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President Joe Biden is making a new case to the American public for shipping arms, ammunition and other military supplies to the wars in Ukraine and Israel.
His argument: many of those supplies are made in America — and that’s good for American jobs.[...]
That argument — which namechecked 2024 battleground states Pennsylvania and Arizona — comes as Biden makes a reelection pitch centered on his efforts to create jobs and revitalize domestic manufacturing in sectors such as clean energy and semiconductor fabrication. [...]
And now that message includes arms manufacturing. The administration is pushing to ramp up the defense industrial base to pump out more artillery shells, missiles and other weapons for the U.S. and allies. The newest aid proposal, released Friday, includes $61.4 billion for Ukraine, of which $30 billion is for direct Ukrainian military aid.[...]
For Democrats who have been eager to see Biden more actively selling the war supply effort to weary voters, the made-in-America angle is a welcome sign of political vigor. They acknowledge, though, that it is not a sure-thing political wager.
“To anybody that actually wants to, in good faith, make the decision, it’s certainly a really important and, I think, persuasive argument that this is about American jobs. It’s about helping actually bolster our entire defense manufacturing enterprise,” said Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.). “But I fear, and past behavior has shown, the MAGA extremists aren’t actually making this decision in good faith. They’re making it based on Russian propaganda that’s been propagated by Trump and everybody else.”[...]
While Biden’s message might resonate with some voters, it’s not getting much traction with House Republicans who oppose more aid [to Ukraine] at least not yet. Interviews with House GOP lawmakers on Friday showed that even those who feel Ukraine aid is justified aren’t buying Biden’s argument.[...]
Ukraine has been striking Russian logistics hubs using Lockheed Martin’s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, or GMLRS, that are partially made in Lufkin, Texas — a city of 34,000 people that saw its paper mill and foundry close over the last two decades.
It’s represented by Republican Rep. Pete Sessions, a Ukraine aid supporter, who said Friday that the U.S. has an obligation to protect Ukraine under its post-Cold War security commitments. [...]
The U.S. has awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers that fire GMLRS and are made in Camden, Ark., a town of about 10,000 people that’s 100 miles south of Little Rock.
Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman, who represents Camden, said critics of government spending can be surprised to know some of that spending is going back to communities like his.
“I actually had some constituents text me last night and say $100 billion is a lot of money to give away, and I made the point that a lot of that equipment is made in my district,” Westerman said. [...]
A bigger driver for House Republicans to back Ukraine aid may ultimately be whether they can extract border security concessions from Biden and Senate Democrats. Biden’s supplemental request includes $13.6 billion for security efforts at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Republicans are also seeking border policy changes from the administration, and see a Ukraine funding request as an opportunity for leverage.
“I’d be really surprised if Republicans wanted to let Russia win more than they wanted our own border secure,” Crenshaw said. “So I think that is the grand bargain that needs to happen.”
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This is the full list of all Republican House representatives who voted against the sick leave measure:
Robert Aderholt, Alabama 4th district
Rick Allen, Georgia 12th district
Mark Amodei, Nevada 2nd district
Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota
Jodey Arrington, Texas 19th district
Brian Babin, Texas 36th district
Jim Baird, Indiana 4th district
Troy Balderson, Ohio 12th district
Jim Banks, Indiana 3rd district
Andy Barr, Kentucky 6th district
Cliff Bentz, Oregon 2nd district
Jack Bergman, Michigan 1st district
Stephanie Bice (OK), Oklahoma 5th district
Andy Biggs, Arizona 5th district
Gus Bilirakis, Florida 12th district
Dan Bishop, North Carolina 9th district
Mike Bost, Illinois 12th district
Kevin Brady, Texas 8th district
Mo Brooks, Alabama 5th district
Vern Buchanan, Florida 16th district
Ken Buck, Colorado 4th district
Larry Bucshon, Indiana 8th district
Ted Budd, North Carolina 13th district
Tim Burchett, Tennessee 2nd district
Michael Burgess, Texas 26th district
Ken Calvert, California 42nd district
Kat Cammack, Florida 3rd district
Mike Carey, Ohio 15th district
Jerry Carl, Alabama 1st district
John Carter, Texas 31st district
Buddy Carter, Georgia 1st district
Madison Cawthorn, North Carolina 11th district
Steve Chabot, Ohio 1st district
Liz Cheney, Wyoming
Ben Cline, Virginia 6th district
Michael Cloud, Texas 27th district
Andrew Clyde, Georgia 9th district
Tom Cole, Oklahoma 4th district
James Comer, Kentucky 1st district
Connie Conway, California 22nd district
Rick Crawford, Arkansas 1st district
Dan Crenshaw, Texas 2nd district
John Curtis, Utah 3rd district
Warren Davidson, Ohio 8th district
Rodney Davis, Illinois 13th district
Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee 4th district
Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida 25th district
Byron Donalds, Florida 19th district
Jeff Duncan, South Carolina 3rd district
Neal Dunn, Florida 2nd district
Jake Ellzey, Texas 6th district
Tom Emmer, Minnesota 6th district
Ron Estes, Kansas 4th district
Pat Fallon, Texas 4th district
Randy Feenstra, Iowa 4th district
Drew Ferguson, Georgia 3rd district
Brad Finstad, Minnesota 1st district
Michelle Fischbach, Minnesota 7th district
Scott Fitzgerald, Wisconsin 5th district
Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee 3rd district
Mike Flood, Nebraska 1st district
Mayra Flores, Texas 34th district
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina 5th district
Scott Franklin, Florida 15th district
Russ Fulcher, Idaho 1st district
Matt Gaetz, Florida 1st district
Mike Gallagher, Wisconsin 8th district
Andrew Garbarino, New York 2nd district
Mike Garcia, California 25th district
Bob Gibbs, Ohio 7th district
Carlos Gimenez, Florida 26th district
Louie Gohmert, Texas 1st district
Tony Gonzales, Texas 23rd district
Anthony Gonzalez, Ohio 16th district
Bob Good, Virginia 5th district
Lance Gooden, Texas 5th district
Paul Gosar, Arizona 4th district
Kay Granger, Texas 12th district
Garret Graves, Louisiana 6th district
Sam Graves, Missouri 6th district
Mark Green, Tennessee 7th district
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia 14th district
Morgan Griffith, Virginia 9th district
Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin 6th district
Michael Guest, Mississippi 3rd district
Brett Guthrie, Kentucky 2nd district
Andy Harris, Maryland 1st district
Diana Harshbarger, Tennessee 1st district
Vicky Hartzler, Missouri 4th district
Kevin Hern, Oklahoma 1st district
Yvette Herrell, New Mexico 2nd district
Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington 3rd district
Jody Hice, Georgia 10th district
Clay Higgins, Louisiana 3rd district
French Hill, Arkansas 2nd district
Ashley Hinson, Iowa 1st district
Trey Hollingsworth, Indiana 9th district
Richard Hudson, North Carolina 8th district
Bill Huizenga, Michigan 2nd district
Darrell Issa, California 50th district
Ronny Jackson, Texas 13th district
Chris Jacobs, New York 27th district
Mike Johnson, Louisiana 4th district
Bill Johnson, Ohio 6th district
Dusty Johnson, South Dakota
Jim Jordan, Ohio 4th district
David Joyce, Ohio 14th district
John Joyce, Pennsylvania 13th district
Fred Keller, Pennsylvania 12th district
Trent Kelly, Mississippi 1st district
Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania 16th district
Young Kim, California 39th district
David Kustoff, Tennessee 8th district
Darin LaHood, Illinois 18th district
Doug LaMalfa, California 1st district
Doug Lamborn, Colorado 5th district
Bob Latta, Ohio 5th district
Jake LaTurner, Kansas 2nd district
Debbie Lesko, Arizona 8th district
Julia Letlow, Louisiana 5th district
Billy Long, Missouri 7th district
Barry Loudermilk, Georgia 11th district
Frank Lucas, Oklahoma 3rd district
Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri 3rd district
Nancy Mace, South Carolina 1st district
Nicole Malliotakis, New York 11th district
Tracey Mann, Kansas 1st district
Thomas Massie, Kentucky 4th district
Brian Mast, Florida 18th district
Kevin McCarthy, California 23rd district
Michael McCaul, Texas 10th district
Lisa McClain, Michigan 10th district
Tom McClintock, California 4th district
Patrick McHenry, North Carolina 10th district
Peter Meijer, Michigan 3rd district
Dan Meuser, Pennsylvania 9th district
Mary Miller, Illinois 15th district
Carol Miller, West Virginia 3rd district
Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Iowa 2nd district
John Moolenaar, Michigan 4th district
Alex Mooney, West Virginia 2nd district
Barry Moore, Alabama 2nd district
Blake Moore, Utah 1st district
Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma 2nd district
Greg Murphy, North Carolina 3rd district
Troy Nehls, Texas 22nd district
Dan Newhouse, Washington 4th district
Ralph Norman, South Carolina 5th district
Jay Obernolte, California 8th district
Burgess Owens, Utah 4th district
Steven Palazzo, Mississippi 4th district
Gary Palmer, Alabama 6th district
Greg Pence, Indiana 6th district
Scott Perry, Pennsylvania 10th district
August Pfluger, Texas 11th district
Bill Posey, Florida 8th district
Guy Reschenthaler, Pennsylvania 14th district
Tom Rice, South Carolina 7th district
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington 5th district
Mike Rogers, Alabama 3rd district
Hal Rogers, Kentucky 5th district
John Rose, Tennessee 6th district
Matt Rosendale, Montana
David Rouzer, North Carolina 7th district
Chip Roy, Texas 21st district
John Rutherford, Florida 4th district
Maria Elvira Salazar, Florida 27th district
Steve Scalise, Louisiana 1st district
David Schweikert, Arizona 6th district
Austin Scott, Georgia 8th district
Joe Sempolinski, New York 23rd district
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Explore Branson Golf Destination Courses Shine in ‘Golfweek’s Best’ Annual Rankings
Five cited for excellence in Missouri including the top four, three garner ‘Top 100 Public Course’ status
Golfweek recently announced two “Golfweek’s Best” lists (“Top Courses by State” and “Top 100 Public Access Courses”) and five courses in the Explore Branson golf destination garnered best-of recognition in them.
Nationally, Ozarks National (Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw design), Buffalo Ridge (Tom Fazio and Johnny Morris), and Payne’s Valley (Tiger Woods) earned distinction in the “Top 100 Public Course” list, ranking nos. 51, 77, and 93, respectively.
For Missouri public courses, Golfweek course raters ranked Ozarks National No. 1 in the state, Buffalo Ridge No. 2, Branson Hills No. 3 (Chuck Smith/Bobby Clampett), Payne’s Valley No. 4, and LedgeStone No. 7 (Tom Clark).
The hundreds of members of Golfweek’s course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce the final rankings.
“Golfweek bestowing this honor on us validates not only that our course is considered one of the finest, but also that the Branson golf destination is one of the best with five courses voted into the state’s top 10,” said Dan Davis, PGA, Branson Hills Golf Club, Director of Golf.
Branson’s five other courses are Top of the Rock (Jack Nicklaus), Mountain Top (Gary Player), Thousand Hills (Bob Cupp), The Pointe, and Holiday Hills. Top of the Rock and Mountain Top are award-winning par-3 courses, a welcome addition in golf trips where players tee up 18-holers in the morning, then add afternoon “short course” rounds. Thousand Hills has often earned “favorite course” status among area golfers, while The Pointe and Holiday Hills provide additional popular 18-hole playing options.
The two short courses and Ozarks National, Buffalo Ridge, and Payne’s Valley are amenities of Big Cedar Lodge.
All 10 courses in the destination are located near one another as well as hundreds of restaurants, lodging options, and after-golf attractions.
“Golfweek rating five of our 10 courses among the finest in the state and country is exciting; we hope it inspires people to visit our golf destination in the Branson Missouri Ozarks,” said Lynn Berry, Director of Communications, Explore Branson.
Branson is the No. 3 rated trending tourism destination in America according to Tripadvisor, a place where live entertainment theatres, lakes, museums, a world-famous theme park (Silver Dollar City), sports venues, outdoor adventures, and family friendly activities proliferate.
Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform named Branson’s Silver Dollar City the No. 1 theme park in the United States last week. Utilizing traveler reviews and ratings for experiences, tours, activities, and attractions on their site over a 12-month period (May 1, 2022 - April 30, 2023), as well as an additional editorial process, earned the theme park top status.
For more information about Branson and its golf destination, visit www.explorebranson.com/golf, Instagram (@ExploreBransonGolf) or Facebook (@BransonGolf).
Explore Branson Golf Courses
Ozarks National, 800.225.6343
Mountain Top, 800.225.6343
The Pointe, 417.334.4477
Thousand Hills, 800.487.0769, 417.334.4553
Buffalo Ridge, 800.225.6343
LedgeStone, 417.335.8187
Top of the Rock, 800.225.6343
Branson Hills, 417.337.2963
Payne’s Valley, 800.225.6343
Holiday Hills, 417.334.4838
About Explore Branson
Branson is a one-of-a-kind family vacation destination nestled in the lakeside beauty of the Ozark Mountains — and an incredible value — with dozens of live performance theatres, three pristine lakes, an international award-winning theme park, dozens of attractions and museums, a Historic Downtown district, a Town Center-style shopping complex, a full range of dining options, and a host of hotels, motels, resorts, RV parks, campgrounds, sports venues, and meeting and conference facilities. Branson is less than one day’s drive for one-third of America’s residents. With low-cost flights to Branson Airport (BKG www.flybranson.com) and nearby Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF), it has never been easier to access Branson. Call 1-800-296-0463 for help planning your next vacation, convention or reunion. See more at: http://www.explorebranson.com
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Merlin Santana (March 14, 1976 – November 9, 2002) was an American actor and rapper. Beginning his career in the early 1990s, Santana was best known for his roles as Rudy Huxtable's boyfriend Stanley on The Cosby Show, Marcus Dixon on Getting By, Marcus Henry in Under One Roof and Romeo Santana on The WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show (1996 – 2002).
Born in Upper Manhattan, New York City to parents from the Dominican Republic, Santana's career in show business began with a push from his parents, who wanted to keep him off the tough streets of New York. He began his career at the age of three as an advertising model for a fast food chain. His first screen appearance was as an extra in the Woody Allen film, The Purple Rose of Cairo.
Acting Career
In 1991, Santana landed a recurring role on The Cosby Show as Stanley, the boyfriend of Rudy Huxtable and the rival of Rudy's friend Kenny (Deon Richmond). He was then cast as Marcus Dixon in the short-lived sitcom, Getting By, starring Cindy Williams and Telma Hopkins. Deon Richmond was cast as his brother Darren, due to their interaction on The Cosby Show.
In November 1994, Santana appeared on Sister, Sister as Joey, who falls in love with Tia and Tamera (Tia and Tamera Mowry) at Rocket Burger.
In 1995, Santana was cast as Marcus Henry in the short-lived CBS family drama Under One Roof, co-starring with James Earl Jones, Joe Morton and Vanessa Bell Calloway. Between 1996 and 1999, he played the role of Ohagi on Moesha.
In 1996, he landed the role of Romeo Santana on The Steve Harvey Show. In 2001, he played the role of Jermaine in the movie Flossin. In 2002, he appeared in the VH1 TV movie, Play'd: A Hip Hop Story with Toni Braxton. That same year, Santana had a role in the Eddie Murphy comedy Showtime. His last television acting role was on the UPN series, Half & Half, while his last film role was in the 2003 comedy film, The Blues with Deon Richmond.
Death
Shooting
On November 9, 2002, Santana was murdered while sitting in a car in Los Angeles. Santana and his friend, actor Brandon Adams, just left an acquaintance's home in the Crenshaw District when the suspect Damien Andre Gates fired the shot that entered through the trunk of the vehicle in which Santana was a passenger. The bullet penetrated the right-front passenger headrest and entered Santana's head, killing him.
On November 18, 2002, Santana, age 26, was buried at Saint Raymond's Cemetery in The Bronx borough of New York City.
Trial and Allegations against Gates
In 2003, Gates was convicted of the first-degree murder of Santana and the attempted murder of Adams and was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences plus 70 years in prison.
Brandon Douglas Bynes, the other suspect who was with Gates during the shooting, received a 23-year sentence after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon.
An LAPD officer involved in the case testified that Monique King, reportedly shooter Gates's girlfriend, only aged 15 at the time, falsely claimed that Santana made sexual advances towards her which prompted the Gates' and Bynes' attack.
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LeBron James Produce docuseries on Nipsey Hussle's life
The four-time NBA champion LeBron James and Maverick Carter's SpringHill Films have joined hands with Nipsey Hussle's Marathon Films for a docuseries on the life of the late rapper. The docuseries has a popular hashtag 'HussleDoc' and released its first teaser on Tuesday while the series is expected to be released as 'Hussle'.
The docuseries will show the comprehensive and incredible story of N ipsey Hussle from his days as a young boy growing up in Crenshaw district of South Central Los Angeles , to the musician and activist he became in the later years of his life.
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Southern tacos " located on the Crenshaw District "
#Southern tacos#black entrepreneurship#crenshawdistrict#losangeles california#black and white#black history#california#crenshaw#graffiti#jean michel basquiat#blues#taco#original#las vegas#homemade
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Kent Jamz: Fanclub
Five years have passed since the Crenshaw District hip hop group Overdoz and lead vocalist Kent Jamz, released their 2017 effort 2008. Since then, Kent Jamz has been low profile. Kent’s recent output of music, independent of his group, has been extraordinary. Just last year Kent released a collaborative project with Compton MC, Buddy, titled Jank tape Vol. 1. Providing consistent music during the pandemic, he has built up just the right momentum to release his long-awaited debut album Fanclub.
In the 14-track LP, Fanclub, Kent Jamz holds his own with minimal features, showcasing his talents and innovative sound. Kent’s story telling is elite on the project, taking you into his world with a unique perspective on relationships. Fanclub explores the life of a player that finds the girl he risks it all for, while simultaneously being down for his homies. With immaculate production, he sprinkles his unorthodox singing and rapping capabilities throughout the album.
The introduction opens with Kent’s daughter and familiar conversations with his peers that’s also distributed throughout the album skits. Jamz sticks to the Overdoz sound with “Set Up”, “Or Not” featuring A$AP Ferg, and “The Gram”. He remains true to himself and his life experiences on songs like “In Search Of,” paying homage to Pharrell’s group N.E.R.D.: “Kush got me ridin’ in a hearse/ With my window down bumpin’ N.E.R.D.”
Compton native, Buddy, left his mark on the lead single “Rollin Wit The Homies” and “Boomerang.” Kent’s lyrics and wordplay are sharp as ever in songs like “Boomerang” (titled after Eddie Murphy romantic comedy Boomerang): “But I ain’t Eddie Murphy and you ain’t Halle Barry / So I ain’t Robin Givens, givin’ you a wedding ring”
Though most people were looking forward to a Overdoz reunion on the album, Kent compromised for his fans by giving his groupmate Joon a feature on “All The Smoce” with their trademark uplifting melody alongside playful lyrics, asking for what is owed to them.
Despite the album describing his fan club of women, the tables turn on songs like “Coachella”, “Blowing Up Your Phone”, and “wyd wya”, with him pursuing after a particular girl of interest. Fanclub turns into a classic tale of summer love in South Central LA. On the track, “Hood Girl” Kent describes BBQ cookout where he is meeting family of the girl he is dating.
The LP concludes with the love ballad, “Taj Mahal”, detailing public displays of affection for a woman he doesn’t mind the “whole world to see.” The album comes full circle with Kent falling in love for better or for worse.
For fans who have been patiently waiting for Kent Jamz to drop his own project, the wait was well worth it. With the prodigious storytelling and flawless sound, it’s hard to skip this project, just join the fan club.
Stream Fanclub here.
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Democrat Vicente Gonzalez wins re-election to the U.S. House in Texas's 34th Congressional District, NBC News projects.
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From the newsletter:
I need your help. A new crop of elected officials or those running in November primaries were selected by United States citizens yesterday.
So here is the job: please compare the list of World Economic Forum Graduates below to any new elected official(s) that you are aware of from yesterday’s election. It there are any changes to the existing politicians careers or electoral status, please leave the changes in the comments also.
These WEF graduates have their primary alliances with a foreign entity, that being the WEF. They should register as foreign agents in my opinion. Are these the ones that “we the people” really want running OUR country?
If any of the people listed below are up for re-election in 2022, please also make note of that in the comments. Let’s see if we can’t generate an updated and complete list of those we need to work to ensure their electoral loss!
Thank you everyone for your help in this - it means a great deal to me.
List of US Politicians (please update in the comments):
Huma Abedin US Department of State Deputy chief of staff and aide to Hillary Clinton (2009– 2013) and vice chair of Hillary's presidential campaign
Penny Abeywardena Mayors office City of New York Mayors office City of New York
Robert E. Andrews United States House of Representatives Congressman from New Jersey (D), 1st District
Ruben Barrales Office of the President of the United States Assistant to the President and Director, Intergovernmental Affairs
Evan Bayh Senate of Indiana, USA Senator Indiana (1999–2011) Karan K. Bhatia Office of the US Trade Deputy Trade Representative
Matt Blunt State of Missouri Governor of Missouri
David A. Bray Atlantic Council GeoTech Center Federal Communications Commission
Aja Brown City of Compton, California Mayor of Compton
Carol M. Browner Office of the President of the United States Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Policy (2009–2011)
George P. Bush Texas General Land Office Land Commissioner (2015–)
Pete Buttigieg Government of the United States Secretary of Transportation (2021–)
Julian Castro Government of the US US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2014 –2017)
David Chiu City of San Francisco City Attorney of San Francisco
Jim Cooper U.S. House of Representatives Democrat Congressman Tennessee 32 yrs
Tom Cotton U.S. Senate Senator from Arkansas (R)
Daniel Crenshaw United States Congress Rep. from Texas, 2nd District (2019–)
Artur Davis US Congress Congressman from Alabama, 7th District (D)
Brian Deese National Economic Council National Economic Council
Joshua DuBois White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Sophal Ear Crescenta Valley Town Council, California Council Member
Mike Espy Government of the US Secretary of Agriculture (1993–1994)
Daniel C. Esty State of Connecticut, USA Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (2011–2014)
Jon Favreau Office of the President of the United States Office of the President of the United States
Steven Fulop Jersey City, N.J. Mayor of Jersey City (2013–)
Tulsi Gabbard United States House of Representatives Congresswoman from Hawaii (D), 2nd District
Kate Gallego City of Phoenix, Arizona Mayor of Phoenix
Pete Geren Texas Cultural Trust Former congressman Texas
Gabrielle Giffords US Congress US Congressman (Dem) for Arizona (2007–2012)
Garlin II Gilchrist State of Michigan Lieutenant Governor
Cyrus Habib Society of Jesus (Jesuits) Lieutenant Governor of Washington State (2017–2021)
Nikki Haley US Government US Ambassador to the UN
Rachel Haot (Sterne) City of New York Executive Director of the Transit Innovation Partnership
Jaime Herrera Beutler US House of Representatives Congresswoman from Washington (R), 3rd District
Benjamin Jealous NAACP -
Bobby Jindal State of Louisiana Governor of Louisiana
Patrick J. Kennedy II US House of Representatives Representative for Rhode Island (1995–2011)
Joseph P. Kennedy III US House of Representatives Rep for the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts
Kwame Kilpatrick City of Detroit Mayor of Dieroit (2002–2008)
Adam Kinzinger Illinois American Politician
Mark Lippert Boeing US Ambassador to South Korea 2014-2017
Kathleen McGinty Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania Chief of Staff (2015); Environmental advisor to VP Al Gore and President Clinton Kimberly A. Moore US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2021–) Chief judge
Seth Moulton U.S. House of Representatives Democrat Rep. from Massachusetts's 6th district (2015–)
Vivek Murthy United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Nicole Nason National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator
Michael R. Nelson City of Carrobro, North Carolina Mayor of Carrboro, NC
Gavin Newsom State of California Governor of California (2019–)
Jared Polis State of Colorado, USA Governor of Colorado (2019–)
Samantha Power National Security Council (NSC) Past US Ambassador to UN
Adam Putnam Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Luke Ravenstahl City of Pittsburgh Mayor, Pittsburgh 2006-2014
Julissa Reynoso US Embassy US Ambassador to Spain and Andorra (2022–)
Nilmini Rubin Meta US Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Richard L. Scott Columbia/HCA US Governor/Senator - Florida
Kunihiko Shimada KS International Strategies, Inc. Former UN mediator on peace and security issues
Kristen Silverberg US Government US Ambassador to the EU (2008–2009)
Edward Smith DLA Piper LLP Department of Commerce under Obama
Elise Stefanik US House of Representatives Congresswoman from New York, 21st District (R)
William Steiger USAID Director of the Office of Global Health Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Lawrence H. Summers Harvard University Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
John E. Sununu United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Congressman and Senator Lauren Underwood Representative for Illinois
Heather Zichal The White House Deputy assistant to President Barack Obama for Energy and Climate Change
Jeffrey Zients Advisory Board Company White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator since 2021
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Breaking the Monolith
Culture Defines South Central: Geography limits that characterization, a puzzle explored.
By Louis White
The area is flanked to the north by downtown Los Angeles as Washington Boulevard marks the invisible limit between the two, and by Vernon Avenue to the south, the Harbor Freeway to the west and historic Central Avenue to the east. Tom’s Market, a brown-brick building with a green roof stands one-story high, steps away from the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues.
The building is located at the epicenter of the infamous 1992 unrest caused by the verdict in the Rodney King trial. It sits within the imaginary border of cultural South Central, but it is outside of the 2.55 miles that define historic South Central geographically.
Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw-Leimert neighborhoods are also located outside of that perimeter. The city council changed the name of South Central to South Los Angeles in 2003, according to a KCET report.
The perception of South Los Angeles as a haven for something “less” crossed the ocean. The British press did not make the distinction between the historical and geographical South L.A. In an article published by the Daily Mail in Sept. 2016, titled “(Almost) Straight out of Compton,” reporter Ruth Styles wrote about the area where Meghan Markle’s mother lived. “Plagued by crime and riddled with street gangs, the troubled Los Angeles neighborhood that Doria Ragland, 60, calls home couldn’t be more different to London’s leafy Kensington.”
Markle’s mother lived in the Crenshaw neighborhood of View Park, where houses list from $800,000 to $2 million. The homes are mainly mid century gems with oddly shaped swimming pools and sweeping views of the downtown L.A skyline.
The majority of the homeowners there are Black. Race Trumps Location, Geography Crenshaw Boulevard stretches 23-miles long. Cars travel the boulevard from Mid-Wilshire near the affluent Hancock Park area to the north through Central Los Angeles. It passes the Crenshaw district that includes View Park and Windsor Hills ending in the affluent Rolling Hills area in Palos Verdes.
Crenshaw is a boulevard crossing a cluster of neighborhoods, not a city. In other words, most anywhere there are African Americans east of the Interstate 405 is regarded as “South Los Angeles” culturally and often with a derogatory connotation. Compton, Inglewood and Long Beach all border cities with similar demographics and similar stories. Geographically, they are not South Central. Some people in these places live mundane, ordinary lives. Others have interesting and even extraordinary lives that have nothing to do with the popularized imagery of movies, music or even real life events like the 1992 unrest.
Travis Lacy is a writer and doctoral candidate of African American music and culture. “South Los Angeles is not unlike many other L.A. neighborhoods,” Lacy said. “There are multiple types of people … that hold all sorts of employment positions from simple retail positions to management, hospital staff, nurses.” South L.A. properties with mortgages account for 76 percent of homes.
The median value of a home with a mortgage there is $467,350, according to Point2Homes.com, an Internet real estate site. Lacy says South Los Angeles is working class, and it is not so different from other L.A. neighborhoods.
“It has its collection of well known people as well, Ray Charles, lived not too far from here, in the Baldwin Hills-View Park area,” he said. “Tina Turner and her husband [Ike Turner], Stevie Wonder had a house up there too … it burned in a fire.” “Culture Cures” is the title of the mural painted on the wall of a brick pre-World War II building that pays homage to the Black Panther party at 41st Street and Central Avenue in historic SouthCentral Los Angeles.
SPRING 2022 Collegian Times 19 However, there is crime, and there are street gangs, illicit drugs and violence. African Americans are the image of “who” lives in South Central Los Angeles, but they make up a mere 10.1 percent of the population of the historic core South Central Los Angeles, according to the 2000 U.S. census. Latinos are at the top with 87.2 percent.
South Central Los Angeles has never been “ghetto,” by definition. The “Black Beverly Hills” as it has been called in the past, Baldwin HillsCrenshaw District along with Leimert Park are the only areas in the city that are predominately African American. Windsor Hills, Baldwin Hills and Ladera Heights are the most affluent African American areas on the West Coast.
However, African Americans’ place in South L.A. continues to disappear. James W. Johnson has been a resident of South Los Angeles for almost seven decades. He and his family migrated to South Los Angeles from a small town in Texas in 1955. “That’s the biggest problem the Black community is having right now, getting [their] parents’ leftovers, and selling them, ” Johnson said. “I had a buddy of mine, he sold his [grandma’s house], a duplex. He was living in one of ‘em rent-free for years. For years, but his grandmother passed away. He sold the house and moved to Moreno Valley.”
History and Culture Live in South L.A. The Crenshaw District became home for many Japanese families after race-based housing covenants were ruled unconstitutional and A mid-century home sits atop a breezy quiet hill in the picturesque Windsor Hills-View Park neighborhood in South Los Angeles.
In striking contrast to popular imagery, this South Los Angeles area is the largest most affluent African American neighborhood on the West Coast. unenforceable. Not illegal, just unenforceable.
Pre-WWII South Central Los Angeles was diverse, very much like the farther eastern neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Blacks, Japanese, Italians, Mexicans, Chinese and Jews all lived together, as they were not allowed to live in the whites-only areas of the city.
Lacy grew up in South Los Angeles and in the unincorporated area called Lennox, south of Inglewood near LAX. Lacy, his wife and baby daughter moved into their 1922 Spanish revival bungalow in South Los Angeles near the Los Angeles and Inglewood border in 2005.
Their purchase is located one mile away from the epicenter of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising. He says his neighborhood is “pretty quiet” and most of his neighbors are elderly.
“The neighborhood does not fit into what you might normally hear about in South Los Angeles, [as] far as drugs and violence or anything like that. It’s been pretty quiet,” Lacy said. “[The elder neighbors], they moved in here before the 1966 restrictive covenants were removed and have been here ever since.”
South L.A. is home to more than 140 architecturally and historically important places, like the 80-year old Vision Theatre in Leimert Park. The Spanish style art deco movie palace was once operated by Fox West Coast Theaters, according to culturela.org. The Los Angeles Coliseum, site of the 1932 and 1984 Olympics, the Watts Towers—a group of 17 interconnected structures built by Italian immigrant Simon Rodia over a 30-year period, and the 1930s planned community of Baldwin Hills Village are all national historic landmarks.
Christian Brake is a 16-year-old high school student studying software coding. He says people are surprised by the fact that emblematic institutions are located within the South Los Angeles area borders.
“There is the Natural History Museum and really good universities like USC here,” he said as he swiveled in his gaming chair and commented on his neighbors. “They can be rough, I grew up with some of them, and some of them are nice. Some can be unsafe too.” The people of South Los Angeles are thought to be less than, and not worth caring about. It is emblematic of systemic marginalization. Politicians often run on platforms of being tough on crime, which usually means a heavy-handed approach where everyone is guilty and no one feels safe.
Beneath the Mediterranean climate however, there is also abandonment of good neighborhood policies. There is a lack of ground level interest in the people and their needs by local policy makers. It is a disservice to just paint all of South Los Angeles and its inhabitants as bad people in a bad area.
Bloods and Crips live in parts of these areas. So do anime nerds, doctoral candidates, teachers, students, celebrities, dentists and lawyers. There are families who struggle and families who are thriving. As Snoop Dogg says “you ain’t up on thangs” if you believe everyone in South Los Angeles is just someone to be avoided. They are not pillars of hopelessness, nor decay.
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Woman wearing punk rock clothing at The Vex nightclub in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles on November 22, 1980. Photo by Gary Leonard
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