In a matter of weeks, Black Lives Matter activists went from struggling to get a response from the L.A. City Council on defunding the police to presenting their budget demands in person.
“Because of the timing of the election, more people were making sure they were doing their due diligence down the ballot,” said Meghan Choi, co-manager of Raman’s campaign and co-founder of the activist group Ground Game LA.
The Los Angeles Tenants Union, an independent group of renters, saw the number of dues-paying members more than quadruple from 700 to over 3,000 in three months. Usually, the new members have little knowledge about their rights as renters in the city, or how much city funding goes toward housing programs compared to other priorities, like the police, said Walt Senterfitt, an organizer with the L.A. Tenants Union.
“I think a lot of this opened up people’s eyes as to how little the City Council and the mayor care for our communities,” said Nicole Donanian-Blandon, who organized the first car protest. “The pandemic really got more people involved.”
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