Who Gets to Represent a Richer South L.A.?
A Place of Possibility Shouldn’t Remain a Pawn of the Establishment
There is more opportunity in South Los Angeles now.
You can see it in the houses, in the development, in the grocery stores finally arriving, in the people who—as I did several years ago—decided to stay. There’s a real sense of unity and possibility. It can feel a little (dare I say) like Brooklyn, with the renaissance in some neighborhoods, the sexy feel of the place. And we’re just a $5 Uber ride away from everything happening in downtown. Maybe I should stop here—I don’t want too many people to come …
