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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke was a rising star in California and national politics years before she won a seat in the U.S. House. In 1966 she became the first AfricanAmerican woman elected to the California assembly. At the 1972 Democratic National Convention she served as vice chair of the platform committee, gaining national television exposure. That same year she became the first African-American woman elected

to Congress from California; Burke and Barbara Jordan of Texas joined Shirley Chisholm of New York as the only Black women to that point ever elected to Congress.

Perle Yvonne Watson was born on October 5, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, the only child of James Watson, a custodian at the MGM film studios, and Lola (Moore) Watson, a real estate agent in East Los Angeles. Yvonne (she rejected

the name Perle) grew up in modest circumstances and at first was enrolled in a public school. At age four she was transferred to a model school for exceptional children. Watson became the vice president of her class at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles. She enrolled at the University of California at Berkeley in 1949 but transferred to the University of California at Los Angeles, where she earned a BA in political science in 1953. She was among the first Black women to be admitted to the University

Cal. Black Caucus Black History Month Event Celebrates Business Owners

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media

The California Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) and the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC)

recognized the success of 16 thriving Black-owned businesses at its annual Legislative Business Brunch at the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento.

The brunch, organized to celebrate Black History Month, honored the achievements of the businesses, and celebrated their commitment to professional service and making an impact on the economy of communities around California.

“I am thankful that today, as it being the month of February and celebrating Black History Month, we get the opportunity to celebrate Black businesses. We get the opportunity to celebrate each one of you who are pouring into your communities in a meaningful and economic way,” said Assemblymember Lori D. Wilson (D-Suisun City), chair of the CLBC.

“You are making an economic impact, not only for your families but for those that you employ and those that you provide good service to.”

Sponsored by Amazon and Instacart, the business program attracted Black business leaders, non-profit operators, and all 12 members of the CLBC.

Three Black constitutional officers –Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber, State Controller Malia Cohen and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond -- were recognized at the event held at Citizen Hotel.

Cohen and Thurmond were present to accept their awards, and Reginald

“Reggie” Fair, Deputy Secretary of State for Operations, accepted the award on behalf of Weber.

Radio personality Keisha Mathews was the program emcee. Dr. Roy Larry and his wife Penelope of the Potter’s House

COGIC church in Sacramento, provided the invocation. Sacramento area youth advocate Patrice Hill shared inspirational words in the form of a poem. The event’s program was presented by Wilson, CBCC’s President and CEO Jay King, and CLBC vice chair Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Inglewood). Anthony Williams, the California Public Policy Director for Amazon, was the guest speaker.

King reminded the attendees that the event was made possible by Aubry Stone, who started the advocacy for Black businesses in the state in 1995 until his passing in November 2018.

Stone facilitated networking among different business organizations across the state and fostered relationships with local governments. In the process, he opened doors of access to all races, King said.

“We are the California Black Chamber of Commerce, and we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion. I believe that means everybody. We shouldn’t leave anybody out,” King said. “We help small businesses. Today, it just so happens to be African American small businesses because of the many obstacles they face every day.”

Each honoree was selected from the state lawmakers’ districts, including four special recognitions selected separately by King. The following proprietors received business awards from the CLBC and CBCC:

Demetrius Porter, Center Cork Wines (Fresno); Chandra Brooks, Chandra Brooks International (San Jose); Juana Williams and Blair Paysinger, Downtown Disney (Anaheim); Earl

Johnson, Home and Work Mobile Oil Changers (Fremont); Deborah A. Day, Ashay By The Bay (Vallejo); and Clayrone Clark, Coop and Fire; (Gardena); and Dr. Leonard Thompson III, M.A.N.D.A.T.E. Records, (San Diego);

Rounding out the business honorees are Keith Corbin, Alta Adams (Los Angeles); Reggie and Nicole Borders, Pound Bizness (San Francisco Bay Area); Lee Williams, Lee Williams Real Estate Group (San Pedro); Ann Hamilton, Robsag Real Estate, LLC (Pasadena); Twina Brown, Mama T’s Food For the Soul (Moreno Valley); Austin Clements, Slauson & Co (Los Angeles); Zion F.A. Taddese, Queen Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant (Sacramento); Tyrei Lacy, Restaurant Seven Nineteen by G/S (Los Angeles); and Bo and Kay Anuluoha, Kutula by Africana (Los Angeles).

The CBCC is an African American non-profit business organization that represents hundreds of small and emerging businesses, affiliates and chambers of commerce throughout the state. It provides advocacy assistance for supplier’s diversity needs, and business development and training for small businesses.

The CLBC, formed in 1967, was created to address the concerns of African Americans and other citizens of color. According to the organization’s website, the members believed that a caucus would provide political influence and visibility far beyond their numbers. Today, there are 12 members of the CLBC serving in the California Assembly and Senate.

CORRECTION: In last week’s publication Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was shown in a picture with Inglewood Council District 1 candidate Gloria Gray which led some to infer that Bass has endorsed Gray. However, Mayor Bass has not endorsed Gray for council, and we apologize to both Bass and Gray for the error.

L.A. County purchase of Bruce Beach finalized

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media

On Jan. 30, the heirs of Bruce’s Beach finalized the sale of the land they just reclaimed last year back to Los Angeles County for $20 million.

Antonio Moore, a Los Angeles attorney and co-founder of the American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) movement, says the deal reached by the heirs of Bruce’s Beach “doesn’t seem to be at fair market value.”

In his Jan. 6 podcast, which can be viewed on Youtube, Moore said he crunched the real estate numbers of surrounding property in Manhattan Beach and claims that the land is worth more than the $20 million – the price at which the heirs of the controversial property were offered for the land.

The attorney said the option to sell back the land, which was first purchased in 1912 and illegally acquired by the city, is akin to the financial loss Black Americans have experienced over the decades due to “housing discrimination.”

“In essence, we are going to give them back the property but not assess any of the generational costs,” he said. “And then we (the county of Los Angeles) are going to create all types of limitations on the way they can access

and use that property.”

Moore continued by saying, “The fact that this was sold back for $20 million should have everyone in an uproar. The fact that the (California) Reparations Task Force has literally said nothing about this is abject failure in my view.”

Moore said in his 37-minute podcast

that no one really took the time to “contextualize” the agreement between the county and the Bruce family since the announcement was made. Houses and condos around Bruce’s Beach are priced at around “$3 or $4 million dollars,” he said.

According to Realtor.com, Manhattan

Beach in Los Angeles County consists of five neighborhoods. As of Jan. 22, there were 57 homes for sale, ranging from $1.2 million to $22 million. As of July 1, 2022, 34,668 people resided in

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New Assembly Bill Would Ban Use of Police Canines for Arrests, Crowd Control

By Edward Henderson | California Black Media

Last week, Assemblymember Corey A. Jackson (D-Riverside) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 742, legislation that would prohibit the use of police canines for arrests, apprehensions and crowd control.

The use of police canines, supporters of the legislation say, is a throwback to the darkest days of legal slavery, Jim Crow segregation – and a reminder of America’s history of racial bias, aggression and violence against Blacks and people of color. Jackson says he wants to end the “deeply racialized, traumatic and harmful practice.”

“Since their inception, police canines have been used to inflict brutal violence and lifelong trauma on Black Americans and communities of color,” said Jackson at a press conference held to announce the bill. “It’s time to end this cruel and inhumane practice and instead work towards building trust between the police and the communities they serve.”

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) California Action, a co-sponsor of AB 742, echoed Jackson’s concerns. “The use of police canines has severe and potentially deadly consequences for bite victims, especially communities of color,” said Carlos Marquez III, Executive Director of ACLU California Action. “It’s time for California to take a stand and end this inhumane practice.”

Jackson says his stance on the use of canines in law enforcement is backed up by data. For him, it’s a “moral issue” as well.

“I let the data take me to where I need to go. And the data is clear that in some of the most consequential issues of our time right now – especially when it comes to the relationship between law enforcement and the African American community,” Jackson told California Black Media (CBM). “This was a no brainer for me. This is not a gotcha bill. Our own data in California shows that we have it wrong, and we have to fix it.”

“The fact that canines are harming people more than batons and tasers is astonishing to me. I would never have guessed that” added Jackson who says he has already read three reports on the topic.

The California/Hawaii (CA/HI) Conference of the NAACP, another co-sponsor, acknowledges the bill’s historical importance. “Police canines have historical roots in slavery and have continued to be used as tools of oppression for Black, Brown, and other communities of color,” said Rick L. Callender, President of the CA/HI NAACP. “With this bill, we can begin to shift and sever ties with the terrorizing

past.”

AB 742 does not call for banning the use of police canines for search and rescue, explosives detection, and narcotics detection – all activities that do not involve biting.

“The use of a canine is sending a dog out that will inflict injury on a person before that person has been accused of a crime or formally convicted of one,” said Kat Carell, a member of the Sacramento Chapter of the ACLU. “So, you end up with lifelong disfigurement, or mental problems, or you could be killed before you have ever been in a court of law and proven guilty of anything.”

Reaction to the introduction of the bill by police dog handlers and some law enforcement organizations -- including the Western States Canine Association -- was swift, charactering the bill as misguided and going too far.

Ron Cloward, President for the Western States Police Canine Association and a veteran of the Modesto Police Department, said Jackson’s bill does not “make sense.” He argued that if AB 742 passes, it would take away one more non-lethal weapon law enforcement relies on to fight crime.

Cloward, who owns a canine training business, told ABC news affiliate in Bakersfield that while dog bites can be harmful and “disfiguring,” they do not cause death.

“Once you’ve deployed pepper spray, it’s been deployed. It’s gonna land. Once you use your gun, it’s gone,” he said. “Once you use a taser, it’s on its way. You’re not stopping it. The only thing you can stop is a K-9.”

Jackson was elected in November of 2022 to represent the 60th Assembly District. Before that, he served on the Riverside

County Board of Education in 2020 and represented portions of the cities of Riverside, Moreno Valley, Perris, and the unincorporated community of Mead Valley.

Supporters say Jackson’s background in social work gives him a keen awareness and understanding of the

microaggressions Black and Brown communities face.

AB 742 is one of many pieces of legislation Jackson has introduced (or plans to) that holds individuals and institutions accountable, creating room for even larger victories towards dismantling systematic racism. He calls the effort the ‘Antiracism Bill Package.’

Another bill in the package is AB 11. That bill would authorize the creation of a commission to identify sustainable solutions to reduce the cost of living in California. The commission would consist of 11 members, including nine members appointed by the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the President pro Tempore of the Senate. Also, one member each from the Assembly and the Senate would serve as ex officio non-voting members. The bill would require the commission to complete reports describing the commission’s findings and recommendations.

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Anyse Grimble began her journey in Inglewood Athletic Director daughter excels at Westchester

By Kenneth Miller, Publisher

Michael Grimble is as much a fixature on the Inglewood High School campus as any star athlete or administrator.

There isn’t any event that occurs without his approval or signature, that’s because Grimble serves as the Sentinels athletic director overseeing the sports program for the Inglewood Unified School District campus.

So, when Grimble was spotted at Pasadena City College wearing a black sweat shirt with Westchester Comets emblazoned across the chest it was as odd as a taco at In-N-Out Burger, but Grimble had a necessary appetite for being there.

His daughter Anyse Grimble is the starting center for the girls dominant Los Angeles City basketball team that will be playing for the Open Division Championship on Feb. 25 at Pasadena City College against Granada Hills Charter at 5p.m.

Anyse (pronounced Anize) is instrumental in the Comets 28-1 record on the best Westchester team in the school history.

While she as quite popular at Westchester Anyse is also quite familiar on the Inglewood campus having been seen regularly, but also have attended middle school with many of the students who attend Inglewood.

“Westchester is where I want to be. Since my freshman year it has always felt like a family. I feel excited and I am ready to win it all,” Anyse said.

She credits her father for the success that she has enjoyed as a player and also says that he is most responsible for where she is today.

“He’s been a big influence. He helped me do everything from training with different coaches, pushing me to do better to become a better center, better student, education, sports wise. He is just an all-around great dad.”

Anyse has already been accepted to 10 colleges included among them are HBCU’s Howard and Southern.

Grimble explained how difficult it is being a girl dad.

“It’s hard because you want to push them like a boy, and me being the AD at Inglewood I see the teams and I want

to push and push, but I have to realize that when she’s off the court she’ my daughter. On the court I tell her all the time that it’s a sport so I am going to push you hard, that the part that I am embracing that she’s taking it although I am pushing her hard. But when we are off the court, we clown and joke. It’s not easy being a girl dad, but I support her,” dad explained.

He added that the biggest thing for any girl dad is to support your daughter no matter what they are doing.

Because Anyse parents prioritized academics over sports she has maintained a 4.0 grade point average.

Asked why he did not enroll his daughter at Inglewood, he said that he wanted her to go to a school where she wanted to be at and allowed for her to make the decision on her final journey to college.

Aynse is an Inglewood product she went to Hellen Keller Elementary and Crozier Middle School.

She credits her experience at the IUSD schools for preparing her academically and she also got her start in basketball at Crozier, thus her foundation has set her out on a path for being sized for a championship ring.

Feb 24 Friday at Venice

Girls’ Division II: #2 Chatsworth vs. #1 San Pedro, 6 p.m.

Boys’ Division III: #2 Arleta vs. #1 Garfield, 8 p.m.

Boys’ Division IV: #3 Huntington Park at #1 Sotomayor, 7 p.m.

Feb. 25 Saturday at Pasadena CC

Girls’ Division I: #4 Sun Valley Poly vs. #3 Los Angeles CES, 12 p.m.

Boys’ Division I: #2 Grant vs. #1 Venice, 2 p.m.

Girls’ Open Division: #2 Westchester vs. #1 Granada Hills, 5 p.m.

Why Go? Mariah Blake of Westchester! Rising junior is the next best thing in girls high school basketball, raw talent with mad swag.

Boys’ Open Division: #4 Taft vs. #3 Fairfax, 7 p.m.

Why Go? Two outstanding Black coaches Jamal Hartwell of Fairfax in his first year at the helm and Derrick Taylor, a veteran who has coach the McDonalds All American Game, and multiple Collision All Star Games, colliding. Hartwell will attempt to lead the Lions to back-to-back after Reggie Morris Jr. won it last season. Taylor has won three City titles all at Taft and two was against Fairfax, in 2004 and 2008. Will Fairfax finally beat Derrick Taylor in a title game?

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What’s Up with Anuolu Aseemblymember Lori Wilson Picks Up Baton to Remove Slavery Language From California’s Constitution

By Anuoluwapo Bamiro, Columnist

Hi my name is Anuoluwapo Bamiro. Many people call me Nikkie and others call me Anuolu. And I would like to welcome you to What’s Up Anuolu where you’ll get everything from music, fashion, what’s affecting me and my peers, what I love, and what I think is dope. Interviews with talented artists, creatives, business folks, actors, actresses, and many more. There is so much beauty and talent to be shared and I can’t wait to introduce you guys to it. I want to give you the readers a little back story on why I will be writing about these topics and what to expect from this column.

I feel blessed to have the insight that I do on these topics. I am a Westchester alum, and everybody used to label us the “fashion school” due to the brands, style, and way we threw our outfits together to go to class. It was always cool to see the different ways we incorporated our school colors in the choice of Jordan’s, Nikes, and Ralph Lauren polo. Add being a Nigerian in the mix, I have been blessed to see making your outfits from scratch, picking your fabric being able to create your own style. It was amazing to see and put together.

When it comes to my love for music, I accredit that to growing up and watching music videos on VH1, MTV, MTV 2, and Eccentric. It gave me a wide variety of music to listen to and videos from people who have way different experiences than me as well as artists whom I could resonate with. Listening to everything from Hip-

Hop, and R&B, to Rock, alternative, to country, and everything in between. It gave me a unique ear and allowed me to appreciate the musical art that artists put out. Add Afrobeats, Afrobeat, High life, Reggae, Soca, and UK music in the mix. My love for music kept increasing by the decade. Being an Inglewood native, I have seen the city turn from a place that people knew nothing about to being on the map again. It has shown me that nobody can write your story or decide your fate but you. The beauty of watching my city become a hub for music, art, fashion, and black culture is that I have always seen the beauty in my home. I have always appreciated the closeness to the beach, the closeness to the airport. The one and only Daniel Freeman Hospital (where HawthoRNe was shot at, with Jada Pickett-Smith). SO being able to write every week and share what I love and what is on my mind with you guys is a dream come true.

So, I can’t wait to bring you guys my opinions on the latest fashions, music, and interview dope artist, creatives, and pacemakers of the city but in our culture period. Being a part of this culture on this side of California is a blessing. I got to witness so many people get their brands, music, and businesses off the ground. Not many people know the true work and the number of years it takes to get your ideas off the ground. Like myself, these people didn’t give up on themselves or their dreams despite what the outside noise consisted of. I am truly excited to embark on this journey with you guys. Talk to some amazing people, get their stories, and share them with you all.

The first entry in the column was so you the readers can understand me a little bit, understand why I am writing about what I am, what I am passionate about, and things that inspire me every day. I feel blessed to be able to have so many different aspects that give me my unique point of view as well as taste. I can’t wait for you guys to read the magic that I have planned and hope that you guys are just excited as me. Thank you so much for reading my column. Have a blessed week and stay blessed.

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media

Samual Nathaniel Brown said he is not surprised that Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) picked up the baton to carry on the fight to eradicate the phrase “involuntary servitude except as a punishment to crime” from California’s Constitution.

Brown, who contributed to writing Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 3, the California Abolition Act, while he was incarcerated in prison, stood on the west steps of the state Capitol in Sacramento with Wilson when she reintroduced a new iteration of the legislation that failed to pass in the State Senate last year.

This time around, Brown, Wilson and other supporters of the End Slavery in California Act say they are determined to retire the constitutional clause that allows labor imposed on felons as criminal punishment in California prisons.

“To be honest, we didn’t have to lure her in at all. She was a morethan-willing participant to pick up the baton,” Brown said on the Feb.19 edition of Abolition Today. “Championing the causes of Black people is something she has been doing for a long time and has done in almost every position she has held. It’s a no-brainer for her to continue this fight.”

Abolition Today is a weekly online radio program with specific focus on “modern-day slavery” as it is practiced through the 13th Amendment of the US constitution. It is hosted by Max Parthas and Yusuf Hassan.

California is among 16 states with an “exception clause” for involuntary servitude in its state constitution, Wilson said. Should the state legislature pass the End Slavery in California Act, voters will decide during the 2024 General Elections if it will become state law.

Three states — Colorado, Utah, and Nebraska – have voted to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude. Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont have approved similar ballot measures.

“I am introducing this legislation because in every position of leadership (I’ve held) from (parks) commission to councilmember, from vice mayor to mayor, and now a state legislator; one of my responsibilities was, and is, to end systematic racism and root out discrimination,” Wilson said on Feb. 15 at the State Capitol.

Wilson added, “We only make up 6% of the overall (California) Black population but we make up 28% of our incarceration population. The allowance of slavery in our prisons disproportionately impacts Black people.”

Article 1, Section 6 of the California Constitution currently allows involuntary servitude as a means of punishing crime. U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager (D-CA-37) authored ACA 3 in 2020 as a California State Assemblymember.

Kamlager said involuntary servitude is “forced labor.”

“By removing this language from our Constitution, we are moving our state into the 21st century and taking steps to ensure that no Californian is ever put in a position of involuntary servitude again,” Kamlager said last year.

On June 23, the California Senate rejected ACA 3 with a 21-6 vote. It fell short of the two-thirds vote requirement, 27 or more, needed to move the bill to the ballot as a proposition for Californians to decide its fate.

June 30, 2022 was the last day ACA 3 could have gained the votes it needed to have been placed on the 2022 November General Election ballot. It was not heard on the Senate floor that day. Five Republicans and one Democrat, Steve Glazer (D-Orinda), voted against the amendment.

“Slavery was an evil that will forever be a stain on the history of our great country. We eliminated it through the Civil War and the adoption of the 13th Amendment,” Glazer said in a statement. “Involuntary servitude – though lesser known – also had a shameful past. ACA 3 is not even about involuntary servitude – at least of the kind that was practiced 150 years ago. The question this measure raises is whether or not California should require felons in state or local jails and prisons to work.”

“I feel like this is something that not only needs to get done but must get done,” Parthas said during the Abolition Today podcast. “How can you talk about freedom, reparations, economic equity, equality in law and education while state slavery is still legal?”

Brown wrote the language in ACA 3 while he was in prison. He was released in 2021 after serving a 24-year sentence. The language of the bill was brought to the attention of Kamlager by Sacramento activist Jamilia Land.

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police commission. In 1957 Yvonne Watson wed mathematician Louis Brathwaite. The marriage ended in divorce in 1964.

Yvonne Brathwaite organized a legal defense team for Watts rioters in 1965 and was named by Governor Edmund Brown to the McCone Commission, which investigated the conditions that led to the unrest. A year later she won election to the California assembly.

of Southern California School of Law, Los Angeles, earning her JD and passing the California bar in 1956. After graduating, she found that no law firms would hire an African-American woman and, consequently, entered into her own private practice, specializing in civil, probate, and real estate law. In addition to her private practice, she served as the state’s deputy corporation commissioner and as a hearing officer for the Los Angeles

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the beach town located about 30 miles southwest of Los Angeles. Of that number, 74.8% are White and 0.5% are Black, according to U.S. Census Bureau numbers.

“I am not here to attack this family,” Moore said of the Bruce family. “I am more so here to question how we got here.”

The Bruce Family’s attorney George C. Fatheree III told KBLA radio personality Tavis Smiley that the family was prompted to sell because it faced a long and drawn-out process to get approval for development by the city of Manhattan and the California Coastal Commission.

“The return of the property and the ability to sell the property and take funds and invest it in a way that’s important to their lives represents an important opportunity for my clients to get a glimpse of that legacy that was theirs,” Fatheree said.

The disturbing story of Bruce’s Beach Park -- the location of the first West Coast seaside resort for Black beachgoers and a residential enclave for a few African American families -has received worldwide attention.

One hundred years ago, Manhattan Beach city officials seized Charles and Willa Bruce’s beachfront property through eminent domain, citing an “urgent need” to build a city park.

The use of eminent domain was the end result of segregation, intimidation, violence and threats from the Ku Klux Klan in Manhattan Beach. The plot of land that attracted Black people from all over the country was not developed for

In 1978 Burke declined to run for re-election to the 96th Congress (1979–1981), in order to campaign for the office of California attorney general, the chief law enforcement position for the state (and a position no woman had ever held in any state government). She won the Democratic nomination but lost to Republican state senator George Deukmejian in the general election.

In June 1979, California Governor Jerry Brown appointed Burke to the Los Angeles County board of supervisors, making her the first

Black person ever to sit on the panel. In 1980 she lost her bid to a new four-year term and returned to private law practice. In 1984 Burke was the vice chair of the Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee. Burke became the first African American to win outright election as an L.A. County supervisor in 1992, defeating future Representative Diane Watson by a narrow margin. A year later, she became the first woman and the first person of color to chair the board. Burke served 16 years on the board of supervisors until her retirement in 2008. In 2012 she was appointed to the Amtrak board of directors by President Barack Obama. She also serves on the California transportation commission. She is married William A. Burke, with whom she recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Their daughter Autumn Burke is a former California State Assemblymember, which earned the distinction of first motherand-daughter to both serve in the California Assembly.

It is on the shoulders Yvonne B. Burke that former Congresswoman Diane Watson, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Supervisor Holly Mitchell, California State Controller Malia M. Cohen and many others stand.

Fictitious Business Name Statement

File No. 2023026533

The following Person is doing business as:

Compassion Elevated Therapy

10736 Jefferson Blvd., #1127

Culver City, CA 90230

Registered Owner(s): Jetena McGhee, 10736 Jefferson Blvd., #1127, Culver City, CA 90230

This business is conducted by an individual(s). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business listed above on February 6, 2023.

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.)

Jetena McGhee, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk on February 6, 2023

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.)

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The following Person is doing business as:

The Williams Healing Company Will Heal Co 1011 North Chester Avenue, A Inglewood, CA 90302

Registered Owner(s): Janee Williams, 1011 North Chester Avenue A, Inglewood, CA 90302

This business is conducted by an individual(s). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business listed above on January 13, 2023

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.)

Janee Williams, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk on January 13, 2023

recreational use after it was forcefully taken from the Black owners.

On April 9, 2021, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn announced the return of the land to the Bruce’s descendants. The Bruce’s purchased the real estate in 1912 for $1,225.

The transfer of ownership of the land was able to be completed with the help of legislation authored by state Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena). Senate Bill (SB) 796 exempted the Bruce’s Beach property from state zoning and development restrictions and enabled the county to return the site to its rightful owners.

On Sept. 30, 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off on SB 796, allowing the Bruce family to retain property that has appreciated in value over the last century.

Two options sat on the table for the heirs. LA County was in line to lease the land for $413,000 per year. It also included an exchange to buy the land for as much as $20 million. The family took the latter.

After the news of the decision to sell the land back to the county broke, social media exploded with commentaries from the Black community – for and against the sale.

Opinions on Twitter ranged from, “they got hustled,” the family “knew they’d sell back the property due to taxes,” “I wish they could have reached out to grass roots for direction and assistance,” “sad,” “unbelievable,” to “This was theirs to sell in the first place. Why are we acting like this was ours?”

Holly J. Mitchell, L.A. County

Supervisor for the 2nd District, stated in a Jan. 3 press release that she was “proud” that the county and state addressed the “systematic racist acts that have cost Black families generational wealth.”

“I fully support the self-determination of Black people and families like the Bruce’s to decide what is best for their lives and legacy,” Mitchell stated. “I will continue to advocate for the Bruce family to be fully informed and prepared for the immediate and longterm implications of this sale.”

Considering the well-documented history of racism in housing and real estate that have affected Black Californians, Bruce’s Beach draws attention to other areas in the state where discriminatory laws or practices that have caused Blacks to be illegally displaced or to lose valuable property. Many of these incidents have been highlighted by the California reparations task force.

Examples include land once owned by Black pioneers in Coloma, where the Gold Rush started in 1848; the removal of African Americans from their homes in downtown Santa Monica; and Black community loss of property in Russell City, located between Hayward and Oakland.

“The return of Bruce’s Beach to the rightful heirs of Charles and Willa Bruce will continue to serve as an example of what is possible across the globe when you have the political will and leadership to correct the injustices of the past,” Mitchell added.

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.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2023038205

The following Person is doing business as:

GOTTA GO CARS 15123 Cranbrook Ave.

Lawndale, CA 90260

Registered Owner(s): Joel Alarcon, 15123 Cranbrook Ave., Lawndale, CA 90260

This business is conducted by an individual(s). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business listed above on February 21, 2023

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.)

Joel Alarcon, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk on February 21, 2023

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.)

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