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Rachael Rose described her decision to transition beginning in 2013, joining the Steering Committee as a Transgender Activist in the Stonewall Democratic Club, being elected to the Board of the Rampart Village Neighborhood Council, first meeting with CD13 incumbent and political opponent Mitch O’Farrell, and her decision to run for LA City Council.
Hollis Evans: When you joined the Rampart Village Neighborhood Council in 2017, did you encounter any transphobia or any kind of awkwardness from other Board members? Rachael Rose Luckey: I did not. Hollis Evans: You didn’t? Your experience has been one of openness? People have been open to you? ....
Rachael Rose Luckey is a Transgender Activist and President Emeritus of the Rampart Village Neighborhood Council, running for the LA City Council in District 13. Once elected, she will become the first openly transgender person to be elect to the LA City Council. In Part 2 of this multi-part interview series, she speaks to Campaign Press Secretary Hollis Evans about the political awakening she experienced in the wake of her transition, early activism at the Stonewall Democratic Club, and meeting Mitch O’Farrell, the incumbent she is challenging in District 13.
Rachael Rose Luckey (laughing) Hollis Evans: Your family seems very interesting. You ve talked about your stepdad. ....
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DEAR MITCH-I stand in firm solidarity with protesters fighting for our unhoused siblings. While peacefully protesting the draconian measures taken by you to evict the houseless citizens occupying the park, they had their 1st Amendment Rights violently trampled by an out-of-control, militarized police force on your orders. The images we have seen are reprehensible and should disturb every freedom-fighting citizen, as they do me. Your failed leadership to effectively manage the housing crisis in CD13, and those who find themselves unhoused, grows in increasingly shameful ways, as demonstrated this past week. You would not have felt the need to go to these extremes had you been doing your job in the first place: protecting the most vulnerable in our district, instead of cozying up to developers. ....
If you ask the question of LACC’s homeless college students, too many will answer: In our cars. As President of the Rampart Village Neighborhood Council, an area inside of CD13 just south of Los Angeles City College, I am forced to ask the question every day on behalf of these students, even if the rest of City Hall doesn’t. Many students who attend LACC, and the other eight campuses of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), are the first in their families to attend college. Unfortunately, the pandemic and ensuing economic hardship have forced many students to withdraw from classes. Dropout rates are at an all-time high. To add to this academic horror, many Los Angeles community college students find themselves homeless. The reality is that nearly 20% of LACCD’s student body is homeless according to a District survey taken in 2016. ....