Jul 14, 2026 · 57 min · 21 segments
Theo interviews Meg Stone, author of *Don't Fight Back: And 10 Other Myths About Crime, Personal Safety, and Gender-Based Violence* about how the unhoused and other marginalized people are encouraged…
Meg StoneGuestTheo HendersonHostOn July 1st, 2026, a motion was presented by Council Member Marqueece Harris-Dawson and seconded by Council Member Katy Yarrow Slawski.
The motion requested that the city administrative officer and the chief legislative officer in coordination with LA World Airports, LA Metro, and LAHSA to report in 90 days on a plan addressing the unhoused encampment resolution, unhoused outreach, and housing placement.
Their task: during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games is to find a plan that will work.
The plan should include unhoused resolution and outreach in the area surrounding Olympic venues and at transit hubs and corridors.
Number two, detailing the outreach and encampment resolution timeline and process.
Number four, current response consideration or reevaluating the current treatment of the unhoused by the city.
Number five, cost recovery and how this mass brutalization of the unhoused during the Olympics will be funded.
This is a developing story, and we will update you further in future episodes.
Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed into law HB 211, Act 788, which makes it a crime to sleep on public property.
This law sets the stage to criminalize the unhoused community and force them into treatment or labor.
For the first offense, an unhoused person can face jail time up to six months and a fine up to $500.
They could avoid jail by entering a 12-month treatment program, for which they have to pay, or have to perform unpaid labor.
For people who have had their probation revoked, if they fail to comply with the terms of the program or violate probation- The court can revoke the probation and impose the original sentence.
This is a statewide enforcement, which means it applies to public streets and sidewalks across the state, not just specific municipalities.
On June 30th, We Own House was in the field at a press conference held at City Hall by the newly formed Mutual Aid Research Collective.
They presented their first major report called Unhoused Community Experiences with LA Fires: A Health Survey, based on studies beginning in the wake of the LA fires in early 2025.
It's important to note that there has been no research conducted on the effects of the unhoused community specifically before now.
This is especially important to highlight after failed mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt demonized unhoused people in the most egregious fashion while weaponizing the tragedy of the fires to his advantage.
Luckily, the Mutual Aid Research Collective is here to counter this false narrative.
On July 1st, 2026, a motion was presented by Council Member Marqueece Harris-Dawson and seconded by Council Member Katy Yarrow Slawski.
The motion requested that the city administrative officer and the chief legislative officer in coordination with LA World Airports, LA Metro, and LAHSA to report in 90 days on a plan addressing the unhoused encampment resolution, unhoused outreach, and housing placement.
Their task: during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games is to find a plan that will work.
The plan should include unhoused resolution and outreach in the area surrounding Olympic venues and at transit hubs and corridors.
Number two, detailing the outreach and encampment resolution timeline and process.
Number four, current response consideration or reevaluating the current treatment of the unhoused by the city.
Number five, cost recovery and how this mass brutalization of the unhoused during the Olympics will be funded.
This is a developing story, and we will update you further in future episodes.
Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed into law HB 211, Act 788, which makes it a crime to sleep on public property.
This law sets the stage to criminalize the unhoused community and force them into treatment or labor.
For the first offense, an unhoused person can face jail time up to six months and a fine up to $500.
They could avoid jail by entering a 12-month treatment program, for which they have to pay, or have to perform unpaid labor.
For people who have had their probation revoked, if they fail to comply with the terms of the program or violate probation- The court can revoke the probation and impose the original sentence.
This is a statewide enforcement, which means it applies to public streets and sidewalks across the state, not just specific municipalities.
On June 30th, We Own House was in the field at a press conference held at City Hall by the newly formed Mutual Aid Research Collective.
They presented their first major report called Unhoused Community Experiences with LA Fires: A Health Survey, based on studies beginning in the wake of the LA fires in early 2025.
It's important to note that there has been no research conducted on the effects of the unhoused community specifically before now.
This is especially important to highlight after failed mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt demonized unhoused people in the most egregious fashion while weaponizing the tragedy of the fires to his advantage.
Luckily, the Mutual Aid Research Collective is here to counter this false narrative.
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