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California Elected Officials, Civic Leaders React to George Floyd Verdict   “The hard truth,” Gov. Newsom said in an April 20 statement, “is that if George Floyd looked like me, he’d still be alive today.” Newsom made the remark after a Hennepin County jury found Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, 45, guilty in the murder of George Floyd. Published 3 hours ago ByBy Antonio Ray Harvey,
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California Elected Officials, Civic Leaders React to George Floyd Verdict   “The hard truth,” Gov. Newsom said in an April 20 statement, “is that if George Floyd looked like me, he’d still be alive today.” Newsom made the remark after a Hennepin County jury found Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, 45, guilty in the murder of George Floyd. Published 7 hours ago ByBy Antonio Ray Harvey,
 Bo Tefu and Tanu Henry,
 California Black Media
 Photo b...

“The hard truth,” Gov. Newsom said in an April 20 statement, “is that if George Floyd looked like me, he’d still be alive today.” Newsom made the remark after a Hennepin County jury found Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, 45, guilty in the murder of George Floyd. The jury convicted Chauvin on two counts of murder, homicide and one of manslaughter for pinning his knee on the neck of Floyd for nine minutes and 29 seconds on May 25, 2020. The California governor joined other Gold...

Print The price keeps dropping for Eli Broad’s architectural marvel overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The billionaire philanthropist just relisted his Malibu home for $58.5 million, down around 22% from his original ask of $75 million. One of the most stylish properties currently up for grabs in Southern California, the contemporary gem was designed by Richard Meier, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect behind the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art and San Jose City Hall. Wrapped in sleek alum...

The best free things to do in California Lonely Planet Editors 15 March 2021 Sprawling California may be that state that gave us the Gold Rush and home to some of the most expensive cities in the United States, but you dont have to blow your vacation budget to visit. Some of the best sites in California are free to experience, from the towering redwoods of NorCal to the surf breaks of SoCal and dozens of wineries, museums, gardens, and cultural touchstones in between. Whether youre looking f...

Book Review: The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex In the face of a devastating global pandemic, the approximately half-trillion dollar American philanthropic sector has stepped up. As of November 2020, foundations and corporations awarded close to $20B globally for COVID-19 research and relief. The Jewish community, responsible typically for $25-50B in annual giving, continues to play a prominent role: a group of Jewish foundations allocated $80M in grants and interest-free loans for pande...

In the red states they reported that when business interests got their tax breaks, rescue packages, and roll back of government regulations, they supported the former president’s political base of anti-abortionists, anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers, firearm fanatics, nativists, and assorted racists. Well-known Trump political donors, such as the Walton, Mercer, and Adelson families, plus another 58 billionaires identified by Fortune Magazine, bit the bullet in exchange for trillions in Federal gov...

Klaus Biesenbach Will Become Artistic Director at MOCA LA, While the Board Brings on a New Executive Director to Steer Finances Biesenbach and the incoming director will split leadership duties at the museum moving forward. Klaus Biesenbach in New York City. Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for HBO. Yet another change in leadership is coming to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. This week, in a unexpected letter to employees, the institution announced that Klaus Biesenbach will...

Screenshot, DPS “Fun” Board of Directors In 2019, the voters of Denver were led to believe they had “flipped” the Denver Public School Board. Progressive activists worked tirelessly to elect three new School Board Members promising a progressive new direction in contrast to their predecessors who sought to privatize the District and run DPS like a corporation. That is what makes the DPS Board’s selection of the Alma Advisory Group as the recruiting firm to identify candidates to repla...

L.A.s first lady, Amy Wakeland, navigates shifting political fortunes in final Garcetti years Read full article Oops! Mayor Eric Garcetti and First Lady Amy Wakeland arrive at an International Olympic Committee meeting in 2017 in Lima, Peru. In 2020, the couple faced a string of personal and professional crises like none they had confronted before. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP/ Getty Images) At the end of a very long and trying 2020, the first lady of Los Angeles recalled the protests over racial in...