March 30, 2023

Celebrating Women’s International Month What’s Up with Anuolu

By Anuoluwapo Bamiro, Columnist

Welcome back to “What’s Up with Anuolu”. Happy Women’s International Month. I want to make this column based on uplifting women everywhere. Women are important to the world and sometimes it feels unrewarding to be one. Women have always been making the city of Inglewood great. We have Tyra Banks who was born and raised here. Issa Rae based her show Insecure in Inglewood and the surrounding areas. And Lisa Leslie scored 101 in a single game while playing for Morningside high school. It feels great to know I come from a city with amazing history and dope women who have dominated their industries.

The city is full of amazingly strong women who find a way where there is no way. Growing up I have seen women be strong and providers for whatever is necessary for the betterment of the kids they have, as well as the kids in

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Inglewood Seniors React to Tennessee Mass Murder

Some Now Seek Concealed Carry Weapons Permit

By Francis Taylor, Executive Editor

The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, was the site of the most recent school massacre where three adult staff and three nine-year old children were killed by a former student; a transgender who purchased the guns legally and was being treated for an emotional disorder. After the daily meal at the Inglewood Senior Citizen’s Center, I received a heap of outrage about gun laws and many said now is the time for them to arm themselves for protection.

The opinions ranged from the lack of mental health screening and background checks that could keep weapons out of the hands of troubled individuals to ineffective lawmakers who have failed to restrict the sale and availability of military-style assault weapons. Several seniors said they should arm themselves for protection and asked how they could legally carry a weapon.

A concealed weapons permit (or

CCW) is the only means by which seniors and other ordinary citizens may legally carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed on the person in public in California. Absent a CCW, it is a crime to carry either a loaded or an unloaded firearm in public, regardless of whether the weapon is concealed or openly carried.

California state law allows for a person to be issued a concealed carry permit if: you are of good moral character; you meet certain residency requirements; and you have completed an acceptable course of firearms training. The training must be a minimum of 8 hours and include live-fire shooting exercises where you demonstrate an ability to handle and shoot the gun safely.

Permits to publicly carry a firearm may be issued by the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal police department. It is

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Women’s History Month: Meet the Black Women Legislators Shaping California Policy

Since Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first Black woman elected to serve in the California State Assembly in 1966, 20 other African women have represented their constituents in both houses of the California State Legislature with distinction. Many of them have gone on to make their marks in various political arenas at the state, local and national levels.

Take U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-12), who represented Oakland and adjacent communities in the State Assembly and Senate for eight years before winning the first of 13 terms she has now served in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Or Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass, also a California Assembly alumna, who became Speaker of the body in 2008. and served six terms in the U.S. Congress. Or U.S.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (DCA-29) represented South LA in the Assembly is serving her 17th term in the U.S. Congress.

Other Black alumnae of the California Assembly and Senate are: California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber (2012-2021, Assembly); Theresa P. Hughes (1975-1992, Assembly, and 1992-2000, Senate); Gwen Moore (1978-1994, Assembly); former U.S. Congressmember Diane E. Watson (1978-1998, Assembly); Marguerite Archie-Hudson (19901996, Assembly); former U.S. Congressmember Juanita MillenderMcDonald (1992-1996, Assembly);

former U.S. Congressmember Laura Richardson (2006-2007, Assembly); Wilmer Amina Carter (20062012, Assembly); California State Commissioner on Aging Cheryl Brown (2012-2016, Assembly); Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell (2010-2013, Assembly, and 2013-2020, Senate), Autumn Burke (2014-2022, Assembly), and U.S. Congressmember Syndey Kamlager ( 2018-2021 Assembly, 2021-2022, Senate).

In 2023, five of the California’s Black Legislative Caucus’ (CBLC) 12 members are women. They are:

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D –Ladera Heights)

The only Black woman in the California State Senate, Lola Smallwood-Cuevas represents state Senate District 28, a small, densely populated section of Los Angeles County that includes Culver City and parts of mid-city Los Angeles and unincorporated Los Angeles County.

She began her career as a journalist in Oakland, Chicago and Long Beach, where she became active as a newspaper union organizer before joining the labor movement on a broader scale, starting with the SEIU.

She worked in the successful Justice for Janitors campaign of the 1990s, and during 15 years working at UCLA, she founded the Center for Advancement of Racial Equity at Work and co-founded the Los Angeles Black Worker Center, which became a model for similar organizations across the country, recognized by President Barack Obama.

In her first months as a state senator, Smallwood-Cuevas has introduced a package of worker and civil rights measures.

Among them is SB 627, legislation that would help workers laid off by a chain business to find work at other locations nearby. Another, SB 497, would offer workers whistleblower protection in cases of alleged wage theft or unequal pay.

Lori Wilson (D – Suisun City)

When she was elected mayor of Suisun City in 2018, Lori Wilson became the first-ever Black woman to serve as mayor anywhere in Solano County. She’d been vice-mayor for six years.

Now, she’s chair of the CBLC after her election in April last year to represent the 11th Assembly district, which straddles Solano and Contra

Costa counties.

She earned a degree from CSU Sacramento in Business Administration and in a 20-year career in finance and accounting worked with homebuilders, fair housing agencies and as Solano County’s auditor. In Suisun City, she brought these skills to bear in helping house fire refugees and addressing COVID challenges.

She serves on the Appropriations, Banking and Finance, and the Accountability and Administrative Review standing committees.

Akilah Weber (D – San Diego)

From the 79th Assembly district is Akilah Weber, representing parts of San Diego, her hometown, and El Cajon, Lemon Grove, Spring Valley/ La Presa and La Mesa.

After becoming first Black person ever elected to the La Mesa city council in 2018, Weber left in early 2021 to run for the Assembly seat in a special election to replace her mother, Dr. Shirley Weber, who’d been named secretary of state. She won, and her mother swore her in. Akilah Weber was re-elected in 2022.

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Special City Council Meeting

By Francis Taylor, Executive Editor

In lieu of a regular Tuesday, weekly City Council meeting, a special meeting of the City Council was held on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., in the Council Chamber, One Manchester Boulevard, Inglewood, California.

The only published agenda item was a staff recommendation that the Mayor and Council Members approve an agreement with Buffalo Computer Graphics for the acquisition of Crisis Management Software. The Council approved the agreement in a total amount not to exceed $67,371.69, which includes a 10% contingency in the amount of $6,124.70. They also adopted a resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Budget to fund

Weber is a doctor who founded San Diego’s Rady Children’s Hospital Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology Division, heads the adolescent gynecology program at UC San Diego Health, and is an assistant clinical professor at UCSD.

Looking back at her time on the La Mesa City Council, she told the San Diego Union Tribune her “most important vote” had been to form the city’s Community Police Oversight Board. She also supported creating its homelessness task force and implementing its Climate Action Plan.

In the state Assembly, she serves on six standing committees: Health, Higher Education Appropriations, Communications and Conveyance, and Water, Parks and Wildlife, Legislative Ethics Committee (co-chair) and Social Determinants of Health select committee (chair).

Tina McKinnor (D – Inglewood)

an agreement for Crisis Management Software.

The council was advised via a staff report that “significant turnover in the El Segundo Fire Department in late 2021” as the reason for Inglewood

taking over as fiduciary agent for State Homeland Security Grant Program funds for crisis management software through New York vendor Buffalo Computer Graphics.

The City is seeking reimbursement

of over $61,000 in contract costs and over $137,000 in qualifying prior Super Bowl related expenditures, following their recent payment of nearly $18,000 for costs related to the Super Bowl.

Tina McKinnor’s 61st Assembly district spans communities in western Los Angeles County including Inglewood, Gardena, Hawthorne, Marina del Rey, Venice, Westchester, Westmont, West Athens and parts of Los Angeles.

She was elected to the state Assembly in July last year in a special election after the sudden resignation of Autumn Burke, herself a former CBLC vice-chair and the daughter of California Assembly alum and threeterm U.S. Congresswoman Yvonne Brathwaite Burke. Burke cited COVID impacts on her family at the time for her resignation.

McKinnor, who had worked in the Assembly for years as Burke’s chief of staff, is now chair of the Assembly’s Public Employment and Retirement Committee, chair of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games Select Committee, and a member

of the Business and Professions and the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials committees.

Before serving in the Assembly, McKinnor worked for the nonprofit LAVoice developing affordable housing in coordination with faithbased organizations.

McKinnor has also been active in advancing reproductive rights, health care and police reforms.

Mia Bonta (D – Oakland)

Mia Bonta ran for and won the 18th Assembly district seat in Alameda County in a 2021 special election called atter her husband, Rob Bonta, who’d held the seat since 2012, was named California Attorney General.

Bonta describes herself as a “proud Black Latina, raised by activists who protested outside the halls of power so that people like her could one day have a seat at the table inside.”

She earned her law degree at

Yale, after studying there as an undergraduate. She earned her Ed.M from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Prior to being elected to the state Assembly, Bonta work revolved around improving educational outcomes for low-income students as CEO of Oakland Promise, a districtwide Oakland college and career prep program, and board president of the Alameda Unified School District.

She serves on six Assembly committees: Joint Legislative Budget, Public Safety, Human Services, Communications and Conveyance, Business and Professions and the Budget Committee, including two of its subcommittees No. 5 -- Public Safety -- and No. 6 -- Budget Process, Oversight and Program Evaluation.

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The California Black Media Political Playback:

Assemblymember Tina McKinnor Wants More Affordable Housing

By Tanu Henry | California Black Media

Your weekly news roundup of stories you might have missed.

Assemblymember Tina McKinnor

Wants More Affordable Housing

Assemblymember Tina Mckinnor (D-Inglewood) says she is “not here for the B.S.”

“I’m here to build houses,” McKinnor said to rounds of applause from members of the NorCal Carpenters Union surrounding her podium as she made the statement last week in Sacramento supporting Senate Bill (SB) 4.

SB 4 is one of several housing bills making their way through the California Legislature designed to expand housing opportunities and eliminate some of the red tape that prevents or slows down the construction of affordable housing units in local communities across the state.

On March 21, members of the Assembly Housing Committee approved the bill with a 9-to-1 vote. It has been referred to the Committee on Governance and Finance for review.

Secretary of State Shirley Weber Releases Voter Registration Report

Last week, Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber released a report updating the public on voter registration across the state.

According to the report, there are 21,980,768 registered voters in California. That number accounts for 82.27% of all eligible voters in the state.

Currently, among all registered voters, 23.83% are Republicans; 46.89%, Democrats, 22.48%, no party affiliation; and 6.81%, other.

The report does not break down voters by race.

It is a compilation of voter registration data (as of Feb. 10) submitted by elections offices in all 58 of California’s counties and it includes:

•Voter registration by political party, county, city, congressional district, state senate district, state assembly district, state board of equalization district, county supervisorial district, and political subdivision

•Statewide voter registration by age group and by county

•Historical comparisons to previous reports in odd-numbered years

•Voter registration by political bodies attempting to qualify as political parties (by county)

Legislature Advances Bill Written to Penalize Oil Companies for Price Gouging Last Summer

Last Thursday, the California Senate passed a bill close to Gov. Newsom’s heart calling for oil companies to be punished for making arbitrarily increasing prices at the gas pump last summer and benefitting from it.

At the height of the surge, gas prices in

some cities in California reached as high as $8 per gallon, causing widespread public frustration.

“For decades, oil companies have gotten away with ripping off California families while making record profits and hiding their books from public view,” said Gov. Newsom last week after the Senate vote.

Newsom says the legislation will serve as a deterrent.

“With this proposal, California leaders are ending the era of oil’s outsized influence and holding them accountable,” the governor continued. “Thanks to the Senate’s quick action, we’re getting this done for California families.”

The legislation calls for the creation of an independent regulatory group, the California Energy Commission (CEC), to investigate and determine whether the oil industry (more specifically, the five major oil companies servicing California) are engaged in price gouging.

The five-member commission would be appointed by the governor and approved by the Senate, and it would be granted the authority to access the financial statements and other corporate documents of oil companies, as well as subpoena executives if needed.

According to the Governor’s office, the CEC would establish an “allowable margin” within which oil companies can set the price of gasoline per gallon. And before it imposes penalties, it would have to determine that the fine would benefit customers.

If the law passes, the CEC would be subject to oversight by the State Auditor.

Woman of the Year: Assemblymember Akilah Weber Celebrates Her Mom,

Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber

In a heartwarming tribute last week, Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-La Mesa) celebrated her “Woman of the Year.”

“This Women’s History Month, I am proud to announce that our Woman of the Year is none other than California Secretary of State Shirley Nash Weber, who also happens to be my phenomenal mother,” said the lawmaker and medical doctor who represents the state’s 79th Assembly District in the San Diego area.

“Although she is a woman of many firsts, she has made it a point to leave the door open for others who come behind her, including myself,” said the younger Weber, before listing her mom many personal and policy achievements.

“It is truly my honor to recognize Secretary of State Weber,” the younger Weber concluded.

Assembly Bill to Make Big Tech Pay Usage Fees for News from Local News Outlets

Assembly Bill (AB) 886, or the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA), requiring big tech companies like Google and Facebook to pay fees for content they display from local news outlets was expected to go into print late last week.

The bill, authored by State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), calls for the large digital companies – who have become advertising giants earning money from content distributed on their platforms –will pay a “journalism usage fee” each time they use “local news content and sell advertising alongside it,” according to a statement released by Wicks’ office.

The legislation also requires publishers

to use 70% of the usage fee they recover from the big tech companies to invest in jobs.

“The CJPA provides a lifeline for news outlets – large, small, and ethnic – by directing a portion of the ad dollars back to the print, digital, and broadcast media that bear the entire cost of gathering and reporting local news while Big Tech bears none,” said Wicks. “These dominant digital ad companies are enriching their own platforms with local news content without adequately compensating the originators. It’s time they start paying market value for the journalism they are aggregating at no cost from local media.”

Both the California News Publishers Association (CNPA) and the News/ Media Alliance (NMA) support the bill.

Apply Now: The California Legislative Black Caucus Launches Annual Scholarship Program

The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) has launched its annual Frederick Roberts Scholarship Program for college-level study.

“We invite our community partners to share this scholarship application far and wide to graduating high school seniors and sollege freshman throughout California. The scholarship application deadline is May 15th,” the CLBC announcement reads.

Named for Frederick Roberts, the first African-American legislator in California, the CLBC says the scholarship program was “established to assist deserving students by offering financial assistance to help meet educational expenses.”

To apply visit the CLBC website.

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Betting, NIL’s, Transfer Portals and COVID is real Final Four

By Kenneth Miller, Publisher

Had a chat with a former colleague about the transformation of college athletics the other day.

He shared with me a story of a former high school star who reclassified to leave early for college, but has since transferred to three different schools in as many years and may be back in the portal for a fourth this year.

In years past there were vast restrictions on collegiate players mobility. Colleges held the cards, essentially controlling the player and then NCAA guidelines mandated the player sit out for a year.

However, in todays’\ world of collegiate athletics with players allowed to profit off their name, likeness and image, coupled with rules that allows transfers as frequently as traffic stops, in addition to the extra year because of the COVID pandemic, this is the norm in college sports.

This weekend’s NCAA Final Four is a perfect reflection of the new landscape in college athletics, which instead of players leaving too early for the greener pastures of the NBA, they are staying too long because they can get paid to play in school.

The NCAA created this nightmare themselves when they were so damn greedy by using these so called student athletes like cotton picking slaves, enriching their institutions while poverty stricken poor Black athletes suffered.

Now the rabbit has the gun, and these collegiate athletes are pushing it to the max, cashing in after high school and again when they go into the transfer portal.

The Miami Hurricanes star transfer Nijel Pack received an NIL deal for an estimated $800,000 after he transferred from Kansas State and it worked out in his and the Canes favor’s as he averaged 18.5 points per game and was voted Most Outstanding Player of the Midwest Region.

Pack is a third year sophomore which allows for him to have two more years of college eligibility if he wants it.

In the meanwhile, high school student athletes throughout the country who have did everything right, starred on the grass roots circuit, dominated

during their high school seasons and most importantly aced the academic aspects of the journey are left in limbo because colleges are recruiting the transfer portal more than preps.

This Final Four will unfold in Houston with four schools from the smallest markets in America without any transcendent talent on their roster that will inspire an audience to stop what they are doing to watch.

There isn’t a story line that CBS/ Turner can come up with that would change this narrative, but while Miami, UCONN, San Diego State and Florida

Atlantic University are all deserving of playing for the National Championship, it will likely be a rating disaster.

Those days of Magic Johnson playing against Larry Bird or Michael Jordan playing for a college basketball team are gone.

Players participating in college basketball are older and less talented than they’ve ever been.

Many of these players have already completed college and are merely there to play basketball.

Welcome the world where juniors are not really three year players and seniors or not four year players.

As a result, because of maturity, age and experience and in the case of San Diego State all three are applicable, but the high school graduate is forged to either go to prep school or the Juco route to have the opportunity to earn a scholarship.

While the COVID extra will go away after this year, the transfer portal is here to stay, but requires some serious tweaking.

The most appealing aspect to the Final Four is the betting propositions available on credible and uncredible sports apps and gambling services.

Anyone who would have wagered on one of the Final Four teams will strike it rich if they bet their team to win the championship at the outset of the tournament.

Before the tournament began UConn was +800, Miami +4000, San Diego State: +4000 and Florida Atlantic +5000.

Here’s a look at how the public

Dodgers open with D-backs Re-Fueling Jet Magazine Where Everyone Can Be ‘Beauty of the Week’ – NNPA Newswire

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LOS ANGELES -- The series between the Dodgers and D-backs has been one-sided over the last three seasons, with Los Angeles winning 38 of the last 48 games.

During that stretch, the Dodgers won a World Series and made a National League Championship Series appearance. Arizona, on the other hand, has been working on an extensive rebuild, stocking up on promising, young talent.

Coming into the 2023 season with a young core that shows a lot of promise, the D-backs are hopeful they can start competing against some of the top teams in the NL West. There’s no bigger challenge in the division than the Dodgers, who have won nine of the last 10 division crowns.

The Dodgers have a different look this season. A lot of the core players from the 2020 World Series team

are now playing elsewhere. Still, the Dodgers are one of the best teams in the Dodgers

Mookie Betts, RF Freddie Freeman, 1B

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

Remember “Beauty of the Week,” Jet magazine’s famous page 43, which featured Black women college students, actors, nurses, and everyday girls in swimsuits?

Now, anyone can be a beauty of the week or even grace the cover as the iconic publication re-sets digitally and where readers and fans can go to myjetstory.com and upload their photos and create a personalized Jet cover.

“Everybody has a Jet story,” Daylon Goff, the president of Jet, said during a 30-minute interview on the National Newspaper Publishers Association daily show, Let It Be Known.

“I’m always rocking Jet merchandise,

and when someone finds out what I do for a living, they immediately give me their Jet story. Unprompted.”

For Goff, that’s all the fuel he needed to help in what he calls the re-set of Jet.

“It’s super exciting for me to be able to take this on,” Goff insisted.

“When you hear ‘Beauty of the Week,’ you don’t have to even say Jet beauty of the week. It’s synonymous. I get those conversations from both men and women at least three times a week.”

Founded in 1951 by John H. Johnson, Jet proved a mainstay in primarily Black households across America.

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Like Ebony, founded six years earlier,

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S.F. NAACP Clarifies Statement on $5M Payouts: Reparations Should Be Cash Payments, Plus “Investments”

By Antonio Ray Harvey and Manny Otiko | California Black Media

The San Francisco Branch of the NAACP is engaged in a public information blitz to clarify a press release it sent out urging the San Francisco city government to reject a proposal to pay each qualifying Black city resident a one-time lump sum reparation payment of $5 million.

The Rev. Amos Brown, a member of the San Francisco reparations board, pastor of Third Baptist Church, and the president of the San Francisco NAACP, released a March 14 statement before the recommendations were presented to the supervisors rejecting the $5 million payout.

Reparations should focus on investments and opportunities” in five areas: education, employment, housing, healthcare, and a culture center for San Francisco’s Black residents, the prepared statement reads.

“We strongly believe that creating and funding programs that can improve the lives of those who have been impacted by racism and discrimination is the best path forward toward equality and justice,” Brown stated. Brown is the vice-chairperson of the California Reparation Task Force, which is proposing recommendations for two million Black residents in California.

The NAACP’s press release was met with immediate backlash by supporters in the movement for reparations across the country who have, for decades now, invested time, energy and money in bringing the issue to national attention. In 2020, California became the first state to set up a task force to investigate the state’s involvement in slavery, state-sanctioned atrocities against African Americans and all other forms of discrimination and discriminatory policy that excluded Black Californians from state benefits or protections or that prevented them from gaining social or economic power.

“This is reprehensible. It is a betrayal to Black Americans, tweeted Bishop Talbert Swan on March 17 reacting to the press release.

“As a life member of the NAACP and the longest serving president in the history of my branch, I am ashamed by the position taken by the San Francisco branch.

Brown has since clarified in several public appearances that he is not against the idea of a cash payout but only wants the recommendation to be a reasonable compromise – one, he says, that does not give the city’s Black residents “false hope.”

“We don’t want to get set up for another study or for them to put this up on a shelf to collect dust,” said Brown in an interview with Roland Martin. We must have action. We believe in cash-

plus - not either or.”

Eric McDowell, chairperson of the African American Reparations Advisory Committee (AARAC) -- a task force set up by San Francisco city government -said that recommendations presented to the Board of Supervisors is an “appraisal” and he is “hopeful” that the city will deliver much needed compensation for Black community.

McDowell made the statements in an interview with San Francisco’s KRON 4 News on March 24. AARAC presented recommendations on March 14 to address the harms and struggles Black Americans have endured since they began migrating west after the Civil War.

“What the city will decide to do is fully in the hands of the supervisors, mayor’s office, and full leadership of the city,” McDowell said in the six-minute segment. “We’re hopeful as a committee that they will take up the charge and do what they believe both is right to do and have the capacity to do.”

The recommendations, McDowell said, are only in “draft” form at this stage. They cover economic empowerment, education, generational wealth building, and public policies for the benefit of Black San Franciscans. McDowell

referred to the recommendation as an estimation of value.

“Our task (AARAC) was to do the appraisal and it’s the city’s task to determine, based upon recommendations, what they decide to adopt,” McDowell said.

“Once again, that conversation is yet to come: the determination of how it will get financed and made possible,” McDowell continued, talking about reparations payments to San Franciscans who are Black American descendants of enslaved people.

The 14-person reparations committee advises the Board of Supervisors, Mayor London Breed, the Human Rights Commission, and the public on the development of a San Francisco Reparations Plan. The plan features ways that San Francisco’s policies have harmed Black lives.

Paying qualifying Black residents individual payments of $5 million, the elimination of personal debt and tax liabilities of African American households and securing annual incomes at a minimum $97,000 for 250 years are part of the package the committee is proposing.

San Francisco’s Black population consists of 6% of the city’s total number

of residents and they make up 38% of the city’s homeless population.

The AARAC has documented decades of policies and laws that systematically affected Black Americans in San Francisco, limiting their access to productive employment property, education and the ability to build generational wealth.

A decision by the Board of Supervisors on the amount of compensation owed to Black residents or the form it will take is not expected until June. Meanwhile, the city is mulling over the fact that providing financial compensation will push it deeper into the red, a point that has been made by some city officials that many who oppose reparations for Black Americans have latched onto and referenced in their arguments.

“I wish we had this kind of money in San Francisco’s general fund, but if we want to maintain the services that exist today, we do not,” said Supervisor Hillary Ronen in a San Francisco Chronicle interview.

San Francisco is currently facing a deficit of more than $720 million over the next 24 months. Supervisor Dean Preston told the San Francisco Chronicle that reparations are warranted but not financially feasible for the city.

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illegal in California to carry either a loaded or unloaded weapon in public without a carry permit except if you are otherwise legally entitled to own or possess a firearm, and either your pistol, revolver, or other firearm is in the trunk of the car or a locked container within the car (excluding the glove box); or you are carrying the gun directly to or from the car in a locked container.

To get a CCW you must prove that you are of good moral character, you are a resident in the county or in a

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is betting Saturday’s Final Four matchups, with all numbers coming from DraftKings Sportsbook.

#9 FAU vs. #5 SDSU

Spread: SDSU -2 — 47% of handle on SDSU, 51% of total bets on SDSU

Total: 131.5 — 66% of handle on under, 42% of bets on under

Moneyline: SDSU -130, FAU +110 — 55% of handle, 39% of bets on SDSU

SDSU’s defense is a large reason for the public favoring the under here despite the low total. The Aztecs have

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Will Smith, C

Max Muncy, 3B

J.D. Martinez, DH

David Peralta, LF

James Outman, CF

Miguel Vargas, 2B

Miguel Rojas, SS

For the first time in over a decade the Dodgers will be going into a season without an official closer. After having Kenley Jansen for a decade and Craig Kimbrel last season, the Dodgers believe going without a closer is the best thing for a bullpen that is expected

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Jet chronicled Black life in America and provided a lens into the African American community that mainstream media either ignored or misrepresented.

Goff recalled the disturbing but necessary images Jet published in 1955 of Emmett Till’s body after he was lynched and tortured.

“We had to be bold because you have that full ownership and understanding of the significance of that story,” Goff related.

“Jet was to the Emmett Till story what Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook live was to George Floyd. It started a movement. It wasn’t like little Black boys and men weren’t getting killed in Mississippi in 1955, but when you saw it on those pages, you felt you had to do something.

“The same way when you saw on social media George Floyd’s murder, you had to do something about it because it wasn’t as if before that moment, Black men weren’t getting killed by the police.”

While Jet told real stories about real people, most readers began with page 43.

With the re-set, Goff said one shouldn’t expect an immediate return of

city within the county or you spend a substantial amount of time at your place of business or employment which is in the county or in a city within the county, and you have completed an approved firearms’ training class.

Some people are prohibited from possessing, owning, purchasing, or receiving firearms. They are also prohibited from obtaining firearm carry permits. They include convicted felons or those with certain types of misdemeanors, who are addicted to narcotics, who lose their gun rights

due to a domestic violence conviction, and who have been diagnosed as mentally ill.

There three phases in the application process for obtaining a California permit to carry a firearm: the paper application, the interview process, which includes fingerprinting and possibly a second interview, and the psychological evaluation. The associated fees should not exceed $150 - $350.

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allowed opponents an average of 57.3 points across their four tournament games. The handle on the SDSU moneyline is much more significant than the percentage of total bets, which means that the big spenders are placing their faith in the Aztecs over FAU.

#4 UConn vs. #5 Miami

Spread: UConn -5.5 — 53% of handle on UConn, 60% of total bets on UConn

Total: 149.5 — 80% of handle and 76% of bets on over

Moneyline: UConn -240, Miami +200 — 52% of handle and 48% of

to be a strength again in ‘23. Evan Phillips won’t always get the ninth inning, but you can expect him to get the ball if or when the Dodgers face a high-leverage situation. Alex Vesia and Caleb Ferguson give the Dodgers two strong left-handed options.

Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy and James Outman all had terrific springs and look ready for the regular season. J.D. Martinez, Chris Taylor and Mookie Betts didn’t have much success in Cactus League play, but the Dodgers are confident they’ll turn things around

the Beauty of the Week.

“It was relatable and owned by our community,” Goff explained.

“The Beauty of the Week was a college student at Fayetteville, a nurse, secretary, or actress. Relatable people that we all thought were attainable. But how can we be relevant to our audience in a world that’s different and the way we consume information and get information?”

For instance, Goff wondered what would happen if Rihanna were chosen as the first beauty.

“Then Lizzo fans could say, what about her? And if we choose Lizzo, RuPaul could say, what about me?” Goff stated.

“People would have every right to say that Jet is saying ‘I’m not beautiful.’”

Indeed, Jet was social media before Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Going viral in pre-social media days meant being on the cover of Jet.

Goff, whose background is brand marketing, understands that the Jet reset is a challenging assignment.

But he’s thrilled to take it on.

Daylon Goff, President of Jet/Courtesy Jet

“I call this being re-fueled by Jet. We can be relevant to our audience in a world that’s different, and the way we consume

bets on UConn

The UConn Huskies are the favorite to win it all as we head into the Final Four. Two strong offensive teams meet on the court here, which explains the heavy lean to the “over” side on total betting. UConn has won every game by double digits thus far in the tournament, finishing with a margin of no less than 15 points across their first four games. However if you have been paying attention to this tournament the only sure bet is NO BET!

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when it starts to matter.

The Dodgers look different than they have in previous seasons, as they are relying on more youth this season. But Los Angeles is still the favorite to win an 10th NL West crown in 11 seasons.

Juan Toribio covers the Dodgers for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @ juanctoribio.

Steve Gilbert has covered the D-backs for MLB.com since 2001. Follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB.

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information and get information is different,” he stated.

“I also have to be relevant to an audience in a way that Ebony isn’t cannibalized. And we can do that. If we compare Ebony and Jet to iconic television characters, Ebony is Claire Huxtable, and Jet is Martin [Lawrence]. They both speak to the Black experience but in a different way.”

The key, Goff said, is figuring out how to keep Jet around for the next 70 or so years.

Basketball legend Charles Barkley still refers to Jet as the Black ‘bible,” Goff said, but the challenge is to ensure that a younger generation connects with the publication.

“Talking to 20 and 25-year-olds, I’m sometimes surprised that they are familiar with Jet,” Goff said.

“People never threw away Jet. They put them in boxes, and I’m sure there’s a ton in someone’s attic. You just had to hold on to them. There’s a spark from the younger generation; for me, it’s about igniting that spark.

“The great part about the next generation is that they also grew up with this computer in their pocket and can find and search for knowledge. So, we need to ensure that our iconic brands remain for years.”

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Equity Report Reveals Statistics on Black Women Compared to Other Races

By McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media

Black women in the Golden State trail behind their counterparts from other ethnic groups in median wealth and a lower percentage of them have obtained higher education degrees. Black mothers and their babies have mortality rates that surpass women from other racial and ethnic backgrounds.

California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute (CBWCEI)

President and CEO Kellie Todd Griffin said the state of Black women in California is troubling.

“There is so much work to do,” she explained. “There is a gap with Black women. Without immediate interventions from a policy and practice transformation standpoint, we’re not going to be able to change the trajectory.”

Griffin’s remarks came a day after the Center for the Advancement of Women at Mount Saint Mary’s University released its 12th annual “The Report on the Status of Women and Girls in California” on March 22.

The 40-page report, with the tagline “Advancing Equity: Leading With Meaning and Purpose,” is the Los Angeles university’s assessment of the state of women in California based on a number of social and economic indicators.

It is “what women need in order to attain agency for themselves, add meaning to their lives, and contribute fully to their families, communities,

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the community. Some women banded together and fundraised so the kids can play sports, providing snacks for everybody at the game. We had women who created candy houses and understood that not everyone could leave their apartment building so they created candy houses. They kept the community going, feeling safe and as though everything was going to be all right.

One of my favorite memories is when I was in elementary, I had a teacher that would do my hair in balls and barrettes because she knew I liked them, and my African mom did not know how to do the style herself. I have a mentor who since I was a little girl has always helped me remember who I am and never let my spark die. My cousins taught me how beautiful and gracious I could be. My mother was my main provider and made sure everything was able to come together and happen. All and all I don’t know what I would do without the women in my life. My friends, family, teachers, mentors, and everyone in between. It was so important for me to have strong, amazing, creative, impeccable women around me.

Being influenced by such amazing women, I feel like it is a must for me to be the greatest I can be. I see how important it is to be unapologetically me, go on my path, and truly be aligned with life for me. I want to be that inspiration for the next generation as well. For them to see that being yourself is the only way to be. I want to be for

and businesses,” wrote Mount Saint Mary’s University President Ann McElaney-Johnson in the document’s opening pages.

The report highlights issues affecting women and girls in California postCOVID-19 pandemic. The trends documented pertain to women’s education, economic security, health, household labor, and wage and wealth divisions.

The paper’s authors and staff at Mount Saint Mary’s Center for the Advancement of Women are advocates who push for changes in legislation to help women and girls in the state.

Robin L. Owens, Interim Director, Center for the Advancement of Women and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Mount Saint Mary’s University, said all of study’s findings need to be addressed.

“My personal opinion, wealth impacts everything, so that is the one that struck me the most,” she emphasized. “The differences in the wealth gap between men and women, but also between African American women and other races. That was striking.”

The wealth gap among women is vast, according to the study. For every $100 owned by a White woman, Latinas own $10, and Black women own $9. Twenty-four percent of households led by single Black women and 25% of Latina households are more likely to live in poverty than single White (14%) and single Asian (15%) women households.

In corporate leadership, 5% of the women in management positions and CEO chairs are African American. In comparison, 46% of women in management positions are White and 86% of women CEOs are White.

Black women hold 4% of the bachelor’s degrees obtained by California women, while White women have 47%. Among women holding graduate and professional degrees, 52% are White women, whereas African American women make up only 5%.

There is a connection, Griffin stated, between Black women’s trailing in education and wealth figures.

“We’re the smallest population amongst the groups that were assessed, however we shouldn’t be 4% of the bachelor’s degree holders,” she noted. “It’s disheartening. How do you get into corporate leadership if a majority of good paying jobs require a degree? We can’t get in the door to be able to accelerate up.”

Black women are more than four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes then White women, and Black babies are more than twice as likely to die within one year than White babies.

The maternal death rates African American women and their babies have are still comparable to numbers from decades ago despite funds and efforts put into improving that rate for all women, Griffin said.

“That is not an improvement,” she deemed.

CBWCEI is focused on using the numbers from the report and other statistics they have gathered to shine a light on the challenges Black women in the state have and to uplift their voices.

The group advocated for and received state funds to create the California Black Women’s Think Tank at Cal State Dominguez Hills, which focuses solely on Black women and girls through research and leadership development.

The nonprofit organization is also conducting other African American women-geared initiatives.

“We are focused on Black women, Black girls, Black joy, Black advancement,” Griffin stated. “We understand if we invest in Black women, then we invest in Black communities. We are investing in Black California.”

Owens hopes readers of the report take actions like the CBWCEI.

“I hope people read the report and really give some thoughtful consideration to how they can add to the advancement of women in general and African American women in particular,” she said. “Even if it is in a small way. Sometimes we tend to think we have to fix the whole problem. If we could just find out in our own corner of the world, how we could make a small increase in helping African American women and women in general that would make a difference.”

the generations under me what the women in my life were to me. I want them to see my journey as inspiring, to do way better than me, and to take my blueprint and make it their own.

Being a woman is difficult, it feels like everybody needs everything from you yet doesn’t check on you. It can feel like people need everything from you but have nothing to give in return. Being a woman is one of the best yet hardest things a woman can be. One must find the balance between self and being selfless. You must fight and combat society’s values versus the ones you truly have and hold near and dear.

So, for Women’s History month, I think it is important to uplift the women in your life, in your community, and in the world period. Because without women the world would be out of balance. We wouldn’t have the pillars and pacemakers in our life. You never know whom these kids grow up to be, the genius, the nurturers, the next everything we will have and need in the future. So, show them by doing right and being amazing to the women in the world.

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