{"article":{"id":163965,"heading":"Quick News from the Farm","author":"Jake","created":"2006-06-14 13:55:23","modified":"2007-09-19 17:36:16","last_modified":"Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:36:16","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>I spoke to a friend of mine by phone who is at the protests outside the South Central Farm about an hour ago.  This will be kinda vague, so... <br><br> 1) The sheriffs had already broken open the lockboxes that people were using to lock themselves down to prevent their removal from the farm. <br><br> 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. <br><br> 3) Bulldozers were lined up outside the fences, ready to come in. <br><br> The farmers were still asking people to come down to the farm (41st and Long Beach Ave), or MLK and Alameda, or to go protest down at city hall.  Also, to call the mayor, Jan Perry, and the sheriff's office to complain.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"what's going on at the farm","numcomment":4,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2006\/06\/163965.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":163911,"heading":" SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS EVICTION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!!!","article":"Press Release\r\nSOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS                                                                                                                                                    \r\nTuesday June13\r\nMedia Contact                                                                                            Leslie Morava (310) 428-9380\r\n                                                                                                                        Harold Linde 323-382-7554\r\n\r\nFernando Flores 909-605-3136\r\n\r\n                                                                                   \r\n\r\nURGENT BREAKING NEWS                                      \r\n\r\n \r\nSOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS EVICTION HAPPENING NOW\r\n5 A.M. SQUADRON OF HELICOPTERS & SQUAD CARS CAME TO EVICT FARMERS & PEACEFUL SUPPORTERS\r\n \r\nWHEN:           Tuesday June 13, NOW   \r\n \r\nWHAT:           Eviction of South Central Farmers and Supporters\r\nDarryl Hannah and John Quigley still inside the property, other peaceful protestors conducting nonviolent civil disobedience.\r\n \r\nWHERE:           South Central Farm\r\n4000 S. Long Beach Ave.\r\n                    Los Angeles, CA 90058\r\n                    (Media enter on 40th Pl. through Long Beach Ave. Park on 41st )\r\n \r\nWHY:\r\nFor over three weeks supporters have been onsite at the South Central Farm, the nation\u2019s largest urban farm, which serves as a 14-acre oasis in the middle of L.A.\u2019s 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\u2019s fate.\r\n \r\n \r\n \u201cThe 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\u2026\u201d\r\n- Dr. Joseph Hurwitz, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Isaiah, Palm Springs","author":"Natalie","parent_id":163965,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-06-14 10:56:23","modified":"2013-11-11 00:40:54","fileurl":""},{"id":163912,"heading":"EFFECTIVE PROTEST TO FARM EVICTION","article":"GOOD STRATEGY NOW IS TO DRIVE IN DOWNTOWN LA DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, AND AGAIN THIS P.M. RUSH HOUR, CAUSE GRIDLOCK.  HONK HORNS IN PROTEST.  ALSO THOSE IN AREA OF FARM CAUSE GRIDLOCK ON SURFACE STREETS DURING MORNING AND AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR E.G. VERNON AT LONG BEACH, ALAMEDA BLVDS.  CAUSE GRIDLOCK.\r\n\r\nLATER IN EVEING PROTEST AT TIO--TACO &quot;MAYOR&quot; VILLARAGOSA'S HOME IN HANCOCK PARK WITH NOISY HORN HONKING DEMO AROUND BLOCKS AROUND HIS UPPPER-CLASS HOOD.\r\n","author":"Gridlock","parent_id":163965,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-06-14 10:57:47","modified":"2006-06-14 15:27:41","fileurl":""},{"id":163924,"heading":"Farmers call on all supporters to come to farm NOW","article":"This is happening right now  8:25 AM.  Pollice in riot gear are pulling people out.  Supporters planning march down Long Beach Ave.  to try to get into farm.  They need as many people as possible to help.  People are still locked down around tree.  Daryl Hannanh and John Quigley are still in tree.\r\n\r\n","author":"LA IMC","parent_id":163965,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-06-14 12:37:13","modified":"2006-06-14 14:29:54","fileurl":""},{"id":163958,"heading":"Bulldozers breaking down gate at Alameda","article":"Farmer are calling for more people to come and help defend the farm NOW","author":"LA-IMC","parent_id":163965,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-06-14 13:47:31","modified":"2006-06-14 14:29:27","fileurl":""},{"id":163961,"heading":"URGENT:  South Central Farmers assaulted by  Sheriffs","article":"June 13, 2006\r\n\r\nURGENT:  South Central Farmers assaulted by  Sheriffs\r\n\r\n\r\nThis morning around 5:00 AM a large number of Los Angeles\r\nCounty Sheriffs surrounded the 14 acre South Central Farm\r\nand broke into the perimeter. In a military style  operation,the \r\nsheriffs immediately  began rounding up and  handcuffing\r\nthe farmers and their supporters which includes women and\r\nchildren.  Some of the farmers have chained themselves\r\naround  trees and, at this moment, the sheriffs are using\r\nchainsaws to cut the trees to arrest the the farmers. Other\r\nfarmers  placed their hands into barrels filled with\r\nconcrete and the sheriffs are using jackhammers to release\r\nthe farmers to arrest them.  Large crowds have\r\ngathered in surrounding streets.  More later. . . .\r\n\r\n","author":"nochehuatl","parent_id":163965,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-06-14 13:48:43","modified":"2006-06-14 14:29:20","fileurl":""},{"id":163999,"heading":"difficult","article":"my friend tried to goto the farm but it is way to hard to goto the farm. ","author":"V","parent_id":163965,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-06-14 15:14:14","modified":"2006-06-14 15:14:14","fileurl":""}]}