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City Hall, the Mayfair is Not Worth $83 million, says HHR

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023
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The hotel, estimated by the Los Angeles Times to cost approximately $83 million after renovations—an estimated $282,000 per unit—is extremely costly for temporary interim housing.

Key Points: 
  • The hotel, estimated by the Los Angeles Times to cost approximately $83 million after renovations—an estimated $282,000 per unit—is extremely costly for temporary interim housing.
  • $83 million is approximately one-third of the current Inside Safe budget of $250 million.
  • And the Sinclair is permanent housing.
  • In addition, at a time that the City of Los Angeles is relaying to nonprofits that they will only consider interim housing that have kitchenettes, it is important to note the 290-room Mayfair does not have kitchenettes.

City Council Preserves Morris Kight Home, Upholding LGBTQ+ History

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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The home, on 4th Street in the Westlake neighborhood, is in Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez’s district (District #1) and is listed on the California Register of Historical Resources .

Key Points: 
  • The home, on 4th Street in the Westlake neighborhood, is in Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez’s district (District #1) and is listed on the California Register of Historical Resources .
  • “The Council’s unanimous vote to save Morris Kight’s home is a great honor to his memory,” said Susie Shannon, Policy Director for Housing Is A Human Right.
  • Since the item last came before council in June, Hernandez softened her views and crafted the compromise motion voted on and passed earlier today.
  • Following testimony before the Council and the Council’s subsequent vote, advocates joined members of Local SEIU 721 in solidarity outside City Hall at the union’s one-day strike also set for Tuesday.

Protesters Press Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez to Save Morris Kight Residence

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Monday, June 5, 2023
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Preservation-minded activists from AHF and its housing advocacy arm, Housing Is A Human Right , will stage a protest Monday June 5th targeting Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez at her Field Office in Glassell Park.

Key Points: 
  • Preservation-minded activists from AHF and its housing advocacy arm, Housing Is A Human Right , will stage a protest Monday June 5th targeting Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez at her Field Office in Glassell Park.
  • Protesters will ask Hernandez to help preserve the residence of 20th century Los Angeles LGBTQ rights pioneer Morris Kight.
  • A petition for Historic Cultural Monument (HCM) status for the Kight residence will be heard by the city’s PLUM Committee on Tuesday, June 6th at 2:00 p.m.
  • The home, on 4th Street in the Westlake neighborhood, is listed on the California Register of Historical Resources .

AHF Condemns ‘LA’s Housing Standstill’ in Latest L.A. Times Ad

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Saturday, October 29, 2022
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AHF and its housing advocacy division, Housing Is A Human Right ( HHR ), will run the latest in a series of housing advocacy ads, this time targeting both the City of Los Angeles and the entrenched bureaucracy at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) in a full-page, full-color ad set to run this Sunday, October 30th in the Los Angeles Times.

Key Points: 
  • AHF and its housing advocacy division, Housing Is A Human Right ( HHR ), will run the latest in a series of housing advocacy ads, this time targeting both the City of Los Angeles and the entrenched bureaucracy at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) in a full-page, full-color ad set to run this Sunday, October 30th in the Los Angeles Times.
  • The ad headlined LAs Housing Standstill, condemns all the players holding up creation of affordable housing, stating that It is virtually impossible to get anything built in Los Angeles in less than five years.
  • The ad headlined LAs Housing Standstill."
  • To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org , find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare and Instagram: @aidshealthcare
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AHF Advocates to LADWP Board: ‘DWP Has to Go!’

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022
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There are over 41,000 people unhoused in the City of Los Angeles and an emergency need for affordable housing.

Key Points: 
  • There are over 41,000 people unhoused in the City of Los Angeles and an emergency need for affordable housing.
  • Activists are demanding DWP provide power to buildings that will service 100% affordable housing much faster and for less money.
  • Yesterday (10/23/22), AHF and Housing Is A Human Right ran a full page advocacy ad in the Los Angeles Times headlined DWP Has to Go .
  • Yesterdays DWP Has to Go ad noted:
    Racked by continuous scandal, the current DWP is a disservice to the people of Los Angeles.

AHF Praises Newsom for Signing Bill to Convert Buildings into Affordable Housing

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Friday, September 30, 2022
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"We are thrilled that Governor Newsom signed AB 1695, a bill that, through the incredible leadership of Assembly Member Miguel Santiago, promotes affordable housing through adaptive reuse - the use of existing buildings like vacant hotels and other underutilized buildings, said Susie Shannon, Policy Director for Housing Is A Human Right ( HHR ), AHFs housing advocacy division.

Key Points: 
  • "We are thrilled that Governor Newsom signed AB 1695, a bill that, through the incredible leadership of Assembly Member Miguel Santiago, promotes affordable housing through adaptive reuse - the use of existing buildings like vacant hotels and other underutilized buildings, said Susie Shannon, Policy Director for Housing Is A Human Right ( HHR ), AHFs housing advocacy division.
  • Experience has shown that utilizing existing buildings and infrastructure can help house people for less money and quicker than traditional building.
  • Santiagos bill streamlines creation of thousands of cost-effective housing units desperately needed to help house Californias homeless and extremely-low-income population.
  • Healthy Housing Foundation works as a direct provider of housing for extremely-low-income and formerly homeless individuals and utilizes adaptive reuse of existing buildings to create its housing stock.

AHF to Release Rare Bird Revised Hardcover Edition of ‘Righteous Rebels: AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Crusade to Change the World’

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Public Policy, Government, Communications, Public Safety, Publishing, Karma, World, Publicity, Barack Obama, Sunset Strip, COVID-19, LA Weekly, Macdonald, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, World Health Organization, Portrait, HIV, Rare Bird Books, Book Soup, Philippine House Committee on Human Rights, Book, History, Fordham University, Housing, AHF, AIDS, Multimedia, Amazon, Marketing, Human, Rare Bird, Pharmaceutical industry

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220914005299/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220914005299/en/
    Thirty-five years after its founding, AHF is releasing the Rare Bird revised hardcover edition of Righteous Rebels: AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Crusade to Change the World. '
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    Books are now available wherever good books are sold, including Amazon and the Rare Bird Books website .
  • With insider access, McDonald follows AHF for a year as it clashes with the Obama administration, the state of Nevada, and the World Health Organization.
  • Along the way, McDonald discovers that AHF is a tenacious people power organization that brings hope and change to nearly all corners of the world.

Homelessness: AHF Uncovers Thousands of Vacant SRO Hotel Rooms Across L.A.

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Sunday, September 11, 2022
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The ad headlined 4,612 Rooms, highlights a recent investigation and tally of vacant SRO hotel rooms across Los Angeles as the regions homeless crisis continues to escalate without robust or adequate solutions put forth by government and community leaders.

Key Points: 
  • The ad headlined 4,612 Rooms, highlights a recent investigation and tally of vacant SRO hotel rooms across Los Angeles as the regions homeless crisis continues to escalate without robust or adequate solutions put forth by government and community leaders.
  • The results are shocking:
    3,868 SRO units in 25 buildings are sitting vacant or have been converted for other uses.
  • Also in Downtown, The Standard Hotel, with 207 rooms, has been vacant for nearly a year .
  • They include the Clark Hotel (500 units), Cecil Hotel (615 units), Embassy Hotel (330 units), Morrison Hotel (111 units), and Holland Hotel (75 units).

AHF to City Hall: ‘SOS – Save Our SROs!’

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Residential Building & Real Estate, Urban Planning, Construction & Property, AIDS, Health, Philanthropy, State, Local, Public Policy, Foundation, Public Policy, Government, Advocacy Group Opinion, HHR, Save Our Heritage Organisation, Housing, Council, City council, CITY, Morrison, City, AHF, Weeping Angel, Human, Facebook, Policy, SRO, AIDS, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Homelessness, Philippine House Committee on Human Rights, Stake and ward council meetings, HHF, Property management, L.A

AFFORDABLE & HOMELESS HOUSING ADVOCATES TO TESTIFY @ L.A. CITY COUNCIL MEETING URGING COUNCILMEMBERS TO: SOS!

Key Points: 
  • AFFORDABLE & HOMELESS HOUSING ADVOCATES TO TESTIFY @ L.A. CITY COUNCIL MEETING URGING COUNCILMEMBERS TO: SOS!
  • These include ads headlined: City Hall: Save LAs SROs (June 26, 2022); City Hall: Save the Morrison!
  • (July 3, 2022) and City Hall: Save the Holland (July 10, 2022) and most recently, S.O.S.
  • To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org , find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth , follow us @aidshealthcare or subscribe to our AHF podcast AHFter Hours.

L.A. Advocates March Against Criminalization of the Homeless: ‘Sweepless Summer 2022’

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Friday, June 17, 2022
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Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220616005975/en/
    Flyer for the Los Angeles 'Sweepless Summer 2022' march against the criminalization of the homeless and clearing of encampments.
  • (Graphic: Business Wire)
    MARCH AGAINST CRIMINALIZATION of the HOMELESS and in SOLIDARITY with the National Poor Peoples Campaign and National Coalition for the Homeless events taking place in Washington, DC this weekend.
  • L.A. March: Friday, June 17, 2022 starts @ 10:00 a.m. (meet @ Olvera Street)
    300 N Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
    March Media Contact for AHF: Eduardo Martinez, [email protected] 323.
  • AHFs Los Angeles Domestic Advocacy team will provide the hand-made posters, banner, and about a dozen or more mobilizers for the march.