California bill could provide reparations for families displaced from site of Dodger Stadium

A bill introduced in the California Legislature seeks to provide reparations for families of people displaced from their Los Angeles homes during the 1950s on land that eventually became the home of Dodger Stadium. The bill, formally known as The Chavez Ravine Accountability Act or AB 1950, would require the city of Los Angeles to form a nine-member task force to provide compensation to the displaced or their descendants. Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo (D- Los Angeles) introduced the bill after years of calls from organizers who have asked for reparations for land taken from families by the city. California bill could prohibit schools from serving breakfast cereals, baked goods and other foods with artificial dyes The land, located between the San Gabriel Mountains and downtown Los Angeles, is widely known today as Chavez Ravine, but 60 years ago, it was home to the Palo Verde, La Loma, and Bishop communities. About 1,800 families, many of whom were Mexican American, lived there but were displaced in the 1950s after the city said the land was needed to build affordable housing, known then as the Elysian Park project. “The city promised displaced families that they would have the opportunity to return to new...