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Another defendant, Charles \"Tex\" Watson, was convicted later. All were spared execution and given life sentences after the California Supreme Court struck down the death penalty in 1972.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkins died behind bars in 2009. Krenwinkel, Van Houten and Watson remain in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another Manson devotee, Lynette \"Squeaky\" Fromme, tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, but her gun jammed. She served 34 years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Future Killer's Early Life and S.F. Connection\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manson was born in Cincinnati on Nov. 12, 1934, to a teenager, possibly a prostitute, and was in reform school by the time he was 8. After serving a 10-year sentence for check forgery in the 1960s, Manson was said to have pleaded with authorities not to release him because he considered prison home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My father is the jailhouse. 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He also met Terry Melcher, a music producer who had lived in the same house that Polanski and Tate later rented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the summer 1969, Manson had failed to sell his songs, and the rejection was later seen as a trigger for the violence. He complained that Wilson took a Manson song called \"Cease to Exist,\" revised it into \"Never Learn Not to Love\" and recorded it with the Beach Boys without giving Manson credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manson was obsessed with Beatles music, particularly \"Piggies\" and \"Helter Skelter,\" a hard-rocking song that he interpreted as forecasting the end of the world. 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The women suggested they had been rehabilitated, but Manson himself stopped attending, saying prison had become his home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The killings inspired movies and TV shows, and Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi wrote a best-selling book about the murders, \"Helter Skelter.\" The macabre shock rocker Marilyn Manson borrowed part of his stage name from the killer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Manson case, to this day, remains one of the most chilling in crime history,\" prominent criminal justice reporter Theo Wilson wrote in her 1998 memoir, \"Headline Justice: Inside the Courtroom — The Country's Most Controversial Trials .\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even people who were not yet born when the murders took place,\" Wilson wrote, \"know the name Charles Manson, and shudder.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Corrections spokeswoman Vicky Waters said an autopsy will be performed but what comes after that is unclear. 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My father is your system,\" he would later say in a monologue on the witness stand. \"I am only what you made me. I am only a reflection of you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was set free in San Francisco during the heyday of the hippie movement in the city's Haight-Ashbury district, and though he was in his mid-30s by then, he began collecting followers, mostly women, who likened him to Jesus Christ. Most were teenagers; many came from good homes but were at odds with their parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"family\" eventually established a commune-like base at the Spahn Ranch, a ramshackle former movie location outside Los Angeles, where Manson manipulated his followers with drugs, supervised orgies and subjected them to bizarre lectures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had musical ambitions and befriended rock stars, including Beach Boy Dennis Wilson. 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He told his followers that \"Helter Skelter is coming down\" and predicted a race war would destroy the planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everybody attached themselves to us, whether it was our fault or not,\" the Beatles' George Harrison, who wrote \"Piggies,\" later said of the murders. \"It was upsetting to be associated with something so sleazy as Charles Manson.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An Order to Kill\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to testimony, Manson sent his devotees out on the night of Tate's murder with instructions to \"do something witchy.\" The state's star witness, Linda Kasabian, who was granted immunity, testified that Manson tied up the LaBiancas, then ordered his followers to kill. But Manson insisted: \"I have killed no one, and I have ordered no one to be killed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His trial was nearly scuttled when President Richard Nixon said Manson was \"guilty, directly or indirectly.\" Manson grabbed a newspaper and held up the front-page headline for jurors to read: \"Manson Guilty, Nixon Declares.\" Attorneys demanded a mistrial but were turned down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From then on, jurors, sequestered at a hotel for 10 months, traveled to and from the courtroom in buses with blacked-out windows so they could not read the headlines on newsstands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manson was also later convicted of the slayings of musician Gary Hinman and stuntman Donald \"Shorty\" Shea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the decades, Manson and his followers appeared sporadically at parole hearings, where their bids for freedom were repeatedly rejected. The women suggested they had been rehabilitated, but Manson himself stopped attending, saying prison had become his home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The killings inspired movies and TV shows, and Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi wrote a best-selling book about the murders, \"Helter Skelter.\" The macabre shock rocker Marilyn Manson borrowed part of his stage name from the killer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Manson case, to this day, remains one of the most chilling in crime history,\" prominent criminal justice reporter Theo Wilson wrote in her 1998 memoir, \"Headline Justice: Inside the Courtroom — The Country's Most Controversial Trials .\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even people who were not yet born when the murders took place,\" Wilson wrote, \"know the name Charles Manson, and shudder.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Corrections spokeswoman Vicky Waters said an autopsy will be performed but what comes after that is unclear. Prison officials previously said Manson had no known next of kin and state law says that if no relative or legal representative surfaces within 10 days, then it's up to the department to determine whether the body is cremated or buried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not known if Manson requested funeral services of any sort. It's also unclear what happens to his property, which is said to include artwork and at least two guitars. State law says the department must maintain his property for up to a year in anticipation there might be legal battles over who can make a legitimate claim to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It’s not your typical opera setting. The auditorium is small. The audience didn’t pay a dime to get in. And the performers have limited stage experience — except one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a rare opportunity to see \u003ca href=\"http://www.placidodomingo.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plácido Domingo\u003c/a>, \u003cem>teacher\u003c/em>, leading a master class at UCLA this past weekend with four young singers including Eric Levintow, a 25-year-old tenor from San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After listening to Levintow performing the aria “Una Furtiva Lagrima,” from \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti\">Gaetano Donizetti\u003c/a>’s “L’Elisir d’Amore,” Domingo tells him to sing it again. This time he gently interrupts Levintow throughout to discuss character motivation and phrasing. He corrects breathing and posture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domingo joined UCLA as an adjunct professor in 1994. The master class performance was part of a daylong event honoring his dedication to music education and the arts in Los Angeles — a celebration that included \u003ca href=\"http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/opera-legend-placido-domingo-receives-ucla-medal\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">awarding him\u003c/a> the university’s highest honor: the UCLA Medal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11631566\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11631566\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plácido Domingo with tenor Eric Levintow at a recent master class performance at UCLA. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When I first came to Los Angeles 50 years ago, I never could’ve imagined that this city would someday become a second home,” he said in prepared remarks. “The world was just beginning to open up for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domingo first set foot on a Los Angeles opera stage in 1967, playing the king \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/09/ginasteras-don-rodrigo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don Rodrigo\u003c/a> in composer Alberto Ginastera’s jagged, modern opera of the same name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was my first visit to Los Angeles and when you’re 26 years [old] and you’re coming to Hollywood, it’s very exciting,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the medal ceremony, master class and a private reception, Domingo settled into a backstage green room with his wife and opera stage director Marta close by, just as she has been for the past 55 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And then I was involved in really forming \u003ca href=\"https://www.laopera.org/\">LA Opera\u003c/a>,” said Domingo. “I [got] the idea that I should move the people to have an opera company. And we did, and here we are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Domingo, opera in Los Angeles battled for a place in the spotlight. Performances tended to be upstaged by the more established Los Angeles Philharmonic. There was an over-reliance on visiting opera companies. But LA Opera CEO Christopher Koelsch says Domingo tapped into a hunger — and rallied a group of local and loyal benefactors who’ve helped grow and sustain LA Opera for over 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11631568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11631568\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plácido and Marta Domingo at a private reception after he received the UCLA Medal on Nov 12. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s going too far to say that opera in Los Angeles would not exist without his leadership,” Koelsch said. “I think in the end he’s an evangelist for the art form. I think he saw an incredible opportunity here, a growing density of culture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While LA Opera took flight in the mid-1980s, Domingo was at his zenith, in demand as both a performer and a conductor across the globe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as he cut back on performing, his LA Opera duties expanded, from artistic consultant to general director following \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jan/04/local/me-20173\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the passing\u003c/a> of founding director Peter Hemmings 15 years ago. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would love very much that the company can grow at the turn of the decade,” said Domingo. “Where we are now about six or seven productions [per season], my dream would be that we can have like eight productions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LA Opera dialed back on main stage productions during the global economic crisis. But under Domingo’s leadership, the company also launched a program to showcase new, \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-opera-persona-review-20171111-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more experimental works\u003c/a> at smaller venues through its Off Grand initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are still things he wants to accomplish and I have so much respect for that idea of a quest,” Koelsch said. “That’s an incredible energy to organize an opera house around. It pushes the entire entity to try and reach that goal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weekend, Domingo wraps up a monthlong engagement at LA Opera playing, as he did 50 years ago, a king. This time however it’s the aging king who descends into madness at the heart of \u003ca href=\"https://www.laopera.org/season/1718-Season/Nabucco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giuseppe Verdi’s “Nabucco.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an intensely physical role that has the 76-year-old tenor falling to his knees, getting yanked around by henchmen and delivering one aria while sprawled on his belly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One is tempted to say that this guy has a bargain with some really important supernatural beings,” laughs \u003ca href=\"https://www.music.ucla.edu/kazaras-peter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Kazaras, \u003c/a>the director of Opera UCLA who first saw Domingo on stage in the late 1960s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11631581\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11631581\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plácido Domingo in L.A. Opera’s 2017 production of Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Nabucco’ \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Most people at his age, they physically cannot do it. The apparatus has given out,” Kazaras said. “He’s like a pitcher who is still pitching at the age of 50. So it seems clear that he’ll go for as long as he wants to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Music is my life, opera is my life,” Domingo said softly, his voice quavering a bit during his comments at UCLA. “And I feel blessed to have been given a gift that I can share with other people, and that I can use to bring joy into their lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11631584\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11631584\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plácido Domingo delivers remarks after receiving the UCLA Medal on Nov 12. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite some recent health setbacks, Domingo continues to perform and conduct around the world, though his main-stage opera performances are getting further and further apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Domingo confirms that he intends to perform in the yet to be announced 2018-2019 LA Opera season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Surely if I am in a good voice and if I am in good health. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s not your typical opera setting. The auditorium is small. The audience didn’t pay a dime to get in. And the performers have limited stage experience — except one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a rare opportunity to see \u003ca href=\"http://www.placidodomingo.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plácido Domingo\u003c/a>, \u003cem>teacher\u003c/em>, leading a master class at UCLA this past weekend with four young singers including Eric Levintow, a 25-year-old tenor from San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After listening to Levintow performing the aria “Una Furtiva Lagrima,” from \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti\">Gaetano Donizetti\u003c/a>’s “L’Elisir d’Amore,” Domingo tells him to sing it again. This time he gently interrupts Levintow throughout to discuss character motivation and phrasing. He corrects breathing and posture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domingo joined UCLA as an adjunct professor in 1994. The master class performance was part of a daylong event honoring his dedication to music education and the arts in Los Angeles — a celebration that included \u003ca href=\"http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/opera-legend-placido-domingo-receives-ucla-medal\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">awarding him\u003c/a> the university’s highest honor: the UCLA Medal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11631566\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11631566\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3210-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plácido Domingo with tenor Eric Levintow at a recent master class performance at UCLA. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When I first came to Los Angeles 50 years ago, I never could’ve imagined that this city would someday become a second home,” he said in prepared remarks. “The world was just beginning to open up for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domingo first set foot on a Los Angeles opera stage in 1967, playing the king \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/09/ginasteras-don-rodrigo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don Rodrigo\u003c/a> in composer Alberto Ginastera’s jagged, modern opera of the same name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was my first visit to Los Angeles and when you’re 26 years [old] and you’re coming to Hollywood, it’s very exciting,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the medal ceremony, master class and a private reception, Domingo settled into a backstage green room with his wife and opera stage director Marta close by, just as she has been for the past 55 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And then I was involved in really forming \u003ca href=\"https://www.laopera.org/\">LA Opera\u003c/a>,” said Domingo. “I [got] the idea that I should move the people to have an opera company. And we did, and here we are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Domingo, opera in Los Angeles battled for a place in the spotlight. Performances tended to be upstaged by the more established Los Angeles Philharmonic. There was an over-reliance on visiting opera companies. But LA Opera CEO Christopher Koelsch says Domingo tapped into a hunger — and rallied a group of local and loyal benefactors who’ve helped grow and sustain LA Opera for over 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11631568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11631568\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7468-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plácido and Marta Domingo at a private reception after he received the UCLA Medal on Nov 12. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s going too far to say that opera in Los Angeles would not exist without his leadership,” Koelsch said. “I think in the end he’s an evangelist for the art form. I think he saw an incredible opportunity here, a growing density of culture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While LA Opera took flight in the mid-1980s, Domingo was at his zenith, in demand as both a performer and a conductor across the globe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as he cut back on performing, his LA Opera duties expanded, from artistic consultant to general director following \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jan/04/local/me-20173\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the passing\u003c/a> of founding director Peter Hemmings 15 years ago. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would love very much that the company can grow at the turn of the decade,” said Domingo. “Where we are now about six or seven productions [per season], my dream would be that we can have like eight productions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LA Opera dialed back on main stage productions during the global economic crisis. But under Domingo’s leadership, the company also launched a program to showcase new, \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-opera-persona-review-20171111-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more experimental works\u003c/a> at smaller venues through its Off Grand initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are still things he wants to accomplish and I have so much respect for that idea of a quest,” Koelsch said. “That’s an incredible energy to organize an opera house around. It pushes the entire entity to try and reach that goal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weekend, Domingo wraps up a monthlong engagement at LA Opera playing, as he did 50 years ago, a king. This time however it’s the aging king who descends into madness at the heart of \u003ca href=\"https://www.laopera.org/season/1718-Season/Nabucco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giuseppe Verdi’s “Nabucco.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an intensely physical role that has the 76-year-old tenor falling to his knees, getting yanked around by henchmen and delivering one aria while sprawled on his belly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One is tempted to say that this guy has a bargain with some really important supernatural beings,” laughs \u003ca href=\"https://www.music.ucla.edu/kazaras-peter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Kazaras, \u003c/a>the director of Opera UCLA who first saw Domingo on stage in the late 1960s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11631581\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11631581\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/nab_2497p-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plácido Domingo in L.A. Opera’s 2017 production of Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Nabucco’ \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Most people at his age, they physically cannot do it. The apparatus has given out,” Kazaras said. “He’s like a pitcher who is still pitching at the age of 50. So it seems clear that he’ll go for as long as he wants to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Music is my life, opera is my life,” Domingo said softly, his voice quavering a bit during his comments at UCLA. “And I feel blessed to have been given a gift that I can share with other people, and that I can use to bring joy into their lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11631584\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11631584\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3196-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plácido Domingo delivers remarks after receiving the UCLA Medal on Nov 12. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite some recent health setbacks, Domingo continues to perform and conduct around the world, though his main-stage opera performances are getting further and further apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Domingo confirms that he intends to perform in the yet to be announced 2018-2019 LA Opera season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Surely if I am in a good voice and if I am in good health. And if the planet is still here, then yes,” he laughed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plácido Domingo closes out the LA Opera season this weekend with a 50th anniversary tribute concert and one final performance of Verdi’s “Nabucco.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Ernesto Vega leans over an enormous bed of yellow-and-orange marigolds fanning out over the cool marble floor of \u003ca href=\"http://catholiccm.org/location/calvary-cemetery-la/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calvary Cemetery and Mortuary\u003c/a> in East Los Angeles, home to fabled movie stars and everyday Angelenos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bed of flowers spreads out in the shape of an immense cross. But Vega, of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.la-archdiocese.org/org/ore/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese Office of Religious Education\u003c/a>, is more taken with a pair of small, exotic-looking ears of corn with crimson-and-yellow kernels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know where they got this real corn, but it’s so tiny! Oh my God, this is exotic type of corn,” he says, rubbing the dry, rough husks in his fingers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11627877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11627877 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernesto Vega from the L.A. Archdiocese Office of Religious Education takes in all the intricate detail of a family-made Dia de Los Muertos altar at Calvary Cemetery. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The corn, the flowers and everything else in this Dia de Los Muertos altar were assembled by a trio of sisters, parishioners from a local Catholic church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their mother passed away recently and when we called them, right away they said ‘yes.’ They started crying because they were going to do an altar,” says Calvary manager Blanca Martinez, who on this day is wearing a crown of blood-red flowers in her hair and “half-skull’” face paint traditional for Dia de Los Muertos celebrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11627880\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11627880\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvary Cemetery and Mortuary in East Los Angeles is decked out with Dia de Los Muertos themed decorations and parishioner-created altars. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Calvary invited and helped guide dozens of parishioners through the process of creating Dia de Los Muertos altars for loved ones who had passed away this year. More than 70 more were created for \u003ca href=\"http://www.santaclaramortuary.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Clara Cemetery in Oxnard\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So little by little, they come every day, and they add an item to the altar. They come on a daily basis,” says Martinez of the sisters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11627882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11627882\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-800x603.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-800x603.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-1020x769.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-1180x889.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-960x724.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-240x181.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-375x283.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-520x392.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvary Cemetery manager Blanca Martinez helped coordinate an outreach effort inviting parishioners to create altars for their dearly departed. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The altar, one of more than 30 on display inside the mausoleum and outside in its grand entryway and courtyard, also includes little things relished in life; a bottle of soda pop, candy, a bag of Cheetos, along with a host of religious icons and personal family photographs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People that are not educated or are unfamiliar with this tradition, they might see it as something pagan or something that is not within the Catholic Church,” says Vega, whose face is also playfully smeared in skull makeup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11627885\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11627885\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvary Cemetery and Mortuary in East Los Angeles is decked out with Dia de Los Muertos-themed decoration and parishioner-created altars. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vega says that for decades and even to this day, some Catholics may view Dia de Los Muertos as somehow sacrilegious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seeing a homemade altar with religions icons like the Virgin Mary alongside a bottle of dad’s favorite beer can just rub some people the wrong way. But those personal touches are intended to venerate the deceased, not blaspheme the sacred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In reality, the celebration of the Day of the Dead with altars, food and flowers was very traditional and for thousands of years the indigenous people celebrated,” says Vega.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But when the Europeans arrived with Christianity they basically forbid the indigenous people to celebrate many of their rituals and celebrations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11627886\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11627886\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-800x663.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-800x663.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-160x133.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-1020x846.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-1180x978.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-960x796.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-240x199.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-375x311.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-520x431.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dia de Los Muertos altars typically mix sacred religious iconography with decidedly non-religious items savored by those being venerated, like candy, jewelry, family photos and even alcoholic beverages. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over time, Dia de Los Muertos has been embraced by the Latino Catholic mainstream. This year the L.A. Catholic Archdiocese officially sponsored two consecutive weekends of celebrations in Los Angeles and \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailynews.com/2017/10/28/dia-de-los-muertos-celebration-in-oxnard-features-blessing-of-70-altars/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ventura County\u003c/a>, though individual churches have done so for years, says Vega of the archdiocese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(But) officially coming from the archdiocese, it fosters not only the faith but also the tradition. And that can help society to understand and celebrate life in a different perspective,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11627888\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11627888\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dia de Los Muertos typically blends sacred religious iconography with decidedly non-religious items and images to reflect the spiritual and the temporal life, as seen here during a celebration last month at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Celebrations culminate Saturday when Archbishop \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ArchbishopGomez?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">José H. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Ernesto Vega leans over an enormous bed of yellow-and-orange marigolds fanning out over the cool marble floor of \u003ca href=\"http://catholiccm.org/location/calvary-cemetery-la/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calvary Cemetery and Mortuary\u003c/a> in East Los Angeles, home to fabled movie stars and everyday Angelenos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bed of flowers spreads out in the shape of an immense cross. But Vega, of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.la-archdiocese.org/org/ore/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese Office of Religious Education\u003c/a>, is more taken with a pair of small, exotic-looking ears of corn with crimson-and-yellow kernels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know where they got this real corn, but it’s so tiny! Oh my God, this is exotic type of corn,” he says, rubbing the dry, rough husks in his fingers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11627877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11627877 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7340-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernesto Vega from the L.A. Archdiocese Office of Religious Education takes in all the intricate detail of a family-made Dia de Los Muertos altar at Calvary Cemetery. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The corn, the flowers and everything else in this Dia de Los Muertos altar were assembled by a trio of sisters, parishioners from a local Catholic church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their mother passed away recently and when we called them, right away they said ‘yes.’ They started crying because they were going to do an altar,” says Calvary manager Blanca Martinez, who on this day is wearing a crown of blood-red flowers in her hair and “half-skull’” face paint traditional for Dia de Los Muertos celebrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11627880\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11627880\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7342-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvary Cemetery and Mortuary in East Los Angeles is decked out with Dia de Los Muertos themed decorations and parishioner-created altars. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Calvary invited and helped guide dozens of parishioners through the process of creating Dia de Los Muertos altars for loved ones who had passed away this year. More than 70 more were created for \u003ca href=\"http://www.santaclaramortuary.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Clara Cemetery in Oxnard\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So little by little, they come every day, and they add an item to the altar. They come on a daily basis,” says Martinez of the sisters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11627882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11627882\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-800x603.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-800x603.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-1020x769.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-1180x889.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-960x724.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-240x181.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-375x283.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7344-520x392.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvary Cemetery manager Blanca Martinez helped coordinate an outreach effort inviting parishioners to create altars for their dearly departed. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The altar, one of more than 30 on display inside the mausoleum and outside in its grand entryway and courtyard, also includes little things relished in life; a bottle of soda pop, candy, a bag of Cheetos, along with a host of religious icons and personal family photographs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People that are not educated or are unfamiliar with this tradition, they might see it as something pagan or something that is not within the Catholic Church,” says Vega, whose face is also playfully smeared in skull makeup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11627885\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11627885\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7339-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvary Cemetery and Mortuary in East Los Angeles is decked out with Dia de Los Muertos-themed decoration and parishioner-created altars. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vega says that for decades and even to this day, some Catholics may view Dia de Los Muertos as somehow sacrilegious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seeing a homemade altar with religions icons like the Virgin Mary alongside a bottle of dad’s favorite beer can just rub some people the wrong way. But those personal touches are intended to venerate the deceased, not blaspheme the sacred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In reality, the celebration of the Day of the Dead with altars, food and flowers was very traditional and for thousands of years the indigenous people celebrated,” says Vega.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But when the Europeans arrived with Christianity they basically forbid the indigenous people to celebrate many of their rituals and celebrations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11627886\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11627886\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-800x663.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-800x663.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-160x133.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-1020x846.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-1180x978.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-960x796.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-240x199.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-375x311.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_7347-520x431.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dia de Los Muertos altars typically mix sacred religious iconography with decidedly non-religious items savored by those being venerated, like candy, jewelry, family photos and even alcoholic beverages. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over time, Dia de Los Muertos has been embraced by the Latino Catholic mainstream. This year the L.A. Catholic Archdiocese officially sponsored two consecutive weekends of celebrations in Los Angeles and \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailynews.com/2017/10/28/dia-de-los-muertos-celebration-in-oxnard-features-blessing-of-70-altars/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ventura County\u003c/a>, though individual churches have done so for years, says Vega of the archdiocese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(But) officially coming from the archdiocese, it fosters not only the faith but also the tradition. And that can help society to understand and celebrate life in a different perspective,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11627888\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11627888\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/IMG_3037-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dia de Los Muertos typically blends sacred religious iconography with decidedly non-religious items and images to reflect the spiritual and the temporal life, as seen here during a celebration last month at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Celebrations culminate Saturday when Archbishop \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ArchbishopGomez?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">José H. 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"content": "\u003cp>I noticed the first couple of tents near KQED’s Los Angeles bureau several months ago on a busy thoroughfare connecting downtown to Koreatown and MacArthur Park. That’s around the time Arnell Lee staked out the area and pitched camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh, I was like the first one that stayed right here, right there next to the palm tree,” says Lee leaning up against a retaining wall awash in graffiti behind a tent belonging to Jeremy Thompson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a friend of mine, told him, 'man don't tell nobody about this spot,' it's a good area you know what I mean,” says Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People just don't take care of the spot and there are too many people,” says Thompson from his tent, wrapping grip tape around a pair of handlebars. There are stacks of bicycle tires, frames, tools and other parts behind and inside the tent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626198\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626198\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Oh I was like the first one that stayed right here,' says Arnell Lee of a small homeless encampment that sprung up at the edge of downtown L.A. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thompson says police confiscated some older bike parts a while ago, suspecting it was all stolen. He insists he’s no thief. He’s just good with his hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were fine with everything, and the next day they came back and did bulk property removal and threw out about $4,000 worth of frames, just drug ‘em off threw them away,” says Thompson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson says he used to run his own bike shop and other businesses back in the Midwest where he’s from. He’s vague about what brought him to L.A., why things took a turn in his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chasing a woman,” he laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I make next to nothing off this,” he says of his makeshift bike repair. “I don't even break even it's just a labor of love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-800x554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-800x554.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-1180x817.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-960x665.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-240x166.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-375x260.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-520x360.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New 'micro' homeless encampments have been popping up more and more around L.A. including this one near KQED's L.A. bureau. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What's a little unusual about this encampment is that it's only about a 20-minute walk from the heart of L.A.'s Skid Row, the largest concentration of homeless people in the nation. Skid Row also has the biggest concentration of homeless services, supportive housing and shelter space -- when there’s vacancy that is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why pitch camp on this patch of sidewalk down the hill from a public school and across the street from a pair of vehicle maintenance yards?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Before here I was just bouncing around from place to place,” says Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can't stand Skid Row, I can't stand it man. It's too cluttered, too many people, it smells, too much drama,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s cannibalistic and parasitic,” chimes in Thompson. “We all have each other’s back right here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626277\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626277\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Measure H aims to raise millions for homeless services through a hike in L.A. County’s sales tax. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An ever tightening housing market, a shortage of low income housing and finite public services for the homeless spurred Los Angeles city and county to declare a ‘homeless emergency’ last year. And to push hard for passage of two landmark, voter-approved funding efforts \u003ca href=\"http://homeless.lacounty.gov/measure-h/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure H\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://cao.lacity.org/Homeless/PropHHHAOC-20170223b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition HHH \u003c/a>to bankroll homeless services and supportive housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And so our goal is providing integrated services to our homeless brothers and sisters along with the resources to succeed and to thrive,” declared \u003ca href=\"http://ridley-thomas.lacounty.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L.A. County supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas \u003c/a>earlier this month during a news conference in the parking of the non-profit Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care System or HOPICS in South Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thrive,” says Ridley-Thomas. “That's what we're here to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas at a recent in event in South L.A. trumpeting an increased outreach effort to bring the homeless off the street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626282\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas at a recent in event in South L.A. trumpeting an increased outreach effort to bring the homeless off the street. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ridley-Thomas trumpeted a renewed effort to partner with community groups like \u003ca href=\"https://www.hopics.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOPICS\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.thesoh.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanctuary of Hope \u003c/a>youth services to create a virtual army of street outreach teams with the aid of Measure H money. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The aim is to steer people living on the streets to services, find temporary shelter and hopefully put them on a path to permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a residential street abutting the 110 Freeway in South L.A., there’s a settlement of tarps, tents and small RVs that stretches for two city blocks. A couple of outreach workers with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L.A. County Homeless Services Authority\u003c/a> knocked on RV doors and called into open tent tent flaps to check in on people and offer a menu of possible services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A street team with L.A. County’s Homeless Services Authority visits with residents of a sprawling sidewalk encampment in South Los Angeles.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626292\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street team with L.A. County’s Homeless Services Authority visits with residents of a sprawling sidewalk encampment in South Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The encampment is a mix of single women, white men, black millennials and Latino immigrants. It sprung up about 18 months ago or so says LAHSA outreach worker Crystal Clarke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We saw encampments definitely grow, and we're also seeing it move into areas it never was before,” says LAHSA’s outreach coordinator Colleen Murphy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there is community pressure, law enforcement pressures where encampments will start one place and then move. So we have to stay on our toes and know where that's happening and then move our services there,” says Murphy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With Measure H we have a lot more resources flowing down the pike, whether it's rapid re-housing, more shelter beds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I tell Murphy about Arnell and Jeremy, the guys I met living in tents near my office, about how they stay away from Skid Row, and are leery of shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those folks don't have to go to a shelter, we can work with them straight from their encampments,” says Murphy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Down the block, street outreach volunteer Reba Stevens is working alongside a team from Sanctuary of Hope youth services. Stevens was homeless for years herself she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And there was nothing like this,” she says referring to the street outreach teams. Had there been, she might have gotten off the streets sooner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626297\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"A promotional illustration mapping out L.A. County’s multi-teared approach to getting the homeless housed and connected to the services they need.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626297\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-800x563.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-160x113.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-1180x830.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-960x676.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-240x169.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-375x264.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-520x366.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A promotional illustration mapping out L.A. County’s multi-teared approach to getting the homeless housed and connected to the services they need. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stevens speaks to a tall, trim young black man with an orange bandana around his neck named Craig. He doesn’t want to give his last name. Craig is 25. He says he used to live around here, with a godmother. He moved in with her after his mom died years ago. Then there were conflicts over his sexuality and apparent substance abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we could get you into a shelter today, would you go,” asks Stevens leaning in close to Craig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he wants to but he’s unsure. The shelters are crowded, big, no privacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Craig is eventually persuaded to take a spot at a youth shelter. At 25 he just qualifies. Someone calls to arrange a pickup. It’s the kind of breakthrough you hope for everyday says Colleen Murphy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don't give up that's our mantra,” says Murphy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We do whatever it takes, we don't give up and we may get ‘NO’ ten times and we will just keep coming back until we get the ‘YES’.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turns out, they’ll probably have to come back and ask Craig again too. In the time it took for Murphy and I to reach the end of the block and walk back, he’d changed his mind. He’s not ready to come in off the streets just yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I call out to him as he heads off down the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So, are you going?” I ask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He shrugs his shoulders and smiles sheepishly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thank you,” he says and walks on.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>I noticed the first couple of tents near KQED’s Los Angeles bureau several months ago on a busy thoroughfare connecting downtown to Koreatown and MacArthur Park. That’s around the time Arnell Lee staked out the area and pitched camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh, I was like the first one that stayed right here, right there next to the palm tree,” says Lee leaning up against a retaining wall awash in graffiti behind a tent belonging to Jeremy Thompson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a friend of mine, told him, 'man don't tell nobody about this spot,' it's a good area you know what I mean,” says Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People just don't take care of the spot and there are too many people,” says Thompson from his tent, wrapping grip tape around a pair of handlebars. There are stacks of bicycle tires, frames, tools and other parts behind and inside the tent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626198\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626198\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Arnell-3-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Oh I was like the first one that stayed right here,' says Arnell Lee of a small homeless encampment that sprung up at the edge of downtown L.A. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thompson says police confiscated some older bike parts a while ago, suspecting it was all stolen. He insists he’s no thief. He’s just good with his hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were fine with everything, and the next day they came back and did bulk property removal and threw out about $4,000 worth of frames, just drug ‘em off threw them away,” says Thompson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson says he used to run his own bike shop and other businesses back in the Midwest where he’s from. He’s vague about what brought him to L.A., why things took a turn in his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chasing a woman,” he laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I make next to nothing off this,” he says of his makeshift bike repair. “I don't even break even it's just a labor of love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-800x554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-800x554.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-1180x817.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-960x665.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-240x166.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-375x260.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/2nd-street-camp-wide-520x360.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New 'micro' homeless encampments have been popping up more and more around L.A. including this one near KQED's L.A. bureau. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What's a little unusual about this encampment is that it's only about a 20-minute walk from the heart of L.A.'s Skid Row, the largest concentration of homeless people in the nation. Skid Row also has the biggest concentration of homeless services, supportive housing and shelter space -- when there’s vacancy that is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why pitch camp on this patch of sidewalk down the hill from a public school and across the street from a pair of vehicle maintenance yards?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Before here I was just bouncing around from place to place,” says Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can't stand Skid Row, I can't stand it man. It's too cluttered, too many people, it smells, too much drama,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s cannibalistic and parasitic,” chimes in Thompson. “We all have each other’s back right here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626277\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626277\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/meas-H-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Measure H aims to raise millions for homeless services through a hike in L.A. County’s sales tax. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An ever tightening housing market, a shortage of low income housing and finite public services for the homeless spurred Los Angeles city and county to declare a ‘homeless emergency’ last year. And to push hard for passage of two landmark, voter-approved funding efforts \u003ca href=\"http://homeless.lacounty.gov/measure-h/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure H\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://cao.lacity.org/Homeless/PropHHHAOC-20170223b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition HHH \u003c/a>to bankroll homeless services and supportive housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And so our goal is providing integrated services to our homeless brothers and sisters along with the resources to succeed and to thrive,” declared \u003ca href=\"http://ridley-thomas.lacounty.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L.A. County supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas \u003c/a>earlier this month during a news conference in the parking of the non-profit Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care System or HOPICS in South Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thrive,” says Ridley-Thomas. “That's what we're here to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas at a recent in event in South L.A. trumpeting an increased outreach effort to bring the homeless off the street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626282\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Mark-RT-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas at a recent in event in South L.A. trumpeting an increased outreach effort to bring the homeless off the street. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ridley-Thomas trumpeted a renewed effort to partner with community groups like \u003ca href=\"https://www.hopics.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOPICS\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.thesoh.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanctuary of Hope \u003c/a>youth services to create a virtual army of street outreach teams with the aid of Measure H money. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The aim is to steer people living on the streets to services, find temporary shelter and hopefully put them on a path to permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a residential street abutting the 110 Freeway in South L.A., there’s a settlement of tarps, tents and small RVs that stretches for two city blocks. A couple of outreach workers with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L.A. County Homeless Services Authority\u003c/a> knocked on RV doors and called into open tent tent flaps to check in on people and offer a menu of possible services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A street team with L.A. County’s Homeless Services Authority visits with residents of a sprawling sidewalk encampment in South Los Angeles.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626292\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/lahsa-workers-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street team with L.A. County’s Homeless Services Authority visits with residents of a sprawling sidewalk encampment in South Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The encampment is a mix of single women, white men, black millennials and Latino immigrants. It sprung up about 18 months ago or so says LAHSA outreach worker Crystal Clarke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We saw encampments definitely grow, and we're also seeing it move into areas it never was before,” says LAHSA’s outreach coordinator Colleen Murphy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there is community pressure, law enforcement pressures where encampments will start one place and then move. So we have to stay on our toes and know where that's happening and then move our services there,” says Murphy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With Measure H we have a lot more resources flowing down the pike, whether it's rapid re-housing, more shelter beds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I tell Murphy about Arnell and Jeremy, the guys I met living in tents near my office, about how they stay away from Skid Row, and are leery of shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those folks don't have to go to a shelter, we can work with them straight from their encampments,” says Murphy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Down the block, street outreach volunteer Reba Stevens is working alongside a team from Sanctuary of Hope youth services. Stevens was homeless for years herself she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And there was nothing like this,” she says referring to the street outreach teams. Had there been, she might have gotten off the streets sooner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626297\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"A promotional illustration mapping out L.A. County’s multi-teared approach to getting the homeless housed and connected to the services they need.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626297\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-800x563.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-160x113.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-1180x830.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-960x676.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-240x169.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-375x264.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/OUTREACH-ILLUSTRATION-520x366.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A promotional illustration mapping out L.A. County’s multi-teared approach to getting the homeless housed and connected to the services they need. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stevens speaks to a tall, trim young black man with an orange bandana around his neck named Craig. He doesn’t want to give his last name. Craig is 25. He says he used to live around here, with a godmother. He moved in with her after his mom died years ago. Then there were conflicts over his sexuality and apparent substance abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we could get you into a shelter today, would you go,” asks Stevens leaning in close to Craig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he wants to but he’s unsure. The shelters are crowded, big, no privacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Craig is eventually persuaded to take a spot at a youth shelter. At 25 he just qualifies. Someone calls to arrange a pickup. It’s the kind of breakthrough you hope for everyday says Colleen Murphy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don't give up that's our mantra,” says Murphy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We do whatever it takes, we don't give up and we may get ‘NO’ ten times and we will just keep coming back until we get the ‘YES’.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turns out, they’ll probably have to come back and ask Craig again too. In the time it took for Murphy and I to reach the end of the block and walk back, he’d changed his mind. He’s not ready to come in off the streets just yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I call out to him as he heads off down the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So, are you going?” I ask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He shrugs his shoulders and smiles sheepishly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Immigration officials have been arresting Cambodian nationals in California in recent weeks as the Trump administration moves to send back those with deportation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As many as 100 Cambodians nationwide may have been detained, according to community advocates, some in the Long Beach area where the immigrants have settled as part of a tight community and busy business district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last Friday, Posda Tuot said he took his cousin, Nak Kim Chhouen, to his scheduled check-in with immigration officials. Chhouen, known by friends and family as Rickie, had been attending the appointments for years but this time, things were different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I dropped him off at the federal building Friday morning, and he just never walked out,” Tuot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chhouen, a 42-year-old refugee who lives in Long Beach, was detained by immigration officials. Now he's in a local detention center awaiting deportation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"6b0BYBPlQN1uRw4fZUPK5x78zEeBBpgq\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration officials said Chhouen was ordered deported in 2001 after a criminal conviction, which officials only described as an \"aggravated felony, among other convictions, in 1999.\" He remained in the U.S. on supervised release, which allowed him to live and work here legally so long as he checked in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said Chhouen's arrest is part of an ongoing effort to repatriate Cambodian nationals with deportation orders. Last month, the Trump administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/13/dhs-announces-implementation-visa-sanctions-four-countries\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">imposed visa sanctions\u003c/a> on Cambodia and three other countries for not accepting deportees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The United States continues to work with the Government of Cambodia to establish a reliable processes for the issuance of travel documents and their acceptance of the prompt, lawful return of Cambodian nationals who are subject to removal from the United States,\" ICE spokeswoman Lauren Mack said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to his family, Chhouen arrived in the United States when he was a child, and is unfamiliar with Cambodia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE would not confirm how many Cambodians have been arrested in recent weeks, but community groups say there are many.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has been a lot of fear in the community because there have been so many people rounded up, over a hundred,\" said Katrina Dizon, immigration policy manager with the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, an advocacy group with offices in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dizon said her group has fielded calls over a couple of weeks about Cambodian immigrants arrested nationwide, mostly in California. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have folks from Fresno, Monterey Park, Anaheim, Stockton, Orange, Long Beach, Oakland,\" Dizon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"A7tF1jOimRgHQZpJoTOoOqlQiHIJKvgu\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davisna Oum with United Cambodian Community of Long Beach, a community group in the city's Cambodia Town neighborhood, said his group has also received calls from family members about arrests of relatives over the past two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter this week, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn urged U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials to not use the arrested immigrants as \"bargaining chips\" in negotiations with the Cambodian government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cambodia has long been considered among so-called \u003ca href=\"https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/recalcitrant-countries-denying-visas-to-countries-that-refuse-to-take-back-their-deported-nationals/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\"recalcitrant\" nations\u003c/a> that do not fully cooperate with U.S. officials in accepting back deported nationals. While Cambodians have been deported over the years, U.S. officials have had problems getting that country's officials to issue travel documents, which are needed to repatriate deportees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, the Trump administration announced visa sanctions against Cambodia, Eritra, Guinea, and Sierra Leone \"due to lack of cooperation in accepting their nationals ordered removed from the United States.\" Temporary visitor visas for traveling Cambodians were discontinued as a result. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE spokeswoman Mack said the U.S. has more than 500 travel document requests pending with the Cambodian government, some dating back nearly a decade. She said there are more than 1,900 Cambodian nationals in the U.S. who have final deportation orders, and that the majority of these have criminal convictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuot said that his cousin, Chhouen, served his time many years ago but has led a stable life since then, working for a telephone company and staying out of trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He's been a changed man since he came out, trying to stay positive, trying to keep his life on track,\" according to Tuot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuot, who lives in Philadelphia, was visiting his cousin in Long Beach last week when Chhouen was detained. He said the family has hired an attorney in hopes of keeping Chhouen in the country.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Dressed in jeans and carrying a backpack, 21-year-old Santa Monica College freshman Japheth Craig Dyer looks like a typical college kid who might have just pulled an all-nighter. But he wasn’t up late studying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t have nowhere to sleep last night,” he says. “So … kind of tired, but I’m not too worried about it. I’ll just make sure I get some rest whenever I can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s sitting on a bench in the shade — just inside, the cafeteria teems with students eating, chatting and studying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dyer is part of a homeless population that’s been invisible for a long time. \u003ca href=\"http://www.vchcorp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-Homeless-Count-Results.pdf\">The latest homeless count in Los Angeles showed a 64 percent increase\u003c/a> in the number of 18- to 24-year-olds on the streets since last year, to a total of nearly 6,000. But experts say that dramatic rise is largely due to the fact that authorities got better at counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”HjFtUsWVHLbosTQ03QasPLW3z5x4x3FH”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill Bedrossian, the \u003ca href=\"https://covenanthousecalifornia.org/\">CEO of Covenant House California\u003c/a>, a nonprofit specifically serving homeless 18- to 24-year-olds, says the latest number “is the number we’ve been saying for the last five to six years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeless people in this age group are frequently hidden from plain sight, Bedrossian says. Instead of sleeping on sidewalks or in shelters, they often stay with friends or keep odd hours. This year, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority took that into account and surveyed young people about where to find their peers before the annual count.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They really talked to young people about how, when and where to count them,” Bedrossian said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Better counting could also explain why other communities around the country have seen similar increases, like San Diego, Atlanta and Seattle. Still, the uptick isn’t entirely due to better counting. It also reflects a real problem that’s getting worse. Bedrossian says Covenant House has seen more young men and women seeking help in recent years, though it’s difficult to quantify exactly how many more. About half are former foster kids, like Japheth Craig Dyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dyer lived in foster care until he was 18 and then stayed with his grandmother for a short time, but says they didn’t get along. He ended up on the street about two years ago. Sometimes he stays with friends, but he spends a lot of nights aimlessly riding the bus, which he describes as “demoralizing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11625531\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11625531\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/scott-encampment-1_wide-48099f9e7d750d2c4f0a92c29eb9b22536d9436b-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A bike, sofa and other belongings are stored in this makeshift shelter.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bike, sofa and other belongings are stored in this makeshift shelter. \u003ccite>(Anna Scott/KCRW)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bedrossian says Dyer isn’t alone, and that foster care often doesn’t provide the stability people need to successfully step into adulthood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not in homes long enough to really develop family relationships when they turn 18,” Bedrossian said. “The design of the foster care system is to keep your children safe. It’s not to raise children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl points out that California does offer some services to young people for three years after leaving foster care. But she agrees with Bedrossian that it only goes so far. Once somebody turns 18, she says, “We can’t tell you what to do. We can’t order people to take you in, because you’re an adult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”vdbFsNNIQqZdkIGSnC9SKqjOL6GADF53″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kuehl says the city and county recently adopted several new measures aimed at stopping former foster youth from slipping through the cracks after turning 18, including more temporary shelters for young people and help for colleges to identify and track homeless students. 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"content": "\u003cp>Throughout his presidential campaign and since, President Trump has made bold assertions about his charitable giving. But as the \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/washington-posts-david-fahrenthold-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-dogged-reporting-of-trumps-philanthropy/2017/04/10/dd535d2e-1dfb-11e7-be2a-3a1fb24d4671_story.html?utm_term=.9c73d5f29b4a\"> has thoroughly documented\u003c/a>, those boasts of philanthropy don't always stand up to scrutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now NPR has taken a closer look at the charitable-giving claims made by a Trump property, the Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles. We have found that the golf club's charitable giving has followed the same pattern — falling far short of what the organization claimed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As recently as this summer, the club declared on its website: \"We are proud to have provided $5 million to the following charitable causes since our opening.\" It listed nearly 200 recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For weeks, NPR's \u003cem>Embedded\u003c/em> podcast and conflicts-of-interest team combed through that list to verify the assertions.\u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2797213/Trump-Donations.pdf\"> NPR cross-referenced the golf club's website with a document\u003c/a> that the Trump campaign gave to The Associated Press in 2015, detailing charitable gifts from 2010 to 2015. NPR also called and emailed dozens of organizations to find out whether they have a record of a donation from the Trump National Golf Club, the Trump Organization or VH Property Corp., the LLC that technically owns the golf course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That reporting suggests the club's donations have fallen well short of $5 million and are much closer to approximately $800,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/558352411/558558747\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR has repeatedly contacted the Trump Organization and the golf club manager, sending questions via phone calls, emails, letters and a fax message. They have not responded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the club did change its assertions. In early September, about a month into NPR's reporting, the Trump Organization took down the list of organizations from its website and removed the claim about having donated $5 million. (You can still view the page via the \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20170630114313/http:/www.trumpnationallosangeles.com/philanthrophy\">Internet Archive\u003c/a> as well as \u003ca href=\"http://archive.is/http:/www.trumpnationallosangeles.com/philanthrophy\">archive.is\u003c/a>. For comparison, \u003ca href=\"http://www.trumpnationallosangeles.com/philanthrophy\">here is the current webpage\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"i2WprzrzHgqq65wrWZp8TDWVySTgvt86\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be clear, NPR did confirm that the club, located outside Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, has made charitable donations. The discrepancies involve the amounts of gifts and numbers of recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through interviews and examinations of publicly available documents, here's what NPR has found:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Seventeen organizations listed on the Trump National website said that they could not find any record of a donation from the golf club.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Several organizations listed on the website are not charities at all. The list includes a city government, a state agency and a branch of the U.S. military.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Most organizations received small contributions from the golf club, including donations of $140. Most of the contributions to organizations on the list were not in the form of cash but in-kind donations, like a gift certificate for a round of golf or \"Sunday brunch for two.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In the end, NPR was able to confirm only about $800,000 in donations, less than one-fifth of what was claimed.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[TrumpGiving]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Missing Donations and Discrepancies\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As several organizations pointed out, the fact that 17 of them could not find a record of a donation does not necessarily mean they never received one. It could suggest that the donations were not significant enough to be remembered or written down, or it might be chalked up to a lack of precision in naming the recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, the Trump Campaign document listed more than $21,000 in donations to the \"UCLA Foundation\" and the \"UCLA Women's Golf Program.\" Brian Haas, a spokesman for the university, said UCLA searched multiple times for records of donations, but came up empty-handed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are unaware of these particular donations,\" Haas wrote in an email. \"If you can coax some additional information from the Trump Organization, perhaps that would help.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"rFyxKo32ECifNdOhdcK1YHBkIwYr2KC9\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump website also cited a donation to \"Cystic Fibrosis\" — as in the genetic disease, rather than a specific charity supporting research. The Trump Campaign document also has an entry for a $1,182.50 donation to \"Child Abuse.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several organizations listed are not charities at all, such as the City of Avalon, California, and the California Department of Veteran Affairs. Both said they could find no record of a donation from Trump or his golf club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there's the entry for a $152.14 donation to the \"U.S. Department of the Navy.\" (That amount indicates the donation was for a gift certificate for \"Sunday brunch or two\" at the golf club.) In an email, a Navy official told NPR, \"We have no information about whether or how this specific gift was given to the Navy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a handful of organizations in the Rancho Palos Verdes area do report receiving \"generous\" cash contributions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One example comes from John Williams. A former Kiwanis Club president, Williams now runs the Peninsula Symphony, a small orchestra that performs free concerts. He says Trump helped support the Kiwanis Club's Palos Verdes Marathon from 2005 to 2007, with three donations of $15,000 each, and has supported the symphony through in-kind donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would have to say he's been a very good community supporter,\" Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>In-kind Donations\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>NPR's other key finding was that overwhelmingly, charitable giving by Trump National involved gift certificates, such as the \"Sunday brunch for two\" or \"twosome for golf\" (worth approximately $600).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em> has \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-portrait-of-trump-the-donor-free-rounds-of-golf-but-no-personal-cash/2016/04/10/373b9b92-fb40-11e5-9140-e61d062438bb_story.html?utm_term=.fe3ad4ea93f4\">documented\u003c/a> that Trump properties around the country also prefer this type of donation. Some nonprofits welcome such gifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It may not be altruism. It may just be marketing his business.'\u003ccite>Daniel Borochoff, CharityWatch\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Judith Opdahl, the executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cancersupportredondobeach.org/\">Cancer Support Community Redondo Beach\u003c/a>, did not offer specific dollar amounts but says the Trump Organization has been \"very philanthropic\" by providing discounted event space and in-kind donations for charity auctions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Borochoff, of the charity watchdog CharityWatch, says many companies use in-kind donations as a way to promote their business and build goodwill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If the public or potential customers have good feelings towards the business, they're more likely to play golf there or shop there,\" Borochoff said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he is skeptical about the value of such philanthropy, noting that such donations help build the Trump brand and bring in new customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It may not be altruism,\" Borochoff said. \"It may just be marketing his business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borochoff says another reason companies offer in-kind donations is that such gifts rarely cost the company much money. They also frequently come with strings attached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"fYC7k4IloWdidnt6quuJg3b6SSC9DqcR\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cui.edu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=S1iocEalHjA%3D&portalid=0&language=en-US\">charity event held by Concordia University, Irvine\u003c/a> auctioned a \"twosome of Golf\" at the Trump golf club. But the gift certificate was valid only Mondays through Thursdays and expired within six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In most cases, experts say, cash donations are also much more valuable to a charity than in-kind donations. To turn a gift certificate into cash, a charity typically must hold an auction, which takes time and effort. And the bid usually comes in at less than the market value of the in-kind donation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacob Harold, the president of GuideStar, which tracks nonprofits, says when companies claim an in-kind donation is worth the full sticker price, it can create a false impression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you are saying, 'We gave $5 million away over the last few years,' and that's at market prices,\" says Harold, \"that's actually somewhat misleading.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Controversial Source for the $5 Million Estimate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So how does the total charitable giving of Trump's golf club stack up? NPR was able to verify only about $800,000 in charitable gifts, even treating in-kind donations at full market value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the Trump Organization did not respond, NPR could not ask how the club reached the $5 million figure listed on its website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's possible the club was including a sometimes controversial federal tax break: conservation easements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January 2015, Trump made an agreement with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy to set aside the golf course's 11.5-acre driving range as environmentally valuable open space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"XzZs3sMTB9Fc5FpydKa5CTq40Kp5g1Vy\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The easement protects the land and prohibits harmful uses on the property such as dumping, landfill, and also has restrictions on waste and impermeable surfacing among many other items,\" said a \u003ca href=\"http://pvplc.org/_news/docs/releases/TrumpConEasementEDNoQuote.pdf\">press release\u003c/a> from the land conservancy. \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailybreeze.com/environment-and-nature/20150115/donald-trump-turns-over-115-acre-easement-in-rancho-palos-verdes-for-open-space\">Trump said\u003c/a> the easement represented a significant gift, because the land was worth \"much more than $25 million,\" and he could get a windfall if he built and sold houses on that property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though, \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/review-finds-trumps-charity-donations-modest/\">as The Associated Press has reported\u003c/a>, it's unclear whether Trump ever had concrete plans to build houses on the property. City officials also told NPR that Trump faced significant barriers to building because of the area's geological instability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conservation easements can help protect the environment and can also offer valuable tax breaks for companies, especially golf courses. They've also come under \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-land-donations-put-him-in-line-for-conservation-tax-breaks-1457656717\">increased scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's California golf course before and after the agreement looks the same. The driving range is still a driving range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The smell test isn't great in that case,\" Harold, of GuideStar, said. Claiming a charitable donation for preserving a driving range as open space \"doesn't feel like a sacrifice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's unclear what, if any, deductions Trump or the Trump Organization claimed from the easement agreement. The land conservancy itself says it does not assign dollar values to the land. So that may be a question only Trump's tax returns can answer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has not released those.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If your organization has received a donation from Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles, or if you believe your organization was wrongly included on the golf club's website, please let us know. You can reach Tom Dreisbach at \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"mailto:tdreisbach@npr.org\">\u003cem>tdreisbach@npr.org\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR's Sonari Glinton contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2017 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Throughout his presidential campaign and since, President Trump has made bold assertions about his charitable giving. But as the \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/washington-posts-david-fahrenthold-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-dogged-reporting-of-trumps-philanthropy/2017/04/10/dd535d2e-1dfb-11e7-be2a-3a1fb24d4671_story.html?utm_term=.9c73d5f29b4a\"> has thoroughly documented\u003c/a>, those boasts of philanthropy don't always stand up to scrutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now NPR has taken a closer look at the charitable-giving claims made by a Trump property, the Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles. We have found that the golf club's charitable giving has followed the same pattern — falling far short of what the organization claimed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As recently as this summer, the club declared on its website: \"We are proud to have provided $5 million to the following charitable causes since our opening.\" It listed nearly 200 recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For weeks, NPR's \u003cem>Embedded\u003c/em> podcast and conflicts-of-interest team combed through that list to verify the assertions.\u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2797213/Trump-Donations.pdf\"> NPR cross-referenced the golf club's website with a document\u003c/a> that the Trump campaign gave to The Associated Press in 2015, detailing charitable gifts from 2010 to 2015. NPR also called and emailed dozens of organizations to find out whether they have a record of a donation from the Trump National Golf Club, the Trump Organization or VH Property Corp., the LLC that technically owns the golf course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That reporting suggests the club's donations have fallen well short of $5 million and are much closer to approximately $800,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/558352411/558558747\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR has repeatedly contacted the Trump Organization and the golf club manager, sending questions via phone calls, emails, letters and a fax message. They have not responded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the club did change its assertions. In early September, about a month into NPR's reporting, the Trump Organization took down the list of organizations from its website and removed the claim about having donated $5 million. (You can still view the page via the \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20170630114313/http:/www.trumpnationallosangeles.com/philanthrophy\">Internet Archive\u003c/a> as well as \u003ca href=\"http://archive.is/http:/www.trumpnationallosangeles.com/philanthrophy\">archive.is\u003c/a>. For comparison, \u003ca href=\"http://www.trumpnationallosangeles.com/philanthrophy\">here is the current webpage\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be clear, NPR did confirm that the club, located outside Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, has made charitable donations. The discrepancies involve the amounts of gifts and numbers of recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through interviews and examinations of publicly available documents, here's what NPR has found:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Seventeen organizations listed on the Trump National website said that they could not find any record of a donation from the golf club.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Several organizations listed on the website are not charities at all. The list includes a city government, a state agency and a branch of the U.S. military.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Most organizations received small contributions from the golf club, including donations of $140. Most of the contributions to organizations on the list were not in the form of cash but in-kind donations, like a gift certificate for a round of golf or \"Sunday brunch for two.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In the end, NPR was able to confirm only about $800,000 in donations, less than one-fifth of what was claimed.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[TrumpGiving]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Missing Donations and Discrepancies\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As several organizations pointed out, the fact that 17 of them could not find a record of a donation does not necessarily mean they never received one. It could suggest that the donations were not significant enough to be remembered or written down, or it might be chalked up to a lack of precision in naming the recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, the Trump Campaign document listed more than $21,000 in donations to the \"UCLA Foundation\" and the \"UCLA Women's Golf Program.\" Brian Haas, a spokesman for the university, said UCLA searched multiple times for records of donations, but came up empty-handed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are unaware of these particular donations,\" Haas wrote in an email. \"If you can coax some additional information from the Trump Organization, perhaps that would help.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump website also cited a donation to \"Cystic Fibrosis\" — as in the genetic disease, rather than a specific charity supporting research. The Trump Campaign document also has an entry for a $1,182.50 donation to \"Child Abuse.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several organizations listed are not charities at all, such as the City of Avalon, California, and the California Department of Veteran Affairs. Both said they could find no record of a donation from Trump or his golf club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there's the entry for a $152.14 donation to the \"U.S. Department of the Navy.\" (That amount indicates the donation was for a gift certificate for \"Sunday brunch or two\" at the golf club.) In an email, a Navy official told NPR, \"We have no information about whether or how this specific gift was given to the Navy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a handful of organizations in the Rancho Palos Verdes area do report receiving \"generous\" cash contributions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One example comes from John Williams. A former Kiwanis Club president, Williams now runs the Peninsula Symphony, a small orchestra that performs free concerts. He says Trump helped support the Kiwanis Club's Palos Verdes Marathon from 2005 to 2007, with three donations of $15,000 each, and has supported the symphony through in-kind donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would have to say he's been a very good community supporter,\" Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>In-kind Donations\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>NPR's other key finding was that overwhelmingly, charitable giving by Trump National involved gift certificates, such as the \"Sunday brunch for two\" or \"twosome for golf\" (worth approximately $600).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em> has \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-portrait-of-trump-the-donor-free-rounds-of-golf-but-no-personal-cash/2016/04/10/373b9b92-fb40-11e5-9140-e61d062438bb_story.html?utm_term=.fe3ad4ea93f4\">documented\u003c/a> that Trump properties around the country also prefer this type of donation. Some nonprofits welcome such gifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It may not be altruism. It may just be marketing his business.'\u003ccite>Daniel Borochoff, CharityWatch\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Judith Opdahl, the executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cancersupportredondobeach.org/\">Cancer Support Community Redondo Beach\u003c/a>, did not offer specific dollar amounts but says the Trump Organization has been \"very philanthropic\" by providing discounted event space and in-kind donations for charity auctions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Borochoff, of the charity watchdog CharityWatch, says many companies use in-kind donations as a way to promote their business and build goodwill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If the public or potential customers have good feelings towards the business, they're more likely to play golf there or shop there,\" Borochoff said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he is skeptical about the value of such philanthropy, noting that such donations help build the Trump brand and bring in new customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It may not be altruism,\" Borochoff said. \"It may just be marketing his business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borochoff says another reason companies offer in-kind donations is that such gifts rarely cost the company much money. They also frequently come with strings attached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cui.edu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=S1iocEalHjA%3D&portalid=0&language=en-US\">charity event held by Concordia University, Irvine\u003c/a> auctioned a \"twosome of Golf\" at the Trump golf club. But the gift certificate was valid only Mondays through Thursdays and expired within six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In most cases, experts say, cash donations are also much more valuable to a charity than in-kind donations. To turn a gift certificate into cash, a charity typically must hold an auction, which takes time and effort. And the bid usually comes in at less than the market value of the in-kind donation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacob Harold, the president of GuideStar, which tracks nonprofits, says when companies claim an in-kind donation is worth the full sticker price, it can create a false impression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you are saying, 'We gave $5 million away over the last few years,' and that's at market prices,\" says Harold, \"that's actually somewhat misleading.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Controversial Source for the $5 Million Estimate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So how does the total charitable giving of Trump's golf club stack up? NPR was able to verify only about $800,000 in charitable gifts, even treating in-kind donations at full market value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the Trump Organization did not respond, NPR could not ask how the club reached the $5 million figure listed on its website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's possible the club was including a sometimes controversial federal tax break: conservation easements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January 2015, Trump made an agreement with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy to set aside the golf course's 11.5-acre driving range as environmentally valuable open space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The easement protects the land and prohibits harmful uses on the property such as dumping, landfill, and also has restrictions on waste and impermeable surfacing among many other items,\" said a \u003ca href=\"http://pvplc.org/_news/docs/releases/TrumpConEasementEDNoQuote.pdf\">press release\u003c/a> from the land conservancy. \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailybreeze.com/environment-and-nature/20150115/donald-trump-turns-over-115-acre-easement-in-rancho-palos-verdes-for-open-space\">Trump said\u003c/a> the easement represented a significant gift, because the land was worth \"much more than $25 million,\" and he could get a windfall if he built and sold houses on that property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though, \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/review-finds-trumps-charity-donations-modest/\">as The Associated Press has reported\u003c/a>, it's unclear whether Trump ever had concrete plans to build houses on the property. City officials also told NPR that Trump faced significant barriers to building because of the area's geological instability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conservation easements can help protect the environment and can also offer valuable tax breaks for companies, especially golf courses. They've also come under \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-land-donations-put-him-in-line-for-conservation-tax-breaks-1457656717\">increased scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's California golf course before and after the agreement looks the same. The driving range is still a driving range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The smell test isn't great in that case,\" Harold, of GuideStar, said. Claiming a charitable donation for preserving a driving range as open space \"doesn't feel like a sacrifice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's unclear what, if any, deductions Trump or the Trump Organization claimed from the easement agreement. 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"content": "\u003cp>As search teams continue to \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/20/552306866/mexico-combs-rubble-for-survivors-after-earthquake-kills-more-than-200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dig through mountains of rubble and ruin\u003c/a> in the aftermath of this week’s deadly Mexico earthquake, Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto has declared three days of national mourning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, the grief runs deep throughout the city’s sprawling \u003ca href=\"http://www.la-archdiocese.org/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roman Catholic Archdiocese\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>L.A.’s historic \u003ca href=\"http://laplacita.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Lady Queen of Angels\u003c/a> church, known as La Placita, is considered the spiritual cradle of Catholicism in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618235\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11618235\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-800x494.jpg\" alt=\"L.A.’s historic Our Lady Queen of Angels church.\" width=\"800\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-800x494.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-1020x630.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-1180x728.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-960x593.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-240x148.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-375x231.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-520x321.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L.A.’s historic Our Lady Queen of Angels church. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The church and adjacent Spanish Mission-style buildings on the edge of Chinatown date back to the late 18th century and the predominantly Latino congregation and clergy have deep ties to Mexico. All daily church services are in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”6le9wQS7b5C8cCJn5wZV7yxXLa9zBLkH”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The archdiocese has 284 parishes and this is the first one, founded back in 1781,” says the Rev. Luis Estrada Rivera, an associate pastor at the church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Placita is commemorating victims of the Mexico earthquake with several days of church service dedications, vigils and fundraising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will do special Masses for the rest of this week and through the weekend and perhaps even on into next week,” says Estrada Rivera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A small crowd of worshipers gathered inside the ornate downtown church on Thursday night. Together their voices unified in hymns, could fill the heavens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618581\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11618581\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victims, survivors, the spirit of Mexico itself were mourned for and celebrated in song and prayer during a two hour evening Mass and vigil Thursday night at L.A.’s historic Our Lady Queen of Angels church. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Victims, survivors, the spirit of Mexico itself were mourned for and celebrated in song and prayer during a two hour evening Mass and vigil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the church, Galilea Camposano lit a candle at a shrine for the Virgin of Guadalupe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every week, I’ve (come) to bring the candles and cry and I ask ‘help me please, the situation is bad, you know,’” says Camposano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Camposano says a prayer to the Virgin helps get her through life’s every day travails, this week especially.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She left the Cuernavaca area 29 years age as a teenager. She’s only returned once. The region was hit hard. Her sister is still there, other family and friends too so Thursday night’s prayers were special\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I pray for them for the people,” says Camposano. “I was in front of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and my heart is broken because my city, you know? My people,” she adds, her voice trailing off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618240\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11618240\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-800x406.jpg\" alt=\"The immense Our Lady of Guadalupe mural at L.A.’s historic Our Lady Queen of Angels church.\" width=\"800\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-800x406.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-160x81.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-1020x517.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-1180x599.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-960x487.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-240x122.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-375x190.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-520x264.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The immense Our Lady of Guadalupe mural at L.A.’s historic Our Lady Queen of Angels church. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many parishioners, even some from Guatemala and El Salvador, said they have no family in areas rocked by the earthquake. Yet they came to pray for their Mexican sisters and brothers. At a time like this said one woman , “We’re all Mexican, we’re all one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see a lot of unity and I see a lot of devotion in the families that we have here,” says the Rev. Luis Estrada Rivera. “They come with open hearts willing to pray, willing to do anything for our brothers and sisters who got devastated in this earthquake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Church employee Medea Lopez has family on the edge of Mexico City. They’re safe, but without power. Water is being trucked in. The family home is standing. But the store her relatives work in is badly damaged, so they don’t know how they’ll earn money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked what her family and their neighbors need most?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oración,” says Lopez in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oracion y ayuda monetaria.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prayers and financial help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has not finalized a formal earthquake relief effort, but a spokeswoman says individual churches are already directing efforts of their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11618201 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-800x586.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-800x586.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-1020x748.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-1180x865.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-960x704.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-240x176.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-375x275.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-520x381.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1.jpg 1228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rev. Arturo Corral (r) and associate pastor the Rev. Luis Estrada Rivera (l) of Our Lady Queen of Angels church in Los Angeles are helping their Latino congregation cope after a massive earthquake in Mexico. \u003ccite>(Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Estrada Rivera says they collected about $7,000 during last Sunday’s services. That and future collections will now be steered to earthquake relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And right after I finish with you, I’m going to go to the bank and do the wire transaction. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As search teams continue to \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/20/552306866/mexico-combs-rubble-for-survivors-after-earthquake-kills-more-than-200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dig through mountains of rubble and ruin\u003c/a> in the aftermath of this week’s deadly Mexico earthquake, Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto has declared three days of national mourning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, the grief runs deep throughout the city’s sprawling \u003ca href=\"http://www.la-archdiocese.org/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roman Catholic Archdiocese\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>L.A.’s historic \u003ca href=\"http://laplacita.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Lady Queen of Angels\u003c/a> church, known as La Placita, is considered the spiritual cradle of Catholicism in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618235\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11618235\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-800x494.jpg\" alt=\"L.A.’s historic Our Lady Queen of Angels church.\" width=\"800\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-800x494.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-1020x630.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-1180x728.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-960x593.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-240x148.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-375x231.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ChurchMain-520x321.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L.A.’s historic Our Lady Queen of Angels church. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The church and adjacent Spanish Mission-style buildings on the edge of Chinatown date back to the late 18th century and the predominantly Latino congregation and clergy have deep ties to Mexico. All daily church services are in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The archdiocese has 284 parishes and this is the first one, founded back in 1781,” says the Rev. Luis Estrada Rivera, an associate pastor at the church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Placita is commemorating victims of the Mexico earthquake with several days of church service dedications, vigils and fundraising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will do special Masses for the rest of this week and through the weekend and perhaps even on into next week,” says Estrada Rivera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A small crowd of worshipers gathered inside the ornate downtown church on Thursday night. Together their voices unified in hymns, could fill the heavens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618581\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11618581\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/PLACITA-mass-fr-back-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victims, survivors, the spirit of Mexico itself were mourned for and celebrated in song and prayer during a two hour evening Mass and vigil Thursday night at L.A.’s historic Our Lady Queen of Angels church. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Victims, survivors, the spirit of Mexico itself were mourned for and celebrated in song and prayer during a two hour evening Mass and vigil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the church, Galilea Camposano lit a candle at a shrine for the Virgin of Guadalupe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every week, I’ve (come) to bring the candles and cry and I ask ‘help me please, the situation is bad, you know,’” says Camposano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Camposano says a prayer to the Virgin helps get her through life’s every day travails, this week especially.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She left the Cuernavaca area 29 years age as a teenager. She’s only returned once. The region was hit hard. Her sister is still there, other family and friends too so Thursday night’s prayers were special\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I pray for them for the people,” says Camposano. “I was in front of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and my heart is broken because my city, you know? My people,” she adds, her voice trailing off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618240\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11618240\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-800x406.jpg\" alt=\"The immense Our Lady of Guadalupe mural at L.A.’s historic Our Lady Queen of Angels church.\" width=\"800\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-800x406.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-160x81.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-1020x517.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-1180x599.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-960x487.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-240x122.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-375x190.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ReinaMural-520x264.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The immense Our Lady of Guadalupe mural at L.A.’s historic Our Lady Queen of Angels church. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many parishioners, even some from Guatemala and El Salvador, said they have no family in areas rocked by the earthquake. Yet they came to pray for their Mexican sisters and brothers. At a time like this said one woman , “We’re all Mexican, we’re all one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see a lot of unity and I see a lot of devotion in the families that we have here,” says the Rev. Luis Estrada Rivera. “They come with open hearts willing to pray, willing to do anything for our brothers and sisters who got devastated in this earthquake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Church employee Medea Lopez has family on the edge of Mexico City. They’re safe, but without power. Water is being trucked in. The family home is standing. But the store her relatives work in is badly damaged, so they don’t know how they’ll earn money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked what her family and their neighbors need most?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oración,” says Lopez in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oracion y ayuda monetaria.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prayers and financial help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has not finalized a formal earthquake relief effort, but a spokeswoman says individual churches are already directing efforts of their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11618201 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-800x586.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-800x586.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-1020x748.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-1180x865.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-960x704.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-240x176.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-375x275.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1-520x381.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/LA-PLACITA-pastors-1.jpg 1228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rev. Arturo Corral (r) and associate pastor the Rev. Luis Estrada Rivera (l) of Our Lady Queen of Angels church in Los Angeles are helping their Latino congregation cope after a massive earthquake in Mexico. \u003ccite>(Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Estrada Rivera says they collected about $7,000 during last Sunday’s services. That and future collections will now be steered to earthquake relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And right after I finish with you, I’m going to go to the bank and do the wire transaction. It will go to Mexico,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The church has also been collecting money for victims of the massive earthquake that rumbled across parts of southern Mexico two weeks ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can pray for them and we can unite in prayer, but we need to help our brothers and sisters who are in need financially,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Actor, comedian and \u003ca href=\"http://cheechmarin.com/chicano-art/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art collector Cheech Marin \u003c/a>calls \u003ca href=\"https://www.visualaids.org/artists/detail/carlos-almaraz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Almaráz \u003c/a>the John Coltrane of Chicano art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Coltrane, Almaráz’s life was cut short by illness before he was able to reach his full potential. But in his 48 years, he created dozens of paintings, \u003ca href=\"http://www.muralconservancy.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">street murals\u003c/a> and other works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616108\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Echo Park nos 1-4’ (1982), a 24-foot long, four-panel work by Carlos Almaráz. Each panel is owned by a different collector. This is the first time the complete work has been available for public view in years. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than 60 paintings, sketches, notebooks and other ephemera are collected in \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/playing-fire-paintings-carlos-almaraz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘Playing With Fire: Paintings by Carlos Almaráz’ \u003c/a>at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It’s the first comprehensive retrospective of the Mexican-born artist’s work in decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almaráz’s formative years in Los Angeles were as a founding member of \u003ca href=\"https://latinomurals.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/losfour/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Four\u003c/a>, a Chicano artists collective that also included Frank Romero, Beto de la Rocha and Gilbert Luján. Los Four formed in the early 1970s to create art for the people, for \u003cem>la lucha\u003c/em>; the struggle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616116\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 550px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11616116\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlos Almaraz in 1974 during the installation of the \"Los Four\" exhibition at LACMA, Los Angeles CA. \u003ccite>(Wikipedia )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They had some pretty grandiose ideas with Chicano art at the center,” explains actor, comedian and filmmaker Richard Montoya. He’s wrapping up a documentary of the artist called\u003ca href=\"https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/carlos-almaraz-documentary-film-project--2#/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> “Carlos in Wonderland.\"\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These were big personalities to maintain in kind of healthy, sometimes unhealthy competition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almaráz began to chafe within the rigid ideological frame of the collective. He wanted to take his art further, says Montoya. And he wanted more control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Carlos kind of takes off as an individual artist. There’s a need for him to pull away from movement identity politics and into the studio for much more personal and private work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Work that reflected more universal if very personal themes; his own bisexuality, the metaphysical, Mexican mythology. But the L.A. neighborhoods he knew and loved best -- Boyle Heights, Echo Park, East L.A. -- were never too far away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You catch glimpses of them throughout \"Playing with Fire.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of another Carlos Almaraz painting depicting L.A.'s Echo Park Lake. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I spent an afternoon with Montoya and exhibit curator Howard Fox at LACMA. Here’s some highlights of our conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On Almaráz's L.A. urban landscapes and his iconic freeway car crash paintings, arguably his most well-known paintings:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox: “We respond to the imagery almost viscerally like you would if you saw an actual car crash, you can’t not look at it. But with the thick buttery impasto that he paints these desperate images with, it’s almost as if you want to go up and lick the painting, but don’t do that please!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616124\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One in a series of freeway car crash paintings from the 1980’s by Carlos Almaráz. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616127\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616127\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of one of Carlos Almaraz’s freeway car crash paintings from the 1980’s. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Montoya: “It’s got these Disney colors too, so he’s drinking in California; the open sky, the things he couldn’t see in Mexico City as a kid. But he comes to L.A. and my God there’s these things called freeways that rise over the barrios and there are these skies and these colors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox: “You’ll see grand cityscapes featuring naked people cavorting in the streets, freeways zooming and zigzagging all over the place and buildings themselves are wagging like puppy dogs tails, it’s visually in your face.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616130\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-800x656.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-800x656.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-160x131.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-1020x836.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-1180x967.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-960x787.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-240x197.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-375x307.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-520x426.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Echo Park nos 1-4’ (detail) \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On his role in Los Four, the Chicano art-collective:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montoya: “It was a movement that demanded to know how militant you were, how Chicano you were, how authentic you were. It wasn’t the place to explore one’s gender or spirituality. Carlos was one of the first, but not the only artist, to retreat from that — for much more personal and private work, exploring gender for example. That’s a heartbreak for a Chicano artist such as myself. But the good news for me, the thank you I feel I owe to Almaráz is that he leaves the movement, but that he leaves the art and the conversation in a better place than where he found it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On whether Almaráz would embrace or resist the title of 'Chicano artist':\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox: “Carlos said, \u003cem>I’m an American artist [who] also happens to be a Chicano.\u003c/em> So he acknowledges the heritage, he embraces it, but he does not typify himself, he does not specify or pigeonhole himself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616141\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 421px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11616141\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Mujeres-MURAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Mujeres-MURAL.jpg 421w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Mujeres-MURAL-160x125.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Mujeres-MURAL-240x188.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Mujeres-MURAL-375x294.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of ‘La Mujer de Aztlan’ street mural at Ramona Housing project in L.A.’s Boyle Heights, created by Judith Hernandez and Carlos Almaráz in 1976. \u003ccite>(Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Montoya: “I’ve never felt that \u003cem>Chicanismo \u003c/em>was something that needed to be transcended. Or that we grow to a greater appreciation of art. For me, his genius is taking the best of all these things, and I felt that Howard [Fox] wasn’t taking any of that away. There’s a moment in the show, in a room that carefully looks at the gay aspect of Carlos’ life. That’s super important to so many of our transgender kids, our LGBT youngsters, our undocumented kids. He was an immigrant. Each one of those things has tremendous value.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On Almaráz living on the border of multiple identities: Mexican/American, bisexual:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox: “One of his paintings, titled “Europe and the Jaguar,” I was really entranced by that because it showed a half-man half-jaguar -- a symbol right out of Mesoamerican mythology -- juxtaposed with a classical female nude, right out of European old master paintings. And between those two promenading figures, there’s this dapper young man, in a blue suit and a blue fedora. I realized, intuitively, that this was a self-portrait of the artist paying homage to the Mesoamerican mythology, modern and traditional European art.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616138\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vision of La Llorona, the crying woman, by Carlos Almaraz. La Llorona is a popular character in Latino folklore. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fox: \"A lot of people thought you could not combine them successfully, that the juxtaposition would be too much of a clangorous rupture. But Almaráz embraced those traditions in a really interesting hybrid way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On why it took 30 years for a major Los Angeles museum to stage a Carlos Almaráz retrospective, despite many art critics considering him one of the most important California artists of the 20\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Century. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox: “That’s a very good question and I’m afraid that any of the answers would point to curatorial neglect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montoya: “It’s not just that we’re in an “Oscars-So-White” town. The battle now moves into the large museums and into the theaters as well. We’re keeping it up because Carlos is kind of shoving open a door for us. And now that we’re in, with help of the curators and the third-tier allies, we’re in a tremendously exciting time. But there can be no let-up. We must continue to push forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Special thanks to Oscar Garza and Jonathan Shifflett of KPCC’s The Frame for their production help on this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Actor, comedian and \u003ca href=\"http://cheechmarin.com/chicano-art/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art collector Cheech Marin \u003c/a>calls \u003ca href=\"https://www.visualaids.org/artists/detail/carlos-almaraz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Almaráz \u003c/a>the John Coltrane of Chicano art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Coltrane, Almaráz’s life was cut short by illness before he was able to reach his full potential. But in his 48 years, he created dozens of paintings, \u003ca href=\"http://www.muralconservancy.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">street murals\u003c/a> and other works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616108\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Echo Park nos 1-4’ (1982), a 24-foot long, four-panel work by Carlos Almaráz. Each panel is owned by a different collector. This is the first time the complete work has been available for public view in years. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than 60 paintings, sketches, notebooks and other ephemera are collected in \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/playing-fire-paintings-carlos-almaraz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘Playing With Fire: Paintings by Carlos Almaráz’ \u003c/a>at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It’s the first comprehensive retrospective of the Mexican-born artist’s work in decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almaráz’s formative years in Los Angeles were as a founding member of \u003ca href=\"https://latinomurals.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/losfour/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Four\u003c/a>, a Chicano artists collective that also included Frank Romero, Beto de la Rocha and Gilbert Luján. Los Four formed in the early 1970s to create art for the people, for \u003cem>la lucha\u003c/em>; the struggle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616116\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 550px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11616116\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Artist_Carlos_Almaraz_1974_Los_Angeles-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlos Almaraz in 1974 during the installation of the \"Los Four\" exhibition at LACMA, Los Angeles CA. \u003ccite>(Wikipedia )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They had some pretty grandiose ideas with Chicano art at the center,” explains actor, comedian and filmmaker Richard Montoya. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These were big personalities to maintain in kind of healthy, sometimes unhealthy competition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almaráz began to chafe within the rigid ideological frame of the collective. He wanted to take his art further, says Montoya. And he wanted more control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Carlos kind of takes off as an individual artist. There’s a need for him to pull away from movement identity politics and into the studio for much more personal and private work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Work that reflected more universal if very personal themes; his own bisexuality, the metaphysical, Mexican mythology. But the L.A. neighborhoods he knew and loved best -- Boyle Heights, Echo Park, East L.A. -- were never too far away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You catch glimpses of them throughout \"Playing with Fire.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-Lake-detail-w-bridge-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of another Carlos Almaraz painting depicting L.A.'s Echo Park Lake. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I spent an afternoon with Montoya and exhibit curator Howard Fox at LACMA. Here’s some highlights of our conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On Almaráz's L.A. urban landscapes and his iconic freeway car crash paintings, arguably his most well-known paintings:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox: “We respond to the imagery almost viscerally like you would if you saw an actual car crash, you can’t not look at it. But with the thick buttery impasto that he paints these desperate images with, it’s almost as if you want to go up and lick the painting, but don’t do that please!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616124\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-2-cars-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One in a series of freeway car crash paintings from the 1980’s by Carlos Almaráz. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616127\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616127\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/FREEWAY-CAR-CRASH-detail-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of one of Carlos Almaraz’s freeway car crash paintings from the 1980’s. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Montoya: “It’s got these Disney colors too, so he’s drinking in California; the open sky, the things he couldn’t see in Mexico City as a kid. But he comes to L.A. and my God there’s these things called freeways that rise over the barrios and there are these skies and these colors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox: “You’ll see grand cityscapes featuring naked people cavorting in the streets, freeways zooming and zigzagging all over the place and buildings themselves are wagging like puppy dogs tails, it’s visually in your face.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616130\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-800x656.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-800x656.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-160x131.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-1020x836.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-1180x967.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-960x787.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-240x197.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-375x307.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/ECHO-1-4-detail-2-520x426.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Echo Park nos 1-4’ (detail) \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On his role in Los Four, the Chicano art-collective:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montoya: “It was a movement that demanded to know how militant you were, how Chicano you were, how authentic you were. It wasn’t the place to explore one’s gender or spirituality. Carlos was one of the first, but not the only artist, to retreat from that — for much more personal and private work, exploring gender for example. That’s a heartbreak for a Chicano artist such as myself. But the good news for me, the thank you I feel I owe to Almaráz is that he leaves the movement, but that he leaves the art and the conversation in a better place than where he found it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On whether Almaráz would embrace or resist the title of 'Chicano artist':\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox: “Carlos said, \u003cem>I’m an American artist [who] also happens to be a Chicano.\u003c/em> So he acknowledges the heritage, he embraces it, but he does not typify himself, he does not specify or pigeonhole himself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616141\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 421px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11616141\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Mujeres-MURAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Mujeres-MURAL.jpg 421w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Mujeres-MURAL-160x125.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Mujeres-MURAL-240x188.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Mujeres-MURAL-375x294.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of ‘La Mujer de Aztlan’ street mural at Ramona Housing project in L.A.’s Boyle Heights, created by Judith Hernandez and Carlos Almaráz in 1976. \u003ccite>(Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Montoya: “I’ve never felt that \u003cem>Chicanismo \u003c/em>was something that needed to be transcended. Or that we grow to a greater appreciation of art. For me, his genius is taking the best of all these things, and I felt that Howard [Fox] wasn’t taking any of that away. There’s a moment in the show, in a room that carefully looks at the gay aspect of Carlos’ life. That’s super important to so many of our transgender kids, our LGBT youngsters, our undocumented kids. He was an immigrant. Each one of those things has tremendous value.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On Almaráz living on the border of multiple identities: Mexican/American, bisexual:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox: “One of his paintings, titled “Europe and the Jaguar,” I was really entranced by that because it showed a half-man half-jaguar -- a symbol right out of Mesoamerican mythology -- juxtaposed with a classical female nude, right out of European old master paintings. And between those two promenading figures, there’s this dapper young man, in a blue suit and a blue fedora. I realized, intuitively, that this was a self-portrait of the artist paying homage to the Mesoamerican mythology, modern and traditional European art.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616138\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Llorona-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vision of La Llorona, the crying woman, by Carlos Almaraz. La Llorona is a popular character in Latino folklore. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fox: \"A lot of people thought you could not combine them successfully, that the juxtaposition would be too much of a clangorous rupture. But Almaráz embraced those traditions in a really interesting hybrid way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On why it took 30 years for a major Los Angeles museum to stage a Carlos Almaráz retrospective, despite many art critics considering him one of the most important California artists of the 20\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Century. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox: “That’s a very good question and I’m afraid that any of the answers would point to curatorial neglect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montoya: “It’s not just that we’re in an “Oscars-So-White” town. The battle now moves into the large museums and into the theaters as well. We’re keeping it up because Carlos is kind of shoving open a door for us. And now that we’re in, with help of the curators and the third-tier allies, we’re in a tremendously exciting time. But there can be no let-up. We must continue to push forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"disqusTitle": "Searching for Solutions to SoCal's Housing Crisis, YIMBYs Say 'Yes' to Development",
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"content": "\u003cp>A backlash against high rents and home prices in Los Angeles has produced a movement that is so open to new development that many call themselves YIMBYs — as in “Yes in My Backyard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their mantra is \"build everything\" — be it subsidized affordable units or pricey condos. Local YIMBY leader Brent Gaisford, 27, of the group Abundant Housing L.A., is on a mission to show how adding homes for people of all incomes is good for the entire market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It helps me, because those who can afford luxury units stop competing with me on apartments,\" Gaisford said. \"The housing market is like a game of musical chairs, but like a sinister one where if you have more money you can always take my chair.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This pro-development stance clashes with other housing activists who want to focus on building below-market rate housing, and also with — not surprisingly — the \"Not in My Backyard\" contingent, a mix of homeowners fearing more crowding and traffic and tenants worried about gentrification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"10dPkS1mnDaoUxoT8YwvJRYIQEq4GIm3\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wide gulf between those who support construction above all else and those that oppose development at every turn shows why solving the housing crisis is so intractable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Legislature is taking up a\u003ca href=\"https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/08/28/75118/housing-deal-reached-by-gov-brown-legislative-demo/\"> package of bills\u003c/a> that if approved would provide funding for affordable housing and streamlining the development process. But it's not clear how far the legislation would go in solving a decades-long problem in a deep and significant way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11615308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11615308\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"The YIMBY group Abundant Housing L.A. hosted a well-attended event with state legislators speaking about their housing bills.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The YIMBY group Abundant Housing L.A. hosted a well-attended event with state legislators speaking about their housing bills. \u003ccite>(Josie Huang/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since its formation two years ago, Abundant Housing has lobbied for denser, taller projects by mass transit and state legislation that removes obstacles to development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, they worked on a successful campaign to defeat \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/03/08/69706/why-did-measure-s-lose-so-badly/\">Measure S\u003c/a>, a ballot measure that would have put a two-year freeze on major construction in L.A. Members spent hundreds of hours knocking on doors and working the phones in what Gaisford calls the group's \"big coming-out party.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'The housing market is like a game of musical chairs, but like a sinister one where if you have more money you can always take my chair.'\u003ccite>Brent Gaisford, Abundant Housing L.A.\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Gaisford counts more than 900 members in his group, including students, urbanists, progressives and developers. Gaisford himself left a job as a management consultant last year to try his hand at building apartments, and perhaps, he said, help solve the housing shortage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I love it here. I would love to stay,\" Gaisford said of L.A. \"But the number one thing that makes it hard for me to envision is the cost of living.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the featured speakers at a recent Abundant Housing event held at USC earlier this month was state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, a hotbed of YIMBY organizing. Wiener, a self-proclaimed YIMBY, credited the movement with providing support for pro-housing legislation like his.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to thank the YIMBY movement in general for activating so many people — and so many young people — into housing activism,\" Wiener told the audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11615348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11615348 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-800x526.jpg\" alt=\"State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) speaks to an attendee at an Abundant Housing LA event.\" width=\"800\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-800x526.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-160x105.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-1020x670.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-1180x776.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-960x631.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-240x158.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-375x246.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-520x342.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) speaks to an attendee at an Abundant Housing L.A. event. \u003ccite>(Josie Huang/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wiener's bill, SB 35, is a key component of the state's package of housing legislation being considered in Sacramento. The bill would speed up the approval process for multifamily developments in cities that fall short of their goals for building new housing. In some cases, that could include housing units that sell at market-rate prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>YIMBY groups around the state, such as Abundant Housing, have registered their support for the legislation, arguing that increased housing will help go long way toward easing the housing shortage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"OQi4kL4IbeQ2elKy7GehHIwLSoLPkPP6\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a theory accepted by many housing economists, including Richard Green, director of USC’s Lusk Center for Real Estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s like anything else, the more you produce of something, the less expensive it’s going to be,\" Green said. \"That part of economics really does work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other housing activists are wary of allowing for an influx of even more expensive housing, which already makes up the vast majority of what developers are building in L.A. as they seek to cover their high land and construction costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of people are just leaving the city because there’s nowhere you can afford to move to,\" said Laura Raymond of ACT-LA, a pro-housing and transit group. Data \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/08/15/74539/many-renters-in-los-angeles-don-t-plan-to-settle-d/\">bear that out\u003c/a>. Raymond said solutions to the crisis should prioritize creating affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11615352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11615352\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-800x610.jpg\" alt=\"Councilmember José Huizar advocates for a linkage fee before the planning panel meeting he helmed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-800x610.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-160x122.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-1020x777.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-1180x899.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-960x732.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-240x183.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-375x286.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-520x396.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Councilman José Huizar advocates for a linkage fee before the planning panel meeting he helmed. \u003ccite>(Josie Huang/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Recent months have underscored the differences between YIMBYs and their fellow housing activists. A proposal by L.A. city officials to charge developers a so-called linkage fee to pay for affordable units has the widespread support of housing advocates who turned out by the dozens for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/08/23/74894/fee-on-new-construction-in-la-up-for-council-vote/\">recent hearing\u003c/a> to show their support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same advocates are pressing the city to adopt \"inclusionary zoning,\" which would force developers who build market-rate housing to designate a certain percentage of their units for subsidized housing. Santa Monica \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/07/31/74251/developers-in-santa-monica-face-experiment-in-prov/\">recently adopted\u003c/a> a version of inclusionary zoning and plans to monitor its impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing advocate Neil McGuffin of the Little Tokyo Service Center said that state and local leaders need to encourage affordable housing to prevent the displacement of longtime residents that's taken place in neighborhoods like Little Tokyo in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"RPg3Lh19ATLPyViRl8lJBGmqdWPgXtHQ\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There’s been about a thousand units of housing developed and that housing is not affordable for people who are living or have lived in the community,\" McGuffin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abundant Housing agrees that funding affordable housing is critical but warns both a linkage fee and inclusionary zoning will only add to construction costs, and stop projects from getting built. The group would rather raise the money for affordable housing by increasing the city's real estate transfer fees or coax developers into constructing more below-market units in exchange for more building height through what’s called density bonuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You want to provide a carrot to incentivize people to build as much affordable housing as possible and at the same time build as much market–rate housing as we can,\" Gaisford said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaisford acknowledged that density bonus programs could be improved. An \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/01/24/68410/los-angeles-affordable-housing-incentive-program-i/\">audit released\u003c/a> by City Controller Ron Galperin in January showed density bonuses have produced an underwhelming number of affordable units and not living up to their potential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11615358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11615358\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-800x557.jpg\" alt=\"Housing activists joined forces with labor unions to defeat the anti-development Measure S this spring.\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-800x557.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-1020x710.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-1180x821.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-960x668.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-240x167.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-375x261.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-520x362.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Housing activists joined forces with labor unions to defeat the anti-development Measure S this spring. \u003ccite>(Josie Huang/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For all their differences over how L.A. should be building, housing activists share a common goal of reducing rents and protecting tenant rights, and there are some affordable housing developers who also consider themselves YIMBYs. The theme of the upcoming annual conference for the Southern California Association of Non Profit Housing, in fact, is \"YIMBY.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing activists forcefully came together earlier this year, partnering with labor unions to defeat a common foe at the ballot box. \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/03/08/69706/why-did-measure-s-lose-so-badly/\">Measure S\u003c/a> would have put a two-year freeze on major construction in L.A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For YIMBYs, it was a victory over self-proclaimed NIMBYs like Richard Close, president of the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association. He acknowledged that the city has to fix its housing shortage, and that developers should focus on areas that want the new construction, such as the northeast part of the San Fernando Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The problem is developers like to build in Sherman Oaks and other nice areas of the city where they can get the highest profit,\" Close said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his work is to protect his community from the extra traffic and change in neighborhood character that often comes with new development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we see is people on the other side that have no regard for the current conditions in the community,\" Close said. \"They’re focused simply on a single issue, like more housing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite their loss on Measure S, NIMBYs like Close remain a powerful political force in L.A. that can kill or stall a project. Abundant Housing leader Gaisford knows that to match their strength, YIMBYs need more allies pushing for denser buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think there is a large majority who’s just not informed about the issues,\" Gaisford said. \"We're trying to talk about this as much as we can.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A backlash against high rents and home prices in Los Angeles has produced a movement that is so open to new development that many call themselves YIMBYs — as in “Yes in My Backyard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their mantra is \"build everything\" — be it subsidized affordable units or pricey condos. Local YIMBY leader Brent Gaisford, 27, of the group Abundant Housing L.A., is on a mission to show how adding homes for people of all incomes is good for the entire market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It helps me, because those who can afford luxury units stop competing with me on apartments,\" Gaisford said. \"The housing market is like a game of musical chairs, but like a sinister one where if you have more money you can always take my chair.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This pro-development stance clashes with other housing activists who want to focus on building below-market rate housing, and also with — not surprisingly — the \"Not in My Backyard\" contingent, a mix of homeowners fearing more crowding and traffic and tenants worried about gentrification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wide gulf between those who support construction above all else and those that oppose development at every turn shows why solving the housing crisis is so intractable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Legislature is taking up a\u003ca href=\"https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/08/28/75118/housing-deal-reached-by-gov-brown-legislative-demo/\"> package of bills\u003c/a> that if approved would provide funding for affordable housing and streamlining the development process. But it's not clear how far the legislation would go in solving a decades-long problem in a deep and significant way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11615308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11615308\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"The YIMBY group Abundant Housing L.A. hosted a well-attended event with state legislators speaking about their housing bills.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/YIMBYGroup-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The YIMBY group Abundant Housing L.A. hosted a well-attended event with state legislators speaking about their housing bills. \u003ccite>(Josie Huang/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since its formation two years ago, Abundant Housing has lobbied for denser, taller projects by mass transit and state legislation that removes obstacles to development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, they worked on a successful campaign to defeat \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/03/08/69706/why-did-measure-s-lose-so-badly/\">Measure S\u003c/a>, a ballot measure that would have put a two-year freeze on major construction in L.A. Members spent hundreds of hours knocking on doors and working the phones in what Gaisford calls the group's \"big coming-out party.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'The housing market is like a game of musical chairs, but like a sinister one where if you have more money you can always take my chair.'\u003ccite>Brent Gaisford, Abundant Housing L.A.\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Gaisford counts more than 900 members in his group, including students, urbanists, progressives and developers. Gaisford himself left a job as a management consultant last year to try his hand at building apartments, and perhaps, he said, help solve the housing shortage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I love it here. I would love to stay,\" Gaisford said of L.A. \"But the number one thing that makes it hard for me to envision is the cost of living.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the featured speakers at a recent Abundant Housing event held at USC earlier this month was state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, a hotbed of YIMBY organizing. Wiener, a self-proclaimed YIMBY, credited the movement with providing support for pro-housing legislation like his.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to thank the YIMBY movement in general for activating so many people — and so many young people — into housing activism,\" Wiener told the audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11615348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11615348 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-800x526.jpg\" alt=\"State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) speaks to an attendee at an Abundant Housing LA event.\" width=\"800\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-800x526.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-160x105.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-1020x670.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-1180x776.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-960x631.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-240x158.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-375x246.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Weiner-520x342.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) speaks to an attendee at an Abundant Housing L.A. event. \u003ccite>(Josie Huang/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wiener's bill, SB 35, is a key component of the state's package of housing legislation being considered in Sacramento. The bill would speed up the approval process for multifamily developments in cities that fall short of their goals for building new housing. In some cases, that could include housing units that sell at market-rate prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>YIMBY groups around the state, such as Abundant Housing, have registered their support for the legislation, arguing that increased housing will help go long way toward easing the housing shortage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a theory accepted by many housing economists, including Richard Green, director of USC’s Lusk Center for Real Estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s like anything else, the more you produce of something, the less expensive it’s going to be,\" Green said. \"That part of economics really does work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other housing activists are wary of allowing for an influx of even more expensive housing, which already makes up the vast majority of what developers are building in L.A. as they seek to cover their high land and construction costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of people are just leaving the city because there’s nowhere you can afford to move to,\" said Laura Raymond of ACT-LA, a pro-housing and transit group. Data \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/08/15/74539/many-renters-in-los-angeles-don-t-plan-to-settle-d/\">bear that out\u003c/a>. Raymond said solutions to the crisis should prioritize creating affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11615352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11615352\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-800x610.jpg\" alt=\"Councilmember José Huizar advocates for a linkage fee before the planning panel meeting he helmed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-800x610.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-160x122.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-1020x777.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-1180x899.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-960x732.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-240x183.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-375x286.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/Huizar-520x396.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Councilman José Huizar advocates for a linkage fee before the planning panel meeting he helmed. \u003ccite>(Josie Huang/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Recent months have underscored the differences between YIMBYs and their fellow housing activists. A proposal by L.A. city officials to charge developers a so-called linkage fee to pay for affordable units has the widespread support of housing advocates who turned out by the dozens for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/08/23/74894/fee-on-new-construction-in-la-up-for-council-vote/\">recent hearing\u003c/a> to show their support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same advocates are pressing the city to adopt \"inclusionary zoning,\" which would force developers who build market-rate housing to designate a certain percentage of their units for subsidized housing. Santa Monica \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/07/31/74251/developers-in-santa-monica-face-experiment-in-prov/\">recently adopted\u003c/a> a version of inclusionary zoning and plans to monitor its impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing advocate Neil McGuffin of the Little Tokyo Service Center said that state and local leaders need to encourage affordable housing to prevent the displacement of longtime residents that's taken place in neighborhoods like Little Tokyo in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There’s been about a thousand units of housing developed and that housing is not affordable for people who are living or have lived in the community,\" McGuffin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abundant Housing agrees that funding affordable housing is critical but warns both a linkage fee and inclusionary zoning will only add to construction costs, and stop projects from getting built. The group would rather raise the money for affordable housing by increasing the city's real estate transfer fees or coax developers into constructing more below-market units in exchange for more building height through what’s called density bonuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You want to provide a carrot to incentivize people to build as much affordable housing as possible and at the same time build as much market–rate housing as we can,\" Gaisford said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaisford acknowledged that density bonus programs could be improved. An \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/01/24/68410/los-angeles-affordable-housing-incentive-program-i/\">audit released\u003c/a> by City Controller Ron Galperin in January showed density bonuses have produced an underwhelming number of affordable units and not living up to their potential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11615358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11615358\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-800x557.jpg\" alt=\"Housing activists joined forces with labor unions to defeat the anti-development Measure S this spring.\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-800x557.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-1020x710.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-1180x821.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-960x668.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-240x167.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-375x261.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/MeasureS-520x362.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Housing activists joined forces with labor unions to defeat the anti-development Measure S this spring. \u003ccite>(Josie Huang/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For all their differences over how L.A. should be building, housing activists share a common goal of reducing rents and protecting tenant rights, and there are some affordable housing developers who also consider themselves YIMBYs. 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