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NEWS

  • Potential Eminent Domain in Inglewood, CA – Clipper’s stadium. Click link for Inglewood City Plans on Irateinglewood’s website.  Inglewoodedplans.pdf.
  • News Article listing dirtbag politicians’ spin on black relocation and possible eminent domain.  There is a group of politicians trying to sell out Inglewood.  They are denying Black relocation and eminent domain despite evidence.  The news article reports on an October 2017 Inglewood City Hall meeting regarding development, among other topics.  Veronica Makey, “Inglewood to build new hotel in district 4”, Inglewood Today, October 26, 2017, http://www.inglewoodtodaynews.com/index.php/breaking-news/community/item/1178-inglewood-to-build-new-hotel-in-district-4
  • Information on Boyle Heights movement against relocation. https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/03/the-neighborhood-that-went-to-war-against-gentrifiers/518181/
  • Adam Nagourney and Conor Doughtery, “A Cost Of A Hot Economy in California: A Severe Housing Crises”, New York Times, July 17, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/california-housing-crisis.html
  • Flippers displacing Blacks and exploiting Jim Crow property values in West Adams and Jefferson Park. “One of the best neighborhoods left”- This quote does not describe the local people; its describing how cheap the land is and how this Black area is one of the best neighborhoods left in Los Angeles to exploit the low property values for “flippers.” Andrew Khouri, “Home Prices Soar Near USC As Flippers And Developers Rush to ‘One of the Best Neighborhoods Left’ For Flippers, Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2016, http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-jefferson-park-flips-20160831-snap-story.html.  The selling prices are double to triple what was paid.  As with the other cities and areas, people seeking to exploit Black neighborhoods are increasing the prices out of reach for most Americans.  This is another example of how Black communities were left underdeveloped in order to provide cheap housing, and the pressure these new urbanites are placing on Black communities to provide this cheap housing as they displace local Blacks.
  • Erin Aubry Kaplan, “Here Comes The Whites, There Goes The Neighborhood”, Los Angeles Times, November 26, 2017, OP-ED, A22.
  • Laura Nelson, “LA Weighs Plans To Build Near Expo Line”, Los Angeles Times, November 26, 2017.
  • Steve Lopez, “A Study In Stark Contrasts California Homeowners Are Seeing Another Gold Rush. What do They Owe Neighboring Renters Who Are Struggling To Catch Up?”, Los Angeles Times, November 26, 2017.
  • Ralph Varteadian, “Along The Bullet Train Path, Crime and Vacant Lots.”, Los Angeles Times, February 4, 2018, A1. Here is a very interesting article about the Central Valley in California, and the struggles of local residents with eminent domain and construction along the Bullet Train. I personally was happy in the beginning about upgraded transportation and fast trains given the size the of this huge state. Like the expanded Metro in the Los Angeles area, it has become a symbol of disparity, local exploitation, and housing crises for some.
  • Christopher Hawthorne, “Land Use Now A Zero-Sum Game. Amid Football Fever, At What Cost Does A New Stadium Come To Housing-Starved L.A.?”, Los Angeles Times, February 4, 2018, Architecture Critic Section.
  • Leana Garfield, “”San Francisco’s cheapest single-family home will sell for over $500,000– and it reveals how bad the housing — and it reveals how bad the housing crises has become”, Business Insider, February 16, 2018, https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/san-franciscos-cheapest-single-family-home-will-sell-for-over-dollar500000-%e2%80%94-and-it-reveals-how-bad-the-housing-crisis-has-become/ss-BBJaNfj?ocid=spartandhp#image=8.