ACCE Los Angeles leaders showed up in force on Tuesday to support CM Nithya Raman and oppose Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson's decision to split up Housing & Homelessness Committee and remove Raman as chair. We believe this looks like political punishment for Raman running for mayor.
"Nithya has been actively practicing co-governance, working in tandem with tenants to pass transformative legislation, ike the tenant protections that, in the middle of the pandemic, actually kept people housed and prevented them from ending up on the streets," said Dorcia
White-Brake, ACCE member and Council District 8 constituent. "She, alongside the Keep LA Housed coalition, led passage of the Tenant Anti-Harassment law and the update of the LA Rent Stabilization Ordinance (LARSO) formula. Her proven leadership shows that she stands with
with tenants. Council President Harris-Dawson is fomenting a culture of punishment, using his power to posture and do political favors, while jeopardizing years of progress won by the tenant movement. He should