May Day Protests in Downtown L.A.

Demonstrators aligned with various groups gathered in Downtown Los Angeles on Friday as part of May Day protests happening nationwide. One group gathered on the steps of Los Angeles City hall to protest ‘re-open America’ rallies while counter protesters also happened in front of city hall. Protest caravans clogged a few streets around Downtown LA, demanding rent relief and economic help for street vendors hit hard by COVID-19.

1/9 Line of cars at the rent relief protest in Los Angeles, May 1, 2020 | Karen Foshay

2/9 Sign reading "Rent was already too damn high! Mayor Garcetti Gavin Newsom cancel rents, cancel mortgages now" | Karen Foshay

3/9 A cancel rent sign taped to a car window, as a part of the rent relief protest in L.A. on May 1 | Karen Foshay

4/9 Sign reading, "Support frontline workers" on top of a car, as a part of the rent relief protest in Downtown L.A. | Karen Foshay

5/9 Car drives in rent relief protest, with paint on sides reading, "Cancela la renta" and "Cancel rents" | Karen Foshay

6/9 Man crosses the street in Downtown L.A. with "Trump 2020" flag in hand | Karen Foshay

7/9 Anti-Stay-At-Home Protestors outside L.A. City Hall. | Karen Foshay

8/9 Anti-Stay-At-Home Order protest in Downtown L.A. on May 1, 2020 | Karen Foshay

9/9 Man holding sign reading, "My freedom is from God and is not yours to take" | Karen Foshay