by Michael Lawson | Jun 26, 2022 | President Message
This past week marks 40 years since the brutal murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, at the hands of two white autoworkers in Detroit, Michigan. On June 23, 1982, Ronald Ebens, a 43-year-old Chrysler plant supervisor, and his 22-year-old stepson Michael Nitz, a...
by Michael Lawson | Jun 18, 2022 | President Message
During the 1930s Great Depression, the mortgage lending markets were a mess, with thousands of homeowners defaulting on their mortgages daily. In 1933 half of all mortgages in America were in arrears. President Roosevelt’s New Deal included the creation of the...
by Michael Lawson | Jun 10, 2022 | President Message
On June 19, our nation will officially recognize our second Independence Day – Juneteenth, which was signed into law in 2021 by President Biden as a national holiday. While we enjoy the cookouts, get-togethers, and parades around the nation, we must not lose sight of...
by Michael Lawson | Jun 3, 2022 | President Message, Advocacy, Race
In 1966, on the eve of the Summer of Love in San Francisco, the Black Panther Party for Self Defense began as a small community organization. The founders were Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Under California law, it was legal to carry guns in public as long as the...
by Michael Lawson | May 27, 2022 | President Message
This Saturday, the California Primary Election begins with early voting at polling stations located throughout Los Angeles County. Angelenos will have an opportunity to vote on three city-wide offices, including the mayor, city attorney, city controller, and...
by Michael Lawson | May 20, 2022 | President Message
This past week our nation’s collective hearts were broken, once again, by mass shootings motivated by racial and ethnic hatred. One gunman sought to kill members of a Taiwanese religious congregation attending church in Laguna Woods in Orange County, CA. Another...
