Help me stabilize, so I can continue building The Shady Lady

Shady Lady’s mobile sanctuary needs funds for activation, pop‑ups, permits, and supplies

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Help me stabilize, so I can continue building The Shady Lady

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Every dollar contributed right now is about one thing:

Securing safe, stable housing for me and my dogs so I can return to building Shady Lady Hospitality without constant disruption and harassment.

Over the past months, my living situation at Brooks Ave has become unstable due to ongoing coercion, interference, and legal conflict. What should have been a home became a source of stress, distraction, and turbulence.

That instability doesn’t just affect housing, it also affects income, focus, nervous system health, and the ability to lead a growing company.

Your support allows me to:

• Secure new, peaceful housing where I can live and work safely with my pups — without fear, interference, or ongoing harassment.

• Cover moving expenses, deposits, and transitional costs so I can relocate cleanly and protect my credit, documentation, and legal standing.

• Stabilize my mental and physical health after months of disruption, allowing me to return to full-time devotion to Shady Lady Hospitality.

• Rebuild consistent revenue through private dining, pop-ups, and collaborations across Los Angeles without the constant stress of housing insecurity.

• Restore operational focus so I can properly develop Shady Lady Sanctuaries and move toward long-term land acquisition from a place of stability rather than survival.

This is not about luxury.

This is about safety.

This is about protecting the foundation so the work can continue.

When a founder’s housing is unstable, everything slows.
When housing is secure, everything accelerates.

Your contribution helps create the conditions necessary for:

• Clear leadership
• Consistent production
• Sustainable revenue
• Community employment opportunities
• And the continued evolution of a hospitality model rooted in culture, ceremony, and care

I am not stepping away from the work.

I am protecting the base so the work can grow stronger.

Shady Lady Hospitality has momentum.
The community support is real.
The events are continuing.
The vision remains intact.

This bridge is simply about restoring stability so I can lead at full capacity again.

Every dollar helps move us from turbulence to peace.
From reaction to intention.
From instability to sanctuary.

Thank you for standing with me as I secure the foundation that allows everything else to rise.

#NoKingsOnlyKin
#HospitalityAsCeremony
#ShadyLadyHospitality

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David Holguin
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Los Angeles, CA
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