About 30 farmers and their supporters protested tonight outside the entrance to the gated neighborhood in Brentwood where the man who wants to destroy their farm lives.
This was part of a weeklong series of actions to save the South Central Farm. Tomorrow night at 7pm farmers plan to protest at the mayor’s mansion located at 605 S Irving Blvd near the corner of Wilshire and Crenshaw. The mayor has made numerous promises to work out a deal to save the farm but so far nothing has materialized.
The stay of eviction expires Monday the 13th and unless a solution is found the farmers will again being facing eviction by force . They have vowed to resist removal from the land they have farmed for the past 13 years.
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Farmers Protest at Gate to Developers Estate by A
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VIDEO: Farmers Protest at Developers by A
The South Central Farmers are asking members of the progressive community to establish phone trees to mobilize activists across the city to defend their beloved and family-sustaining 14-acre farm at 41st and Long Beach Ave. Please email me your names and phone numbers to join the phone tree. Jason Neville at nevitate@gmail.com
Report: South Central Farmers Phone Tree. Jason Neville
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Farmers Protest at Gate to Developers Estate