Officials and advocates across California are pouring resources into pointing out that racism and racial intolerance impact public health -major factors, they say, behind the substantial increase in hate crimes and hate incidents in the Golden State.
In Stop the Hate, a 2021 report focused on hate crimes in Los Angeles County researchers reached several revealing conclusions that line up with trends reported across the state.
Among the findings that stood out in the LA County report were: Black Californians are still most impacted by hate crimes; hate crimes are significantly underreported to law enforcement (by as much 50 %); and they violate human rights as defined by 177 nations around the world in the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
Although African Americans in Los Angeles County make up only 9% of the population, they accounted for 46 % of the victims of hate crimes in 2021, according to the Stop the Hate Report.
Statewide in 2021, Black Californians accounted for a disproportionate 44% of the victims of documented hate crimes although African Americans make up about 6% of the state’s population, according to statistics released by the California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office
in June.
The Los Angeles County study was spearheaded by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Rights and research for it was conducted in an area encompassing Central and South Los Angeles, neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley, West Hollywood and Hollywood.
In nearby Orange County (OC), officials there joined a growing chorus of other Golden State cities and counties that have declared racism a public health crisis.
At their Dec. 6 public meeting, the Orange County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved “A Resolution of The Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange Declaring Racism and Inequity as a Public Health Crisis.”
The resolution is based on the premise that systemic racism causes persistent discriminatory policies and evidence cited in numerous studies linking racism to negative health outcomes. In it, the OC Board of Supervisors vowed to promote an inclusive and racial equity justiceoriented governmental organization that is aware of “unfairness through robust trainings and continuing education to expand the understanding of how racial discrimination affects individuals and communities most impacted by inequities.”
Orange County Human Relations Council Director of Operations Don Han applauded the Southern California
county board’s move.
“This signified that we are serious about stopping hate,” said Han, whose nonprofit is geared toward combatting discrimination in the Southern California county. “That is our goal.”
Han said there is evidence that systematic racism has existed in Orange County -- which is 70 % White — like most of the U.S., for generations.
Within the last two years, the cities of Coachella, Goleta, Long Beach, and Los Angeles and counties such as Monterey, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, and Santa Barbara passed resolutions categorizing racism as a public health distress.
The Oakland City Council deemed racism a public health crisis in June and promised to work to advance racial equity.
At the time, Seema Rupani of the Oakland City Attorney’s Office, said the government had a responsibility to address the health problem racism has caused.
“Structural racism has existed for centuries, and it has always impacted communities of color here, but during the pandemic the inequities became more pronounced,” she said. “They were growing. They were becoming more exposed particularly with COVID and housing and homelessness and economic disparities and there was
Black Californians are most affected by criminal offenses based
Less than a year after hosting the Super Bowl Inglewood is delivering again with the College Football Playoff National Championship Game as No. 3 ranked Texas Christian University (13-1) takes on defending national champion Georgia (14-0) at SoFi Stadium on Monday Jan. 9th at 4:30p.m.
SoFi played host to the Rams and Bengals last February, but this year there will not be a local team as USC collapsed losing in the Pac 12 title tilt to Utah wasting a glorious opportunity when it was the No. 4 ranked team.
However, there is some local appeal TCU does bring to the Southland as the Horn Frogs are the school that produced one of the alltime great Raiders in defensive end Greg Townsend who played 12 years in the NFL and is the No. 24 sack leader who had 107.5 sacks in 174 games from 1983-93 and in 1997.
Townsend attended Dominguez High in Compton before TCU from which he was a 4th round pick of the then Los Angeles Raiders and was instrumental in the team winning the 1984 Super Bowl.
Ironically, it will be on the side of the football where underdog TCU will have its hands full with the dominant Bulldogs seeking back to back crowns in this 9 year CFP format.
Georgia will outfit four of its five top NFL prospects in Offensive tackle Broderick Jones No. 13 Cornerback Kelee Ringo, No. 11 Defensive end Nolan Smith, No. 5 Defensive tackle Jalen Carter, but tight end Darnell Washington is injured and will not play.
This unit allowed just a measly 14
points per game, but was steamrolled by Ohio State for 41 while barely surviving as the Buckeyes faltered on a final second field goal in the Chickfil-A Peach Bowl.
Offensively, Heisman finalist Stetson Bennett has completed 68.1% of his passes, completing 292 of 429 for 3,832 yards, 27 touchdowns against just 7 interceptions, the ninth best in the nation.
TCU enters the finale as a double digit dog, 13.5, after their classic, thrilling upset victory over No. 2 ranked Michigan 51-45 in the CFP semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.
They have a gutsy Heisman finalist in their own right in Max Duggan, the 17th best signal caller in the country who has been off the charts especially in big games when it counted most amassing for 3,546 yards on 253 of 397 passes at a 63.7% clip.
He leads an offense that averages 41 points per game to the Bulldogs 39 which on paper make this a match
up that could be closer than the odds makers forecast.
Both of theses schools hail from a part of the country where football is religion against a backdrop of an ugly racist past.
Georgia is located in Athens and TCU in Fort Worth (population 127,000), one build on the slave hands of cotton and the other on cows.
One of the nightmarish racist chapters of American history is documented in a new book by guest Patrick Phillips. It’s about what happened in Forsyth County, Ga., in 1912 when white mobs terrorized and drove out the entire black population, about 1,100 people. This was the white response to two incidents - the alleged rape of a white woman by a black man and the rape and beating of a young white woman who died of her injuries. A lynch mob attacked and hanged one black suspect.
On February 23, 1861, Texans voted to secede from the Union and joined
the Confederate States of America. Because Texas remained relatively unscathed by fighting during the war, life for enslaved African Americans continued in much the same way as it had before the fighting. Felix Haywood, who worked as a cowboy while enslaved in San Antonio, described his experience of the war when interviewed in 1937: “It’s a funny thing how folks always want to know about the war. The war wasn’t so great as folks suppose. Sometimes you didn’t know it was going on. It was the ending of it that made the difference.”
None the less we are going to play a celebratory football game between two schools, one in Georgia that was expected to be here and the other TCU that began the season unranked.
It will all unfold in Inglewood, the new renaissance city that is chronicling its own history with each and every spectacular event.
The College Football Playoff (CFP) entertainment for the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship to be held Monday,
the presentation of the Nation’s Colors by a Joint Armed Forces Color Guard from the Military District of Washington including members of the Army, Marines, Navy, Air
Seven Chandler, a 10-year-old from Los Angeles California, will perform both the “Star-Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful” in American Sign Language (ASL). Chandler
recognize Army Staff Sergeant Clint Romesha, who received the Medal of Honor during the Battle of Combat Outpost Keating in the Kamdesh Province of Afghanistan on October
January 9, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Leading up to the national championship game, Allstate Championship Tailgate will serve as the gathering place for fans with game tickets to experience extreme tailgating. The outdoor event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT outside SoFi Stadium. Headlining the event will be award-winning musical acts on the Capital One Music Stage, featuring multi-platinum superstar Kelsea Ballerini and rising star Tiera Kennedy. Fans will also enjoy interactive games, sponsor activations, concessions and live performances by each team’s marching band during the day.
Prior to kickoff, three-time GRAMMY® award-winning vocal quintet Pentatonix will perform “The Star-Spangled Banner”. The National Anthem Ceremony will begin with
Force, Space Force and Coast Guard, followed by the unfurling of a giant American flag. As part of the CFP’s salute to the armed forces, the anthem ceremony will include a video feed from U.S. troops deployed overseas watching the national championship game. Continuing a CFP tradition, drummers from the participating team bands will be included in the National Anthem presentation.
Prior to the National Anthem, “America the Beautiful” will be performed by members of the Chamber Choir of the Academy of Music and Performing Arts (AMPA) at Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles. AMPA is a Los Angeles Unified School District magnet program that, for the last 30 years, has served as an education model, bridging performing arts with academic standards including a rigorous curriculum.
attends the Marlton School, the only day school for the deaf within the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest school district in the United States.
As part of the CFP Foundation’s Extra Yard for Teachers (EYFT) initiative, the 2022 Teacher of the Year from each U.S. state and territory will be honored on the field during the pregame celebration. This is an opportunity for fans to applaud these educators for their hard work and dedication and furthers the EYFT mission of elevating the teaching profession.
Celebrating a college football tradition, the marching bands of each participating team will be featured performers on the field during pregame and at halftime.
During the national championship game, the College Football Playoff will
3, 2009, when he helped defend the outpost against an attack by 300 Taliban insurgents. Despite receiving shrapnel wounds, Romesha continued to fight and rally his comrades. His extraordinary efforts gave Bravo Troop the opportunity to regroup, reorganize and prepare for the counterattack that allowed the Troop to account for its personnel and secure COP Keating.
Pregame festivities inside SoFi Stadium will begin at 4:30 p.m. PT. The game, which will kick off at 4:45 p.m. PT, will feature the winner of the Playoff Semifinal at the Chickfil-A Peach Bowl against the winner of the Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. Pregame, halftime and postgame pageantry inside SoFi Stadium will be produced by Michael T. Fiur Productions.
“On behalf of our family, we want to express our sincere gratitude for the love and support shown to Damar during this challenging time. We are deeply moved by the prayers, kind words, and donations from fans around the country. We also want to acknowledge the dedicated first responders and healthcare professionals at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center who have provided exceptional care to Damar. We feel so blessed to be part of the Buffalo Bills organization and to have their support. We also want to thank Coach Taylor and the Bengals for everything they’ve done. Your generosity and compassion mean the world to us. Please keep Damar in your prayers. We will release updates as soon as we have them.”
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THE HAMLIN FAMILY By Kenneth Miller, PublisherRaise your hand if you knew who Damar Hamlin was before Monday Jan. 2 when the Buffalo Bills visited Cincinnati Bengals for a marquee NFL match-up in which playoff homefield advantage hang in the balance?
The likelihood of many people knowing who Buffalo Bills Safety Damar Hamlin was on that fateful Monday Night is remote, but the entire world knows precisely who he is now.
Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest while making what most experts say was a routine tackle on Bengals receiver Tee Higgins, as the two fell to the Paycor Stadium turf, Hamlin jumped up, adjusted his facemask and then collapsed on his back.
As he lay motionless, medics rushed to his aid and within seconds began performing CPR, even using the defibrillator, a device that gives a high energy electric shock to the heart of someone who is in cardiac arrest.
Moments thereafter, players were shown visibly shaken, crying displaying anger, shock and utter sadness, as he was transported to UC Medical Center in Cincinnati where as of press time he remained fighting for his life.
After initially suspending the game,
it was then cancelled, but there have been reports that the NFL considered playing the game anyway, reportedly informing the players they had five minutes to warm-up after the tragic incident according to MNF announcer Joe Buck.
“They said they’re going to give five minutes of a warmup to these players to get ready,” Buck told The Post by phone.
However, NFL executive Troy Vincent vehemently denied that calling it “ridiculous” and “insensitive.”
“I’m not sure where that came from,” Vincent said early Tuesday morning. “Frankly, there was no time period for the players to get warmed up. Frankly, the only thing that we asked was that [referee] Shawn [Smith] communicate with both head coaches to make sure they had the proper time inside the locker room to discuss what they felt like was best.”
The game was ultimately cancelled, although some late night conferences were conducted on when or whether to reschedule the game which has significant playoff ramifications, nothing had been determined as of press time.
On a day a football game was scheduled, life showed up and it did so in the form of a human wearing the
NFL colorful uniforms in a nationally televised game.
Ironically, as a 24-year old second year player cling to his life, the NFL yielded the final determination to its distraught players on whether to resume a football game. It was the players who relayed to their coaches and NFL management they were not in mentally prepared to play.
The attest reports revealed he was making improvements, indicating that he may possibly survive.
Hamlin was raised in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. He attended Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he was named first-team All-State and the Class AAAA Defensive Player of the Year.
He was a sixth round pick of the Bills in 2021 out of the University of Pittsburgh, he was the number 212th selection.
The Bills signed him to a four year contract worth $3,640,476, with a signing bonus of $160,476 which is the only portion of his deal that was guaranteed.
To date, Hamlin has made about $1.8 million playing football, but hours after of his near life threatening injury, a GoFundMe account that Hamlin established to raise money for
children Christmas toy donations had blown past $5 million, more than the contract he signed with the Bills.
As prayers poured in for Hamlin from all around the world, questions about the safety of football were revisited, although we have yet to receive the official diagnosis as to how he was injured.
We know there will be another NFL game as soon as this week, it is by far the most popular sport in America and the fans, the networks and the money will demand it.
We also hope and pray that Damar Hamlin and what happened to him will never be forgotten because he reminded us through his tragedy that underneath that decal on the helmet, the shiny tight pants and the fancy cleats that a real human being reside.
One who is a real person, who hurts, cries and is subject to potential fatality at any given time.
Aaliyah Muhammad is a member of the civil rights group All of Us or None and a pillar of her community in Sacramento. She works tirelessly to help the homeless population along
losing their stable housing.
About 161,548 people in the state experience homelessness on any given day, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) reports the number of homeless people
or hallucinations that might result in bizarre, irrational, impulsive, or disorganized behavior. In a minority of cases, even aggressive behavior,” Jackson said.
reconstituted 72 hours,” she said. “They might be better because you get medication, but I’ve yet to see somebody completely reconstitute.”
Market Street, a thoroughfare in the Sacramento County community of Walnut Grove.
She also is a mother to a son suffering from severe mental illness.
Muhammad fears that she might be the one thing standing between her son and a life on the streets.
“He told them one day he didn’t want their services anymore and so they stopped coming and that’s when he started going downhill,” Muhammad said of the social workers who were handling his case. “But I feel that they shouldn’t have just quit. They should have tried to talk with him or find some other group that he might work with.”
For many Californians this is not an unfamiliar story. For a lot of families with homeless relatives – or loved ones on the verge of becoming unhoused –it is that one intervention or strategic assistance at the right time that prevented that person battling mental illness or other life challenges from
in the state increased 42% from 2014 to 2020.
About 25% of the adult homeless population in Los Angeles County deal with severe mental health issues according to a report from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
According to a survey conducted by the California Health Care Foundation, 43% of the Black Californians interviewed reported that someone close to them has experienced homelessness – a rate much higher than any other racial group in the survey.
Experts attribute California’s homelessness crisis to a few key historical factors.
La Tina Jackson, a licensed clinical social worker and a deputy with the L.A. County Department of Mental Health, explained that a person can become homeless due to struggles with severe mental illness and vice versa.
“A person with severe mental illness may experience delusions
Alex Visotyzky, Senior California Policy Fellow at the National Alliance to EndHomelessness, claims that this
Visotyzky argues that the LPS Act led to a lack of adequate investments due to the lack of alternatives. The LPS Act resulted in many individuals being
crisis has been decades in the making.
“We’ve seen the federal government slowly, over the last 50 years, disinvest from affordable housing in major ways,” he said.
The Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act of 1967 was signed into law by Gov. Ronald Reagan to provide guidelines for handling involuntary civil commitment of individuals to mental health institutions in the State of California. Its intent was to move away from locked mental institutions in favor of more community-based treatment.
LPS also implemented 72-hour holds to limit involuntary and indefinite institutionalization.
Jackson – who, much like Muhammad, is intimately familiar with the subject of mental illness in her own personal life – claims that while the legislation was born from the best intentions, the LPS Act has not worked as well in practice.
“I’ve yet to see someone who truly is having a psychotic break completely
released from state hospitals to live in the community.
In the 1980s, under Pres. Reagan there was a disinvestment from the health care systems most American families relied on to provide care and shelter for mentally challenged relatives or those dealing with other behavioral issues. It came in the form of the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA), according to Vonya Quarles, the Executive Director of Starting Over Inc.
“That shut down mental health facilities and led to the increase in the prison system.” Quarles said.
In the last couple of years California announced a $3 billion investment to provide affordable housing options and services for those suffering from severe mental illness or substance abuse issues.
This included funds for the
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The Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams played each other in an NFL regular season game for the first time since the opening of SOFI stadium in Inglewood, Ca. The stadium is home to both teams built by Rams owner Stan Kroenke, with the Chargers serving as the lessee. The stadium was a buzz on Sunday afternoon with fans celebrating the new year. As fans donned their blue and gold for both teams, it was an obvious Chargers home game as Bolt fans outnumbered the reeling
Ram supporters. Two teams going in different directions on the field and in the standings. The Chargers clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2018 last week with a 20-3 victory at the Indianapolis Colts. The Rams are coming off a lopsided 51-14 win over the Denver Broncos. The defending Champion Rams now 5-11 have been out of post season discussion for weeks. The Chargers are now 10-6, getting healthy at the right time and creating excitement for the playoffs. The Rams took a 3-0 lead with a Matt Gay 23-yard field with 1:09 remaining in the 1st quarter. The Chargers would take the lead and never look back at 13:09 in the 2nd quarter as Austin Ekeler punched one in from 10 – yards out. The big story for the Bolts was the return of defensive end Joey Bosa. Bosa has been out since week 1 with a groin injury. The Chargers pass rush with Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa was devastating in week 1 vs the Raiders as they sacked Derek Carr 5 times. The Bolts are looking to regain that vicious pass rush for the playoffs. The Bolts are also expecting to get their starting All Pro left tackle, Rashon Slater back next week from a peck injury. Slater will improve protection for Justin Herbert while adding a needed jolt to bolster the Chargers the running game. The Chargers were balanced on offense against the Rams rushing for 192 yards and passing for 239 yards. Ekeler had a banner day popping his longest touchdown run of his career (72 yards) and rushing for 122 yards on just 10 carries with 2 touchdowns. Mike Williams led the Chargers in receiving yards (7 catches for 94 yards) adding a spectacular one-hander on the Rams sideline right in front of Rams Coach Sean McVay. Chargers Keenan Allen pulled in 5 catches for 60 yards and Justin Herbert was efficient completing 21 of his 28 passes for 212 yards and two touchdowns. The Rams were led by Cam Akers who rushed for 123 yards on 19 carries. Baker Mayfield was under pressure all day long by the Chargers and was sacked three times. Mayfield was 11 of 19 and 132 yards. The Chargers defense was without their captain Derwin James due to concussion protocol. Linebacker Drue Tranquil stepped up to lead the Bolts in tackles (6 solo, 3 assisted) while Morgan Fox, Kyle Van Noy, and Sebastian Joseph-Day all registered sacks on Mayfield. The Chargers pulled key starters mid-4th quarter and cruised to a 31-10 victory. The Bolts travel to Denver next week to end the regular season. The Rams will finish a tough year on the road in Seattle. The Chargers have created momentum with their current 4-game winning streak and look healthy and poised for the playoffs. Although the jury is still out on Chargers Head Coach Brandon Staley, give him credit as he has the Bolts playing well at the right time.
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2022269452
The following Person is doing business as: 410 Beauty 8616 La Tijera Blvd., Ste 319 Los Angeles, CA 90045
Registered Owner(s): 410 Group, LTD, 8616 La Tijera Blvd., Ste 319, Los Angeles, CA 90045
This business is conducted by an individual(s). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business listed above on December 14, 2022
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.) 410 Group, LTD, Owner.
This statement was filed with the County Clerk on December 14, 2022
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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Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act – or Senate Bill (SB) 1338 – which is designed to provide several points of intervention and alternatives before facing more severe outcomes.
The CARE Act includes Care Court, which aims to divert homeless people with severe mental illness away from correctional facilities in favor of mandatory treatment.
“CARE Court has the potential to change the lives of thousands of families across the state,” said Harold Turner, Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Urban Los Angeles. “Organizations like NAMI urgently need this support so we can quickly begin helping our loved ones who are struggling with untreated mental and behavioral issues.”
While Care Court has its fair share of criticisms, Muhammad believes that this program is exactly what her son needs.
Muhammad continues to work for those who are not as fortunate while her son is being treated through the Care program in the Napa State Hospital.
“We’ll all go pick up dinners and take them to different encampments and pass them out,” she said. “We hand them all out. We never come back with any dinner.”
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just a responsibility to acknowledge what was happening and to take steps to address it.”
Oakland’s resolution directed $350,000 in the city budget for data analyst and consulting services to aid the city and its department of race and equity to enhance “improvements in systems for collection and processing data to track performance and equity progress,” reads the council’s resolution.
The OC supervisors did not attach a dollar amount to what the county will do to combat discrimination but indicated they will support diversity and inclusion as a core component to the delivery of health and human services for underserved populations, including appropriate allocation of resource to personnel training and public education.
Over 200 governmental bodies in 37 states have passed declarations concerning racism’s impact on public health.
U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky called racism a public health danger in 2021.
She pointed to how the pandemic impacted communities of color in terms of case numbers, deaths, and social consequences.
“What we know is this: racism is a serious public health threat that directly affects the well-being of millions of Americans,” Walensky said. “Racism is not just the discrimination against
one group based on the color of their skin or their race or ethnicity, but the structural barriers that impact racial and ethnic groups differently to influence where a person lives, where they work, where their children play, and where they worship and gather in community.”
In Orange County, hate crimes and related incidents were up 165 percent in 2021 compared to five years ago, according to OC Human Relations Council’s “2021 Orange County Hate Crimes Report.”
Black people were the target of 24 reported hate incidents and 16 hate crimes in 2021, while there were 153 hate incidents and 10 hate crimes committed against Asian/Pacific Islanders.
Han touched on how systematic racism can be traced back to slavery -- citing, for example, the U.S. Government never honoring Union General William T. Sherman’s promise to grant formerly enslaved Black people land they after they were freed. He added that people who do not understand history fear what the OC resolution could mean legally.
“There are a number of folks who have a lack of knowledge on this, and they lash out,” Han said. “But they don’t represent a majority of the county. The resolution signified that we are serious about stopping hate. We are seeing a shining light at the end of the tunnel.”