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Two days ago, groups of people were violently removed from homes owned by the State of California. The state displaced the original homeowners in hopes of expanding the 710 freeway. After expansions fell through, the state let the homes stay vacant. https://laist.com/2020/11/26/chp_removes_activists_from_empty_el_sereno_homes_owned_by_caltrans.php
CHP Removes Activists From Empty El Sereno Homes Owned By Caltrans

Officers and "reclaimers" who had occupied several houses in the neighborhood ended up in a tense, late-night standoff.

https://laist.com/2020/11/26/chp_removes_activists_from_empty_el_sereno_homes_owned_by_caltrans.php
The unhoused population in LA continues to rise as COVID “precautions” have shackled access to public resources (bathrooms, water fountains) and LA’s housing market reaches all-time highs. Yet, the state is forcefully kicking people out of empty homes. https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-10-07/california-rural-homeless-coronavirus-train-wreck
This was supposed to be the year for California's homeless. Instead it's a slow 'train wreck'

Interviews statewide reveal a new magnitude of hardship and indignity for tens of thousands of people living on the streets, as COVID-19 upended promises made early in 2019.

https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-10-07/california-rural-homeless-coronavirus-train-wreck
And who do you think it affects the most? Black folks make up less than 1/10 of LA’s population but nearly 2/5 of its unhoused population. https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-07-19/amid-coronavirus-pandemic-black-housing-crisis-gets-worse
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a Black housing crisis gets worse

Black Americans struggled with unaffordable housing before the coronavirus crisis and now face heightened risk of homelessness as the economy turns.

https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-07-19/amid-coronavirus-pandemic-black-housing-crisis-gets-worse
Freeway expansion projects have a long, targeted history of displacement in Southern California. In June, I had a convo with UCLA professor Dr. Eric Avila about it for @LATACO https://www.lataco.com/la-freeways-inequality/
Real Talk: How L.A.’s Freeways Contribute to Inequality and the City’s Racial Divide ~ L.A. TACO

Racial identity, urban space, and cultural expression all intersect in L.A.'s 10 major freeways, says UCLA professor and author Eric Avila.

https://www.lataco.com/la-freeways-inequality/
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