{"id":25519,"date":"2024-09-04T16:04:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T23:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=25519"},"modified":"2024-09-12T14:49:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T21:49:10","slug":"ophelia-bello-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/ophelia-bello-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone deserves a dignified life: Ofelia Bello, candidate for the East Palo Alto City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21040\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21040\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ofelia-Bello-EPA-300x238.png\" alt=\"Ophelia Bello\" width=\"601\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ofelia-Bello-EPA-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ofelia-Bello-EPA-768x608.png 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ofelia-Bello-EPA-15x12.png 15w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ofelia-Bello-EPA-150x119.png 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ofelia-Bello-EPA-696x551.png 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ofelia-Bello-EPA.png 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ofelia Bello is running for the East Palo Alto City Council, her primary focus will be housing rights, defending tenants&#039; rights to prevent people from becoming homeless.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Everyone deserves a dignified life: Ofelia Bello, candidate for the East Palo Alto City Council\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3pR7fsvibjh6UJcHUP1k2l?si=8a152a57436a4ef3&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>[We are on WhatsApp.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaKsQjT5K3zOISbFea2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Start following us now<\/a>]<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social justice is a never-ending task, so it is important to have representatives who care about the needs and rights of all communities, since people have the right to food, housing, medical care, fair wages and a dignified life regardless of their race or culture, said Ofelia Bello, candidate for the East Palo Alto City Council.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cI am passionate about social justice work, being part of positive changes, but at a local level,\u201d said Bello in an interview with Manuel Ortiz, during the Pen\u00ednsula 360 Press radio program and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hechoencalifornia1010.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hecho en California<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Marcos Gutierrez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ofelia Bello is running for a seat on the East Palo Alto City Council, as she has worked hand in hand with several organizations for a long time supporting the community, and she herself states that \u201cshe feels that she has something to offer to the community to continue with everyone&#039;s efforts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The member of Young People United for Community Action (YUCA) is also the daughter of two Mexicans, her mother from Guerrero and her father from Michoac\u00e1n, and it was from them that she learned to always help people regardless of their origins, race or culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A fundamental part of his life has been his mother, who has shown him kindness and social commitment without expecting anything in return.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy mother is my greatest example, she always helps people we know, friends, family, neighbors, people close to us of all races and ethnicities; she seeks to support them and I have always said that I inherited this vocation from my mother.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The social activist explained that it is important to go out and vote, \u201clet us remember that someone outside is making important decisions for the community, people who sit on the boards of directors, on the Municipal Council, and those who do have the right to vote are letting other people make decisions for each one of them and although electoral politics is not the only way to make changes in the community, it is something that has great value.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, he commented that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last Saturday, August 31, she supported groups of tenants from East Palo Alto who were asking for their right to decent housing to be respected. Fortunately, they obtained the attention of the owners of the houses to make improvements or adjust payments in light of the poor conditions of the properties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are about 60 units spread across three buildings. Ofelia Bello explained that they began knocking on doors and explaining the tenants&#039; rights and then people began to unite and take action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this regard, a letter has been submitted with a list of demands for administrative improvements, including requests for improved communication, dissemination of information not only in English, and some physical improvements. The letter explains that the tenants want to negotiate in good faith to resolve the problems in a particular way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the tenants are Hispanic and have a minimal command of English, which causes the documents to be confusing and unclear. In addition, the tenants have suffered harassment and discrimination for wanting to demand their rights, a situation that Bello lamented, while assuring that having a more complete and united group helps combat insecurity and the fear of speaking up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is wonderful to see people come together, and not necessarily just Latinos or Mexicans, for something we all have in common, which is our home, it is something sacred, because everyone deserves a decent, safe and sanitary home regardless of culture or race,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25523\" style=\"width: 661px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25523\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ofelia-Bello-2-300x161.jpeg\" alt=\"Ophelia Bello\" width=\"661\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ofelia-Bello-2-300x161.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ofelia-Bello-2-1024x549.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ofelia-Bello-2-768x412.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ofelia-Bello-2-18x10.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ofelia-Bello-2-150x80.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ofelia-Bello-2-696x373.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ofelia-Bello-2-1068x573.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ofelia-Bello-2.jpeg 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cI am passionate about social justice work, being part of positive changes, but at a local level.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If elected, she said, her main focus will be on decent housing rights and defending tenants&#039; rights to prevent people from becoming homeless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Ofelia, housing is a primary issue in East Palo Alto and tenants&#039; rights must be defended. &quot;They have the right to demand that these improvements be made and this is usually presented to the City Council, to the Rent Stabilization Working Group, speaking of East Palo Alto, and if these improvements are not made, one possibility is that their rent will be reduced or that they will be reimbursed for what they have invested for each tenant,&quot; she concluded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/east-palo-alto-residents\/\">East Palo Alto residents demand better housing conditions from developer<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Estamos en WhatsApp.\u00a0Empieza a seguirnos ahora] La justicia social es un trabajo que nunca se acaba, por lo que es importante tener representantes que se preocupen por las necesidades y derechos de todas la comunidades, pues las personas tienen derecho a comida, vivienda, servicio m\u00e9dico, salario justo y una vida digna sin importar su raza [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":21040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25519"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25610,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25519\/revisions\/25610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}