Nury Martinez

We added two new bus shelter locations in #CD6 with more to come! 9 out of 10 metro riders are low-income, people of color. In the Valley, many have to wait for the bus in the heat & the rain without protection. These shelters will support a transit experience riders deserve. Thank you to our partners Investing in Place, Climate Resolve, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services, Outfront/JCDecaux, and Pacoima Beautiful!

La semana pasada participe en un foro informativo con el Senator Alex Padilla y el U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas en Univision 34 Los Angeles para una conversación sobre el impacto de el COVID-19 y cómo las comunidades latinas han sido desproporcionadamente impactadas. Mire la entrevista completa aquí.

Congratulations to Itzel Luna, a student at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School in Lake Balboa, for your outstanding accomplishments! You serve as an inspiration not only to your peers, but to your community. Council District 6 is so proud!

Starting Tuesday, we will be vaccinating Council District 6 residents 18+ at our Mobile Vaccination Center. We will be providing one-dose Johnson & Johnson shots. Call the District Office (818-778-4999 or 818-771-0236) to make an appointment between 9 AM - 5 PM.

Today we honor a civil rights activist and champion for workers rights, Dolores Huerta. A fierce leader who worked for protections, fair wages & dignity for California's field workers; at 91, Dolores Huerta never tires in her advocacy for the working poor, women, and children. #SiSePuede

We created our Kids First Program to provide educational support at family shelters. When COVID-19 hit, we knew at-home learning would be hard for unhoused students so we pivoted to distanced learning pods. As the school year nears the end, we're so proud of their hard work!

Join us tomorrow for a socially distanced Community Cleanup in Council District 6! Meet at Canterbury Ave and Van Nuys Blvd to begin at 8 AM. Tools will be provided. See flyer below for more details

"When we decided to close the schools, nobody asked us." With school closures & at-home learning, women had to choose between their careers & caring for their families. Watch my full conversation with Reshma Saujani on Women in the Workplace https://nury-martinez.com/women-in-the-workplace

How often do women feel they need to be quiet about an issue at work or speak out and risk career stagnation? This is shameful. Workplaces should lift women & people of color up, not tell them seek counseling, work from home or go on leave and never address the actual issue.

All three vaccines are safe and effective in preventing a serious illness from COVID-19. Check out these side-by-side comparisons of the COVID-19 vaccine and when it’s your turn, get vaccinated!

On #WorldHealthDay we must continue to fight for #HealthEquity to achieve #HealthForAll.

492,000 women re-entered the workforce last month as schools reopened in-person learning. This is encouraging but there's still a lot of work to do to regain the progress we made before the pandemic. Join us tomorrow as we discuss this and more! RSVP: http://bit.ly/MarshallPlanForMoms

This Wednesday, please join me for a virtual conversation with Founder & Board Chair of Girls Who Code, Reshma Saujani to discuss "Marshall Plan for Moms," how the pandemic has affected working moms and what we can do to bring women back into the workforce. Wednesday, April 7th 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm RSVP Link: http://bit.ly/MarshallPlanForMoms

The death count might have become almost numbing as it ceaselessly grows daily, but it’s important to continue to put into perspective just how deadly this virus is. Please stay home, stay safe, and wear a mask. #WeAreInThisTogether

The CD6 Laurel Canyon Blvd. Repaving Project is almost complete, with the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Service team installing and upgrading the ADA access ramps by the I-5 Freeway. The final section of Laurel Canyon, Sheldon to Wicks, will be repaved in the coming days. Stay tuned.

The people have spoken. Congratulations to President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris. With new leadership, comes hope and possibility of real change. We owe this victory to our Black and Latino brothers and sisters our friends, our family and our community those who showed up to vote, and those most affected by this pandemic who continue to build this country, despite the lack of social and economic opportunity, those that have everything to lose they delivered us to the finish line. #BidenHarris2020

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Count every vote. In this Presidential race, every vote matters. For those who have sacrificed the health and the safety of their families working day in and day out then racing to the polls to vote, your voice counts. For the mothers who sacrificed their careers to provide care for their children, your voice counts. For the business owners who are struggling to stay afloat, your voice counts. We can wait if it means ensuring every voter’s voice in America is heard. Democracy is worth the wait. Keep counting those votes. We’ll be here. Respect the process. #counteveryvote #vote2020 #election2020

Great victory in the courts for #DACA! After ruling a Trump official, Chad Wolf, was illegally appointed and lacked the authority when he ordered that no new DACA applications would be accepted, US Federal Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis further ordered the Trump administration to fully restore DACA and have application information available on its website by Monday, Dec. 7th. This would allow an estimated 300,000 additional Dreamers to apply for the program. Our City looks forw...ard to working with and holding the Biden-Harris administration accountable in building dignified and thorough immigration policies for our immigrant youth and communities. For more information, please visit: https://www.nilc.org/

I know this is a stressful and confusing time but the following COVID-19 restrictions will help you stay safe and keep the infection rate down. I will continue to update you as new information becomes available. I urge you to stay at home, cancel non-essential activities, wear a mask and please be safe. We’re in this together.

Final push! Get to an official ballot drop box or voting center by 8 pm + KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! If the polls close while you’re still in line, stay in line you have the right to vote. If you make a mistake on your ballot, ask for a new one. ... Ensure you cast your ballot on time and it’s counted!!!

VOTE and #VOTELOUD! While 55% of people have voted as of last night, that still leaves 45% of voters who need to take action TODAY! VOTE and #VOTELOUD! While 55% of people have voted as of last night, that still leaves 45% of voters who need to take action TODAY! So please take your ballot in ASAP. There are over 791 vote centers across the county which opened at 7 a.m. and will remain open through 8 p.m., when polls close. There are additional official 400 ballot drop boxes... where you can drop off your mail-in ballot. #vote #vota #vote2020 #election2020 #letsgo See more

Vote like your life depends on it, because it does! This election will directly impact the next four years, and generations to come. When we think of our working communities tirelessly going from one job to the next putting themselves at risk of COVID-19, the undocumented children being taken from their parents, women who have had to choose between their careers and their families during this health crisis, and those who cannot vote, we VOTE for them, and for ourselves and for the future. DON'T RISK IT! Make sure your ballot gets in on time and counted - take it to a voting center or official ballot drop box near you!

Low-income LADWP customers impacted by COVID-19, sign up starting today to receive $500 to help pay your utilities. I set aside $50 million of federal CARES Act funding, which was approved by the City Council, to create this LADWP Utility Grant Program during these difficult times for so many Angelenos. If you are a City of LA resident and already enrolled in a DWP low-income assistance program, you will receive priority, however, all City low-income DWP customers (50% AMI an...d lower) are eligible. Learn more and apply online through November 15th at ladwp.com/UtilityCares. Clientes de LADWP de bajos ingresos afectados por COVID-19, regístrese hoy para recibir $500 de ayuda a pagar sus servicios públicos. Aparté $50 millones de fondos federales de la Ley CARES, que fueron aprobados por el Concilio de la Ciudad de Los Ángeles, para crear este Programa de Asistencia de Servicios Públicos LADWP durante estos tiempos difíciles para tantos angelinos. Si usted es residente de la ciudad de Los Ángeles y ya está inscrito en un programa de asistencia para personas de bajos ingresos de DWP, recibirá prioridad; sin embargo, todos los clientes de DWP de bajos ingresos de la ciudad (50% AMI y menos) son elegibles. Obtenga más información y presente su solicitud en línea hasta el 15 de noviembre en ladwp.com/UtilityCares

The CD6 Laurel Canyon Repaving Project from Branford St. to Wicks St. is progressing with City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services team finishing up Tonopah St. to Sheldon St. The final section, Sheldon St. to Wicks St. by the 5 Freeway and Fernangeles Park, will be done in December once BSS gets its approvals from CALTRANS for ADA freeway ramp designs.

I LOVE Halloween! It's one of my favorite holidays. Here's a couple of throwback pics of my family from previous years. It's a tradition for us to dress up but this year, we will not. During the pandemic that's our choice. Whatever you choose to do, please do it safely. This Halloween, stay home and celebrate. There are tons of festive activities to get in the Halloween spirit that do not require leaving your home. I'm praying next year's Halloween will be epic! Stay safe. Stay spooky. Stay home. #Halloween2020

Let’s show up for each other! When we vote, we don’t just vote for ourselves, we vote for our neighbors, we vote for those who cannot vote, we vote for disenfranchised communities, we vote to protect women’s rights, we vote for racial and social justice. In this election that is truer than it’s ever been. #VOTE

At last night’s 2nd Latina Empowered Health Summit, we celebrated what it means to be a woman sharing personal stories of triumph, tackling fear and anxiety, and turning our dreams into a reality. Thank you to everyone who attended virtually and to my co-host Alejandra Campoverdi of The Well Woman Health Coalition for leading a beautiful roundtable discussion that took us from our childhood, to the memories of our hard-working parents to what drives us as Latinas ...to give back to our families and communities. A warm thank you to our keynote speaker Mandy Gonzalez, mega #Broadway star, for sharing her inspiring story as a breast cancer survivor and advocate. Knowledge is power, she said and it is also a part of self-care. There were many takeaways thanks to our panelists Latinx Therapy's Adriana Alejandre and Univision anchor Yarel Ramos who took a deep dive into topics of identity, the stigmatization around mental health, normalizing therapy, and holding uncomfortable conversations to break down the barriers with family members. Remember, we each show up in different ways and part of that means checking in with ourselves, taking three - not one- deep breaths and saying it’s okay to not be okay. Let’s continue to advocate for ourselves and the people we love. #breastcancerawarenessmonth + beyond

Today is #LatinaEqualPay Day know your worth! Latinas would have to work until the age of 116 to equal what white men would earn by the age of 60 due to the wage gap. More than 50 years have passed since the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and women in the U.S., particularly Latina women, are still not paid what they are owed. Close the gap!... These alarming statistics come at a time when the weight of COVID-19 has fallen largely on Latinas and people of color. Many Latinas are working in industries that were hammered by the pandemic, and others have had to make the difficult decision between work, motherhood and home schooling. We push through, though, day after day, hard-working. Balancing life through a global health crisis feels like a tug of war sometimes, juggling the many responsibilities and varied roles we play. We have to remember to advocate for ourselves and our community we are powerful! Let’s never lose sight of our strength, our history, our passions, and unapologetically continue to carve that space where we belong. Equal pay for equal work! #mujeresunidas #womenunite #changemakers #paygap #latinxPOWER

To assist low-income families and youth already vulnerable to economic uncertainty before COVID-19 hit and made worse by the pandemic, yesterday I introduced legislation calling for the creation of a new Department for Families, Children & Community Investment. As part of my Families First agenda, the Department will incorporate the work and goals of my motion’s co-presenter Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez who has worked with our young people and the Executive Task Force on You...th Development. COVID-19 has demonstrated that, in the face of a crisis, problems that our families face arise not independently, but are compounded by ones that already existed, especially for our low-income families. Our working-poor families need a focused commitment from the City of Los Angeles in order to help them recover and allow their children to reach their full potential. Whether it’s job training and resources for the parents or youth development programs and support for their children, a Department of Families, Children and Community Investment will help us create long-term programs and policies to build more resilient and equitable communities.