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From: California Black Media <mi...@cablackmedia.org>
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Subject: California Black Media - This Week's Top News 8-3-16
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Top news stories affecting California's Black Community  View this email in your browser THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS | August 3, 2016 CALIFORNIA BLACK NEWS STORIES California Kids in Crisis (VOICE) - When the California Department of Health Care Services released results of its latest Children’s Health Survey last week, it once again elevated a potential crisis that impacts all demographics in the state.  Read more Assemblywoman Autumn Burke Replaces Your Ride (LOS ANGELES SENTINEL) - The Replace Your Ride Program is an initiative put on by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), where residents in disadvantaged neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside can apply to trade in their older, high-polluting vehicle and receive up to $9,500 and low-interest financing towards upgrading to a hybrid or electric vehicle. The program also has opportunities to trade in a high-polluting car for ride share vouchers and public transit passes. Read more Mayor, council should get to know the people   (COMPTON HERALD) - A limp handshake and a business card printed on cheap stock. That’s what I usually get when I meet a Compton Council member.I know the world doesn’t owe me much, but I think I deserve a little bit more from the folks I fork over my out-sized property taxes to. In my opinion this is the most important piece of the puzzle, and it’s missing.  Read More Crime rises 16 percent in L.A. during first half of 2016 (WAVE NEWSPAPERS) - Violent crime increased by nearly 16 percent during the first half of this year compared with the same period a year ago, authorities said July 22.   Read more Black Lives Matter Los Angeles Brings Together Black Families of Those Killed By the Police in Historic First (LOS ANGELES SENTINEL) - On Sunday, July 24, day 13 of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles’ 24-hour protest calling for the firing of Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, the group brought together for the first time the families of those recently killed by the police or died while in police custody under suspicious circumstances for what the group called “Family Day.”  Standing in front of City Hall East in downtown Los Angeles the families of Mitrice Richardson, Ezell Ford, Keith Bursey, Meagan Hockaday, Nephi Arriguin, Wakeisha Wilson and Kendrec McDade gathered together many meeting each other for the first time. Read more A different take on  ‘bobblehead’ governance in Compton (COMPTON HERALD) - There are new sheriffs in town called Emma Shariff, Tana McCoy, and Janna Zurita who all share two commonalities — they really are from Compton and love this city. The councilpersons represent council districts 4, 3, and 1, respectively. The “bobbleheads,” as I once referred to them, finally woke up and stopped bobbing their heads to Mayor Aja Brown’s every wish.  Read more Jail Calls and Kick Backs (VOICE) - A class action lawsuit has been filed against Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside Counties over an alleged kick-back scheme involving telephone calls from jails.  Read more   Jail Calls and Kick Backs (OAKLAND POST) - Council members on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a November ballot measure to change the city’s charter in order to create a citizen Police Commission, which will have the power to investigate and impose discipline for misconduct committed by Oakland police officers. Read more NATIONAL BLACK NEWS STORIES Democratic Convention: Division in the Midst of Unity (INGLEWOOD TODAY) -  Despite opening with yet another email scandal and protests by Bernie Sanders supporters over the electoral process, the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this week has been a virtual love and unity fest—in sharp contrast to the Republican National Convention last week.  Read more   Individuals, agencies dodge blame as Freddie Gray case ends (SACRAMENTO OBSERVER) - Fourteen months after the death of a black man whose neck was broken in a police van prompted massive protests, spawned rioting and toppled the careers of Baltimore’s police commissioner and a Democratic mayor poised for re-election, authorities abandoned efforts to punish the officers involved. Read more Baltimore’s Far From Done Despite Collapse Of Criminal Case (LOS ANGELES SENTINEL) - Many of this city’s deepest challenges remain unresolved after the collapse of the criminal case against six police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, the young black man whose broken neck in police custody caused so much upheaval. Here’s a look at the to-do lists of those involved. Read more Dear First Lady Michelle Obama, Never Leave. Sincerely, Everyone (INLAND VALLEY NEWS) - The first lady ruled during her speech at the Democratic National Convention Monday night, but did we expect anything less? Read more Armed and Dangerous (BLACK VOICE NEWS) - When it was discovered that there were going to be armed members of the New Black Panther Party in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention last week there were calls to stop this action, some went as far as to suggest that the governor should temporarily suspend the “open carry” laws of that state…anything to prevent Negroes from being armed. Read more With 300 Million Guns Already in the United States, Gun Control is Not the Answer — We Need Mindset Control (INLAND VALLEY NEWS) - According to the U.S. government itself, there are an estimated 300 million guns in the United States. So is gun control the real answer to the violence taking place today? Of course not! The answer lies not in the weapon, but in the mindset of the person. What goes in your head comes out. And make no mistake about it, our young people are especially vulnerable. Read more Diversity Grants on the Horizon (VOICE) - Members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives recently joined forces and introduced the Stronger Together School Diversity Act of 2016.  Read more BLACK AMERICA IN THE NEWS California’s new public school history curriculum reflects state’s diversity (SACRAMENTO BEE) - After 10 years, thousands of public comments and contentious debates, the California Department of Education has rewritten the history curriculum for California’s more than 6.2 million public school students.  Read more Black Lives Matter Releases Policy Agenda (NBC NEWS) - It has been nearly two years since the killing of Michael Brown Jr. by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, touched off outrage and a national movement to save black lives from state violence. Now, just days ahead of the anniversary of Brown's death, a coalition of organizations that grew from that uprising have launched a policy agenda calling for deep criminal justice and policing reforms. Read more School hair policy draws national attention- No cornrows, braids, twists, dreads (ABC NEWS) - State Representative elect, Attica Scott is raising questions about the hair policy at Butler Traditional High School in Louisville. The policy posted says that students can't have their hair in cornrows, braids, twists and dread locks. Read more Court: North Carolina Voter ID Laws Targeted Blacks With 'Almost Surgical Precision' (COLOR LINES) -  Three months after the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled that North Carolina’s voter identification law did not place unconstitutional barriers between residents and the voting booth, an appeals court has overturned that decision.  Read more   CBM News Outlets    Copyright © 2016 California Black Media, All rights reserved. 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