Japanese Americans

Japanese Americans Take a Stand on Los Angeles City Redistricting

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https://rafu.com/2021/08/little-tokyo-looks-to-avoid-repeating-redistricting-trap The Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission (LACCRC) was looking for community input as to how the lines will be drawn for Council Districts 1-15 for the next 10 years. Reverend Ray Fukumoto delivered the following comments on behalf of SOS Network: ”Hi, I am Rev. Ray Fukumoto representing Save Our Seniors Network. A … Read more

Historical Monument Application For the Otomisan Japanese Restaurant in Boyle Heights Moves Forward in Process

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The Otomisan Japanese Restaurant is believed to be one of the oldest long-standing Japanese restaurants in LA https://whatnowlosangeles.com/historical-monument-application-filed-for-the-otomisan-japanese-restaurant-in-boyle-heights The Otomisan Japanese Restaurant and the Martha Sindell/Nishiyama Residence behind it may both be considered historical buildings in LA, if the application filed earlier this year is approved. At 2506 1/2 E 1st St, and 2508 East … Read more

If Laguna Honda Could Manage COVID-19, Why Not Pacifica Companies at Kei-Ai LA?

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Laguna Honda’s COVID-19 Outbreak Offers Lessons for Other Long-Term Care Homes This week San Francisco health officials have begun testing everyone at skilled nursing facilities for COVID-19, beginning with the county-run Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, where an early outbreak has amassed 21 cases of the virus among patients and staff. It could have … Read more

In Boyle Heights, Battle Over A Senior Home For Japanese Americans Is LA’s Latest Displacement Story

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By  Josie Huang Published on laist.com May 13, 2021 5:00 PM

https://laist.com/boyle-heights-battle-home-japanese-seniors-sakura-gardens-la-displacement

Protest Against Boyle Hts Evictions laist.com - Josie Huang

Gated off from a main drag in Boyle Heights is a tranquil senior living campus with a glittering koi pond and the transportive name of Sakura Gardens. It’s a nod to the Japanese heritage of its residents and a reminder of a large Japanese American community that thrived in Boyle Heights before World War II.

It’s also the latest ground zero in L.A.’s unending saga of displacement playing out in a neighborhood too familiar with the pressures of gentrification.

 

(Josie Huang/LAist)

Community rejects development plans at Sakura Intermediate Care Facility

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https://boyleheightsbeat.com/community-rejects-development-plans-at-sakura-intermediate-care-facility Albert Serna Jr. April 30, 2021 Boyle Heights In Focus, Health, Seniors 60 For nearly eight years, Ken Nakayama’s mother Tomiko, who is 93, has been living at Sakura Intermedate Care Facility in Boyle Heights along other Japanese and Japanese American elders. It is a unique facility, Nakayama said, that not only cares for … Read more

Sakura ICF Families No Viable Options

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In addition to Pacifica Companies’ “Transition Plan” being, effectively, a “death sentence proposal,” it will represent an attack on bilingual/bi-cultural services and exacerbate gentrification problems in Boyle Heights. See the spreadsheet: https://app.box.com/s/9bv00s9hl5lpge7n0df6lxq2yxg1swwv Simply put, there exists NO OTHER facility like the Sakura Intermediate Care (ICF) anywhere else in the United States. It is part of … Read more