COMMUNITY ORGANIZING MEETINGS: Join us for our monthly Community Organizing meetings on the third Tuesday of each month to learn how you can participate in our campaigns.
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PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS
Thanks to all of you for making calls to get out the vote, and for working on our campaigns throughout the year, the three ballot measures we supported WON!!
Measure ULA: IKAR partnered with United to House Los Angeles in support of a tax on properties that sell for over $5 million. Learn more here: United to House LA
Proposition 1, to codify the right to Abortion
Measure A, for Sheriff Accountability
We are excited to announce that SB 679, which will create the LA County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency to address the housing crisis by streamlining the building process and raising funds, was signed into law.
The bill IKAR co-sponsored, AB 2244, authored by Assembly housing chair Buffy Wicks (D- Oakland), was signed by Governor Newsom on July 19! AB2244 will expand affordable housing by reducing parking requirements for religious institutions (like IKAR) that want to build affordable housing. Read about it here.
Campaign for A Pathway to Citizenship
Minyan Tzedek Community Organizing volunteers recently met with the offices of every congressional representative representing IKAR members. We urged them to include a Pathway to Citizenship for all undocumented workers, especially those who risked their lives as essential workers during the pandemic, in future legislation.
Campaigns for Justice System Reform
We continue to work with our partners at LA Voice to encourage our City and County to adopt a moral budget that supports the neediest among us rather than criminalizing poor people and people of color. We are currently researching other legislation and will soon share more information.
Campaigns to Address Systemic Racism
We have been fighting against systemic racism since our inception. We continue to work with our partners at LA Voice towards a more just and ethical society. Currently, we are working to reimagine public safety in our city and state, by working with our elected leaders toward a moral budget that redirects funds away from police to social services in underserved communities. We are currently researching other legislation and will soon share more information.
KNOW YOUR REPS MEETINGS
Hosting our elected representatives for Shabbat Services and discussions lets them know who we are and the values we share and helps make our voices heard from City Hall to Sacramento to Capitol Hill. Guests have included: Congressman Adam Schiff, Congresswoman Karen Bass, Congressman Ted Lieu, City Attorney Mike Feuer, State Senator Ben Allen, and State Senator Holly Mitchell, among many others.
We host Zoom meetings with our local and state representatives to encourage them to support the issues we care about. Check out our calendar for upcoming meetings and Know your Reps sessions. You can also find out if upcoming reps are your representatives by clicking here.
Here are the recent Know Your Reps conversations:
Know Your Reps with CA State Senator Holly Mitchell
Know Your Reps with Senator Ben Allen
Know Your Reps with LA City Council Member David Ryu
Candidate Forum for District 4 (David Ryu and Nithya Raman)
Check out our previous Minyan Tzedek Community Organizing meetings:
October 19 – Tommy Newman, VP of Engagement and Activation at United Way LA answered our questions about housing and homelessness as we prepare to launch our next housing campaign.
August 17 – Minyan Tzedek Community Organizing spoke with CA State Assembly Member Laura Friedman about why it’s so hard to pass housing legislation and what we can do to advocate for green and just housing policy.
July 20 – Minyan Tzedek Community Organizing meeting on July 20th.
June 15 – A Deeper Dive into the Proposed Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA)
May 25 – Research meeting with Senator Sydney Kamlager about two of her bills, SB 679, a housing bill, and the CRISIS Act, a bill to create a pilot program for non-police emergency response.
April 20 – A discussion of several possible state legislative campaigns on housing and justice system reform
March 16 – Civics 101 – State Government
February 16 – Civics 101 – County Government
January 19 – Civics 101 – City Government
Read a brief history of community organizing at IKAR.
