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By: Editorial
Wednesday, October 30
A platform for action
The Alliance for a Better Community (ABC) recently launched its important Latino Report : A Policy Roadmap to Transform Los Angeles , which analyzes the situation of the Hispanic community in the county and presents a minimal plan to attack the barriers that for generations have impeded its prosperity.
It is an analysis, platform and rating system in five areas: education, health, public safety, economic prosperity and civic participation, based in turn on data collected among others by study centers of the USC, Loyola Marymount and UCLA universities.
These are areas in which Latinos have made progress, but in which they still continue to face obstacles derived from our model of society. For that reason, they still lag behind when the study compares them, for example, with the white student population.
The study then clearly articulates where investments should be made to respond to the Latino needs, in such a way that the policies – generally known positions – that emanate from the data are pillars for the formation of a new Latino leadership that catapults the community towards its goals of success.
The authors intend to build their conclusions based on what has been achieved by the community in recent 20 years and move “toward an inclusive recovery and ensuring the equitable Los Angeles that we all deserve.”
Alliance for a Better Community, established over the years 90, considers its mission to “promote social, economic, racial and justice for the Latino community and theLos Angeles through power development and policy advocacy. ”
The report is widely recognized and supported by Latino leadership, However, it must commit to act in accordance with the guidelines established in the plan, in cooperation with the researchers and authors of the document.
In By virtue of the release of this guide, ABC wants to bring in other community outlets and institutions to develop more focused and precise secondary research analysis and public policy recommendations.
The report comes at a crucial time for the country in general and our community in particular, due to the devastating impact caused by the pandemic and which is especially harmful “on our families, our communities and our economy.”
This roadmap or Scorecard Report expresses ABC’s ambition to contribute to the repositioning of the Latino community in the county, as a tool for research, the determination of specific policies, the promotion of ideas and projects, as well as communication and suitable dissemination.
A reading of the 90 pages of the summary reveals an attachment to detail, seriousness in research and responsibility in the 24 recommendations. These are inclusive and are not limited to a narrow interpretation of the issues, addressing issues of recognized interest and urgency for our community.
As an example , under “public health” proposes “to strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the Latinx transgender community and develop training programs and policies sensitive to gender identity to help reduce violence against Latino transgender people.”
In education, calls for a substantial reduction in the budget of the school police and reinvesting the resulting funds in services and programs that promote a positive school climate for students.
Calls to declare racism a public health crisis at the state level and also discrimination due to xenophobia, at the county and state level.
Faced with the health care crisis among undocumented immigrants, he raises am expand comprehensive access to high-quality healthcare, regardless of legal status.
Under “civic participation” it asks to include non-citizen immigrants in the elections and the democratic process by expanding the eligibility to vote to K school board elections – .
In short, this is a platform for action, a plan for the struggles of the future around which all active sectors of the community to guarantee the common good.
The Opinion is identified with the analysis provided and with the objectives outlined by the document and lends itself to fulfilling its historic role in amplifying the voice of our leadership, explaining and detailing the proposals thus established and doing what is necessary to serve our community.