Owens continued from page 6 thing–a me against what I feel she’s representing type thing.” But love her or hate her, Owens has fast become a bona fide celebrity on the political circuit and a superstar in some right-wing circles for her efforts to recruit the votes and voices of young and minority Americans. The darling of the conservative movement, particularly among black conservatives–Owens is praised by President Trump (who called her the “hottest thing out there right now”, is in demand on outlets like Fox News and her show, The Candace Owens Show, broadcast on conservative Prager U’s YouTube channel, has 2.2 million subscribers. The Washington Post named Candace Owens as the new face of black conservatism. Her meteoric rise is in part credited to Kanye West who in April of 2018 tweeted, “I love the way Candace Owens thinks.” West, would however, soon distance himself from Owens, whose bad fortune included praise from the white supremacist who murdered 49 worshipers in two New Zealand mosques citing Owens as one of his biggest influences. Ironically, Owens didn’t vote in 2016 and had been a Bernie Sanders supporter until she considered his policies. Critics have questioned her “in-your-face” style and limited political knowledge. She has publicly stated that she only registered as a Republican in 2018 and as of earlier this year believed that the Central Park Five were guilty. The 30-year old far-right pundit credits others like Larry Elder for influencing some of her views and efforts to get people to rethink their assumptions. Of Ovens, Elder said, “She's amazing. Sharp, fearless, tenacious and bright. She encourages blacks, using facts, to stop thinking like victicrats and to stop allowing
democrats to play the race card to manipulate blacks for votes and power. The Stamford, Connecticut native rose to fame while working with Turning Point USA, a national right-wing nonprofit focused on organizing young conservatives, as a communications and urban engagement director. Whatever people think of her, that she is making headway is not disputed. “I think Black America is finally trending in the right direction,” Owens told Elder in April. “I walk down the street and people come up to me and say you changed my mind, or I think I might be a conservative.” Even T.I. has said the two were cool. "Onstage, after the panel, backstage, we still were cool," the rapper said after facing off with her. "I made sure she knew I wasn’t against her, that she was still a sister, and as a sister, I support her. I disagree with her, emphatically, but I still support her, and I made that known.” “Someone like Candace could be effective in shaving into or creating a pathway and making it not toxic to be a black consevative,” said CNN contributor Van Jones”. “I think she’s going to be around for a long time. She could be the next Megyn Kelly.”
Financial freedom continued from page 8 everyone, including the black community, but that part of the company’s history will not be its legacy. Our Legacy campaign is not only an important first step toward serving the black community, it also demonstrates Prudential’s commitment to being fully inclusive as we push toward our ambition to become the leading financial wellness partner for all communities. Without giving away any spoilers, I can say my time in Detroit ended with a sense of hope. I hope to revisit the city in the
future to enjoy its revitalization. And I remain hopeful for Audrey, who left the shoot after two days of rain and stepped into sunshine. Madhu Pai is vice president, Brand Development and Engagement for Prudential Brand Marketing and Advertising. She joined Prudential in 2016 after working for advertising agencies where she supported blue chip clients including Pepsi, Merrill Lynch and Ameriprise. Outside of work, she has served on her local school board, volunteers with local charities for at-risk youth and serves on boards of two philanthropic organizations. Clippers continued from page 6 will provide qualifying developers lowinterest loans for the purchase, preservation and construction of mixed-income, affordable housing in Inglewood over the next 10 years. The fund will be administered by a local housing nonprofit. •$5.5 million in grants to help first-time buyers with down-payment assistance and other services to qualify for homeownership; for emergency financial and legal support over five years to prevent homelessness and evictions; and $250,000 in grants to help housing-focused nonprofits expand their Inglewood operations. •$12.75 million in grant money over five years to fund after-school activities, as well as design and coding camps, for Inglewood students; drop-out prevention programs at two Inglewood high schools, as well as postsecondary advising at all high schools; and college scholarships for eligible low-income Inglewood students. •$500,000 to renovate public basketball courts in Inglewood and for senior programs, including computer literacy. These benefits are in addition to the Clippers’ commitment to provide job-training and job-fair programs for Inglewood residents and small businesses, to help them qualify for jobs and contracts on the arena project. The team has said that 30%, or about 2,100, of the 7,000 construction jobs, and 35%, or more than 500, of the estimated 1,500 permanent jobs at the arena, will go to residents of Inglewood. Additionally, the team has pledged to provide 100 general admission tickets to each regular-season home game to Inglewood-based community groups. The Community Benefits package is over and above the estimated $268 million in annual economic activity — sales, wages, taxes, among other things — that the complex will generate for Inglewood annually. The project also is forecast to generate more than $190 million in new tax revenue from 2020-2045. “I’m thrilled to welcome the nation’s most philanthropic basketball team to our community. I’ve seen firsthand how families have struggled to find and maintain affordable housing in Inglewood. The Clippers’ generous $80 million pledge towards affordable housing assistance will change lives and make a real impact in our neighborhoods. We’re looking forward to partnering with the Clippers to make our city an even better place to work, live and raise our families,” said Ricardo Rosales, the Director of The Midnight Mission’s HomeLight Family Living program. If approved by the City Council, construction of the arena complex is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2024 NBA season opener, after the Clippers’ lease at Staples Center expires. Rent Cap continued from page 6 tributed to a homelessness crisis in every major city in California and has forced middle class residents in urban areas to relocate to distant suburbs, or smaller cities and rural towns inland. Between 2005 and 2010, for example, more than 54,000 African Americans moved out of Los
Angeles to surrounding areas or to other states, mostly in the South. “California has the fifth largest Black population in the United States, with an estimated 2,571,208 people who identify as Black,” wrote Mark Ridley-Thomas, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, in an open letter to Gov. Newsom earlier this year. “In the moral crisis that is homelessness,” Ridley-Thomas continued, “Black Californians make up nearly seven percent of the state’s general population yet are nearly 30 percent of the homeless population. Californians are struggling to get by. And Black Californians, facing a host of upstream factors that impact their experience, have a particularly distinct struggle.” Responding to the high cost of living in California’s cities, Gov. Newsom and state legislators have been pushing a number of measures to remedy the crisis. In February, Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco), along with colleagues Richard Bloom (D-Carlsbad), Rob Bonta (D-Sacramento), Timothy Grayson (D-Sacramento) and Buffy Wicks (DSacramento) introduced AB 1482 or the Tenant Protection Act of 2019. The measure limits the amount landlords can hike rents within one year to 5 percent, plus local inflation. The Assembly voted in favor of the legislation in May and the Senate passed it in September. Gov. Newsom says he will sign it. “In this year’s State of the State address, I asked the Legislature to send me a strong renter protection package,” said the governor after the Senate’s yes vote in September. “Today, they sent me the strongest package in America. These antigouging and eviction protections will help families afford to keep a roof over their heads, and they will provide California with important new tools to combat our state’s broader housing and affordability crisis.” Although Chiu prefers to call the legislation a “rent cap” bill instead of a rent control bill, it includes a number of provisions other than the limit on rent increases that tenants and landlords in California should know about. They are as follows: In California cities that already have local rent control laws in place, AB 1482 will only apply to property that is not already covered by those measures. The only areas in the state that currently have some form of a rental cap are the City of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Berkeley, Campbell, East Palo Alto, Fremont, Hayward, Los Gatos, Oakland, Palm Springs, San Francisco, San Jose, Thousand Oaks and unincorporated Los Angeles County. The bill exempts condos and singlefamily homes owned by individuals from the rent cap - unless it is a duplex where the owner lives in one of the units. AB 1482 will only apply to a single-family unit if the property is owned by a corporation. The bill will not apply to property constructed and put on the market within the last 15 years. You can check your county assessor’s office to find out when your building was constructed. The law would not override existing local rent control laws. Before evicting tenants, under AB 1482, landlords would have to show “just cause” such as failure to pay rent, conviction of a crime on the property or other lease violations. For tenants who have lived in a property for more than one year, landlords would have to give that lease holder a chance to “cure” their violation. If a landlord wants to renovate a unit or convert it to a condo, he or she would have to pay relocation fees for the tenant equal to one month’s rent.
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