“The three of us have one major goal,” Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson told the Sentinel in a recent interview about his relationship with fellow African American City Council members, Curren Price and Marqueece Harris-Dawson and their collective effort to help underserved constituents.
Although Los Angeles is a sprawling city, the majority of African Americans still reside south of the 10 freeway. Within that huge geographical area lies Council Districts 8, 9 and 10, all represented by Blacks who are seizing the opportunity to work together for the good of their constituents.
Councilmen Bernard Parks and Curren Price, hoping to organize this year’s Fourth of July fireworks at the Los Angeles Coliseum, presented competing proposals to the panel that oversees the event. Parks’ office estimates his costs to be lower. Meanwhile, Price’s estimate includes essentials like security guards. Two city council members competing to organize the annual Fourth of July fireworks show at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum presented revised versions of their proposals last Friday to the panel that oversees the venue. Councilman Bernard Parks, who represents the Eighth District, submitted one of the two proposals to the Los Angeles
The Los Angeles City Council today took a step toward developing an unarmed model of crisis response by authorizing the city administrative officer to revise and release a Request For Proposals for the program that would divert nonviolent calls for services away from police officers. Nonprofits in Los Angeles will be able to submit proposals for operating the program and providing staff that would respond to the calls. The city will hold question-and-answer sessions during the process to engage with communities and encourage submissions.
Governor Gavin Newsom organized labor, community, and elected leaders across South Los Angeles to recognize Black worker contributions to the American Labor Movement on Labor Day at the headquarters of the African American Voter Registration, Education, and Participation Project (AAVREP).
Juneteenth is not recognized as an official federal holiday, although on June 19 of this year the U.S. Senate passed a resolution seeking to make it a federal holiday.
On Thursday, May 3, 2018 a press conference was held at the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper announcing the support of former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for Governor. Villaraigosa was surrounded by faith and community leaders, and local prominent political leaders from the City of Carson, Inglewood, and Compton.
Names November 22 “E.J. Jackson Day” in Los Angeles
On Saturday, October 10 the Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade family received devastating news about one of its members. Semaj Clark, a Brotherhood Crusade youth ambassador and student at Cal Poly Pomona was presenting to a national audience at a community safety forum, hosted by the Georgia Juvenile Court System. After the event, Clark was lured to the 500 block of Yamacraw Village, where three teens reportedly attempted to rob him. When Clark turned and ran from the scene, he was shot three times by a 17-year old assailant: twice in the arm and once in the back. Police at the