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Entries by Daria Ovide
SIERRA: Affordability and Race Play a Major Role in Whether People Live in Nature-Deprived Areas
The Nature Gap: Communities of Color and Those With Low Incomes Bear the Brunt of America’s Nature Loss The experience and burdens of nature loss are not distributed equally. What’s more, the nature gap is fundamentally a health gap because whenever nature disappears, community health declines. Nature-deprived areas also tend to be more vulnerable to […]
Support the workers of the Long Beach Yacht Club
Management wants to eliminate the service charge—a practice that has been in place for decades. For us, the service charge is steady, reliable income that we depend on to pay our rent and bills. We have discussed this among ourselves and voted unanimously—every worker wants to keep it. Enter your address and click the “Start […]
SANTA MONICA: AN INITIATIVE MEASURE AMENDING THE CITY’S LAND USE AND CIRCULATION ELEMENT TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER ALL OR A PORTION OF THE SANTA MONICA AIRPORT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED, 75% OF SUCH LAND BE DEDICATED TO PARKS, OPEN SPACE, AND PUBLIC RECREATION USES AND 25% BE DEDICATED TO RESIDENTIAL AND ASSOCIATED COMMERCIAL USES
Click here to read the full text of the initiative Click here to see the Top Funders sheet Paid for by UNITE HERE Local 11
TAKE ACTION: UNITE HERE Local 11 supports the Natural Resources Defense Council campaign to protect forests
UNITE HERE Local 11 supports the Natural Resources Defense Council effort to persuade paper corporations to end sourcing from primary forests and to transition to recycled and sustainable alternative fibers when they make paper. Now you can help! The NRDC has put out a new action alert to write letters to Procter & Gamble to […]
LOS ANGELES: INCREASE TO THE MINIMUM WAGE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES; CHANGES TO THE CITY’S WAGE AND LABOR LAWS APPLICABLE TO HOTELS AND CITY AIRPORTS
Click here to see the Top Funders Sheet for this initiative. Click here to see the full text of the initiative. Paid for by UNITE HERE Local 11
LOS ANGELES: CITY BUSINESS TAX ON EMPLOYERS WITH 1000+ EMPLOYEES IF THE HIGHEST-PAID EMPLOYEE RECEIVES COMPENSATION 50+ TIMES GREATER THAN THE MEDIAN COMPENSATION OF LOS ANGELES BASED EMPLOYEES; TAX PROCEEDS USED FOR HOUSING PROJECTS, STREET REPAIRS, AND OTHER SPECIFIED PURPOSES
Click here to see the Top Funders Sheet for this initiative. Click here to see the full text of the initiative. Paid for by UNITE HERE Local 11
LAX Airport Workers Rally as LA City Council President Attempts to Lower Wages and Give Break to Airlines
In a shameful move, Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson introduced legislation to take money from hard-working Angelenos and give the trillion-dollar airline industry a break Airport workers at LAX who are members of SEIU-United Service Workers West and UNITE HERE Local 11 are sounding the alarm after Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson introduced a […]