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Mike Bonin

5 months

L.A. progressives are scoring major victories – and the ruling class is furious. They're spending a ton of money to try to unseat @nithyavraman , weaken progressives, and tighten their grip on L.A. politics. @PeterDreier and I cover it in @thenation . 🧵

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

Our family statement about today's ugly and hateful news.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

We’ve all heard the ugly things three of my colleagues said on the infamous tapes. It is also important to remember what they did. The legislation they killed, stalled or weakened. The laws and programs they stopped that would've helped people. The bad policies they passed. 🧵

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Mike Bonin

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4 years

In a cruel and petulant move, Uber just announced they are shutting down service in California on Thursday. Faced with a mandate to treat their workers fairly, they opted instead to leave them unemployed — in the middle of a pandemic and a recession.

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Mike Bonin

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5 years

I am proud to endorse @BernieSanders for president and I am excited to be a part of an inspiring grassroots movement for positive change!

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5 years

NEWS: LA City Councilmember @mikebonin endorses @BernieSanders , saying: “We desperately need big, substantive, systemic change. We need bold and empowering leadership. That’s why I’m proud to join this grassroots movement.”

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Mike Bonin

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4 years

Congratulations and welcome to City Council, @nithyavraman ! This victory is a progressive earthquake and a transformative moment. I’m excited for the work we can do together to move Los Angeles forward. Huge props to the unprecedented grassroots movement that made this happen.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

The LA Times is calling for Nury Martinez, Kevin de León, and Gil Cedillo to resign. They must. So must labor chief Ron Herrera. That’s where the accountability and healing Los Angeles desperately needs and deserves will begin. …

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Kevin de León spoke to CNN this week, offering “context” to his comments about my son, claiming they were “much more nuanced” than has been reported. Here’s some context that has gone unnoticed: KDL is the one who brought my son into the damn conversation.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

This could be the dawn of a powerful progressive moment in Los Angeles. LA voters have given a huge boost to insurgent, progressive candidates, creating upsets that have rocked the political establishment.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Nury Martinez, Kevin de Leon, Gil Cedillo: Governance of this beautiful city is untenable as long as you are on the council. Healing is impossible as long as you remain in office. Resign. Now.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

It’s been 6 days since we learned of the ugly, racist things Martinez, Herrera, De Leon and Cedillo said. De Leon’s and Cedillo’s refusal to resign is another deep wound they’re inflicting on us all. Let Los Angeles heal. Resign today.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Vile racist Kevin de León just showed up for council. I walked out, as did @mhdcd8 and @nithyavraman . He needs to resign.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Still trying to process the past 2 days, but I know people are jockeying for council prez. My thoughts: We shouldn’t vote for anyone who didn’t call for resignations. And if they refuse to resign, anyone elected with those 3 votes is associating themselves with this disgrace.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

It's appalling when candidates pretend we could end homelessness if we just had more laws against homelessness.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

4 years

Very disturbing footage of protesters being struck with batons by LAPD today outside Getty House. This is not how Los Angeles should respond to peaceful demonstrations.

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4 years

LAPD responds to 13th straight day of #blockgarcetti protests outside of mayor’s residence. Protesters are fighting a Garcetti appointment to a Biden cabinet bc of his handling of issues like homelessness, transportation.

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Mike Bonin

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3 years

Let’s get something straight: LA has not defunded the LAPD. Not even close. Political candidates, the LAPPL, talk radio, and social media are all shouting about defunding and its consequences. But it’s a lie – a lie that is making us and our neighborhoods less safe. (thread)

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Two of the most conservative forces in LA are spending a fortune to stop progressives in city elections, and it's not getting enough attention . I’m talking about the police union and corporate landlords. They're terrified of anyone who will stand up to them at City Hall. 🧵

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Twitter is silencing people who document extremism, alt-right violence & police abuse in LA. @chadloder and @vps_reports were suspended after alt-right requests -- while Twitter is reinstating people who promote racism & incite anti-trans violence. This is ugly and dangerous.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

A corrupt sheriff with a track record of abusing his power and trying to silence and intimidate his critics is conducting a bogus, vindictive, politically motivated witch hunt against @SheilaKuehl , a public official of the highest integrity My full statement below.

Alene Tchekmedyian

@AleneTchek

2 years

Unclear what the warrant says or why they are here. In the past, sheriff’s investigators were probing a nonprofit that is run by a member of the Civilian Oversight Commission & is associated with Kuehl. Background

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

News outlets keep saying stuff like KDL was “involved in a fight.” KDL straight up assaulted him. And now he’s issuing demonstrably false statements claiming to be the victim.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

Change is coming to City Hall. We won’t allow this to begin and end as a horrible scandal. We can make this a moment of transformation, the start of something better.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Today I announced I've decided not to seek reelection to the LA City Council. This is a difficult, deeply personal decision, and I’ve wrestled with it for several days, but I’m confident it is the right choice for the right reasons. (thread)

A Very Personal Decision

I have made the very difficult and personal decision to not seek reelection to the Los Angeles City Council. I know this is surprising, and I want you to hea...

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Kevin de León cannot be part of the healing as long as he refuses to resign. His stubborn refusal to do what everyone else knows is necessary is deepening the wound he has inflicted on Los Angeles.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

As president of the council, and as chairs of the committees handling housing policy, COVID recovery, and all issues impacting homelessness and poverty, Nury, Gil, and Kevin wielded enormous power, and often used it to the detriment of people in Los Angeles

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Mike Bonin

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3 years

A neighborhood in lockdown. Hundreds of cops in riot gear. Reporters being zip-tied and detained. Protesters being kettled and arrested. This is a disgrace and it did not have to happen. It’s a shameful day for Los Angeles.

Cerise Castle 🌈

@cerisecastle

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By my count this makes 5 reporters from different organizations that were detained tonight. Both reporters from @KNOCKdotLA and @ACatWithNews have still not been accounted for.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

I’m not his colleague anymore. I’m not an elected official with power. I’m just a father. The father of a Black son in a racist society. I must speak up for my son, and I must speak out against anti-Black racism: KDL needs to resign.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

Now that Nury is out, and Kevin and Gil are on the way out, every major piece of legislation about housing, homelessness and renters over the past few years has to be viewed with fresh eyes. Like redistricting, the legislative process that created those policies was poisoned.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

They often worked to prop up the status quo, consolidate power, and undermine truly progressive reforms. They did so while insisting to be progressives themselves, and vilifying anyone (activists, community leaders, candidates, other electeds) pushing progressive policy.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

As we heard on the tapes, they were motivated by a powerful anti-Black bias, they set out to weaken the voices of renters, and they were focused on fighting LA's growing progressive movement. Those dynamics played out in City Hall all the time, and roadblocked legislation:

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Mike Bonin

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1 year

In the pouring rain, hundreds turned out tonight in Venice for a candlelight vigil in memory of #KeenanAnderson , to support his grieving family, and to demand an end to police violence.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

We interrupt your politically-charged crime & carnage narrative with some actual data. We don’t have a big crime wave. (See LAPD stats below). We have candidates, police associations and media trying to scare you so they can get what they want: votes, ratings, and more cops.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

After the past week, I can't stay silent. It turns my stomach to think my son could be represented on the Council by someone who defended use of the N-word. LA cannot heal if CD11 elects Traci Park, who defended the worst racial slur of all. More:

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

But this isn't just about a single child. It's about anti-Blackness. It's a lie that KDL merely failed to stop the racist conversation. He contributed to it, advanced it, and broadened it. He built an argument against Black political power and plotted to diminish it.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

In March, @mhdcd8 @cd4losangeles and I proposed a package of fair housing legislation to outlaw discriminatory barriers to rental housing. Gil refused to discuss the items in the Housing Committee, because I endorsed @EunissesH for City Council.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

For years, I have wanted the real experts on homelessness – unhoused people – to help shape homelessness policy. Kevin adamantly refused to schedule my motion to create a Commission on Lived Experience with Homelessness. He said he didn’t see the need.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

This has been a painful week for my family and for LA. It’s also a week where I’ve seen the best of us. Righteous anger. Great unity. Fierce love. We’re better than the words we’ve heard. I have faith we can work to build a better LA, a beloved community. I have faith in us.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Today the City Council voted 9-2 to create a $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers in LA. With hospitals making huge profits and execs pulling in exorbitant salaries, it would be obscene to require anything less. 1/6

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Saying we can end homelessness without providing housing is like saying we can combat the climate crisis without getting off fossil fuels.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

In 2020, @mhdcd8 & I proposed an “Anti-Displacement Fund,” which would've helped small landlords keep their properties, and stop neighborhoods from being gobbled up by speculators who evict people and gentrify communities. Nury wouldn't hear it in the Covid Recovery committee.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

In 2021, @cd4losangeles & I proposed 7 requirements for homeless outreach, to make sure city funds and programs were focused on helping people off the streets, and not pushing them from one block to the next. Kevin refused to schedule it in Homelessness & Poverty Committee.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Nury repeatedly slowed or tried to deny me access to city funds to combat homelessness on the Westside. But she jammed through Council with no analysis and little deliberation laws to massively expand the criminalization of homelessness.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

3 years

The sheriff says he's coming to Venice. He didn’t call to offer services or housing, which would help. He went on a PR blitz, promising his own notorious brand of justice. To anyone familiar with Villanueva and LASD, that's incredibly ominous. (thread) (1/15)

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Police shootings in Los Angeles – including fatal shootings – are happening with alarming frequency. And, by and large, it’s not being treated as a crisis, as an emergency, or even as a problem. That needs to change. 🧵

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

This year, @mhdcd8 @cd4losangeles and I proposed making it easier to open shelters or interim housing on property owned by churches or nonprofits. It made it through Kevin’s committee, but Nury wouldn’t put it on the agenda for a council vote.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

These tactics were routine for them. If legislation benefited renters, or pushed approaches to homelessness that focused on housing and services, it was in trouble. If legislation was proposed by me or Nithya or Marqueece as well, it was doomed.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

On the tapes, the enmity toward Marqueece, Nithya and me extended to @hugoforcd13 and @eunissesH . Advocates for renters and opponents of criminalizing homelessness, Eunisses and Hugo are progressives they feared. With good reason. Eunisses won. Hugo is about to.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

When all ballots are counted, LA’s top vote getter will likely be an unabashedly progressive tenant advocate whose signature issue was excessive police spending. City Controller-elect @kennethmejiaLA defied -- and obliterated -- conventional wisdom. 🧵

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

3 years

This didn’t need to end with two people dead. Police gave no verbal command and didn’t try to to de-escalate. The suspect didn’t have a gun and wasn’t advancing at officers or potential victims. Police opened fire in a shopping mall with people in it.

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3 years

UPDATED: Video from fatal LAPD shooting at Burlington shows officer open fire over bloodied victim as suspect was moving away 14-yr-old bystander was starting new life in U.S. w/ @ConnorASheets , @LAJourno & Jorge Poblete, special correspondent in Chile:

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

For the past two years, for nearly any piece of progressive legislation, there was usually a less ambitious alternative, co-sponsored by Nury (and often Mitch.) And for nearly every debate, Nury Gil and Kevin attacked or shit on progressive organizers doing the real work.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

Last year, I proposed allowing residents of public housing to have a voice in how our housing authority spent federal dollars allocated for services to residents of public housing. Gil refused to schedule it in the Housing Committee.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

So much of what has happened in City Hall over the past few years hasn’t been focused on doing right by people. It’s been about power and ego and turf. The leaked recordings really exposed that. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We can fix it.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

3 years

No one should live on our streets. Period. But laws like 41.18(d), which criminalize being unhoused, don’t lead to more people in housing. How do I know this? Because we’ve been enacting them for over 100 years in LA — and the situation has only gotten worse. (thread)

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

It’s how Nury rolled. It was her way, or no way. When she was afraid of a challenge to her leadership from Marqueece, who was in line to be president pro tempore, she quickly rammed through a vote to give the post to her closest ally, Mitch O’Farrell.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

When Martinez piled on, KDL added to it. After Martinez called my son an accessory, and Ron Herrera likened him to a plantation statue, KDL compared him to a handbag. I don't know why KDL brought my son into the conversation, but he’s the one who did.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

3 years

Today, opponents of homeless housing on the Westside, backed by anonymous “dark money” donors, turned in signatures to recall me from office. If you care about solving our homelessness crisis in LA, it’s time to "Break Glass in Case of Emergency." Here’s why. (thread)

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

I've struggled for years with depression. It's a constant companion, and often a heavy one. There are times when this job has made that easier, and times when it has made it more challenging. Instead of seeking another term, it's time for me to focus on health and wellness.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

4 years

With crime on the rise, let’s remember who is responsible for cuts in neighborhood patrols -- our police union. They lobbied hard for a budget that cut patrols in order to pay for their raises. And now they are gaslighting us about it.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

Great news! The effort to recall me from office has failed. It didn't qualify for the ballot. Today is the end of a wasteful, distracting abuse of the electoral process. But it's nowhere near the end of attacks on our progressive values and solutions to homelessness. (thread)

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

Out of the blue, KDL then mentioned my son, noting he is Black. He did so repeatedly, before Martinez picked up on the cue, and called my son a monkey, and talked about how he needs to be beaten. KDL: “His kid is [Black.]” KDL: “His kid is.” KDL: “His kid.”

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

4 years

Brian Williams just stated on @MSNBC that your likelihood of getting a #coronavirus test depends on where you live, who you are, and how much money you have. Yeah, that pretty much sums up the American healthcare system. It’s why we need #Medicare4All .

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

KDL and the others were discussing redistricting, and my frequent alliance with our Black colleagues. Martinez snidely said that “Bonin thinks he’s fucking Black.”

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

The recent weakening of tenant protections - fought by me, Nithya and Marqueece - was pushed by Gil and Nury. Gil's committee hearing on the matter was so bad, so hostile to tenants and to Nithya, it was practically surreal.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

Since many unhoused people have addiction or mental health issues, some people argue housing won’t end homelessness. Bulletin: It’s really freaking hard to get well on the streets. And even if you can, you're still homeless. Services get you well. Housing ends homelessness.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

Updated count shows LA elections were a progressive earthquake. @EunissesH now LEADS in CD1, @HugoForCD13 up 4, @WestsideDarling & Faisal @GillForLA increased their leads, @kennethmejiaLA 41%, @KatyForLA nearing 50% - AND @KarenBassLA up 3% over Caruso.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

Every progressive candidate targeted for defeat by the corporate landlord lobby and by the police union is leading in LA City election returns. The special interests spent millions on attack ads and fear tactics. It didn’t work. In Los Angeles, the people will prevail.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

The LA Alliance settlement - which Nithya, Marqueece and I opposed - steers the City's response to homelessness. It was crafted largely by Nury and Kevin.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

The results of the homeless count are in – and the biggest reduction in LA is in Council District 11. It shows housing and services -- not enforcement and criminalization -- end homelessness. 🧵

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Justin Baragona

@justinbaragona

2 years

CNN's Kate Bolduan: "Why are you not resigning?" Kevin de Leon: I'm sorry for not standing up at that meeting and I'm now having constructive conversations on it. Bolduan: It wasn’t that you just didn’t stand up, you compared a young Black kid to a luxury handbag.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

It is hard for me to speak publicly about mental health, but I’ve always been forthcoming about my addiction and recovery, and about my struggles with housing insecurity. I want to be honest here, too. I believe that sharing about our fragility is how we build common strength.

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Mike Bonin

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4 years

The City Council today unanimously approved my motion directing the City to explore social housing models to help address the region's tremendous affordable housing crisis.

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Mike Bonin

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3 years

Huge news that gives LA the ability to get thousands off the streets! Feds will pay for the non-congregate shelter that public health professionals say we need. We can put Project Roomkey on steroids and house people quickly and at no cost to LA.

Diane Yentel

@dianeyentel

3 years

GREAT news! President @JoeBiden makes funding for non-congregate sheltering of people who are homeless 100% reimbursable! Currently FEMA pays 75% & states/cities have to pay rest (& often can’t). We’ve pushed for this for 10 months.

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Mike Bonin

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3 years

With the Biden admin offering 100% reimbursement for local efforts to use hotels/motels to house our unhoused neighbors during the pandemic, LA needs to move aggressively to expand Project Roomkey to bring thousands of people indoors to safety.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

Instead of a gas tax rebate that benefits just car owners and encourages the use of fossil fuels, CA should fund making mass transit free and expanding bus service. That would benefit everyone and support our fight against climate change. #PeoplesTransit @MobilityForAll

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

During the remainder of my term, I'm not going to mellow out or shut up. I’ll keep fighting for low-wage workers, renters, seniors, students, bus riders, and the unhoused – who are being demonized and scapegoated by politicians, media figures and some in our neighborhoods.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

LA’s progressive moment is arriving. @kennethmejiaLA @WestsideDarling @HugoForCD13 beat back the establishment & special interests. Other first time candidates like @EunissesH had strong showings. LA needs big change that puts people first. We can do it. On to November.

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Mike Bonin

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3 years

Twenty-six years ago today, I finally surrendered. I traded crystal meth for the gifts and blessings of sobriety. Each day is a reminder to me of how easy it is to fall, and how beautiful and holy it is when we look each other in the eye and help each other up.

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Mike Bonin

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3 years

We need answers about the presence and actions of the huge LAPD deployment at Echo Park Lake last week. What was the cost and the impact on patrols around the city? Why was such a large force deployed? Why were so many people arrested and injured?

L.A. officials want answers about police rollout at Echo Park Lake

L.A. politicians want to know how much it cost to send in the LAPD as the city fenced off Echo Park Lake and barred people from a homeless encampment there.

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Mike Bonin

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4 years

Reality check: if landlords can still serve eviction notices or start an unlawful detainer action, there is not a moratorium on evictions.

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Mike Bonin

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3 years

We are trying to house everyone on the Venice boardwalk, which will result in freeing park space for recreation and general public use. The Sheriff is trying to "clear the boardwalk." Those are very different things.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

How was there not a single question about the climate crisis in the mayoral debate? It’s an existential crisis. LA owns LADWP, a port and an airport. We have huge influence over transportation, building, & land use. We can have a big impact. It must be an issue in city races.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

I am endorsing @kennethmejiaLA for LA City Controller. He is the fresh, independent voice we need to hold City Hall accountable and force the change that LA needs.

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Mike Bonin

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4 years

I am alarmed and horrified by the escalating number of disturbing accounts of peaceful protesters who say they were assaulted with plastic bullets, tasers, batons, or physical force, or were detained unnecessarily by law enforcement during last weekend's protests.

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Mike Bonin

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2 years

I want KDL & Cedillo to resign. But I don't support the calls of "no resignations, no meetings." We need to approve homeless housing, renter protections & more. Not meeting until they resign puts them in control. It lets them hold LA hostage. It actually gives them more power.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

4 years

No, Bill, this is as false as the tampon story you broke. I have NEVER asked LAPD for patrols at my house.

Bill Melugin

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4 years

A public records request reveals that LA city councilman Mike Bonin, who voted to defund LAPD by $150 million, has called LAPD to his home 8 times since 4/4/20, including to provide extra patrols and protection from peaceful protesters at his house.

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Mike Bonin

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5 years

Progressive activists, @tedlieu @RepKatieHill @HarleyRouda @ACampaNajjar all together today at a fundraising rally for @GrassrootsDemHQ at @turnergallery in SaMo. Fired up and ready to go!

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Mike Bonin

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4 years

The manufactured outrage machine is in overdrive because I reposted a flyer on Instagram earlier today for a @BLMLA protest against the federal secret police in Portland. The flyer said “Fuck Trump.”

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

4 years

African-Americans being pulled over for “Driving while Black” needs to end. Today @mhd8 @CurrenDPriceJr @HerbJWesson & I proposed moving enforcement of traffic/vehicle rules from armed police officers to LADOT, civilian agencies, or automated solutions.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

Troubling to hear Joe Buscaino repeat the lie that homeless advocates want people to die on the streets. Since becoming a mayoral candidate, he's voted against housing, shelter and services in my district, and courted support of people who have sued and appealed to stop housing.

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Mike Bonin

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5 years

Oh, look. FaceApp for the planet.

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Mike Bonin

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3 years

The LA Police Protective League is a threat to Los Angeles. Our employee unions have been working with the city to confront the fiscal crisis - except the police union. PPL is stubbornly refusing to negotiate, and it is forcing hundreds of layoffs.

L.A., city unions strike tentative deal to delay raises, avoid layoffs and furloughs

Some are hoping a deal to delay raises and avoid layoffs of L.A. city workers will put new pressure on the police officers' union to make concessions.

www.latimes.com

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

3 years

Los Angeles is launching the largest Guaranteed Basic Income program in the nation! LA is piloting this big progressive step to address income inequality and reimagine public safety by investing in people.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

This is appalling. Nazi salutes and anti-Semitic banners over the 405. Neo-Nazi flyers distributed in our neighborhoods. We cannot stand for — and we we must drown out — this anti-Semitism, and all the forces of hate that feel emboldened in this country and this city.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

5 years

This week, while the White House started pulling out of the Paris accords, LA took a big step toward making the #GreenNewDeal a reality. We gave formal and final approval to the biggest solar power deal in the US, bringing us record-cheap clean energy and creating good jobs.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

There may still be a lot of uncertainty in a lot of local political races, but voters have clearly and powerfully and overwhelmingly said NO to more of Alex Villanueva. Amen to that. Thank you, Los Angeles.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

3 years

I'm running for a final term on LA City Council in 2022, and I want to share why. This is a precarious time. We're starting to make progress with new policies on homelessness, policing, the climate crisis & more. But we're at risk of going backward and losing it all. (thread)

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

3 years

How NOT to end homelessness, LA-style: Take $2 million slated for homelessness and use it to print and install signs restricting where people can sleep or sit. That money could've been spent on master leasing, shared housing, motel vouchers, etc. I was one of two NO votes.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

If you’re waiting for final LA city election results, be patient. It could be a few weeks. More than half the votes may remain uncounted, and the next update isn’t until Friday. See schedule below.

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

LA elections show that the Westside remains a progressive electoral stronghold — despite cynical attempts to exploit homelessness and crime to lure voters to support conservative candidates and reactionary policies. 🧵

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

In the City Controller's race, @kennethmejiaLA is sending shockwaves by pulling in more than 40% of the vote, nearly 20 points ahead of a longtime elected official. (Worth noting: Mejia won more voters for Controller than Caruso did for mayor.)

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Mike Bonin

@mikebonin

2 years

It’s not the end of my fight for a better LA, just a pivot point. When my term ends, I'll find new ways to make a difference. I'll stay focused on homelessness, racial & economic justice and the climate crisis. There are too many things wrong to not fight to make them right.

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