Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 3, No. 20 - May 20, 2021
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LA Chefs Create a New Food
Program for SoFi Stadium
Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo (left) have created four food concepts inspired and named after notable L.A. Streets. The concessions with be referred to as L.A. Eats and will include Olvera Street, Fairfax
Ave., San Vincente Blvd. and Sawtelle Blvd. Olivera Street will have a Mexican inspired menu with cheeses and tangy salsas. The Fairfax concept pays homage to the neighborhood’s diverse, vibrant food
scene, and offers new twists on burger and deli favorites. San Vincente Blvd. pays homage to some traditional Italian-food favorites and takes a cue from some of the delicious restaurants that call the
street home. Fans can enjoy delicious thick-cut pizzas and a fun stadium-take on the classic Stromboli. The Sawtelle Blvd. concept pays homage to the flavors represented on the historic street. Guests can
enjoy crispy chicken sandwiches and Tsunami Tots, layered with many of the mouthwatering Asian-inspired ingredients found in the cuisines that line Sawtelle Blvd. Photo courtesy SoFi Stadium.
Robert Strock Works to Solve
Homelessness in Los Angeles
By Kiersten Vannest
One of the biggest and most contentious
issues Los Angeles faces today is its homelessness
crisis. As the pandemic starts to ease
up with the rising number of vaccinations,
more residents than before find themselves
without a place to live. This issue, coupled
with a passion for rethinking the way we
farm, is what drives Robert Strock, CEO,
and founder of the Global Bridge Foundation,
headquartered in El Segundo.
Strock is a teacher, psychotherapist, author,
and humanitarian. His therapy clients are
largely very successful people (i.e., those
who have achieved the “American Dream,”
which he later explains is a myth). They most
often come to him because despite achieving
all material goals, his clients report feeling
empty, unfulfilled. He treats clients who may
be addicted to their business or to saving the
world, and he helps to bring awareness and
balance to all that they do.
At the age of twenty-two, Strock oversaw
a group of fifty master’s program students
from ten universities in a project involving
schizophrenic patients in LA. For the duration
of this project, Strock was able to prove the
importance of community. The participants’
status changed from “patient” to “member.”
The students stayed longer than the average
counselor and formed bonds and friendships
with the members. While the average suicide
rate in this facility was five people per year,
that rate fell to zero during the four years
his program ran.
Co-Founders of the Global Bridge Foundation, Robert Strock
and David Knapp.
After this, Strock worked to aid third-world
countries, mainly operating in micro-finance
and supporting self-sufficiency. From there,
he turned his work to corporate intercommunication,
before shifting to an effort to
stop global warming. Most recently, his
work revolves around regenerative farming
and homelessness.
Regenerative farming is the practice of saving
and reviving farmable soil. Our current
organic farming method effectively “kills”
the soil, making it unusable, and diminishing
helpful nutrients that we then consume
ingrown food. Regenerative farming leads
to healthy soil, more nutrient-dense food,
and has the added benefit of saving space.
Many of Strock’s current proposals address
a cross-section of better farming practices
and permanent housing solutions. For example,
his foundation bought a parcel of
land in Palmdale, which they are turning
into a regenerative farm. This farm would
be able to house 150 homeless individuals
and simultaneously offer the opportunity to
learn cutting-edge farming techniques in a
practice the UN has declared the future of
food. In addition, it would be able to feed
the city of Palmdale.
One of his newest proposals looks like
housing through the use of accessory dwelling
units (ADUs). The idea follows that a
themselves and the main household. The
government would provide a stipend to the
landowner, helping to pay off a mortgage
while providing a safe place for an unsheltered
individual.
This all sounds well and good, but what
about the idea of “Not in My Backyard”? Or
that the homeless simply won’t change? Or
that the vast majority are dangerous?
There are many misconceptions when
it comes to homelessness. One of these is
the idea that the homeless don’t want help.
While a small percentage may refuse current
options, there is currently a waiting list of
thousands of eligible recipients who signed
up to receive help and are waiting their turn.
resident could opt to have a tiny home added
to their backyard, where an eligible and
highly-screened person may live and learn
regenerative farming practices, feeding both See Robert Strock, page 5