TRI Counties Democratic Club,
I've got a lot of good news to share with you!
Shortly after we achieved last month's fundraising goal of $14,000, two separate lawyers reached out and offered to volunteer their time, expertise, and talent for our mission to protect the community and environment!
Please join me in welcoming Jamelia Morgan and Kyle Montes De Oca to the PHCPA family. We are so honored and grateful to receive their support! |
Jamelia Morgan, Professor of Law |
Jamelia Morgan grew up in Rowland Heights and is currently a professor at UCLA School of Law. She holds a B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. She is currently volunteering for PHCPA in her personal capacity.
At UCLA, Jamelia's scholarship examines how American law defines and sorts the people it governs. She is the Founding Faculty Director of the Collective for Racial and Disability Justice at UCLA Law and a core faculty member of the Critical Race Studies program. Her articles have also been published in premier publications like Columbia Law Review, Stanford Law Review, California Law Review, and many more.
Prior to law school, Jamelia served as associate director of the African American Policy Forum, a social justice think tank that works to bridge the gap between scholarly research and public discourse on affirmative action, structural racism, and gender inequality.
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Kyle Montes De Oca, Principal Attorney |
Kyle Montes de Oca currently lives with his family in Hacienda Heights, and is principal attorney at RH | Montes De Oca, APC.
Rising from associate attorney to partner in just four years, Kyle has extensive experience litigating in both federal and state courts in California. Kyle received his B.A. with high honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his law degree from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law.
Previously, Kyle was involved as a pro bono attorney with the national organization Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) that advocates for the rights of unaccompanied migrant and refugee children. |
Champions of the Community |
At last week's community meeting, we had the pleasure of meeting Darcy and learning about her advocacy efforts. She designed and created two magnetic signs to put on her car since she drives a lot. And after just one day on the road, Darcy has already spoken to multiple people who had no idea that an AI data center was proposed at the Puente Hills Mall. Darcy tells me that she's "not doing anything special", but I beg to differ -- you are making a huge difference, Darcy!! Thank you! |
Case in point: at the same community meeting, Jordan and Jam were inspired by Darcy's mobile billboard and they put their artistic talents to work, turning their own vehicles into canvasses for some awesome hand-drawn graphics and advocacy! Honk if you see any of these cars on the road! |
Yard Signs Are Back in Stock! |
Dennis C., a Hacienda Heights resident, produced and donated one hundred (100!) Jade Phoenix yard signs, meaning the PHCPA store is now fully stocked! Thank you so much, Dennis!
While Dennis personally spent hundreds of dollars to print these signs, his donation will have an actual positive impact of $2,250 to PHCPA because we get to keep 100% of the money raised from sales.
Please help multiply Dennis's donation by purchasing a yard sign today! |
Hear Us Roar, City of Industry! |
Our latest call for public comments -- to oppose City of Industry's skipping of an environmental review for a new 2.5 million gallon water tank down the street from a proposed 99MW AI data center at California Country Club -- produced 388 individual emails to the city and its planning commission. Thanks to your actions, we've sent more comments than there are residents who live inside City of Industry.
We also organized a group of people who delivered spoken comment at the planning commission hearing on November 10th. Unsurprisingly, the planning commission approved the project to move forward to a vote with the city council, without any public discussion nor acknowledgement of the issues brought up by the community.
Please keep an eye out for future calls to action from us as we will need to submit public comments again once this topic is scheduled for a city council meeting.
Let's continue to make our voices heard! Emails are great. Phone calls are even better. Showing up in person is the best. We will make City of Industry respect us and our environment! We deserve answers! |
Help Us Continue to be the Community's Watchdog |
Every week, PHPCA volunteers donate a cumulative 120+ hours of hard work, thought leadership, and expertise. If you appreciate the work we're doing to keep you informed and empowered to take actions, please consider making a donation to fund our mission — every dollar counts! |
Zelle: [email protected] Venmo: donatephcpa Mailed checks are OK too! (Instructions on the donation page) |
*PHCPA is a California nonprofit corporation with 501(c)(3) status. Donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. |
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