2006-07-13 ACTION: Resist Condo Conversions To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 19:41:08 EDT Subject: [SMDC] Demonstrate against Condomania Thurs. July 13, 10am
DEMONSTRATION Against Condo Conversions & Housing Demolitions Outside National Conference of Condo Converters Condo converters and developers from throughout the nation will converge on Los Angeles for a two-day conference to discuss easy ways to convert affordable housing to condominiums or make the choice to demolish rentals and build condos. For the first time tenants' rights organizations and affordable housing advocates will be raising the slogan, "Not In My Backyard." These affordable housing destroyers must be told that their ideas and actions are not welcome in Los Angeles. In a city facing the most severe affordable housing crisis in the country, where over 11,000 affordable housing units have been lost in just the last 5 years (7,000 since January, 2005) because of condo converters and developers, such as those meeting at this conference, it is totally inappropriate for this conference to take place in our city. Thus, we urge people to join in this rousing protest in opposition to condo conversions and affordable housing demolition. We also urge the LA City Council to enact an immediate moratorium on condo conversions and housing demolition to enable the time to develop and ordinance to protect tenants and affordable housing. ATTEND the DEMONSTRATION to Protest the National Condo Conversion Conference Next Thursday, July 13 - 10 a.m. =========== In front of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel 2025 Avenue of the Stars, Century City Parking at the Westfield Century City Mall. Just across the street. You get 3 hours free with validation. You can get validated by going into any store. The # 5 Big Blue Bus travels along Olympic Bl. to and from the Westfield Mall Located at Constellation and Ave of the Stars. It leaves Santa Monica Bl. and 4th in Santa Monica at 8:54 and 9:29am, and either bus arrives in time for the demonstration. BRING AN UMBRELLA to help symbolize that the conference is like Hurricane Katrina hitting Los Angeles, creating chaos and dispair for tenants that are being forced from their homes due to condo conversions and demolitions and that the City is unprepared for this un-natural disaster. Sponsored by: American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 36, Assoc of Communities Organized for Reform Now (ACORN), Coalition for Economic Survival (CES), Collective Space, Esperanza Community Housing Corp, Eviction Defense Network, Inquilinos Unidos, Lincoln Place Tenants' Assoc., LA Coalition to End Hunger & Homelessness, LA Community Action Network, LA Housing Partnership, Parents Organized for Westside Education Renewal (POWER), Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights, Social & Economic Justice Comm of Service Employees Int'l Union Local 660, SoCal Assoc. of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH), Strategic Alliance for a Just Economy (SAJE), Union de Vecinos, Venice Community Housing Corp. Organized by: CES, Tel: 213-252-4411, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Web site: www.CESinAction.org Let's show our regional solidarity for renters' rights. Michael Tarbet, for SMRR --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
