This Is Our Land, Not A Money-Making Scheme

Los Angeles CA

16 December, 2021

11:33 AM

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Next City December 16, 2021 One neighborhood in Los Angeles is part of a groundswell of community land trusts that are trying to keep the control of land and property out of giant corporations' portfolios and in the hands of communities. "It's kind of going back to the way things were in the beginning before we got colonized, when we were all in community," says Fanny Guzman Ortiz, founder of Fideicomiso Comunitario Tierra Libre. "We lived together and it wasn't about how much you could afford in paying or rent. It was just about making sure that you lived with dignity and that you had the basic needs." In this episode of the podcast, Next City executive director Lucas Grindley talks with Ortiz, and with senior economics correspondent Oscar Perry Abello, who reported on how her nonprofit and others like it are strengthened in their fight by some dramatic changes in California law. Listen to this episode below, or subscribe to Next City's podcast on Apple and Spotify. Next City's journalism centers marginalized voices while amplifying solutions to the problems that oppress people in cities. At a time when people in cities face rampant inequality and urgent challenges, Next City's work as a nonprofit is critical: by spreading real stories and workable ideas from one city to the next, we connect people, places and solutions that move our society toward justice and equity. Subscribe to Next City's email newsletter at https://nextcity.org/newsletter.