I unpacked San Jose's Responsibility to Shelter ordinance, which took effect on July 1st, for Community Sentinel. Police will be able to arrest individuals for repeatedly refusing shelter.
Learn about the ordinance and its impact here.
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Learn about the ordinance and its impact here.
communitysentinel.media/2025/07/01/p...
Policing the Unhoused: San Jose's ‘Responsibility to Shelter’ Takes Effect - Community Sentinel
Advocates say ordinance will criminalize the unhoused while still leaving them vulnerable with no medical care or place to live.
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July 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I unpacked San Jose's Responsibility to Shelter ordinance, which took effect on July 1st, for Community Sentinel. Police will be able to arrest individuals for repeatedly refusing shelter.
Learn about the ordinance and its impact here.
communitysentinel.media/2025/07/01/p...
Learn about the ordinance and its impact here.
communitysentinel.media/2025/07/01/p...
I deleted my Twitter account.
June 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I deleted my Twitter account.
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Despite undocumented taxpayers being assured that data wouldn't be used against them (& could even help their applications for legal status), advocates warn that a new agreement between ICE & the IRS could put many at risk, @b2binclusive.bsky.social reports: prismreports.org/2025/05/14/i...
How the IRS and ICE agreement will impact immigrant communities
Immigrant rights groups warn that the new policy will further marginalize undocumented immigrants and threaten billions in tax revenue
prismreports.org
May 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Despite undocumented taxpayers being assured that data wouldn't be used against them (& could even help their applications for legal status), advocates warn that a new agreement between ICE & the IRS could put many at risk, @b2binclusive.bsky.social reports: prismreports.org/2025/05/14/i...
Reposted by Bianca Gonzalez
Editors, I’m available for #AsianHeritageMonth assignments in May. I cover diaspora, systemic racism & anti-Asian hate, intersectional feminism, queerness, community, solidarity, environmental justice & more. I’m also available for editing & research work. Email me at diamondyao@outlook.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Editors, I’m available for #AsianHeritageMonth assignments in May. I cover diaspora, systemic racism & anti-Asian hate, intersectional feminism, queerness, community, solidarity, environmental justice & more. I’m also available for editing & research work. Email me at diamondyao@outlook.com
Last night I dreamt there were 6 women on the Supreme Court and the only conservative was Amy Coney Barrett
April 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Last night I dreamt there were 6 women on the Supreme Court and the only conservative was Amy Coney Barrett
Reposted by Bianca Gonzalez
Uncertainty surrounds the suspension of New York’s solitary confinement reform, @b2binclusive.bsky.social reports. As the correctional officers strike concluded last month, the state did not clarify which parts of the law that caps solitary confinement to 15 consecutive days would be suspended.
Uncertainty surrounds suspension of New York’s solitary confinement reform
As the correctional officers strike ended last month, the state did not explain which parts of the solitary confinement law would be suspended
prismreports.org
April 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Uncertainty surrounds the suspension of New York’s solitary confinement reform, @b2binclusive.bsky.social reports. As the correctional officers strike concluded last month, the state did not clarify which parts of the law that caps solitary confinement to 15 consecutive days would be suspended.
I want to thank the team at Prism for giving me the space to report on this critical issue.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ plans to allow ICE into Rikers worry immigrant rights advocates, @b2binclusive.bsky.social reports. Adams has not yet issued the executive order, but immigrant rights groups say the move would target immigrants presumed innocent while awaiting trial at the jail complex.
Eric Adams’ plan to allow ICE into Rikers worries immigrant rights advocates
Immigrant rights groups say the move by the New York City mayor would target immigrants awaiting trial at the jail complex
prismreports.org
March 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I want to thank the team at Prism for giving me the space to report on this critical issue.
Reposted by Bianca Gonzalez
have to edit a piece I wrote in December and unfortunately I no longer have any recollection of either said piece or indeed the person I was back in December, anything put to paper more than a week ago is as foreign and distant to me as the writings of ancient Greece
February 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
have to edit a piece I wrote in December and unfortunately I no longer have any recollection of either said piece or indeed the person I was back in December, anything put to paper more than a week ago is as foreign and distant to me as the writings of ancient Greece
I will make this coffee shop regret their bottomless coffee deal
February 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I will make this coffee shop regret their bottomless coffee deal
Turn up for my progressively worsening caffeine addiction!
February 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Turn up for my progressively worsening caffeine addiction!
My tarot cards keep calling me lazy
February 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
My tarot cards keep calling me lazy
Today, I am spending my time pitching social impact stories to different publications I admire. I refuse to spend #MLKDay watching the #inauguration. I can only hope that my actions on this earth perpetuate positive change. At least I know I am not a bystander in the face of injustice.
January 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Today, I am spending my time pitching social impact stories to different publications I admire. I refuse to spend #MLKDay watching the #inauguration. I can only hope that my actions on this earth perpetuate positive change. At least I know I am not a bystander in the face of injustice.
Hi Bluesky! I’m a freelance writer and journalist. Be my friend.
December 3, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Hi Bluesky! I’m a freelance writer and journalist. Be my friend.