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19 Jan, 6 tweets, 2 min read

If you're confused about vaccine rollout here's a handy timeline ~~~~

Jan 12: CDC recommends opening first tier of vaccine efforts to all seniors (65+).

Jan 13 morning: Gov. Newsom says cool, CA is gonna do that.

Jan 13 afternoon: LA County says, hold up we don't have enough vaccine. We aren't even finished vaccinating health workers. We'll aim for 65+ in February. Hold your horses, everyone.

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Jan 18, LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis: LA County, you are going to do this bc I'm executive ordering it! Appointments will open Thursday for those 65+ but we don't actually have an appointment system yet. We got this...right?

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Jan 19-???: Us, hoping this works.

Jan 19, afternoon: The appointment portal is open. If you can get it to work, that is. May the odds be ever in your favor.

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Jan 19, one hour later: error message.

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18 Jan

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, here are some stories about being black in LA (a thread).

"I covered unarmed killings and police brutality: etched in my mind are names like Walter Scott, Sandra Bland, and Philando Castile. After each incident, I diligently worked with a sense of purpose.

Then came George Floyd.

I think it broke me."

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"I'm a proud black woman, a member of a group that has been brutalized by police and historically mistreated.

I'm also a journalist, a so-called "enemy of the people" who it's been suggested should be lynched like blacks were for decades."

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3 Mar 20

1/ In Southern California, there was a fight between an arts charter school and the district that has overseen it for 20 years. It's now in the hands of the Orange County Dept. of Education.

How did we get here? It's complicated.

We'll break it down.

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2/ On one side of the fight: Orange County School for the Arts, a school that boasts high graduation rates and famous alumni. For young students, OCSA (pronounced OH-sha) is a refuge for those who may not feel like they fit in elsewhere.

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3/ OCSA founder Ralph Opacic, as well as the school’s supporters, say part of what made OCSA so special was its selective admissions process. It's also what drew a new level of scrutiny from Santa Ana Unified.

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7 Feb 19

THREAD:
L.A.'s sexual harassment problem isn't just in Hollywood. It's in City Hall, LAPD and beyond.

We've been closely tracking issues related to sexual harassment in the city and county workforces. Here's a quick history of what's been going on recently ⤵️

2014: Sexual harassment allegations arise against 2 city councilmembers.

In August 2014, LA city agrees to a $75k settlement after a former aide accused then-Councilman Mitch Englander of making sexually inappropriate remarks.

She said Englander had asked if she wanted to "walk into the fire stations and be naked in front of the male firefighters." Englander denied the claims.

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15 Oct 18

THREAD:
Homelessness is a huge, intractable problem in Southern California. People say they want homeless people off public sidewalks, out of parks.

But residents often oppose new emergency shelters and permanent supportive housing.

Neighborhoods become battlegrounds. We’ve seen it in Venice. Koreatown. Irvine.

Where will we house the homeless if no one wants them in their neighborhood?

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Reporter @jillrep has been looking into this question through the lens of one battle in Fullerton, CA.

The plan: An apartment complex with supportive services for 60 chronically homeless Fullerton residents. It’s a window into other NIMBY showdowns we’ve been seeing in SoCal.

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