L.A. officials are revoking an agreement that has long allowed a local group to use an old firehouse on Crenshaw Boulevard, spurring an outpouring of protest from the group and its supporters.
to a shuttered fire station to the African Firefighters in Benevolent Assn.
“The gentrifiers aren’t encroaching upon our space,” Jumaane told council members at City Hall. “He is.” His spokesman, Antwone Roberts, said that “city staff have consistently had difficulties gaining access to the property” and “AFIBA representatives remain unwilling to meet the most basic requirements of using a publicly owned facility.”
He said that a range of programs had been provided at the Crenshaw Boulevard building, including film screenings, relationship seminars and assistance from holistic health practitioners. The group, an unincorporated association that seeks to recruit and support African American firefighters, relies on volunteers and brings in other groups to provide services, Jumaane said.“It’s well used,” said Assata Umoja, president of the Hyde Park Organizational Partnership for Empowerment.
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