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Rest in Power, Benito Flores

July 20, 2025

Save the Date August 12, 2025 Memorial Service for Benito Flores

With deep love, respect, and admiration, we mourn the heartbreaking loss of our beloved Reclaimer, Benito Flores.

 

Benito was one of the last two Reclaimers still standing against the state-sanctioned violence that continues to dispossess our families, friends, and communities of their homes. He stood boldly in defense of our collective right to housing, dignity, and life.

 

Benito embodied resilience. His fight was not just local—it was global. He understood that the settler colonial violence we face in Los Angeles is connected to the same imperialist expansion responsible for genocide in Palestine, the Congo, and the Philippines. Our struggles are interwoven, born of a system rooted in over 500 years of colonial conquest—now masked as democracy.

 

Benito knew the risks. He climbed that tree to make a stand against a system that perpetuates the housing and homelessness crisis. Day after day, he resisted the violence that determines who is allowed to live with dignity.

 

Long live Benito the Reclaimer.
Long live Benito the tree man.

 

We hold both the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) and Caltrans fully responsible for Benito’s unnecessary and preventable death. He should have been spending his retirement surrounded by love, not forced to defend his humanity on the frontlines of displacement.

 

May his legacy be a call to action.
May his courage live on in all who continue the fight.

Support the Reclaimers

Support Maria Merritt

October 6, 2024

URGENT!!! Warning of possible red alert!

Maria Merritt at 3315 Sheffield is asking for support. HACLA is threatening to move her on Wednesday October 9 without any guarantee that a replacement Apt is ready. Maria had knee surgery that has not healed. Last week Maria accidentally dropped a glass fixture that made a deep 3 inch gash near that surgery. HACLA is trying to put Maria in a shelter, where she might get an infection. Maria’s doctors have warned that an infection in this area can result in death or amputation.

Maria is asking that you visit her, that you accompany her. Come and hear from her what HACLA is trying to do. Maria is asking that you help block this eviction scheduled for Wednesday, October 9th 2024.

She is inviting you all to start occupying her house starting now. She will guide you to set up shifts.


3315 Sheffield, Los Angeles 90032. Call her for updates and more information. +1 (323) 425-6842

Fight HACLA Eviction

July 5, 2024

Citywide tenants have been experiencing high levels of housing insecurity as, WE, are struggling to remain housed. We understand we are fighting against the same rhetorical imperialist forces that steal land and displace our families while they bomb Gaza, the Congo, the Philippines and the rest of the Global South.

 

 

#No2Displacement #HousingisAHumanRight
#OurHomesOurLand #reclaimingourhomes #REMAIN #reclaim #ROH #CALTRANSdiaries #HACLAdiaries

 

 

 

 

 

Join us in solidarity to fill the Stanley Courthouse, 111 N. Hill Street, LA, CA 90022 on Tuesday, July 9 at 1pm at Dept 93 on the 6th floor.

 

 

We will be offering shuttle rides from your parking:

 

 

    • The Metro B line and D line take you to Civic Ctr / Grand Park Station and walk 8 minutes to Stanley Mosk Courthouse
    • Athena parking at 426 S. Hill Street is a $12 flat rate.
    • Chinatown parking $5, 774 N Broadway, LA CA 90012 (15 minute walk to courthouse)

 

 

 

 

 

Los inquilinos de toda la ciudad han estado experimentando altos niveles de inseguridad habitacional mientras NOSOTROS estamos luchando por permanecer alojados. Entendemos que estamos luchando contra las mismas fuerzas imperialistas retóricas que roban tierras y desplazan a nuestras familias mientras bombardean Gaza, el Congo, Filipinas y el resto del Sur Global.

 

#noaldesplazamiento #LaViviendaesUnDerechoHumano #NuestrosHogaresNuestrasTierras #ReclamandoNuestrosHogares #PERMANECER #reclamar #diariosdeCaltrans #diariosdeHACLA

 

 

Únase a nosotros en solidaridad para llenar el Palacio de Justicia de Stanley, 111 N. Hill Street, LA, CA 90022 el martes 9 de julio a la 1 p. m. en el Departamento 93 en el sexto piso.

 

Estaremos ofreciendo traslados desde su estacionamiento:

 

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    • Las líneas B y D del Metro lo llevan a la estación Civic Ctr / Grand Park y camina 8 minutos hasta el Palacio de Justicia Stanley Mosk.

 

    • El estacionamiento de Athena en 426 S. Hill Street tiene una tarifa fija de $12.

 

    • Estacionamiento en Chinatown $5, 774 N Broadway, LA CA 90012 (15 minutos a pie hasta el juzgado)

 

¡POR FAVOR COMPARTE!