South Central Farm Eviction in Process Now! [View All]

Despite weeks of negotiations, getting funding to purchase the land, and really putting their hearts and lives on the line, the farmers and their supporters are being evicted from the South Central Farm right now. A true gem and beautiful example of what cooperation and working together can accomplish is going to be destroyed to build a fucking Walmart warehouse.


Please fax or email city hall ask Mayor Villaraigosa to continue peaceful negotiations for purchase of the 14 acres of farmland in urban South Central LA. The mailbox on the phone is full and no one is answering.

mayor@lacity.org


CITY HALL

200 North Spring Street, Room 303
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Mayor's Staff Roster
213/978-0600 (Phone)
213/978-0750 (Fax)


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Press Release
SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS
Tuesday June13
Media Contact Fernando Flores 909-605-3136 Leslie Morava (310) 428-9380
Harold Linde 323-382-7554






URGENT BREAKING NEWS


SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS EVICTION HAPPENING NOW
5 A.M. SQUADRON OF HELICOPTERS & SQUAD CARS CAME TO EVICT FARMERS & PEACEFUL SUPPORTERS

WHEN: Tuesday June 13, NOW

WHAT: Eviction of South Central Farmers and Supporters
Darryl Hannah and John Quigley still inside the property, other peaceful protestors conducting nonviolent civil disobedience.

WHERE: South Central Farm
4000 S. Long Beach Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90058
(Media enter on 40th Pl. through Long Beach Ave. Park on 41st )

WHY:
For over three weeks supporters have been onsite at the South Central Farm, the nation’s largest urban farm, which serves as a 14-acre oasis in the middle of L.A.’s concrete jungle. This 14-year-old community gem functions as an active farm for more than 350 families and fills a local need for fresh produce, green space and a safe haven in a poverty-stricken region of Los Angeles. The farmers, community volunteers and celebrity supporters are in a daily state of peril anxiously awaiting the farm’s fate.


“The South Central Farm is a gem in the Los Angeles landscape. It supplies local communities with fresh, organic produce, gives children a safe environment to play and learn in, and provides a successful example of urban sustainability for the rest of the world to follow…”
- Dr. Joseph Hurwitz, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Isaiah, Palm Springs

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