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The Issue

Photo Description: Masked agent walking out of the Residence Inn on 600 Queensway Dr, Long Beach, CA 90802

We call on Hilton and Marriott Residence Inn to immediately end all relationships that allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to stay, organize, or operate out of their hotels.

Hotels should be places of safety and rest—not staging grounds for immigration enforcement that terrorizes neighborhoods and tears families apart. By housing ICE agents, these corporations are contributing to fear, surveillance, and the detention of thousands of people, including parents, workers, and community members.

Just recently, the Hilton on 701 W Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90831, the very same hotel where border patrol is staying, hosted a toy drive organized for a non-profit that benefits local marginalized families. One of the families that received the invitation happened to be a family whose father was kidnapped in a brutal raid by the very same agency that is staying at this hotel. We do not believe that the Hilton was transparent with the risk of hosting events for marginalized communities at their hotel.

When ICE is embedded in residential hotel spaces, entire neighborhoods are destabilized. Families are forced to live in constant fear, children are traumatized, and communities lose their sense of safety. School enrollment is at an all-time low due to the precense of ICE in our communities. Hilton and Marriott Residence Inn are not neutral actors in this harm—they profit while families suffer.

This is not hospitality. This is complicity.

Our Demands We demand that Hilton and Marriott Residence Inn:

End all contracts and arrangements that allow ICE or related agencies to use their hotels
Adopt a clear, public non-cooperation policy with immigration enforcement
Provide transparency about past and current relationships with ICE
Commit to keeping hotel properties safe for guests and surrounding communities
 
CALL TO ACTION 
Until these demands are met, we call for a nationwide boycott of all Hilton and Marriott Residence Inn properties. We urge travelers, organizations, unions, and cities to refuse business with companies that enable harm to our communities.

Our neighborhoods are not staging grounds. Our families are not collateral damage.

Sign this petition. Share it. Boycott until accountability is achieved

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Exigimos que Hilton y Marriott Residence Inn pongan fin de inmediato a toda relación que permita a Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) alojarse, organizarse u operar desde sus hoteles. Los hoteles deben ser espacios de seguridad y descanso, no bases de operaciones para la aplicación de leyes migratorias que aterrorizan vecindarios y destruyen familias.

Al hospedar a agentes de ICE, estas corporaciones contribuyen al miedo, la vigilancia y la detención de miles de personas, incluyendo madres y padres, trabajadores y miembros de la comunidad.

Recientemente, el Hilton ubicado en 701 W Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90831, el mismo hotel donde se encuentra hospedada la patrulla fronteriza, fue sede de una colecta de juguetes organizada para una organización sin fines de lucro que apoya a familias locales marginadas. Una de las familias invitadas resultó ser una familia cuyo padre fue secuestrado en una redada brutal por la misma agencia que actualmente se hospeda en ese hotel. No creemos que Hilton haya sido transparente sobre el riesgo que implica albergar eventos dirigidos a comunidades marginadas mientras permite la presencia de ICE en sus instalaciones.

Cuando ICE se integra en espacios hoteleros residenciales, vecindarios enteros se desestabilizan. Las familias se ven obligadas a vivir con miedo constante, las infancias son traumatizadas y las comunidades pierden su sentido de seguridad.

Hilton y Marriott Residence Inn no son actores neutrales en este daño: obtienen ganancias mientras las familias sufren.

Esto no es hospitalidad. Esto es complicidad.

Nuestras demandas

Exigimos que Hilton y Marriott Residence Inn

Pongan fin a todos los contratos y acuerdos que permitan a ICE u otras agencias relacionadas utilizar sus hoteles
 Adopten una política clara y pública de no cooperación con la aplicación de leyes migratorias
 Brinden transparencia sobre relaciones pasadas y actuales con ICE
Se comprometan a mantener sus propiedades seguras para las personas hospedadas y para las comunidades aledañas

LLAMADO A LA ACCIÓN

Hasta que estas demandas sean cumplidas, llamamos a un boicot nacional de todas las propiedades de Hilton y Marriott Residence Inn. Instamos a personas viajeras, organizaciones, sindicatos y ciudades a rechazar hacer negocios con empresas que facilitan el daño a nuestras comunidades.

Nuestros vecindarios no son bases de operación.

Nuestras familias no son daños colaterales.

Firma esta petición. Compártela. Boicotea hasta que haya rendición de cuentas.

cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/37105192

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✍️ PETITION ✍️ When the winds came and the fires burned our community to the ground this past January, we experienced a disaster on a scale we never could have imagined. Now, we are experiencing a second disaster: families are not getting the financial resources they need to stay on their land in Altadena and rebuild. We are witnessing the historic Black community of West Altadena being pushed out. Many of us are still paying mortgage payments on houses that are no longer standing. Many of us don’t have insurance or the insurance isn’t paying. Some of us are even facing foreclosure. So many of us are still figuring out where the money to rebuild is going to come, or how to hang on in the interim - debating whether we can hold out until we get our settlement money from Southern California Edison, which could be a few years away. Gov. Newsome passed AB 238 in September, offering up to a year of mortgage forbearance — but it’s not enough. It relies on homeowners to opt in, and excludes many elderly and displaced residents. With the outstanding cases against SoCal Edison not expected to resolve until 2027, that’s too little, too late. That's why we are asking Gov. Newsom to Freeze All Fire-Related Foreclosures in Altadena — Keep Altadena Families On Their Land! https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-foreclosures-call-for-immediate-moratorium-on-altadena-foreclosures

All jokes aside about my handle, LA community neighborhood defense are looking to beef up areas including rapid response, patrols, food distro, medic assist, tech assist, kyr training, outreach, and so on. If you aren't assisting neighborhood defense in any way, want to, but don't know where to start feel free to shoot me a dm with the barrio you want to help and I can help get you plugged in.

Can we all share our links on food help here? I'll add what I have below.

A California Democrat whose district and constituents have been targeted by ICE raids took a shot at first lady Melania Trump after President Donald Trump said that ICE should continue its aggressive policies, The Daily Beast reports Monday.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), who represents the Golden State's 34th District, wrote this on X:

"Haven't gone far enough?? Any further and ICE will be deporting Melania..."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37808595

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37791913

Chinese Massacre of 1871

Tue Oct 24, 1871

The Chinese Massacre of 1871 was a race riot that occurred on this day in Los Angeles, California when a mob of around 500 white and mestizo people entered Chinatown and attacked, robbed, and murdered Chinese residents.

The massacre took place on Calle de los Negros, also known as "Negro Alley". The mob gathered after hearing that a policeman had been shot and a rancher killed by Chinese immigrants. Historian John Johnson described the ensuing violence as the "largest mass lynching in American history".

An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants were hanged by the mob in the course of the riot, but most had already been shot to death. At least one was mutilated when someone cut off a finger to get his diamond ring.

Ten members of the mob were prosecuted, eight were convicted of manslaughter. The convictions were overturned on appeal due to various technicalities.

• Date: 1871-10-24
• Learn More: en.wikipedia.org, www.laweekly.com.
• Tags: #Riots, #Massacre.
• Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org

I can see this community is very much crickets but maybe someone would have some insight...

If pCloud has a facility in Austin, TX USA - then its EU storage ain't shit for privacy because of the US CLOUD Act, right?

Why would anyone pay more when the vulnerability is built into the company? Or am I reading that wrong?

CLOUD Act says even if the EU protects the user data privacy because it's stored in the EU, if the company storing it is US based and/or if the company storing it has facilities also in the US, that leaves them open to subpoena.

Thoughts?

Find alternatives to calling the Los Angeles Police Department.

Typically, people call the police because they are experiencing or perceive an emergency and need immediate assistance. In order to provide the most effective alternatives to calling the police or 911, unless otherwise indicated, the resources included here are limited to those that offer immediate assistance through emergency or crisis services.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/47095833

The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) is a State of California initiative that provides funding for income qualified residential customers to install solar and battery storage systems on residential property. Solar panel systems provide residents with the ability to generate their own electricity, while battery storage systems can store electricity for use during peak rate periods or in the evenings when solar production decreases.

Every SGIP project will help enhance grid reliability, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and promote clean energy. It also supports LADWP’s goal to ensure equitable access to clean energy.