Everyone Eats

We could have it all, but we choose profits over people instead. On the last episode of the season we look at the care we can build if we defund the police and fund our basic needs instead. We also preview season 2.

Cops don’t keep us safe, community keeps us safe. Cops take billions of our dollars every year. What do we actually get for it? Families affected by police violence want answers.We talk to Albert Corado, whose sister Mely was killed by the LAPD, then Cerise Castle unpacks her blockbuster report exposing LASD’s deputy gangs, and Dr. Melina Abdullah shares her experience being SWATed by the LAPD.

Revisiting conversations from the season so far to paint a vision of a Los Angeles for everyone.

What happens when people fighting for a better world take that fight to City Hall? Everyone Eats goes to City Hall to speak with Eunisses Hernandez, Councilmember from council district 1. She shares what she’s learned through years of organizing, campaigning, and governing about how the people can have their voices heard.

¿Qué sucede cuando las personas que luchan por un mundo mejor llevan esa lucha al Ayuntamiento? Everyone Eats va al Ayuntamiento para hablar con Eunisses Hernández, concejal del distrito 1. Ella comparte lo que ha aprendido a través de años de organización, campaña y gobierno sobre cómo la gente puede hacer oír su voz.

Can’t pay, won’t pay. If you owe the bank $10,000 they own you. If we owe $100M, we own the bank. When debtors work together, debt strikes can flip the power dynamic. We talked to Dr. Richelle Brooks, Los Angeles educator and organizer with the Debt Collective. She's never made a student loan payment. Ever. Listen to find out how to strike with her.

Rent is too damn high. Eviction = death. In Los Angeles, both are true. What can we do about it?For profit, landlords exploit our need for shelter. So why are they at the center of our housing policy, blocking public housing and other solutions? We talk to eviction attorney Jacob Woocher to learn how to form a tenants union, organize a rent strike, and fight back.

Los Angeles has a housing crisis. Many of us are a missed paycheck or two away from being out on the street. Racist laws like LAMC 41.18 criminalize being poor, making it illegal to sit, sleep, or lie outdoors in the city limits. We talk about what it means for the 45,000 people living without shelter in the city of Los Angeles, and what we can do about it.

For-profit health insurance is killing us. The less care we get, the more money they make. Our guest is 2022 Los Angeles mayoral candidate and healthcare advocate Gina Viola. Single-payer CalCare could cost patients $40/mo and provide full coverage for medical, psychiatric, dental, and vision with zero cost at point of service. But with billions of profits on the line, health insurance lobbyists in the state legislature block universal healthcare year after year. We talk about the fight to make healthcare a human right in California, and the forces behind the forces standing in our way.

Tens of thousands of Angelenos agree on one thing: defund the police to fund mental health and housing. L.A. spends 25¢ of every dollar on policing, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Our guest is co-founder of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles Dr. Melina Abdullah. The People’s Budget is an annual poll of 20,000+ Angelenos revealing how the people want to spend their money. Spoiler alert: it’s not on LAPD. We compare what we really want to what city hall gives us, why they are so different, and what we can do to fight back against a runaway police budget. Discover how everyone can have everything they need and most of what they want.