California’s Attorney General says he’s opening a civil rights investigation into the LA County Sheriff’s Department following recent allegations of misconduct and complaints that the sheriff has been resistant to public oversight. I-Team’s Eric Leonard reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Jan. 22, 2021.
The digital divide that has widened during the pandemic has been more than a stumbling block for many college students trying to adjust to online learning it s been a closed gate.
But there could be at least some relief in sight from the federal government. The coronavirus relief package signed into law last month includes a $3.2 billion Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund that will help low-income families with a $50 monthly reimbursement for internet services. College students who receive federal Pell Grant aid are also eligible. This is great news for among others low-income/minority college students who have not been able to attend in-person classes or study at the library and thus need to rely on broadband access at home for classes and assignments, said USC professor Hernán Galperin, a researcher of internet policy and digital inequality.
Rose Ochi, trailblazer for civil rights and Japanese American causes, dies at 81 [Los Angeles Times]
Rose Matsui Ochi, a trailblazing Los Angeles attorney who tapped far-flung political networks from City Hall to Congress in her fierce advocacy of civil rights, criminal justice reform and Japanese American causes, has died at 81.
Ochi died Dec. 13 at a local hospital after being diagnosed with a second bout of COVID-19, which exacerbated existing health problems, her husband, Thomas Ochi, said.
Ochi broke barriers as the first Asian American woman to serve as a Los Angeles Police Commission member and as an assistant U.S. attorney general. She advised L.A. Mayors Tom Bradley and James Hahn on criminal justice, served on President Carter’sSelect Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy and worked with President Clinton on drug policy and race relations.
By City News Service
Dec 28, 2020
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The filing period begins Monday for the March 2 special election to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell. Assemblywoman Sydney Kamlager, D-Baldwin Hills, announced her candidacy last month and has been endorsed by Mitchell. Kamlager was Mitchell s district director before being elected to represent the 54th Assembly District in a 2018 special election. The 54th Assembly District covers 53.6% of the 30th Senate District, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Culver City Councilman Daniel Lee began his campaign Dec. 18 with an online event in which he was joined by the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and philanthropist Aloe Blacc. Kamlager said that if elected, her priorities would include:
When newly elected Congressman Steve Kuykendall arrived in Washington, D.C. in January 1999, the Palos Verdes Republican made a point of visiting Tom DeLay as soon as possible. DeLay, a Republican from the Houston area then entering his eighth term in the House of Representatives, had served as the majority whip since 1995. In a legislature, the whip is responsible for ensuring that party members fall in line for upcoming votes. For those on the fence, DeLay would threaten to support primary challenges in an upcoming election, or to cripple a representative’s fundraising with unfavorable calls to influential donors. His reputation for intolerance of even occasional lapses earned him the nickname “The Hammer.”