Sergio Perez
@sergioperez.bsky.social
Civil rights attorney fighting for a more just and fair Los Angeles.
Former: ED @ Center for Human Rights, Inspector General @ Several Places, & Trial Attorney for Civil Rights Div. @ US DOJ.
Views are mine.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergioperez23/
Former: ED @ Center for Human Rights, Inspector General @ Several Places, & Trial Attorney for Civil Rights Div. @ US DOJ.
Views are mine.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergioperez23/
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Sergio Perez
@sergioperez.bsky.social
· Jun 9
In all the mess, there is a euphoria to remembering that I was born in & live in a city that has my family's back.
My parents were undocumented teenagers when they came to LA from Mexico. My mom had me at 17 in a hospital-turned-parking-lot in the San Fernando Valley.
I love you, Los Angeles.
My parents were undocumented teenagers when they came to LA from Mexico. My mom had me at 17 in a hospital-turned-parking-lot in the San Fernando Valley.
I love you, Los Angeles.
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A real problem with concerns about oil prices spiking even more than they already have is that people cannot do anymore to mitigate increased costs. There's already been mass layoffs, SNAP cuts, plus higher energy and food prices. The unnecessary US-Canada trade war. People are exhausted.
September 18, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A real problem with concerns about oil prices spiking even more than they already have is that people cannot do anymore to mitigate increased costs. There's already been mass layoffs, SNAP cuts, plus higher energy and food prices. The unnecessary US-Canada trade war. People are exhausted.
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A Punjabi Sikh truck driver in Wyoming said he was followed into a bathroom and stabbed repeatedly in an attack that has stoked fear across the greater South Asian community.
A Sikh truck driver is stabbed amid a rise in anti-South Asian rhetoric
The driver said he was shaken by a violent encounter at a rest stop, which he described as unprovoked.
www.npr.org
September 18, 2026 at 12:51 PM
A Punjabi Sikh truck driver in Wyoming said he was followed into a bathroom and stabbed repeatedly in an attack that has stoked fear across the greater South Asian community.
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I join over 50 my of UCLA Law colleagues in expressing our dismay at Chancellor Frenk’s public response to a disinformation campaign against a Law School symposium on the legacy of 9/11. We call for a retraction and the opportunity to meet with the Chancellor. sites.google.com/view/ucla-la...
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We write to express our grave disappointment at Chancellor Frenk’s September 11, 2026 statement, which he has reaffirmed, that appears to condemn a symposium hosted by several law school centers on th...
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September 18, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I join over 50 my of UCLA Law colleagues in expressing our dismay at Chancellor Frenk’s public response to a disinformation campaign against a Law School symposium on the legacy of 9/11. We call for a retraction and the opportunity to meet with the Chancellor. sites.google.com/view/ucla-la...
This isn’t a pendulum swing. They’re working to systematically obliterate us - through deportations, curricula, the works.
“New students enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin can no longer major in studies focusing on Africans and the African diaspora, Mexican Americans and Latinos, or women and gender.”
Puts a lot of “regain trust” rhetoric into proper relief.
Puts a lot of “regain trust” rhetoric into proper relief.
Majors related to race, gender cut at University of Texas
The University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty.
www.texastribune.org
September 17, 2026 at 10:13 PM
This isn’t a pendulum swing. They’re working to systematically obliterate us - through deportations, curricula, the works.
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It really is worth remembering just last year the conventional wisdom on immigration was that people supported mass deportation to such a degree people should be cautious in opposing the Trump administration snatching people and sending them to CECOT.
Florida GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar to Trump: "Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far ... The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today"
September 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
It really is worth remembering just last year the conventional wisdom on immigration was that people supported mass deportation to such a degree people should be cautious in opposing the Trump administration snatching people and sending them to CECOT.
Helicopters are expensive, disrupt our lives with pollution (both air & noise), and there is no up-to-date & reliable study showing that they make us safer.
They are a scourge on our communities & budgets, but they’re used like toys by police.
They are a scourge on our communities & budgets, but they’re used like toys by police.
Federal agents and the National Guard – assisted by a U.S. Park Police helicopter – flooded into Park View this morning, scaring parents of kids at Bruce-Monroe Elementary School. Federal officials say it's to help fight crime; critics say it's overkill: www.washingtonsun.com/metro/dc-fed...
Neighbors Upset Over Federal Agents’ Presence at D.C. School
Agents and National Guard troops handed out fliers outside a Northwest elementary school, as a helicopter hovered overhead.
www.washingtonsun.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Helicopters are expensive, disrupt our lives with pollution (both air & noise), and there is no up-to-date & reliable study showing that they make us safer.
They are a scourge on our communities & budgets, but they’re used like toys by police.
They are a scourge on our communities & budgets, but they’re used like toys by police.
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Reason 5934 corruption and campaign finance overhaul is really the top issue facing the US.
September 17, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Reason 5934 corruption and campaign finance overhaul is really the top issue facing the US.
We need to pump this majority UP:
Talk to your friends & family & everybody else about why we need to get billionaires to pay more for to fund the communities that have allowed them to enrich themselves.
Talk to your friends & family & everybody else about why we need to get billionaires to pay more for to fund the communities that have allowed them to enrich themselves.
A slim majority of likely California voters are backing a proposed tax on billionaires, according to a new poll.
🔗 Learn more: vist.ly/5ivhq
✍️ Marisa Lagos | KQED
📸 Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
🔗 Learn more: vist.ly/5ivhq
✍️ Marisa Lagos | KQED
📸 Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
September 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
We need to pump this majority UP:
Talk to your friends & family & everybody else about why we need to get billionaires to pay more for to fund the communities that have allowed them to enrich themselves.
Talk to your friends & family & everybody else about why we need to get billionaires to pay more for to fund the communities that have allowed them to enrich themselves.
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In 2006, Luis Salinas was convicted of attempted murder for a shooting he had no knowledge of. Since then another man confessed to being the sole shooter + the victim admitted they misidentified Salinas. Despite new evidence, the DA is fighting to keep Salinas in prison.
lataco.com/luis-salinas...
lataco.com/luis-salinas...
The Whole 'Hood Knows He's Innocent. Will He Finally Be Freed After 20 Years In Prison? ~ L.A. TACO
A shooting he had no knowledge of and a case of mistaken identity cost him his freedom. Then, the actual shooter confessed. Will a judge free him?
lataco.com
August 27, 2026 at 11:42 PM
In 2006, Luis Salinas was convicted of attempted murder for a shooting he had no knowledge of. Since then another man confessed to being the sole shooter + the victim admitted they misidentified Salinas. Despite new evidence, the DA is fighting to keep Salinas in prison.
lataco.com/luis-salinas...
lataco.com/luis-salinas...
This is what happens when a local electeds are as responsive to resident needs as they are to lobbyists & donors.
So grateful to have Zohran Mamdani as my mayor. Thanks to Mamdani, McKinley Park is open once again. 🙏🙌🫶
September 17, 2026 at 7:41 PM
This is what happens when a local electeds are as responsive to resident needs as they are to lobbyists & donors.
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As a teen, S faced a felony charge over a vape pen. 5 years later, that charge—& the routine dehumanization of navigating the criminal legal system—would trap S in her anti-abortion state & force her to give birth. For some groups, abortion travel bans are already here—we just don’t call them that:
She Wanted An Abortion. The State Wouldn’t Let Her Leave
Travel bans are already here—we just don’t talk about them
jessica.substack.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
As a teen, S faced a felony charge over a vape pen. 5 years later, that charge—& the routine dehumanization of navigating the criminal legal system—would trap S in her anti-abortion state & force her to give birth. For some groups, abortion travel bans are already here—we just don’t call them that:
A sales pitch made for an increasingly chaotic climate:
“It doesn’t really get any flooding at all,” he said. “You’re kind of in the safe zone.”
The safe zone, it seemed, was whichever property I happened to be standing in.
“It doesn’t really get any flooding at all,” he said. “You’re kind of in the safe zone.”
The safe zone, it seemed, was whichever property I happened to be standing in.
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them.
Here is my journey
Here is my journey
The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
heated.world
September 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
A sales pitch made for an increasingly chaotic climate:
“It doesn’t really get any flooding at all,” he said. “You’re kind of in the safe zone.”
The safe zone, it seemed, was whichever property I happened to be standing in.
“It doesn’t really get any flooding at all,” he said. “You’re kind of in the safe zone.”
The safe zone, it seemed, was whichever property I happened to be standing in.
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The entire Republican Party was in lockstep support of it and many Democratic office holders were willing to silently assent.
Did anyone other than the bat guano Miller types really support kidnapping people to CECOT?
September 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The entire Republican Party was in lockstep support of it and many Democratic office holders were willing to silently assent.
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Ms. Rachel:
“I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.
Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.”
“I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.
Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.”
September 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Ms. Rachel:
“I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.
Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.”
“I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.
Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.”
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NEW: FBI warned law enforcement across the US that women with fake "tradwife" profiles were luring ICE agents on dating sites to "dox" + "embarrass" them.
FBI didn't provide evidence, but the internal memo is one of many raising alarms about anti-ICE activist "threats."
w/ @propertyofthepeople.org
FBI didn't provide evidence, but the internal memo is one of many raising alarms about anti-ICE activist "threats."
w/ @propertyofthepeople.org
FBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo reveals
Exclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:29 PM
NEW: FBI warned law enforcement across the US that women with fake "tradwife" profiles were luring ICE agents on dating sites to "dox" + "embarrass" them.
FBI didn't provide evidence, but the internal memo is one of many raising alarms about anti-ICE activist "threats."
w/ @propertyofthepeople.org
FBI didn't provide evidence, but the internal memo is one of many raising alarms about anti-ICE activist "threats."
w/ @propertyofthepeople.org
Using plain & honest language is a necessary step in changing minds.
When you mime the language of power (third country removals! detention center!) you make it harder to fight our unjust systems.
When you mime the language of power (third country removals! detention center!) you make it harder to fight our unjust systems.
September 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Using plain & honest language is a necessary step in changing minds.
When you mime the language of power (third country removals! detention center!) you make it harder to fight our unjust systems.
When you mime the language of power (third country removals! detention center!) you make it harder to fight our unjust systems.
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Expanding the Supreme Court is a popular idea, pass it on
NEW POLL: 53% of Americans support expanding the Supreme Court, including majorities of both Democrats and independents.
Two weeks ago, House Dems stood united to keep that option on the table.
Happy Constitution Day! law.marquette.edu/poll/
Two weeks ago, House Dems stood united to keep that option on the table.
Happy Constitution Day! law.marquette.edu/poll/
September 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Expanding the Supreme Court is a popular idea, pass it on
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ICE routinely moves detainees multiple times to distant locations, "creating vast distances between them, their loved ones and the lawyers fighting for their freedom.... A Banner analysis of ICE records found that a person first detained in Maryland is typically transferred more than 1,200 miles."
ICE sent her 2,000 miles from her Maryland home. She’s far from alone.
ICE sent her 2,000 miles from her Maryland home. She’s far from alone.
A Banner analysis of ICE records found that people first detained in Maryland are typically transferred more than 1,200 miles.
buff.ly
September 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM
ICE routinely moves detainees multiple times to distant locations, "creating vast distances between them, their loved ones and the lawyers fighting for their freedom.... A Banner analysis of ICE records found that a person first detained in Maryland is typically transferred more than 1,200 miles."
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"They think the children we feed ain’t really hungry. I don’t know five year old kids that can act well, but I know that if they not hungry we sure got some actors. We got five year old actors that could take the Academy Award."
– Fred Hampton (April 1969)
– Fred Hampton (April 1969)
Minnesota Republican Rep. Bidal Duran opposes free school lunches because he says hungry kids are a myth 👇
DURAN: We should not be letting a kid go to school hungry. I realize that. But--
HOST: I don't think in this state that happens
DURAN: I have yet to hear of one
DURAN: We should not be letting a kid go to school hungry. I realize that. But--
HOST: I don't think in this state that happens
DURAN: I have yet to hear of one
September 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
"They think the children we feed ain’t really hungry. I don’t know five year old kids that can act well, but I know that if they not hungry we sure got some actors. We got five year old actors that could take the Academy Award."
– Fred Hampton (April 1969)
– Fred Hampton (April 1969)
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“.. I think the next supply shock will be on food,” said Marie-Anne Allier, a bond manager at Carmignac in Paris. “I don’t think that’s priced in the market at the moment, especially as we expect it to be slow but persistent.”
@bloomberg.com
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@bloomberg.com
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September 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
“.. I think the next supply shock will be on food,” said Marie-Anne Allier, a bond manager at Carmignac in Paris. “I don’t think that’s priced in the market at the moment, especially as we expect it to be slow but persistent.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Los Angeles elected officials need to address traffic violence immediately! Stop stalling efforts to make streets safer!!
Check out our map of LA's 10,000 most dangerous intersections. See where your closest one sits: basin.la/maps/interse...
The Intersection Map
Los Angeles police recorded 534,202 collisions at named intersections between 2010 and 2020. This is where they landed, one circle per corner, scaled by how many. The city has also adopted its first 1...
basin.la
September 17, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Los Angeles elected officials need to address traffic violence immediately! Stop stalling efforts to make streets safer!!
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The truth is none of y’all hate Robert Kraft enough. Get on my level. (From February)
gillianbrockell.com/the-truth-ab...
gillianbrockell.com/the-truth-ab...
The truth about ICE and the New England Patriots jets (Go Seahawks)
The best reason to hate the New England Patriots is where their team planes have been.
gillianbrockell.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
The truth is none of y’all hate Robert Kraft enough. Get on my level. (From February)
gillianbrockell.com/the-truth-ab...
gillianbrockell.com/the-truth-ab...
A boastful tyrant that winks as if he’s joking but continuously makes good on his wretched plans.
Trump: "We spent more than $2 billion in FEMA funding. You're waiting for some additional funding. I'm gonna get that to you. Now if Michael loses, I'm not sending it."
Crowd: *groans*
Crowd: *groans*
September 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM
A boastful tyrant that winks as if he’s joking but continuously makes good on his wretched plans.
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The LA Co. Board of Supervisors delayed voting on a motion that would force the Sheriff's Dept to name deputy gangs within its ranks on Tuesday.
The move came in front of about 30 uniformed personnel who filled the meeting's gallery.
www.patreon.com/lasdgangs/po...
The move came in front of about 30 uniformed personnel who filled the meeting's gallery.
www.patreon.com/lasdgangs/po...
Survivor’s Hopes Dashed As Deputy Gang Transparency Vote Postponed | LA Sheriff Gangs
LA County Supervisors move to hold vote on forcing Sheriff’s Dept to ID insider gangs Nearly fifty people in matching orange T-shirts lined
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September 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The LA Co. Board of Supervisors delayed voting on a motion that would force the Sheriff's Dept to name deputy gangs within its ranks on Tuesday.
The move came in front of about 30 uniformed personnel who filled the meeting's gallery.
www.patreon.com/lasdgangs/po...
The move came in front of about 30 uniformed personnel who filled the meeting's gallery.
www.patreon.com/lasdgangs/po...