Leilah Ortega

By: Leilah Ortega Several TPM members attended LVMPD’s Unhoused CompStat meeting last Wednesday at LVMPD Headquarters in the Historic Westside. LVMPD launched Homeless CompStat as a “collaborative initiative designed to unite homeless service providers, community members, and law enforcement in a concerted effort to tackle homelessness more effectively” in 2025. LVMPD later renamed the initiative to Unhoused CompStat. During the meeting, LVMPD provided updates on the progress of Unhoused...

By: Leilah Ortega The People’s Medic protested before last Wednesday’s CCSD Board of School Trustees meeting and made public comment to oppose CCSD Trustee Lorena Biassotti wearing a transphobic shirt. Biassotti wore the shirt during the previous board meeting on Aug. 13. Biassotti’s shirt read “XX-XY”, sold by Athletics, which brands itself as “protect[ing] women’s sports and spaces.” Athletics mission statement posted their website reads, “It is unfair and dangerous to allow males (XY) to...