Eileen Jorgensen | Other Voices
The Greater Cement Hill Neighborhood Association extends from Sugarloaf Mountain on its eastern edge, to Highway 49, and then to the ridge line that overlooks the South Yuba River canyon. This land includes the ancestral homeland of the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe and several sites of Gold Rush diggings.
The organization was formed in 1990 during the Nevada County General Plan update to be a voice for appropriate land use planning. We serve over 475 property owners or tenants and actively work to maintain our status as a FireWise Community.
We publish seasonal newsletters, reaching out to neighbors and we sponsor educational and social events. We communicate with residents and provide a common forum through regular meetings of our steering committee comprised of 15 neighborhood area or road representatives.
John Ebneter
Most leading social scientists have determined that housing inequality in the United States, based on racial lines, has led to a host of social and economic disparities that must be addressed to solve our centuries-old segregation problems. The scientists maintain that until we promote and learn to live together, with our shared experiences and differences, our country will habitually be burdened with the tremendous waste of resources and lives required to facilitate, expand and promote an unjust system of oppression.
Starting with slavery and the elimination of native people, through the 20th century exclusionary housing practices, with todayâs mass incarceration, the ruling class has devised an ever-damning view of and policies toward those of color to ensure wealth and status are kept in the dominant raceâs hands.