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Vol. 62 No. 48 | Thursday, December 1, 2022
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 62 Years
COVID-19 & MONKEYPOX UPDATES COVID-19 CASES IN SOUTHEAST 14,056
21,309
20,000
23,968
17,653
11,755
92102
92105
92113
92114
92115
92139
SOURCE: County of San Diego [Data through 11/19/22 Updated 11/23/2022]
Black Justices Bring DIVERSE Experiences to California Supreme Court By Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media In November, Associate Justice Kelli Evans became the third Black Associate Justice on the California Supreme Court. Black
PHOTO: Justice Kelli Evans, Justice Martin Jenkins, and Justice Leondra Kruger / PHOTO: CBM
justices now make up half of the Associate Justices on the state’s High Court. The state Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and six Assoc-
iate Justices. It reviews decisions by the six state Courts of Appeal, decisions by the Public Utilities Commission, and cases that result in a death sentence. See JUSTICES page 2
SEE PAGE 8
BOOK SIGNING AT THE WORLDBEAT
GET YOUR PRAISE ON GOSPEL
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The Ascension of Hakeem Jeffries
Number of Confirmed & Probable County Cases
455
SOURCE: County of San Diego Data a/o 11/26/2022
Tenants United Asks:
“Is San Diego Still Racist?” PHOTO: Public Domain
By Rafael Bautista Tenants United
Celebrating Coach K
HUMAN MONKEYPOX
On October 31, 2022, while Honeycutt and others were making public statements about the Tenant Protection Ordinance, spearheaded by EloRivera, and stating that they also believe “Housing is a Human Right”, Constellation Management issued three strong Elder Black Women notices stating to them that they were being pushed out of their homes. After joining the San Diego Tenants Union and fighting off huge rent
increases, Paulette and Rita received notices to vacate. Bedridden and battling multiple complications, the resolute Denise also received a 60-day notice to vacate. The nightmare notices drafted on Halloween or Housing is a Human Right Day (in San Diego), Management issued notices declaring that the owners have pulled permits and that they need to remove tenants in order to perform necessary repairs to the units. See TENANTS page 2
Signals Move From the Old Guard
The Campus of Southern Methodist University. PHOTO: Southern Methodist University
The day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y announced his history-making bid to become the first Black American to helm a major U.S. political party in Congress as leader of the House Democrats. So far, he has no challengers. PHOTO: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Sr. National Correspondent New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is probably precisely what Democrats need in America’s brutal political civil war, where
The First Five Black Perkins School of Theology Students
By Norma Adams-Wade Texas Metro News
most Republicans behave as if it’s a North vs. South redux. For starters, Jeffries is unapologetically Black.
What happened concerning desegregation at Southern Methodist University (SMU) after the first five Black Perkins School of Theology students integrated the campus in 1952 then graduated in 1955?
See JEFFERIES page 2
See STUDENTS page 2
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