In One LA Neighborhood, A Fight Over Homegrown Gentrification
Boyle Heights faces a new twist on an old problem: can people gentrify the neighborhood where they grew up?
Boyle Heights faces a new twist on an old problem: can people gentrify the neighborhood where they grew up?
Students in a classroom pick up their chairs and move them into a circle. As they settle down, the teacher, Jorge López, asks bluntly, “What is sucking the life out of you?” One by one, the students begin sharing their stories.