ƙungiyar bincike na Bayan Echo Park Lake, tare da malamai, abokan hulɗar da ba su da gida. kamar yadda ka ce, don nazarin ƙaura a Los Angeles. Yi magana game da mahimmancin Project Roomkey, amma da farko game da yawan mutanen da ba su da gidaje na wannan ƙasa.
ANANYA ROY: Ee. Da farko, Amy, na gode da kasancewa da mu a cikin shirin. Ina ganin yana da kyau mu yi la'akari da lokacin da muke ciki, domin lokacin da ke kusa lokaci ne na rashin matsuguni. Har ila yau, muna cikin wannan ƙasa, ciki har da a nan Los Angeles, a kan batun korar jama'a wanda zai ƙara yawan rashin matsuguni. A lokaci guda kuma, abin da ke faruwa shine siyan kayan haya ba bisa ka'ida ba. Titin Wall Street ya ci gaba da sayayya a lokacin bala'in, kamar yadda ya yi a lokacin Babban koma bayan tattalin arziki. Kuma duk da haka martanin manufofin a cikin birane da yawa bai isa ba kuma, kamar yadda yake a cikin Los Angeles, ya mai da hankali sosai kan laifin rashin matsuguni.
Ina kuma so in ce wannan ba batun karancin albarkatun kasa ba ne. Hoton da kuka kunna daga jawabin Gwamna Newsom yayi magana sosai game da dumbin albarkatun tarayya da ke akwai don gidaje da rashin matsuguni. Kuma abin da gwamnan bai yi magana a kai ba shi ne, ita kanta California tana da rarar kasafin kuɗi. Damuwarmu da Project Roomkey, tare da Project Homekey, shine waɗannan shirye-shiryen ba su da yawa a cikin sikeli don amsa rashin matsuguni. Haka nan suna tafiya kafada-da-kafada tare da aikata laifukan rashin matsuguni, da kuma sanya mutane a cikin shirye-shiryen da suke da sharudda da ka’idoji da muke bayyana su a matsayin kaushi, wanda a hakikanin gaskiya sanya wa talaka saniyar ware da sa ido, hakan ba haka yake ba, kamar yadda Will kawai ya nuna. fita, ba su damar yin ƙaura zuwa gidaje na dindindin, masu daraja. Don haka muna ganin saka hannun jari mai yawa na dukiyar jama'a sau da yawa a cikin matsuguni na carceral da tsarewa maimakon a cikin gidajen jama'a na dindindin.
AMY GOODMAN: Bari in tambaye ku game da abokan adawar zuwa Project Roomkey, kamar Stuart Waldman, shugaban Ƙungiyar Masana'antu da Kasuwanci na Valley, mai wakiltar otal da kasuwanci a fadin Arewacin Los Angeles. Wannan shine Waldman yana magana da CNN.
STUART WALDMAN: Ba zan so 'ya'yana suna kusa da mutanen da ban tabbata ba. Ba zan so in kasance a cikin lif tare da wani wanda a fili yake samun hutun hankali. Tunanin cewa za ku iya haɗa mutanen marasa gida tare da biyan kuɗi, baƙi na yau da kullun ba su yi aiki ba.
AMY GOODMAN: Martanin ku, Farfesa Ananya Roy?
ANANYA ROY: Abin da mu ke ji a nan shi ne yadda a kullum ake zubar da mutuncin makwabtanmu da ba su da gidaje. Wannan ya zama ruwan dare gama gari. Yanzu an bayyana shi a cikin jerin tsare-tsare, gami da sanannen dokar hana sansani ta LA, cewa Majalisar City ta ci gaba da faɗaɗa. Abin da muke da shi a hannu shi ne abin da muke kira korar kabilanci da aka yi wa makwabtanmu da ba su da gidaje, ta yadda babu inda za su je.
Ina kuma so in bayyana cewa ra'ayin otal a matsayin gidaje da gaske yana zuwa ne a matsayin buƙatu daga al'ummomin da ba su da gidaje yayin bala'in. Har ila yau, ya zo ne daga ƙungiyoyin da ke nuna cewa waɗannan otal-otal, waɗanda ake ganin kamar masu zaman kansu ne, a zahiri suna samun goyon baya daga tallafin jama'a masu yawa, miliyoyin daloli na haraji, alal misali, wanda ya haifar da irin wannan ci gaban birane. Don haka waɗannan otal-otal ɗin da ba kowa a cikinsu, a zahiri, suna nuna hannun jarin jama'a a cikin dukiya, kuma ya kamata mu, a zahiri, muyi tunani, kamar yadda UNITE HERE ke yi, game da yadda ake amfani da wannan dalla-dalla don dalilai na gidaje.
Damuwana tana da alaƙa da ma'auni. Damuwana ya shafi yadda bai wadatar yin hakan ba idan har muna aikata laifukan al'ummomin marasa gida, kuma, a zahiri, ba za mu iya yin hakan ta hanyar sanya ka'idoji da ka'idoji akan wadanda za su zauna a Project Homekey ko Project Roomkey ba.
AMY GOODMAN: Farfesa Roy, akwai duk wannan jiko na kudade. Amma tare da haɓaka hani na annoba, kuna ganin ƙarshen tallafin. Shin kun damu da korar jama'a?
ANANYA ROY: Ee. Mu ne cibiyar bincike ta farko a ƙasar da ta yi ƙararrawar ƙararrawa game da korar da ke gabatowa, tare da wani muhimmin rahoto na farfesa Gary Blasi wanda ya ci gaba da kasancewa tushen ƙaƙƙarfan korar da yawa, gami da na California. Wannan shine Mayu 2020. Kuma Farfesa Blasi ya yi hasashen cewa masu haya rabin miliyan a gundumar LA za su kasance cikin haɗarin korar ba tare da kariyar korar ba.
Yanzu muna kan gab da korar wadancan. Yana da mahimmanci a ajiye mutane a cikin gidajensu, gami da ta hanyar soke basussukan hayar da sauran nau'ikan kariyar masu haya. Yana da mahimmanci a dakatar da aikata laifuka na maƙwabtanmu marasa gida. Kuma yana da mahimmanci a yi amfani da waɗannan albarkatun jama'a a cikin wani shiri mai ban sha'awa na gidaje na zamantakewa, inda gidaje haƙƙin zamantakewa ne kuma bai dace da ƙa'idodin kabilanci da jinsi ba.
AMY GOODMAN: Bari in tambayi Will Sens - a Rahoton ya fito daga UCLA, inda Farfesa Roy yake. Mazauna LA da ba su da gidaje XNUMX sun mutu a kan titi yayin barkewar cutar. Yayin da kuke magana daga ɗakin otal, kuna jin cewa wannan ita ce amsar, cewa halayen suna canzawa? So?
To, bari in tambaya - bari in yiwa Kurt Petersen wannan tambayar, da sauri, shugaban karamar hukumar UNITE HERE Local 11. Kuna damuwa cewa wasu daga cikin 'yan unguwar ku na iya zama marasa gida. Sun yi nisa.
KURT PETERSEN: Ee, ba su da gida. Kwanan nan mun rasa wata memba da ta mutu a motarta saboda ba za ta iya ci gaba da biyan kudin haya ba aka kore ta. Mutanenmu suna ta ci gaba da tafiya daga Los Angeles saboda ba za su iya zama a nan ba. Farfesa Roy -
AMY GOODMAN: Muna da 10 seconds.
KURT PETERSEN: - daidai ne. Daidai daidai. Muna buƙatar babban jiko na albarkatu don gina mutane a Los Angeles. Project Roomkey wani yanki ne na wasan wasa, amma ana buƙatar ƙari da yawa. Kuma muna goyon bayan duk abin da ke sa mutane su zauna a Los Angeles.
AMY GOODMAN: Kuma za mu duba sosai. Ina so in gode muku don kasancewa tare da mu, Kurt Petersen, co-shugaban UNITE HERE Local 11; Farfesa Ananya Roy; da Will Sens. Ni Amy Goodman ne. A zauna lafiya.
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