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Jackson Alleges Fraud, Challenging Council Election in Court
New Child and Family Well-Being Center Scheduled to Open Next April
Photo by Dennis Freeman for The Bulletin
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Leads the Groundbreaking for the new Child and Family Wellbeing Center Scheduled for Completion in April 2020. By Staff Reports
Michelle Chambers
Jasper “Jay” Jackson
Jasper “Jay” Jackson is contesting the results of the April 16th City Council election in which he placed 3rd in the District 1 race and was thus eliminated from the June 4th run-off. In a petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last week, Jackson alleges three causes of action in calling for several avenues of court relief, from seeking a new election to eliminating challenger Michelle Chambers from the June election and inserting himself. Among his claims, Jackson contends: Chambers does not reside in the City of Compton, there were voting irregularities both on election day at various precincts as well as the vote count by the Registrar/Recorder’s Office in Norwalk, and a claim that one individual voted six different times, using six different names in six different voting locations. In the official tally, Jackson finished behind incumbent Janna Zurita and Chambers. If no candidate received 50.1% of the vote, the top two finishers advance to the general election in June. Currently that’s Zurita and Chambers. In the most recent report, released last Thursday, Zurita leads all District 1 candidates with 38.61% of the 1,719 votes cast. Her total nearly doubles Jackson’s, a difference of 327 votes. However, the difference between Chambers and Jackson is much closer, 53 votes.
City of Compton Primary Nominating Election Member of the City Council, 1st District
WILLOWBROOK— County and local officials, led by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, broke ground yesterday on a new child and family health center on the Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus.
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everal Los Angeles County departments and local service providers, including Special Needs Network (SNN), will share the three-story, 55,000-squarefoot building to “maximize collaboration and service integration.’ The first floor of the Center will replace the three trailers currently serving as the MLK Pediatric Medical Hub Clinic, which provides outpatient clinical ser-
vices for at-risk pediatric and adolescent patients and their families. The County Departments of Health Services, Mental Health, Public Health, and Children and Family Services will all have staff at the new Center to provide services such as pediatric and adolescent health care for foster youth, and forensic medical exam-
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Michelle Chamber 23.01%
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Jasper “Jay” Jackson 19.99%
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Richard Alatorre 12.76%
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Ronald Green 3.30%
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Francisco Rodriguez 2.0 2.33%
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Janna Zurita 38.61%
inations, hearing and vision screenings, trauma-informed mental health services, family visitation, and Parent-Child Interactive Therapy. The second floor will house an Autism Center operated by St. John’s Well Child and Family Center and the Special Needs Network. The Autism Center will provide comprehensive screening, medical, dental, and behavioral health services for special needs children, teens and adults. Other state-of-the-art, high quality services will include Applied Behavior Analysis, speech and occupational therapies, outdoor sports courts, a yoga center and music, technology and creative spaces. The third floor will house a Family Justice Center where a multi-disciplinary team of professionals will work together, under one roof, to provide supportive services to those affected by domestic, family, intimate partner, and sexual violence. Construction is scheduled to be completed next April 2020.
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In the District 4 race, challenger Justin A. Blakely and incumbent Emma Sharif are headed for a June showdown. Blakely garnered 43.6% of the vote to Sharif ’s 30.09%
Photo by Dennis J. Freeman for The Bulletin Jesse Moore speaks to a young man during the Promoting Healthy Manhood conference on Saturday, April 27, 2019. COMPTON—Saturday at the Douglas F. Dollarhide Community Center in Compton was a day of frank discussion among men and boys. The Positive Results Corporation (PRC) held an all-day forum focusing on positive reinforcement for young men. The Promoting Healthy Manhood conference featured panel discussions on topics
such as sexual assault, preventing domestic violence, and building healthy relationships. Founded by LAPD Officer Tony Newsom in 1992, the organizations’ stated mission “is to address Bullying, Inter-Personal/ Teen Dating Violence, & Sexual Assault in youth, young adults & communities of color.”