return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 25 days agoLos Angeles becomes a sanctuary city for LGBTQ+ youth and immigrants as officials reject Project 2025www.advocate.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down18
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minus-squareandyburke@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·25 days agoThey can hope while we welcome their best and brightest who don’t want the government all over their bodies and lives. I agree we need to build more housing, but as an Angeleno, fuck this fear of biting off more than we can chew, let’s fuckin’ go.
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-225 days agoIt’s not lack of housing. There are 93,000 vacant homes in Los Angeles alone. That’s enough to house every homeless person in the city in their own home, with 20,000 to spare. It’s housing as an investment.
minus-squareAlijahTheMediocre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·24 days agoIn some places it’s zoning laws, others it’s people buying houses to sit on. Fucked either way and needs to change.
They can hope while we welcome their best and brightest who don’t want the government all over their bodies and lives.
I agree we need to build more housing, but as an Angeleno, fuck this fear of biting off more than we can chew, let’s fuckin’ go.
It’s not lack of housing. There are 93,000 vacant homes in Los Angeles alone. That’s enough to house every homeless person in the city in their own home, with 20,000 to spare.
It’s housing as an investment.
In some places it’s zoning laws, others it’s people buying houses to sit on. Fucked either way and needs to change.