Union de Vecinos

Activities

Union de Vecinos claims to advocate on policy areas including organizing the “right to healthy and stable neighborhoods,” “environmental justice,” and the “right to housing.” ²

Union de Vecinos is listed among the partners of the NOlympics LA campaign, an activist group which opposes the decision to hold the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles ³ due to claims of climate change, population displacement, and high costs. ⁴ The NOlympics LA campaign was founded by the Housing and Homelessness Committee of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). ⁵

Union de Vecinos has previously advocated against police presence in in Los Angeles communities, ¹ and in 2022 it was one of several organizations to signed a letter to the mayor and city council opposing the new budget for the Los Angeles Police Department. ⁶

In 2004, Union de Vecinos partnered with the United Farm Workers union to promote local get out the vote (GOTV) campaigns prior to the 2024 Elections. ¹

Financials

In 2022, Union de Vecinos reported $382,633 in revenues and $360,789 in expenses, with $267,840 in total assets. ⁷

That year, the group received donations from several left-of-center organizations including $251,475 from the Justice and Education Fund and an additional $5,000 from the Goldhirsh Foundation to support the group’s LA2050 Listens Event. ⁷

People

Elizabeth Blaney is the co-director of Union de Vecinos, along with Kenia Alcocer and Leonardo Vilchis. ⁷ Blaney is a CPA, and previously worked at the Adelante Eastside PAC of the Community Redevelopment Agency. She also worked as a Community Advisory Member for the 6th Street Viaduct Improvement Project Development Team, and as a member of the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council. ⁸