CLEVELAND LEAD ADVOCATES FOR SAFE HOUSING (CLASH) TAKES FIRST STEP TO FILING WRIT OF MANDAMUS. SENDS LETTER SEEKING ACTION BY THE CLEVELAND LAW DIRECTOR TO COMPEL CITY COUNCIL CLERK TO SUBMIT PROPOSED “LEAD SAFE” ORDINANCE TO CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND VOTE OR WILL GO TO COURT TO COMPEL IT Cleveland, OH – Attorneys for… Continue reading CLASH News
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CLASH Lawyers Up, Demands that City Accept Lead Safe Petitions
Posted By Sam Allard on Thu, May 9, 2019 at 9:48 am (Cleveland Scene) In a letter filed yesterday, Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing (CLASH) demanded that Cleveland Law Director Barbara Langhenry compel city council clerk Patricia Britt to accept the 6,350 signatures that CLASH submitted last month with the hopes of putting a lead-safe ordinance on the November ballot. Those… Continue reading CLASH Lawyers Up, Demands that City Accept Lead Safe Petitions
Lead Poisoning Town Hall
CLASH Campaign Crunch Canvassing Blitz
This weekend we’re making a final push to get signatures so that we can meet our April 4 goal of submitting them. We’ll be meeting at CLASH Headquarters, inside the office of NEOCH at 3631 Perkins #3, Cleveland. Therewe will map out best canvassing spots, review canvassing best practices and then head out together. These… Continue reading CLASH Campaign Crunch Canvassing Blitz
CLASH Volunteer Opportunities This Week!
Awaiting the Lead – Poisoning Tipping Point is an article that appeared a few days ago in Rolling Stone Magazine. It describes the severity of the lead poisoning problem in Cleveland. Cleveland City Council has not and likely will not act on this terrible problem.On average 4 kids a day are diagnosed with lead poisoning in… Continue reading CLASH Volunteer Opportunities This Week!
CLASH Volunteers Needed Now!
Special thanks to those of you who attended the CLASH (Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing) Press Conference last Friday. You can read the print media’s coverage of the event here and here and see a video of the event here. You can see Channel 19 News coverage of our first signature gathering event Saturday morning at the West Side… Continue reading CLASH Volunteers Needed Now!
CLASH Additional Actions We Can Take
Demand Cleveland City Council Take Action – Pass the Lead Ordinance! We are a coalition seeking to to address the issue of lead in our homes here in Cleveland. Join us as we fight for the health and well being of our children and families. Today, while we wait for elected officials to take action… Continue reading CLASH Additional Actions We Can Take
Demand Cleveland City Council Take Action – Pass the Lead Ordinance!
We are a coalition seeking to to address the issue of lead in our homes here in Cleveland. Join us as we fight for the health and well being of our children and families. Today, while we wait for elected officials to take action at least 4 children could be poisoned by lead. That is… Continue reading Demand Cleveland City Council Take Action – Pass the Lead Ordinance!
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Visit our CLASH Page for information on the Press Conference, the Lead Safe Initiative, Petition and more.
It’s been 116 years since Cleveland had a transformational plan for the future. It needs one now: Brent Larkin
Brent Larkin just endorsed our ballot issue. “Embrace the movement that supports a ballot issue to toughen Cleveland’s lead paint laws. The baby steps announced by the city will be heralded as a step in the right direction. But a recent study found that more than one in four of those entering kindergarten in Cleveland public… Continue reading It’s been 116 years since Cleveland had a transformational plan for the future. It needs one now: Brent Larkin