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With a former principal of the junior high school named in his honor leading the way, the Kingsburg City Council adopted a resolution honoring him. Newly elected Mayor Laura North told several stories about Johnson, who some call âThe Worldâs Greatest Athlete.â
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With no members of the public present due to the pandemic, the council and city officials heard words of praise for Johnson from a State Senator.
Here is the text of the Resolution, without the Whereas:
 On Dec. 2, 2020, one of Kingsburgâs most distinguished hometown heroes, Rafer Lewis Johnson, passed away at 86. He was a 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the Decathlon, after getting silver in 1956 and a gold in a 1955 Pan American games. At the 1960 Rome Olympics, Johnson was the US teams flag bearer, the first Black American to do so. Mr. Johnson also lit the Olympic Flame when the Olympics came to Los Angeles in 1984.
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Real Estate Prices Soar During Pandemic, Climbing 25% In Parts Of California Wednesday, December 9, 2020 | Sacramento, CA
In this Feb. 18, 2020 file photo a real estate sign is shown in front of a home for sale in San Francisco.
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Today, that would be extremely unlikely.
The price of real estate has soared across the country since the pandemic, and California isn’t immune. Across the state, home prices are up by almost 20% and the Central Coast, a tight housing market to begin with, has been squeezed even tighter with prices up an average of 25%.
Wealthier residents of San Francisco, San Jose and even Los Angeles are flooding markets from Redding to the Central Valley, hitting each suburb in between.