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Vol. 65 No. 11 | Thursday, March 13, 2025
INSIDE
THIS WEEK'S ISSUE:
ENCANTO LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY SEE PAGES 8-9
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 65 Years
Remembering
THE HONORABLE LEON WILLIAMS By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher SAN DIEGO VOICE & VIEWPOINT NEWSPAPER
The poet asks the rhetorical question: “What does it mean to be a man, my son?” And his answer: “To walk with kings and not lose the common touch.” These words best describe the late Leon Williams. See WILLIAMS page 2
BLACK WOMEN ARE BEING EXCLUDED YET AGAIN
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY COMMEMORATION SEE PAGES 8-9
By Tihut Tamrat VOICE & VIEWPOINT STAFF
report found that 8 in 10 Black women report being discriminated against or mistreated due to their race or gender in the workplace, 4 of whom said racism and discrimination have limited their income and earnings.
CBC DECLARES WAR ON TRUMP, MUSK, AND PROJECT 2025 CITY COUNCIL ADDRESSES PHOTO: Freepik
A 2023 report done by The California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute (CABWCEI), focused on how Black Women experience California — interviewing 1,252 Black Women throughout the state. The
See WOMEN page 2
“UNINTENDED” IMPACTS
‘We’re Not Running from Our Own House’
CAUSED BY ADU BONUS PROGRAM
By Stacy Brown BLACKPRESSUSA.COM SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT In what might be an unprecedented show of force, a powerful contingent of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) met with African American journalists inside the Democratic Whip’s Conference IMAGE: NNPA Room at the U.S. Capitol, laying out their battle plan against Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the farthey lack the votes to halt Trump’s cruel and life-threatright’s dystopian blueprint known as Project 2025. ening policies, they are on the offensive with one goal CBC Chair Yvette Clarke, First Vice Chair Troy Carter, in mind: retaking the House next year to neutralize Whip Sydney Kamlager-Dove, former Chair Steven his agenda. Horsford, Reps. Jahana Hayes, Summer Lee, and the ever-outspoken Jasmine Crockett made it clear—while See CBC page 2
Council votes 6-3 to partially pull back developments in incompatible residential zones around the city
CALIFORNIA VS. TRUMP:
ATTORNEY GEN. BONTA LAYS OUT “RESISTANCE” PLAN
By Antonio Ray Harvey CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA
During an online conference on Feb. 26, California Attorney General Rob Bonta detailed how the Trump Administration had used its first five and a half weeks to execute an agenda that runs counter in various ways to California state policies and priorities. Since taking office, President Donald Trump has issued scores of executive actions that make good on many of his campaign promises. Bonta said the impact of Trump’s exercise of his powers is creeping up on the doorsteps of California’s diverse residents. “People are scared, worried, anxious, and uncertain about what’s happening in the federal government. And will it impact their lives and loved ones,” Bonta said. “Sadly, I think it’s pretty clear that that’s part of
By Macy Meinhardt VV STAFF WRITER/CA LOCAL NEWS FELLOW
Residents at the March 4 city council meeting to speak on the city's accessory dwelling unit program. PHOTO: Macy Meinhardt/ V&V Staff
After a long and heated council meeting last Tuesday, San Diego City Council voted 6-3 to revise the city’s Bonus ADU Program by restricting its application in neighborhoods deemed incompatible, such as single-family zoning. Hours of public comment revealed the community’s mixed reactions on how the city has used the program as a tool to address the regional affordable housing shortage. While the program helps increase housing supply for low to medium income renters, it has also drawn strong opposition from residents in areas experiencing the greatest increase in housing developments, such as College Area, Clairemont, North Park, and Southeastern.
L to R: Rob Bonta, California Attorney General and David Trujillo, ACLU California. PHOTO: CBM
the president’s strategy: To flood the zone, overwhelm us with a barrage of damaging, dangerous, and illegal executive orders and actions that impede on the law and values that make America strong.” See RESISTANCE page 7
“Our community has been marginalized for decades and developers are salivating at the chance to reap their profits at our expense. To allow hundreds of ADU’s to be dumped into our neighborhood is disrespectful and demoralizing,” said Encanto resident John Alexander. See ADU page 2
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