Posts in Radical Hospitality

What We Lost: The Prototypes That Didn't Survive

LA County's new Department of Homeless Services and Housing budget cut most community co-design proposals. Only 0.05% of the $843 million budget went to community-designed programs. Here's what we proposed, what survived, and why radical hope means continuing anyway.

Homelessness, Community, Letters to the Housed, Radical HospitalityPaul AsplundFebruary 9, 2026EndHomelessness, HousingJustice, RadicalHospitality, CommunityVoice, LACounty, SystemicChangeComment

Radical Hope in the Face of State Violence from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA

Confronting Minnesota's federal occupation through the lens of family history, James Baldwin, and Ai Weiwei—and why radical hope demands local action now.