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Advocates press City Council to fund $4 million TGI Wellness & Equity Initiative
Summary
Speakers representing Trans Latina Coalition and allied groups urged the council to allocate $4,000,000 over two years to strengthen transgender, gender-expansive and intersex (TGI) community organizations, citing urgent needs for housing, health and anti-violence services.
Dozens of speakers — including organizational leaders and people with lived experience — addressed the Los Angeles City Council during public comment to urge funding for the proposed TGI Wellness & Equity Initiative, a $4,000,000 request across two years to support community-based TGI organizations.
Bambi Salcedo, introduced on the record as president and CEO of the Trans Latina Coalition, said the coalition and allied organizations had worked for years to have TGI…
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