BY BENJAMIN ORESKES [https://www.latimes.com/people/benjamin-oreskes] STAFF WRITER JULY 19, 2022 12:09 PM PT A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that L.A. City Councilman Herb Wesson cannot perform the duties of his office, at least temporarily. The move hands a victory to a

The City Council action to suspend Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas and the subsequent legal proceedings continue to disenfranchise CD10 constituents.  The suspension was unnecessarily punitive. The suspension process denied a duly elected member of the Council the presumption of innocence as well as his pay and benefits.  It was an unjust

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) National President, Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. celebrated the achievement of the organization’s local chapter leader, Pastor William D. Smart, Jr., in the organization’s fight to go to court on behalf of the people living in the city council’s 10th District. “Well, first

Dr. Charles Steele on "Tavis Smiley" Dr. Charles Steele - National President/CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He is a civil rights leader first, using his constituency as a pulse to direct action and chapter development of public policies. He joins Tavis for a conversation

Lisa Collins Attorney General Rob Bonta has sided with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Council District 10 residents in concluding that “substantial questions of law exist as to whether Wesson’s appointment to the Los Angeles City Council was lawful.” Bonta’s published June 22 opinion paves the way

Cityside Column: Approval of a lawsuit could add more uncertainty to who will occupy a crucial council seat By Jon Regardie [https://www.lamag.com/author/jon-regardie/] -June 27, 2022 With the votes in the June city primary races mostly counted, and the combatants in the runoffs determined, the Los

By ELIZABETH CHOU [https://www.dailynews.com/author/elizabeth-chou/] | hchou@scng.com | Daily News PUBLISHED: June 22, 2022 at 5:48 p.m. | UPDATED: June 22, 2022 at 5:48 p.m. The state attorney general has given plaintiffs including the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California the go-ahead

This coming Tuesday, June 7 will be a critical election for our City and State. We at CD10 Voices For Empowerment want to remind voters about candidates that are seeking higher office given the roles they played in the disenfranchisement of 10th District voices on the LA City Council. Voting

By Bev Rowe In the results of an independent poll released this week, taken by over 120 residents, respondents articulated a significant degree of concern with the Los Angeles City Council’s lack of transparency and inclusivity in voting to appoint a “temporary” Councilmember to represent the 10th Council District

byBrandon Norwood [https://ourweekly.com/news/author/brandon-norwood/] The Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California’s (SCLC-SC) “Day of Sacrifice” April 23 luncheon in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. attracted an audience of over 200 to the organization’s first in-person gathering since the onset of the

By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — There was no Black Lives Matter movement in 1992 and many of the organization’s followers today were not born when six days of rioting ravaged much of Los Angeles. Fatal police shootings of minorities over the next three decades has led to

Gerald Bell April 26, 2022 As part of the SCLC of Southern California’s 6th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Sacrifice Community/Labor Luncheon, held April 23 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, L.A. Focus publisher Lisa Collins was awarded with the MLK Community Service Award. In

Dear CD10 Stakeholder, On March 15th, nearly 100 residents of the 10th Council District convened to discuss the status of their representation on the LA City Council. On March 22nd, the organizers issued a report [https://www.cd10voices.com/modeling-a-constituent-driven-transparent-process-to-achieve-representation-accountable-to-the-10th-district/] to the members of the City Council calling for a

Korea Times Editorial Published April 15, 2022 There are concerns that Los Angeles City Council District 10, which includes Koreatown, will not have proper representation for an extended time due to political and legal dilemmas over the elected Councilmember. These concerns are elevated as Council District 10 experiences a spike

by Rev. Edward L. Anderson Published April 7, 2022 Los Angeles is often thought of as a leader in progressive politics. We are the town that led efforts to raise the minimum wage and institute vaccine mandates. However, the actions of the Los Angeles City Council leadership over the past

Today, April 4, 2022, marks the 54th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). This past weekend, in an interview with civil rights attorney Areva Martin, pastor and professor James M. Lawson, Jr. reflected on the struggle for justice

The South Los Angeles Clergy for Public Accountability (SLACPA), a network of pastors representing more than 50,000 congregants in South Los Angeles, announced it had obtained the signatures of 28 pastors—including Bishops Charles Blake and Kenneth Ulmer, civil rights legend James Lawson and Pastors K.W. Tulloss, Xavier

BY THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD [https://www.latimes.com/people/the-times-editorial-board] MARCH 25, 2022 5 AM PT In the months since Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas was suspended from the City Council after his indictment [https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/mark-ridley-thomas-charged-along-former-university-dean-federal-grand-jury-indictment] in October on federal bribery charges, his