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Vol. 63 No. 14
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Thursday, April 6, 2023
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 63 Years
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER & COVID UPDATES SEE PAGE 13
Covid-19 cases in southeast 14,713
ENCANTO LITTLE LEAGUE
OG SANDBOX EASTER EGG HUNT SEE PAGE 4
92102
SEE PAGE 12
22,243
20,887
25,149
18,501
12,526
92105
92113
92114
92115 92139
SOURCE: County of San Diego [Updated 3/30/2023]
How California Reparations Proposals Could Become Law By Janie Har and Sophie Austin
Food Insecurity,
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO: Maria Lin Kim / Unsplash
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Hunger Expected To Soar With SNAP Cuts By Barrington M. Salmon BLACK PRESS USA
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ood security advocates, policymakers, and others had been warning of the dire consequences to those most in need if Congress chose to halt the extra allotments of SNAP benefits. Still, the Republican-led House let the COVID-era
supplemental payments wind down at the end of February. Those closest to the problem say the consequences are already evident in the days since the extra allotments ended. The abrupt benefit cuts are estimated to affect more than 30 million people in 35 states. See FOOD page 2
Bishop Henry C. Williams, of Oakland, testifies during the Reparations Task Force meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, March 29, 2023. PHOTO: Hector Amezcua/ The Sacramento Bee via AP
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eparations for Black residents in California will move to the state Legislature once a first-in-thenation task force submits its recommendations and findings by July 1. But the task force will not propose a cash restitution amount for individuals, opting instead to leave it to lawmakers to figure out how much descendants of U. S. chattel slavery are owed. The panel on Wednesday endorsed calculation methodologies showing that California could owe African American residents more than $800 billion just for discrimination in policing and housing loans. California’s annual budget is nearly $300 billion. See REPARATIONS page 2
County Now Offering
Free Graffiti Removal
for Property Owners in the Unincorporated Area
Contractors remove extensive graffiti from the side of a building in Spring Valley
By Katie Cadiao COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE A new County program now in place allows San Diegans in the county’s unincorporated area to remove unwanted graffiti from their property free of charge.
first graffiti abatement occurred last week when contractors removed extensive graffiti damage from the side of a building along Campo Rd. in Spring Valley.
The Board approved the initiative in January. The
See GRAFFITI page 2
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