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File source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Los_Angeles_downtown.jpg Last Updated on August 26, 2022 Los Angeles is considering whether to house its homeless population in an effort to combat the city’s massive homelessness problem. Proponents of the policy argue that the city has around 20,000 vacant hotel rooms on an average night, which could be used to house a portion of the city’s 60,000 homeless individuals. Voters will soon decide whether to enact the new policy at the ballot box.
Unite Here Local 11 , led by Kurt Peterson, represents hotel workers in L.A. The union has gathered signatures, and now L.A. County residents will vote on a bill in 2024 that would force every hotel to report vacancies at 2 p.m. every day, Fox 8 reported . The hotels would then welcome homeless individuals into vacant rooms.
“We think this is one part of the solution,” Peterson said. “By no means do we think this solves the homelessness crisis. But do hotels have a role to play? Of course they do.”
It is unclear what services would be provided to qualified homeless individuals. It is also unclear how the policy will be funded. Additionally, the policy will apply to all Los Angeles hotels, including high-end locations with pricy rates.
The proposal would also force developers to replace demolished housing to make way for new hotels, and hotel permits would be introduced.
Peterson said the proposal was inspired by a pandemic-era program that housed 10,000 individuals in hotels if they volunteered. “It’s up to the city. I mean, they did it during Project Room Key,” Peterson said.
Shawn Bigdeli was a recipient of the program. “Well, first of all, it’s a blessing,” he told Fox 8. “It’s a great room. The technology is not up to par, but, you know, what technologies do you have in the tent?”
Bigdeli is […]
Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
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