Communities
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AAU Takes Anti-Casino Fight to Harrisburg
Asian Americans United and the Philadelphia Anti-Casino Coalition took their battle to Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania. They organized busloads of people to attend a state Gaming Control Board hearing around the proposed Foxwoods Casino in Philadelphia. At the hearing, AAU and Coalition members were allowed to speak, but the Board still kept the project alive. However it continues to fine the developers for delays and threaten the project’s gambling license. The Board has also asked for more documentation around finances from developers.
Date of first Azine posting:03/03/2010 -
CSU Monterey Bay Attempts to Revive Salinas Chinatown Area
Salinas' Chinatown was a 12-block area cut off from the rest of the city by railroad tracks that has long disappeared. The Chinatown area is just to the northeast of Old Town Salinas, across Market Street and the railroad tracks.
Date of first Azine posting:12/13/2009 -
Los Angeles Metro Agrees to Explore Alternative Build Option in Little Tokyo
By Nalea J. Ko, Reporter
Pacific Citizen
Published November 20, 2009Reposted under an exchange agreement with Pacific Citizen
Date of first Azine posting:12/08/2009 -
Oakland APAs Fight to Keep ‘Offensive’ Bar Out of their Neighborhood
This article is being reposted under an agreement with Pacific Citizen
Date of first Azine posting:10/26/2009 -
Charges against Bronx Southeast Asians Dismissed
Over the course of this year, there has been increasing police harassment of Southeast Asian residents in Devoe Park, a public space on University Avenue and Fordham Road in the Bronx. Between July and August, over 20 Southeast Asian residents were targeted and were arrested or given meritless summons on allegations that they were loitering or gambling in the park. For some residents who were arrested, they were held for several nights without access to translation, phone calls or food. For others, their money was confiscated and not returned when they were released.
Date of first Azine posting:10/19/2009 -
A Piece of American History in Japantown’s Heart
San Francisco’s Nihonmachi Little Friends is in the final stages of raising funds to repair the historic building.
Date of first Azine posting:10/19/2009 -
Little Tokyo Sounds Off About Metro’s Expansion Plans
Community leaders continue to meet with Metro officials to emphasize the area’s historical and cultural significance.
By Nalea J. Ko, Reporter
Pacific Citizen
Published October 16, 2009Little Tokyo stakeholders are expressing concerns over Metro’s plans to expand the city’s mass transit system in the area.
Date of first Azine posting:10/19/2009 -
SRO Tenants Regain Chinatown Homes
(from CAAAV) On November 13, 2008, over 50 tenants were forced out of their homes and told to go to a homeless shelter because their landlord did not correct safety violations that had already been cited by the City’s Department of Buildings. After more than nine months living in the temporary shelter, the long-time residents of 81 Bowery returned to their hones in early September.
Date of first Azine posting:10/19/2009 -
KIWA Battles Church Expansion
Korean Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA) is battling a local church, Oriental Mission Church (OMC) that is destroying housing for a parkling lot. In early September, the church sent out a public hearing notice to area residents that they are applying for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to turn almost an entire block of Residential (R3-1) zoned land into a lot for the church.
Date of first Azine posting:10/13/2009 -
Berkeley Supports Thai Temple Sunday Brunch
During the last week of September, the Berkeley City Council unanimously (9-0) rejected the appeal filed by some residential neighbors of the Sunday Brunch at the Wat Mongkolratanaram Berkeley Thai Temple. Neighbors had complained about noise, smells and crowds. The popular brunch attracts 200-1000 people on Sundays.
Date of first Azine posting:10/12/2009
