Ktown For All

Group of around 30 people bunched in front of a tree, all smiling. There is a building and more trees behind the group of people. The picture is bordered with a thick light pink and a thin white line with the text “Join us for outreach!” on the middle top of the photo and “Saturday, 7/26 - 12:00 PM Meet at Immanuel Presbyterian Church 3300 Wilshire Blvd, LA CA 90010 (Parking lot on Berendo St.)” on the middle bottom of the photo. There is an icon of overlapping purple and red heart with “KTOWN FOR ALL” in white letters centered on the overlapping hearts on the right bottom corner of the photo.

Join us for outreach! We always go over our guidelines, and if you’re new, we’ll make sure you’re in a group with experienced volunteers - all you need to do is show up! We meet in the Immanuel Presbyterian parking lot at 12pm (you can park in the lot!)
See you there!

Photo ID: Group of around 30 people bunched in front of a tree, all smiling. There is a building and more trees behind the group of people. The picture is bordered with a thick light pink and a thin white line with the text “Join us for outreach!” on the middle top of the photo and “Saturday, 7/19 - 12:00 PM Meet at Immanuel Presbyterian Church 3300 Wilshire Blvd, LA CA 90010 (Parking lot on Berendo St.)” on the middle bottom of the photo. There is an icon of overlapping purple and red heart with “KTOWN FOR ALL” in white letters centered on the overlapping hearts on the right bottom corner of the photo.

Join us for outreach! We always go over our guidelines, and if you’re new, we’ll make sure you’re in a group with experienced volunteers - all you need to do is show up! We meet in the Immanuel Presbyterian parking lot at 12pm (you can park in the lot!)
See you there!

Group of around 30 people bunched in front of a tree, all smiling. There is a building and more trees behind the group of people. The picture is bordered with a thick light pink and a thin white line with the text “Join us for outreach!” on the middle top of the photo and “Saturday, 7/12 - 12:00 PM Meet at Immanuel Presbyterian Church 3300 Wilshire Blvd, LA CA 90010 (Parking lot on Berendo St.)” on the middle bottom of the photo. There is an icon of overlapping purple and red heart with “KTOWN FOR ALL” in white letters centered on the overlapping hearts on the right bottom corner of the photo.

Join us for outreach! We always go over our guidelines, and if you’re new, we’ll make sure you’re in a group with experienced volunteers - all you need to do is show up! We meet in the Immanuel Presbyterian parking lot at 12pm (you can park in the lot!)
See you there!

Donate to support a KFA member, organized by Nicolas Emmons A KFA member is currently sleeping outside. They are a kind and generous person who has been spend… Nicolas Emmons needs your support for support a KFA member

What else can you do?

Donate to a GoFundMe to help support this family transition into housing: gofund.me/aeed13bb

Tell her to STOP DISPLACING UNHOUSED PEOPLE. They are our neighbors and fellow community members.

Let her know you SUPPORT HOUSING, MEDICAL, AND SANITATION SERVICES for Koreatown's unhoused community.

Ask her to REMOVE ZONES related to closed schools and online academies.

When longtime community members face hard times, the solution is not to threaten and punish them, but to pull together and help.

What can you do?

Call Councilmember Heather Hutt at 213-473-7010 or 323-276-4917 or email heather.hutt@lacity.org and:

"We're going to bring trucks, take everything, and then write tickets and take people to jail.

I'll see you on Monday."

- Officer Harris Cho

"I checked with the city attorney yesterday and they said now we're going to enforce, we're going to write tickets, and we're going to take people to jail."

- Officer Harris Cho

"On Monday when I come back, we're going to take everything, and from then on I'm going to have to cite and take people to jail."

- Officer Harris Cho

A profile photograph of Senior Lead Officer Harry Cho wearing a dark shirt.

A photograph of Senior Lead Officer Harry Cho and a second officer speaking with a family experiencing homelessness and pointing to a map.

This is Senior Lead Officer Harry Cho. For months, he's made it his job to harass unhoused people in Ktown. Moving them from block to block, bringing trucks to take their possessions.

This week, he showed up just before a holiday to tell an unhoused family to leave.

He was recorded saying:

A graphic of the Ktown for All logo. Two intersecting hearts, one purple and one red, with "KTOWN FOR ALL" in white text over them.

A screenshot of the web UI for the LA 41.18 map. It shows a red banner stating "Permanently closed" over the Academy Children Center, yet the blue circle around it still contributes to the "disallowed" area in the map provided to the volunteer experiencing homelessness.

A screenshot of the web UI for the LA 41.18 map. Overlaid is a screenshot of the website of the Everyday Ibaadah Academy saying "Accredited Global Islamic PK-12 Virtual School". Despite this, the purple circle around it still contributes to the "disallowed" area in the map provided to the volunteer experiencing homelessness.

These zones were created due to their proximity to "sensitive sites" -- like schools and parks. But in the area covered by the map, one of the schools listed is *permanently closed*. Another is an *online academy*.

A screenshot of the web interface for the City of Los Angeles 41.18 map online. It has dated UI and is not easy to use on mobile devices.

Despite growing up here, going to school here, and working here, he and his family are treated like criminals because they are in a 41.18 zone. The only way to know if you're in the wrong zone is through a hard-to-find and hard-to-use online map.

At 21, our member supports two family members with his full-time job -- it just doesn't pay enough to make rent. He still makes time to volunteer with us on Saturdays because he cares about the community he grew up in. He's working with caseworkers to get housing -- but everyone knows it takes time.

A photograph of a paper map almost entirely covered in green, blue, and purple circles. Only 15-20% is uncovered.

A graphic of the Ktown for All logo. Two intersecting hearts, one purple and one red, with "KTOWN FOR ALL" in white text over them.

An unhoused KFA volunteer was given this map by police today, with notice that he and the family who he works to support need to move out of the area by Monday. The areas in green, blue, and purple are off-limits due to LAMC 41.18, an LA law making it illegal to sit, sleep, or lie in public places.

Thanks for the link and the shoutout! Our volunteers are coordinating the vendor buy-outs independently, so if you want to support that, please check our “Vendor Buy-Out Update” posts for the latest donation info. Any donations to our official org will go towards homeless outreach and advocacy.

A text conversation between a local vendor and volunteer in Spanish, after the volunteer gave them $2000 that was donated to help vendors safely stay home. Vendor: Buena tarde usted me envió esto 2000 Si es así. Como y a donde lo podemos empezar a pagar???? Quisiera suplicarle si me Dan un mes para empezar mis pagos Muchas gracias Volunteer: Hola es dinero regalado no tiene que pagarlo Vendor: Overwhelmed crying emoji —- English translation: Vendor: Good afternoon, you sent me this 2000 If so. How and where can we start paying for it???? I would like to beg you for a month before starting my payments. Thank you very much Volunteer: Hi it's gifted money, you don't have to pay it Vendor: Overwhelmed crying emoji

A vendor texted our volunteer, asking how and when he could pay her back.

This was his reaction when she told him the money wasn't a loan -- it was a gift.

(English translation in alt text)

Venmo QR code for volunteer Chris-Marker77

Local vendor buy-out update!

Volunteers have raised $50K to help vendors stay safe at home!!

36 families now have rent paid, food and bills covered, and are safely off the streets because of your love and support.

Latest volunteer Venmo: Chris-Marker77

Check spelling, avoid scams!

So very sorry to hear about your grandmother 💔 It’s heartbreaking that savings cap policies affect the most vulnerable among us

Sources:

* Facts and statistics compiled by California Department of Health Services, 2025.

** Zilllow's overview of the California rental market, last updated June 4, 2025.

*** California Budget & Policy Center, October 2024.

Newsom's Medi-Cal restrictions WILL lead to more suffering, more homelessness, more death, and more long-term costs- for all of us.

Tying asset minimums to Medi-Cal coverage is nasty and cruel. $2K in assets isn't even enough to cover a month's rent in California.

This budget plan is unconscionable. Elderly, disabled, and undocumented people are still Californians.

Governor Newsom,

This isn't who we are.

However bad California's budget deficit may be, stripping healthcare from our disabled citizens, elders, and immigrant community is NOT the answer.

And it will only give us less.

Less flexibility.
Less freedom.
Less money.
Less time.
Less life.
Less of everything that makes California great.

Stripping access to healthcare from our people who need it the most - older, disabled, and undocumented Californians - will only cost us more:

More hardship.
More mortality.
More emergency service calls.
More bureaucratic expense.
More strain on families and workers.

People might say:
"I don't want my taxes funding healthcare for undocumented Californians who don't contribute."

We say:
Undocumented Californians contribute $8.5 billion*** in state taxes every year. Yet they are unjustly excluded from access to many public services-that their taxes made possible.

Saving up to move to a new place?

To go back to school?

To get married?

To buy a new car?

To get orthodontics?

A new companion animal?

A powered wheelchair?

Newsom thinks you don't deserve healthcare.

If Newsom's new budget plan passes, people 65 and over, or with disabilities, who save up even one month's worth of expenses, will forfeit their Medi-Cal.

People might say:
"$2,000 in savings is reasonable! Newsom wants to make sure Medi-Cal is reserved for those who truly can't afford private healthcare."

We say:
Nothing is reasonable about this budget plan. Asset minimums are punitive and outdated.

$2,000 in savings won't cover a month's rent. **

As well as deny ANY future enrollment in Medi-Cal to immigrants without complete legal status.

Over three million Californians will lose access to doctors, medications, and life-saving treatments. *