By Alysha Conner | Our Weekly Newspaper Tara Barauskas, executive director of Community Corporation of Santa Monica (CCSM), was set to begin a new affordable housing project on the property she just bought in Westchester, CA, last August. But the…
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To Live and House in LA: Markeesha’s Story
By Alysha Conner | Annenberg Media Press play to listen to an audio version of Markeesha’s story. https://soiwrite.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Markeeshas-Story-Finale-1.mp3 Markeesha, who prefers to disclose her first name only, is a 37-year-old South Los Angeles native. She entered the foster care…