{"id":563719,"date":"2026-02-03T16:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/563719\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:55:09","slug":"letters-impact-of-homeless-advocate-shirley-raines-extends-beyond-l-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/563719\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Impact of homeless advocate Shirley Raines extends beyond L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  Feb. 3, 2026 8 AM PT  <\/p>\n<p><b>To the editor<\/b>: As a retired Los Angeles Public Library librarian, I felt pride reading about the Central Library\u2019s time capsule \u2014 books and L.A. history preserved for future generations (<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/0000019c-0c2a-d114-affd-5c6f11bd0000-123\" data-autoplayable-video=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Central Library turns 100 and unveils a time capsule,\u201d<\/a> Jan. 29).<\/p>\n<p>As a Henderson, Nev., resident, I admired Shirley Raines\u2019 tireless advocacy for the unhoused (<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-01-29\/shirley-raines-homeless-advocate-nonprofit-founder-dies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cShirley Raines, homeless advocate on Skid Row and nonprofit founder, dies at 58,\u201d<\/a> Jan. 29). She reminded us that one person can make such a difference. Her compassion reached far beyond Los Angeles; the Las Vegas Valley mourns her loss \u2014 and is better because of her.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, I will honor her life with a donation to the causes she championed.<\/p>\n<p>David Tulanian, Henderson, Nev.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 3, 2026 8 AM PT To the editor: As a retired Los Angeles Public Library librarian, I&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":552407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[13978,1582,276,7584,7129,32687,245988,1730,34873,245989,2961,245990,19945,224,2444,5337,216123,11449,40288,75912],"class_list":["post-563719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-book","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-central-library","tag-editor","tag-henderson","tag-homeless-advocate-shirley-raines","tag-impact","tag-jan","tag-l-a-history","tag-la","tag-las-vegas-valley","tag-letter","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-losangeles","tag-nev","tag-resident","tag-skid-row","tag-time-capsule"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116007752476435933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}