They’re trying to silence Black leadership and take control of our communities. But Black leadership isn’t the problem, it’s the solution. Now more than ever, we must protect it, defend it, and grow it. Because the freedom we fight for is our own.

I am Gustavo (Short Film) Gustavo Otzoy, a Guatemalan immigrant, was one of 200 unhoused residents who were forcibly evicted from Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles in 2021. This short film offers…

My short film, ‘I am Gustavo’, is publicly available for the first time. Gustavo Otzoy, Guatemalan immigrant and friend, was one of 200 unhoused residents who were forcibly evicted from Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles in 2021. Watch now: vimeo.com/1099912805

SAVE THE DATE 🖤💚❤️ for our Black August Commemoration on Aug 22nd from 3-6 pm.

We’ve got some very special things planned and we want you here with us!

Black August began behind prison walls to honor freedom fighters like George Jackson and W.L. Nolen. It remains today a commitment to study and discipline. We continue to carry this fire forward. Study. Fast. Train. Fight.

We’re seeking artists & creatives, who identify within the Black diaspora, for our Black August Commemoration taking place on Friday, August 22nd. Send us an email, comms@cangress.org. We look forward to hearing from you and are deeply grateful for your offering. 🖤

What happens when someone known for prosecuting houselessness is handed the keys to the agency created decades ago to end it?

The LAHSA Commission votes this Friday, 9 am at 637 Wilshire Blvd. Pull up!

Protest posters across five decades - different eras, same fight.

Some of the posters featured in this deck haven’t been lost thanks to CSPG’s amazing work. Their archive preserves this visual history of resistance. We appreciate y’all.

“Healthy Streets” is not about health, it’s about disappearance. Laws like 41.18 don’t protect people, they erase them. Unhoused folks are being pushed out, punished, and policed for existing in public. We fight for a city that doesn’t throw anyone away.

June 28 4-7pm | Echo Park Lake, LA
for more information: @lacanetwork.bsky.social

We’re two days away from Conversations & Tasters, come join us for an intimate evening with Mike de la Rocha!

Homemade food & libations will be provided 🍱

When: Friday, June 27th, 6-9 pm
Where: LA CAN, 838 E 6th St.

See you there! 🩶

Celebrating our queer & trans fam 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 and especially this Sunday (29th) for Skid Row Pride. Join us for a beautiful day filled with live performances, conversation panel, music, food, and more! 🩵

ICE is conducting a series of raids in DTLA today. Many workers were arrested outside of local businesses. If we don’t fight back now, they will come for more of us.

What’s happening in HALA housing isn’t “affordable” it’s straight up abandonment. Rotting walls, no security, no mail delivery - causing elderly tenants to go weeks without medication, people missing out on important documents and deadlines. This is a human rights crisis.

Another encampment sweep today. People were forced out with little notice, no real support, and had to leave their essential belongings behind. Afterward, a city worker used someone’s mattress 🤬 what they slept on 🤬 to clean the street.

Newsom’s new “model ordinance” targets unhoused people and escalates state violence instead of addressing the housing crisis.

Framed as a compassionate response to California’s housing crisis, this policy is in fact rooted in displacement, criminalization, & more state violence.

Mayor Karen Bass unveiled a $13.95 billion budget that protects police funding while cutting deeply into other departments. Over 2,700 city jobs are being eliminated. Half of LA’s animal shelters will be forced to close. Housing support & services residents rely on everyday will shrink or disappear.

We’re proud to announce that the Human Rights Watch film, Swept, by Adam Silver, informed by LA CAN and our allies has been nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Short Documentary category. 🧡

Today, the LA City Council voted to remove the Produce Hotel from REAP, knowing full well that tenants are living without heat, without fire safety, without ventilation, without dignity. But while they chose profits and backroom deals, WE CHOSE EACH OTHER. Skid Row is not for sale.

LA CAN stands in strong opposition to the City’s plan to remove the Produce Hotel from REAP, despite ongoing, documented violations inside. Mold. Rotting floors. Roaches. Broken fire systems. These are daily realities for Black and Latinx tenants in Skid Row.

For over two decades, our friends at WRAP have been on the front lines, demanding an end to the criminalization of houselessness. They’ve never stopped reminding us: housing is a human right, not a privilege. House keys, not handcuffs. ⛓️‍💥 End the sweeps for good. Listen as Dogon speaks some truth.