Kau ʻia Pepeluali 25, 2025
9: 20 am
Me ke kau inoa ʻana i ka Hale Bila Hale 29 ma Ianuali 2025, ʻaʻole e hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā laikini o Ohioans no ka hiki ʻole ke uku i nā aie. Ua hiki mai kēia lanakila ma hope o nā makahiki he nui o ka noiʻi, ka hoʻonaʻauao, a me ka launa pū ʻana.
Ua hoʻopilikia nui ʻia ke kaiāulu mea kūʻai aku o ke Kānāwai e ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka laikini kalaiwa pili i ka aie. E hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 2018 - e hui pū me ka piʻi ʻana o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka meaʻai gig a me nā lawelawe hoʻokele - Ua hōʻike ʻia nā helu helu pūnaewele o Legal Aid e ʻimi ana nā poʻe he nui (a ke kipa ʻana i ka pūnaewele) no ka ʻike e pili ana i ka "hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka laikini kaʻa" a me nā "hoʻopanee pili i ka aie." Eia hou, ua nui ka poʻe e kāhea ana i ke kōkua Kānāwai e ʻimi ana i ke kōkua e hoʻihoʻi i kā lākou laikini ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka ʻaiʻē. ʻAʻole pili kēia mau hoʻokuʻu ʻaiʻē me ka hoʻokele pōʻino a me ka pahele i nā kānaka me nā ala liʻiliʻi i kahi pōʻai hiki ʻole: pono lākou e hele i ka hana, akā ʻaʻohe o lākou palapala laikini kūpono, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hana, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke uku e hoʻihoʻi i kā lākou laikini.
Wahi a kahi hōʻike hou o Federal Reserve Bank Community Development, he hopena koʻikoʻi ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka laikini i ka poʻe limahana o Ohio. No ka laʻana, i ka makahiki 2022, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka māhele o nā hoʻolaha hana e noi ana i ka laikini kaʻa ma Ohio (14.0%) ma mua o ka awelika aupuni (10.6%).
I ka makahiki 2022, ua hui pū ʻo Legal Aid me Dr. Brian A. Mikelbank, he Associate Professor of Urban Studies ma Cleveland State University a me Legal Aid Visting Scholar, no ka noiʻi ʻana a me ke kālailai ʻana i ka ʻikepili e pili ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ʻaiʻē. ʻO ka hopena o ka hōʻike, "Road to Nowhere: Debt Related Driver's License Suspensions in Ohio" i hana nui i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a puni ka mokuʻāina e hoʻopau i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ʻaiʻē. (E heluhelu i ka hōʻike piha ma aneʻi: lasclev.org/roadtonowherereport)
Ma waena o nā ʻike ʻē aʻe, ua hōʻike ʻia ka hōʻike e pili ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ʻaiʻē i ka poʻe noho o nā code zip ilihune kiʻekiʻe loa o Ohio he awelika o $7.9 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki; a ʻo ia mau hoʻokuʻu ʻia e uku i nā kamaʻāina o Ohio zip code me nā pākēneka kiʻekiʻe o ka poʻe kala ma ka awelika o $12 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
"Ua hana mua mākou i ka ʻikepili no Northeast Ohio wale nō e ʻike i ke ʻano o ka ʻikepili a me ka nui o ka pilikia. A laila ua hana mākou i kahi noi palapala lehulehu no ka mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa, ʻelima mau makahiki o ka ʻikepili, "wahi a Brian. Loaʻa kēia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike no nā code zip 1,200 a pau o Ohio e hoʻoholo ai i kahi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai, nā ʻano o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia, a me ke ʻano o ka hoʻopili ʻana me nā ʻano heluna kanaka me ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻilihune a me ka lāhui.
ʻO nā code zip i loaʻa ka hapa kiʻekiʻe loa o ka heluna kanaka keʻokeʻo ʻole, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia he 130 mau manawa kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā code zip i loaʻa nā heluna keʻokeʻo.
"ʻOiai he mau miliona o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia e pili ana i ka ʻaiʻē ma ka mokuʻāina, ʻaʻole lākou i puʻunaue like ʻia. ʻAʻole like nā kānaka a pau i ka hopena ma ke ʻano like, "wahi a Brian.
Hōʻike ka Legal Aid's "Road to Nowhere" i nā hoa hoʻonaʻauao, ka pāpaho, a me nā mea hana kānāwai. Ua hana pū ʻo Legal Aid me ka Ohio Poverty Law Center, kahi hui i alakaʻi i kahi hui nui a me nā ʻano like ʻole o nā kākoʻo a hoʻopilikia i ko Ohioans, e kākoʻo i ke kānāwai i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala. Ma ke kaʻina hana o ke komite Senate a me ka Hale, aneane 40 mau mea hōʻike mai nā hui kōkua kānāwai a hiki i nā mea kākoʻo hana i nā alakaʻi ʻoihana i nā hui conservative a me nā hui ʻauhau i hāʻawi i ka hōʻike hoʻolaha.
I ka wā i kākau ai ʻo Kiaʻāina DeWine i ke kānāwai, ua lilo ʻo Ohio i mokuʻāina 25th e neʻe aku i nā hoʻopaʻi pili i ka aie.
Ua paʻi mua ʻia ma ka nūpepa "Poetic Justice" a Legal Aid, Volume 22, Issue 1 in Spring 2025. E ʻike i ka pukana piha ma kēia loulou: “Poetic Justice” Volume 22, Issue 1 – Legal Aid Society of Cleveland