Farmers Protest at Gate to Developers Estate

by A Thursday, Mar. 09, 2006 at 11:56 PM

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.

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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.