JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: Housing Justice Director Location: Inland Empire, CA Status: Full-time (100% time); Exempt Reports to: Executive Director Starting Salary: $72,000-$75,000/year DOE Who We Are: Pomona Economic Opportunity Center’s (PEOC) mission is to empower low-wage immigrant workers in Pomona and across the Inland Empire (IE) – Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Since 1998, […]
El Centro de Oportunidad Economica de Pomona (PEOC) apoya y esta en solidaridad con los manifestantes en todo el país que exigen justicia para la comunidad negra. Denunciamos la pérdida de vidas negras – en las semanas pasadas, las vidas de George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arberry, Tony McDade- como resultado de la violencia sancionada […]
Originally Published in KPCC By Leslie Berestein Rojas | March 1, 2018 A vendor arrested in San Bernardino County last fall on a misdemeanor charge for selling corn in a park now faces deportation, her case now a rallying point for advocates pushing to decriminalize street vending. Marcelina Rios was arrested in Rancho Cucamonga in […]
Publicado por Hoy Los Angeles Escrito por Selene Rivera 1 de marzo, 2018 En medio de la frustración, tristeza y fe, varios activistas comunitarios y la familia de Marcelina Ríos, le piden a las autoridades de inmigración no expulsar de este país, a una madre de familia. Este jueves, una moción para reabrir el caso de […]
Publicado por Noticias Telemundo Escrito por Pilar Marrero / La Opinion MARZO 2, 2018 / 10:00 AM EDT Marcelina Ríos, madre de 5 hijos, lleva ya 4 meses detenida en Adelanto luego de su arresto por vender elotes en Rancho Cucamonga El pasado 13 de octubre, Marcelina Ríos fue arrestada en la ciudad […]
Originally Published in KTLA5 POSTED 2:47 PM, MARCH 1, 2018 BY ELIZABETH ESPINOSA Marcelina Rios, a street vendor and mother of five children, is fighting to stay in the U.S. after being detained by federal immigration authorities for months following her arrest in San Bernardino County. A YouCaring page has been set up to help […]
Originally Published in ABC7 By Miriam Hernandez and ABC7.com staff Thursday, March 01, 2018 01:27PM DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A group of demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday in support of a street vendor and mother of five who was being held at an immigration detention center near Victorville. Marcelina Rios, whose […]
POSTED BY CHRISTINA KELLEY ON FEBRUARY 2, 2018 Originally Published in My News LA With sidewalk vending illegal in many cities across California, Sen. Ricardo Lara said Friday that a bill he is introducing would decriminalize the act statewide. The Los Angeles City Council voted in February 2017 to stop making street vending a misdemeanor criminal charge, although […]
February 2, 2018 Originally Published in LA West Media With sidewalk vending illegal in many cities across California, Sen. Ricardo Lara said Friday that a bill he is introducing would decriminalize the act statewide. LA City To Implement Permit System The Los Angeles City Council voted in February 2017 to stop making street vending a misdemeanor […]
February 2, 2018 at 10:43 pm Originally Published in CBS Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Street vendors might be getting closer to going legit with the introduction in the state senate of a bill that would decriminalize their work across the state. State Sen. Ricardo Lara, whose District 33 includes the cities of Huntington Park, Paramount […]