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With a seventy-eight percent Latino population, Santa Ana has become a sanctuary for Latinos in Orange County. Maintaining traditions from their homelands, generations of U.S. born and immigrant Latinos have cultivated Santa Ana’s distinct culture.
For rent sign for an unfurnished house reads: "Absolutely no Spanish or Mexicans. No children. No pets. One or two adults only. Phone Atlantic 2-9052." | Los Angeles Public Library
Fifty years ago, the United States Supreme Court upheld the California Supreme Court decision to overturn the controversial Prop 14 referendum.
Brown Beret protesters in 1994. | David Prasad/Flickr/Creative Commons
As a Boyle Heights native, Alvaro Huerta recollects the legacy of community organizing within the Chicana/o-Latina/o communities and gives advice on how to sustain that activism.
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The Ellis Act is a California state law passed in 1985 that allows landlords of rent-controlled buildings to exit the rental market by evicting tenants for no fault of their own.
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Since 1929, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles has provided countless poor and low-income people with legal help or a crisis that threatens their shelter, security or basic needs.
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Three generations of my family saw Santa Ana’s gentrification unravel its many forms before our eyes. Through the decades, my grandmother, my mother and I have been able to observe the changes in our own way.
A foreclosure sign in Salton City, CA. 2008. | Jeroen Elfferich/Flickr/Creative Commons
Nearly a decade later, public policy professionals and academics have worked to unravel the complex factors that led to the 2008 housing crisis and why minorities and women proved particularly vulnerable.
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Since 2013, Leadership for Urban Renewal Network has created sustainable communities through promoting and building places that meet the diverse needs of residents.
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Oakland is changing, and many who have lived here for a while are nervous about that. They’re nervous that when wealthier people move in, their neighborhoods will change and they might not be so welcome anymore.
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The recent expansions have done little to improve traffic flow in the East San Gabriel Valley where public transit use is just 3%.
Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, including Emma Gonzalez (C), stand together on stage with other young victims of gun violence at the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Young people have a pivotal role in some of today's biggest issues. See how their voices have helped shaped movements around the world.
Westport Heights Elementary School's front sign read "Alert" in March. | Karen Foshay
COVID-19 has been devastating for schools, additional funding is critical to providing good education and addressing inequities in the system. Would Prop 15 offer some relief?
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