Our Authors Study Club, Inc., (OASC) will co-host a several citywide events for African American Heritage Month. This year marks the 73rd celebration held in conjunction with the City of Los Angeles. The national theme is, “Black Resistance in The Past, Present, and Future.”
In the wake of the revelation of the scathing and scandalous racist sentiments and proposals harbored and hawked by three Latino city council members and a labor leader, there has been a virtually unanimous call and demand for them to do the right thing and resign.
San Jose native Tonya McKenzie is the first African American woman to run for Redondo Beach City Council for the Fourth District, and if victorious, she will be the first black woman to hold the city council position. With District 4 being the least voting block (residents are voting the least), McKenzie believes that conversation, collaboration, and commonality can turn that around.
Los Angeles County officials on July 20 presented the deed to prime California oceanfront property to the heirs of a Black couple who built a beach resort for African Americans but were harassed and finally stripped of the land nearly a century ago.
On June 7, Los Angeles voters will select the next Controller for America’s second-largest city. Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz is a candidate for City Controller.
The Los Angeles City Council voted on Feb. 8 to instruct the City Attorney’s Office to draft an ordinance that would prohibit people from assembling or disassembling their bicycles in the public right-of-way.
On Monday, January 3, 2022, Long Beach City Councilman Rex Richardson announced his bid to become the next Mayor of Long Beach.
Rex Richardson is a Long Beach City Councilmember and regional leader with a proven track record of collaboration and problem solving that has helped improve the lives of Long Beach residents.
In another effort to speed the processing of cargo and eliminate a backlog of ships trying to deliver merchandise, the Los Angeles City Council today authorized the Port of Los Angeles to fine companies whose containers linger at the marine terminals.