Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo introduced a bill on Friday that will seek reparations for the families that were displaced from the Chavez Ravine, now the home of Dodger Stadium.
Hundreds of families lost their homes by way of eminent domain or eviction in the 1950s, when the area, which contained the communities of Palo Verde, La Loma and Bishop, was slated for redevelopment and eventually turned into the home of the Boys in Blue. The assemblywoman's bill will seek to address that 'historical injustice.'Now, Assembly Bill 1950, otherwise called the Chavez Ravine Accountability Act, will hope to provide reparations for those families that were impacted.
'By creating a public and searchable database detailing events around the land acquisition, this will foster transparency and education about this pivotal moment,' Carrillo said. Supporters say that reparations are appropriate in this instance, especially after seeing Bruce's Beach returned to the Black family that had the property ripped away from them.
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