Consumer of foods you can eat w/one hand while running after two kids. Currently @industriouslabs, formerly @LAist @UCLALabor @MITdusp. She/her.
Los Angeles, CA
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Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
Join us to explore the Industrial Equity Mapper! 📊
🗓 2/19
⏰ 1pm PT / 4pm ET
Learn how to leverage rigorous data + powerful community stories that document the health and economic realities that people living near industrial facilities face. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
The Industrial Demonstrations Program may be cut by DOGE.
The IDP granted $6 billion to manufacturing projects to deploy energy efficient tech estimated to create tens of thousands of jobs.
If tariffs are supposed to bolster American manufacturing, why are we defunding the IDP?
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
NEWS: L.A.'s housing department is out with long-awaited recommendations for updating the city's rent control limits. The upshot for L.A. renters is that this year's increases of up to 6% could be lowered to 2% next year.
Details in my @LAist story: laist.com/news/housing-homel…
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
Feeding kids when they're out of school for the summer can be tough. Your children could be eligible to receive $120 for groceries this summer. Check out this story to see if they're eligible for this federal program. laist.com/news/want-help-pay…
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
LGBTQ+ rights were a divisive issue in school board meetings and on campuses.
@mariana_dale and I spent 6 months talking with LGBTQ+ educators whose voices were often left out of breaking news coverage.
Come with us to learn how they've coped:
laist.com/news/education/lau…
😮!
I worked at @LAist/@KPCC for eight years and never knew the studios were on the site of Pasadena's former Chinatown ericbrightwell.com/2024/05/1…
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
The news is out to members: LAist will be offering buyouts to staff. It may not be enough to prevent layoffs.
There will be plenty of work happening over the next few weeks with our union, but I ask that if you love LAist, consider donating: support.laist.com
ALT A screenshot of part of an email that reads: As a member and stakeholder of LAist, I want to let you know that to help close this gap, we’re offering a voluntary buyout program for current employees. Our hope is that these buyouts will be enough to shrink the gap and avoid layoffs, but that remains unclear. In a commitment to transparency, we will continue to share updates with you as the situation evolves.
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
I'm excited to launch this new @LAist series about young parents in L.A. struggling to find affordable housing big enough for kids.
Buying is out of reach for many. Increasingly, so is renting. Is leaving L.A. the only option?
laist.com/news/housing-homel…
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
One year ago, April Valentine died in the midst of what she imagined would be a “good birthing experience,” at Inglewood’s Centinela Hospital Medical Center.
Her story: laist.com/news/health/april-…
ALT A pregnant Black woman smiles, wears a flowing light brown dress, sits in a chair and places her hands on her stomach. Her medium-long black hair is curled and falls over her shoulders.
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
LA is expensive. Child care is expensive.
For folks with young kids in LA, how are y'all paying for childcare?
Have you had to change careers? Forgo savings? Move?
I'd love to hear from you. 👂👇laist.typeform.com/to/OBrnNs…
(Photo: Maria Gutierrez for LAist)
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
Thanks to my lawyers who worked years to arrive at this settlement. I hope it helps deter future assaults on journalists and can be used as a benchmark in other 1A cases.
You're free to film law enforcement without fear of injury or your device getting broken. It is our right.
Breaking news: @LAist's @josie_huang, represented by attorneys from @rcfp and @gibsondunn, reached a settlement with LA County and the LA County Sheriff’s Department that sets a new benchmark for journalists whose rights are violated by law enforcement. rcfp.org/josie-huang-la-coun…
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
For #ClimateWednesday this week, I wrote about how #mentalhealth and the #climatecrisis are intertwined, and how "Climate Cafes" are a growing trend here in LA and around the globe to help people cope: laist.com/news/climate-envir… (🧵)
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
When the federal stabilization funds run out at the end of September and child care providers can no longer rely on this much-needed funding, experts say the consequences could be immense.
hechingerreport.org/a-wave-o…
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
In a week where I reported on two deadly California shootings, the people in this story gave me the most hope. laist.com/news/lake-arrowhea…
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
Nerves around early pregnancy & the unknowns? @sritoper rounded up some tips from Southern California parents. laist.com/news/education/ear…
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
L.A. tenants have until Tuesday to pay back all the rent they missed early in the COVID-19 pandemic. If they don't clear their debts by Aug. 1, they could face eviction. For @LAist, I look at how city leaders are responding, and where renters can get help. laist.com/news/housing-homel…
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
In Los Angeles, many houses of worship want to build housing that ends homelessness. But often, local zoning rules stand in the way.
I enjoyed talking with people from different faiths for this @LAist story on housing development "in God's backyard." laist.com/news/housing-homel…
Stefanie Ritoper retweeted
"What is it that you think you need in your life to show up as your most powerful & able self?"
— A powerful question for new parents from licensed clinical social worker Nakeya T. Fields. More insights rounded up by @sritoper:
laist.com/news/education/ear…
