and support Little Tokyo to ensure a voice and a seat at the table as it pertains to all land use decisions.

and with abundant opportunities for upward mobility (jobs and schools).The WLA Sawtelle Neighborhood Councils DEI (Diversity.

Land Use Management) Committees developed an alternate plan that:? Prioritizes preserving the current density in the discriminated Sawtelle Japantown areas to protect those neighborhoods from the TOC incentives that result in excessive densities (the other half of the WLA community.Our WLA-Sawtelle communities have been here for generations and we hope will continue for generations to come.The SAVE WLA-Sawtelle Japantown ALTERNATIVE Community Plan petition has the support of WLA Holiness Church.

Single-family houses would be surrounded by 4-6 story apartment/condo buildings BY-RIGHT without ANY further city approval.City planners did not consult with WLA-Sawtelle Japantown prior to releasing the city-proposed WLA Community Plan to the community in August 2023 — and which has a deadline of December 2023 for feedback.

and should not have targeted these neighborhoods for over-densification.

The city is aware of those injustices.The Snow Woman and Other Yokai Stories from Japan will be released by Tuttle Publishing on April 16.

He graduated from Shinshu University and worked as a school teacher for 31 years.200 miles through the Inland Sea from Shimonoseki to Tokyo.

he received the first Kenjiro Tsukahara Literary Award for his work The Fortress of Sorrow.ghost stories and science fiction for children