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Read MoreDr. Gloria Zuurveen Announces Run for LAUSD School Board District 1
PACE NEWS WIRE Dr. Gloria Zuurveen has decided that it is a better choice to run for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board Seat District #1 in 2024 rather than her initial announcement that she is running for State Senator in March 2024. She officially announces her run to continue fighting for parent and…
Read MoreMayor Bass Signs Updated State of Emergency on Housing and Homelessness to Confront Ongoing Crisis
LOS ANGELES – On her first day in office, Mayor Bass declared a state of emergency to confront the homelessness crisis. After working with City Council leadership, the Mayor is signing an updated local emergency declaration to allow the City to continue to respond urgently and aggressively to the crisis, including expedited contracting and streamlined…
Read More12 Empty Beds Waiting To Be Filled With Homeless People But Red Tape Is In the Way
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief How many of you have read or even heard about the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority also known as LAHSA? Well LAHSA just released the results of the 2023 homeless count for the City and County of Los Angeles and you don’t even have to guess who is…
Read MoreNational Newspaper Publishers Association Celebrates 196 Years at Convention in Nashville
By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief “There is no democracy without the freedom of the press, because the press is the only thing that can hold the government accountable.” Ben Cohen, Ben & Jerry’s founder NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Freedom of the press has been the mission of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) for 196 years…
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Rest In Peace Mr. Nathaniel Hicks, the Black Homeless Man On 54th Street Near Old Unemployment Office in L.A., Found Dead in Tent
The Southern Truth, By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief When is enough is enough? Black men lying and dying on the streets of Los Angeles must be stopped now. Mr. Nathaniel Hicks is one of those Black men who has died on the mean streets of L.A. and the sad part of it all is that…
Read MoreNNPA Wins in Four-Year Internal Voting Rights Civil Cases
NNPA NEWSWIRE —In a definitive and consequential ruling, the Honorable Ebony Scott in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Civil Division, issued on May 10, 2023, a factual “Summary Judgment” in favor of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA). Today, in an official notice sent out to each member publisher of the NNPA,…
Read MorePart 28: The Politics of Corruption in Los Angeles City Hall – From Kevin De León to Curren Price
By Zachary Ellison. Twitter @ZacharyObama. Photo of Los Angeles City Hall. Reprint with permission I was late to the Friday meeting of the Los Angeles City Council on a perfect early summer morning clearing security and heading into City Council Chamber just in time in my cardinal and gold University of Southern California long…
Read MoreBlack Homelessness Not On the Agenda During Housing & Homelessness Press Briefing
Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief On June 2, 2023, my mother’s birthday, I know for sure it was because that was also the day I published on these front pages a piece entitled, “Too Many Black Homeless People To Be A Priority for Mayor Bass”. It received an incredible amount of feedback. I…
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