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Part 81: Izek Shomof and the LA Alliance for Human Rights - Developer Chutzpah and the Salvation of Los Angeles
Published February 23, 2024
By Zachary Ellison, Independent Journalist
The Los Angeles Times featured a story on February 9 by respected journalist Doug Smith describing a meeting sometime in January regarding a proposed $6.4 million dollar fine requested by the LA Alliance for Human Rights. The meeting with Judge David O. Carter and lawyers for the group was interrupted by Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez and the Chief of Staff to Councilman Kevin de León according to the report. “Frustration rose to a point,” he writes that they “walked in uninvited to a negotiating session in a judge’s chambers to see what was being discussed” in an act of defiance.
The fine is being requested because the LA Alliance previously sued the City of Los Angeles to force them to “shelter at least 60% of people living on the streets in each council district,” but also because “the city repeatedly missed deadlines and negotiated in bad faith.” Mayor Karen Bass “blasted it” in a statement saying that: “The City of Los Angeles brought thousands more unhoused Angelenos inside last year than the year before and we will continue that urgent work to save lives no matter what…I do not have patience for anyone who stands in the way, and certainly not for those seeking to profit with baseless motions in court.”
Link: https://zacharyellison.substack.com/p/part-81-izek-shomof-and-the-la-alliance
By Zachary Ellison, Independent Journalist
The Los Angeles Times featured a story on February 9 by respected journalist Doug Smith describing a meeting sometime in January regarding a proposed $6.4 million dollar fine requested by the LA Alliance for Human Rights. The meeting with Judge David O. Carter and lawyers for the group was interrupted by Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez and the Chief of Staff to Councilman Kevin de León according to the report. “Frustration rose to a point,” he writes that they “walked in uninvited to a negotiating session in a judge’s chambers to see what was being discussed” in an act of defiance.
The fine is being requested because the LA Alliance previously sued the City of Los Angeles to force them to “shelter at least 60% of people living on the streets in each council district,” but also because “the city repeatedly missed deadlines and negotiated in bad faith.” Mayor Karen Bass “blasted it” in a statement saying that: “The City of Los Angeles brought thousands more unhoused Angelenos inside last year than the year before and we will continue that urgent work to save lives no matter what…I do not have patience for anyone who stands in the way, and certainly not for those seeking to profit with baseless motions in court.”
Link: https://zacharyellison.substack.com/p/part-81-izek-shomof-and-the-la-alliance
