LOS
ANGELES
CENTER FOR
COMMUNITY
LAW AND
ACTION
We build power with low-income tenants of color in the Los Angeles area. We tackle housing insecurity caused by racialized capitalism, organizing to end exploitation while building the world we want to see.
OUR TEAM
Francis Hernandez (she/her)
Operations Manager
Francis obtained her A.A. from Pasadena City College in Psychology and Social & Behavioral Science in 2021. Francis is born and raised in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, and has been a member of LACCLA since 2019. In 2020, she began working with LACCLA by supporting grant operations with StayHoused LA. After falling in love with community organizing and building tenant power, Francis joined LACCLA’s staff full time in 2023.
Gina Hong (she/her) Attorney
Gina obtained a B.A. from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she majored in Reclaiming Resources for Power in Political Economy. She graduated from University of California—Los Angeles, School of Law in 2018 as a member of the Epstein Public Interest Law and Policy Program with specializations in Critical Race Studies and International and Comparative Law. She joined LACCLA’s staff in 2018.
Chris Estrada (he/him)
Community Organizer
Chris is a community organizer at LACCLA. He has a degree in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology, where he conducted research in theoretical physics and independent reading in critical theory and political theory. Before joining LACCLA, he spent three years teaching math, science, and political economy to high school students and volunteered as a community organizer with the Los Angeles Tenants Union, Pasadena Tenants Union, and Democratic Socialists of America.
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