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VOL. 35, No. 23
Millennials March to Own Drum Beat
Ignited by the murder of George Floyd a millennial multicultural, multi racial culmination of peaceful protest, fury, rage and destruction has besieged America like never before.
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“We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.” -Malcolm XBy Kenneth Miller, Publisher
Perhaps the most defining moment in American history was not Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, or any of the riots of civil unrest that has chronicled police brutality and racial oppression throughout our nation. MLK represented peace, civility and unity; the riots of 1965 and 1992 sprang from police brutality and erupted into mass destruction upon the very communities that were victimized by racial profiling.
“Burn Baby Burn” was the war cry in ’65 and we can still recall Rodney King pleading during ’92 “Can we all just get along” after the four white LAPD police officers who beat him with their nightsticks had been acquitted in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom. All of these infamous moments in our lives inspired movements of systemic change, while few can argue that some changes in the system were made. King moved the needle on segregation and won voting rights for Blacks, but
while the riots brought about massive dialogue little has changed as the still invincible police decree continues insulates every police officer in America from criminal prosecution. The murder of 46-year old George Floyd in Minnesota by rouge white police officer Derek Chauvin just might be the pin pulled from the grenade that could alter everything. “Having been in law enforcement and seeing the Rodney King incident and so many other incidents where
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there were flash points of epiphany that something is wrong with the system, I would say that this is the one that is going to change things,” Inglewood Mayor James Butts Jr. explained to KCBS sports anchor Jim Hill during a interview during the height of the recent protest. Butts was a busy man last week, appearing on MSNBC, FOX and local radio station KJLH during the most Continued on page 2
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Police Murder of George Floyd Sparks Uprisings Across America
On Friday, May 29, former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, 44, was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent
From the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to the Streets of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Louisville, Atlanta, Washington, DC, and New York City, and the bright lights of the Big Apple, African Americans are expressing outrage over the police killing of George Floyd, the latest in a countrymile long list of Black men and women murdered under the color of law. City officials in Minneapolis and St. Paul called on the National Guard, and state police lined the streets there in riot gear. An 8PM curfew was ordered, and an African American CNN reporter was arrested while giving a live report from a hotspot of protests. In California, demonstrators closed the 101 freeway in San Jose as marchers took to the streets in San Francisco and Oakland.
In New York, where the novel coronavirus hit America the hardest and where residents had remained reluctant to gather outdoors, protestors jammed city streets. New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined an extensive list of politicians condemning the action of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, 44, who, along with three other officers, were videotaped using excessive force on Floyd. National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair Karen Carter Richards and NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., and numerous other Black Press of America newspaper publishers have expressed outrage over Floyd’s murder and concern about the rampant killings of African Americans at the hands of police and white supremacist vigilantes acting under color of law. Chauvin inexplicably pressed his knee against a handcuffed Floyd’s neck while the young Black man lay on the ground. The assault went on for nine minutes, with Floyd pleading that he couldn’t breathe. Floyd died a short time later at a local hospital.
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On Friday, May 29, Chauvin was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. Later that day, bail was set at $500,000. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. “This is not a new story, this is a continuing narrative,” Governor Cuomo stated. “This is just another chapter in the book called: Injustice and inequality in America.” Earlier, former President Barack Obama released a statement weighing in on the injustice regularly experienced by African Americans. “This shouldn’t be ‘normal’ in 2020 America. It can’t be ‘normal,’” Obama stated. “If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and must be better. “It will fall mainly on the officials of Minnesota to ensure that the circumstances surrounding George Floyd’s death are investigated thoroughly and that justice is ultimately done.” “But it falls on all of us, regardless of our race or station — including the majority of men and women in law enforcement who take pride in doing their tough job the right way, every day — to work together to create a ‘new normal’ in which the legacy of bigotry and unequal treatment no longer infects our institutions or our hearts.” Margaret Huang, president, and chief executive officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), said the organization joins with its allies in condemning the recent police killings of Floyd, Tony McDade, Sean Reed, and Breonna Taylor. “Following the tragic killing of Ahmaud Arbery by a former police officer, the impact of these murders reaches across the country, and there must be accountability. It is absolutely
imperative that local police departments and district attorneys investigate, arrest, and prosecute officers and all who violate the rights of the people who live in the communities they are charged to serve,” Huang stated. “Equally important, law enforcement must stop responding to peaceful protest of police killings with more violence. Police are obligated to protect those in the community, and punishing peaceful protest is a gross abuse of human rights,” she stated. We stand with millions of people across the country who are rightfully outraged by the killing of unarmed Black people, the lack of responsiveness, the lack of action and President Trump calling for violence against those demanding justice for Mr. Floyd’s death.” Florida Rep. Val Demings, who is Black and a former Orlando police chief, wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post Friday, noting that, “as a former woman in blue, let me begin with my brothers and sisters in blue: What in the hell are you doing?” “As law enforcement officers, we took an oath to protect and serve. And those who forgot — or who never understood that oath in the first place — must go. That includes those who would stand by as they witness misconduct by a fellow officer,” she wrote. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. concluded, “The NNPA, the voice of Black America, calls for an independent investigation into the police murder of George Floyd. We do not trust the perpetrators to investigate themselves. Black America’s cup has run over with grief, anger and rage as a result of these continuing racially motivated murders. If there is no justice, there will be no peace.”
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monumental crisis during modern history. Still caught in the grips of the fatal coronavirus pandemic, the Floyd murder in broad daylight could not come at a worse time when communities and small business were crawling back into action. As protest emerged throughout the nation, so too did civil unrest, riots and in some cities such as St. Louis and Louisville even shootings of police officers. Widespread looting and property destruction ran rampant throughout Los Angeles County, mashing through the Fairfax District, Santa Monica, downtown Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, but by design not wrecking havoc in Watts, Compton, South Los Angeles, Gardena, Carson, Hawthorne and Inglewood. There are too many elements to this millennium revolution that not one can say for sure who are responsible nor can they pinpoint the end game. Yes, the Floyd murder lit the fuse, but so too did economic despair, the coronavirus pandemic and past incidents of police misconduct, murder, racial inequality and who knows what else.
From New York to California, curfews have been implemented for the first time in decades to quell the protesting. As this wildly unique movement manifested over the past week, leaders, politicians, professors, community activist have tried to figure out how to make sense of it. Butts, is highly qualified because of his vast experience as a police chief in both Santa Monica and Inglewood and now as mayor of one the most stable cities throughout the pandemic. He believes that this movement is going to change things, but not because everything about law enforcement is wrong and the people are bad, quite the contrary. “There are so many great police officers and so many great departments. However in this country we have this agreement that we have a system of laws and rules that determine how people will behave; we have a economic system where people can make as much money or more money than they can ever spend, but at the same time we have people who don’t make enough money to eat,” stated Butts. “ And the thing that keeps that together is the offer of opportunity so
that those that are here have hope that they will be able to better themselves and that you will enforce these laws fairly.” The mayor told Hill the people who enforce laws, the police, the prosecutors, the judges, they’re people also. “In the entirety of our population there are people that are prejudice and the problem is there are people that are prejudice and don’t even know it. They think that’s the way things are supposed to be and they think that’s the way everyone thinks,” said Butts. How and where this current revolt against the system ends, is anyone guess. However a good guess is that it will not end like the many before them. This generation is not having it! They don’t want your proffer of a ballot. They are not fearful of being arrested or even losing their life. They are not listening to your encouraging speeches. As far as they are concerned they have seen that your way did not work and this is going to be their way. They are here now!
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EYE ON THE CITY GEORGE DOTSON
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Inglewood Braces for Rioting That Never Comes By Francis Taylor, Sr. Writer
The City Council Chambers were dark this Tuesday because there was no city council meeting. Meanwhile Inglewood residents and business owners, who were not subjected to rioting, looting and mayhem, watched with interest as the City of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and dozens of cities across the nation experienced the full range of demonstrations against police brutality and demands for justice for George Floyd, the Black man who was killed, apparently at the hands and knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Savoy Nightclub in the City of Inglewood was one of a number of businesses who boarded up their site and spray painted signs indicating that they were supportive of BLM, Black Lives Matter, with hopes that if demonstrations occurred in Inglewood that advanced to the point of looting, their business would be spared. The City was braced for demonstrations and I am certain the Inglewood Police Department was on high alert even though rioting never came to the city, while nationwide protests in the wake of Floyd’s death show no sign of slowing down. Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts who formerly lead three municipal police departments, sat down with veteran newsman Jim Hill to detail the problem with law and order in our society; what likely lead and contributed to Floyd’s assault; a police culture that exists
among a few police officers where peer group leaders are not confronted for bad behavior; and what is needed to solve the problem. During the ten minute interview that aired on KCBSTV, Mayor Butts detailed what is needed to solve the problem. He said that police recruits should be strained rigorously, trained zealously, monitored completely, disciplined strongly and separated from service when they are dangerous to the citizens that they are sworn to serve and protect. He further indicated that this was one of the few instances of police force where the officer was unable to say that it was a split second decision or that the subject was resisting arrest, to justify the amount of force that was involved. Mayor Butts explained that when the eight-minute-plus video aired of Floyd being deprived of oxygen, contributing to his ultimate demise, citizens across the nation decided that enough is enough and that lawlessness on the part of errant police officers spread into the communities. For the last nine days the demonstrations nationwide are sending a message to elected officials who select the police chiefs who are ultimately responsible for selecting the men and women who lead our municipal police departments. The death of George Floyd will have an impact on how police officers conduct themselves in the future in the City of Inglewood and indeed across the nation. It is about time!
Rep. Maxine Waters, Janelle Monae, Jidenna, Angela Rye And Dr. D’Artagnan Scorza Distribute 10,000 Meals at Inglewood “Wondalunch” IT News Wire
Inglewood-More than 10,000 prepacked meals were provided to families in Inglewood and the surrounding communities during the “Wondalunch” in Inglewood event that was hosted by Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Janelle Monae, Jidenna, Angela Rye, Wondaland, and Inglewood Unified School District Board President Dr. D’Artagnan Scorza on Friday, May 29. “Wondalunch” in Inglewood was supported by a strong coalition of community partners including KJLH Radio, Project Isaiah, the Billups Foundation, and the Social Justice Learning Institute, as well as the ministers of many local churches, including Bishop Kenneth Ulmer (Faithful Central Bible Church); Rev. Shane Scott (Macedonia Baptist Church); Rev. Dr. James Arthur Rumph (Grant AME Church); Rev. Jewett L. Walker, Jr. (Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church); and Pastor Geremy Dixon (City of Hope). As a result, thousands of local families who were in need of food assistance had the opportunity to
receive free meals through contact-free, drive-and-go service at Crozier Middle School or through deliveries made by volunteers – including Congresswoman Waters – to Inglewood seniors, the residents of Avalon Gardens Housing Development, the My Friends House Foundation, the LA Mission, Faithful Central Bible Church, and the Social Justice Learning Institute. “‘Wondalunch’ was a tremendous success,” said Congresswoman Waters. “I am so very pleased and grateful that some of the most prominent and popular millennial entertainers and leaders of our time joined with activists, ministers, non-profit organizations, educators, and volunteers who dedicated their time and resources to ensuring that we could provide meals to thousands of families in our community. This event demonstrates exactly what ‘community’ is all about. It’s about giving back and being willing to assist your neighbors who may be struggling and are in need of assistance. I speak for all of Inglewood and the Greater Los Angeles community in expressing my profound gratitude to all who supported this initiative.”
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Sports & Entertainment Oprah Winfrey Donates $12 Million for COVID-19 Relief in Five Cities
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent
During a recent virtual address to the class of 2020 college graduates, Oprah Winfrey spoke of the need to provide for those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. “What this pandemic has done is made me think about giving differently. How I give and who’s on the receiving end of that, and how do you do that in such a way that sustains people? I’ve ultimately always believed that you teach people to fish. But sometimes people just need fish and a piece of bread,” the media mogul stated. “Sometimes you need some fish, OK? Sometimes you don’t have time to learn to fish. I just need some fish today!” Winfrey made sure that there was plenty of “fish” in the places she’s called home. Through the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation, the OWN Network boss announced she was donating $12 million to organizations dedicated to helping underserved communities in Chicago, Baltimore, Nashville, Milwaukee and Kosciusko, Mississippi. Born in Kosciusko, Winfrey has lived in each of the cities where she’s donating money.
“This thing is not going away. Even when the virus is gone, the devastation left by people not being able to work for months who were holding on paycheck to paycheck, who have used up their
savings — people are going to be in need,” Winfrey told the Associated Press. “So, my thing is, look in your own neighborhood, in your own backyard to
L.A. Clippers and Mister Cartoon Launch Limited Edition Merchandise to Benefit the Mayor’s Fund for Covid-19 Relief
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L.A. Clippers and Mister Cartoon Launch Limited Edition Merchandise to Benefit the Mayor’s Fund for Covid-19 Relief The L.A. Clippers have collaborated with L.A. icon Mister Cartoon to release a limited edition L.A. Relief merchandise collection, with 100% of proceeds going to the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles. Money raised will support emergency relief for the COVID-19 crisis and essential needs such as childcare and meals for the neediest, relief and counseling for frontline healthcare workers, critical healthcare equipment, and services for L.A.’s homeless population. The black and white L.A. Relief Collection was designed in partnership with Cartoon and features his signature Old English font on a hooded sweatshirt and two T-shirts. One shirt displays the Clippers’ “We Over Me” mantra on the front, inspiring Clipper Nation to share their L.A. pride and
support relief for fellow Angelenos. “During these times, the strength of our community has never been more e v i d e n t or more important,” said Gillian Zucker, L.A. Clippers President of Business Operations. “We are excited to partner once again with Mister Cartoon, an artist with a deep passion for Angelenos, who has made a profound impact on Los Angeles for decades and looks to do so once again by celebrating our collective strength.” “I’m proud to continue my partnership with the Clippers on such a special and important project, benefiting those directly affected by this pandemic,” said Mister Cartoon. “Big thanks to all the people on the
see how you can serve and where your service is most essential. That is the real essential work, I think, for people of means.” Of the $12 million donations, Winfrey gave $5 million to Live Healthy Chicago, which provides immediate support to seniors and high-risk residents affected by the coronavirus. She gave $2 million to Nashville Nurtures, a collaboration with Mount Zion Baptist Church and Tennessee State University (TSU). Winfrey graduated from TSU and began her career in Nashville. She later lived in Milwaukee, where she announced a $100,000 gift to SaintA and the Nia Imani Family, Inc., which assists those in need of housing and mental health care. In Baltimore, where she once worked, Winfrey is donating money to Living Classrooms Foundation and Center for Urban Families. Winfrey also said she’s giving $115,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of East Mississippi. “I want to be able to reach people who have been incarcerated and are coming out of prison,” Winfrey noted. “I want to reach mothers of domestic violence. I want to reach people. I want to feed people. I want to help people get access to testing.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2020 086948 The following Person is doing business as: The Aspire Group 412 East Hardy Street, Suite 2 Inglewood, CA 90301
Registered Owner(s): Diane Burbie, 412 East Hardy Street #2, Inglewood, CA 90301 This business is conducted by an individual(s). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business listed above on May 21, 2020. I (We) declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Diane Burbie, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk on May 21, 2020.
front line, the essential workers, giving it their all.” The L.A. Relief Collection builds off of the Clippers’ “Los Angeles Collection” collaboration with Mister Cartoon from the start of the season and the Clippers’ 2019-20 City Edition jersey, which featured the Los Angeles wordmark inspired by Cartoon’s handrendered style and celebrates the authentic spirit of L.A. street culture. The new merchandise is available for purchase at www.clippers.com/ LARelief.
NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State or common law (See Section 14411 et.seq., Business and Professions Code.) Original May 28; June 4, 11, 18, 2020 IT0042230120020130 Inglewood Today
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BUPPIE | BUSINESS The Lion Queen
United We STAND or Divided WE Fall By Michelle Lyons, Columnist
In 1995, Tupac released an album called, “Me against The World”. This hit home for many especially in the African American community because we were recovering from Generation X who was raised by The Baby Boomers (who were coming of age during the drug era). Both generations were individualist and naive to the fact that what happens to one affects all. Ironically, in 1992 Tupac got a tattoo “THUG LIFE” an acronym he explained meaning, “The Hate U Give Little Infants F_____ Everyone”. If everyone had unconditional love between birth to adulthood, how much better would The World be? I didn’t understand how important love was until my twenties. Love truly is the most powerful force in The World. In my late twenties and early thirties I only dated African men. I was drawn to them because of their family dynamic. I loved their families so much it would pain me to have to break up my relationship (The men themselves can often times be controlling). If my ex and I were in the neighborhood of his parents or siblings we would just stop by without calling. The first time this happened I was flabbergasted. He would say, “I don’t have to call they are family. In fact, they would be offended if they found out I was in the neighborhood and I didn’t stop by”. In my family, this for certain would have got me cussed out. Christmas, Birthdays and Thanksgiving with my ex were magical. Hundreds of people would be in attendance from all around The World. He would say, “Because family is expected to be at every special occasion no matter what, whether you lived in Maryland or not (That’s where his family resided)”. If he was on hard times, someone would gladly take him in. If he needed money, the whole family would pitch in (like an offering at church) and if he were visiting from out of town it was literally disrespectful for him to stay at a hotel. No matter how much money or status he had, he was expected to stay with his family and there was never a time limit. Above all else, his parents were committed to his success. They understood that their son was their legacy, and their biggest investment. His family was relentless at making sure he and his siblings were successful. His mother would say, “I have to make sure they are successful so they can take care of me when I am senile. That is the circle of life”. How many of us take care of our elderly parents?
Black Cooperative Investment Fund - Providing Relief to Black Owned Businesses
By Jon G. Mickens, IT Contributor
For decades, small businesses haveplayed a crucial role in fueling the American Economy. However, it is well documented that African Americans have not been able to enjoy the same benefits of White Americans, Asians, Middle Eastern and other groups who form small businesses for their families and communities. I won’t bore you with all the statistics related to the lack of government investment in the Black business community (or the community in general) and the unhealthy outcomes that result. We are all familiar with the raw and anecdotal data, either through knowledge of the statistics or our own lived experiences. Small Black-owned businesses are often drivers of economic vitality and job creators in their respective communities and fortify them as owners, influencers and power brokers.. The latest “bamboozle’” experienced by the Black community is the short end of capital received from U.S. Government’s $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding. Of approximately $349 billion earmarked to help revitalize small businesses that have been compromised by the mandated shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, very little was directed toward Black-owned businesses. This has led to an amendment of the CARES Act and a second phase of $350 to $670 billion in funding to be directed specifically set aside for insured depository institutions, credit unions, and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) that help small firms and companies located in underserved areas.Translation: this is thegovernemtn’s response to the complaints of Black-owned businesses and other marginalized communities not receiving a proproionate share of funding. The jury is still out on the impact of the second phase of funding. This all underscores a recurring theme: when America is sick, Black America is hospitalized. Without a doubt, the CARES Act will prove to be a great resource for a number of businesses but will fall short on helping, assisting and aiding its share of Black-owned businesses. The Blackownedbusinesses that are present in the U.S. will significantly decrease not only due to the Stay At Home Order that hinders consumption but also because these business will not benefit fully from Federal Aid programs and
there are numerous reports that larger companies and franchise businesses have received funding. Of course, companies like Ruth Chris and The Los Angeles Lakers received millions of dollars from the U.S. government, which proves the systemic funding of businesses is atrocious with respect to helping those truly in need. Through today’s technology, we are able to witness how government programs help the rich and keep the poor… well,poor. When examining the universe of Black-owned businesses, ranging from beauty supply stores to boutique accounting firms to food service and all sectors in between, the African American community and its “ownership economy” is on life support right now. Collaborative government programs and financial institutes claim to work hard to provide funding, technical assistance programs, and other resources to Black-owned businesse owners and aspiring business owners. Most of this support seems to be to no avail for a variety of reasons, with “token support” right near the top. Moving forward, , and in times of a potential depression, such support may be redirected to other communities altogether. However, the African American consumer still remains so there will be an economy built around our community’s needs and wants. If we think Asians, Middle Easterners and White Americans own a disproportionate amount of resources working in their favor and “call all the shots” in our community, moving forward you definitely may be right. Think about it, if African American are not in business, not receiving funding like our counterparts, not gaining access to business building resources, how does that empower this generation and future ones as it pertains to ownership and having a “seat at the table” of politics, economics and social progress? Meanwhile, African Americans will continue receiving stimulus checks and spending its disposable income on fueling other people’s dreams, hopes, aspirations, businesses, communities, etc. This narrative is all too familiar to many of us. This destructive cycle is continuing and gaining momentum. The perpetual questions remain: What does the Black community do in the face of a broader landscape that demonstrates time and time again it is not invested in preserving and strengthening the Black community? What does the Black community do when the broader community seems indifferent to the
“Life is messy but when we get through the mess we find out who we really are..”
disproportionately negative outcomes experienced by the Black community? We are well beyond time for the BLACK COMMUNITY to circle the “economic wagon.” Blackowned businesses are essential to the Black community’s foundation. Local organizations like Pacific Coast Regional Corporation and Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corporation, and One United Bank are engaged in the struggle for Black economic viability. However, beyond relying on noble organizations like CDFIs or Black-owned banks that funnel government resources into our community, ALL of us, as private citizens, have to make a point to BUY from Black businesses, contribute a portion of our disposable dollars to organizations that intentionally focus on Black economic development, and pool our dollars to provide a community-based economic safety net for ourselves. We need to fight for our existing businesses and fuel more business now more than ever. The economy will bounce back. We, as a people,will spend our money on goods and services. African Americans always rank in the top 10 of “spending countries”around the world. However, we must fund and fuel our own economy like other groups have and will continue to do. We all know the dollarcirculates in the African American community less than a day, as opposed to circulating for several weeks within other communities. Ownership and economic empowerment provide a road map for our future. We must rescue ourselves through entrepreneurship and either create or support Blackowned businesses to provide the array of economic opportunities that the “Ownership Class”creates within all walks of life. The L.A.-based Black Cooperative Investment Fund (BCIF) is one of several efforts in which you can get involved. If you want to put your dollars behind your passion, I invite you to visit the website (www.bcifund. org) and become part of a communitydriven, economic safety net for YOUR community by donating dollars that are directed unapologetically for Black economic development. Those who are indifferent or otherwise benefit from our community’s destruction will NOT save us! This is not a novel concept. WHAT WILL WE DO ABOUT IT? Issa Rae with BCIF Founder Robert Lewis
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Inglewood, California, will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at the hour of 7:00 p.m., to consider the following matters associated with the Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center (IBEC) that includes an arena calculated to promote the enjoyment and recreation of the public by providing access to the City’s residents in the form of spectator sports, specifically basketball, with up to 18,000 fixed seats to host National Basketball Association (NBA) games, and with up to 500 additional temporary seats for other events such as family shows, concerts, corporate and community events, and other sporting events; an up to 85,000-square foot team practice and athletic training facility; up to 71,000 square feet of LA Clippers office space; an up to 25,000-square foot sports medicine clinic; up to 63,000 square feet of ancillary and related arena uses including retail and dining; an outdoor plaza adjacent to the arena; parking facilities; relocation of a City of Inglewood groundwater well; a limited-service hotel; and various circulation, infrastructure, and other ancillary uses (the Project): 1. Certification of the Project Environmental Impact Report No. EA-EIR-2020045, State Clearinghouse No.: SCH2018021056, and adoption of a Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program, and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations. 2. General Plan Amendment No. 2020-003 to modify the Land Use Element, Circulation Element, and Safety Element of the Inglewood General Plan with conforming map and text changes to reflect the plan for the Proposed Project, including: a. Redesignation of certain properties in the Land Use Element from Commercial to Industrial; b. Addition of specific reference to sports and entertainment facilities and related and ancillary uses on properties in the Industrial land use designation text; c. Updating Circulation Element maps and text to reflect vacation of portions of West 101st Street and West 102nd Street and to show the location of the Proposed Project; and d. Updating Safety Element map to reflect the relocation of the municipal water well and related infrastructure. 3. Specific Plan Amendment No. 2020-001 to amend the Inglewood International Business Park Specific Plan to exclude properties within the Project Site from the Specific Plan Area. 4. Zoning Code Amendment No. 2020-002 to Chapter 12 of the Inglewood Municipal Code to establish regulations for the Sports and Entertainment Overlay Zone, including text amendments to create an overlay zone establishing development standards including standards for height, setbacks, street frontage, and lot size, permitted uses, signage, parking and loading, public art, design review process under the Proposed Project SEC Development Guidelines (discussed under #6, below), addressing parcel map procedures, and other land use controls. 5. Zone Change No. 2020-001 to apply the Sports and Entertainment (SE) Overlay Zone on the entire Project Site, and Rezone certain parcels in the Project Site to conform with the existing General Plan Land Use Designation. 6. Sports and Entertainment Complex Design Guidelines and Infrastructure Plan (SEC Development Guidelines), including: a. Implementation and Administration, b. Design Guidelines, and c. Infrastructure Plan. The SEC Development Guidelines will address certain design elements, including building orientation, massing, design and materials, plaza treatments, landscaping and lighting design, parking and loading design, pedestrian circulation, signage and graphics, walls, fences and screening, sustainability features, and similar elements. 7. Development Agreement between Murphy’s Bowl LLC and the City for the development of a Sports and Entertainment Complex, addressing community benefits and vesting entitlements for the Project. Below is a map of the Project Site.
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No Address 3812 W 102nd St 3844 W 102nd St 3838 W 102nd St 3926 W 102nd St 3936 W 102nd St 3910 W 102nd St 3900 W 102nd St 3930 W 102nd St 3920 W 102nd St 3941 W 102nd St 3939 W 102nd St 4040 W Century Blvd 4043 W 101st Street 4037 W 101st Street 4042 W Century Blvd 4033 W 101st Street 4045 W 101st Street 4046 W Century Blvd 4039 W 101st Street
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10117 S Prairie Ave 4026 W Century Blvd 4036 W Century Blvd 4044 W 101st Street 4019 W 101st Street 4032 W Century Blvd 4031 W 102nd Street 4025 W 102nd Street 4022 W 101st Street 4030 W 101st Street 4037 W 102nd Street 4036 W 101st Street 4026 W 101st Street 4023 W 102nd Street 4043 W 102nd Street 4019 W 102nd Street 10220 S Prairie Ave 10212 S Prairie Ave 3818 W 102nd St
4034005900 4034004913 4034004910 4034005910 4034004902 4034004909 4034005904 4034005907 4034005912 4034005901 4034005903 4034005909 4034005911 4034005906 4034005902 4034005908 4032008903 4032008035 4032007900
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN REGARDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION that due to the existing COVID-19 health emergency, and pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 (https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3.17.20N-29-20-EO.pdf), suspending certain requirements of the Brown Act, members of the public can access this meeting and make public comments in the following ways: Viewing and Listening to Meeting: Live on-line, with audio and limited video, at https://www.facebook.com/cityofinglewood/ Viewing and Listening to Meeting: On Spectrum Cable Local Channel 35 with audio and limited video. Please check with your cable provider for details. Written Public Comments: Members of the public can submit comments for consideration by the Planning Commission by sending them to ibecproject@cityofinglewood.org or via mail to One West Manchester Blvd., Inglewood, CA 90301. To ensure distribution to the members of the Planning Commission prior to consideration of the agenda, comments must be received prior to 12:00 P.M. on the day of the meeting. Those comments, as well as any comments received after 12:00 P.M. and prior to close of the public hearing, will be distributed to the members of the Planning Commission and will be made part of the official public record of the meeting. Listening to Meeting and Oral Public Comments: Members of the public can participate in the meeting telephonically to listen and make comments. 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 the following link: https://www.cityofinglewood.org/AgendaCenter/Planning-Commission-4 A Final Environmental Impact Report has been prepared under the California Environmental Quality Act, a copy of which is available for public review online at the following link: https://www.cityofinglewood.org/1036/Murphys-Bowl-Proposed-NBA-Arena And at the following physical location: Inglewood City Hall Information Desk One West Manchester Boulevard, 1st Floor Inglewood, CA 90301
The Planning Commission will be asked to make a recommendation regarding the public hearing items. In making recommendations for the public hearing items they must also make an environmental determination for the public hearing items. Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge the proposed environmental documents, Zoning actions, General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment, SEC Development Guidelines, or Development Agreement 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 Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. If you will require special accommodations, due to a disability, please contact the Planning Division at (310) 412-5230 or elane@cityofinglewood.org, One Manchester Boulevard, Fourth Floor, Inglewood City Hall, Inglewood, CA 90301. All requests for special accommodations must be received 48 hours prior to the day of the hearing(s). INGLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION Larry Springs, Chairperson In the event that this Special Planning Commission meeting is not held, or is concluded prior to public hearing items being considered, the public hearing will automatically be continued to the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting or as otherwise determined by the Planning Commission. DATE OF PUBLICATION: JUNE 4, 2020
The Project Site includes properties with the following Assessor Identification Numbers (AIN): ADDRESS 3915 W 102nd St 3843 W 102nd St 3901 W 102nd St 3851 W 102nd St 3821 W 102nd St 3822 W Century Blvd 3921 W 102nd St 3930 W Century Blvd 3831 W 102nd St 3665 W 102nd St 3700 W Century Blvd No Address 3922 W Century Blvd 3703 W 102nd St NO ADDRESS 3832 W 102nd St
AIN 4032001048 4032002915 4032001902 4032002916 4032002917 4032002913 4032001911 4032001913 4032002914 4032003912 4032003914 4032004914 4032001912 4032003915 4032004913 4032007903
ADDRESS
AIN
10108 S Prairie Ave No Address 10116 S Prairie Ave 10112 S Prairie Ave 10104 S Prairie Ave No Address No Address 10022 S Prairie Ave 10020 S Prairie Ave 10004 S Prairie Ave 10200 S Prairie Ave 3940 W 102nd St 4018 W 101st Street 4015 W 101st Street 3947 W 102nd St 3940 W Century Blvd
4032001908 4032001900 4032001904 4032001907 4032001910 4032001006 4032001901 4032001005 4032001906 4032001039 4032008001 4032008907 4034005905 4034004904 4032001905 4032001049
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AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA SE DA AVISO QUE la Comisión de Planificación de la Ciudad de Inglewood, California, llevará a cabo una audiencia pública el miércoles 17 de junio de 2020 a la hora de las 7:00 pm, para considerar los siguientes asuntos asociados con el Centro de Baloncesto y Entretenimiento de Inglewood (IBEC) que incluye una arena calculada para promover el disfrute y la recreación del público al proporcionar acceso a los residentes de la Ciudad en forma de deportes para espectadores, específicamente baloncesto, con hasta 18,000 asientos fijos para albergar juegos de la Asociación Nacional de Baloncesto (NBA), y con hasta 500 asientos temporales adicionales para otros eventos, tales como espectáculos familiares, conciertos, eventos corporativos y comunitarios y otros eventos deportivos; una práctica de equipo y entrenamiento atlético de hasta 85,000 pies cuadrados; hasta 71,000 pies cuadrados de espacio de oficina en LA Clippers; una clínica de medicina deportiva de hasta 25,000 pies cuadrados; hasta 63,000 pies cuadrados de usos auxiliares y relacionados con la arena, incluyendo tiendas y restaurantes; una plaza al aire libre junto a la arena; facilidades de estacionamiento; reubicación de un pozo de agua subterránea de la ciudad de Inglewood; un hotel de servicio limitado; y varios usos de circulación, infraestructura y otros usos auxiliares (el Proyecto):
El sitio del proyecto incluye propiedades con los siguientes números de identificación de asesor: ADDRESS
ADDRESS
AIN
AIN
3915 W 102nd St
4032001048
10108 S Prairie Ave
4032001908
3843 W 102nd St
4032002915
No Address
4032001900
3901 W 102nd St
4032001902
10116 S Prairie Ave
4032001904
3851 W 102nd St
4032002916
10112 S Prairie Ave
4032001907
3821 W 102nd St
4032002917
10104 S Prairie Ave
4032001910
3822 W Century Blvd
4032002913
No Address
4032001006
3921 W 102nd St
4032001911
No Address
4032001901
3930 W Century Blvd
4032001913
10022 S Prairie Ave
4032001005
3831 W 102nd St
4032002914
10020 S Prairie Ave
4032001906
3665 W 102nd St
4032003912
10004 S Prairie Ave
4032001039
3700 W Century Blvd
4032003914
10200 S Prairie Ave
4032008001
No Address
4032004914
3940 W 102nd St
4032008907
3922 W Century Blvd
4032001912
4018 W 101st Street
4034005905
3703 W 102nd St
4032003915
4015 W 101st Street
4034004904
NO ADDRESS
4032004913
3947 W 102nd St
4032001905
3832 W 102nd St
4032007903
3940 W Century Blvd
4032001049
1. Certificación del Proyecto Informe de Impacto Ambiental No. EA-EIR-2020045, número del Centro de Información del Estado: SCH2018021056, y la adopción de un Programa de Informes de Monitoreo de Mitigación, y los Resultados de la Ley de Calidad Ambiental de California (CEQA) y la Declaración de Consideraciones Generales.
3850 W 102nd St
4032007905
4020 W Century Blvd
4034004912
3836 W 102nd St
4032007901
No Address
4032001033
No Address
4032008034
3812 W 102nd St 3818 W 102nd St
4032007904 4032007900
10117 S Prairie Ave 4039 W 101st Street
4034005900 4034004903
4026 W Century Blvd
4034004913
3844 W 102nd St
4032007902
4036 W Century Blvd
4034004910
2. Plan General Enmienda No. 2020-003 para modificar el Elemento de Uso de la Tierra, el Elemento de Circulación y el Elemento de Seguridad del Plan General de Inglewood con cambios en el mapa y el texto para reflejar el plan para el Proyecto Propuesto, que incluye: a. Redesignación de ciertas propiedades en el Elemento de Uso del la tierra de Comercial a Industrial; b. Adición de referencias específicas a instalaciones deportivas y de entretenimiento y usos relacionados y accesorios en propiedades en el texto de designación de uso de tierra industrial; c. Actualización de mapas y texto del Elemento de circulación para reflejar el desocupó de porciones de West 101st Street y West 102nd Street y para mostrar la ubicación del Proyecto propuesto; y d. Actualización del mapa del elemento de seguridad para reflejar la reubicación del pozo de agua municipal y la infraestructura relacionada.
3838 W 102nd St
4032007035
4044 W 101st Street
4034005910
3926 W 102nd St
4032008901
4019 W 101st Street
4034004902
3936 W 102nd St
4032008908
4032 W Century Blvd
4034004909
3910 W 102nd St
4032008900
4031 W 102nd Street
4034005904
3900 W 102nd St
4032008902
4025 W 102nd Street
4034005907
3930 W 102nd St
4032008904
4022 W 101st Street
4034005912
3920 W 102nd St
4032008905
4030 W 101st Street
4034005901
3941 W 102nd St
4032001909
4037 W 102nd Street
4034005903
3939 W 102nd St
4032001903
4036 W 101st Street
4034005909
4040 W Century Blvd
4034004905
4026 W 101st Street
4034005911
4043 W 101st Street
4034004906
4023 W 102nd Street
4034005906
4037 W 101st Street
4034004901
4043 W 102nd Street
4034005902
4042 W Century Blvd
4034004908
4019 W 102nd Street
4034005908
4033 W 101st Street
4034004911
10220 S Prairie Ave
4032008903
3. Plan Específico Enmienda No. 2020-001 para enmendar el Plan Específico de Inglewood International Business Park para excluir propiedades dentro del Sitio del Proyecto del Área del Plan Específico.
4045 W 101st Street
4034004900
10212 S Prairie Ave
4032008035
4046 W Century Blvd
4034004907
4. Código de Zonificación Enmienda No. 2020-002 al Capítulo 12 del Código Municipal de Inglewood para establecer regulaciones para la Zona de Superposición de Deportes y Entretenimiento, incluidas las enmiendas de texto para crear una zona de superposición que establezca estándares de desarrollo que incluyan estándares de altura, contratiempos, frente de calle y tamaño de lote, usos permitidos, señalización, estacionamiento y carga, arte público, proceso de revisión de diseño bajo las Pautas de Desarrollo de la SEC del Proyecto Propuesto (discutido en el # 6, a continuación), abordando los procedimientos del mapa de parcelas y otros controles de uso del suelo. 5. Cambio de zona No. 2020-001 para aplicar la Zona de Superposición de Deportes y Entretenimiento (SE) en todo el Sitio del Proyecto, y Rezonificar ciertas parcelas en el Sitio del Proyecto para cumplir con la Designación del Uso de la Tierra del Plan General existente. 6. Pautas de diseño complejo de deportes y entretenimiento y plan de infraestructura (Pautas de desarrollo de la SEC), que incluyen: a. Implementación y Administración, b. Pautas de diseño, y c. Plan de Infraestructura. Las pautas de desarrollo de la SEC abordarán ciertos elementos de diseño, incluida la orientación del edificio, la masificación, el diseño y los materiales, los tratamientos de la plaza, el diseño de paisajismo e iluminación, el diseño de estacionamiento y carga, la circulación de peatones, la señalización y los gráficos, las paredes, las cercas y las pantallas, las características de sostenibilidad y elementos similares 7. Acuerdo de desarrollo entre Murphy’s Bowl LLC y la ciudad para el desarrollo de un complejo de deportes y entretenimiento, que aborde los beneficios de la comunidad y los derechos para el proyecto. Está recibiendo este aviso porque es propietario de una propiedad en o dentro de 500 pies del Sitio del Proyecto, solicitó un aviso o es una Agencia Local que debe recibir un aviso bajo el Código de Gobierno 65091. También se publicará una copia de este aviso en un periódico de circulación general y se publicará en el Ayuntamiento. A continuación se muestra un mapa del sitio del proyecto.
SE ADMITE OTRA NOTIFICACIÓN CON RESPECTO A LA PARTICIPACIÓN PÚBLICA que debido a la emergencia de salud COVID-19 existente, y de conformidad con la Orden Ejecutiva del Gobernador N-29-20 (https://www.gov.ca.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2020/03/3.17.20-N-29-20-EO.pdf), suspendiendo ciertos requisitos de la Ley Brown, los miembros del público pueden acceder a esta reunión y hacer comentarios públicos de las siguientes maneras: Ver y escuchar la reunión: en vivo en línea, con audio y video limitado, en https://www.facebook.com/cityofinglewood/ Ver y escuchar la reunión: en el canal local de Spectrum Cable 35 con audio y video limitado. Por favor, consulte con su proveedor de cable para más detalles. Comentarios públicos escritos: los miembros del público pueden enviar comentarios para su consideración por la Comisión de Planificación enviándolos a ibecproject@cityofinglewood.org o por correo postal a One West Manchester Blvd., Inglewood, CA 90301. Para garantizar la distribución a los miembros de la Comisión de Planificación antes de considerar la agenda, los comentarios deben recibirse antes de las 12:00 p.m. en el día de la reunión. Esos comentarios, así como cualquier comentario recibido después de las 12:00 p.m. y antes del cierre de la audiencia pública, se distribuirá a los miembros de la Comisión de Planificación y formará parte del registro público oficial de la reunión. Escuchar la reunión y los comentarios del público oral: los miembros del público pueden participar en la reunión telefónicamente para escuchar y hacer comentarios. El número de teléfono y el código de acceso de la reunión se proporcionarán a más tardar 72 horas antes de la reunión en la agenda de la reunión publicada en el siguiente enlace: https://www.cityofinglewood.org/AgendaCenter/Planning-Commission-4 Se preparó un Informe Final de Impacto Ambiental bajo la Ley de Calidad Ambiental de California, cuya copia está disponible para revisión pública en línea en el siguiente enlace: https://www.cityofinglewood.org/1036/Murphys-Bowl-Proposed-NBA-Arena Y en la siguiente ubicación física: Ayuntamiento de Inglewood Mostrador de información One West Manchester Boulevard, primer piso Inglewood, CA 90301 Se le pedirá a la Comisión de Planificación que haga una recomendación con respecto a los artículos de la audiencia pública. Al hacer recomendaciones para los artículos de la audiencia pública, también deben tomar una determinación ambiental para los artículos de la audiencia pública.
De conformidad con la Sección 65009 del Código de Gobierno, si impugna los documentos ambientales propuestos, las acciones de zonificación, la enmienda del plan general, la enmienda del plan específico, las pautas de desarrollo de la SEC o el acuerdo de desarrollo en el tribunal, puede limitarse a plantear solo aquellos asuntos que usted u otra persona plantearon en la audiencia pública descrita en este aviso, o en la correspondencia escrita entregada a la Comisión de Planificación en, o antes de, la audiencia pública. Si necesita adaptaciones especiales, debido a una discapacidad, comuníquese con la División de Planificación al (310) 412-5230 o elane@cityofinglewood.org, One Manchester Boulevard, Cuarto piso, Inglewood City Hall, Inglewood, CA 90301. Todas las solicitudes de adaptaciones especiales deben recibirse 48 horas antes del día de la audiencia. COMISIÓN DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE INGLEWOOD Larry Springs, presidente En el caso de que esta reunión de la Comisión de Planificación Especial no se celebre o concluya antes de que se consideren los elementos de la audiencia pública, la audiencia pública continuará automáticamente hasta la próxima reunión de la Comisión de Planificación programada regularmente o según lo determine la Comisión de Planificación. FECHA DE PUBLICACIÓN: 4 DE JUNIO DE 2020
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