Kanye's support for Union Rescue comes at a critical time: while the # of homeless in America declined 10% last 10 years, it *rose* 22% in Calif.
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In 2016, @abales lost the lower half of his leg to a flesh-eating bacteria from contamination on Skid Row in L.A., home to ~5,000 of LA county's astonishing 60,000 homeless.
“We’ve been crying out for a National Guard-like response."
Bales' Union Rescue provides food, showers & shelter to 1,350 people camped nearby.
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"Don’t call me secular. I was distracted from what God was calling me to do" @kanyewest
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I made a year-end donation to @URM and hope you will too:
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"Count Your Blessings"
44k people, 3 deaths/day, 1 murder/week of or by a homeless person — in LA alone
Every day without action is an affront to our humanity
@GavinNewsom @MayorOfLA