Who will stand up to the anti gentrification nutjobs intimidating decent small business in L.A? (Compton: transplants, movies)

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by majoun

Yet, Defend Boyle Heights and Union De Vecinos are led by a white woman who is a homeowner in Boyle Heights, and who is said to use those groups' funds to pay her mortgage. She is a member of the extreme communist group Workers World. Her name is Elizabeth Blaney.

She was quoted in an article about the art gallery attacks

These "activists" were shooting the art gallery people with potato guns but she justified it .


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The suspects wrote 187, the penal code for murder in the upper left corner.

"They say their demands are simple, I should get the hell out of here," Mihai Nicodim, who owns Nicodim Gallery on South Anderson Street said.

Nicodim said he was just one of several others in the area targeted by protesters over the past year.

"Every time we have an opening, like maybe two months ago when we actually had potato guns shot at us, which is quite dangerous," Nicodim said.

Elizabeth Blaney, an activist with Union de Vecinos, said the crimes may be an indication of a much larger issue.

"The development that's happening here is hurting Boyle Heights," Blaney said.

Blaney has been fighting development in the Boyle Heights area and said she considers the development to be gentrification.



She believed it's caused rent to increase throughout the predominantly Mexican-American community and has pushed longtime residents out of the area.

While she denied any involvement with the vandalism cases, Blaney said she represents many who believe the new galleries need to go.

"We are asking the galleries to leave," Blaney said. "Yes, that is a demand from community members to leave because they are having a negative impact on this neighborhood."

"I know some people are from the neighborhood and I also know that some of these protesters are not from the neighborhood," Nicodim said.

Nicodim said despite the pressure, it's his right to do business on any street he chooses.

"I'm not leaving. No, I'm not leaving," Nicodim said.

String of art gallery attacks in Boyle Heights investigated as hate crimes | abc7.com

[majoun]

Originally Posted by jm1982

She was quoted in an article about the art gallery attacks

These "activists" were shooting the art gallery people with potato guns but she justified it .


--

The suspects wrote 187, the penal code for murder in the upper left corner.

"They say their demands are simple, I should get the hell out of here," Mihai Nicodim, who owns Nicodim Gallery on South Anderson Street said.

Nicodim said he was just one of several others in the area targeted by protesters over the past year.

"Every time we have an opening, like maybe two months ago when we actually had potato guns shot at us, which is quite dangerous," Nicodim said.

Elizabeth Blaney, an activist with Union de Vecinos, said the crimes may be an indication of a much larger issue.

"The development that's happening here is hurting Boyle Heights," Blaney said.

Blaney has been fighting development in the Boyle Heights area and said she considers the development to be gentrification.



She believed it's caused rent to increase throughout the predominantly Mexican-American community and has pushed longtime residents out of the area.

While she denied any involvement with the vandalism cases, Blaney said she represents many who believe the new galleries need to go.

"We are asking the galleries to leave," Blaney said. "Yes, that is a demand from community members to leave because they are having a negative impact on this neighborhood."

"I know some people are from the neighborhood and I also know that some of these protesters are not from the neighborhood," Nicodim said.

Nicodim said despite the pressure, it's his right to do business on any street he chooses.

"I'm not leaving. No, I'm not leaving," Nicodim said.

String of art gallery attacks in Boyle Heights investigated as hate crimes | abc7.com

I looked at the website of Union de Vecinos, the group co-founded and led by Blaney and former Lynwood City Manager Leonardo Vilchis - both of whom also lead Defend Boyle Heights.
Interestingly, they are funded by Liberty Hill, the far left group funded by wealthy (overwhelmingly white) liberals, who Garcetti is tied to and who I've posted about here before.
John and Ken should do a story on Liberty Hill, although I'd bet against it because of where John lives. If he touched that story he'd be driven out of Brentwood.

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by majoun

I looked at the website of Union de Vecinos, the group co-founded and led by Blaney and former Lynwood City Manager Leonardo Vilchis - both of whom also lead Defend Boyle Heights.
Interestingly, they are funded by Liberty Hill, the far left group funded by wealthy (overwhelmingly white) liberals, who Garcetti is tied to and who I've posted about here before.
John and Ken should do a story on Liberty Hill, although I'd bet against it because of where John lives. If he touched that story he'd be driven out of Brentwood.

Ah very interesting . Makes sense why not a peep about this from the Mayor .
Yet he will go on and on about "intolerance" happening on the other side of the country or planet.

[jm1982]

And in NYC similar craziness going on.

Kind of funny they are saying 'people of color are not props' and trying to claim the business is racist , but there are photos of the customers inside and they look to be mostly black.

The SJW madness really needs to stop in this country.

It's funny too because most of these protestors look like hipsters themselves.

Interesting too because the space used to be a corner store but sat vacant for years.
So I guess they'd rather have a vacant store front bring in no tax revenue and employing nobody.


Furious Crown Heights Residents Protest 'Bullet Hole' Bar: 'People Of Color Are Not Props': Gothamist

[Kaphawoman]

Why does the article call Boyle Heights a diverse neighborhood? Several paragraphs later they cite the fact that it's 94% one ethnicity.

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by Kaphawoman

Why does the article call Boyle Heights a diverse neighborhood? Several paragraphs later they cite the fact that it's 94% one ethnicity.

Yeah it's definitely not diverse . It once was diverse but that was a while back .


https://www.kcet.org/history-society...-boyle-heights

[LuvSouthOC]

Originally Posted by Kaphawoman

Why does the article call Boyle Heights a diverse neighborhood? Several paragraphs later they cite the fact that it's 94% one ethnicity.

Because Boyle Heights is very non white, hence diverse.

[7stringguitarguy]

I usually don't like gentrification I have seen what It has done to once low-key or impoverished and semi-impoverished communities i.e. Santa Monica, Venice , Silver Lake, Echo Park , Highland Park etc, it usually displaces the poor and changes the community it usually yuppifies it.. But its somewhat inevitable though and I can see why these locals in Boyle Heights are angry because the new residents... Hipsters and Yuppies are kind of... annoying and they're not used to them. It's a culture clash. But the way there dealing with it is not acceptable.

[taraconnor777]

Seniors are having a hard time, here, in Oregon, bakeries and fur-retailers were driven out of Portland, OR, and in Lane County.(Eugene).--don't try to be a small business in Eugene, cause small businesses here get HEAVY TAXES.--and seniors in old independent business, here, are getting forced out of business, or having to relocate to other states.--sigh--its tough for seniors in Oregon, now, they get fired, or have to work for pennies--we are looking to relocate to a more "senior friendly state" than Oregon.(anyone got ideas? tell us.)we are even thinking of unpopular states, like north or south Dakota, or freezing Nebraska, just cause no one wants to mass-migrate there.SNOW we don't mind--huge cost of living, in Oregon, we are sick of.

[Losfrisco]

Originally Posted by 7stringguitarguy

I usually don't like gentrification I have seen what It has done to once low-key or impoverished and semi-impoverished communities i.e. Santa Monica, Venice , Silver Lake, Echo Park , Highland Park etc, it usually displaces the poor and changes the community it usually yuppifies it.. But its somewhat inevitable though and I can see why these locals in Boyle Heights are angry because the new residents... Hipsters and Yuppies are kind of... annoying and they're not used to them. It's a culture clash. But the way there dealing with it is not acceptable.

Is anyone who starts a business a "hipster?" Just curious. The first time I ever used AirBnB was in Boyle Heights. Stayed with really nice people, and despite it's prime location on the Gold Line (and the really cool Mariachi Plaza), I didn't see too many place to go to in the neighborhood. So if someone opens a coffee shop that people just passing through the neighborhood can go to its the end of the world?