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- Jim Jordan loses second vote for House speaker, but vows to try again
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- Controversial recount breaks tie in Silicon Valley congressional race
- Goldberg: What we keep getting wrong about protests like those at USC, Columbia and other campuses
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- California holds the key to GOP power in the House. McCarthy’s retirement makes everything harder
He condemns the use of the term ‘intifada,’ as he has the other tragic and dangerous hate speech displayed in recent days,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement Tuesday. Johnson is a former constitutional lawyer who said he is a vigorous defender of the First Amendment. But he said setting up encampments, taking over buildings by force and harassing and threatening the safety of Jewish students cross the line and are no longer protected free speech. On Monday night, protesters at Columbia damaged property, clashed with maintenance workers and barricaded themselves inside Hamilton Hall, forcing a partial shutdown of the university. A banner reading “INTIFADA” and “STUDENT INTIFADA” — an Arabic word meaning uprising or rebellion — was visible flying from the building.
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But when public housing does make the news, it’s often about drug busts, police crackdowns, and gang violence. The redevelopment project is adding hundreds of new units to Jordan Downs on purchased land, more than doubling the size of the resident population. Initial plans called for new units to be rented out at, or near, full market rates.
Jim Jordan loses second vote for House speaker, but vows to try again
One key promise at Jordan Downs is a right of return, guaranteeing that everyone who lived there before redevelopment can come back after it's done, if they want to. Guthrie says more than 70% of residents have chosen to stay after redevelopment, with most of the rest using Section 8 housing vouchers to move to other places. Watts resident Sherry Edison says the shopping center is something people have wanted for decades, a place to get the essentials so they don’t have to leave their community.
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The Jordan Downs Redevelopment is a multi-year effort spread over several phases. Phases on the north side of Century Boulevard are being developed in partnership with Bridge Housing, and are designated with an “H.” The phases on the south side of Century Boulevard, designated with an “S,” are being developed in partnership with The Michaels Organization. There have been big delays getting federal, state and private financing for the project which have set back construction deadlines. When the dust cleared, what was supposed to replace the projects was newer and better mixed-income housing for both the poor and middle class.
Controversial recount breaks tie in Silicon Valley congressional race
In 2017, Los Angeles city officials joined with The Michaels Organization and Bridge Housing Corporation to launch the redevelopment of the Jordan Downs public housing complex in Watts. In the five years that have followed, blocks of 1940s apartment buildings have been demolished, making way for an "urban village" with more than 700 homes, nine acres of park space, and a shopping center known as Freedom Plaza. HACLA is in the process of revitalizing the Jordan Downs community, an existing public housing development with 700 units of traditional public housing in the Watts Community.
Goldberg: What we keep getting wrong about protests like those at USC, Columbia and other campuses
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In December, House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and other Republicans on the Education Committee clashed with university leaders over rising antisemitism on college campuses. The viral exchanges resulted in the resignations of Harvard President Claudine Gay and University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill. That bill and other GOP messaging bills like it have divided Democrats over the issue of support for Israel. And Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said his panel will be scrutinizing visas of students who are engaging in antisemitic, “radical activity” on college campuses and raising questions with the State Department about whether those visas should be revoked. Twenty-five Republicans voted against the fourth bill, which included measures that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the United States and that would redirect funds from seized Russian assets to help aid Ukraine.
GOP tensions reignite after Jim Jordan loses first House speaker vote - Axios
GOP tensions reignite after Jim Jordan loses first House speaker vote.
Posted: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]
California holds the key to GOP power in the House. McCarthy’s retirement makes everything harder
Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said her panel oversees federal agencies that dole out taxpayer-funded research grants and will be investigating universities for violations of the Civil Rights Act. The House passed a long-stalled foreign aid package on Saturday that gives funding to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, with a majority of lawmakers backing money for American allies across the globe. The package, which now goes to the Senate, is almost certain to become law.
In a part of LA that’s often been described as a retail desert, here Jordan Downs residents and the wider community can find a supermarket, bank, clothing stores, restaurants, and the only Starbucks in Watts. “We’re like, ‘Damn, we can’t believe this is happening.’ I would never think in my wildest dreams that they would be tearing down the projects,” says Chilton, pointing to the new construction. Mark Z. Barabak is a political columnist for the Los Angeles Times, focusing on California and the West.
By the late 1990s, the aging buildings were suffering from significant capital investment needs. In response, HACLA launched a planning effort for the redevelopment of Jordan Downs the late 2000’s. In 2018, HACLA was awarded a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) grant from HUD to support new housing development as well as investments in services and economic development for residents of the community.
LA housing chief Doug Guthrie says when it comes to the reimagining of Jordan Downs, everything has been done to keep residents informed and part of the process. Apart from Calvert, Steel and others mentioned above, the California GOP lawmakers who supported Jordan on both ballots included Reps. Darrell Issa, Kevin Kiley, Young Kim, Tom McClintock, Jay Obernolte and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Doug LaMalfa, who voted for McCarthy on Tuesday in protest of his removal two weeks ago, backed Jordan on the second ballot.
Over 1,500 units of new mixed-income housing and over 100k square feet of new retail space in the Watts community. The next phase of Jordan Downs’ redevelopment involves creating public green spaces and the construction of mid-rise apartment buildings. Greater density will allow for a doubling of the population at Jordan Downs.
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