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Vol. 64 No. 33 | Thursday, August 15, 2024
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 64 Years
Result Without Reason: INSIDE THIS
San Diego Police Pretext Stops
WEEK'S ISSUE:
Breaking Down the Data Behind Racially Driven Traffic Stops By Macy Meinhardt VOICE & VIEWPOINT STAFF WRITER
Footage of Hoskins' pretext stop that resulted in his window being smashed in in Southcrest neighborhood in March 2024. PHOTO: Nicholas Hoskins
“The problem with a pretextual traffic stop is that it is a search and seizure which cannot be constitutionally justified for its true reason, but only for some other reason,” State V. Ladson, 1999.
CALVARY BAPTIST'S FAMILY & FRIENDS EVENT
See PRETEXT page 2
SEE PAGE 9
San Diego Couple
Two Million Preventable Deaths in the Past 20 Years A Statement By The National Black Church Initiative
PHOTO: Courtesy of NNPA
The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a coalition of 150,000 African American churches, representing over 27.7 million churchgoers, is urging the 118th US Congress to address the severe health disparities among Black Americans. A Washington Post article titled, Black Communities Endured a Wave of Excess Deaths in the Past 2 Decades revealed that Black
communities experienced 1.6 million excess deaths compared to their white counterparts over the past two decades, excluding COVID19-related deaths. This devastating loss, according to recent studies by the JAMA Network, has cost hundreds of billions of dollars.
Celebrates 72 Years of Love, Faith & Legacy SEE PAGE 7 PHOTO: Courtesy of The Tates Family
See DEATHS page 2
Trash Pick Up Has Always Been Free, That Might Change
Ca Political Playback: news you might have missed
By Macy Meinhardt VOICE & VIEWPOINT STAFF WRITER
For the past 100 years, an ordinance has prohibited the City of San Diego from charging single family homes for trash collection. However, that rule, titled the 1919 Peoples Ordinance, was amended in 2022 by voters, giving the Environmental Services Department (ESD) a green light to start determining a rate to charge residents.
PHOTO: City of San Diego
to other means if residents started paying a fee.
District 4 Residents at the open-house workshop on Aug.6 at the Malcolm X Library. PHOTO: Macy Meinhardt
The potential new fees would apply to eligible single-family homes and multi-family residences with four or fewer residences on a single lot. Currently, the City services over 285,000 residential property owners for free each week. According to the 2024 General Fund expenditures, ESD spends $74 million annually on collection services. This cost could be diverted
Back in February, the City agreed to sign off on a whopping $4.5 million contract for consulting firm, HDR Engineering, Inc to come up with a Cost of Service Study, which uses analysis and community feedback to determine a reasonable monthly trash service rate.
Gov. Gavin Newsom cleaning up homeless encampments in Los Angeles Aug 9 2024. PHOTO: Courtesy of gov.ca.gov
By Bo Tefu and Antonio Ray Harvey CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA
Gov. Newsom Plans to Revoke Funding for Cities and Counties Delaying Encampment Sweeps
“The Cost of Service Study will involve a multifaceted approach to ensure the City is able to make well informed decisions that reflect the feedback of the community,” a staff report reads.
Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to take away state funding from cities and counties that delay implementing an executive order to clear out homeless encampments statewide and relocate occupants to shelters.
See TRASH page 2
Last week, the California Department of Trans-
portation (CalTrans) worked with Newsom to clear several encampments in the Los Angeles area. “I want to see results,” said Newsom at a press conference on Aug. 8. “I don’t want to read about them. I don’t want to see the data. I want to see it,” he said. See PLAYBACK page 2
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