“In a recent report, Garrow and her colleagues argue housing status should be a protected social group, a policy Martin’s group and the Western Center on Law and Poverty hope to advance in the Legislature’s next session.”
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OP-ED: Governor: Don’t stigmatize California’s homeless
Western Center policy advocate Tina Rosales’ op-ed was published in Capitol Weekly. The piece explains how rhetoric about “dirty” conditions for unhoused community members, as used by Governor Newsom in his May budget presentation, further alienates people experiencing homelessness, and creates an even more dangerous situation for them.
