City council considers more murals for South L.A.

December 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment


A June 2013 photo of a mural outside a home in South L.A. | Intersections

A mural outside a home in South L.A., as seen in June 2013 | Subrina Hudson

The L.A. City Council considered an ordinance Thursday that would allow single-family homes in South L.A. to paint exterior murals. The ordinance would affect Boyle Heights and Highland Park as well.

Bernard Parks was the lone council member who opposed mural ordinance in a 14-1 vote, saying that individual communities should decide whether residents can paint murals on the sides of their homes.

The response from community members was mixed.

Hear their comments in an audio story from Annenberg Radio News:

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Energy company addresses South LA oil field complaints

October 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment


IMG_0093South Los Angeles residents have been complaining about headaches, dizziness, nose bleeds and other ailments which they are convinced are related to a nearby oil field. On Wednesday night, the South Coast Air Quality Management District held a town hall at St. Mary’s College to talk to residents. AQMD has maintained that samples taken from the oil field on Figueroa and 23rd Street, owned by Allenco Energy Company, do not show high levels of toxicity.

Reporter Emmanuel Martinez talked with Annenberg Radio News host Ryan Bouziane about the meeting and the residents’ complaints:

Filed Under: Environment, University Park

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes immigrant jury bill

October 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment


Gov. Jerry Brown signs a bill that will allow undocumented immigrants receive driver's licenses. Photo by Grace Lim.

Gov. Jerry Brown signs a bill that will allow undocumented immigrants receive driver’s licenses. Photo by Grace Lim.

Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill on Monday that would allow legal immigrants who are not citizens to serve on juries, saying that such a privilege, like voting, should be reserved for citizens.

Immigrant rights advocates such as Nora Phillips, an immigration attorney at the Central American Resource Center, and Jorge-Marco Cabrera, from CHIRLA, argue that the passing of this bill would have helped incarcerated immigrants because they would have been tried by a jury of their peers.

To hear more from Phillips and Cabrera about the veto’s implications, listen to this audio story from Annenberg Radio News:

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Filed Under: Immigration