Broadcast Live
Saturday, February 13 @ 9:15 am
Join us live on YouTube as we stand in solidarity with Ynes Torres and her family as they fight for a just resolution and negotiation to their immoral eviction in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Media Advisory: ‘Here To Stay’ Press Conference with Senator Steven Bradford (D-35), LA Voice, Lennox-Inglewood Tenants Union, Clergy to Mark Third Month since Family Reclaimed Home after Immoral Eviction
Inglewood – On Saturday, February 13, the family-led community coalition ‘Here To Stay’ will host a press conference featuring Senator Steven Bradford (D-35), Inglewood First United Methodist Pastor Victor Cyrus-Franklin, LA Voice Executive Director Rev. Zachary Hoover and Inglewood Housing Activist Eddie Cruz. Leaders will emphasize the wide array of community support generated by the ‘Here To Stay’ coalition. Leaders will also call on Trojan Capital Investments, LLC, to meet the reasonable offer put forward by the family to re-purchase their home. Here To Stay Organizers will present a letter signed by over 50 community organizations in support of the ‘Here To Stay’ campaign
Who: Senator Steven Bradford (D-35), Pastor Victor Cyrus-Franklin, Rev. Zach Hoover, Inglewood Housing Activist Eddie Cruz, Ynes Torres, Janeth Ayala, and the family’s attorney, Gilbert Saucedo.
What: Urge Trojan Capital Investments, LLC to meet the reasonable purchase offer and get Ynes back in her home with her children.
When: Saturday, February 13, 9:15 am
Where: 3192 W. 111th Place Inglewood CA and YouTube
Background – On November 30, Los Angeles County Sheriffs evicted Ynes Torres-Ortega and her family, despite a stay-at-home order going into effect the same day due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. The sheriff eviction process resulted in one child being taken to the emergency room. Shortly after the family’s displacement, one of the children contracted Covid-19.
The family was foreclosed on due to the apparent theft of Ynes’ mortgage payments by a purported debt consolidator. The family has made repeated efforts to get their home back, including offers of purchase. On Friday, December 18, as part of a traditional Christmas Posada, family members reclaimed the home and continue to reside there almost two full months later. In recent days, the company that foreclosed on Ynes has indicated a willingness to come to a purchase agreement.
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With LA Voice, the Lennox Inglewood Tenants Union and other partners.