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Returning Bruce’s Beach to the Rightful Owner – Transfer Deed is approved by the County of Los Angeles Protests, Outrage Follow Supreme Court Roe v. Wade Ruling Tanu T. Henry | California Black Media
Last week’s Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, the 51-year-old decision that guaranteed a woman’s right to an abortion, continues to draw outrage. It has sparked protests around the country and united opponents determined to use their political power to push back against it. Critics say the decision disregards decades of legal precedent and opens the door for nearly half of U.S. states who have stated their desire -- or instituted proceedings -- to ban the procedure. Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom released a statement showing his displeasure with the ruling and spoke out against anti-abortion policies in Texas, which is among the 11 states that have banned or enacted restrictions on abortion. “I am outraged by yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing Texas’s ban on most abortion services to remain in place, and largely endorsing Texas’s scheme to insulate its law from the fundamental protections of Roe v. Wade,” the governor’s statement read. “But if states can now shield their laws from review by the federal courts that compare assault weapons to Swiss Army knives, then California will use that authority to protect people’s lives, where Texas used it to put women in harm’s way,” the statement continued. Newsom followed with a tweet reiterating California’s commitment to providing abortion care and protections for women. “Abortion is legal in California. It will remain that way. I just signed a bill that makes our state a safe haven for women across the nation. We Continued on page 2
(Picture of Senator Steven Bradford, Governor Newsom, Supervisor Janice Hahn and Anthony Bruce at SB 796 Bill Signing in 2021) IT News Wire
SACRAMENTO – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted, (50), to complete the Return of Bruce’s Beach to the legal heirs of Charles and Willa Bruce. Senator Steven Bradford authored the landmark, first in a nation legislation Senate Bill 796 (2021), which authorized the County of Los Angeles to return the beachfront property known as Bruce’s Beach to
the Bruce family. “I am extremely proud to have authored Senate Bill 796 that allowed the County of LA to transfer the Bruce’s Beach land back to its rightful heirs, the great-grandsons of Charles and Willa Bruce. I commend Supervisors Janice Hahn and Holly Mitchell’s leadership in standing up to address racial prejudice and having the courage to right historical wrongdoing.
The County’s plan will accomplish my legislation’s objective of rectifying the historic injustice that was done to the Bruce family,” said Senator Bradford. In 1912, a young Black couple named Willa and Charles Bruce purchased beachfront property in Manhattan Beach and built a resort run by and serving Black residents. It was one of Continued on page 6
NNPA Joins Transformative Justice Coalition Targets 10 Million More Blacks in GOTV campaign By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Individuals riding in new and COVID-safe tour buses will hit swing states ahead of the November elections to register and mobilize GOTV for 10 million new Black voters. (Pictured from left to right: Jackie L. Hampton, NNPA National Secretary and Publisher of the Mississippi Link; Attorney Daryl Jones, Board Chair of the Transformative Justice Coalition; Attorney Barbara Arnwine, the founder, and president of the Transformative Justice Coalition; Fran Farrer, NNPA Jr., NNPA President and CEO; Karen Times; Cheryl Smith, NNPA National Second Vice Chair and Publisher of the Carter Richards, NNPA Board Chair Continued on page 8 County News; Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis and President of the Houston Forward
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EYE ON THE CITY GEORGE DOTSON
ALEX PADILLA
JAMES BUTTS
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AROUND THE CITY
A Message from County Administrator Dr. Erika Torres
Erika F. Torres, Ed.D., MSW County Administrator
Dear Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) Staff, Students, Families and Community: In our continued commitment to serving our community and providing current information, we have some important updates in this week’s message. End of the School Year Closing Remarks As we close the 2021-2022 school year, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to our entire Inglewood Unified community for another year of success, triumph, and growth. I am grateful for every staff member for going above and beyond to ensure that our students received
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the support, tools, and resources necessary to achieve their potential. To our exceptional IUSD students, I am extremely proud of you! This year you had to adjust to ongoing COVID-19 guidelines, while balancing home life and in-person instruction or independent study. And finally, to our families and IUSD community, I am humbled by your continued care and support during these challenging times. We would not have been able to do it without you! Have a happy, safe, and healthy summer vacation! We hope you enjoy your summer break with your friends and family. Our newsletter will resume in August 2022. IUSD Promotions and Commencement Ceremonies Congratulations to our IUSD Students! On behalf of the Inglewood Unified School District Board of Education, administration, leadership, and staff, I would like to congratulate the Class of 2022 on concluding the 2021-2022 academic year with resilience, perseverance, and strength. All of your hard work and dedication has led you to reaching this milestone and we are extremely proud of you. To our students who have been promoted to either middle school or high school, we know that you will continue to do great things as you move forward into the next stage of your educational journey. We look forward to celebrating even more of your achievements when you return to school in fall. Our IUSD high school commencement ceremonies at the Kia Forum on Tuesday were a big success and so inspirational. A special
thanks to the Inglewood Educational Foundation for their sponsorship of this event and their invaluable support of our District and to the Los Angeles Rams for their generous donation to our Class of 2022. Congratulations to our students and their families! Inglewood Teacher Association (ITA) Teacher of the Year IUSD is excited to share that Susan An from Oak Street TK-8 School has been named ITA’s Teacher of the Year. Susan An advocates for students and teachers in our District and is a fierce supporter of student academic achievement in math and science. Ms. An worked with ITA and our District in planning, implementing, and encouraging teachers to learn about the Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB) and the Interim Comprehensive Assessment (ICA). Susan An is part of the leadership team that supported the creation of the Academic Triathlon, where teachers worked with their students to compete in math, language arts, and science. Thank you for guiding, encouraging and inspiring our students. The influence of a great teacher lasts forever. Congratulations, Susan An! We look forward to having Ms. An represent IUSD at the Los Angeles County Office of Education’s countywide Teacher of the Year awards. 2022 District Office Summer Hours of Operation The District will implement its longstanding practice of a 4/10 work schedule for District Office classified employees in order to best utilize time over the summer months when students are not in session. Effective Monday,
June 20, 2022 through Thursday, July 28, 2022, the District’s hours of operation will be Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. Our normal operating hours will resume on Monday, August 1, 2022. Please note that our schools and District offices will be closed on Juneteenth, Monday, June 20, 2022 and on Independence Day, Monday, July 4, 2022. TK-8th Grade Summer School Our District is excited to launch our enrichment themed-based TK-8 Summer School programs on June 21, 2022. This year, our summer school will take place at five locations: La Tijera Academy of Excellence TK-8 School, Centinela TK-8 Elementary, Hudnall TK-6 Elementary, Worthington TK-6 Elementary, and Kelso TK-6 Elementary. Each location will have a specific theme, in addition to reviewing grade level language arts and math skills. Students will be asked to complete project-based tasks around the school’s theme they choose to attend. We are looking forward to seeing our students who have enrolled back on campus and enjoying an amazing summer school experience through a variety of enriched activities. Thank you staff, parents, students, and community members for your ongoing support and commitment to the success of our district. #WeAreInglewoodUnified Sincerely, Erika F. Torres, Ed.D., MSW County Administrator
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Public Health Encourages July 4th Safety Precautions 3,671 New Positive Cases and 9 New Deaths Due to COVID-19
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With cases remaining high, and hospitalizations and the test positivity rate increasing over the past two weeks, Public Health encourages residents and businesses to use critical safety precautions in order to slow potential spread at Fourth of July weekend gatherings, which have an increased risk due to the highly infectious variants in LA County. Omicron continues to be the dominant variant, accounting for 100% of the sequenced specimens this week and in recent past weeks. To date, we have detected a total of 167 positive, sequenced specimens of these two subvariants – 86 of BA.4 and 81 of BA.5. For the week ending June 4, these two subvariants combined accounted for 9.1 % of positive specimens, an increase over the 6.5% from the week prior, and 4.6% from the week before that. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that across the country, for the week of June 18, the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron combined accounted for just under 35% of specimens, a large increase from under 5% from a month ago. BA.4 and BA.5 continue to appear to be able to outcompete the BA.2 subvariant and its sublineages. These BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron are of special concern because of their apparent ability to cause re-infections in people who were infected with other Omicron subvariants.
The number of daily new cases remains high but has stabilized. Over the last seven days, the average number of daily new cases reported was 4,960, a small increase from two weeks ago when the average number of daily new cases reported was 4,788. Additionally, the 7-day average daily case rate has also stabilized over the last two weeks with 48 new cases per 100,000 people. Despite these metrics stabilizing, the test positivity rate has now increased to 12.2%, nearly double from two weeks ago when the test positivity rate was 6.5%. This increase likely reflects the decrease in the volume of routine screening testing now that the school year has ended, meaning that a greater proportion of testing is among individuals with symptoms and/or exposures. After weeks of high case numbers fueled by the highly infectious variants and sublineages, the number of people severely ill and needing to be hospitalized is increasing. Over the last seven days, the average number of COVID-positive patients per day in LA County hospitals was 741, a 27% increase from two weeks ago when the average number of COVID-positive patients per day was 583. Deaths, which typically lag hospitalizations by several weeks are remaining low and stable with an average of eight deaths reported per day this past week. “I send my deepest sympathies and wishes of peace and comfort to the many families who have lost a loved
one from COVID-19,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “As many residents are making plans to enjoy travel and celebrations for the long Fourth of July weekend, there are several sensible safety measures we can take to enjoy this holiday. One of the most important steps we can take to slow the spread of the disease is to make sure the entire household is vaccinated or boosted, if eligible, including the youngest children who can now get the PfizerBioNTech or Moderna vaccine if they are at least 6 months old. Residents can also reduce the chance of getting or spreading COVID-19 by wearing a mask and doing an at-home test before indoor gatherings and events. If someone does test positive or feel sick, they should stay away from others to prevent infecting others. As we celebrate this weekend, let’s make an effort to take actions that protect our friends, family members, and coworkers who may be at elevated risk.” Today, Public Health reported nine additional deaths and 3,671 new positive cases. Of the nine new deaths reported today, one person was between the ages of 30-49, one person was between the ages of 5064, two people were between the ages of 65-79, and four people were aged 80 years or older. For information on the one death reported by the City of Long Beach, visit longbeach.gov. Of the nine newly reported deaths, seven had underlying health conditions. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 32,316.
Public Health has reported a total of 3,105,867 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County. Today’s positivity rate is 12.2%. There are 807 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized. Testing results are available for more than 12,167,390 individuals, with 23% of people testing positive. A wide range of data and dashboards on COVID-19 from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are available on the Public Health website at http://www.publichealth. lacounty.gov including: • COVID-19 Daily Data (cases, deaths, testing, testing positivity rate, mortality rate, and hospitalizations) • Gender, Age, Race/Ethnicity and City/Community Cases and Deaths • Recovery Metrics • Contact Tracing Metrics • Skilled Nursing Facility Metrics • Citations due to Health Officer Order Noncompliance • Outbreaks: o Residential Congregate Settings o Non-Residential Settings o Homeless Service Settings Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about novel coronavirus: • Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: http:// publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/ Coronavirus/
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will not cooperate with any states that attempt to prosecute women or doctors for receiving or providing reproductive care,” he wrote. To hold gun manufacturers accountable, Newsom says he plans to use tactics similar to the ones Texas employed to target, attack and box in abortion providers. “I have directed my staff to work with the Legislature and the Attorney General on a bill that would create a right of action allowing private citizens to seek injunctive relief, and statutory damages of at least $10,000 per violation plus costs and attorney’s fees, against anyone who manufactures, distributes, or sells an assault weapon or ghost gun kit or parts in the State of California. If the most efficient way to keep these devastating weapons off our streets is to add the threat of private lawsuits, we should do just that,” Newsom said. Congresswoman Barbara Lee District 13 (Oakland) released a statement listing steps individuals outraged by the Supreme Court’s decision can take to fight back. In it, she also blasted lawmakers responsible for taking away citizens’ rights to make their own healthcare decisions. “Now, we must support local clinics, health providers, abortion funds and nonprofits doing the groundwork to
connect those in states with draconian abortion bans to safe-haven states like California or provide access to medication abortion. We must ensure safe abortions are still accessible to the most vulnerable,” Lee said. “This is NOT over. We must fight this in state legislatures. We must organize and elect a pro-choice Senate in the midterms and every election thereafter. Rep. Karen Bass District 37(Los Angeles), who is running for mayor of Los Angeles, said biases related to race and class are factors that influence access to health care. “Today is a devastating day in the
history of this country, especially for the most vulnerable communities. The reality is that affluent women will always have the right to choose even in states that establish bans on abortion,” she said. “Today’s decision is an attack on low-income women and women of color by the same people who don’t believe in accessible childcare or affordable food programs in schools. The idea that we are still fighting in 2022 for our right to access to reproductive health care -- a battle that was resolved fifty years ago—is an absolute tragedy and sets a potentially unconscionable precedent of decisions impacting equal rights under the law.”
Alexis McGill Johnson, President of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, warned that the Supreme Court’s decision may be a precursor to other protections being overturned in the future. “Knowing this moment would come does not make it any less devastating. The Supreme Court has now officially given politicians permission to control what we do with our bodies, deciding that we can no longer be trusted to determine the course for our own lives,” she said. While the SCOTUS’ decision saddens Johnson, she is hopeful that the ruling will mobilize people to make their voices heard and exercise their power to create change. “But in stripping away our rights, the Supreme Court and anti-abortion politicians have also unleashed a movement. We are a movement that will not compromise on our bodies, our dignity, or our freedom,” she said. “We are a movement that will show up at every town hall, every legislative session, and every ballot box to demand we are treated like equal citizens. We are a movement that will do what we can to get abortion care to people and people to abortion care.” Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, abortions remain legal in California.
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California Senate Gets Second Chance to Pass Prison Slavery Bill This Week Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media
On June 23, the California Senate rejected a constitutional amendment to remove language in the state Constitution that allows involuntary servitude as punishment to a crime with a 21-6 vote. A day later, the legislation’s sponsors went back to the drawing board to redraft the legislation for reconsideration. The number of votes casted in favor of Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 3, the California Abolition Act, fell short of the twothirds vote requirement needed to move the bill to the ballot for Californians to decide its fate in the November General Election. The Senate is expected to hold another floor vote on the legislation this week. Sen. Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), who authored ACA 3 in 2021 while serving in the Assembly, said she focused the language in the bill on the slavery ban and vowed to bring it back for a vote when Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, asked her about it June 23. “The CA State Senate just reaffirmed its commitment to keeping slavery and involuntary servitude in the state’s constitution,” Kamlager tweeted. Jamilia Land, a member of the AntiViolence Safety, and Accountability Project (ASAP), an organization that advocates for prisoners’ rights, said she remains committed to making sure slavery is struck out of the California constitution. “All we needed was 26 votes,” Land said. “But we have made amendments to ACA 3 on (June 24). Now it could either go back to the Senate on (June 27) or Thursday, June 30.” Five Republicans and one Democrat, Steve Glazer (D-Orinda), voted no against the amendment. He stated that the issue is “certainly a question worthy of debate” and “can be addressed without a constitutional amendment.” “Slavery was an evil that will forever be a stain on the history of our great country. We eliminated it through the Civil War and the adoption of the 13th Amendment,” Glazer said in a June 23 statement. “Involuntary servitude – though lesser known – also had a shameful past. ACA 3 is not even about involuntary servitude – at least of the kind that was practiced 150 years ago. The question this measure raises is whether or not California should require felons in state or local
jails prisons to work.” Glazer said that the Legislative Counsel’s office gave him a “simple amendment” that involuntary servitude would “not include any rehabilitative activity required of an incarcerated person,” including education, vocational training, or behavioral or substance abuse counseling. The Counsel also suggested that the amendment does not include any work tasks required of an incarcerated person that “generally benefit the residents of the facility in which the person is incarcerated, such as cooking, cleaning, grounds keeping, and laundry.” “Let’s adopt that amendment and then get back to work on the difficult challenge of making sure our prisons are run humanely, efficiently and in a way that leads to the rehabilitation of as many felons as possible,” Glazer added. The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865, prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude with one exception: if involuntary servitude was imposed as punishment for a crime.
The state of California is one of nine states in the country that permits involuntary servitude as a criminal punishment. Article I, section 6, of the California Constitution, describes the same prohibitions on slavery and involuntary servitude and the same exception for involuntary servitude as punishment for crime. Certain members of the Senate raised concerns about the financial impact ACA 3 would have on the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Inmates earn approximately eight cents to 37 cents per hour while incarcerated. Kamlager says “involuntary servitude is a euphemism for forced labor” and the language should be stricken from the constitution. The state’s Department of Finance (DOF) estimated that the amendment would burden California taxpayers with $1.5 billion annually in wages to prisoners, DOF analyst Aaron Edwards told Senate the Appropriations Committee on June 16.
“These are facts that we think would ultimately determine the outcome of future litigation and court decisions,” Edwards said. “The largest potential impact is to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which currently employs around 65,000 incarcerated persons to support central prison operations such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry services.” Right before the Juneteenth holiday weekend, the appropriations committee sent ACA 3 to the Senate floor with a 5-0 majority vote after Kamlager refuted Edwards’ financial data. This country has been having “economic discussions for hundreds of years around slavery, involuntary servitude, and indentured servants” and enslavement still exists in the prison system, Kamlager said. She also added that a conflict was fought over the moral issue of slavery. “This bill does not talk about economics. It’s a constitutional amendment,” Kamlager said. “The (DOF) is not talking about any of this in this grotesque analysis about why it makes more sense for the state of California to advocate for and allow involuntary servitude in prisons. I think (this conversation) is what led to the Civil War.” Three states have voted to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude — Colorado, Utah, and Nebraska — and in all three cases, the initiative was bipartisan and placed on the ballot by a unanimous vote of legislators, according to Max Parthas, the codirector of the Abolish Slavery National Network (ASNN). ACA 3 is already attached to a report that addresses the harms of slavery. The Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans issued its interim report to the California Legislature on June 1. The report included a set of preliminary recommendations for policies that the California Legislature could adopt to remedy those harms, including its support for ACA 3. It examines the ongoing and compounding harms experienced by African Americans as a result of slavery and its lingering effects on American society today. “One of the preliminary recommendations in our report was to support ACA 3,” said Los Angeles attorney Kamilah V. Moore, chairperson of Task Force. “The Task Force saw how that type of legislation aligns perfectly with the idea of reparations for African Americans.”
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Sports & Entertainment Los Angeles Chargers Announce 2022 Training Camp Schedule
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The Los Angeles Chargers today announced practice dates that will be open to the public as part of the team’s 2022 training camp schedule. Held once again at Jack Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa, CA, open practices at 2022 Chargers Training Camp are free of charge. As in previous years, fans will need to pre-register for their free tickets. More information on availability and access can be found at chargers.com/camp. All covered seating and observation space will be available on a first-come, firstserved basis. The Chargers report for camp the week of July 25 and will welcome fans back to Jack Hammett Sports Complex on Wednesday, July 27 for the team’s first practice of training camp. Practices during the ramp-up period on Thursday, July 28 and Friday, July 29 will also be open to the public. All dates open to the public for 2022 prioritize opening week, weekend practices and all practices in which players are scheduled to be in full pads (full-pad practices are subject to change). On the first weekend of training camp, the Bolts will celebrate NFL Training Camp: Back Together Saturday on July 30 with highlights that include a special giveaway for fans in attendance and live expert commentary on practice from members of the Chargers’ radio broadcast team. After a day off, Monday, August 1 will mark the team’s first practice of training camp in full pads. Scheduled full-pad practices resume on Friday, August 5 and Saturday, August 6 as a lead-up to the Chargers intrasquad scrimmage which will be held in the 5:00 pm Sunday Night Football timeslot on Sunday, August 7 at Jack Hammett Sports Complex. The Chargers final two open practices of training camp are both scheduled to be in full pads on Wednesday, August 10 and Thursday August 11 prior to hosting the Rams in the preseason opener on Saturday, August 13 at SoFi Stadium.
The Bolts will also once again hold joint practices during training camp – this year welcoming the Dallas Cowboys to Costa Mesa prior to the two teams’ matchup at SoFi Stadium later in the week. The Chargers and Cowboys will practice Wednesday, August 17 and Thursday, August 18 at Jack Hammett Sports Complex with both practices open exclusively to Chargers Season Ticket Members. For more information on 2022 Chargers season tickets, fans should visit chargers.com/seasontickets. As in years past, training camp at Jack Hammett Sports Complex offers fans of all ages the opportunity to watch the Bolts practice in person and cheer for their favorite players within close proximity to the field. Bleacher seating is completely covered and, as previously mentioned, is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Standing room observation space in front of the bleachers will also once again be available on the fence-line. In addition to practice viewing, fans attending training camp will have access to a large-scale merchandise and apparel tent stocked with the latest
Chargers gear and exclusive items not available online from the Equipment Room at SoFi Stadium, interactive fan zones and games, Chargers-themed photo opportunities, a dedicated ‘cool zone’ space for hot summer days, live performances by the Thunderbolts drumline and the ability to interact with a designated position group of players on the fence-line at the conclusion of practice. Chargers Season Ticket Members who present their membership card in the merchandise tent at check-out will also receive a 15 percent discount on their purchase Gates to Jack Hammett Sports Complex will open one hour before the start of each practice session. Parking is available at both Orange Coast College (2701 Fairview Rd, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 – enter off Fairview and Monitor Way) and Costa Mesa High School (2650 Fairview Rd, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 – enter off Fairview and Pirate Way) on a first-come, first-served basis for $10. There will also be a dedicated location for rideshare service drop-off and pick-up adjacent to Jack Hammett Sports Complex. Fans may bring their own food, water
and soft drinks, however alcoholic beverages may not be brought into Jack Hammett Sports Complex at any time. Smoking is not allowed at Chargers Training Camp. Fans are welcome to bring personal cameras and cell phones, but video cameras and telephoto lenses longer than six inches (detachable or nondetachable) are not allowed. Other items not permitted at Jack Hammett Sports Complex include: pets (other than service animals), weapons of any kind, chains, stun guns, mace and pepper spray, water guns, boomerangs, fireworks, frisbees, sports balls, beach balls or other inflatable objects, laser pointers, flammable objects, musical instruments or noise-making devices. All practices will take place at Jack Hammett Sports Complex (2750 Fairview Rd, Costa Mesa, CA 92626) and are subject to change. Fans are reminded to download the free Los Angeles Chargers mobile app, follow @Chargers on social media and visit chargers.com/camp for an inside look at 2022 Chargers Training Camp.
TSU featured on BET+ ‘College Hill: Celebrity Edition’ By Aswad Walker
Texas Southern University has found itself in the center of the pop culture world with the premier of the BET+ reality series “College Hill: Celebrity Edition.” Viewers got their first glimpse of the eight-episode series following the 2022 BET Awards. The show follows eight celebrities as they are fully immersed in an HBCU experience set against the backdrop of the campus of
TSU. TSU was chosen in a national search for the opportunity to highlight the campus, academic programs, and students. One of the emerging stars of the show is TSU professor, Dr. Michon Benson, who teaches one of the courses cast members NeNe Leakes, Ray J, Lamar Odom, Big Freedia, Stacey Dash, India Love, DreamDoll and Slim Thug AKA Big Slim take during their “College Hill: Celebrity Edition” experience. Continued on page 8
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California Black Chamber of Commerce Opens LA Resource Center
Austin Gage | California Black Media
The California Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) stepped into a new chapter of its history as the organization held the grand opening of a resource center and office in Los Angeles County. Located in Inglewood, the new center is one of the ways CBCC plans to integrate businesses and entrepreneurs in Southern California into its activities in Sacramento, the Bay Area and other parts of Northern California, leaders say. “The opening of the new resource center means we are expanding our reach, we are connecting with our partners in different ways, we are going to create new partnerships and we are going to be a conduit and a connector from North to South,” said Jay King, president and CEO of the CBCC. The launch featured a number of guest speakers including Southbay Workforce’s Robert Chavez, Lawndale Mayor Robert Pullens-Miles and state Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena). In the company of the speakers and guests, King cut the ribbon of the new office, marking the official opening of center several Los Angeles County residents attending the event said is “invaluable.” During his speech, King reiterated the goals of the CBCC. “Financial literacy should be number one. Affordable housing, number two. Economic development, number three, and workforce development, number four. We have to do those things if we are going to have a strong economy, if we are going to build a strong state, a strong country,” King said. By focusing on those priorities, King believes the CBCC will achieve its outreach goals and attract more
public support. King said the office is an asset that will prove to be greatly important for the chamber’s future. For Bradford, the CBCC’s presence in his district is welcome news, and he believes the organization will hold him and other elected officials accountable. “It’s key that we vow with organizations like the chamber who are advocating not only locally but also in Sacramento to make sure that we live up to legislation that is already in place,” Bradford said.
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the few beaches where Black residents could go because so many other local beaches were off-limits to people of color. The Bruces and their customers were harassed and threatened by white neighbors and targeted by the KKK. In 1924, the Manhattan Beach City Council moved to seize the property using eminent domain. The City took the property in 1929 and it remained vacant for decades. The property the Bruce family once owned was later transferred to the State and in 1995 transferred to Los Angeles County. Despite the Statewide efforts to return the property, the City of Manhattan Beach has yet to apologize for the racially-motivated misdeed that the city perpetrated in 1924, when the city utilized eminent domain which stripped the Bruces and other Black families of their property, business and generational wealth. According to the County’s Transfer
Documents that were approved today, the County will sign a 24-month lease agreement with the Bruce Family and rent the property from them for an annual rent of $413,000. The Lease Agreement also includes the Bruce’s’ right to require the County to acquire the Property within a certain timeframe, and the County’s right to purchase from the Bruce Family within a certain timeframe, for a purchase price not to exceed $20 million. “This agreement will allow the Bruce family to realize the generational wealth which they have been deprived for generations, simply for being Black in America! We cannot change the past, but we owe it to the future generations to eliminate structural and systemic racism that still exist today,” explained Senator Bradford.
Bradford said his beliefs align with those established by the CBCC regarding the expansion of minorityowned businesses. King says there is a way for everyone to get involved.
“Go to CalBCC.org and sign up. It’s reasonable, inexpensive, $100 if you’re a single person, $250 if you’re a small business. We make it easy, and we want to make the leap to us as easy and as effortless as possible.”
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PUBLIC NOTICE COVID-19 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OPTIONS The meeting of the Inglewood City Council will be conducted pursuant to California Government Code section 54953(e), which allows the City to use teleconferencing for members of the public to access a meeting and to address the legislative body via a call-in option. Please note that members of the public will only be allowed to observe and address the City Council Meeting of July 12, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. as follows: CALL-IN OPTION 1.Members of the public who wish to attend the City Council Meeting and address the City Council must use the call-in option: The meeting’s telephone number and access code will be provided no later than 72 hours before the meeting on the meeting agenda published at https://www.cityofinglewood.org/AgendaCenter/ City-Council-3. In the event of a disruption which prevents the City from broadcasting the meeting to the public using the callin option, or in the event of a disruption within the City’s control which prevents the public from offering public comments using the call-in option, the City Council shall take no further action on items appearing on the meeting agenda until public access to the meeting via the call-in option is restored.
NOTICE OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Municipal Election will be held in the City of Inglewood on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 for the following office: Mayor Council District 1 Council District 2 School Board Member Trustee 1 School Board Member Trustee 2 School Board Member Trustee 3 School Board Member Trustee 5
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The nomination period for these offices begins on Monday, July 18, 2022, and closes on Friday, August 12, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. If no one or only one person is nominated for an elective office, appointment to the elective office may be made as prescribed by §10229, Elections Code of the State of California. The polls will be open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on November 8, 2022.
ALTERNATIVE METHODS The City also provides alternative methods for members of the public to submit comments and/or to observe a public meeting. The following alternative methods are provided to the public as a matter of convenience only and the disruption in service to any alternative method does not preclude the City Council from taking further action on an agenda item. In the event of a disruption to any alternative method below members of the public should use the call-in option above. 2. Submitting Comments Prior to Public Meeting: Should you choose to submit comments electronically for consideration by the Inglewood City Council/Successor Agency/Housing Authority/Finance Authority/Parking Authority/Joint Powers Authority (Legislative Body) by sending them to the City Clerk/Secretary at athompson@ cityofinglewood.org. To ensure distribution to the members of the Legislative Body prior to consideration of the agenda, please submit comments prior to 12:00 P.M. the day of the meeting, and in the body of the email, please identify the agenda number or subject matter. Those comments, as well as any comments received after 12:00 P.M., will be distributed to the members of the Legislative Body and will be made part of the official public record of the meeting. Contact the Office of the City Clerk at 310-412-5280 with any questions. 3. Viewing and Listening to the Meeting without Making Public Comments: •On Spectrum Cable Channel 35 with audio and limited video. Please check with your cable provider for details •Live online through Facebook Live, with audio and limited video at https://www.facebook.com/cityofinglewood/ 4. Public attendance at Gladys Waddingham Lecture Hall (located adjacent to the Main Library) to view meeting and make public comments via audio/video. Accessibility: If you will require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 412-5280 or FAX (310) 412-5333, One Manchester Boulevard, 1st Floor, Inglewood, California 90301. All requests for accommodations must be received 48 hours prior to the day of the hearing. Hearing materials will be available 72 hours before the meeting at https://www.cityofinglewood.org/AgendaCenter/ City-Council-3. and in the First Floor Lobby during regular business hours. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Inglewood, California, will hold a public hearing on July 12, 2022 at the hour of 2:00 p.m., to consider the following: 1.A Public Hearing to consider Zoning Code Amendment 2021-003 (ZCA-2021-003) to Chapter 12 of the Inglewood Municipal Code to Establish Regulations for Hookah Lounges, Citywide. A Notice of Exemption (EA-CE-2021-052) has been prepared to state that the proposed project will have no significant adverse impact upon the environment, a copy of which is available for public review in the first-floor lobby of the City Hall and via email at mfewell@cityofinglewood.org.
Aisha L. Thompson Inglewood City Clerk
This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Inglewood and is dated the 28th day of June 2022.
Dated: June 29, 2022
“If you challenge the proposed code amendments in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.”
Aisha L. Thompson, City Clerk City of Inglewood, California
In the event that the City Council meeting of July 12, 2022 is not held, or is concluded prior to this public hearing agenda item being considered, the public hearing will automatically be continued to the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting. “Si no entiende esta noticia o si necesita mas informacion, favor de llamar a este numero (310) 412-5280.”
NOTIFICACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN
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POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO de que se habrá de llevar a cabo una Elección Municipal General en la Ciudad de Inglewood el martes, 8 Noviembre 2022, para el siguiente Funcionario: Para Alcalde por un termino complete de cuatro anos Distrito 1 del Consejo por un período completo de cuatro años Distrito 2 del Consejo por un período completo de cuatro años Fideicomisario miembro de la Junta Escolar 1 por un período completo de cuatro años Fideicomisario miembro de la Junta Escolar 2 por un período completo de cuatro años Miembro de la Junta Escolar Fideicomisario 3 por un período completo de cuatro años Fideicomisario miembro de la Junta Escolar 5 por el resto del período no vencido
El período de nominación para estos cargos comienza el lunes 18 de julio de 2022, y cierra el viernes 12 de agosto de 2022, a las 5:00 p.m. Si no se nomina a nadie o solamente a una persona para un cargo elevitivo, se puede realizar el nombramiento al cargo elegido segun lo prescrito por la §10229 del Codigo Electoral del Estado de California. Los centros electorales estarán abiertos entre las 7:00 a.m. y 8:00 p.m. en 8 de noviembre de 2022.
Aisha L. Thompson Inglewood Secretario (a) Municipal Fechada: Junio 29, 2022
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Treasurer and Publisher of the Texas Metro News; Janis Ware, NNPA Vice Chair and Publisher of the Atlanta Voice. Click the DOWNLOAD button below to download the Microsoft Word document with hyperlinks, SEO keywords and a high-resolution photograph for this article. NNPA and Transformative Justice Coalition Announce National GOTV Campaign Targeting 10 Million More Black Voters By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote – and about 10 million are African Americans who are eligible to vote but who are unregistered. Whether the reason is apathy, suppression, or something else, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the Transformative Justice Coalition seek to get to the bottom of why, with so much at stake, voter registration and GOTV mobilization remain lacking notably among Black Americans across the nation. During the national convention marking the 195th-anniversary celebration of the Black Press of America in New Orleans, leaders of both organizations announced a get-out-to-vote campaign aimed at registering and mobilizing GOTV for 10 million more African Americans to vote in time for the 2022 midterms. “The NNPA has talked about the vote, and there is no better time for us to show our power,” NNPA Chair Karen Carter Richards stated during the announcement at the national convention in the Big Easy.
June 30 - July 6, 2022 “Let us take the lead and not be on the tail-end so we can show the present-day power of the Black Press,” continued Richards, who publishes the Houston Forward Times. “This is a great opportunity for us; we’ve got to make this happen.” Attorney Barbara Arnwine, the founder, and president of the Transformative Justice Coalition, and her board chair and fellow lawyer Daryl Jones, told a captivated panel that their organization had recorded 72 voter suppression tactics to prevent a large population from casting ballots. Among them are strict voter laws in many Republican-led states, deceptive practices like robocalls; early voting cuts; and voter intimidation. “Black voters did our share in 2020,” Arnwine remarked. “Ninety-three percent of all eligible Black voters registered in Georgia. Yet, in the 2021 Georgia Senate run-off, 93 percent of all registered Black voters turned out. That’s why people don’t understand where the real power is.” Along with NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Richards, NNPA Executive Board members Janis Ware, Fran Farrer, Cheryl Smith, and Jackie Hampton, Arnwine and Jones announced that the groups would utilize a multivehicle “votercade” to get out the vote. They said individuals riding in new and COVID-safe tour buses would hit swing states ahead of the November elections to register and mobilize GOTV for 10 million new Black voters. Chavis said artists from Roc Nation, the company run by hip-hop magnate and business mogul Jay-Z, would accompany the votercade in some cities. Music superstar Stephanie Mills also pledged to “get on the bus with the Black Press and the Transformative Justice Coalition.” Chavis said he’s convinced other
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“I agreed to participate in the show because I wanted the world to perceive TSU as an ‘education destination’,” said Benson. “The university features so many great faculty and top-tier programming.” As the series moves forward cast members will work toward completing a specialty certificate program allowing them to walk across the graduation stage. “Having the cast and crew of ‘College Hill: Celebrity Edition’ on our campus was a special experience for Texas Southern University and a unique opportunity to introduce TSU to new audiences,” said TSU vice president for communications and advancement Melinda Spaulding. “The multiple positive interactions with students and the highlighting of our president and faculty will show the world what we already know about Texas Southern.” Spaulding also shared that BET’s relationship with the Third Wardlocated HBCU is going beyond the reality series. “BET also partnered with [TSU] for scholarships and gifted our students with an amazing Culture Fest culminating experience. We
hope our participation will enhance the interest in not only the Texas Southern University, but all HBCUs,” said Spaulding. For Benson, an award-winning professor, she viewed her participation as an opportunity to share TSU’s story with the world. “I’m not in control of the [show’s] editing process, but I tried my best to create meaningful curriculum, and I invested as much energy into teaching the on-air class as I do for my other courses. If the show can encourage prospective students to enroll in college, particularly in TSU, I’ll feel good about my role in the project,” shared Benson. The series is produced by Edmonds Entertainment, founded by awardwinning executive producer Tracey Edmonds, Sean Rankine and Mark Seliga for This Way Out Media and Tiffany Lea Williams for BET+. “College Hill: Celebrity Edition” is a reimagining of the “College Hill” series that initially ran in the early 2000s following the lives of students at different HBCUs.
celebrities will also join the national GOTV campaign. “The first form of voter suppression is self-suppression,” Dr. Chavis asserted. “This last primary election showed that some of us were keeping ourselves from voting. There are 55 million unregistered Americans eligible to vote, and 10 million are African Americans,” Chavis continued. “What if those 10 million were registered? We wouldn’t have worried about Donald Trump or the craziness of what the U.S. Supreme Court is doing now. Elections have consequences. The overturned Roe v. Wade, the overturned gun laws – are consequences of elections.” With more than 235 African American-owned newspapers and media companies serving as members, the NNPA represents the Black Press of America. The Transformative Justice Coalition’s mission includes the systematic change that achieves racial justice, gender, economic and social justice, and human rights through public education and engagement initiatives that attend equally to hearts and minds as well as the social systems and structure in which they exist. Further, the coalition dedicates itself to informed civic engagement and equal voting rights for everyone. They use a voting rights map of shame to inform the public of threats to America’s democracy, how to protect their voting rights, and steps to take to ensure the ability to cast a ballot and make sure it’s counted.
The organization also seeks the restoration of voting rights for exfelons. “[Anti-voting rights organizations and individuals] have trained 10,000 people to be poll disruptors to go to only Black polling sites,” Arnwine declared. “They’re not sending them to white polling sites, and if you watched the [Jan. 6] hearings, this is a concentrated effort to disempower Black voters,” she stated. According to Davis, more than 18 million people are eligible to vote but don’t know it. “They are the felony disenfranchised,” Davis insisted. “They are confused. It’s intentionally done in various states. For example, in some states, you never lose your right to vote, and in some states, you can run for office if you’re incarcerated,” he explained. The votercade would help educate voters and explain what’s legal, among other things. “We’re calling on all 235 NNPA members,” Dr. Chavis encouraged. “That call and response from our brothers and sisters are vital. It’s movement time, it is time Get-OutThe-Vote” he declared further. “With the Transformative Justice Coalition, the NNPA will help move our people forward to get out this vote. In 2022, we will make the critical difference in the midterm elections in terms of increasing Black voter participation throughout the country.”