1/100 community organizations led by @CalReinvest back new bill from CA Asm @mgipson2014 to unmask the true owners of residential real estate being gobbled up by shell companies

Bill also imposes an excise tax on corporate landlords to fund homeownership
calreinvest.org/press-release/…
Right now there is no way for many tenants to know who there landlord is or for potential home-buyers to know who's pricing them out

@Reveal, @vdbaranetsky I sued @USTreasury to get this vital information: revealnews.org/article/unmask…

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But a federal judge ruled against us, citing the Bank Secrecy Act, a 1970s law designed to prevent money laundering

The BSA does not, however, preempt state and local law -- giving CA the authority to make the true owners of our homes and apartments public 3/
4/ What do we know so far? I was able to document some of the biggest buyers in my book, HOMEWRECKERS

Those enriching themselves through shell companies include some of Donald Trump's closest friends

amazon.com/Homewreckers-K…

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As @sfusd school board debates how and whether to let kids in classrooms here are some sobering facts from @UCSFChildrens:

"The mental health crisis is severe

A 75 percent rise in children requiring immediate hospitalization for mental health needs 1/ Image
2/ There's been a 130 percent increase in the number of children requiring hospitalization for eating disorders at @UCSFChildrens this year over last

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3/ @SFUnified, @UESF haven't presented a plan to get ANY 3rd graders, 4th graders, 5th graders, middle or high schoolers back in classrooms

@UCSFChildrens has seen a dramatic increase in kids, age 10-17, who say they've been thinking about suicide Image
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1/Internal @DeptVetAffairs email obtained by @reveal.

Management tells front-line nurses at the VA hospital in Durham, NC:

"Effective immediately, staff will be issued (1) surgical mask per week."

Nationally, 9 VA staff are already dead of #COVID19 and 1,281 have tested ++
2/ @DeptVetAffairs has claimed that it has enough PPE and tests, but employees report widespread shortages of PPE, tests and have been told to come to work sick, potentially endangering both themselves and their veteran patients: revealnews.org/article/va-wor…
3/ The email @reveal obtained says VA hospital staff were "warned last week" of shortages & that masks are to be stored in brown bags which have themselves not yet come.
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