Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson and his staff will launch the 2023 South L.A. Strong summer program with a pool party extravaganza on Friday, June 30, at 5:30 p.m., at the Van Ness Recreation Center, located at 5720 2nd Avenue in Los Angeles.
Sentinel News Service Community Builders Group, a Pasadena-based real estate developer, hosted a Healthcare Festival on April 29, at University Gardens, an apartment complex near the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. This is the second year that CBG has partnered with L.A. City Council District 8, USC and South L.A. nonprofits Community Build, Inc., Brotherhood Crusade to produce the day-long festival.CBG, known for socially conscience community developments, purchased University Gardens over 23 years ago. “To us, real estate development does not just mean building housing, it means building up community,” CBG Community Outreach Manager Dawn Velazquez said. “We’re
A beautiful afternoon in South Los Angeles was made more enjoyable with the opening of Chesterfield Apartments for formerly homeless senior citizens.
Every action we take is a vote for what we want our community to become. Our vision is both inspirational and aspirational. For the close-knit community of South Los Angeles, the desire to make everything better for everyone — not just ourselves — is at the core of our demands from city departments and the people we elect to serve.
: Council Districts (CDs) 8, 9 and 10 saw minimal changes in the final draft map to be submitted to the Los Angeles City Council by the Redistricting Commission. The adopted draft map, which passed by a 15-6 vote, featured adjustments to the three CDs with the city’s highest numbers of voting age African Americans. Most notably, Exposition Park is now located in CD 8.
After multiple public hearings and several special meetings, the Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission adopted the first set of draft maps reflecting new boundaries for L.A. council districts (CDs).