Invest in housing, not prisons: California's war on the homeless

Invest in housing, not prisons: California's war on the homeless | Rattling the Bars

Sep 3, 2024 · 21m 20s

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The housing and affordability crisis is getting worse, and more people around the country are facing the grim reality of homelessness. Rather than treating housing as a human right and...

The housing and affordability crisis is getting worse, and more people around the country are facing the grim reality of homelessness. Rather than treating housing as a human right and committing to large-scale construction of accessible housing, states like California are responding with police raids of homeless encampments and imprisonment for unhoused people. On this episode of Rattling the Bars, host Mansa Musa discusses non-carceral solutions to the housing crisis with Zachary Murray and Estuardo Mazariegos of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE).

Maria Briones, Cal Matters, "If California won’t back affordable housing funding, well, you get what you pay for"

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Studio / Post-Production: Cameron Granadino

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Author	The Real News Network
Organization	The Real News Network
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Tags	#affordable_housing #california #encampment #gavin_newsom #homeless #homelessness #housing_crisis #police #prisons #unhoused