Bridge Housing Corporation and 8th District Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson have broken ground and are diligently working towards bringing two much-needed and highly anticipated affordable housing developments to a 4-acre site left decimated for over 30 years following the civil unrest of 1992.
Mayor Eric Garcetti today called for affirmative action in City government and signed an executive directive to study and promote racial equity in City departments. To help lead, coordinate, and drive these efforts, he also named Deputy Mayor Brenda Shockley as L.A.’s first-ever Chief Equity Officer.
I didn’t know LaTasha Harlins personally but in 1991, the year she died, she and I were around the same age. We were both attending high school in Los Angeles; she attended Westchester High and I was at Hollywood High.