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Column: A Mexican cultural center welcomed homeless people. Then came the fines – Los Angeles Times

“A lot of folks are confused why a Mexican cultural center is with this fight,” said the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Carolina Sarmiento, who isn’t related to the Santa Ana mayor. “We’re not just a facade of Mexican culture. The question of displacement is at the heart of who we serve. It would be a contradiction to be talking about housing rights and immigrant rights and talk about not treating these folks as part of our community.”