Author: 2UrbanGirls

Here are the highlights from the City of Inglewood city council meeting held Tuesday, October 1st. Senior Citizen Center. Residents came forward to inquire on a story printed in the Morningside Park Chronicle regarding the possible sale of the site of the Senior Center. Mayor Butts informed the audience that the property is in fact, not up for sale. YMCA. Residents came forward to inquire on efforts to bring a YMCA back to the City of Inglewood. Those who spoke feel the Teen Center in the Library is not sufficient of a space to host Inglewood’s teens. ADA requirements. An elderly…

City of Inglewood councilman George Dotson previously held the title of Planning Commissioner since the days of Edward Vincent Jr. being the mayor.  Dotson was elected to the dais on Tuesday, June 11, 2013.  Here is video of the recently elected councilman two months after he was elected. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vK5pB7kY08E&feature=youtu.be

Students at various schools are still complaining about the food being served in the lunch room. A recent article stated the district received a grant to have better foods, but clearly that is not the case when Gold Star food trucks continue to drop off food to the area campuses. 2UrbanGirls wonders why Inglewood Today would put a picture of the staff, in their story , as opposed to pictures of these new healthy food options?   Talk about smoke and mirrors. The original food services manager was let go and a contractor was hired to the tune of $100k.…

In September Herbalife International announced the hiring of former City of Los Angeles mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, and the Latino community was in an uproar.

Back in August 2UrbanGirls was contacted about possible voter fraud throughout LA County.  Inquiries were sent to the County Recorders office and here is what they said.

Asset Forfeiture Funds (AFF) are monies that are obtained through the selling of individuals personal property, that is confiscated by the state pursuant to the law. AFF proceeds are to be used for police services only. Establishing awards for victims of violence, upgrading of police radio equipment and obtaining gang injunctions. Its still amazing that the rewards to capture a killer rarely exceeds $25k but the City of Inglewood used $300k to research and request gang injunctions? Oddly in 2006, Washington Interiors was contracted to install new flooring throughout Inglewood city hall offices and the Police Department. The company was owned by one of the…

The City of Inglewood has partnered with the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) to open a Teen Center in Inglewood. This is the second Teen Center sponsored in part by the SBWIB, with the first center opening in nearby Hawthorne back in 2008. Inglewood residents were happy their city was selected and opened for business. photo: 2UrbanGirls The Teen Center is located in the Inglewood Main Library and open Monday through Thursday from 3-6pm. Teens can come enjoy computers, video games, board games and ping pong to release energy after a long day at school. Other services provided are job training…

Today it was announced that law enforcement agencies throughout California will be the recipient of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) funding. Cities and counties were allocated a total of $20 million for the hiring of additional police officers. The Inglewood Police Department (IPD) will receive $1 million from the COPS program funding. IPD will be able to add up to eight (8) officers. Read more by clicking here.

Dear Parent or Guardian: One of the most important actions you can take to help your children and the educational programs at IUSD is to submit a meal application at the start of each school year. Your children may be eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

If you were at a Inglewood Unified School District board meeting, and were asked (coerced) into signing a mysterious petition, you may have been unintentionally signing your support to increase charter schools in Inglewood. 2UrbanGirls previously shared with you about a meeting where Joe Bowers, spouse of former IUSD board candidate Margaret Richards-Bowers, got into a shouting match with Ms. Bell, longtime IUSD critic, and was asked to leave by IUSD school police. It was during this same meeting that a Black Male Youth Academy representative shouted at LaTanya Kirk-Carter, about receiving a “cease and desist” and no longer being able to be…

As the Senate is about to take up Assembly member Isadore Hall’s, D-Compton, resolution to rename a portion of the San Francisco Bay Bridge after former city mayor, Willie Brown, is meeting strong opposition from the county supervisors stating:

The States of Colorado and Washington grabbed headlines when voters legalized marijuana in 2012.  Seattle Police Department took it a step further, when at a recent marijuana festival, they passed out potato chips with advisories on them.  Today, the City of LA took steps to increase regulation of medicinal marijuana dispensaries by approving a resolution sponsored by council member Bernard Parks.  Why was that needed when the Department of Justice sent a memo last month authorizing local governments to do just that?

Sandy Springs, GA has done what NO other city in the United States has done. It has privatized the city, cutting their budget by 50%. As pensions and retirement benefits haunt the cities, so does the amount of uncollected taxes and fees the residents can’t afford to pay. If Detroit is the model of a city going bankrupt, Sandy Springs is the model that privatizing the city is viable. Sandy Springs, the sixth-largest city in the state of Georgia, with a 2010 population of 93,853, wanted to separate itself from what it saw as wasteful government spending in surrounding communities. The city benefits greatly,…

Pio Pico is a prominent Latino in California’s history.  Pico was a first generation Californian whose parents immigrated from “New Spain” aka Mexico, and settled into San Diego.  Pio Pico was of Native American, Spanish and African ancestry due to his parents lineage.  YES, Pico was BLACK! 

In a story first reported by Inglewood’s Morningside Park Chronicle then corroborated by Streetsblog LA, a reputable community blog based out of Los Angeles, it was revealed that Metro plans to erect a 30 ft wall along the Crenshaw/LAX line that will run through the City of Inglewood.