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Vol. 63 No. 30
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Thursday, July 27, 2023
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 63 Years
ALL CA FOSTER KIDS CAN NOW ATTEND
ANY STATE COLLEGE
FOR FREE Gov. Newsom's budget covers tuition, room and board
NLOB HOSTS VETERAN FAIR SEE PAGE 11
PHOTO: California Black Media
CA DOJ TAKES ACTION TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA’S SECTION 8 RENTERS By Lila Brown
It took authorities in Los Angeles 12 years to process and approve Delsean Keys’ Section 8 housing application.
the federal government’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program for low-income households, the 41-year-old Keys was informed that he had only 90 days to find an apartment before his housing voucher would expire.
After finally being accepted into
See DOJ page 5
CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA
38th ANNUAL STELLAR AWARDS RETURN SEE PAGE 10
By Cassie N. Saunders
By Christopher Gavin
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COUNTY SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT
Children and teens in foster care across California will be able to attend state and community colleges free of charge under legislation signed into law this week. Through the new Fostering Futures program, the state will allocate $25 million to cover tuition for foster youth attending a California State University, University of California or a community college, according to state Sen. Angelique Ashby’s office. The funding also covers the cost of housing, books and food. See COLLEGE page 5
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ON HOW TO SPEND $14M
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE The County of San Diego’s Housing and Community Development Services (HCDS) wants to hear from you on how approximately $14 million should be invested in the unincorporated areas and small cities of the County. Funding can be used for homelessness services and shelters, public services, and community infrastructure. Share your thoughts at virtual and in person community meetings on how you would prioritize funding for housing, homelessness, and community infrastructure. See COUNTY page 5
VP HARRIS:
DESANTIS’ FLORIDA RULES ON BLACK HISTORY ARE ‘PROPAGANDA’ By Chris Megerian and Brendan Farrington
AFROFUTURISM LOUNGE 2023
PHOTO: Courtesy of LaWana Richmond
OFFERS COMIC-CON VISITORS A PARTY FOR A CAUSE VOICE & VIEWPOINT NEWSWIRE Afrofuturism Lounge offers San Diego Comic-Con visitors a party for a social justice cause. The 6th annual Afrofuturism Lounge was a fundraiser for GrioNeers, a national nonprofit launched this year by Afrofuturism Lounge co-founder Dr. LaWana Richmond to advance Afrofuturism, comics, film, art, science, and related fields. See AFROFUTURISM page 5
ASSOCIATED PRESS Vice President Kamala Harris said extremists want to “replace history with lies” as she traveled to Florida on Friday to assail Republican efforts to overhaul educational standards, plunging into a battle over schooling that has rippled through classrooms around the country. “They dare to push propaganda to our children,” she said in Jacksonville. “This is the United States of America. We’re not supposed to do that.” Her trip came two days after the Florida Board of Education approved a revised Black history curriculum to satisfy legislation signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate who has accused public schools of liberal indoctrination. The new standards include instruction that enslaved
people benefited from skills that they learned. “How is it that anyone could suggest that in the midst of these atrocities that there was any benefit to being subjected to this level of dehumanization?” Harris asked.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the historic Ritz Theatre in downtown Jacksonville, Fla., Friday, July 21, 2023. PHOTO: Fran Ruchalski/The Florida Times-Union via AP
She did not mention DeSantis by name, instead referring to “so-called leaders.” However, the speech was another example of how Harris has been the White House point person for addressing cultural issues such as race, schooling and abortion that DeSantis has taken on in the governor’s office and on the campaign trail. See HARRIS page 16
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