News & Events

• 16-6-2016

  As we’re heading into a crucial hearing in City Hall on June 23rd on the Airbnb ordinance which will ban all short term rentals in rent control units since it is actually illegal but thus far, has been unenforceable and causing a lot of displacement of low income renters, the Daily News and Daily Breeze Continue Reading

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• 14-6-2016

  Citizen Ingenuity and Impact Assessment

  

  The U.S. EPA Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) organized nine hours of programmatic content for the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in Portland, OR. OEJ placed a stronger emphasis on addressing long-standing gaps through pragmatic solutions, including impact assessment. Impact assessments are useful for assessing, appraising, or estimating the consequences that may follow proposed Continue Reading

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• 31-5-2016

  Entrepreneurial Training Program

  

  Would you like to start your own business? We can show you how in our Entrepreneurial Training Program starting on June 25. To enroll, e-mail Supranee May, business counselor at supranee@thaicdc.org.    

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• 16-5-2016

  Nearly 100,000 Signatures for Build Better LA Ballot Measure Delivered to LA City Clerk for Approval

  

  Yesterday, over 100 members of the Build Better LA Coalition, including construction trades workers, residents, housing advocates, and developers held a press conference to announce the collection of nearly 100,000 signatures from City of Los Angeles residents who support the Build Better LA initiative going on the November 2016 ballot. A group of workers delivered Continue Reading

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• 11-5-2016

  Low-Income Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) Respond to Threat of Displacement in Neighborhoods across the Country, Calling for a National Response

  

  AAPI Coalitions release report that illuminates local anti-displacement strategies and shares federal policy recommendations. The National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD) and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) released Our Neighborhoods: Asian American & Pacific Islander Anti-Displacement Strategies at their report launch today. This timely report highlights twenty-four innovative strategies Continue Reading

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