Jonathan Oskins
@uclagrad.bsky.social
🏘 #HousingIsHealthCare 🏡 #HomesGuarantee 🏠 #HomesForAll 🛏 #EvictionsKill 🛁 #PHIMBY🚿 Past Lives: Public Policy Homelessness/Mental Health at CST; Study of Religion at UCLA http://my.pronouns.page/are/he/
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Jonathan Oskins
@uclagrad.bsky.social
· Feb 8
It is a common fallacy that only the uneducated indulge in extreme or fascistic belief structures.
The more brutal enforcers of Nazi policies tended not to come from the criminal classes, but from the educated; Lawyers, scientists & university professors joined enthusiastically in Gestapo atrocities
The more brutal enforcers of Nazi policies tended not to come from the criminal classes, but from the educated; Lawyers, scientists & university professors joined enthusiastically in Gestapo atrocities
LAHSA CEO resigns.
"The move follows a series of harsh audits and a judge’s rebuke of the job LAHSA officials have done in recent years at managing and tracking spending — including an inability to properly account for billions in taxpayer dollars."
@laist.com:
laist.com/news/housing...
"The move follows a series of harsh audits and a judge’s rebuke of the job LAHSA officials have done in recent years at managing and tracking spending — including an inability to properly account for billions in taxpayer dollars."
@laist.com:
laist.com/news/housing...
Head of LA homeless services resigns days after LA County votes to pull $350M from troubled agency
Va Lecia Adams Kellum’s departure from LAHSA comes after L.A. County leaders voted to pull hundreds of millions of dollars from the agency’s budget.
laist.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
LAHSA CEO resigns.
"The move follows a series of harsh audits and a judge’s rebuke of the job LAHSA officials have done in recent years at managing and tracking spending — including an inability to properly account for billions in taxpayer dollars."
@laist.com:
laist.com/news/housing...
"The move follows a series of harsh audits and a judge’s rebuke of the job LAHSA officials have done in recent years at managing and tracking spending — including an inability to properly account for billions in taxpayer dollars."
@laist.com:
laist.com/news/housing...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fires Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley.
Link to more information:
ktla.com/news/califor...
Link to more information:
ktla.com/news/califor...
February 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fires Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley.
Link to more information:
ktla.com/news/califor...
Link to more information:
ktla.com/news/califor...
It is a common fallacy that only the uneducated indulge in extreme or fascistic belief structures.
The more brutal enforcers of Nazi policies tended not to come from the criminal classes, but from the educated; Lawyers, scientists & university professors joined enthusiastically in Gestapo atrocities
The more brutal enforcers of Nazi policies tended not to come from the criminal classes, but from the educated; Lawyers, scientists & university professors joined enthusiastically in Gestapo atrocities
February 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It is a common fallacy that only the uneducated indulge in extreme or fascistic belief structures.
The more brutal enforcers of Nazi policies tended not to come from the criminal classes, but from the educated; Lawyers, scientists & university professors joined enthusiastically in Gestapo atrocities
The more brutal enforcers of Nazi policies tended not to come from the criminal classes, but from the educated; Lawyers, scientists & university professors joined enthusiastically in Gestapo atrocities
@calmatters.org "first requested the reports in January 2024.
LAHSA refused to release them and argued that the reports fall under 'attorney-client privilege,' though the documents are created by contract shelter operators, not attorneys."
calmatters.org/inside-the-n...
LAHSA refused to release them and argued that the reports fall under 'attorney-client privilege,' though the documents are created by contract shelter operators, not attorneys."
calmatters.org/inside-the-n...
CalMatters lawsuit forces LA officials to turn over secret homeless shelter complaints
Internal reports on deaths, disease, abuse and overdoses will give the public a rare glimpse inside taxpayer-funded shelters.
calmatters.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
@calmatters.org "first requested the reports in January 2024.
LAHSA refused to release them and argued that the reports fall under 'attorney-client privilege,' though the documents are created by contract shelter operators, not attorneys."
calmatters.org/inside-the-n...
LAHSA refused to release them and argued that the reports fall under 'attorney-client privilege,' though the documents are created by contract shelter operators, not attorneys."
calmatters.org/inside-the-n...
Timely information
NEW: Archived tweets for Gavin Kriger, Musk's 20-something DOGE employee wreaking havoc inside USAID, shows that Kriger has retweeted multiple neo-Nazis including Nick Fuentes, leader of the so-called Groyper movement, and another popular explicit Nazi account recently unmasked by @travisbrown.dev
Gavin Kliger, Elon's DOGE hitler youth shutting down USAID, is now indirectly responsible for the deaths of thousands of children. His Instagram appears to be @gkliger. He's scrubbing his online footprint.
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
February 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Timely information
"Minutes ago [as of about an hour ago], the Trump admin revoked the sensitive locations policy that prevented ICE from carrying out enforcement arrests inside churches, hospitals, and schools."
January 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"Minutes ago [as of about an hour ago], the Trump admin revoked the sensitive locations policy that prevented ICE from carrying out enforcement arrests inside churches, hospitals, and schools."
Yesterday: The entire state of #Georgia "suspended *all* in-state poultry exhibitions, shows, swaps, meets, and *sales* until further notice" after a positive case of bird flu in a commercial operation.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Georgia Halts Poultry Sales in State After Bird Flu Is Detected
Georgia officials suspended the sale of poultry in the state after confirming a positive case of bird flu in a commercial operation, threatening one of the state’s prime industries.
www.bloomberg.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Yesterday: The entire state of #Georgia "suspended *all* in-state poultry exhibitions, shows, swaps, meets, and *sales* until further notice" after a positive case of bird flu in a commercial operation.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
After the 2018 Camp Fire destroyed much of the rural town of Paradise in Butte County, the "fire also made life more difficult for people who were already #homeless in Paradise.
Before the fire, the town had a few homeless #shelters operated by local churches.
Those are all gone now...."
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Before the fire, the town had a few homeless #shelters operated by local churches.
Those are all gone now...."
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An analysis of three past California wildfires sheds some light on what might happen to the state's homelessness crisis once the smoke clears in Los Angeles County. cal.news/3DXrfbj
📝 Marisa Kendall
📝 Marisa Kendall
How the LA fires could exacerbate California’s homelessness crisis
As multiple fires rage in LA County, this is how some previous California wildfires have contributed to homelessness and housing shortages.
cal.news
January 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
There is nuance in the comments, but the point stands:
Subways are SAFER THAN AIRPLANES.
Subways are SAFER THAN AIRPLANES.
Hold up. Wait.
For airplanes--the "safest way to travel"--it takes ~6,000 years to be in a fatal accident if you flew once a day.
If you took the MTA once a day, it will currently take you almost 150 THOUSAND YEARS to be murdered (3 murders YTD out of 175M-200M rides).
MTA is SAFER THAN PLANES.
For airplanes--the "safest way to travel"--it takes ~6,000 years to be in a fatal accident if you flew once a day.
If you took the MTA once a day, it will currently take you almost 150 THOUSAND YEARS to be murdered (3 murders YTD out of 175M-200M rides).
MTA is SAFER THAN PLANES.
January 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
There is nuance in the comments, but the point stands:
Subways are SAFER THAN AIRPLANES.
Subways are SAFER THAN AIRPLANES.
"A record # of Americans are living outside. Cities respond by removing encampments.
Workers take people’s belongings incl. important docs, survival gear & irreplaceable mementos.
People told ProPublica they were devastated.
We gave them notecards so they could explain how sweeps have affected them"
Workers take people’s belongings incl. important docs, survival gear & irreplaceable mementos.
People told ProPublica they were devastated.
We gave them notecards so they could explain how sweeps have affected them"
The way the government treats houseless people and the way people talk about them on Nextdoor are unconscionable.
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...
projects.propublica.org
January 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"A record # of Americans are living outside. Cities respond by removing encampments.
Workers take people’s belongings incl. important docs, survival gear & irreplaceable mementos.
People told ProPublica they were devastated.
We gave them notecards so they could explain how sweeps have affected them"
Workers take people’s belongings incl. important docs, survival gear & irreplaceable mementos.
People told ProPublica they were devastated.
We gave them notecards so they could explain how sweeps have affected them"
Complete and utter 🗑
"...my art skills have just received an unexpected bump. And it really makes me wonder if the greatest artists of the future won’t be people who are handy with a brush, but those who have mastered the art of writing the perfect prompt."
January 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Complete and utter 🗑
California Governor Gavin Newsom said that the devastating fires in Los Angeles require a rebuilding response he’s characterizing as a “Marshall Plan” for the region.
The governor said that when it comes to rebuilding, he has a team “looking at reimagining L.A. 2.0.”
deadline.com/2025/01/gavi...
The governor said that when it comes to rebuilding, he has a team “looking at reimagining L.A. 2.0.”
deadline.com/2025/01/gavi...
Gavin Newsom, In ‘Meet The Press’ Interview, Talks Of Organizing “Marshall Plan” To Rebuild Los Angeles After Apocalyptic Fires
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the fires in Los Angeles require a rebuilding response he's characterizing as a "Marshall Plan" for the region.
deadline.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
California Governor Gavin Newsom said that the devastating fires in Los Angeles require a rebuilding response he’s characterizing as a “Marshall Plan” for the region.
The governor said that when it comes to rebuilding, he has a team “looking at reimagining L.A. 2.0.”
deadline.com/2025/01/gavi...
The governor said that when it comes to rebuilding, he has a team “looking at reimagining L.A. 2.0.”
deadline.com/2025/01/gavi...
List of mutual aid Venmo accounts to donate funds to in the wake of the simultaneous fires in the Los Angeles area in 2025.
Please feel free to share.
Please feel free to share.
January 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
List of mutual aid Venmo accounts to donate funds to in the wake of the simultaneous fires in the Los Angeles area in 2025.
Please feel free to share.
Please feel free to share.
"[A]bout one third of all veterans, who number 19 million, report having been arrested and booked into jail at least once in their lives, as compared to less than one-fifth of the rest of the population.
When they end up incarcerated, veterans receive longer sentences than non-veterans"
When they end up incarcerated, veterans receive longer sentences than non-veterans"
Check out this recent article on my friend and co-editor @jasonhiggins.bsky.social's amazing book, Prisoners After War
www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peac...
www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peac...
The Military to Prison Pipeline: Trading One Uniform for Another
Fifty years after the official end of U.S. intervention in southeast Asia, “Vietnam vets are still the single largest population of war veterans in prison.
www.laprogressive.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"[A]bout one third of all veterans, who number 19 million, report having been arrested and booked into jail at least once in their lives, as compared to less than one-fifth of the rest of the population.
When they end up incarcerated, veterans receive longer sentences than non-veterans"
When they end up incarcerated, veterans receive longer sentences than non-veterans"
Meanwhile, people experiencing homelessness are cited for trespassing every day, with some tickets going to warrant.
10 people were arrested for trespassing just at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, CA over two months. Among all arrested, 52% were Latinx & 24% were Black.
www.hrw.org/report/2024/...
10 people were arrested for trespassing just at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, CA over two months. Among all arrested, 52% were Latinx & 24% were Black.
www.hrw.org/report/2024/...
January 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Meanwhile, people experiencing homelessness are cited for trespassing every day, with some tickets going to warrant.
10 people were arrested for trespassing just at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, CA over two months. Among all arrested, 52% were Latinx & 24% were Black.
www.hrw.org/report/2024/...
10 people were arrested for trespassing just at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, CA over two months. Among all arrested, 52% were Latinx & 24% were Black.
www.hrw.org/report/2024/...
Palestinian Authority has officially suspended the broadcast and has frozen all activities of Al Jazeera Channel, its staff, and its office in Palestine, according to Palestinian News Agency affiliated with it.
@al-jazeera-english.bsky.social
@al-jazeera-english.bsky.social
January 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Palestinian Authority has officially suspended the broadcast and has frozen all activities of Al Jazeera Channel, its staff, and its office in Palestine, according to Palestinian News Agency affiliated with it.
@al-jazeera-english.bsky.social
@al-jazeera-english.bsky.social
"FBI agents searched the home of a Los Angeles deputy mayor in connection with a bomb threat he allegedly made against City Hall earlier this year."
Via ABC7 News
Via ABC7 News
December 18, 2024 at 10:44 PM
"FBI agents searched the home of a Los Angeles deputy mayor in connection with a bomb threat he allegedly made against City Hall earlier this year."
Via ABC7 News
Via ABC7 News
Reuters: "Russia has a major air base in the coastal city of Latakia and its naval facility at Tartous.
The Tartous base is Russia's only Mediterranean repair and replenishment hub"
The Tartous base is Russia's only Mediterranean repair and replenishment hub"
Satellite imagery shows Russian navy ships anchored off Syrian coast - www.reuters.com/world/satell...
Satellite imagery shows Russian navy ships anchored off Syrian coast
An image showed at least three vessels from Russia’s Mediterranean fleet.
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Reuters: "Russia has a major air base in the coastal city of Latakia and its naval facility at Tartous.
The Tartous base is Russia's only Mediterranean repair and replenishment hub"
The Tartous base is Russia's only Mediterranean repair and replenishment hub"
"Musk has shown a willingness to consider cuts to... the federal government’s most popular programs incl. Social Security.
He shared a post on X from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, advocating an overhaul of Social Security into something like IRAs."
Musk: "Interesting thread"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
He shared a post on X from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, advocating an overhaul of Social Security into something like IRAs."
Musk: "Interesting thread"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy meet with Republicans to talk DOGE spending cuts
The entrepreneurs are heading up Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to cut down the federal budget.
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:04 AM
"Musk has shown a willingness to consider cuts to... the federal government’s most popular programs incl. Social Security.
He shared a post on X from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, advocating an overhaul of Social Security into something like IRAs."
Musk: "Interesting thread"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
He shared a post on X from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, advocating an overhaul of Social Security into something like IRAs."
Musk: "Interesting thread"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
"When you assess his positions, I encourage you to keep in mind his role as an elected official representing the City Council and the entire city.”
Yes, that is specifically what Pete White of @lacanetwork.bsky.social & K-Town did.
Lexis Oliver-Ray for @lataco.bsky.social
lataco.com/inner-city-l...
Yes, that is specifically what Pete White of @lacanetwork.bsky.social & K-Town did.
Lexis Oliver-Ray for @lataco.bsky.social
lataco.com/inner-city-l...
Skid Row Nonprofit ‘Fighting to End Homelessness’ Hires Former City Attorney Mike Feuer, the ‘Architect’ of Anti-Homeless Law ~ L.A. TACO
“I saw it and thought, this can not be that Mike Feuer,” the source said during an interview with L.A. TACO. “Anyone who is familiar with homeless issues in L.A. knows him as kind of a central villain...
lataco.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:22 AM
"When you assess his positions, I encourage you to keep in mind his role as an elected official representing the City Council and the entire city.”
Yes, that is specifically what Pete White of @lacanetwork.bsky.social & K-Town did.
Lexis Oliver-Ray for @lataco.bsky.social
lataco.com/inner-city-l...
Yes, that is specifically what Pete White of @lacanetwork.bsky.social & K-Town did.
Lexis Oliver-Ray for @lataco.bsky.social
lataco.com/inner-city-l...
See what backlash can do?
Health insurance company just did a 180 on their outrageous anesthesia policy. I wonder why?
December 6, 2024 at 4:28 AM
See what backlash can do?
I see this lived out all the time
Adult children of undocumented immigrants feel greater pressure to financially contribute to their families.
I had a chance to present a flash talk @ccfamilies.bsky.social on this research and you can check it out below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FZB...
I had a chance to present a flash talk @ccfamilies.bsky.social on this research and you can check it out below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FZB...
Families in Perilous Times Policy Panel: Immigration & Families
YouTube video by Council on Contemporary Families
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:23 AM
I see this lived out all the time
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December 6, 2024 at 4:17 AM
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A big part
If you’re the sort of liberal who blames the poor for poverty (legion) then it’s important you know Donald Trump appreciates you and needs you, and that you’re an important part of his big plans
November 28, 2024 at 11:58 PM
A big part
"[I]n April, according to state commission records, Lillienfeld began working as a detective for the South #Pasadena Police Department.
It’s unclear whether he still works there."
It’s unclear whether he still works there."
November 28, 2024 at 11:57 PM
"[I]n April, according to state commission records, Lillienfeld began working as a detective for the South #Pasadena Police Department.
It’s unclear whether he still works there."
It’s unclear whether he still works there."