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BLACKTACO: 25 Percent off Membership Today! Plus, Gift Memberships Now Available!

7:00 AM PST on November 29, 2019

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[dropcap size=big]W[/dropcap]e here at L.A. Taco love a good deal like anyone else. 

This is why for the first time ever, we are offering a whopping 25 percent discount on all new subscriptions! 

Not only that, all new members who sign up anytime in the next 24 hours will be entered in a raffle to win special prizes including gift cards, rare merch, and more.

Here is a list of everything that we are exclusively offering on our first ever BLACKTACO special.

    1. Gift subscriptions now available! Give the gift of journalism! 
    2. All memberships will now include a t-shirt (limited to this holiday season)!
    3. New shirt alert! We have a brand new t-shirt or hoodie made in collaboration with the artist, Patrick Martinez.
    4. All new subscribers entered in a raffle to win special prizes including gift cards, rare merch, and more.

To participate, use the code BLACKTACO for 25 percent off any subscription, plus that raffle! We will announce all winners on social media and notify all winners via email.

Thank you from the bottom of our salsa-drenched hearts for supporting us and our DIY local journalism. Without you, we would not be here. 

Have a great one and see you in the next feature.

- Alex Blazedale (Publisher) and Javier Cabral (Editor).   

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