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Two critical opportunities to uphold our values – and to make the slogan “California for All” a reality – have been missed, despite heartfelt organizing and advocacy. The exclusion of undocumented elders from the same health care their U.S. citizen neighbors are eligible for means beloved community members will suffer and die from treatable conditions. And the exclusion of many immigrants from the Earned Income Tax Credit will perpetuate the crisis of economic inequality in our state. Our leaders must treat all Californians with the same compassion we would hope for when we need it. We call upon Governor Newsom to honor this principle with an investment for #health4all in his January budget proposal.
In a hard reality check for Los Angeles County’s multibillion-dollar hope of ending homelessness, officials reported Tuesday that the number of people living on the streets, in vehicles and in shelters increased by about 12% over last year. The annual point-in-time count, delivered to the Board of Supervisors, put the number of homeless people just shy of 59,000 countywide. Within the city of Los Angeles, the number soared to more than 36,000, a 16% increase.
Los Angeles, CA: Gwangju People's Uprising freedom fighter Myung Sook Cha met with 67 Korean American, Asian American and Latinx community members at KRC on May 24 for a special Uprising 39th anniversary talk on the theme of "Gwangju People's Uprising: Women's Stories". Back in 1980, during the uprising in the city of Gwangju, Cha led street announcements atop another activist's car from May 19th to 21st, exposing crimes against humanity perpetrated by South Korean government soldiers. Cha said "someone had to tell the citizens that people were being killed by the soldiers. Whenever we got our hands on speakers and a microphone, we organized street announcements." At this event, commemorating the 39th anniversary of the uprising, and also the 36th anniversary of KRC's founding, four students were awarded with a $1,500 scholarship.
Along with a thousand community members and activists, Korean American and Asian American immigrant youth from KRC participated in a day of action in Sacramento on May 20, 2019. This year's platform emphasizes the drive towards a California that works for all individuals and families. These powerful bills form a forward-thinking agenda which recognizes the contributions of California’s immigrants while advancing community health, greater economic prosperity, and racial justice.
“She never had a chance to fight cancer.” Stories like that have prompted California lawmakers to consider proposals that would make the state the first in the nation to offer government-funded health care to adult immigrants living in the country without immigration status. Serrano was one of hundreds of immigrant activists who came to the Capitol on Monday for “Immigrant Day of Action.” She and her husband spent the day meeting with lawmakers, sharing the story of Angeles. “The conversation that I have is about the cost,” she said, describing her interactions with lawmakers. “The conversation we want to have is about our families.”
We denounce Trump’s proposed immigration plan to reduce family-based immigration and limit asylum seekers in this country in favor of a so called “merit-based” immigration system. President Trump, Stephen Miller, and their colleagues simply do not believe that family bonds have any “merit."
Los Angeles declared a homeless shelter crisis in April 2018. Shortly after, City Council President Herb Wesson was the first councilmember to step forward with a plan to bring bridge housing in his 10th District. Draft designs for one of the recently approved shelters — dubbed "Hope at Lafayette" — obtained by LAist show a plan to build living spaces out of shipping containers, enough to house 70 people.
KRC is researching and providing the above list of appartments that have open waiting lists to our members. We also help people fill out the waiting list applications - to make an appointment, please call 323-937-3718
KRC’s seniors group is a group of Korean American seniors active on health, housing, and other immigration-related issues that directly impact them, their peers, and their community. The group meets monthly and will be meeting on May 31, 10am at KRC´s office at 900 Crenshaw Blvd. The following meeting will be on June 28.
The new plan would focus on reducing family-based immigration to the U.S. in favor of employment-skill-based immigration.