Ke piʻi nei ka pilikia o ka hale ma Los Angeles, kahi i manaʻo ʻia he 60,000 mau kānaka i noho ʻole ʻia ma Los Angeles County a he mau kaukani hou aʻe ma ka cusp o ka hoʻokuke ʻana, ʻoiai ʻo 20,000 mau lumi hōkele i noho hakahaka ma ka ʻāina. Hele mai kēia ma ke ʻano he ana balota hou e koi ai i nā hōkele e hoʻopaʻa i ka poʻe home ʻole i nā lumi hakahaka. Kākoʻo ʻia ke ana e ka hui hoʻokipa nui loa o Kaleponi, UNITE HERE Local 11, a ke hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻōla i kahi kulekele maʻi maʻi āpau i kapa ʻia ʻo Project Roomkey, ka mea, i kēia manawa e hoʻopau, hāʻawi i nā palapala hōʻaiʻē no ka poʻe e ʻike nei i ka home home ʻole e hoʻohana ma nā hōkele a me nā motel. "ʻO Project Roomkey kekahi ʻāpana o ka puʻupuʻu," wahi a Kurt Petersen, co-peresidena no UNITE HERE Local 11, ʻo ia hoʻi, me UCLA polofesa Ananya Roy, ʻike i nā hoʻopukapuka nui e makemake nui ʻia e hoʻopaʻa i nā hale kūʻai kūʻai mau. Ke kamaʻilio pū nei mākou me ka kamaʻāina ʻo Echo Park Lake ma mua ʻo Will Sens Jr., aia ma Project Roomkey a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hāʻawi ka papahana i ke kūpaʻa iā ia a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
AMY GOODMAN: ʻo kēia ʻO ka Democracy Nei! ʻO wau ʻo Amy Goodman, i ko mākou huli ʻana i Kaleponi i waenakonu o kahi nalu wela, me ka wela 10 a 20 degere ʻoi aku ka wela ma mua o ka maʻamau. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ka haki ʻana i ʻekolu mau helu, ma luna o 100 degere ma kekahi mau wahi o ka ʻāina - ʻo ia ʻo Fahrenheit.
ʻO kekahi o kēlā mau mea palupalu ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe 150,000 e ʻike nei i ka home ʻole ma ka mokuʻāina. Ma Los Angeles County, aia ma kahi o 60,000 ka poʻe i noho ʻole ʻia, ʻoiai he 20,000 mau lumi hōkele e noho hakahaka.
I ka pule i hala aku nei, ua hoʻolaha ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Gavin Newsom i ke kālā hou no ka papahana Homekey o ka mokuʻāina e hana i nā hale no ka poʻe e haʻalele ana i ka home ʻole. Kūkulu ʻia ia ma kahi papahana i kapa ʻia ʻo Project Roomkey, ka mea nāna i mālama i nā tausani o ka poʻe e ʻike nei i ka home ʻole i ka wā maʻi maʻi ma nā hōkele a me nā motel a ua hoʻomaka ʻia e pau. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kiaʻāina Newsom ma kahi kūkā nūhou ma ka ʻaoʻao o Democratic California Congressmember Karen Bass, ka mea e holo nei no ke kuhina nui o Los Angeles. Aia ka hanana ma kāna ʻāpana ʻaha kūkā, kahi kaiāulu kahi āna i ulu ai.
REP. KAREN BASS: No ka noho ʻana ma ʻaneʻi i kēia lā a ʻike i kēia hoʻomohala ʻana, he hana hoihoi loa kēia i ke ala kūpono. I ka wā i paʻi ai ka maʻi maʻi, ma Congress, ua ʻike mākou i ka mea e hoʻopilikia nui ʻia, a ua hakakā mākou e hoʻouna i nā kumuwaiwai i Los Angeles no Project Roomkey a me Project Homekey. A makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi hou aku i ke kiaʻāina no ke alakaʻi a me ka ʻike mua e ʻōlelo ai e hoʻomau kēia mau papahana. ʻAʻole wale ia ma ke kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi maʻi, akā ua hoʻomau ka home ʻole, a pono mākou e loaʻa i kēia kākoʻo i ka manawa mau.
Ua hoʻoholo ʻo GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM: A makemake au e ʻike ka poʻe ʻaʻole pono lākou e haʻalele. Makemake au e ʻike nā poʻe ke hoʻopau wale nei mākou. Makemake au e ʻike nā poʻe ke hoʻomaka nei mākou. E wehewehe pono wau i kēlā. …
He mea nui ka ʻahaʻōlelo i ke kōkua ʻana iā mākou e huki i ke kālā federal e hana i kahi mea i hana ʻole ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ma laila mai kēia kumu hoʻohālike Roomkey. Ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana i $ 846 miliona o ke kālā federal, ʻaʻole i kahi kālā o ke kālā mokuʻāina, huki iho i $ 846 miliona, a i loko o ʻeono mahina ua hiki iā mākou ke kūʻai, lawe mai i loko o kahi waihona ma luna o 6,000 mau hale hale, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma ka mōʻaukala o ka mokuʻāina. Hana i ka makemakika ma ia mea. …
Lawe mākou i kēlā kumu hoʻohālike, a ma muli o ke alakaʻi ʻana o Karen Bass a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ua hiki iā mākou ke kiʻi i ka hoʻokele Biden e hoʻonui i kēlā papahana. ʻO ia ka ʻuhane o kēia manawa. Ua ʻae iā mākou e lawe i kēlā hihiʻo kumu a hoʻopili hou iā ia, kahi, e like me kā Gustavo i ʻōlelo ai, ua loaʻa iā mākou i kēia manawa, me ka hoʻolaha o kēia lā, a i loko o kekahi mau lā, i ka wā e neʻe ai ka poʻe i loko, e pololei ʻenehana, 12,500 mau ʻāpana a mākou i lawe mai ai ma ka pūnaewele. i loko o nā makahiki ʻelua wale nō.
AMY GOODMAN: Ua hele mai ke Kiaaina Kaleponi ʻo Gavin Newsom i ka papahana hale noho ʻole he miliona miliona i ka wā i koho ʻia ai ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Los Angeles e kau i ka balota 2024 i kahi hana i kapa ʻia ʻo Responsible Hotel Ordinance e hoʻopaʻa i ka poʻe home ʻole i nā lumi hakahaka. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ke ana e ka union UNITE HERE Local 11, e hōʻike ana i ka hapa nui o nā limahana hoʻokipa ma Los Angeles. Ua ʻae pū lākou i ka lālā ʻahaʻōlelo ʻo Karen Bass no ka mayor.
No nā mea hou aku, hele mākou i Los Angeles. Ua hui pū mākou me ʻekolu mau malihini. Aia ʻo Will Sens me mākou. Aia ʻo ia ma Project Roomkey ma ka L.A. Grand Hotel mai Malaki o 2021. Ma mua o kēlā, he kamaʻāina ʻo ia ma ke kahua hoʻomoana o Echo Park Lake. He lālā hoʻokumu ʻo ia no Unhoused Tenants Against Carceral Housing. Ua hui pū ʻia mākou e UCLA polofesa Ananya Roy. Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo ia i ka Institute on Inequality and Democracy, ʻo ia ka home o ka hui noiʻi After Echo Park Lake e hui pū ana i nā haumāna kulanui a me ka neʻe ʻana me nā hoa noho ʻole, e like me Will, e aʻo i ka neʻe ʻana ma Los Angeles. A ua hui pū mākou me Kurt Petersen, ka luna pelekikena no UNITE HERE Local 11.
Aloha mākou iā ʻoe a pau ʻO ka Democracy Nei! Kurt, e hoʻomaka kākou me ʻoe. E kamaʻilio e pili ana i kēia papahana.
KURT PETERSEN: No laila, ʻo Project Roomkey, i ko mākou manaʻo, he manaʻo maikaʻi. Ua loaʻa iā mākou, i ka wā maʻi maʻi, ua nele ke kūlanakauhale holoʻokoʻa i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, a no laila he ʻumi kaukani - hoʻokahi haneli kaukani lumi hōkele i hakahaka. Loaʻa iā mākou nā poʻe e kū nei i ka home ʻole a me ka maluhia ʻole o ka hale, a loaʻa iā mākou nā limahana hōkele i nele i ka hana. A no laila, ʻo ka manaʻo: Hiki iā mākou ke mare i kēlā mau pilikia ʻekolu i kēia papahana? A ua hana. Ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokomo i 10,000 poʻe i hale ʻole i loko o nā hōkele - e like me Will, ma kekahi o kā mākou mau waiwai o ke kaona, ʻo ka L.A. Grand - kahi e hana ai kā mākou mau lālā me ka haʻaheo, i kēia papahana a ua loaʻa iā lākou ka pōmaikaʻi no ka mālama ʻana i kā lākou mau hana. A ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokomo i nā kānaka i loko o kēia mau lumi hakahaka. A ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua loaʻa i ka ʻoihana hōkele ponoʻī kahi kumu kālā i loaʻa ʻole iā lākou.
No laila, ʻo ka mea a mākou i hoʻoholo ai e hana ma hope o kēlā papahana: Pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻonui i kēia papahana, akā pehea mākou - pehea e hiki ai i ka ʻoihana hōkele, pehea e hiki ai i kā mākou mau lālā ke hoʻopau i kēia pilikia? A no laila, hele mākou i kēlā me kēia puka a hōʻiliʻili i nā pūlima 126,000 mai ka poʻe koho balota L.A. - kahi pane maikaʻi loa - ma kahi hoʻolālā e hana i ʻelua mau mea. ʻO ka mea hoʻokahi, e koi ana i nā mea hoʻomohala hōkele e hoʻopololei i nā hale ke kūkulu lākou i kā lākou mau hōkele, pono lākou e pani i kēlā hale. I nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala iho nei, ua nalowale nā tausani o nā ʻāpana no ka mea ua hoʻomohala ʻia nā hale hōkele nani a ʻaʻole i hoʻololi i ka hale. A ʻo ka lua, ua ʻōlelo mākou, "E hoʻokomo mākou i kahi ʻōnaehana voucher no ka poʻe i hale ʻole. A e hōʻoia i ka hele ʻana i mua, pono nā hōkele e mahalo i kēlā mau palapala a ʻae i ka poʻe e hiamoe i loko o kā lākou lumi, no ka mea, ʻo ia ka mea kūpono. A ua hana ia i ka wā maʻi maʻi i Project Roomkey, a manaʻo mākou e hoʻohana ʻia i mua. No laila, aia ma ka balota i Malaki o 2024. Manaʻo mākou e hala. A ke manaʻo nei mākou ʻo ia ka mea kūpono e hana ai e like me Angelenos e kū nei i kēia manawa paʻakikī o ka nele o nā hale kūpono a me ka nui o ka poʻe hale ʻole.
AMY GOODMAN: E ʻae mai iaʻu e lawe mai iā Will Sens i kēia kamaʻilio. Aia ʻoe ma Project Roomkey ma L.A. Grand Hotel no hoʻokahi makahiki. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke hui pū nei ʻoe iā mākou mai laila i kēia manawa. He lālā hoʻokumu ʻoe no Unhoused Tenants Against Carceral Housing. E kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke kumu he mea nui kēia papahana, he aha ke ʻano iā ʻoe, pehea ʻoe i noho ʻole ai, a laila pehea ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana ma ka hōkele. Will, aia ʻoe ma laila?
WILL SENS JR.: ʻAe, e Amy, he mea nui - hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolohe mai iaʻu?
AMY GOODMAN: ʻAe, hiki iaʻu ke lohe iā ʻoe i kēia manawa.
WILL SENS JR.: OK, maikaʻi. He mea nui ka Project Roomkey e kōkua i ka poʻe e loaʻa kahi e noho ai a e hui pū ai lākou ma ke ala e hiki ai i kahi hale hou, i kahi e loaʻa ai ke kūpaʻa. Ke hoʻohana pono ʻia, pono ia e like me kahi kikowaena satellite e hiki ai i nā poʻe ke loaʻa kahi hana hou a hiki iā lākou ke ʻano hui pū, hoʻohui i kā lākou mau mea, hiki ke neʻe i kahi kūlana hou a hoʻomaikaʻi i ko lākou ola. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole i ʻike maopopo ʻia e like me ka hapa nui o nā poʻe i kēia manawa i ka papahana.
AMY GOODMAN: E ʻae mai iaʻu e nīnau iā Ananya Roy, ʻo ia ka polopeka o ka hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale, ka nohona pili kanaka a me ka ʻāina i kēia manawa ma UCLA, kahi āna i alakaʻi ai i ka Institute on Inequality and Democracy, ʻo ia ka home o ka hui noiʻi After Echo Park Lake, e hui pū ana i nā haumāna, nā hoa noho ʻole. e like me kāu e ʻōlelo ai, e aʻo i ka neʻe ʻana ma Los Angeles. E kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o Project Roomkey, akā ʻo ka mea mua e pili ana i ka heluna hale ʻole o kēia ʻāina.
ANANYA ROY: ʻAe. ʻO ka mea mua, e Amy, mahalo iā ʻoe no kou komo ʻana iā mākou ma ka hōʻike. Manaʻo wau he mea nui iā mākou e nānā i ka manawa ma ka lima, no ka mea, ʻo ka manawa ma ka lima he manawa o ka homelessness. Aia nō mākou i kēia ʻāina, e komo pū ana ma Los Angeles, ma ka piko o ka hoʻokuke ʻana i ka lehulehu e hoʻonui nui ai i ka home ʻole. I ka manawa like, ʻo ka mea e hana nei ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻoihana hoʻolimalima ʻole. Ua hele ʻo Wall Street i kahi kūʻai kūʻai i ka wā maʻi maʻi, e like me ka wā o ka Great Recession. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole lawa ka pane ʻana i nā kulekele i nā kūlanakauhale he nui a, e like me ka hihia o Los Angeles, ua kau nui ʻia i ka hewa o ka home ʻole.
Makemake nō hoʻi au e ʻōlelo ʻaʻole kēia he nīnau no ka nele i ka waiwai. ʻO ke kiʻi āu i pāʻani ai mai ka haʻiʻōlelo a Kāpena Newsom e kamaʻilio nui e pili ana i nā kumuwaiwai federal nui i loaʻa no ka hale a me ka home ʻole. A ʻo ka mea a ke kiaʻāina ʻaʻole i kamaʻilio e pili ana ʻo Kaleponi ponoʻī he koena kālā nui. ʻO kā mākou hopohopo me Project Roomkey, me Project Homekey, he liʻiliʻi kēia mau papahana i ka pane ʻana i ka home home ʻole. Hele pū lākou i ka lima pinepine me ka criminalization o ka homelessness, a ua hoʻonoho lākou i nā poʻe i nā papahana me nā kūlana a me nā lula a mākou e wehewehe nei he carcerality, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻokau i kahi kaʻawale carceral a me ka nānā ʻana i ka poʻe ʻilihune, ʻaʻole ia, e like me kā Will i kuhikuhi ai. i waho, e ʻae iā lākou e neʻe i ka hale paʻa, hanohano. No laila ke ʻike nei mākou i ka hoʻopukapuka hewa ʻana o nā kumuwaiwai lehulehu i nā hale mālama carceral a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma mua o ka hale noho mau.
AMY GOODMAN: E nīnau au iā ʻoe e pili ana i nā hoa paio i Project Roomkey, e like me Stuart Waldman, ka pelekikena o ka Valley Industry and Commerce Association, e hōʻike ana i nā hōkele a me nā ʻoihana ma waena o North Los Angeles. ʻO Waldman kēia e kamaʻilio nei iā CNN.
STUART WALDMAN: ʻAʻole wau makemake i kaʻu mau keiki a puni ka poʻe aʻu i maopopo ʻole ai. ʻAʻole au makemake e noho i loko o ka ʻeleʻele me kekahi kanaka e ʻike maopopo ana i ka hoʻomaha noʻonoʻo. ʻO ka manaʻo hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui i nā poʻe ʻole me ka uku, ʻaʻole pono nā malihini maʻamau.
AMY GOODMAN: ʻO kāu pane, e Professor Ananya Roy?
ANANYA ROY: ʻO ka mea a mākou e lohe nei ma aneʻi ʻo ka dehumanization mau o ko mākou mau hoalauna noho ʻole. Ua lilo kēia i mea maʻamau. Ua hōʻike ʻia i kēia manawa i loko o nā ʻano kulekele holoʻokoʻa, me ke kānāwai anti-camping kaulana o L.A., e hoʻomau nei ka L.A. City Council e hoʻonui. ʻO ka mea i loaʻa iā mākou, ʻo ia ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka hoʻokuke ʻia ʻana o ko mākou mau hoalauna noho ʻole, ʻaʻohe wahi e hele ai.
Makemake nō hoʻi au e maopopo ka manaʻo o nā hōkele e like me ka hale ma ke ʻano he koi mai nā kaiāulu hale ʻole i ka wā maʻi maʻi. Mai nā neʻe hoʻi i hōʻike ʻia ʻo kēia mau hōkele, i ʻike ʻia he waiwai pilikino, ke kākoʻo maoli ʻia e nā kōkua lehulehu nui, miliona mau kālā i nā ʻauhau ʻauhau, no ka laʻana, i hiki ai kēia ʻano hoʻomohala kūlanakauhale. No laila, ʻo kēia mau hōkele hakahaka, ʻoiaʻiʻo, e hōʻike ana i kahi kuleana o ka lehulehu ma ka waiwai, a pono mākou e noʻonoʻo e like me ka UNITE HERE e hana nei, e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o kēia waiwai hakahaka no nā kumu hale.
ʻO koʻu hopohopo e pili ana i ka pālākiō. ʻO koʻu hopohopo e pili ana i ka lawa ʻole o ka hana ʻana i kēia inā ke hana hewa nei mākou i nā kaiāulu home ʻole, a ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hana i kēia ma ke kau ʻana i nā kūlana carceral a me nā lula ma luna o ka poʻe e noho ana ma Project Homekey a i ʻole Project Roomkey.
AMY GOODMAN: ʻO Polofesa Roy, aia kēia mau hoʻokomo kālā. Akā me ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana o nā maʻi maʻi maʻi, ʻike ʻoe i ka hopena o ke kālā. Ke hopohopo nei ʻoe e pili ana i nā kipaku lehulehu?
ANANYA ROY: ʻAe. ʻO mākou ke kikowaena noiʻi mua ma ka ʻāina i hoʻokani i ka bele hoʻāla no ka hoʻokuke ʻia ʻana, me kahi hōʻike hōʻike ʻāina a ke kaukaʻi Gary Blasi i lilo i kumu o kekahi mau moratoria eviction, me ia ma Kaleponi. ʻO ia ʻo Mei 2020. A ua wānana ʻo Polofesa Blasi he hapalua miliona mau mea hoʻolimalima ma L.A. County e hiki ke hoʻokuke ʻia me ka ʻole o ka pale ʻana.
Aia mākou i kēia manawa ma ka piko o kēlā mau kipaku. He mea koʻikoʻi ka mālama ʻana i ka poʻe i loko o ko lākou mau home, me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ʻaiʻē hoʻolimalima a me nā ʻano pale ʻē aʻe. He mea koʻikoʻi ia e hoʻōki i ka hana hewa ʻana o ko mākou mau hoalauna noho ʻole. A he mea koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā mau kumuwaiwai lehulehu i kahi papahana makemake nui o ka hale kaiapuni, kahi o ka hale he kuleana pilikanaka a ʻaʻole i kau ʻia ma luna o nā lula a me nā kūlana kāne.
AMY GOODMAN: E ninau au ia Will Sens — a hoike ua puka mai i waho o UCLA, kahi o Polopeka Roy. He ʻumikūmālima haneli mau kānaka noho ʻole o LA i make ma ke alanui i ka wā maʻi maʻi. Ke kamaʻilio nei ʻoe mai kahi lumi hōkele, manaʻo ʻoe ʻo kēia ka pane, ke loli nei nā ʻano? Will?
ʻAe, e ʻae mai iaʻu e nīnau - e ʻae mai iaʻu e kau i kēlā nīnau iā Kurt Petersen, me ka wikiwiki loa, ka pelekikena kūloko o UNITE HERE Local 11. Ke hopohopo nei ʻoe no ka lilo ʻana o kekahi o kāu mau lālā ponoʻī o ke kaiāulu hoʻokipa iā lākou iho. He ʻanuʻu lākou.
KURT PETERSEN: ʻAe, hale ʻole lākou. Ua nalowale mākou i kekahi lālā i make i loko o kāna kaʻa no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻomau i kāna uku hoʻolimalima a ua kipaku ʻia. Ke neʻe nei kā mākou poʻe ma waho o Los Angeles no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke noho ma ʻaneʻi. Polofesa Roy —
AMY GOODMAN: He 10 kekona ko makou.
KURT PETERSEN: — pololei loa. Pololei loa. Pono mākou i kahi infusion nui o nā kumuwaiwai e hale i nā poʻe ma Los Angeles. ʻO Project Roomkey kahi ʻāpana o ka puzzle, akā nui, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea e pono ai. A ke kākoʻo nei mākou i nā mea a pau e mālama ai i ka poʻe ma Los Angeles.
AMY GOODMAN: A e nānā mākou i nā mea hou aku. Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā ʻoe no kou noho pū ʻana me mākou, Kurt Petersen, co-peresidena no UNITE HERE Local 11; polopeka Ananya Roy; a ʻo Will Sens. ʻO Amy Goodman wau. Noho palekana.
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