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Including Inglewood Airport Area • Baldwin Hills • Crenshaw/LA • Ladera Heights VOL. 25, No. 20
May 19, 2016
Steve Bradford, Citizen Activist
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f you have lived or worked in Inglewood for awhile, you have probably seen or met Steve Bradford, the former State Assemblymember who served the 51st District and later, the 62nd District. His is a familiar face around town, where he shows up at everything from Inglewood Council meetings to groundbreakings, despite being termed out office in 2014. Although Bradford has served under prominent locally elected officials, such as the late Congresswoman Juanita MillenderMcDonald, he wants the public to understand that he is not a career politician. The self-described “citiSteve Bradford is running for a seat in the 35th Senate District zen activist” is first and foremost a community man, focused more on getting things done for families and Here is why he is asking for your not been given raises in over seven local neighborhoods than vote: years,” he said. making a name for himself. Bradford became the first African By the time Bradford left the City Bradford is running for a American elected to the Gardena of Gardena, he, along with fellow seat in the 35th Senate District City Council, where he served for 12 council members “had eliminated in the upcoming California years. Like Mayor James Butts, who the debt, had $8.5 million in the Primary Election. The Dis- often tells the story of Inglewood bank, gave employees raises without trict straddles Interstate 110, being on the verge of bankruptcy raising taxes or cutting services, and including the inland portions when he took office, Bradford is fa- secured millions of federal dollars of the South Bay, and stretches miliar with rebuilding a city that was for various improvement projects from Inglewood in the north about to go under. He joined the for North Gardena—something that down to the Port of Los Ange- council when the City was $27 mil- had never happened prior to me beles and the San Pedro neigh- lion in debt. “There was no money ing elected to the Council.” Mayor Butts with Steve Bradford (Continued on page 10) borhood of Los Angeles. in the bank and our employees had
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Inglewood Students Play with the Pros
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By Thomas Bunn
s Inglewood anxiously awaits the Rams’ arrival at the soon to be state-of-the-art stadium in 2019, the team has already started to reach out to youth in the community. About 800 Inglewood students participated in the Rams Play 60 event and were actively engaged with players from the Los Angeles Rams football team on May13. The event was part of an NFL campaign to encourage children to get at least 60 minutes of exercise a day. Some of the participating Los Angeles Rams players included: (Continued on page 11)
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