California proposes reparations for those displaced by Dodger stadium

(The Center Square) – The California legislature is proposing reparations for residents and their descendants displaced in the 1950s and 1960s by eventual Dodger stadium construction. The 1800 residents and owners in the area where land was ordered sold after being condemned would be eligible for compensation via money or real estate after a nine-member task force creates compensation options for the City of Los Angeles to adopt.  AB 1950, introduced by Assemblymember Wendy Carillo, D-Boyle Heights, suggests the Chavez Ravine community, a 315 acre area housing 1,800 families was condemned in 1950 by Los Angeles “through the power of eminent domain for the purpose of constructing public housing,” and that as a result of these acts, by 1952 resulted in the land “sold below the market value or auctioned off against the will of the landowners.” By 1958, the proposed “Elysian Park Heights housing project had unraveled” and the city sold the entire area to a private company for an “insignificant amount” to be built into Dodger Stadium.  “It is in the interest of the public, the State of California, the County of Los Angeles, and the city to create a task force to oversee and report on the...