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  • j_roby@slrpnk.netOPtoNews@lemmy.world•Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampmentsEnglish
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    5 天前

    Punching back is the absolute bare minimum requirement for a supposed opposition party (looking at you Schumer and Jeffries).

    But Newsom has been repeatedly demonstrating that he is willing to throw our trans friends and unhoused neighbors under the bus for political points. Ask yourself, if he’s willing to betray one group, what’s stopping him from betraying any other group should he decide that it’s politically expedient?

    This has nothing to do with “purity tests”

  • j_roby@slrpnk.netOPtoNews@lemmy.world•Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampmentsEnglish
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    5 天前

    Encampment sweeps kill.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-homeless-deaths-multnomah-county

    But although the city spent roughly $200,000 per homeless resident throughout that time, deaths of homeless people recorded in the county quadrupled, climbing from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in 2023, according to the most recent data from the Multnomah County Health Department. The rise in deaths far outpaces the growth in the homeless population, which was recorded at 6,300 by a 2023 county census, a number most agree is an undercount…

    These deaths came during the same period that Portland began a two-pronged response to public pressure over homelessness. City leaders began moving homeless people out of public view by removing tents at a rate far surpassing those of its West Coast peers. Since 2021, it carried out 19,000 sweeps, and it dismantled over 20 encampments per day in 2024, according to city records.

    At the same time, the city reduced money for stable permanent housing while dramatically increasing its investment in temporary shelters…

  • j_roby@slrpnk.nettoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Americans who live near state borders,how do you notice you've crossed the border?English
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    8 天前

    I once lived in a small city right on that state’s border. It was sort of a suburb tho to a very large city in the neighboring state. The major roads would have signage, but on the smaller roads there really wasn’t any way to tell. The main difference tho was that the large city’s public transit options extended pretty far out even into the small towns along the border, but wouldn’t at all come into my small city…

    Where I live now, you have to cross a very large river to get into the neighboring state. What’s worth sharing here tho, is that there is a nearby county line, where even tho there’s a sign, you don’t need it at all. The landscape/biome changes pretty much at the county line.
    It goes from a sort of temperate rainforest-like climate, to arid grassland/high desert climate. You’ll be driving thru areas with large, old growth evergreens and lots of ferns underneath, and then it turns to dead, dry, brown grass and sagebrush shrubs everywhere. Like, it could also even be raining the whole first part of the drive there, but once you get to this county line the rain almost always dissipates. It’s pretty wild.

  • j_roby@slrpnk.netOPtoNews@lemmy.world•Thanks, Trump: ICE Just Gassed a Public School Into SubmissionEnglish
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    12 天前

    This is a really great write-up, buts it’s a shame that the article does not mention that the building the school is moving into is owned by the same people that own the ICE building…

    https://www.streetroots.org/news/2025/08/05/k-8-school-next-door-portland-ice-facility-plans-immediate-move

    But several board members, staff and students’ parents said moving to the Bridges building could leave immigrant students at risk.

    That building is owned by local real estate company Lindquist Development, which also owns the building ICE leases. Stuart Linquist, the company’s president, struck a protester with his Mercedes outside the ICE facility in 2018, and later threatened to fight anti-ICE protestors in an interview with Willamette Week about the incident.

    Some Cottonwood staff and board members fear Lindquist could allow ICE agents into the building while students are in classes, according to sources who spoke to Street Roots on condition of anonymity.

  • j_roby@slrpnk.netOPtoNews@lemmy.world•San Bernardino family claims federal agents shot at truckEnglish
    97·
    18 天前

    Following the altercation, dozens of community members as well as federal agents with the Homeland Security Investigations vests gathered outside the home.

    At least one person was arrested for assaulting a federal officer, San Bernardino police said.

    But the person was set free “despite refusing to comply and wounding officers,” the DHS said.

    It really does sound like they’re just making shit up as they go. Would they really set an arrestee free after “assaulting and wounding” one of theirs? I call bull shit.

  • j_roby@slrpnk.netOPtoNews@lemmy.world•San Bernardino family claims federal agents shot at truckEnglish
    66·
    18 天前

    Statement from Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice

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    BORDER PATROL FIRES ON CIVILIAN VEHICLE, STAGES WARRANTLESS OPERATION At approximately 8:40am, immigration agents stopped a vehicle, broke the driver and passenger windows, and fired three times while people were inside. The individual returned home after it became clear agents had no warrant. In fear, the family called SBPD for help. Instead of intervening, SBPD did little to assist. By 9:30am, armed ICE and HSI agents, joined by SBPD, surrounded the home. Despite never presenting a warrant, they remained until 3:45pm, pressuring the individual to come outside. During the incident, two community members were detained using unnecessary force, including one for speaking out. This was a clear abuse of power. Firing at civilians, harassing families without cause, and targeting community voices must stop. We demand full accountability and transparency from SBPD and DHS. We thank all who showed up to support the family. Because of that collective pressure, ICE left. This is not an isolated incident it is part of a larger, unacceptable pattern.