The City of Los Angeles & local government's refusal to ACT on behalf of the basic needs of it's Black/ African American constituents has resulted in a complete HUMANITARIAN CRISIS in Africa Town Los Angeles & in fact Black Los Angeles in it's entirety; which has locked Black Angelinos in a hopeless swamp ripe with an economic crisis, homelessness crisis, mental health crisis, Healthcare crisis, unemployment crisis, education crisis, police brutality, mass incarceration, & an under-employment crisis etched in stone by a dramatic income gap which has driven Blacks far below the poverty line & into a 4th class citizenry & political insolvency with little to no representation, resulting in this request presented by the Africa Town Coalition for EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE & SWIFT AFFECTIVE ACTION FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT!

 

The very future of Black Los Angeles hangs in the balance as the policies put forth by local government has driven a majority of Black Men, Women, & yes CHILDREN either directly into the streets or living one paycheck away from losing EVERYTHING, only to be further victimized and criminalized by these same policies & the City's refusal to even acknowledge Black Angelinos as a legitimate group & constituency all while consistently & promptly seeing to the needs of every other constituency & group, as clearly illustrated by the recent racist scandal invoicing sitting council-members such as Mr. Kevin De Leon. 

 

Furthermore, rather it's the City's egregious actions involving the L.A. County's Labor board which has gutted Black employment or it's catering to its big money clients such as Landlords etc which has resulted in unaffordable housing & more, this is tantamount to OPEN GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED ETHNIC CLEANSING & BLACK LOS ANGELES IS EFFECTIVELY IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION PROMPTING THE AFRICA TOWN COALITION TO TAKE SWIFT ACTION, therefore, along with direct input from our partner organizations who also work in the Black Community alongside us, we have compiled the following requests/demands in Honor of Our Ancestors & In Preparation for Future Generations of Black Angelenos!

 - The Africa Town Coalition

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EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED IN AFRICA TOWN & THROUGHOUT BLACK LOS ANGELES FOR THE FOLLOWING:

�� Provide Emergency & Permanent Housing for Black Angelenos who are being intentionally overlooked by all the existing programs 

�� Provide property owners with the necessary assistance to prevent them from having to further burden their renters with increased rents

*This will offset the pending evictions that will result from a rent hike

�� Provide similar media support that is being given to Palestinians, Ukrainians & other foreign people who are severely oppressed to the continued plight of Black people here in Los Angeles

*This will help to humanize & draw more support for the Black Angelenos who are going through Urban hell.

�� Invest an equal amount of funds that are bein paid into the lapd budget into Black led organizations such as Africa Town Enterprise & others for community workforce development

*This will significantly reduce the cycle of criminalizing youth, those formerly incarcerated & others who are desperately responding to their conditions.

�� Expedite the release of Black inmates in both the county jails & California department of corrections who are bein held on enhancements 

�� Provide Black LA's longest standing economic & social gathering, the Sunday African Marketplace & Drum Circle, with the necessary funding & resources to better serve our community 

�� Cease city funding to all construction projects throughout the city that have failed to hire and/or sustain Black laborers, journeyman, foreman & other contractors

�� Provide Project 43 with the necessary funding for their homeless & community market programs

�� Provide BLMLA, Downtown Crenshaw, Supr Mrkt, LA Crop Swap & the Lion Arts Gallery with funding for their continued commitment to bring healthy food options to Los Angeles

�� Provide equity in grants for Black street vendors including assistance with permits & licenses

�� Provide Black businesses throughout Los Angeles the financial assistance for them to provide jobs to the many Black Angelenos who are otherwise bein left unemployed or given below living wage opportunities 

�� Expedite awarding licenses to Black Social Equity Applicants in a manner that will not force them into predatorial sharecropper contracts with investors

*The Cannabis Industry is providing above living wage opportunities to all who are not tied into predatorial contracts.

�� Sanction all of the mega banks that continue to usurp Black People's opportunities of being property owners with these more updated predatorial loans.

*Including but not limited to chase bank, bank of america, wells fargo, citigroup, us bank & others

�� Provide Black Angelenos with tax breaks to offset the legacy of hardships this city has practiced against its Black residents.

�� Provide Black Angelenos with free medical care.

�� Provide Black students with food, clothing, books, school supplies, transportation, & housing assistance.

�� Provide space for Africa Town Enterprise to operate community programs catered to the specific needs of our Village located in Leimert Park.

�� Provide Financial Assistance for (holistic/traditional) Healers in our community to freely engage & meet the needs of community members who are unable to afford their services.

�� Honor our petition to designate the Village located in CD10's Leimert Park area as an officially recognized Historic Tourism Zone by the name of Africa Town. 

�� Void the discriminatory sell of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza to David Schwartzman as Schwartzman's racist agenda is forcing the mall to die which is presenting a dire financial hardship on our community.

�� Make a public commitment to the push for Reparations for American Chattel Slavery for "BLACK" People.

�� Cease providing funding & resources for our community to the same small group of new comers who have proven to be abusive, unprincipled & untrustworthy.

*These groups routinely selectively pick & choose whom to connect with funding in order to gain favor & legitimize their presence here while ignoring those who are in the most need.