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Teacher, tenant organizer& socialist running for CD14! 🚩 This account is being used for campaign purposes by Vargas for City Council 2024. #VoteSocialist2024

Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles
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Lalo Vargas
1 year
Miguel Santiago says he’s “fighting for change” in Council District 14, but he’s backed by executives and the same real estate interests that are responsible for the housing crisis.
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🗣️From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go!🗣️ Our campaign stands in full solidarity with the Palestinian resistance movement fighting back against their oppressors. 🇵🇸
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Proud to have marched this weekend with over 11 thousand people! We must continue to show that LA does not fall for the mainstream media’s lies about Palestine✊
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Lalo Vargas
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#VoteSocialist2024 for La City Council and for President!
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Claudia De la Cruz & Karina Garcia 2024
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🚨Socialist presidential campaign launches!🚨 Vote Claudia De la Cruz for President and Karina Garcia for Vice-President! We need to end capitalism before it ends us! Get involved & sign up for updates: #VoteSocialist2024
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We’re proud to be the only progressive candidate for CD14 that’s running independent of the Democratic Party establishment!✊
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Lalo Vargas
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Today, another Democrat has entered the race for Los Angeles City Council in District 14. This time it's the disgraced City Councilmember #KevinDeLeon . #fueraKDL #lacitycouncil #losangeles #votesocialist #laloforcd14
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Why should Angelenos stand with Palestine? 🌟Join me for a Community Circle on Shared Histories of Latino, Black, and Palestinian movements against racism and police violence🌟 🗓️ Saturday 10/21 at 11am 📍 Hollenbeck Park (415 S St Louis St)
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Did you know that in 2014 top LAPD officials visited Israel on a tour of military facilities and surveillance technology factories? 🚨
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Lalo Vargas
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LA needs serious solutions to the housing crisis- not band-aid solutions and bureaucratic delays!🚨 #housingisaright #tenantsrights #losangeles #votesocialist
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Proud to be the only campaign for CD14 that stands with Palestine! 🇵🇸✊ #votesocialist
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Lalo Vargas
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STATEMENT: Yesterday, the disgraced Kevin De León announced he’s running again against the wishes of the district’s residents. KDL is just one of many racist and corrupt politicians who serve the luxury developers and the rich of LA.
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Lalo Vargas
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We’re on the ballot in March✊ ✅We hit +4,000 doors ✅ Collected 1,400 signatures ✅ First grassroots, socialist campaign to qualify! Thank you so much to the volunteers who made this possible🌟 Let’s keep the momentum, donate $10 today!
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Lalo Vargas
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🗣️ “They got money for war but won’t feed the poor”- Tupac @pslnational
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Lalo Vargas
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CD14 is the heart of the evictions crisis in #LosAngeles , and LA is the center of the nation crisis. Honored to be interviewed by @EugenePuryear and @RaniaKhalek at @BTnewsroom about our campaign to put power in the hands of working people of LA! ✊
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BreakThrough News
1 year
"This campaign is proposing an alternative to the Democratic party, to all of these politicians who have failed us time and time again [...] we cannot trust them any longer and the alternative is a working class, socialist candidate." - @laloforcd14 ➡️
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Lalo Vargas
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Volunteer with us on Saturday, Sept 16th at 10am! Together let’s build a city for working families, not the rich! 🔈✊ We’ll be canvassing at: ➡️ Eagle Rock Rec Center, Eagle Rock ➡️ Garvanza Park, Highland Park ➡️ Hollenbeck Park, Boyle Heights RSVP:
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“The difference between Kevin de Leon and Lalo Vargas couldn’t be more stark. While one has been fomenting racial division in order to line his pockets, the other has been building solidarity and organization in neighboring communities and LA as a whole.”
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Lalo Vargas
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Excited to speak to @BTnewsroom @RaniaKhalek @EugenePuryear who are leading journalists that cover working class issues across the globe. Catch me tomorrow at 12pm LA time!⤵️
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BreakThrough News
1 year
On The Freedom Side LIVE on Thursday: -France kicked out of Niger -Canada’s parliament & Zelenskyy honor Nazi -Guatemalans defend election - #LetCubaLive -Justice for Toforest Johnson -Socialist running for LA City Council WATCH:
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Lalo Vargas
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This district can’t take another KDL or his buddies in the Democratic Party. Each race, we’re told to vote for a new Democrat- that this time it’ll be different and things will get better. CD14 is tired of waiting. It’s time for a working class socialist fighter in City Council.
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Lalo Vargas
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Resistance to apartheid is not a crime!🚨 We are disappointed in the feeble attempts by progressive forces across Los Angeles to parrot racist lies against Palestine and fail to acknowledge the US empire’s historic use of false propaganda to manufacture consent for war.
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Lalo Vargas
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🧵 This Wednesday, #LACityCouncil voted unanimously to mandate air conditioning in all rental units. This motion reveals the power that City Council has to better the lives of working families - but more often than not, City Council prioritizes the interests of the rich.
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Lalo Vargas
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My name is Eduardo Ezequiel Vargas, but my family calls me "Lalo". I'm a public school teacher, a tenant organizer, and a proud socialist. For decades we've elected career politicians, and all we’ve gotten in return is corruption, racism, and betrayal in our city council.
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@RedEastLos323
Frank Cardenas 🕊️☭
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Canvassing for the only open socialist running in CD14 @laloforcd14 @pfplosangeles 🤝 @PSLLosAngeles
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Lalo Vargas
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🚨ACT NOW TO SAVE THE BLOCK🚨 The Tiao Corporation seeks to build a luxury development in Cesar Chavez Ave in Boyle Heights and displace its many longstanding tenants and residents.
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Lalo Vargas
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On Thursday, ⁦ @UNITEHERE11 ⁩ and the LA community shut down the streets of LAX, the tourist capital of the country to demand the right for housing through a livable wage! ✊
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Lalo Vargas
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UPS earned record profits last year, yet it continues to underpay workers! Fair wages NOW! 📣 @Local_396
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Party for Socialism and Liberation
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🗳️UPS Teamsters tell us why they’re voting YES to STRIKE! @623Local @Teamsters
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Lalo Vargas
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Lalo for CD-14 is a grassroots campaign, ran and funded by working people like you. We aren't backed by big businesses like the establishment candidates and career politicians. We need your help to launch our people-centered, socialist campaign!
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Lalo Vargas
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🧵 In the first few days of Pride month, the #LASD aggression at the WeHo Pride festival and a right-wing rally at an elementary school in North Hollywood fueled bigotry and hatred against our local LGBTQ+ communities.
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Lalo Vargas
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Thank you for having me @BTnewsroom !
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BreakThrough News
1 year
"We are the epicenter of the housing crisis with one of the largest proportions of evictions. A city as wealthy as LA has all of the resources to house everybody but do not because of a lack of leadership from the working class themselves" WATCH:
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Lalo Vargas
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Volunteer with us on Saturday, Sept 16!🎉 ➡️➡️click the link on our bio! #votesocialist #laloforcd14 #boyleheights #losangeles #lincolnheights #elsereno
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Lalo Vargas
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¡Save Brooklyn Ave, Stop the Tiao Project!🚨 We need your help to stop this massive luxury development that would kick out dozens of longstanding tenants of Boyle Heights. ➡️ Join us on 12/13 at Ramona Hall Community Center for the public hearing!
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Lalo Vargas
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❗️Endorsement alert❗️ A fierce advocate for working families in Boyle Heights, Jonathan Echavarría is the president of the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council which serves the neighborhood's 85,000+ residents.
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Lalo Vargas
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That's right! Let's build a city for working families, not the rich!✊
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Frank Cardenas 🕊️☭
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The Capitalist Class has two political parties that don't represent the working class. It's time for Workers to have their own Party and run their own Candidates ✊🏼
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Lalo Vargas
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Huge shoutout to our 30+ volunteers who did outreach right after the campaign event! Volunteer with Lalo
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Lalo Vargas
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Saturday! 10am! We’re knocking doors in all of CD-14 ✊ Join us to build a city for working families. We’ll be in: 📍 Boyle Heights 📍 Highland Park 📍Eagle Rock RSVP thru the link in our bio! #votesocialist #lacitycouncil
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Lalo Vargas
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Together we can build a city for working families, not the rich! ⏰ Saturday 5/20 at 12pm 📍 Lincoln Park (3501 Valley Blvd, Los Angeles)
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Lalo Vargas
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New Data: CD14 is STILL the heart of the evictions crisis in LA
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia
1 year
Eviction Notices by Council District - highest to lowest: CD14: 6,798 CD13: 6,445 CD3: 4,616 CD10: 4,507 CD5: 4,474 CD1: 4,127 CD11: 3,373 CD4: 3,248 CD2: 3,123 CD6: 2,255 CD9: 1,930 CD8: 1,508 CD12: 1,373 CD15: 1,323 CD7: 641
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Lalo Vargas
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His policies have proven disastrous for working families of the district. Under his leadership, CD14 has become the epicenter of the evictions crisis. Rents, homelessness, and hunger have skyrocketed meanwhile the rich have only gotten richer.
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Lalo Vargas
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That’s why I’m running for CD-14 because we need a city for working families, not the rich! #laloforcd14 #housingisaright #lincolnheights #elsereno #boyleheights #eaglerock #cd14 #lacitycouncil
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Lalo Vargas
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The imperialist occupation of Palestine and all oppressed nations of the world mirror the daily reality communities in Los Angeles as they resist the plague of poverty and violent police brutality. End all U.S. aid to Israel, #Palestine will be free!✊
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Lalo Vargas
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I oppose @LACityCouncil $3 Billion Budget for #LAPD . [Thread]
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Lalo Vargas
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Our website is live!
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Lalo Vargas
1 year
❗️Endorsement Alert❗️ Elizabeth is a founding member of @UniondVecinos and I’ve worked closely with her in organizing buildings across LA against landlord abuse and negligence.
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Lalo Vargas
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#HurricaneHilary shows just how unprepared #LACityCouncil is to respond to threats against the livelihoods of poor and working class Angelenos. 🧵⤵️
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Lalo Vargas
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Looking forward to this! RSVP below ⤵️
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LA Forward
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LA’s Council District 14 is currently represented by Councilmember Kevin de León, who hasn’t yet filed for re-election. Seven of the candidates lining up to take his seat have agreed to appear at LA Forward Institute’s CD-14 virtual candidate forum. RSVP:
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Lalo Vargas
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Three more days— we need your help!
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Lalo Vargas
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Volunteer with us on Saturday, Sept 16th at 10am! Together let’s build a city for working families, not the rich! 🔈✊ We’ll be canvassing at: ➡️ Eagle Rock Rec Center, Eagle Rock ➡️ Garvanza Park, Highland Park ➡️ Hollenbeck Park, Boyle Heights RSVP:
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Lalo Vargas
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Thank you to all the community members and volunteers who made the launch a huge success! #LaloforCD14 #VoteLalo
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Lalo Vargas
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Tenants in Los Angeles need AC units, but we also need a permanent ban on evictions that the City Council has the power to implement. As your council member, I would fight to ensure that housing is treated as a human right in every aspect.
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Lalo Vargas
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As a tenant organizer, I know the strength and resilience that tenants hold in their collective power to demand better living conditions. By building a tenant mvmt across LA, we pressure local elected officials to enact renter protections, rent control, right to counsel, and more
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Lalo Vargas
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That’s why I’m running- because CD-14 needs a tenant organizer, not a career politician in City Council✊ We can’t compete with the big money candidates without you! Donate $20 today!
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Lalo Vargas
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It’s critical that we show out and make our voices heard in support of our friends, family, and LGBTQ+ community. Join me this Sunday as we carry the legacy of the Fight Back movement - when we organize, we win! #Pride2023
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Lalo Vargas
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Today in #LosAngeles , Tens of thousands may soon lose their homes in what Mayor Bass is calling a “wave of evictions.” Thread 🧵⬇️
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Lalo Vargas
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We’re so excited to show the district why we need a socialist in City Council! ➡️RSVP at the link in our bio for the @LosAngelesFwd candidate forum this Thursday at 6pm! #votesocialist
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Lalo Vargas
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CAMPAIGN LAUNCH! Meet Lalo, the team, and the community behind the campaign! ✊
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Lalo Vargas
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When we fight, we win.
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Lalo Vargas
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One major theme was how quickly our local and federal governments sponsor militarization and violence, instead of funding people’s needs. ➡️ Did you know that the state of California spends $609 million each year on military weapons to Israel?
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Lalo Vargas
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Teachers and writers, one struggle one fight!✊ #wgastrong
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Luvh Rakhe
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Writers and teachers, united in the same fight. Thank you @UTLAnow ! #wgastrong #1u
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Lalo Vargas
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Volunteer with us on Saturday, Sept 16th at 10am! Together let’s build a city for working families, not the rich! 🔈✊ We’ll be canvassing at: ➡️ Eagle Rock Rec Center, Eagle Rock ➡️ Garvanza Park, Highland Park ➡️ Hollenbeck Park, Boyle Heights RSVP:
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Lalo Vargas
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CD-14 has the highest number of evictions in Los Angeles. This city does not protect our housing rights and leaves tenants and families to fend for themselves. 🧵⤵️
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia
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NEW DATA TRANSPARENCY TOOL 🚨 CITY OF LA EVICTION NOTICES MAP & ANALYSIS From Feb to July 2023, 39,677 eviction notices were filed in the City of LA. We hope this map & analysis informs policy makers & the public about our City’s housing/eviction crisis.
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Lalo Vargas
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Hope to see you all there!
@CA_WFP
California Working Families Party 🐺
1 year
TODAY at 5PM we're screening FOUR candidates running for LA City Council District 14 for the #WorkingFamiliesParty endorsement. Click the link below to join us via Zoom!
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Lalo Vargas
1 year
Despite misconceptions, California is far from an exception to this legacy of discrimination, as this week’s incidents have shown.
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Lalo Vargas
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Mi nombre es Eduardo Ezequiel Vargas, pero mi familia me dice "Lalo". Soy maestro de escuela pública, organizador de sindicato de inquilinos, y soy orgullosamente socialista.
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Lalo Vargas
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Budgets do more than reflect our values - they materially affect the conditions of working people who tangibly feel the impact of where our money is going every day. [Continued]
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Lalo Vargas
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2. Put People Over Profit!
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Lalo Vargas
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Public safety is achievable only once we prioritize meeting the needs of our most oppressed communities instead of endlessly criminalizing poverty and stripping back public resources. [End thread]
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Lalo Vargas
1 year
If a proclaimed progressive cannot stand for justice in Palestine, how can they possibly stand for justice for poor and oppressed people here in Los Angeles? #votesocialist
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Lalo Vargas
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@MayorOfLA Police do not prevent crime. Investments into social programs, housing, healthcare, education, and long-term community enrichment prevent crime.
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Lalo Vargas
1 year
Racist fearmongering and smearing of the Palestinian struggle will not stop our campaign from standing w/Palestine. When the African National Congress took up arms against the South African apartheid regime, US politicians labeled them as “terrorists”.
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Lalo Vargas
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#HurricaneHilary is the direct result of the climate crisis. From #MauiFires #CanadaFires to the floodings in CA this year to the record-breaking heat waves across the world, these are not natural disasters.
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Lalo Vargas
11 months
This development would rip the cultural and economic fabric of Boyle Heights, opening more parts to gentrification and displacement of its historic community. The commercial and residential tenants of this block stand united against this project.
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Lalo Vargas
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Our fight for a People’s budget in LA City Council is inextricably linked with Palestinian liberation- fund people’s needs, not the war machine!✊ #FreePalestine
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Lalo Vargas
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The @latimes broke news today that #LACityCouncil Curren Price is facing federal charges. My campaign stands in direct opposition to the Council’s insistence on operating within the status quo. Read my full statement ⤵️
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Lalo Vargas
1 year
1. End Homeless Now!
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Lalo Vargas
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A quarter of our city budget is spent towards a department notorious for its violent malpractice, widespread corruption, and blatant racism against our black and brown communities. [Continued]
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Lalo Vargas
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The billions being poured into the LAPD must be spent instead on providing concrete solutions to the housing crisis, improving a crumbling education system, revitalizing public transportation - things that working class families actually need. [Cont.]
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Lalo Vargas
1 year
The US govt wants to fund more wars while a third of our childcare centers are set to shut down and hundreds of thousands remain unhoused on the streets! #votesocialist
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Sky News
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The United States can "certainly" afford wars on two fronts, the country's Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told Sky News 👇
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Lalo Vargas
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Our vibrant working class communities built Los Angeles from the ground up, so we deserve a #CityCouncil that works for all of us, not just the developers and corporations! #housingisaright #stopgentrification #tenantrights
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Lalo Vargas
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We can make these demands reality if we organize across every block in #LosAngeles !
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Lalo Vargas
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1⃣ Donate to the campaign on 2⃣ Volunteer with Lalo! (link in bio) 3⃣ Share our campaign video with your friends and neighbors!
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Lalo Vargas
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Can you donate $20 today to help us meet our deadline? ⤵️
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Lalo Vargas
1 year
We must fight for a budget that improves our economic infrastructure and our social welfare - not to put more cops on the streets. [Cont.]
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Lalo Vargas
1 year
Yesterday's Volunteer day was a huge success- Our teams in Boyle Heights, Highland Park, and Eagle Rock hit 300 doors in one morning! 🥳 Join us next Saturday for more outreach✊
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Lalo Vargas
1 year
We also call for administrative officials at Saticoy Elementary School to condemn the hate crime committed against a transgender teacher whose Pride flag was burned in his office.
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Lalo Vargas
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I condemn the Los Angeles City Council's approval of a new budget which allocates over $3 billion to the Los Angeles Police Department. [Continued]
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Lalo Vargas
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3. Collective Bargaining Rights for Tenant Associations!
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Lalo Vargas
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We condemn these attacks against activists, youth, and community members facing a rise in violent actions and rhetoric. Over 540 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced in legislatures across the country targeting our rights& liberties, particularly of transgender individuals.
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Lalo Vargas
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4. Overhaul City Departments that fail to defend our rights to housing!
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Lalo Vargas
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As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community and an organizer for the democratic rights of all oppressed peoples, I pledge to continue fighting the fear mongering and hateful tactics of right-wing supremacists.
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Lalo Vargas
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🗣️We call on all CD14 candidates to oppose this project! Join us at the Public Hearing Meeting to make a public comment in opposition! 🗓️ Weds Nov 8th @ 4:30pm 📍 Ramona Hill Community Center
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Lalo Vargas
1 year
The hotel industry is one of many sectors in which we see how immense wealth is distributed to the very few while the workers who make it all possible scrap by.
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Lalo Vargas
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"My #1 job is to keep Angelenos safe,” @MayorOfLA said in a press release on Aug 1 regarding the city’s new 4 year contract with the LA Police Protective League that gives officers and recruits significant pay bumps plus retention pay and health insurance subsidies. 🧵⬇️
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Lalo Vargas
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#LA officials are exploring the availability of emergency shelter locations for 1000s of unhoused people, but we fear these efforts are too little too late. We demand the immediate opening of all public buildings for emergency shelter— including all empty hotel and motel units.
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Lalo Vargas
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We call for a thorough investigation and disciplinary action into the LA Sheriff's Department for the aggressive use of violence in the arrests of volunteers at WeHo Pride on Sunday June 4th.
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Lalo Vargas
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We also call out mainstream media’s lies and manipulation. Those same networks and spokespersons who lied about the war in Iraq are lying about Palestine and the plight of the people of Gaza.
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