May 31, 2018
VOL. 31, No. 68
Inglewood Welcomes New Stores By Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor
With the new Los Angeles Stadium and Entertainment Center under construction on Prairie Avenue many new businesses continue to open in the City of Inglewood. The minority-owned Grocery Outlet Bargain Market recently opened with great fanfare at 2810 W. Imperial Highway. To celebrate the chain’s 300th store opening nationwide, as the fastest growing extreme value grocer in the United States, The Inglewood store gave customers the opportunity to win $3,000 worth of ‘Bargain Bucks’ frozen inside a life-size ‘300’ shaped ice sculpture display. Patricia White and Neason Gill, the Inglewood store’s independent owner-operators, welcomed the
NEW STATEWIDE SURVEY: BLACK VOTERS LEAN TOWARD
NEWSOM/FEINSTEIN IN JUNE PRIMARY CONTEST By INGLEWOOD TODAY NEWS SERVICE On Friday, the Policy, Research and Practice Initiative (PRPI) released the California African American Policy Priorities Survey Spring 2018 (CAAPPS 2018). The survey highlights respondent
sentiments on a variety of issues important to Black voters. The issues include housing availability and affordability, improved public schooling, justice in relation to community policing and law enforcement, access to mental health services, as well as how candidates for statewide office compare in relation to their support from Black voters. It is a valuable tool for understanding Black voter attitudes in the state of California. Although the report serves as a key barometer of where statewide primary candidates currently stand relative to their potential share of the Black vote; more importantly, it highlights a range of public policy issues that are most important to Black voters in the state. “California’s African American electorate has a voice through this poll. Our voices, perspectives, and interests are now at the forefront of state policy and politics. African American voters appear positioned to have major impact on who will be the next Governor and United States
Senator. This year’s Wakanda moment appears to apply to elections as well,” said PRPI’s Director the Honorable Sebastian Ridley-Thomas. CAAPPS 2018 is the only statewide
80-STORY SKYSCRAPER WITH CONDOS, RESTAURANTS, AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COULD TRANSFORM BUNKER HILL By Los Angeles Times
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A rendering of the proposed $1.2-billion Angels Landing skyscraper complex on Bunker Hill.
Even in an era of mega real estate developments in downtown Los Angeles, the Angels Landing proposal stands out. On a steep, barren hillside next to the landmark Angels Flight railway, develop-
ers plan to erect a $1.2-billion residential, hotel and retail complex anchored by a skyscraper of at least 80 stories that would be one of the tallest buildings west of the Mississippi River.
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The process could take several years, but the developers, a trio of minority-owned firms, plan to file an application with the city next month to start the official approval process. The City Council has already granted them an exclusive negotiating agreement to develop the citycontrolled 2.2-acre site at Fourth and Hill streets. Their proposal in December won a city competition among would-be developers who coveted the opportunity to build a large-scale project in the heart of downtown. “It’s basically a neighborhood within a building,” said developer Don Peebles, chairman of New York-based Peebles Corp. “It’s the wave of the future for urban living.” The mixed-use concept for Angels Landing, which includes apartments, condominiums, restaurants and an elementary school, is a dramatic
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