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South Central Farmers

Evictions have begun at the 14-acre South Central Farm in Los Angeles. Larry Mantle's show on KPCC Radio in Los Angeles is providing live coverage, including interviews with tree-sitters Darryl Hannah and John Quigley, and LA Weekly reporter Daniel Hernandez. Listen now here. The show is flipping back and forth between the farm and a couple of other stories, but they return to the scene of the farm pretty regularly.

A static news report is here.

It's also worth re-reading the LA Weekly's story on this for a different perspective. And if you visit the Watts Community Garden down on 111th and Avalon, you get another one, still. And then there's Leslie Radford's re-spin of Hernandez' reporting, here. It's an interesting argumentative approach.

June 13, 2006 |

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From http://la.indymedia.org

Protests growing at Farm, activists call for more support

Farmers call for immediate actions:

* Slow down or stop access to Farm
* Protest at City Council
* Call the Mayor, Jan Perry, Horowitz, and Sherrif's: Jan perry 323-846-2651 or 213-473-7009; Mayor Villaraigosa 213-978-0600, Ralph Horowitz office 310 440-7878

12:10 p.m. Farmers and supporters stopped traffic at 41st and Alameda. Police declared unlawful assembly and cleared the streets. Reports of a dozen arrests at this incident. Supporters are asked to come to 41st and Long Beach.

10:30 a.m. Bulldozers are on the farm. Cherry pickers coming in to farm now. Daryl & John still in tree. People still locked down around tree. About 300 supporters protesting outside now.

10:15 a.m. Bulldozers are breaking down the fences, and the tree is being cut. Traffic is bottlenecked around Alameda.

9:00 a.m. Jake writes: 1) The sheriffs had already broken open the lockboxes that people were using to lock themselves down to prevent their removal from the farm.
2) About 10 people had been dragged out, and two people were sent away in ambulances. We don't know what happened to them or how they are doing.
3) Bulldozers were lined up outside the fences, ready to come in.

5:20 a.m. The sherrifs are at the farm. The eviction process is starting now. Farmers are calling all activists to converge to the farm for a massive protest (Alameda & 41st Street). The eviction might take up to 3 to 4 hours or longer.

Posted by:WillowLu | June 13, 2006 at 01:07 PM

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