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Posted on August 22, 2024
Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-1-24, which directs California state agencies and departments to begin clearing unhoused people living on state property. The order comes at a time when similar policies are rising across the country, despite evidence that these approaches do not work to end...
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Posted on August 15, 2024
We, at the Sustainable Economies Law Center, condemn Sheng Thao’s recent enthusiastic response to Governor Newsom’s cruel and unconscionable Executive Order N-1-24, from July 25, 2024, justifying the escalated and aggressive sweep of our unhoused Oakland neighbors in the wake of the City of Grants Pass v. Johnson decision by...
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Posted on July 26, 2024
On May 23, the Law Center held a labor-focused community appreciation event at Kinfolx Cafe in Occupied Huchiun (aka Downtown Oakland) where we invited some of our collaborators to come enjoy each others’ company for an evening. Our guests of honor that night were poverty scholar teachers from Poor Magazine,...
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Posted on July 26, 2024
Is recycling work? Is panhandling work? Is mothering work? Yes, all of these types of labor should be considered work. But why do these activities become criminalized when the worker is a person living in poverty? These are exactly the questions POOR Magazine asked of us in their theater presentation...
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Posted on June 28, 2024
Thank you to everyone who joined us last month for #TheFutureOfWork campaign! We appreciate everyone who helped us raise $17,163! Alongside our fundraising — which also raised $1,716 for our solidarity partners Somos Tierra Campesino Collective — we held an MCLE panel discussion, a roundtable, and a fireside chat on...
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