For Immediate Release: February 4, 2016: “Today, the Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro attended the court hearing at the Los Angeles Superior Court. The State of California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) along with the pro bono legal team comprised of Bet Tzedek and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, sought a temporary restraining order to prevent the sale… Read more »
Images from the “Speak-Out” held at the Centenary United Methodist Church on Saturday, January 23, 2016. Share It!FacebookTwitterDiggRedditStumbleUponemail
Chelsea Edwards of Eyewitness News, Channel 7 Los Angeles covered the press conference headed up by Congresspersons Maxine Waters and Judy Chu, who have both opposed the sale of the Keiro facilities and the way that the Attorney General handled the matter. They are ready and willing to do whatever it takes to stop the sale of Keiro and to… Read more »
Photo Gallery of the Maxine Waters/Judy Chu press conference held on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at the First Southern Baptist Church, located across the street from the South Bay Keiro Nursing Home in Gardena. The two Congresswomen have been staunch supporters of the SaveKeiro effort and this recent press conference was to reassure the community that they continue to pressure… Read more »
Judy Chu, David Hadley, and Maxine Waters Voice Their Support to SaveKeiro! The Town Hall Meeting was graced with the presentations by 3 politicians who voiced their support to get the Attorney General to put the brakes on the sale of the Keiro facilities and to schedule a public forum to allow the community to voice their concerns and opinions… Read more »
The following PDF is a letter from Tania M. Ibanez, Senior Assistant Attorney General, as a follow-up to the meeting the Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro Executive Committee had with the Attorney General’s office. The letter was dated December 4, 2015. Share It!FacebookTwitterDiggRedditStumbleUponemail
On December 4, 2015, the Attorney General’s office provided additional documentation that they did not provide in their “complete case file” package of documentation regarding the sale of the Keiro facilities. Yet close examination of the details of the email correspondence between the various parties tends to raise more questions than answers regarding this sale. Share It!FacebookTwitterDiggRedditStumbleUponemail
“Testimonies” is a video of Keiro residents, a prospective resident, and the only remaining Founder of Eight, who voice their situations, worries and concerns regarding the pending sale of all 4 Keiro facilities. Since the buyer Pacifica, a for-profit real estate development company, is bound for only 5 years to maintain the retirement & nursing homes, there is much consternation… Read more »
Photo gallery of the Town Hall Meeting which was held on Monday, November 23, 2016. The meeting was held at the Aratani Theater in Little Tokyo, and was attended by more than 500 members of the community. Also in attendence were a number of political figures, including Judy Chu, Maxine Waters, David Hadley, and Jan Perry, who are behind the… Read more »
For Immediate Release “Gambatte — Don’t Give Up Hope to Save the Keiro Homes” The Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro invites the community to the “Save Keiro” Town Hall on Monday, November 23, 2015, 7 pm to 9 pm, at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center’s Aratani Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles, 90012. The following… Read more »