BLACK MEN VOTE TAPS NEW LEADER

WASHINGTON -Black Men Vote (BMV), a leading non-profit focused on educating, informing, and inspiring all Black men (particularly aged 18-35) to vote at all levels of government, today announced that non-profit leader Larry Williams Jr. has been named Executive Director. Mr. Williams will direct the organization’s national programming to engage with Black men across America. Black Men Vote is committed to registering ONE MILLION Black Men to vote by

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November of 2024. The organization will leverage national partnerships, unique programming, and an unprecedented “ground game” to connect directly with Black men from all walks of life.

“Black Men Vote’s mission – registering One Million Black Men to vote – is critically important to the future of this country,” said Larry Williams Jr, BMV’s new Executive Director. “My work in the labor and climate communities, as well as my deep understanding of and commitment to engaging with communities of color, will be an important guez’s defense in the third quarter, had the Cougars retreating.

The second half belonged to Cal State Dominguez. Toro senior Dawnyel Lair would find her stride scoring six straight points.

She was helped by forward Asia Jordan, who scored eight of her 19 points in third quarter to assist the Toros in building a double-digit lead in the game.

They were able to do that by outscoring Cal State San Marcos 21-12 in the third period. The Toros then blew the game wide open in the fourth quarter when they outscored the visitors, 25-13.

The fourth quarter began and with tensions high. The game was still up in the air.

Control of the paint was crucial and was the difference in the ballgame down the stretch. This is where the Toros won the game. Cal State Dominguez outrebounded Cal State San Marcos by a 5129 margin. Lair (13 points, 11 rebounds) and Jordan (19 points, 10 rebounds) both produced double-double efforts to lead the way for the Toros.

Jordan Vasquez pulled off a double-double for Cal State San Marcos with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Ha

Gallegos led the Cougars with 17 points. Not only did the Cougars get outrebounded by the Toros, they had a porous shooting night from behind the arc. Cal State San Marcos managed to make just 20 percent of their 3-point attempts in the game. “To beat us you need to hit double-digit threes,” Cal State Dominguez head coach John Bonner said after the game.

The Toros advance to play in the NCAA Elite Eight tourney.

Public Notice City Of Compton Community Meeting

The City of Compton is preparing its 2023–2024 Action Plan in which it will allocate its annual entitlement of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) funds. The City’s Grants Division requests the public’s attendance at its proposed community meeting scheduled for March 30, 2023 to participate in discussions concerning housing and community development needs, priority non-housing community development needs, the City’s proposed strategies and actions for affirmatively furthering fair housing, the development of proposed activities primarily for low-and-moderate income individuals and families, a review of program performance, and how the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program funds may be used to meet those needs during the 2023-2024 program year

MEETING DATE: March 30, 2023

TIME: 5:30 P.M.

LOCATION: Douglas F. Dollarhide Community Center 301 N Tamarind Avenue Compton, CA 90220

It is the objective of the City to comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the ADA Amendment Act of 2008, the Fair Housing Act, and the Architectural Barriers Act in all respects. If you require public documents in an accessible format, the City will make reasonable efforts to accommodate your request. If you require a disability-related accommodation to attend or participate in a hearing or meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at least 48 hours prior to the meeting at (310) 605-5530.

Written comments will be accepted by the Grants Division and submitted to the City Council during the Public Hearing for the 2023-2024 Action Plan. For more information, please contact the Grants Division at (310) 605-5580

Published in Compton Bulletin: March 15, 2023 (English and Spanish)

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At a special hearing that took place March 3, Special Counsel Bert Diexler presented the report, which included findings that:

• Confirmed the existence of deputy gangs and provided an overview;

• Identified the current gangs and illustrated the impact these gangs have on the community and the Sheriff’s Department;

• Listed the obstacles to eradicating deputy gangs and confirmed that eliminating gangs is constitutionally permissible; and

• Provided 27 recommendations to eradicate deputy gangs, which fell under the categories of leadership and supervision, policies and training, re-deployments and rotations, and accountability.

Special Counsel will also be working on a supplemental report to include additional and continued feedback from the community.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to implement the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission in January 2016 with the mission to oversee and improve public transparency and accountability with respect to the Sheriff’s Department. The Commission is comprised of nine volunteer members appointed by the Board of Supervisors, with four recommended by community and other affiliated groups.

A group that call themselves the Check the Sheriff Coalition issued a statement saying the recommendations didn’t go far enough.

Larry Williams Jr. has been named as the executive director of Black Men Vote. Courtesy photo element of our path forward. I appreciate the faith the BMV Board of Directors has placed in me and look forward to taking BMV to the next level.”

Before joining Black Men Vote, Mr. Williams had a career spanning 15 years in the labor, climate, and tech spaces.

“Larry is a proven leader with a track record of success,” said Herman Cooper, Board member of Black Men Vote.” “His leadership skills, relationships, and commitment to our mission were key factors in selecting him for this role.

Registering One Million Black Men to vote is a major undertaking, and our ability to attract top-notch talent like Larry will be key to our success.”

In 2022, the Black Men Vote Civic Action Fund, an affiliated 501c4, conducted a voter engagement program in Pennsylvania ahead of the midterm election. The program targeted low-propensity, Black voters in Philadelphia. Through canvassing, phone-banking, digital outreach, texts/robocalls, and local radio, this initiative increased Black voter turnout by more than 83,000 votes.

“While we appreciate the Civilian Oversight Commission’s investigation into deputy gangs over the past year and half with no additional resources except for pro bono counsel, the Special Counsel’s draft report falls short of the holistic approach required to truly eradicate deputy gangs, once and for all.

“The real cancer is the Sheriff’s Department’s pervasive culture of abuse and violence that gives rise to deputy gangs in the first place, and we cannot simply rely on the Sheriff to do what is right.

The Commission therefore should urge the Board of Supervisors to do everything in its power to overhaul the entire Department, its culture, and its footprint, and to stop other County agencies, such as County Counsel and the Medical Examiner Coroner’s Office, from continuing to enable deputy gang violence.”

Since its formation in 2017, the Commission has been tracking the issue of deputy gangs.

There is a long history of documentation on deputy gangs, including the 1992 Kolt Report, the 2012 Citizens’ Commission on Jail Violence Report, the Inspector General’s Analysis into the Banditos, Loyola Law School’s 50 Years of Deputy Gangs Report, Knock LA’s Investigative Series into Deputy Gangs, and most recently the 2021 RAND Study on Understanding Subgroups.