June 22, 2023

Celebrating 31 Years of Service in Inglewood, Airport area Communities

Bold Black and Beautiful Juneteenth Celebrations Rock

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Leimert Park has always been epicenter of

By Anuoluwapo Bamiro, Columnist

On June 19th, 2023, a few creatives from the Leimert Park/Crenshaw District area hosted their 5th annual Juneteenth festival. It is a homage to the Sunday flea market that used to be held weekly around 10 to 15 years ago. Leimert Park has always been the epicenter of Black pride, Black business, and Black community building within Los Angles for as long as I could remember. So, the event was created to honor that while also honoring and celebrating the freedom that Black people fought for and received from emancipation. This year the festival was the biggest that I had ever seen! It took over the streets from Stocker to Vernon; from Crenshaw to Leimert. There was so much art and so many different artistry and commemoration exhibits for the 50th year anniversary of Hip-Hop. It was honestly a beautiful site to see; from the outfits to everyone dancing, embracing, and loving on each other. The children were outside having fun, dancing, and getting to see the beauty of the community they are from. I loved the energy and the way the community was able to come together, enjoy and celebrate. We had performances from artists like Too Short, Wale, Kalan Frfr, and more. We had local talent performing on various stages as well. Jasmine Sullivan was going to be the closing performance it felt amazing to

see just how well and big the festival had got.

However, there were three stampedes caused by false alarms and the community’s, “If one runs, we all run” mentality. At this moment, there was a realization of how dangerous a situation like this could be (crowded and limited space). There were people with their children on their hips, shoulders, and in strollers; so, with three different stampedes, the amount of fear, franticness, and worry I saw fill the atmosphere turned great vibes to complete panic. Along with that, there was a realization that the fights and disturbances (between teens) that broke out accompanied by theft at the local McDonald’s may have caused the commotion.

I guess I have reached the age where I see that a few people can attempt to ruin such a dope, historical, and monumental festival that truly has gotten better every year. It was also made apparent that the safety of the people needs to be the

Black pride

9th Annual Taste of Inglewood Juneteenth Street Festival

By Francis Taylor, Executive Editor

On Sunday, June 18th, Market Street in Downtown Inglewood was packed on the occasion of the 9th Annual Taste of Inglewood Experience – the Juneteenth Street Festival. Presented with precision, the city staff again provided the citizens of Inglewood and their guests and visitors with a day to celebrate and a day to remember.

From a broad array of free musical entertainment to a wide variety

Grassroots Groups Push “Motor Voter” Bill Aimed at 100% Registration of California’s Electorate

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media

representing labor, faith-based, Black, AAPI, Latinos, women and youth rally and march were held at the State Capitol. They were supporting Senate Bill (SB) 846, which aims to increase election turnout and remove barriers to voter registration for millions of Californians.

The California Grassroots Democracy Coalition, which is the largest voting rights coalition in California, has launched a campaign to enfranchise 4.7 million unregistered voters through SB 846. This bill, also known as the Motor Voter bill, was authored by state Senators Caroline Menjivar (D-Chino) and Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara).

The coalition, which represents millions of Californians, has embarked on a multi-year campaign to expand the electorate to better reflect the state’s diversity. SB 846 is co-sponsored by three members of the California Black Legislative Caucus (CLBC) -- Assemblymembers Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood), Chris Holden (D-Pasadena), and Mike Gipson (D-Carson).

“For decades, grassroots organizations like ours have worked year-round, mobilizing voters, organizing immigrant communities, providing legal services, running advocacy campaigns, and building multi-racial, multi-issue coalitions,” said Stanette Dixon, volunteer coordinator from Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement.

“We are coming together to advance a new vision for California’s democracy and dismantle racist barriers to civic participation that marginalize BIPOC, naturalized citizens, young, lowincome, and low English proficiency

voters.”

SB 846 is being reviewed in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to transmit specified information to Secretary of State Shirley Weber for each person submitting a driver’s license application. To be eligible for voter registration or preregistration, these individuals must be United States citizens and of an eligible age.

Several states, including Alaska, Massachusetts, Oregon, Colorado, Delaware and the District of Columbia, have already passed similar legislation with overwhelmingly positive results. Members of the coalition and other supporters marched from the state capitol and circled the Secretary of State building twice at 10th and O streets in downtown Sacramento to rally support for the legislation.

SB 846 provides a path to 100% voter registration, supporters say.

“California is no stranger to making election improvements, from creating the first version of automatic voter registration, to making it possible for all registered voters to vote by mail. Now, we have the opportunity to take the next step in modernizing California’s elections,” Limón said in a statement. “SB 846 will broaden access to the ballot box for all eligible voters.”

Data shows that due to a lack of voter registration among traditionally hard-to-reach communities, California’s current voter population is unrepresentative of its demographic, Limón and Menjivar explain.

According to the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), 82% of California’s adults are eligible to

vote, but only 64% are registered. As a result, younger, lower income, less educated and state residents who are renters are underrepresented during elections.

Leveraging its voter engagement expertise with communities traditionally ignored by mainstream political campaigns, the California Grassroots Democracy Coalition (CGDC) says it promotes legislation that expands the electorate, builds up civic education, voter registration, and turnout in underrepresented communities, according to the group’s website.

CGDC comprises 140-plus grassroots organizations that are committed to helping California’s most vulnerable communities become empowered through pro-democracy reforms. Organizations in the network have a range of priorities, including, criminal justice reform, immigrant rights, language access, low-income communities, environmental justice, religious rights, labor unions, etc. Julius Thibodeaux, Executive Director for Movement 4 Life, spoke about his experience as a person who was formerly incarcerated and how it affected his access to voting. He also discussed the importance of investing in the development, health and wellbeing of youth in cities.

“In 2020, California voters restored voting rights for more than 50,000 people who are no longer incarcerated. But that’s only the first step,” Thibodeaux told California Black Media at the march and rally. “Now, the work begins to get folks informed, registered, and returning to the ballot box every fall and spring election.”

Last week, hundreds of community leaders, advocates, and organizers

City Council Meeting, June 20, 2023

By Francis Taylor, Executive Editor

Following a public hearing, the council introduced an ordinance amending or repealing various Municipal Code sections regulating peddling, soliciting, and sidewalk vending and adding a new Article 13 “Sidewalk Vendor Program” to Chapter 8 of the Municipal Code to comply with changes in State Law.

Following another Public hearing the council adopted a resolution approving General Plan Amendment 2022002 and affirmed categorial exemption EA-CE-2022-117.

The council authorized Staff report recommending that the Mayor and Council Members authorize payment of past due invoices submitted by Santa Monica Systems, Inc. for imagining services, in the amount of $31,184.62.

The council approved Memorandums of Agreement regarding cost-sharing for implementing the Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program (CIMP) & Watershed Management Program (WMP) for the Ballona Creek Watershed and Dominguez Channel Watershed, and Ballona Creek Bacteria TMDL Project.

Approve a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (LACFCD), the County of Los Angeles (County), and the cities Beverly Hills, Culver City, Inglewood, Santa Monica, and West Hollywood regarding the administration and cost-sharing for implementing the Coordinated Integrated Monitoring

Program (CIMP) and Watershed Management Program (WMP) for the Ballona Creek Watershed with a total cost to the City of Inglewood in the amount of $91,226 (Measure W Fund);

Approve an MOA between the City

(LACFCD), and the cities of Beverly Hills, Culver City, Inglewood, and West Hollywood regarding the cost-sharing and implementation of the Ballona Creek Bacteria TMDL Project with a total cost to the City of Inglewood in the amount of $497,214.72 (Measure

Connector (Project), and $3.75 million annually in each of the two years prior, as adjusted for inflation, to planned construction completion (estimated to occur in 2028) to establish a project reserve for unexpected operating period obligations.

of Los Angeles, the cities of Carson, El Segundo, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lomita, the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (LACFCD), the County of Los Angeles (County), and the South Bay Cities Council of Governments regarding the administration and cost-sharing for implementing the CIMP and WMP for the Dominguez Channel Watershed with a total cost to the City of Inglewood in the amount of $190,996 (Measure W Fund); and,

Approve an MOA between the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles (County), the Los Angeles County Flood Control District

W Fund).

The council rejected all bid proposals for the Vincent Park Decomposed Granite Project (CB-22-13) and authorized staff to re-bid the project.

The council amended the funding agreement, approved as to form by the City Attorney, with the Inglewood Transit Connector Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to contribute an additional $1.5 million annually, for a total of $9.1 million annually (FY23 dollars), as adjusted for inflation, during the operations period to support the ongoing cost of operating and maintaining the Inglewood Transit

The council adopted a resolution declaring the City’s intention to adopt the report of the Public Works Director concerning delinquent charges for sewer and refuse collection services for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 and set a public hearing for July 11, 2023. The council adopted a resolution electing to place delinquent sewer service fees on the tax rolls; and adopted a resolution electing to place delinquent refuse collection charges on the tax rolls.

The council introduced the updated Salary Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2022–2023.

Inglewood Senior Citizen Center’s Father’s Day Celebration

By Francis Taylor, Executive Editor

On Friday last week the Inglewood Senior Citizen presented a Father’s Day Celebration for a packed audience of regular senior citizens who gather for the daily lunch. The event featured senior citizens who participate in the many activities that are sponsored by the center. Including the choir, Spanish as a second language class, square dancing, to name a few.

The celebration kicked off with the first of three songs by the Inglewood Senior Center Inspirational Choir, lead by Mary abbot, followed by a dance presentation by the Senior’s Inglewood Square Dancers, moderated by Sylvester Norton. The next item on the program was a Father’s Day Poem recited by Erma Brombeck, another song by the choir, and another Spanish Language poem recited by senior students from the center’s Spanish as a second-language class.

The next performance was truly a surprise to everyone in attendance.

Ms. Natalie, who serves as one of the primary receptionists

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Ranking Member Waters Announces First Wave of Legislation from Committee Democrats in Response to Recent Bank Failures

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, announced the introduction of a first wave of Committee Democratic bills to respond to the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank, which were the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th largest bank failures in U.S. history. This first wave includes legislation that were offered by Committee Democrats at a recent markup to advance targeted reforms to respond to these bank failures, including measures to strengthen the safety and soundness of the banking system, protect community banks, and enhance bank executive accountability.

At the markup, many Committee Republicans expressed openness to exploring a compromise on several of these measures. Meanwhile, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs announced plans to markup a bipartisan measure on Wednesday that is similar to the Failed Bank Executives Accountability and Consequences Act offered by Ranking Member Waters.

“The failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank make clear that it is past time for legislation aimed at strengthening the safety and soundness of our banking system and enhancing bank executive accountability,” said Ranking Member Waters. “Congress must not sit idly by. I’m proud of the hard work of Committee Democrats to address these issues with our first round of legislation responding to these bank failures. I also commend Senate Banking Committee Chair Brown and his colleagues in the Senate for moving bipartisan legislation forward. With several areas of agreement, the House should act on bipartisan legislation too, so I urge Chair McHenry and my Republican colleagues to work with Committee Democrats to quickly advance these much needed reforms in order to protect our banking system, economy, and our nation’s consumers from any future harm.”

H.R. 4208, Failed Bank Executives Accountability and Consequences Act is a bill offered by Ranking Member Waters (D-CA). As President Biden called for, this bill would expand bank regulatory authority with respect to clawing back

compensation, imposing fines, and banning future work in the industry for bank executives that negligently contribute to their bank’s failure. These authorities would help ensure executives of failed banks are held accountable. The bill also includes a Sense of Congress that urges regulators and law enforcement to use all available tools to hold culpable executives of recently failed banks accountable for any misdeeds, and it urges regulators to quickly finalize incentive-based compensation requirements pursuant to Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act with strong clawback provisions.

Cosponsors: Representatives Velazquez, Sherman, Scott, Green, Cleaver, Beatty, Vargas, Horsford, Tlaib, and S. Garcia.

H.R. 4209, Incentivizing Safe and Sound Banking Act is a bill offered by Ranking Member Waters (DCA). This bill would expand bank regulator authority to prohibit stock sales of bank executives, when appropriate, when issuing a cease-and-desist order to a bank for not complying with the law, and automatically restricting such stock sales by senior executives of large banks if it receives poor exam ratings or does not resolve supervisory citations, such as a matter requiring immediate attention, in a timely manner. This would have prevented SVB bank executives from cashing out when they were repeatedly warned by regulators that their bank was not operating in a safe and sound manner. Cosponsors: Representatives Velazquez, Sherman, Green, Cleaver, Beatty, Horsford, Tlaib, and S. Garcia.

H.R. 4210, Closing the Enhanced Prudential Standards Loophole Act is a bill offered by Ranking Member Waters (D-CA). This bill will close a loophole that allowed large banks like Signature Bank and First Republic Bank to escape Dodd-Frank’s enhanced prudential standards simply because they did not have a bank holding company. This would ensure large banks of equal size, complexity, and risk compared to large banks with holding companies will be subject to similar enhanced capital, liquidity, stress testing, resolution planning, and other related requirements.

Cosponsors: Representatives Velazquez, Sherman, Green, Cleaver, Beatty, Vargas, Tlaib, and S. Garcia.

H.R. 3992, Effective Bank Regulation Act is a bill offered by Representative Brad Sherman (DCA). This bill would require the bank regulators to expand their stress testing requirements. Specifically, rather than doing two stress test scenarios, the bill would require five, and ensure that the Federal reserve does stress tests for situations when interest rates are rising or falling.

H.R. 4206, Bank Safety Act is a bill offered by Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA). This bill would prevent large banks from opting out of the requirement to recognize Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI) in regulatory capital, which primarily reflects the kind of unrealized losses Silicon Valley Bank had with its securities portfolio. This would address a problem with SVB’s common equity Tier 1 capital ratio artificially appearing 2% better capitalized than it ended up being.

H.R. 3914, Failing Bank Acquisition Fairness Act is a bill offered by Representative Stephen Lynch (DMA). This bill would ensure smaller banks can purchase failed banks by directing the FDIC to only consider the bids of a megabank with more than 10% of total deposits if no other institutions meet the least cost test to the FDIC.

H.R. 4116, Systemic Risk Authority Transparency Act is a bill offered by Representative Al Green (DTX). For any use of the systemic risk exception of FDIC’s least cost resolution test, this bill would require banking regulators and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to produce the same kind of post-failure lessons learned reports that the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and GAO did in the aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank’s and Signature Bank’s failure. Initial reports would be due within 60 days after the systemic risk exception is triggered, with more comprehensive reports due within 180 days.

H.R. 4204, Shielding Community Banks from Systemic Risk Assessments Act is a bill offered by Representative Al Green (D-TX). This bill would permanently exempt banks with less than $5 billion in total assets from special assessments the FDIC must collect when a systemic risk exception is triggered, as was done to protect depositors of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The bill would allow FDIC to set a higher threshold if warranted while requiring a minimal impact on

banks with between $5 billion and $50 billion in total assets.

H.R. 4062, Chief Risk Officer Enforcement and Accountability Act is a bill offered by Sean Casten (DIL). This bill would codify regulatory requirements that large banks have a Chief Risk Officer (CRO). The bill also requires within 24 hours of a large bank’s CRO position being vacant, the bank must notify their federal and, if applicable, state prudential regulator of such vacancy. Within 7 days, they must submit a plan to their regulator on how they would search for and promptly hire a well-qualified CRO when there is a vacancy. After 60 days, if the CRO position remains vacant, the bank must notify the public and be subject to an automatic cap on their asset growth until such vacancy is cured. Cosponsors: Representatives Sherman, Green, Gottheimer, Torres, and Nickel.

H.R. 4200, Fostering Accountability in Remuneration Fund Act of 2023, or FAIR Fund Act is a bill offered by Representative Rashida Tlaib (DMA). This bill would require large financial institutions to have a portion of senior executive compensation placed into a deferred compensation pool that would get paid out between 2 years and 8 years depending on the size of the large financial institution. In the case of a company’s failure and/or executive misconduct, the fund would be used to cover the costs of paying any fines or resolving the firm. This would supplement incentive-based compensation rules required under Section 956 of DoddFrank.

H.R. 4207, Stopping Bonuses for Unsafe and Unsound Banking Act is a bill offered by Representative Brittany Pettersen (D-CO). This bill would restrict discretionary bonus payments to executives of any large bank does not resolve a Matter Requiring Immediate Attention or a similar supervisory citation from bank supervisors in a timely manner. Specifically, a bonus freeze would kick in if they do not submit an acceptable remediation plan by a submission deadline set by the regulators, and furthermore, a bonus freeze would take effect if they do not implement the remediation plan by the implementation deadline set by the regulators.

Sports & Entertainment Joe Tatu Memorial Father-Child Golf Tournament Presented by ‘A Father Forever’

By Francis Taylor. Executive Editor

A Father Forever, a 501-C-3, nonprofit organization, whose mission is to assist struggling fathers reconnect with their children, conducted their Father’s Day Celebration, last weekend at the Maggie Hathaway Golf Course in Los Angeles. For men who choose

to be a father forever, the organization encourages them to embrace their Diamond Culture which is comprised of four elements.

The Diamond Culture focuses on Spiritual Wellness, Mental Wellness, Physical Wellness and Financial Wellness. The organization was co-

founded by Joe Tatum and following his passing, his family continues to honor his memory and the contributions he made to developing ‘A Father Forever,’ by participating in regular events, including this year’s Joe Tatum Memorial Father-Child Golf Tournament held at the Maggie

Hathaway Golf Course.

For more information or to make a tax-deductible donation, patrons are encouraged to visit their website at www.afatherforever.org.

Anita Baker Drops Babyface from Tour Amid Online Hate from Fans

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

Renowned hitmaker Anita Baker announced that Babyface, another music legend, will no longer accompany her on tour.

The decision comes after Baker revealed that she had been subjected to online hate from Babyface’s fans.

Taking to Twitter, Baker shared her reasons for the sudden change, stating, “After silently enduring cyberbullying, verbal abuse & threats of violence from the fan base of our special guest/support act, in the interest of personal safety, I will continue The Songstress Tour alone. Appropriate refunds will be made.”

The soulful singer embarked on her tour in February to commemorate the 40th anniversary of her debut solo album, “The Songstress.”

Initially, the tour included Babyface as the opening act.

However, Baker will now be the only performer on the tour’s remaining dates, which are in December.

In response to Baker’s decision, Babyface expressed his disappointment on Twitter, saying, “I am saddened by the news that Anita Baker has decided

to remove me from ‘The Songstress Tour.’ It’s unfortunate and disheartening to see how things have played out via social media.”

According to Baker, the harassment from Babyface’s fans began after her concert on May 10 in New Jersey. Reports from several concert attendees on social media indicated that technical difficulties caused a two-

on Instagram the night of the show, apologizing to fans eagerly awaiting his performance.

He explained that he was asked not to perform to give Baker the space and time to complete her show.

The missed opportunity to entertain their supporters deeply saddened Babyface and his band, Babyface insisted.

Some celebrities have shown sympathy for Babyface in the aftermath of these events.

Singer Stephanie Mills offered him a spot on her tour, and comedian Loni Love commented on Baker’s “personal growth” over the years.

She said she “hoped she [Baker] and her team had improved for the better over the years.”

Critical comments towards Baker escalated after the Babyface’s Tiny Desk concert release last week.

*Contractually?… It was WAAAY Past time 4 the Headline Performer to be On Stage/Anita Baker. The support act did not perform.”

She asserted that she had no contractual obligations with the support act, emphasizing that she fulfilled her duties as the headline performer of her sold-out concert.

Baker defended her description of Babyface as a “support act,” a term that some fans believed undermined his musical success.

Baker maintained her stance despite Babyface’s impressive resume, including 12 Grammy Awards and numerous chart-topping R&B hits as a producer.

hour delay, preventing Babyface from performing before Baker took the stage.

Representatives for both Baker and Babyface have yet to respond to requests for further comment on the matter.

Babyface addressed the situation

Responding to the growing criticism, Baker used social media to defend herself publicly. Multiple times she referred to Babyface as “the support” act, and the show as “my tour.”

Baker clarified the timeline of events, tweeting on Sunday, “It was 9:30 pm.

In response to a critic, Baker tweeted on Monday, “Dearest one. You are not privy to The Contracts. Yes, Babyface is a special guest/support act on my tour. This false narrative of a co-headliner is creating unrealistic expectations & aggression from his fans toward me. He should tell you guys the truth.”

Taking the high road, Babyface expressed his love and respect for Anita and wished her the best for the remainder of the tour.

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Growing Number of California Groups Express Support for Black Reparations

to obtain restitution for their forced removal and confinement during World War II.

Mitchell Maki (President and CEO of the Go for Broke National Education Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy and lessons of the Nisei World War II veterans) and Ron Wakabayashi (former Executive Director, Japanese American Citizens League) provided historical context on how Japanese Americans achieved a rare accomplishment in U.S. history by passing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.

volunteer grassroot organizations that fought for reparations and to express our continued solidarity for Black reparations.”

In September 2022, the San Francisco Black and Jewish Unity Coalition held reparations teach-ins at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco. Secretary of State Shirley Weber, who authored the legislation, Assembly Bill 3121, that created the task force when she was an Assemblymember, was one of the speakers.

Congregation B’nai Israel hosted a 90-minute reparations information session in Sacramento on June 11. Presented by Sacramento Jewish opera singer Lynn Berkeley-Baskin, over 20 people – Jewish and Japanese — attended the event to hear Chris Lodgson from the Coalition for a Just and Equitable California share his experiences as one of the grassroots leaders driving California’s movement for reparations.

By Antonio Ray Harvey| California BlackMedia

In California, an increasing number of Japanese, Jewish and other nonBlack groups are expressing their support for reparations to Black American residents of the state who are descendants of enslaved people.

Around 100 grassroot organizations, motivated in part by the efforts of the Japanese American Bar Association and John M. Langston Bar Association of Los Angeles, have endorsed the work of the task force, and are calling on California to compensate Black residents for historical wrongdoings.

Donald Tamaki, an attorney, and the only non-Black member of the ninemember state reparations task force panel, stated that the groups supporting the task force are mostly Asian, Latino and Jewish.

“They didn’t need whole lot of persuasion,” Tamaki said. “Why? Because they know the healing power of reparations. I think that, in itself, is a news story: that there’s a multiracial group of both big and small organizations representing different constituencies.”

The United States government has previously approved reparations for other ethnic groups to address historical injustices. For instance, Native Americans have been given billions of dollars in compensation for land that was unlawfully taken from them. Japanese Americans received billions in compensation and some of their property was returned for being placed in internment camps during World War II.

Many of the injustices experienced by Japanese Americans occurred after President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s issued Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942, responding to Japan’s aerial bombing of U.S. Military installations at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec.7, 1941.

In the months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, approximately 122,000 men, women, and children of Japanese descent were forcibly relocated to “assembly centers.” Nearly 70,000 of these evacuees were American citizens. They were then evacuated to and confined in 75 isolated, fenced, and guarded “relocation centers,” known as “incarceration camps.”

According to the National Park Service (NPS), 92,785 Californians of Japanese descent were put in temporary detention camps called “Assembly Centers.” The cities of Sacramento, Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco, metropolitans with the largest Japanese contingents, were incarcerated without legal recourse.

Japanese Americans were imprisoned based on ancestry alone. There was no evidence that they had committed any crimes against the U.S. or presented any danger, NPS explained in its “A History of Japanese Americans in California: Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II.”

Three Japanese Americans who were involved in and knowledgeable about the Japanese American Redress Movement (JARM) testified at the California reparations task force’s public meeting held in Los Angeles on Sept. 24, 2022. They educated attendees about efforts Japanese Americans made

They received an official apology letter from the President of the United States and 82,000 surviving Japanese Americans were compensated with $20,000 payments, which totaled to $1.6 billion. Executive Order 9066 was officially rescinded by U.S. President Gerald Ford on Feb. 16, 1976.

Miya Iwataki – a special assistant to former California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) member and U.S. Congressmember Mervyn Dymally who represented the state’s 31st District in Congress during the 1980s – was a member of the National Coalition for Redress/Reparations for Japanese Americans.

Iwataki says she drew inspiration from the activism of Black leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Brown Berets, among others. She explained that it was Black leaders such as Dymally and former Oakland mayor and U.S. Congress member Ron Dellums who supported the passage of the Civil Liberties Act.

Maki, Iwataki, Wakabayashi and other Nisei (second-generations Japanese Americans) and Sansei (third generation) are urging the state to compensate Black descendants of chattel slavery and provide a formal apology for harms suffered in California.

“First, I want to acknowledge the difference in our fight for reparations for the injustice of the (incarceration) camps and the 400 years history of enslaved people,” Iwataki testified. “We’re not here to make recommendations or to prescribe lessons learned. I am here to share the experiences of NCRR and all

Germany has openly acknowledged past aggressions committed during the Holocaust. According to a June 202 report by Steven J. Ross in the Jewish publication the Forward, the German government has paid out $92 billion to Holocaust survivors over seven decades. In the United States, the country has “failed to reckon with the consequences of centuries of slavery,” Ross writes.

“As laws advancing revisionist history sweep our nation’s state legislatures, Americans who favor a national reckoning with our own complicated past would do well to take a lesson from Germany,” writes Steven J. Ross, a history professor at the University of Southern California (USC).

“If we want to truly heal as a nation, we must first acknowledge both the long history of slavery and the pain its legacy still causes – and take tangible steps to right our collective wrongs,” Ross stated.

The task force will hold its final meeting and submit its final report to the California legislature on June 29.

The meeting will start at 9:00 a.m., in the First Floor Auditorium of the March Fong Eu Secretary of State Building, located at 1500 11th Street, downtown Sacramento.

“If there are helpful takeaways from our experience, I hope that they will contribute,” Wakabayashi said of Japanese Americans’ fight for reparations. “It would help repay a great debt. The Black civil rights movement generated the Japanese American Redress Campaign and led the struggle for human rights in this country.”

number one priority for events like this. Attendees should feel safe and comfortable to come out into the community and celebrate our legacies and history. They should not be seeing fights in one corner or having to panic due to false alarms of danger. I will also state that there was no service at the park as well. Which when all the stampedes were going on allowed me to see the recklessness in that. Nobody was reported hurt, or hospitalized which is amazing. The community needs to be more responsible and diligent when running in fear in a crowded place. There can’t be running

and franticness just for the people to find out later a dog was on the loose, or a tent fell, and that was the cause for commotion.

Leimert Park will always have a piece of my heart and I want to see the Juneteenth festival continue, progress, and be free for the community. The goal is to be able to bring our kids’ kids kids to come celebrate. To keep traditions alive that surpass our times and generations. We have such a beautiful foundation and start with what the organizers of the festival have done. So as a community let us do our part to make sure that it is safe

and fun for everyone in attendance, everyone performing, and people who are selling their products.

Aside from very few attendees acting up, the Leimert Park Juneteenth festival was beautiful and showed just how much culture, rawness, edge, economy, and talent we have in our own backyards. People showed up and spent Black dollars with Black people, danced, laughed, skated, painted, and showed why our community is so beautiful, diverse, amazing, and sacred.

Looking forward to the next celebration, and Happy Juneteenth!

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sang a cappella and received a standing ovation.

After Ms. Natalie’s world-class performance, Derrick, a center staff member, announced that See’s Candy, provided by the generosity of Ms. Paige, would be given to everyone.

A retired city employee, Ms. Paige frequently uses her own resources to provide gifts for Inglewood seniors.

Closing remarks were provided by Linda Patterson, the Center staffer who provides the news and announcements daily before the seniors enjoy their meal.

What is the best Hood? FATHERHOOD!

Registered Owner(s): Sundas Latif, 21024 Ladeene Ave., B, Torrance, CA 90503

This business is conducted by an individual(s). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business listed above on June 20, 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.)

Sundas Latif, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk on June 20, 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.) Original

June 22, 29; July 6, 13, 2023

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Inglewood Today

PUBLIC NOTICE

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case# 23TRCP00212

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS

Petitioner: Ismail Khan Ali, 7442 W. 88th Place, Los Angeles, CA, 90045, has filed a petition with the Superior Court Of California, County Of Los Angeles, Southwest District, 825 Maple Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503-5058, to change his name.

FROM: Ismail Khan Ali - TO: Ismail khan

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing on, July 7, 2023, 8:30 AM, Dept. M, to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name change described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Publication Dates: June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023.

Ms. Natalie- AKA ‘Gladys, Whitney or Aretha’ (Francis Taylor photo)

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of product and service providers, food vendors, professional sports representatives, and others, there was something for everyone.

renters. With new housing costs rising sharply as a result of the city’s recent economic development, the issue of evictions for renters is more important

now than it has been in the past. Answers were provided that explained what is lawful and what is not.

Another interesting exhibitor, among dozens of others, was the booth manned by Los Angeles Clippers’ staff members. They were on hand to answer questions related to the new facility under construction, ticket sales and employment opportunities. They were also giving away free Clippers’ memorabilia and collectible items.

The festival had something for everyone; from health screening and beauty pavilions to an Historically Black College and University representative, specifically my Alma Mater, Hampton University; authentic African wood carvings; real estate advisors and financial planners, to name only a few, festival attendees had much to enjoy.

And finally, as has become customary in all of the events sponsored by the City of Inglewood, the ambiance of the friendly crowd permeated throughout the event. There were smiles on the faces of the attendees as well as the exhibitors and there was not an unpleasant incident to note.

Well done Inglewood, well done indeed!

The City of Inglewood’s Housing Protection Department had a booth with representatives to answer questions for property owners and