Amoog the key propo
ere recommendatio for:
-Establishment of a $2 mil­
ion Blac Venture Capital Fund
and a ational . ority Inve -
mentB
-A selective buying campaign
to prevent ero . on of fair em­
ployment and public ccorn­
modation pr ctice in hotels and
r uranu ere Blac organi­
zatio meet;
-E blishment of an African
Famine and Development Fund.
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-Building an effective corn­
municatio net ork for up­
port of congre . anal candidates
in 115 di tricts here Blac
wten provide margin of victory .
-E tablishment of regional
and tatewide Bl c Ie dership
roundtabl in rget are uch
California, . chigan, Ohio,
Illinoi ,Indian , and aryland.
The broad b d conferee
also urged immediate action on
a Bl ck Family Plan for le 0 -
Continued on P 3
LANS G - Michigan's la
governing the u of deadly
force is in jeopardy becau
the U.s. Suprem Court h
id it is un con titutional to
oot fleeting felon ho is
unarmed 0
In 6-3 vote rch 27, the
high court true down the port­
ion of a T nne Ia aIlo ing
police offie rs to shoot to kill '
uspected felo trying to
escape.
o chigan , la is simil
the Tenne tute bee u it
alIo police or private citizen
to shoot an escaping felon,
even hen th 50 pects is
unarmed.
Although many police gen­
ae around the tate h ve
adopted more restrictive policie
for using deadly force, st te
offici id ichigan's la
may have to be limited becau
of the Supreme Court ruling.
• y spicion i the Michi-
o ture will 100 at
th t d on thi ruling,"
id Thomas Hendrickson,
ex cutive director of the Michi-
A 0 tion of Police Chiefi .
A model policy de eloped in
a
a
e s peno
arrested will cau
rio bodily harm
apprenh ion id de yed," id
Dal Da 0 , deputy director";
The 0 chigan State Police
a de dly-force policy "that
is little more restricti that I
hat the la alIo for," id
jor ichael Anderson, he d
of th uniform rvice divis­
ion. Ho e r, t policy
does not require officers to e
a eapon before they can oot
t fl eing felon,
'The f: ct th
(NO NOTICE, NO RENT HIKE I
.L.J"Io..l. 'h:J •• .l G - State Repre n­
tati axine Berman (D-South­
field) announced the introduct­
"ion of le 0 lation de 0 gned to
re ond to rapidly e atin
rental r te in Oakland County 0
• e did a urvey of renters
in Southfield in late f 11 and
disco red rent ri ing high
30% - 40% in some building ,"
Berman id. "This legislation
o d igned to give tenant
better, fairer po ition in dealing
. th landlord ."
Included in the bill are th
following:
- Landlord m inform
tenant by Jan ry 21 of th
percenta of incr to be
expected and the ctual in­
ere m t fall within 2% of
that.
otice to tenants of the
ctual incre must be in writ-
ing and given to tenants at Ie t
twice long before the termina­
tin date as the tenant has to gi e
notice of termination. In other
ords, if a tenant must give a
landlord 30 days notice to
terminate, the 1 dlord mu
notify th tenant of the ne
r ntal rate at le t 30 days prior
to that.
- Long term tenant (over
five years) will be given deduct­
ions on the amount of increase
b d on a sliding scale related
to length of tenancy.
Berman 0 d e will also
soon be introducing legislation
aIlo ing tenant to po t and
distribute notice for tenant'
meetings, to require intere t
payments to tenant on security
depo its, and to disallo in-
crease in curity deposits
rents increa .
"It is tim th t renter
recei some kind of curity,"
Berman explained ° ' any ren­
ters are niors who often have
nowhere el to go, are tied to
one community, and- not
mobile other. The uncon­
scionable incre we have been
witnessing are taking dvant e
of a tight market and a captive
audience. "
Th bills will be t en up
soon after the pring bre and
ill include public hearing 0
The rust will be held in South­
field on May lOt 1:00 p.m.
in the Par s nd R creation
Building. "
FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
