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Council committees back Bass’ proposal to purchase Mayfair Hotel

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Ex-Anaheim mayor to plead guilty to federal corruption charges

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Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of obstruction of justice, wire fraud and lying to federal investigators stemming in part from his actions during a city effort to sell Angel Stadium, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

“While serving as Anaheim’s mayor, Mr. Sidhu took a series of actions that compromised the city’s negotiating position by providing confidential information and secretly working to influence the city’s decision-making process — all of which had a detrimental effect on the city and its residents,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph T. McNally said in a statement. “Public confidence in the integrity of public officials is critical to our society. This office will continue to root out public officials who compromise their integrity.”

Prosecutors allege in the court papers that during the city’s 2020 negotiations to sell the stadium to the Angels, Sidhu provided “confidential inside information belonging to the city — including confidential negotiation information” to an Angels consultant and Todd Ament, then-Anaheim Chamber of Commerce co-president.

Prosecutors said Sidhu was later caught on tape saying he expected a $1 million campaign contribution from the Angels in exchange for the information he provided.

Sidhu later “knowingly destroyed multiple email messages and documents related to this conduct,” according to the plea agreement, in an effort “to impede and obstruct the FBI’s investigation of public corruption” involving the proposed stadium sale.

According to prosecutors, one of the emails allegedly

destroyed by Sidhu detailed plans for “mock City Council meetings” that were being planned to help other council members and Angels officials prepare for the actual meeting at which the stadium sale would be discussed.

The plea agreement includes what was an apparent agenda for one of those mock meetings, in which participants would “run through a mock council session straight through one time at the start to identify pitfalls and areas of vulnerability.” The session would also include Angels officials “to help develop ‘zingers,’ responses and other points to improve performance,” according to the court papers.

According to prosecutors, Sidhu also admits in the court papers that he lied about the sale negotiations to FBI investigators, telling them he did not expect to receive any campaign contributions from

the Angels.

Separately, Sidhu also admits lying to the Federal AviationAdministration about his purchase and registration of a helicopter, which he bought while listing an Arizona home address despite living in Anaheim, amounting to tax fraud by avoiding payment of nearly $16,000 in California sales taxes, prosecutors said.

Sidhu is expected to make an initial appearance in federal court in Santa Ana later this month. A date has not been set for him to enter his plea.

Prosecutors said he faces up to 10 years in prison for obstruction of justice, 20 years for wire fraud and five years each for the two false statements charges.

In a statement, Sidhu’s attorney Paul Meyer said,

Developers to build 100% permanent supportive housing project

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Law enforcement agencies across Los Angeles County have partnered to establish a task force to investigate, apprehend and prosecute suspects who have committed retail theft as businesses grapple with an uptick of smash-and-grabs in recent weeks.

Glendale police on Thursday identified two suspects and arrested one allegedly involved in the recent flashmob raid on the Yves Saint Laurent store at the Americana retail complex.

In a press conference Thursday, Mayor Karen Bass announced the Organized Retail Crimes Task Force that will include detectives and investigators from the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, California Highway Patrol, Glendale Police Department, Burbank Police Department, Beverly Hills Police Department, Santa Monica Police Department, U.S. Marshals Apprehension Task Force and Federal Bureau of Investigation Task Force.

Prosecutors from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office and the California Attorney General’s office will join the task force as well to ensure suspects are prosecuted to the “fullest extent of the law,” according to Bass.

Bass emphasized that if “someone commits a crime, we’ll catch you.”

The Southland has been subject to an increasing number of thefts by large groups of suspects targeting retail locations. The suspects often target specific malls with high-end merchandise, according to a statement from the LAPD.

Suspects grab a large quantity of merchandise often using tools to break glass display cases and cut security cords. According to a statement from LAPD, each incident has resulted in losses to retailers totaling several hundred thousand dollars.

“Each of these acts takes away from our peace of mind or our sense of our security when we want to go out and do shopping in retail communities,” LAPD Deputy Chief Blake Chow said during the press conference in City Hall. “The Los Angeles Police Department will not tolerate these acts. We will not stand by idly while these acts continue.”

Gucci store in Costa Mesa robbed by group of thieves

Authorities Thursday were looking for the suspects involved in a smash-and-grab robbery of the Gucci store in South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.

The crime occurred about 7:20 p.m. Wednesday at the mall in the 3300 block of Bristol Street, said Costa Mesa Police Department Sgt. Jose Morales.

According to Morales, a group of about five to 10 thieves wearing hoodies and masks entered the store while it was open for business and left with a number of handbags, with the loss estimated at more than $100,000.

The incident was the latest in a string of flash mob robberies at retail stores, including at a Nordstrom at Westfield Topanga Mall and an Yves Saint Laurent store at the Americana at Brand in Glendale.

Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu. | Photo courtesy of Harry Sidhu/LinkedIn

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Council committees back Bass’ proposal to purchase Mayfair Hotel

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The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday on a proposal from Mayor Karen Bass to purchase the Mayfair Hotel for approximately $83 million and use it as interim housing.

The council’s Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee on Thursday amended and approved the proposal to use the Westlake district hotel as interim housing under Bass’ Inside Safe initiative, which aims to bring unhoused Angelenos inside to motels and address encampments across the city.

The panel’s discussion came a day after the Housing and Homelessness Committee and Government Operations Committee had a joint session that went into the night to review the same proposal.

“This one is not going to go that late because we’ve exhausted a lot of discussion, although we will go as long as we need to,” said Councilman Bob Blumenfield, who chairs the budget committee and who also sits on the housing committee. “As the discussion went on, it became apparent we needed to do a deeper dive on some of the funding aspects.”

Blumenfield and Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez introduced several amendments to Bass’ proposal during the joint meeting Wednesday. The amendments would ensure assurances for residents living near the hotel, and additional financial reports to track expenditures and progress of the rehabilitation of the facility.

Ultimately, the panel in two separate votes approved the amendments 4-0, and approved the underlying

proposal as amended 3-1. Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, who sits on the budget committee, was absent from Thursday’s meeting, and Councilman Tim McOsker, also a member of the committee, voted against the underlying proposal.

McOsker told City News Service that he is “interested in pursuing the idea, but it’s a dramatic change in city policy” to own permanent interim housing. McOsker further added he would like to have a discussion with his colleagues to establish a policy around the issue.

The Government Operations Committee unanimously supported the amended proposal, while the housing committee voted 3-1 for the proposal. Rodriguez, who sits on the housing committee was the sole “no” vote and Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who also sits on the housing committee, was absent during the vote Wednesday.

“The city should do everything possible to house those experiencing homelessness, but not at the expense of transparent and prudent financial decisions. To propose a rushed acquisition of a property we’ve paid ($11 million) in damages to repair and take possession without repairs being completed, is not a deal I believe any taxpayer would view as too good to pass up,” Rodriguez said in a statement.

Amy Benson, director of the Real Estate Services Division of the Department of General Services, said the city is estimated to spend $60 million in the acquisition of the hotel in its “as-is condition.” Bass’ proposal outlined

an annual operating cost of about $5.5 million, which includes utilities, landscaping, facility maintenance and interim security until the operator contract is in place.

The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles will develop a five-year capital plan for all major capital repairs, included as a $1.5 million line item in the overall budget. The city’s Bureau of Engineering would conduct renovations estimated at about $22 million.

“Hard and soft” costs such as repairs and furniture replacement to hotel rooms are estimated at $2.8 million.

Approximately $2 million will be spent for long-term repairs to the hotel, Benson said. In addition, an estimated $772,000 will be used to convert an existing pool into a pet area and for the installation of laundry facilities, as well as other improvements.

If the proposal is approved by the council, the city is slated to operate and maintain the hotel no later than Aug. 31 once the deal is closed. The hotel will be reopened by January 2024 to transition occupants from the LA Grand Hotel.

Funding for the Mayfair acquisition and renovation comes from several sources, according to a report from the city administrative officer, which includes the following:

- $27.6 million from Community Development Block Grants, federal funding for projects aimed at improving the quality of life for people with low or moderate incomes;

- $18 million from Proposition HHH, a bond measure approved by Los Angeles voters in 2016 to

fund housing and facilities to address the homelessness crisis;

- $10 million from Municipal Housing Finance funds;

- $15 million from the city’s general fund;

- $10.5 million from the Homeless Emergency Account, or Inside Safe funding; and

- $1.9 million from Closing Credits.

The Mayfair would be used to relocate and house unhoused Angelenos specifically from Skid Row for two years before taking in unhoused people from other parts of the city.

This was a commitment by Bass’ office in order to receive a $60 million encampment resolution grant through the county’s Housing for Health program to contract with the Weingart Center, a nonprofit agency that will operate the facility and provide services.

Bass’ proposal to purchase the 15-story, 294-room Mayfair Hotel at 1256 W. 7th St. has raised concerns among nearby residents.

Many residents fear the use of the hotel for interim housing will impact the safety of children who attend three schools near the hotel, affect local businesses and the cleanliness of their community -- as it happened before when the hotel participated in Project Roomkey, a state and county initiative that transformed hotels into temporary homeless shelters.

The goal was to provide unhoused individuals with interim housing to stay inside and prevent the spread of coronavirus.

However, the Los Angeles Times reported the hotel’s participation in the program resulted in a “staff of security guards, nurses, hotel managers and others grappling with drug overdoses, property damage and what they characterized as aggressive and even violent behavior.”

The city recently paid the hotel’s owner $11.5 million for damage claims filed over Project Roomkey, according to Blumenfield.

Residents reported feeling unsafe, crime and children being exposed or bearing witness to drugs and violence.

Tanja Boykin, chief operating officer for the Weingart Center, provided a list of services her agency would provide and assurances that the operation would be different from Project Roomkey.

“The services unlike Project Roomkey are not voluntary, they are mandatory,” Boykin said. “This is interim housing with a goal of permanent housing in the future. So while we’re

removing barriers through all of our clinical and medical resources, our case managers are ensuring that our clients are document ready and are matched in the appropriate setting.”

Bass’ staff also emphasized the community would not be negatively impacted and reiterated their commitment to work with Hernandez, who represents the area, and those constituents.

Hernandez was able to pass amendments that would bring funding for more street cleaning and ensure Westlake residents would have access to Bass’ office, among other things.

“I want to be very clear on why I’m putting these amendments forward. We are the guinea pigs in this process,” Hernandez said. “We need to set standards because my community has demanded that we meet their needs and what they’re calling for.”

“I’m a `yes’ and person trying to find solutions and meet at the table. This is it for me right here,” she added.

Judge says LASD commander can proceed with suit over job reassignment

By City News Service

ALos Angeles County sheriff’s commander can move forward for now with his lawsuit against the county, in which he alleges he was wrongfully reassigned to a less prestigious position after questioning why deputies involved in a 2021 incident in which nearly 70 shots were fired during service of a search warrant were not disciplined.

After a hearing

Thursday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Lipner rejected an argument by a county

attorney that Cmdr. William E. Jaeger’s most recently revised complaint was a “sham pleading” because in it he alleged violations of state law, but in prior filings only maintained that violations of internal LASD policies occurred.

The judge said that Jaeger fixed the shortcomings in the earlier court papers, “fulfilling the very purpose of leave to amend.”

Jaeger was hired in November 1990, was promoted to captain in 2019 and to commander in April 2022, according to

his suit. As commander of the Professional Standards Division, Jaeger oversaw the Internal Affairs Bureau, the Internal Criminal Investigations Bureau and the Advocacy Bureau.

That same month, Jaeger began service on an executive force review committee tasked with reviewing the Internal Affairs Bureau investigation of a May 2021 incident involving a search warrant executed by the Operation Safe Street Gang Team of the detective division and also personnel from the Industry Sheriff

Station and the District Attorney’s Office, the suit states.

The service of the warrant resulted in 69 rounds of fire and as part of the review, a panel consisting of three commanders, chaired by Jaeger, was assigned to make recommendations with respect to any corrective action and/ or discipline deemed necessary for any LASD personnel found to have violated department policy, the suit states.

During an April 2022 hearing, LASD Chief Chris

E. Marks of the detective division and Chief Jorge A. Valdez of the east patrol division repeatedly opined during the hearing that no discipline should be imposed on any of those involved in the shooting “despite clear issues with the tactics used on that day, the pre-planning of the search execution and the shooting itself,” the suit states.

Marks and Valdez instead insisted that the personnel involved should only receive more training, according to the suit.

In contrast, Jaeger said he believed that there may have been many LASD policy violations during the incident and that it preliminarily appeared that discipline should be imposed on the various participants, according to the suit.

At the conclusion of the April 2022 hearing, the panel determined that the tactics used by various participants had been outside of LASD policy and merited suspension of a various number of days,

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Capitol breach: Los Angeles resident indicted for conspiracy

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ALos Angeles man has been charged with entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, through a broken window and damaging and stealing government property during the attack on the building, officials said Thursday.

Paul Belosic, 45, who lives in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, is charged with felony offenses of conspiracy to commit and offense against the United States, obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting, tampering with documents or proceedings, and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder.

In addition to the felonies, Belosic is charged in the indictment with several misdemeanor offenses, including theft of government property, destruction of government property, and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Justice Department officials said his actions and the conduct of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.

Belosic was charged along with co-defendants Daniel Joseph “DJ” Rodriguez, 40, of Fontana, and Edward

Badalian, 28, of Panorama City. The superseding indictment charging all three men was filed in November 2021 in federal court in the District of Columbia. Belosic’s name was unsealed in the indictment Thursday, and he remains at large, prosecutors said.

According to court documents, in the days before Jan. 6, 2021, Belosic traveled from California to Washington, D.C. The indictment alleges that Belosic and others conspired to stop, delay and hinder Congress’ Certification of the Electoral College

Vote that day, as well as to prevent evidence from being used in the investigation of their activities.

Belosic joined other rioters in the tunnel on the Lower West Terrace of the U.S. Capitol and tried to gain access to the building, the indictment alleges. The government contends that Belosic and his co-defendants ultimately entered the building through a broken window, where Belosic damaged and stole government property.

Co-defendant Rodriguez

was previously sentenced to 12 years and seven months behind bars for his role in the conspiracy. Badalian awaits sentencing after he was convicted of three charges following a bench trial related to his actions during the attack.

In the 31 months since the breach of the U.S. Capitol, more than 1,106 individuals have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for related crimes, including more than 350 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.

Britney Spears heading for divorce again as husband files for split

After just 14 months, Sam Asghari has filed for divorce from singer Britney Spears.

Asghari, 29, filed divorce papers Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences. A fitness model and actor, Asghari met the now41-year-old singer in 2016 while appearing in her music video for “Slumber Party.”

Theirrelationship endured while Spears fought a highly publicized battle to extricate herself from a conservatorship that had overseen her personal and financial affairs for more than a decade.

Asgharipublicly supported her efforts, and Spears even argued during the fight that one of the reasons she wanted to exit the conservatorship was so she could get married and possibly have another child.

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ship eventually lifted, the couple were married in June 2022. They did not have any children.

According to the divorce filing, the couple separated on July 28. There’s been no public comment from Spears.

Reports of the split began circulating Wednesday. TMZ reported that the couple had a fight in which Asghari alleged infidelity by the singer. According to the website, the pair had frequent arguments in recent months.

TMZ also noted that the pair signed a prenuptial agreement to protect her assets. Asghari’s divorce papers state that he will be seeking spousal support from Spears.

The union was the third for Spears, who was married for less than three days in 2004 to childhood friend Jason Alexander —

not the Jason Alexander of “Seinfeld” fame — and for nearly four years to Kevin Federline, with whom she had two boys, Sean Preston, 17, and Jayden James, 16.

Britney Spears performing in 2014. | Photo courtesy of rhysadams/ Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Pro-Trump protesters occupy the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. | Photo courtesy of Tyler Merbler/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Music industry giant Jerry Moss dies at 88

By City News Service

Flowers were placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of Jerry Moss Thursday, one day after the legendary music executive died at his Bel Air home at age 88.

Moss — whose last name provided the “M” in A&M Records — helped grow the label from a small, jazzoriented operation into a rock powerhouse, and was also a noted philanthropist. He was a major donor to The Music Center in downtown Los Angeles, which in 2020 named its plaza Jerry Moss Plaza.

“They truly don’t make them like him anymore and we will miss conversations with him about everything under the sun — the twinkle in his eyes as he approached every moment ready for the next adventure,” his family wrote in an online obituary announcing his death.

“Jerry was handsome and a man of the people, with wit and charms that made him approachable and relatable to everyone he encountered,” according to the family.

“He spoke eloquently and poetically, and though he did not need to say a lot to command the attention in the room, we all indulged in hearing his thoughts, memories and ideas. We respected him for his accomplishments but adored him for his kindness. Jerry was a strong, genuine, intelligent, resilient, and hilariously funny, man. He had a sense of humor that would surprise people when they were taking themselves too seriously, or being too dramatic.”

According to the family, Moss died of “complications from old age.”

A New York native, Moss

teamed up with pal Herb Alpert to form A&M Records, which initially gained traction in the 1960s thanks to Alpert and his Tijuana Brass band.

But with the rapid emergence of rock ‘n’ roll, Moss pushed to expand the label’s reach, and it landed early acts including Joe Cocker and Gene Clark, later adding to its roster names such as Peter Frampton, Janet Jackson, Quincy Jones, The Police, Supertramp, the Go-Go’s and Bryan Adams.

Frampton’s monster-hit album “Frampton Comes Alive” and other successes such as Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America” and Carole King’s “Tapestry” made A&M Records one of the most successful labels in the business. It operated out of Charlie Chaplin’s original studio lot.

“Jerry Moss was a Hollywood mainstay and very committed to the Hollywood community,” Walk of Fame producer Ana Martinez said in a statement. “We proudly dedicated Mr. Moss’ Walk of Fame star on May 7, 1999. His star is next to the star of his good friend and record label partner Herb Alpert.”

Moss and Alpert sold the label to Polygram in the 1980s for a reported $500 million. They continued to work for the label but left over creative differences with management in the early 1990s. For several years, the pair operated a small label known as Almo Sounds.

In the early 2000s, Moss turned his attention to thoroughbred horses, and their horse Giacomo won the Kentucky Derby in 2005.

Besides his Music Center support, Moss established

the Moss Scholars program at UCLA for art, architecture and music students, while also endowing the Moss Foundation Chair in Gastrointestinal and Personalized Surgery at the university. He donated to a variety of healthcare causes, while also backing organizations including the Geffen Playhouse, the Hammer Museum, KCRW and the ACLU.

“Jerry was an incredible inspiration for artists and had a keen ability to help them explore and hone their craft,” Music Center President/CEO Rachel S. Moore said in a statement. “His remarkable talent and his partnership with Herb Alpert led to the creation of one of the record industry’s most successful labels.

“The Music Center is very grateful for the longstanding support of Tina and Jerry Moss and honored to name our expansive plaza as Jerry Moss Plaza in 2020. Jerry was dedicated to giving back to the community by supporting arts experiences that resonate in the hearts and minds of all Angelenos and meaningfully impact their lives. His artistic influence and business savvy, along with the opportunities he provided for numerous extraordinarily talented artists, changed the course of music forever. That was his gift to us all.”

Moss was also an avid art collector, owning works by Picasso, Jawlensky, Basquiat, Warhol and Magritte.

He is survived by his wife Tina and his children Ron, Jennifer, Harrison and Daniela, along with five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services are planned this weekend in Westwood.

A plaque of Jerry Moss outside of the Jerry Moss Plaza. | Photo courtesy of Slices of Light/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Ramaswamy unveils ‘foreign policy vision’ at Nixon Library

Los Angeles sports teams unite for Maui fire relief

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Adozen Los Angeles professionalsports organizationsare teaming up to donate $450,000 to help people affected by the wildfires in Maui, it was announced Thursday.

The Angels, Angel City Football Club, Chargers, Clippers, Dodgers, Anaheim Ducks, LA Galaxy, LAFC, Kings, Lakers, Rams and Sparks have come together to support the American Red Cross relief efforts for those in need.

The Rams will use their preseason game Saturday against the Las Vegas Raiders at SoFi Stadium to help those affected by the wildfires. The team said money raised through both the sale and auction of custom-made “Malama Maui” shirts as well as the in-game 50/50 Raffle will support Red Cross efforts.

communities in the wake of these catastrophic wildfires.”

The number of Lahaina residents still unaccounted for is probably over 1,000, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Wednesday.

Dodgers opened a baseball and softball training academy in Waipahu.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek

Ramaswamy unveiled what he described as his comprehensive foreign policy vision, a shift from “liberal hegemony to the Modern Monroe Doctrine,” Thursday evening at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.

“We will support freezing the current lines of control, reopening economic relations with Russia & a hard commitment that NATO will not admit Ukraine in return for Russia exiting its military partnership with China, removing nuclear weapons from Kaliningrad and ending its military presence in the Western Hemisphere — a reverse maneuver of what Nixon accomplished with Mao in 1972,” Ramaswamy wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“We will further deter China from annexing Taiwan by shifting from strategic ambiguity to strategic clarity: We will defend until 2029 but not afterward, at which point we will have full semiconductor independence from Taiwan, significantly reduced economic independence on China, stronger relationships with India, Japan and South Korea, and stronger U.S. homeland defense capabilities to protect against cyber, super-EMP, and nuclear attacks.

“In the meantime, we will have absolutely `zero’ tolerance for any breaches of our homeland or aggression in the Western Hemisphere, including Chinese spy balloons, Chinese spy bases in Cuba, intentional fentanyl poisoning, biological lab leaks, illegal border cross-

ings or any other encroachments of the U.S. homeland — and will make adversaries pay full-on hell if they do.”

Ramaswamy also spoke at an 11 a.m. fundraising luncheon at Andreis Conscious Cuisine and Cocktails in Irvine. Ticket prices ranged from $150 to $3,300, which is the individual contribution limit per election.

Ramaswamy, who turned 38 on Aug. 9, was born and raised in Cincinnati, graduated summa cum laude in biology from Harvard and from Yale Law School. He founded the biotechnology company Roivant Sciences in 2014 seeking to revolutionize drug development.

Ramaswamy oversaw the development of five drugs that went on to become FDA-approved, according to his campaign biography. He was the company’s CEO through January 2021 and chairman until Feb. 20, when he resigned to concentrate on his campaign.

Ramaswamy is the author of “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam,” “Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence,” and “Capitalist Punishment: How Wall Street is Using Your Money to Create a Country You Didn’t Vote For.”

Ramaswamy announced his candidacy on Feb. 21, releasing a 3 1/2-minute video, declaring, “We are in the middle of a national identity crisis. Faith, patriotism and hard work have disappeared, only to be replaced by new secular religions like COVIDism, climateism and gender ideology. We hunger to be

part of something bigger than ourselves, yet we cannot even answer the question of what it means to be an American.

“Today, the woke left preys on that vacuum. They tell you that your race, your gender and your sexual orientation govern who you are, what you can achieve and what you’re allowed to think. This is psychological slavery, and that has created a new culture of fear in our country that has completely replaced our culture of free speech in America.”

Ramaswamy has released a set of 25 policy commitments “to take America First further than Trump.” They include reviving American national identity; reducing taxes and regulation, increasing competition and promoting investment to achieve annual gross domestic product increases of over 5%; “Declare independence from communist China,” and “Dismantle managerial bureaucracy,” by shutting down “toxic government agencies,” including the Department of Education, FBI and IRS and “rebuild from scratch when required”; eliminate federal employee unions; and moving more than 75% of federal employees out of Washington.

If elected, Ramaswamy would be the nation’s youngest president — Theodore Roosevelt was 42 when he succeeded to the presidency in 1901 following the assassination of William McKinley and John F. Kennedy was 43 when he was elected in 1960.

Ramaswamy would be the first Indian American president and the first Hindu to hold office.

“Our thoughts are with those in need after the devastating wildfires swept through Hawaii,” said Anne McKeough, chief development officer at the American Red Cross. “We are so grateful for partners like the Los Angeles Rams as we work together to provide comfort and hope for

California and Hawaii, though separated by more than 2,000 miles, are connected through sports and a robust Hawaiian community that calls Southern California home. Many of Los Angeles’ teams have contributed to that relationship.

The Lakers held training camps in Hawaii for more than 25 years, have played multiple preseason games in Honolulu and had a Showtime reunion on Maui in 2022. The Rams played a preseason game in Hawaii in 2019. In 2022, the

The Chargers have played multiple preseason games in Hawaii, including in 1961 and 1976. During the LA Galaxy’s 2005 MLS Cup championship campaign, the club held a preseason training camp in Hawaii and competed in the Pan-Pacific Championship in Hawaii in 2008. For several seasons, the Angels had a Triple-A affiliate in Honolulu that produced several future Major Leaguers, including Angels Hall of Famer Bobby Knoop.

For fans wishing to donate to American Red Cross to support their Hawaii fire relief efforts, details can be found at www.redcross.org.

Vivek Ramaswamy. | Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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State horse racing board meets in Del Mar for 1st time since Stronach announcement

By City News Service

The California Horse Racing Board met in Del Mar Thursday, in its first meeting since the owners of Santa Anita Park announced a major realignment including the shutdown of Northern California’s Golden Gate Fields racetrack and the expansion of racing in Southern California.

In July, The Stronach Group announced that it was closing the Bay Area track at the end of the 2023 meet and transferring its horses to Southern California, resulting in increased field sizes and an additional day of racing at Santa Anita Park.

Company officials said then that they would be working in cooperation with industry participants including the California Horse Racing Board, Thoroughbred Owners of California, California Thoroughbred Trainers, and Del Mar and Los Alamitos racetracks to develop their plan to relocate horses and employees to Southern California.

CHRB Vice Chair Oscar Gonzales, who chairs the

CHRB Race Dates Committee, said in July that he hoped the meeting in Del Mar will “be an opportunity to share more information with the public.”

Additional details of The Stronach Group plan include:

-- Over $1 million to support the relocation of horses, trainers, jockeys, backstretch employees and caregivers from Golden Gate Fields to Santa Anita Park as part of the consolidation of racing in Southern California, and to support the California breeding program.

-- A new $4.5 million, all-weather synthetic track that will replace the existing training track at Santa Anita Park.

-- A commitment to fund a portion of 2024 heath care premiums for Golden Gate Field employees.

-- The creation of a job board accessible to backside employees to support the transition to Santa Anita Park.

-- An investment of at least $500,000 over two years toward building a “stateof-the-art equine pool for

hydrotherapy and horse exerciser, accessible to trainers at Santa Anita Park, that will help horses more easily recover from injury.”

-- $23.2 million toward a backside barn improvement program.

The company said the move would also increase activity at San Luis Rey Downs, a private training track it owns in Bonsall, in San Diego County.

In addition to returning a fourth day of weekly racing to Santa Anita resulting in 26 extra race days, officials plan to invest $2.5 million into building a turf chute at the track.

“We are confident that this comprehensive package of important measures will not only bolster the racing, training, owner and fan experience at Santa Anita Park ... but also support Northern California stakeholders through a challenging transition period, and lead the way with state and industrywide changes that will result in a healthier, competitive and sustainable future for thor-

oughbred racing in Southern California,” Stronach Group Chairwoman, CEO and President Belinda Stronach said in a statement.

Animal rights activists, who frequently protest at Southern California tracks calling for a ban on the sport, were expected to address board members during the meeting’s public comment period.

The activists have pointed

to the high number of horses who die annually from racing or training injuries. Stronach and CHRB officials say they’ve undertaken increased safety measures in recent years to bring those totals down.

Thirty horses have died from racing or training injuries at CHRB-sanctioned racetracks so far in 2023, including 11 at Santa Anita, eight at Los Alamtios and three each at Del Mar and

Golden Gate Fields, according to CHRB data.

“Residents of Southern California will attend this CHRB meeting to express the growing public opinion that risking and taking horses’ lives for gambling is indefensible ... especially with other available options for gambling that don’t use animals,” said Martha Sullivan of Kill Racing Not Horses.

LASD unveils new Mental Evaluation Team Regional Training Facility

Authorities Thursday unveiled the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s new Mental Evaluation Team Regional Training Facility in the city of Industry.

The facility in the 15500 block of Stafford Street will

be equipped with three classrooms and interactive simulators, according to the LASD.

Sheriff Robert Luna was among those attending the Thursday morning ribboncutting ceremony at the facility.

By City News Service

“This new training center will now serve as the center for autism training, along with other programs including crisis intervention and veteran culture competency,” the LASD said in a statement.

According to the depart-

ment, Industry Mayor Cory Moss, an advocate of the autistic community, has partnered with Kate Movius, founder of Autism Interaction Solutions, “to provide deputies with effective education in autism identification,

safety and communication tactics to deescalate situations involving individuals with autism or mental disabilities.”

Once deputies have successfully completed their training, they receive certification, the LASD

reported. For the past three years, the Industry Hills Expo Center had been the site of more than 86 training sessions, the LASD reported. Before that, the classes were held at various LASD facilities.

El Segundo All-Stars win opener in Little League World Series

By City News Service

The all-star team from El Segundo will resume play in the Little League World Series on Monday, four victories away from the championship.

El Segundo will face the winner of Friday’s game between the all-star teams from the Fargo (North Dakota) Little League, the Midwest Region champion, and the Needville (Texas) Little League, the Southwest Region champion.

Needville won its opener in the 20-team, modified double-elimination tournament, defeating the all-star team from the Media (Pennsylvania) Little League, the Mid-Atlantic Region champion, 2-1 Wednesday.

Fargo will be playing its

opener in the tournament in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

El Segundo won its tournament opener Thursday, defeating the all-star team from the New Albany (Ohio) Little League, the Great Lakes Region champion, 4-3, in a planned six-inning game called after four innings because of inclement weather and Little League curfew regulations.

Louis Lappe hit the tie-breaking homer in the bottom of the third immediately following Brody Brooks’ two-run homer which went off the glove of Eddie Bloch, the New Albany center fielder, over the fence at Howard J. Lamade Stadium

New Albany scored

twice in the second without hitting the ball out of the infield. Bloch led off with a walk, prompting El Segundo manager Danny Boehle to replace starter Ollie Parks with Declan McRoberts, who began the game playing third base.

Lincoln Luffler sacrificed and was safe at first on McRoberts’ error. New Albany loaded the bases on Alex Behaein’s bunt single. Bloch scored on Austin Sturmi’s infield single. Jake Gilmer drove in Luffler with a ground out.

Brooks drew a full-count walk from Kevin Klingerman leading off the first, moved to third on Lucas Keldorf’s one-out double and scored on Max Baker’s ground out.

New Albany drew four walks for a run in its half of the first.

Both teams had three hits. McRoberts was credited with the victory, allowing one run and three hits in three innings, striking out five.

Klingerman pitched a complete game for New Albany, allowing four runs and three hits in four innings, striking out six and walking five.

Ahead of the game, Boehle told KNX Thursday morning that some of his players have been afflicted with a stomach virus.

El Segundo is 15-1 in five tournaments this summer. It lost to the all- star team from the Sherman Oaks Little League, 4-3, in the opening

game of the championship series of the Southern California State Tournament July

31, then won the rematch, 3-2, later that day, beginning a five-game winning streak.

El Segundo players congratulate their teammate after a home run in the first game of the Little League World Series tournament. | Photo courtesy of Little Leage/X

Santa Anita Park. | Photo by Terry Miller/HeySoCal.com

Former Chapman law professor aims for delay in disbarment hearings

By Paul Anderson, City News Service

The hearing officer overseeing state Bar disbarment proceedings of former Chapman University law school dean John Eastman said she would rule Friday on a request to put the hearings on hold while he faces criminal charges in Georgia for election interference.

Eastman’s attorney, Randall Miller, argued that his client cannot get a fair hearing now that he has been indicted along with Eastman’s one-time client, former President Donald Trump, in a racketeering case alleging a scheme to overturn President Joe Biden’s election in 2020.

The indictment “changed things quite dramatically,” Miller said.

Miller had filed for a stay on the proceedings following the federal indictment of Trump by special counsel Jack Smith that alleged “Co-Conspirator 2” aided efforts to overturn the election results.

While Eastman was not directly named in that indictment it was clear from a quote of an Eastman speech before the Jan. 6 riots that Eastman was named as an unindicted co-conspirator. The indictment from Georgia followed the federal case.

“Abatement is the proper and only remedy,” Miller said. “In our position he can’t respond to anything... given the existence of the Georgia proceeding... it would be wasteful to go through questions, none of which he could answer.”

State Bar attorney Duncan Carling argued that it was obvious Eastman was facing the prospect of criminal charges when U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ordered Eastman to turn over emails to the Jan. 6 congressional committee under a “crime-fraud exception” that overcame Eastman’s claims of attorney-client privilege.

Also, Carling noted, the Jan. 6 congressional committee referred Eastman for criminal charges to Smith.

“It’s frankly impossible to believe (Eastman couldn’t expect charges)

Green jobs in California projected to rise 7%

By Laura Aka for WorkingNation. Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the WorkingNation-Public News Service Collaboration.

With more than 39 million people , California is the most populous state in the country. Unofficially divided into northern, central, and southern regions, the state has beaches, deserts, farmland, and mountains.

“California is probably unique in its diversity. It’s almost not one state economy. It’s maybe 10 or 14 regional economies depending on how you look at how industry sectors are organized,” says Tim Rainey, executive director, California Workforce Development Board.

The outlook for the green economy is as far-reaching as the state itself. “We’re doing everything in California with an eye toward reducing carbon in the atmosphere. In a way, you could almost define everything we do in California as green jobs,” says Rainey.

from equity. We’re not going to put poor people in bad jobs because that’s not going to move the needle in equity.”

“Our state and federal governments are investing historic levels of funding in infrastructure focused on climate, green jobs. We have an opportunity to put in those investments workforce standards that help set up our ability to put people in good jobs.”

What is a Green Job?

We look at four different categories when we break down the opportunities in the green jobs ecosystem. Core jobs have “a primary responsibility associated with the green economy.” The data indicates a top core green job in California is a solar sales representative.

given Judge Carter’s ruling,” Carling said. “Everybody knew these investigations were in process and indictments might come... Dr. Eastman could have moved for abatement prior to (the state Bar) trial. They decided not to do it and now this is the situation we’re in six days into trial.”

Carling also argued that the Georgia case could take years to go to trial, so the state Bar proceedings would be on hold indefinitely given expected appeals if there are convictions.

“We’re talking about delaying this trial a very long time,” Carling said. “Yes, I understand there’s complexities now, but I don’t think it is believable that it did not occur to responded that he would not face indictment.”

The hearing’s judicial officer, Yvette D. Roland, agreed Thursday.

“This is a shift... No one could realistically say it wasn’t,” Roland said.

But, she added, “When you look at most of those allegations... most of it has already been testified about in this case. He testified for hours.”

And Eastman never

invoked his Fifth Amendment rights during much of the activity that was the focus of the federal and state indictments, Roland said.

“Nevertheless, I’m going to look at some of these issues” before deciding whether there is a delay in the proceedings, Roland said.

Miller said if he can’t win the motion to delay the proceedings that he would seek an appeal. He also raised the prospect of Eastman having to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights more frequently.

Miller also argued that he is now having trouble getting witnesses who planned to testify for Eastman to continue participation in the proceedings.

“We are now finding witnesses will not appear in this case,” Miller said. “I’ve heard from at least two that they will not show up and the reason is... they are very terrified they would be added subsequent to something else, or something they say in the proceeding would be used against them later on. That is going to impair Dr. Eastman’s right to a fulsome trial... Everybody is terrified right now.”

According to our report Green Jobs Now: California, a new WorkingNation and Lightcast analysis of the green labor market in the state, there are already more than 210,593 workers in California’s green economy.

The report projects in the next five years, employment for green jobs in the state will increase by 7.1%, well above the national average of 5.7%.

Assembly Bill 398intended to mitigate climate change - also calls for the creation of good jobs.

When passed, the legislation tasked the California Workforce Development Board to report “on the need for increased education, career technical education, job training, and workforce development resources or capacity to help industry, workers, and communities transition to economic and labor-market changes related to specified statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.”

A 2020 report from the UC Berkeley Labor Center offers a breakdown of AB 398, stating, “California has emerged as a national and world leader in the fight to avoid climate disaster, passing a comprehensive and evolving suite of climate measures to accelerate the transition to a carbonneutral economy.”

Putting California on the High Road: A Jobs and Climate Action Plan for 2030 also says, “The state has also emerged as a national leader in embracing economic equity as a goal for state policy.”

Rainey notes, “We need to be really clear that when we talk about jobs, we have to focus on quality jobs. And if we want to achieve equity, you can’t separate quality jobs

Rainey points out, “The employment is going to be in those traditional occupations that largely don’t require college degrees. As the demand for apprentices increases, the demand for construction workers increases - filling the pipeline in a way that has real intentionality around impacting equity is our focus. We have really beautiful programs across the state we call high-road construction careers that do just that.”

“Our role in is to fill the pipeline with people who don’t look like your traditional tradespeople - more women, more people of color, lots of focus on the formerly incarcerated - so we can start getting at those equity goals and showing that in the data.”

Green Jobs Growth in The Golden State

“Workers with green skills are also spreading across a wide range of industries - such as utilities, manufacturing, and professional services - illustrating the increasing need for green skills across California’s economy,” according to Green Jobs Now: California.

California’s Green Workforce is Moderate and Growing: As stated, there are over 210,593 workers in California’s green economy, and there were 53,587 green job openings in the state in 2022.

By comparison, this is more than twice the number of Pharmacy Technicians and Forklift / Pallet Jack Operators demanded in California in 2022.

Demand for Green Enabled Jobs is Strong and Green Jobs Are Spreading

Across Industries: Demand for green enabled jobs, that is, workers in roles that are not considered green by default, but who are required to have at least one green skill or competency, is significant, with 38,455 openings in 2022.

Workers with green skills are also spreading across a wide range of industries - such as Utilities, Manufacturing, and Professional Servicesillustrating the increasing need for green skills across California’s economy.

Enabled jobs have “primary responsibilities separate or tangential to the green economy” with building and general maintenance technicians identified as primary jobs.

Not to be confused with enabled jobs, enabling jobs “aren’t associated with green tech per se, but they support the green economy.”

Green Jobs Now: California finds there are about 5.8 million workers in the state who, with new skills, could be green workers. “These workers come from a variety of different occupations and educational backgrounds and reskilling them could build the pipeline of green workers faster than relying on new postsecondary graduates alone.”

“However, doing so will require a mix of training program formats that support the reskilling and redeployment of these workers.”

The most in-demand skills related to core green jobs in California are solar sales and solar energy.

The report says, “For workers in many core and enabled occupations, there is a significant salary boost for having green skills and competencies on their resume.” For example, a quality inspector/technician commands an average annual salary boost of more than $8,000.

Findings state, “From the most in-demand green skills, workers interested in entering the green workforce can prioritize what skills and competencies to acquire.”

Key green skills offer significant annual salary increases of $1,600 for skills related to wind power and $5,800 for carbon management skills.

According to the data, the average green jobs salary in California is $67,252.

California’s Agricultural Sector

“Over a third of the country’s vegetables and threequarters of the country’s fruits and nuts are grown in California,” according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (GDFA). “In 2021

John Eastman, a former Chapman University law professor and adviser to former President Donald Trump. | Photo courtesy of ISCOTUS/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

California’s farms and ranches received $51.1 billion in cash receipts for their output.”

The farming community increasingly shows strong interest in sustainability, according to Steve Lyle, director of public affairs for the department. “CDFA’s climate-smart agriculture incentive programs have continued to grow in popularity such that now they are oversubscribed every year.”

“The purpose of our incentive programs is to support them in taking those first steps of trying new sustainable practices in their operations, and hopefully making a business case for continuing those practices beyond the lifetime of their CDFA grants.”

Lyle offers advice for the agricultural community, “Take advantage of climate-smart programs, like OEFI [Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation] offers, and the technical assistance its vast network provides to understand which programs and systems will work best for any given farmer or grower in California.”

He explains that technical assistance - which is provided to farmers and ranchers at no cost - can include support through the “planning, execution, and closeout processes of our soils, water efficiency, and manure management incentive programs, in addition to funding some programs that offer broader technical assistance for conservation agriculture.”

Lyle notes, “Many colleges and universities offer certificate programs in agricultural sustainability.” These include UC Davis’s bachelor of science degree in sustainable agriculture and food systems and Santa Rosa Junior College’s associate degree and two certificates in sustainable agriculture.

Looking forward, he says, “We believe that farmers and ranchers see the challenges of a changing climate and want to pursue strategies that increase their resiliency while being good stewards of the land for future generations.”

Pathway into Green Infrastructure

“Since our formation, we’ve been bringing labor and environmental groups together to really tackle labor and climate issues at the same time,” says JB Tengco, vice president of state affairs at BlueGreen Alliance - which includes 10 state-based teams, including California.

Tengco notes that addressing the mission in California is “complicated.”

“If you look at Californiafrom the size of its economy, the size of its energy need, the energy diversity that we have here, we have everything you can think about in terms of needs for the economy

and to really help the state operate. When you add all that together, the complexity of what we’re trying to accomplish with the energy transition is definitely daunting and big.”

“I think a lot of folks within the state - from elected officials, to working families, to labor, to industry - are really looking at how do we ensure, that as our energy generation and our energy needs change, that we’re doing so in a way that creates good jobs.”

Referencing state legislation, Tengco says, “The AB 398 report tries to map out different sets of labor levers to go with climate policy.”

He continues, “Climate policy has two components, the climate policy and the proactive labor lever. It’s the combination that ensures that you create good jobs. We know there’s a difference between a job and a good job.”

Tengco notes, “Labor has clearly led on addressing some of those issues around systemic inequality. Historically, you’ve seen that for a lot of people of color, their abilities to get higher wages, promotion paths, health care have come from working with labor. We’ve seen a lot of opportunities for people of color to have jobs that are family-sustaining. California has done a lot to recruit from targeted communities - be it people of color, formerly incarcerated, women - into the trades themselves.”

Opportunities in the Green Economy

“In the clean energy space, we clearly see the energy generation - from renewables like solar and wind, both onshore and offshore as areas for good job creation,” says Tengco.

“As we look at trying to build new energy generation facilities, more and more of that is done with labor. Also, as we move to making buildings more energy-efficient, there’s been a lot of good labor work within that. I think increasingly as we look at manufacturing, both California and the country are really thinking through how do we onshore manufacturing? How do we do so in a way that leads to good jobs?”

“What you’re seeing is a lot of the crafts continuing work and expanding their work as new opportunities arise. When you really think of what solar generation is, it’s energy generation. Electricians who have been working on powering homes, powering buildings, powering industrial sites, solar is just another mechanism to create electricity. You’re actually seeing a lot of the trades move that way and have already incorporated a lot of these new technologies in their trainings.”

“You see the same with

Green jobs

HVAC systems, right? HVAC systems create clean air within schools, hospitals, and whatnot. As that technology changes to become cleaner, they’re moving into or expanding their skillset to work on different types of [cleaner] technologies.”

An Oakland-Based Nonprofit is Creating Access to Quality Jobs

“Rising Sun as a preapprenticeship program is exactly the type of program that the trades partner with to ensure that they are getting people of color, women, local hires into the trades,” explains Tengco.

“We’ve always had this mission that’s been at the intersection of equity, climate, and jobs,” says Julia Hatton, president and CEO at Rising Sun Center for Opportunity - an Oakland workforce development organization that provides training and employment programs.

Originally founded in 1994, Hatton explains the organization’s current Climate Careers program was spearheaded by a student-led effort in 2000. “We had staff who were teaching a class on climate change at Berkeley High. It was actually the students in that class who decided that they didn’t want to just learn about this stuff. They wanted to go out and make a difference in their own communities. They went to the homes of their friends and neighbors and took out the old inefficient lighting and water fixtures, and replaced them with new, efficient versions of those things.”

“We now run that program across the 10-county area in the Bay Area and Central Valley. The emphasis of that program is the youth employment and the youth development piece - giving young people, not just their first green job, but their first [paid] job. Period.”

Climate Careers whose participants are between the ages of 15 to 24 - includes a leadership pathway for the older youth.

After a week of paid training, the participants work during the summer months making green house calls. From September through November, the youth are placed in paid externships with partners working in the climate space. Among them -Redwood Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Stockton Service Corps.

“We collect feedback cards from every green house callto see the feedback that comes back about the young people, ‘They were so professional. I’m so impressed I learned this thing that I didn’t know. I want to hear more from these kids. The youth are our future.’ That can be really transformative. On the youth side, it’s

empowering to know that adults react in that way.”

About 80 youth participate in the program, visiting about 3,000 households during the summer - with wages at about $19 an hour.

Pathway Into Union Membership

Rising Sun’s Opportunity Build - an industry-certified construction training program -provides a path to union apprenticeship in the skilled trades. “One of the key things that union membership offers is that ongoing training, retraining, and reskilling,” says Hatton.

The organization has three cohorts around the skilled trades training.

“We have an all-women’s cohort called Women Building the Bay. We have a nights and weekends cohort that runs in the summer that’s tailored for folks who might have a job that they need to be at during the day. And then we have a regular cohort in the fall. Across all the cohorts, at least 55% of our participants are women. About 40% are system-impacted which could include coming home from incarceration or having other interaction with the justice system. All of our participants in Opportunity Build are facing some pretty high barriers to employment”including housing instability and food insecurity.

“We do 10 to 12 weeks of training, but then it’s 12 additional months of services after they graduate to support the job placement, the job retention, and, ultimately, the career advancement.”

Participants might receive a stipend of a thousand dollars and support services that can include initial union dues, unpaid parking tickets, rent, and childcare.

The Need for Union Labor

“Wind turbines or our highways and roadwaysmaking sure those are going to be resilient to climate change, to heat, to flooding, to whatever it is. That’s union labor. That’s organized labor. That’s the building and construction trades,” Hatton points out.

She says IBEW Local 332 is well-suited to provide skills training, “They have whole classrooms, whole labs dedicated to battery storage training to EV charging, all those things. When you think about climate infrastructure, that’s union labor.”

Regarding UA Local 342, Hatton notes, “They’re training their apprentices on heat pumps and that’s a huge piece when you’re looking at building electrification and decarbonization, right?”

Employment in the green sector must mean - not just a job - but a quality job, explains Hatton. “There is an interesting differentiation

between residential sector work and work that tends to be organized and unionized which, not exclusively, tends to be more at the commercial or infrastructure scale. That differentiation is really important when you start thinking about job quality.”

One Apprentice’s Journey

“I took a liking to construction through my grandfather. I found it interesting watching my grandfather work on the sink or rebuild his kitchen, his bathroom, his roof,” recalls Ashley Lewis, now a laborer apprentice, Turner Construction Company in Oakland.

“He would just catch me standing there just watching him and he’d just be like, ‘Why don’t you come over and help?’ I’d help lay tiles on the floor, help him replace a couple pipes underneath the sink. I learned to paint a room with my grandfather.”

Lewis initially applied for the Rising Sun preapprenticeship program a few years ago but the training opportunity was put on hold due to the pandemic. When programming resumed, Lewis applied for the February 2022 all-women cohort with about 20 participants.

She says, “It was all women. I loved that women empowerment, that unity, that sisterhood. We all built a really great bond.”

The Rising Sun training gave the participants a lot of experience, notes Lewis. “We ended up getting lots of hands-on training with different tools you might use in different trades like cementing, woodcutting, leveling, mapping.”

Prior to her pre-apprenticeship training at Rising Sun, Lewis did in-home care and worked at various odd jobs. Her laborer apprenticeship with Turner began in February of this year.

Lewis is currently working on a project at Oakland International Airport. She says the company has protocols in place to be environmentally safe. “Because there’s a lot of welding, a lot of different equipment and chemicals being used, they have these big filtering fans throughout the [walled-off] areas where we’re working. That way the fumes and the dust - everything [is kept] at a minimum.”

“We don’t know how old certain things in the airport are - so trying to keep things contained and from spreading, we have the air filtration systems constantly going and making sure that not only are we safe, but everyone outside the walls is safe.”

She says her company is employing green practices in its work. “I think Turner is definitely keeping that in mind. I see all the different recycling bins for metal, for waste, for miscellaneous items. And

making sure, because we’re at the airport, it doesn’t get into the water because we’re surrounded by the water. And making sure other things stay covered, locked, and secured. She continues, “I see them taking steps, putting signs up around the airport, letting people know that there’s construction work going on and how we have restricted zones.”

Lewis hopes her union pathway will lead to her becoming a journeyman.

The Green Economy and Quality Green Jobs

“You bring in the workforce training components that skill people up so they can take those jobs. You can do that across these investments in ways that really drive not just improving the infrastructure, but really gets to regional and local economic development that starts to impact employment in regions,” says the CWDB’s Rainey.

Tengco of BlueGreen Alliance says, “When I first started working with BlueGreen, I talked to elected officials, I talked to companies, I talked to a whole host of different allies and partners. We talked about addressing environmental issues, and we talked about the need to create good jobs. Often, I had to answer the question, ‘Why do we need to create good jobs? Why do we have to be proactive? Aren’t we creating jobs? Isn’t that good enough?’ I’d say over the years, that the question is no longer ‘Why?’ but ‘How?’ And that is what makes me optimistic about what we do.”

Rising Sun’s Hatton says, “The quality of those jobs is so essentially important. Not just the wages, but the benefits, the scheduling, the worker protections, all of those pieces. It’s not just the training. It’s all the wraparound pieces, all the supportive services, making sure there are pathways, and that people are prepared to advance on those pathways.”

“You have the climate part of the mission that’s so important. It has to happen fast and it has to happen everywhere, but how can we make sure those opportunities are also uplifting economically? That’s a big question.”

Apprentice Lewis frequently talks with her grandfather about her career pathway. “He says, ‘When you enjoy something, it doesn’t matter what you’re doing. Time doesn’t exist and before you know it, your day is over.’ My grandpa was at the school district for over 30 years and he retired - now I see what he meant because he stayed there for 30 years.”

Laura Aka wrote this article for WorkingNation. Support for this reporting was provided by Lumina Foundation.

San Gabriel City Notices

City of San Gabriel Summary of Ordinance - Ordinance No. 691

An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of San Gabriel, California, Adding Chapter 40 “Electronic and Paperless Filing of Fair Political Practices Commission Campaign Disclosure Statements and Statements of Economic Interests” to Title Ill

“Administration” of the San Gabriel Municipal Code

Effective January 1, 2021, Assembly Bill (AB) 2151 requires cities to post any campaign statement, report, or other document required by the Political Reform Act to its city website within 72 hours of its filing. The City Clerk Department currently accepts paper filings of such documents and even prior to January 2021, staff has been manually redacting and uploading forms to the City website. To provide a more efficient process, the City Clerk Department proposes adding Form 460 filing through NetFile, an electronic/paperless filing system that accommodates online filing of several types of FPPC forms, including Forms 460, 470, 496, and 497, and meets the requirements of the Secretary of State. NetFile will ensure compliance with AB 2151, provide more transparency to the public, and offer an easier way for all filers to complete their required filings. The City has used NetFile for Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) filings since 2017 and is now proposing to require electronic filing of Form 700 to increase efficiency.

Ordinance No. 691 was approved for introduction and first reading at the City Council Regular Meeting of February 21, 2023, by the following vote:

Ayes: Councilmember(s)- Chan, Menchaca, Harrington, Ding Noes, Abstain: Councilmember(s)- None

Absent: Councilmember(s)- Wu

The Ordinance will be considered for adoption by the City Council at its September 5, 2023, regular meeting. Anyone having questions may contact the City Clerk at (626) 308-2816 or cityclerk@ sgch.org.

Julie Nguyen, City Clerk

Prevailing Rate of Wage: Pursuant to Section 1770, et seq., of the California Labor Code, the Contractor shall pay the general prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations of the State of California for the locality where the work is to be performed. A copy of said wage rates is available on-line at: www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/DPreWageDetermination.htm. The Contractor and any subcontractors shall pay not less than said specified rates and shall post a copy of said wage rates at the project site.

Labor Code Compliance: Attention is directed to the provisions of Labor Code § 1725.5: Per SB 854, no contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a Public Works Project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (with limited exceptions for this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code Section 1771.1a). No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded on or after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). All contractors and subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records to the Labor Commissioner for all new projects awarded on or after April 1, 2015. The Labor Commissioner may excuse contractors and subcontractors on a project that is under the jurisdiction of one of the four legacy DIR-approved labor compliance programs (Caltrans, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District and County of Sacramento) or that is covered by a qualified project labor agreement. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

Any contract entered into pursuant to this Notice will incorporate the provisions of the State Labor. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773.2 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the minimum prevailing rate of per diem wages for each craft, classification, or type of workman needed to execute the contract shall be those determined by the Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California, which are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of San Gabriel and are available to any interested party on request.

Attention is directed to the provisions of Sections 1777.5 and 1777.6 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor or any subcontractor under them. The Contractor or any subcontractor shall comply with the requirements of said sections in the employment of apprentices. Information relative to apprenticeship standards and administration of the apprenticeship program may be obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations, San Francisco, CA, or the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and its branch offices.

For questions or concerns regarding this project, or if you wish to review the project file, please contact:

Project Andrew Coyne, AICP, Management Analyst

Planner: (626) 656-7316 acoyne@templecity.us

The Community Development Department offices at City Hall are open Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm

The decision of the City Council is final. If you challenge any of the foregoing actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the hearing body at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Date: August 17, 2023

Signature:

Andrew J. Coyne, AICP, Management Analyst

Published On August 21,2023

TEMPLE CITY TRIBUNE

El Monte City Notices

ORDINANCE NO. 3028

AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EL MONTE AND THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM

WHEREAS, California Public Employees’ Retirement Law permits the participation of public agencies and their employees in the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (“CalPERS”) by the execution of a contract, and sets forth the procedure by which said public agencies may elect to subject themselves and their employees to amendments to said contract; and

WHEREAS, at a Regular Meeting of the City Council held on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the City Council of the City of El Monte approved and adopted a Resolution of Intention to amend its contract pursuant to Government Code Section 20431 to designate City jail, detention, or correctional facility employees as “Local Police Officers.”

Published on August 17,2023

City of San Gabriel Department of Public Works

“St. Albans Storm Drain Rehabilitation Project” Contract

No. 23-04

Notice to contractors - invitation for bids

Date of Bid Opening: Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for the “St. Albans Storm Drain Rehabilitation Project” will be received at the office of the City Clerk of the City of San Gabriel, 425 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA 91776, California, until 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. At 3:05 p.m., they will be opened and read aloud in the Council Chamber of San Gabriel City Hall. There is no pre-bid meeting for the project.

Description of Work: The work to be done consists of furnishing all materials, equipment, tools, labor, transportation, and incidentals as required by the Plans and Specifications, and contract documents. The general items of work include the replacement of broken 30inch corrugated steel storm drain pipe with a new 30-inch x 295 feet long dual wall corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe on St. Albans Road, which shall include the excavation, removal of existing pipe, cement slurry backfill, installation of new precast manhole, and repair of existing A.C. street pavement and curb & gutter after the required installation work is completed.

The contract is to be executed within 7 calendar days after award of contract by City Council. Time for completion of the work is thirty (30) working days for all work from the date of the Notice to Proceed.

Contract Documents: To obtain the project documents, please contact San Gabriel Public Works Project Manager, Alan Mai, at (626) 308-2825 or email: amai@sgch.org

Bid Security: Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier’s check, cash, or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid price payable to City of San Gabriel as a guarantee that the awarded bidder will execute the Contract and provide the required bonds, certificates of insurance, and endorsements within seven calendars days of the of the award of contract by City Council.

Award of Contract: The City reserves the right after opening bids to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality (non-responsiveness) in a bid, or to make award to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, and reject all other bids, as it may best serve the interest of the City. The bidder shall guarantee the Total Bid Price for a period of 90 calendar days from the date of bid opening.

All bidders shall be licensed in accordance with provisions of the Business and Professions Code and shall possess a Class “A” State Contractor’s License at the time this contract is awarded. The Successful Contractor and his/her subcontractors will be required to possess business licenses from the City of San Gabriel and maintain current until completion of the project. Business licenses can be purchased or renewed at the Finance Department at 425 S Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA.

Questions: All questions relative to this project prior to the opening of bids shall be in writing or email and received no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, and shall be directed to: Public Works Project Manager, Alan Mai, at email: amai@sgch.org.

Published on August 21, 24, 2023

SAN GABRIEL SUN

Temple City City Notices

The City Council is holding a public hearing on the project described below. You are receiving this notice because your property is located near the project, the project may directly, or indirectly affect you, or because you have requested to be notified.

Project Location: Citywide, City of Temple City, County of Los Angeles

Project: PL21-3071, Objective Design Standards. The proposed Ordinance No. 22-1068 would adopt an optional expedited review process for multi-family developments (R-2 zone) and a prototype library of architectural designs. Amendments to the zoning code development standards would be included to ensure compliance with state law as it pertains to objective development standards. The Planning Commission reviewed the proposed ordinance on September 27, 2022, and recommended approval by the City Council.

Applicant: City of Temple City, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780

Environmental Review: This matter is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15305 (Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations), 15378, and 15061(b)(3) of the California CEQA Guidelines.

The City Council Public Hearing will be held:

Meeting Date & Time: Tuesday, September 5, 2023, at 7:30 P.M.

Meeting Location: City Council Chambers, 5938 Kauffman Avenue, Temple City, CA 91780

WHEREAS, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of El Monte authorizing an amendment to the contract between the City Council of the City of El Monte and the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System is required; WHEREAS, the City is amending its contract with CalPERS in compliance with Government Code Section 20471, which states that there must be at least a 20-day period between the adoption of the Resolution of Intention and the adoption of the final Ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The recitals above are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. That an amendment to the contract between the City Council of the City of El Monte and the Board of Administration, California Public Employees Retirement System is hereby authorized in the substantive form which is attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit “A”.

SECTION 3. The Mayor and the City Manager, as appropriate, are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to execute said amendment for and on behalf of El Monte City Council and the City of El Monte and bind the same to the terms and conditions contained therein.

SECTION 4. Publication and Effective Date. The City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published at least once in the El Monte Examiner, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of El Monte and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect, within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. The Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after adoption. The City Clerk shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of such adopted Ordinance along with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the Ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section 36933.

SECTION 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or any part thereof is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of El Monte at the regular meeting of this 15h day of August, 2023.

Jessica Ancona, Mayor City of El Monte

ATTEST:

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS: CITY OF EL MONTE )

I, Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk of the City of El Monte, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 3028 was introduced for a first reading on the first day of August, 2023 and approved for a second reading and adopted by said Council at its regular meeting held on the 15th day of August, 2023 by the following vote, to-wit:

AYES: Mayor Ancona, Mayor Pro Tem Herrera , Councilmembers Cortez, Matinez Muela, Puente, Rojo and Dr. Ruedas

NOES: None

ABSTAIN: None

ABSENT: None

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

Published on August 21,2023

EL MONTE EXAMINER

of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowl-edgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: JONATHAN H PARK ESQ ZACHARY J JOHNSON ESQ HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

400 SOUTH HOPE ST 8TH FLR LOS ANGELES CA 90071 CN999233 NHAN Aug 17,21,24, 2023 ROSEMEAD READER

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CHRISTOPHER JACKSON CAMPBELL

CASE NO. 23STPB00804

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of CHRISTOPHER JACKSON CAMPBELL.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by WHITNEY WETMORE in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

WILLIAM R. TAIYOSHI AKA MASAO WILLIAM CASE NO. 23STPB08730

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of WILLIAM R. TAIYOSHI AKA MASAO WILLIAM.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARION TOYOSHIMA in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARION TOYOSHIMA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/12/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 located at 111

N.HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA

90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account

as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner PHILIP BARBARO, JR. - SBN 96317

BARBARO, CHINEN, PITZER & DUKE LLP

301 E COLORADO BLVD., STE 700 PASADENA CA 91101

Telephone (626) 793-5196

8/14, 8/17, 8/21/23

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ARCADIA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MY M. NHAN

Case No. 23STPB02208

To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred-itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MY M. NHAN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Fonda Quan in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Fonda Quan be ap-pointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the dece-dent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administra-tion authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objec-tion to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Oct. 3, 2023 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 44 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you

BER: 23AHCP00266 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 150 W Commonwealth Ave, Alhambra Ca 90801, Northeast Judicial District

Johnny S Wilson Jr Roger Valdez

Kaiser B So Joseph Weiss JAZZ AGE

Steven Smith

Date: 10/27/2023 Time: 8:30AM Dept:

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SHERI L. SAMOTIN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/12/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 44 located at 111 N.HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner

TIMOTHY D. DUCAR - SBN 164910

THE LAW OFFICES OF TIMOTHY D. DUCAR 9280 E. RAINTREE DRIVE, STE 104 SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260 Telephone (480) 502-2119

Public Notices

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Kyle Tremayane Baric filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Kyle Tremayane Baric to Proposed name Kyle Tremayne Meril 2.THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reason for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING a.

All sales are subject to prior cancellation. All terms, rules and regulations are available online at www.selfstorageauction.com. Dated this August 14, 2023 and August 21, 2023 by StorAmerica - Arcadia, 5630 Peck Rd, Arcadia, CA, 91006 (626) 303-3000 8/14, 8/21/23 CNS-3728516# ARCADIA WEEKLY

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR

CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Jonathan Manuel Vargas Taiman FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23AHCP00333 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 150 W Commonwealth Ave, Alhambra Ca 90801, Northeast Judicial District

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.

Date:

09/13/2023 Time: 8:30AM Dept: 3. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Monrovia Weekly DATED: June 26, 2023 Robin Miller Sloan JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023 MONROVIA

WEEKLY

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR

CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Sierra Jency Robinson FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23AHCP00267 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 150 W Commonwealth Ave, Alhambra Ca 90801, Northeast Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Sierra Jency Robinson filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Sierra Jency Robinson to Proposed name Sierra Jency Meril 2.THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reason for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 09/15/2023 Time: 8:30AM Dept: X. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Monrovia Weekly DATED: June 26, 2023 Robin Miller Sloan JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. August 7, 14, 21, 28 2023 MONROVIA WEEKLY

Notice of Public Sale

Pursuant to the California Self Service Storage Facility Act (B&P Code 21700 ET seq.) The undersigned will sell at public auction on Monday August 28, 2023 at 3:00 pm. Personal property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools and/or other household items located at: The sale will take place online at www.selfstorageauction.com.

Catherine Morales

Amy S Henderson

Michael C Lucio

Michael C Lucio

Daniel Martinez Salinas

Adrian Damaso Lujan Gonzalez

All sales are subject to prior cancellation. All terms, rules and regulations are available online at www.selfstorageauction.com. Dated this August 14, 2023 and August 21, 2023 by Power Self Storage, 16408 E Gale Ave, City of Industry, CA, 91745 (626) 330-3554 8/14, 8/21/23

CNS-3728514# AZUSA BEACON

Notice of Public Sale

Pursuant to the California Self Service Storage Facility Act (B&P Code 21700 ET seq.) The undersigned will sell at public auction on Monday August 28, 2023 at 1:30 pm. Personal property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools and/or other household items located at: The sale will take place online at www.selfstorageauction.com.

David Canola

Rose F Schwarberg

Joann Ransom

Patricia M Lambert

Alexis Mejia

Justin Christian Randall Brown

Derrick M Lewis

Manuel Tanori Quintana

Steven Roman

Monica A Escalante

Ernesto Pupofaus

Petitioner Jonathan Manuel Vargas

Taiman filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name a. OF Jonathan Manuel Vargas Taiman to Proposed name Jonathan Taiman 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reason for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEAR-

Time: 8:30AM

ING a. Date: 11/03/2023

Dept: X. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Arcadia Weekly

DATED:August 08, 2023 Robin Miller

Sloan JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. August 14, 21, 28, September 4, 2023 ARCADIA WEEKLY

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Daphne Claire Urquiza-Jaliquias FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUM-

BER: 23AHCP00340 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 150 W Commonwealth Ave, Alhambra Ca 90801, Northeast Judicial District

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

1.Petitioner Daphne Claire UrquizaJaliquias filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Daphne Claire Urquiza-Jaliquias to Proposed name Daphne Claire Jaliquias 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reason for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING a.

Date: 10/06/2023 Time: 8:30AM Dept:

X. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Arcadia Weekly DATED: August 10, 2023 Robin Miller Sloan JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. August 21, 28, September 4, 11, 2023 ARCADIA WEEKLY

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR

CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Jamies Huynh Shieh FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23AHCP00344

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 150 W Commonwealth Ave, Alhambra Ca 90801, Northeast Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Jamies Huynh Shieh filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name a. OF Jamies Huynh Shieh to Proposed name James Huynh Shieh 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reason for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING a.

X. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Arcadia Weekly DATED: August 16, 2023 Robin Miller Sloan

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. August 21, 28, September 4, 11, 2023 ARCADIA WEEKLY

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR

CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Anna Vassilieva FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23AHCP00338

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 150 W Commonwealth Ave, Alhambra Ca 90801, Northeast Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Anna Vassilieva filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Anna Vassilieva to Proposed name Anya Vassilieva 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reason for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 10/11/2023 Time: 8:30AM Dept:

3.The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Arcadia Weekly DATED: August 10, 2023 Robin Miller Sloan JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. August 21, 28, September 4, 11, 2023 ARCADIA WEEKLY

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE

(Division 6 of the Commercial Code) Escrow No. 016187-KH

(1)Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named Seller(s) that a bulk sale is about to be made on personal property hereinafter described.

(2)The name and business addresses of the seller are: ZHOU YAO INC, 9329 VALLEY BOULEVARD, ROSEMEAD, CA 91770

(3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: SAME AS ABOVE

(4) The names and business address of the Buyer(s) are: H.R BROTHERS LLC, 2131 S BALDWIN AVENUE, ARCADIA, CA 91007.

(5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold are FIXTURE AND EQUIPMENT AND GOODWILL of that certain business located at: 9329 VALLEY BOULEVARD, ROSEMEAD, CA 91770.

(6)The business name used by the seller(s) at that location is: BEST NOODLE HOUSE.

(7)The anticipated date of the bulk sale is 09/07/2023 at the office of Sincere Escrow, 935 S. San Gabriel Blvd. San Gabriel, CA 91776, Escrow No. 016187-KH, Escrow Officer: Karen H.

To.

(8) Claims may be filed with Same as “7” above.

(9) The last date for filing claims is 09/06/2023.

(10)This Bulk Sale is subject to Section 6106.2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

(11)As listed by the Seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: “NONE”.

DATED: August 15, 2023

Transferees:

H.R BROTHERS LLC, a California Limited Liability Company

By: S/ CANG LONG LI 8/21/23

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Glendale City Notices

City of Glendale

NOTICE INVITING BIDS Specification No. 3949

For Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) Preventive Maintenance and Repairs at Various Facilities

Three (3) sets of a sealed Bid (one original and two copies) must be received by 2:00PM, Wednesday, September 6, 2023, in the City Clerk’s Office, located at 613 E. Broadway, Room 110, Glendale, CA 91206. Late Bids will not be accepted.

Copies of Specification 3949 (“Specification”) will be made available from noon on August 14, 2023 until noon on September 6, 2023. To receive an electronic copy, please send an email request to the City’s contact listed below.

Bid security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the Bid Amount for Year-One of the contract term in the form of cash, cashier’s check, money order or surety bond, made out to City of Glendale, must accompany all Bids.

Bidders should review the IFB thoroughly and should be familiar with its content, as well as the City’s functional and technical requirements.

Refer to the Specification for complete details and Bid requirements. The Specification and this Notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereunder Bidders shall submit all questions regarding the scope of services, Specification, and Bid process by email with the Subject “Request for Clarification – UPS”. All Requests for Clarifications shall be submitted before 3PM on August 29, 2023.

City personnel to contact regarding this Bid:

Public Works Facilities Management Division

Bolaji Sojobi, Sr. Public Works Management Analyst 633 E. Broadway, Room 307 Glendale, CA 91206 (818) 548-3970

bsojobi@glendaleca.gov

The Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) Services per this Specification are anticipated to start on or about October 1, 2023.

Published On August 17 ,21,2023

son’s speaking. No person may speak more than a total of 10 minutes. The Mayor and City Council may change the amount of time allowed for speakers. Written Communication will be accepted up to 24 hours before the meeting via email to mpclerk@montereypark. ca.gov.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Per the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call City Hall at (626) 307-1359 for reasonable accommodation at least 24 hours before a meeting. Council Chambers are wheelchair accessible.

Publish on August 21, 2023

MONTEREY PARK PRESS

LEGAL NOTICE

CITY OF MONTEREY PARK

ZONING CODE AMENDMENT NO. 22-01 (ZCA-22-01) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING MONTEREY PARK MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 21.19, ENTITLED INCLUSIONARY HOUSING

The Monterey Park City Council introduced an Ordinance at the August 16, 2023 regular City Council meeting.

If adopted, the proposed ordinance would add a new Chapter 21.19, entitled “Inclusionary Housing,” to the Monterey Park Municipal Code. This ordinance implements requirements for developments of five or more residential units to provide or facilitate affordable housing units for a range of households with varying income levels.

to Bidders) of this solicitation. If there is a Non-Mandatory pre-bid meeting, bidders not required to attend.

Each prospective bidder will have the opportunity to clarify and ask questions regarding these Specifications. The Pre-bid Meeting will be held at the time, date, and location in the Timeline of this solicitation.

1.4. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS

No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)].

1.5. Required Licenses (Eligibility Requirement)

Bidders must possess and provide the following license(s) or certification(s) to be deemed qualified to perform the work specified: California State Contractor's License

1.6. Deadline for Questions

The deadline to submit questions related to this solicitation is Wednesday, August 30, 2023, prior to 3:00 pm.

Questions regarding this solicitation should be submitted directly through the City's eProcurement Portal Q&A function. Do not contact any other City employee or official regarding this solicitation. Any questions submitted after the date and time specified may not be considered.

1.7. Release Date

Monterey Park City Notices

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT CITY OF MONTEREY PARK COMBINED NOTICE OF REVIEW/COMMENT PERIOD AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE DRAFT 2022-2023 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT

(CAPER)

Public Review/Comment Period

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Monterey Park’s draft 2022-23 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the City of Monterey Park’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program is available for public review. The review period begins on August 21, 2023, and ends on September 5, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. Comments may be delivered or mailed to the Finance Department, attention Martha Garcia, City of Monterey Park, 320 W Newmark Avenue, Monterey Park, CA 91754 or sent by e-mail to magarcia@montereypark.ca.gov.

The CAPER is an annual report prepared in accordance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations as specified in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. The CAPER is designed to report on progress in carrying out the Consolidated Plan; provide the jurisdiction an opportunity to assess its annual performance in relation to meeting its overall five-year Consolidated Plan priorities and objectives; and discuss what actions or changes it contemplates as a result of its annual performance.

All interested persons are invited to review and comment on the CAPER. Copies of the CAPER are available for review at City Hall, Library, and on the City’s website at www.montereypark.ca.gov. For further information or alternative arrangements for reviewing the document, please call (626) 307-1348.

Public Hearing

A public hearing to solicit comments on the draft 2022-2023 CAPER will be held on September 6, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at Monterey Park City Hall, 320 West Newmark Avenue, Monterey Park. In addition, the draft 2022-23 CAPER will be presented to the City Council for approval on that date.

At this meeting, the City Council will (1) receive public comment on the draft 2022-23 CAPER, and (2) approve the submission of the document to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). All interested persons are invited to attend the public hearing to comment on the City’s draft documents.

Observing the City Council meeting: The public may watch the meeting live on the City’s cable channel MPKTV (AT&T U-verse, Channel 99 or Charter Communications, channel 182) or by visiting the city’s website at http://www.montereypark.ca.gov/133/CityCouncil-Meeting-Videos.

Public Participation: You may speak up to 5 minutes on Agenda item. You may combine up to 2 minutes of time with another per-

Second reading and adoption of the proposed Ordinance is scheduled to take place at the September 6, 2023 regular City Council meeting at 6:30 p.m., in the City of Monterey Park, California, or as soon thereafter as possible.

For a copy of the proposed Ordinance, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (626) 307-1359.

Approved as submitted above:

Karl H. Berger, City Attorney

ATTEST:

Maychelle Yee, City Clerk

Published on August 21, 2023 MONTEREY PARK PRESS

Pasadena City Notices

CITY OF PASADENA

Notice Inviting Bids For Elevator Modernization in Six City Owned Parking Garages

Notice is hereby given that the City of Pasadena is calling for sealed bids for the Transportation Department and will receive sealed bids prior to 4:00 pm, Tuesday, September 12, 2023 and will electronically unseal and make them available online (https://procurement. opengov.com/portal/pasadena) for this solicitation named "Elevator Modernization in Six City Owned Parking Garages" Project ID: 2023-IFB-LM-716.

1.1.

The Transportation Department of the City of Pasadena is seeking a company to perform all engineering, labor, materials, transportation, services, and equipment necessary and reasonably incidental to perform the work required to modernize eight elevators in six City owned garages and perform on ongoing preventative maintenance services subsequent to the completion of work.

1.2.

Bids will be received via the City's eProcurement Portal (https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/pasadena). A bid received after the time set for the bid opening shall not be considered. Bidders are required to submit (upload) all items listed in the Submittals/Checklist. Bids will be received prior to 4:00 pm on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 and will be opened online at that time.

Copies of the Specifications and all required forms may be obtained for this solicitation online: https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/ pasadena/projects/54356

Addenda shall be acknowledged via the City's eProcurement Portal. Refer to the Specifications for complete details and bidding requirements. The Specification and this Notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereunder.

1.3. Pre-bid Conference

See the Timeline in the section named "Instructions to Bidders." If there is a Mandatory pre-bid meeting, bidders are required to attend at the time, date, and location included in the Timeline (#Instructions

Release Dated: Monday, August 21, 2023 and Thursday, August 24, 2023

MIGUEL MÁRQUEZ City Manager

Published on August 21, 2023 PASADENA PRESS

Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

HELEN C. SUZOW AKA

HELEN SUZOW

CASE NO. 23STPB03654

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of HELEN C. SUZOW AKA HELEN SUZOW.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CHERYL A. CUSUMANO in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CHERYL A. CUSUMANO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/05/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 79 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section

9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner RYAN D. BOWNE, ESQ. - SBN 236970 4421 W. RIVERSIDE DR., SUITE 200 BURBANK CA 91505, Telephone (818) 846-5515 8/10, 8/14, 8/21/23 CNS-3727331#

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: STELLA FRANCES MERRIMAN AKA FRANCES MERRIMAN CASE NO. 23STPB08793

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of STELLA FRANCES MERRIMAN AKA FRANCES MERRIMAN.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by KENNETH D. MERRIMAN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that KENNETH D. MERRIMAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause

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why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/12/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner SIBYLLE GREBE - SBN 141553, LORENZO C. STOLLER - SBN 291581, THE PROBATE HOUSE, L.C. 3424 WEST CARSON STREET, SUITE 320 TORRANCE CA 90503, Telephone (310) 542-9888 8/14, 8/17, 8/21/23

CNS-3729569#

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF AMENDED PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: REYNARD GORDON BROOKS AKA REYNARD BROOKS CASE NO. 23STPB06477

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of REYNARD GORDON BROOKS AKA REYNARD BROOKS.

AN AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARY ANN BROOKS in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARY ANN BROOKS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE AMENDED PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/18/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 67 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept

by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner

ROBERT E. PEARSON - SBN 059839, ROBERT E PEARSON APLC 17782 E. 17TH ST., STE. 109 TUSTIN CA 92780, Telephone

(714) 544-4760 BSC 223794 8/17, 8/21, 8/24/23

CNS-3729851# PASADENA PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

WHILETA J. BRUNNELLE

CASE NO. 23STPB08612

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of WHILETA J. BRUNNELLE.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DUANE A. MUGGY in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DUANE A. MUGGY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/29/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 44 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner CARMELA BOMBAY - SBN 309680

MIRIAM Y. ALI - SBN 269826

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRUST & PROBATE CENTER 1252 N SAN DIMAS CANYON ROAD SAN DIMAS CA 91773

Telephone (909) 305-0005

8/17, 8/21, 8/24/23

CNS-3730231#

BALDWIN PARK PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

JULIA SCARLETT WINGATE

CASE NO. PROSB2300971

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JULIA SCARLETT WINGATE.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DARRYL WAYNE WINGATE in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DARRYL WAYNE WINGATE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/13/23 at 9:00AM in Dept. F2 located at 17780 ARROW BLVD, FONTANA, CA 92335

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner LEMUEL B. MAKUPSON - SBN 207383

THE LAW OFFICE OF LEMUEL B. MAKUPSON, APC 680 E. ALOSTA AVE., SUITE 106 AZUSA CA 91702 Telephone (626) 577-5147 8/21, 8/24, 8/28/23 CNS-3730624# ONTARIO NEWS PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROSEMARIE ELLA NAKANE CASE NO. 23STPB08839

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ROSEMARIE ELLA NAKANE.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CHRISTINA N. HAWES in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CHRISTINA HAWES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/15/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within

the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner IRENE BLOCKSON - SBN 349192 LAGERLOF, LLP 155 N LAKE AVE, 11TH FLR PASADENA CA 91101 Telephone (626) 683-7234 BSC 223805 8/21, 8/24, 8/28/23

CNS-3730646# GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: FREDERICK ROBOUST CASE NO. 23STPB08687

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of FREDERICK ROBOUST.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by LEWY FEDAIL in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that RICH BARSUMIAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/24/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner ZACHARY S. DRESBEN - SBN 278662, CHRISTINA B. WURZINGER - SBN 340552, DRESBEN + ASSOCIATES 5820 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 300 LOS ANGELES CA 90036, Telephone (323) 843-7100

BSC 223810

8/21, 8/24, 8/28/23

CNS-3730705# BURBANK INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DOLORES MARIE LEE aka Dolores Marie Pawlowski

CASE NO. 23STPB07461

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DOLORES MARIE LEE aka Dolores Marie Pawlowski

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by SARAH ATWOOD SARINE in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SARAH ATWOOD SARINE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with full authority . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on 9/5/2023 at 8:30am in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST. LOS ANGELES CA 90012 STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Brittany Britton (SBN 303084) 2312 W. Olive Ave. Suite D Burbank, CA 91506, Telephone: (626) 390-5953 8/21, 8/24, 8/28/23

CNS-3731653# BURBANK INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DIANA KING GIAMPIETRO

aka Diana Marie King

CASE NO. 23STPB06658

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the LOST will or estate, or both, of: DIANA KING GIAMPIETRO aka Diana Marie King

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JASON GIAMPRIETRO in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JASON GIAMPRIETRO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s LOST WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The LOST will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to

administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with full authority . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on 9/7/2023 at 8:30am in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST. LOS ANGELES CA 90012 STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Brittany Britton (SBN 303084) 2312 W. Olive Ave. Suite D Burbank, CA 91506

Telephone: 626-390-5953 8/21, 8/24, 8/28/23 CNS-3731675# BURBANK INDEPENDENT

CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): CIV SB 2216229 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)

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including eight days for a lieutenant, according to the suit, which further states that Marks did not concur with any of the findings or discipline recommended.

Because the panel and the detective division chief were not in agreement, the next step according to LASD policy would have been for Sheriff Alex Villanueva to make a final decision as to the outcome, but instead the next day Assistant Sheriff Holly Francisco removed Jaeger from the committee, convened a new panel that still included the other commanders and scheduled a new hearing in May, the suit states.

Jaeger spoke to

members of LASD management, including Undersheriff Timothy Murakami, telling him that the new hearing was against LASD policy and would discredit the department’s stated commitment to proper investigations and oversight of major uses of force, the suit states. Murakami initially told Jaeger that he understood, but later called the plaintiff into a meeting with an LASD chief and told the plaintiff he was being transferred to the Court Services Division, the suit states.

The LASD chief told Jaeger he should have compromised on the discipline and “should not have

Job reassignment

aired the LASD’s dirty laundry in a public meeting in front of the Office of the Inspector General and counsel for the County of Los Angeles,” the suit states.

Jaeger told Murakami that reassigning him would send a “horrible message” to other members of the Professional Standards Division, making them afraid to stand up against “obvious wrongdoing,” the suit states. Jaeger also told Murakami and the LASD chief that the department was covering up the May 2021 shooting, according to the suit.

“Murakami responded by telling Commander

Jaeger that he needed psychological help and should see a doctor,” the suit filed last Nov. 9 states. The job transfer has

Law enforcement

Another theft was reported Tuesday night at a high-end denim store in Hancock Park.

Anyone with information on the Costa Mesa crime was urged to call detectives at 714-754-5120.

Gascón: Smash-andgrab robbers will be held accountable

A search was continuing Monday for more than two dozen culprits who carried out a mob-style smash-andgrab robbery at Westfield Topanga Mall in Canoga Park, with Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón insisting the perpetrators will be held accountable.

The Aug. 12 afternoon melee involving as many as 30 people inside the Nordstrom store at the mall led to the theft of merchandise valued by police at about $300,000. It followed a similar heist carried out last week by a mob of thieves at an Yves Saint Laurent store at the Americana at Brand mall in Glendale, with the loss also estimated at $300,000.

Some critics, including Americana at Brand owner and former LA mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, have questioned whether law enforcement and the justice system were doing enough to hold offenders accountable. He said a recent change in state law approved by voters, making certain levels of property theft a misdemeanors instead of felonies, has removed the fear of punishment and emboldened criminals.

“The time has come to demand that our elected officials change the laws to hold criminals accountable and start enforcing the laws in a fair and equitable

manner,” Caruso said in a statement last week following the heist at Americana at Brand. “Retail businesses and small and large shopping areas are experiencing an alarming increase in ‘smash and grab’ robberies. I have heard directly from small business owners who feel defeated by the lack of accountability for criminals.”

Speaking to reporters last week, Gascón insisted that his office is being aggressive about prosecutions in such mob-style robberies, treating them as organized crime felonies, not simple misdemeanors.

“We’ve got a team of people that have been working in the Glendale case and other cases, and will continue to do so,” he said.

“We assigned our organized crime division to work on these cases about a year and a half ago. We view them as organized crime, and we will use every tool available under the law when there is an arrest made to make sure these individuals are held accountable. This is unacceptable behavior in a civilized society.”

Gascón said there are people in the community who can identify the robbers, with some people even buying stolen merchandise from the heist, and they also need to be held accountable.

While his department is not directly involved in the Glendale or Canoga Park cases, Sheriff Robert Luna told reporters the sheriff’s department will coordinate with other law enforcement.

“We’re going to be communicating, we’re going to investigate and we’re going to assist in any way we can,” Luna said. “But I guarantee you, once we get the

evidence where we can take people into custody, we’re going to take them into custody and go from there.”

The Nordstrom robbery occurred just after 4 p.m. Saturday at the store at 21725 Victory Blvd., east of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, according to spokesman Pedro Muniz of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Cell phone video posted on Twitter showed male and female suspects — most wearing masks, hoodies or other identity-concealing garb — smashing displays, grabbing clothing and bags and running from the store.

The mall was not evacuated, but an ambulance was summoned to treat a security guard at the store’s entrance who was sprayed with bear spray, according to police.

Mayor Karen Bass issued a statement condemning the crime.

“What happened today at the Nordstrom in the Topanga Mall is absolutely unacceptable,” Bass said. “Those who committed these acts and acts like it in neighboring areas must be held accountable. The Los Angeles Police Department will continue to work to not only find those responsible for this incident but to prevent these attacks on retailers from happening in the future.”

The LAPD issued a statement urging anyone with information to contact Det. Santander at 818-374-9420, or during off-hours, at 877-LAPD-24-7 (527-3247). Information can also be sent to ORC@lapd.online, or anonymously through CrimeStoppers at 800-222TIPS (8477) or lacrimestoppers.org.

The Yves Saint Laurent

“significantly tarnished Commander Jaeger’s stellar reputation and damaged his career,” the suit states.

Jaeger also has suffered

severe emotional distress, embarrassment, humiliation, loss of self-esteem and depression, according to his suit.

heist in Glendale occurred about 4:50 p.m. Aug. 8. That crime was also captured on video, which was widely circulated.

Suspect in Glendale flash-mob burglary arrested, released

On the day Southland law enforcement officials announced a regional effort to crack down on flashmob-style smash-andgrab robberies, Glendale police Thursday arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of taking part in such a heist at the Americana at Brand mall last week.

Ivan Isaac Ramirez of Los Angeles was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly participating in the Aug. 8 robbery at the Yves Saint Laurent store at the mall, according to the Glendale Police Department. He was booked on suspicion of organized retail theft, burglary, grand theft and conspiracy.

According to Los Angeles County jail records, however, Ramirez was cited

and released from custody Thursday afternoon.

Glendale police on Thursday also identified a second suspect who is being sought in connection with the American flash mob — 21-year-old Los Angeles resident Brianna Jimenez. Police released a photo in hopes of generating tips leading to her arrest.

Police said Jimenez was allegedly spotted on surveillance video participating in the daytime burglary involving at least 30 suspects ransacking the Yves Saint Laurent store, with the mob pilfering about $400,000 in merchandise.

The flash-mob burglary remains under investigation.

“I assure all members of the Glendale community and the broader Los Angeles region that these brazen smash-and-grab robberies and burglaries will not be tolerated. This marks the first arrest related to this crime and there are more arrests to come,” Glendale

police Chief Manny Cid said in a statement.

Caruso, the owner of Americana at Brand, is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of perpetrators responsible for the robbery.

The company — owned by former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso — issued a statement Thursday in response to the arrest, saying, “Our heartfelt thanks goes out to the Glendale Police Department for their swift and decisive actions leading to the first arrest for the theft at Saint Laurent. The relentless efforts of the GPD showcases their professionalism and dedication to upholding the safety and integrity of our community.”

Anyone with information regarding the flashmob burglary was urged to contact the GPD at 818-5484911. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-2228477.

Ivan Isaac Ramirez. Briana Jimenez. | Photo courtesy of the Glendale Police Department

| Photo courtesy of Jason Lawerence/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

APasadena man who allegedly brandished a loaded ghost gun near a South Los Angeles high school last year is expected to plead guilty Friday to a federal charge of possessing machine gun parts.

Once he enters his plea, Isaac Loftus, 26, would face up to 10 years behind bars at sentencing and a period of supervised release to include participation in an in-patient mental health treatment program, according to his plea agreement.

Prosecutors say law enforcement received a call around lunchtime on Nov. 22 about an armed person wearing a tactical vest and cargo pants in the vicinity of Thomas Jefferson High School. A witness said the man later identified as Loftus had pointed a firearm at two passing motorists, according

Pasadena man to plead guilty to machine gun possession

By City News Service

to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Loftus, who at first allegedly refused to obey multiple commands to stop and attempted to walk away from officers, eventually complied and was detained and later arrested, prosecutors said.

Loftus’ plea agreement, filed in Los Angeles federal court, states that law enforcement removed a 9mm handgun with no serial number, commonly known as a ghost gun, that contained one round in the chamber and six rounds in the magazine, from a holster on Loftus’ front right hip area. The holster was decorated with symbols commonly associated with the Boogaloo extremist movement, according to an affidavit filed with the criminal complaint in January.

The affidavit states that Loftus told the officers who arrested him that he was

named “Yahweh” -- Hebrew for God -- and they would “be dead” if they continued to question him. After he was arrested and in custody, he spontaneously told officers that “judgment day has been delayed,” according to the sworn affidavit signed by FBI Special Agent Geoffrey Colvin.

Loftus is prohibited from possessing firearms as a result of having been declared a danger to himself and others in 2016, the document says.

A sentencing date will be set by the judge after Loftus enters his guilty plea.

The defendant’s attorney could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Boogaloos are a loosely organized antigovernment extremist movement whose adherents believe there will be a civil war or uprising against the United States government follow-

ing perceived incursions on constitutional rights, including the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms and other perceived government overreach, prosecutors said.

On Loftus’ person, officers allegedly also recovered two heavy-duty zip ties, a tactical plate carrier, a pocketknife with a three-inch blade, a black knife with a four-inch fixed blade and two key fobs for a Honda Clarity that had been reported stolen from a car dealership earlier in the day. The Honda had also been involved in a hit-andrun accident that same day, located about five blocks from where Loftus was arrested, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Law enforcement searched the Honda and found a loaded 9mm ghost gun in the glove compartment and a toolbox containing the

upper and lower receiver of a nearly 12-inch AR-style rifle, a drop-in device designed for converting a semi-automatic firearm into a fully automatic machine gun, dozens of rounds of various calibers of ammunition, roughly 23 magazines and a silencer, according to the affidavit.

During a search of Loftus’ residence, law enforcement allegedly found firearms and firearms cases, dozens of

additional auto sears, and a large U.S. flag with symbols consistent with the Boogaloo ideology, court papers show.

Prosecutors say that in December 2016, Loftus was placed on a mental health hold under California Welfare Institutions Code and was deemed a danger to himself or others or gravely disabled. Loftus incurred a lifetime prohibition on firearms as a result.

Developers to build 100% permanent supportive housing project

By City News Service and Staff

Anew 17-story highrise will offer roughly 300 units of 100% permanentsupportive housing intended to address homelessness, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and developers announced Wednesday.

Related California and the Weingart Center Association closed escrow on a 1.12-acre site in downtown LA with plans to build what they contend will be the “largest 100% permanent supportive housing development.”

“Los Angeles needs all of us, from government to nonprofit and the private sectors, working together to urgently confront our homelessness crisis by building more housing and providing lifesaving services,” Bass said in a statement.

Bass thanked the two developers for their ongoing

commitment to building more permanent and supportive housing so that “people who come inside from tents and encampments can move into homes, and communities where they can live healthy, fully lives.”

The project 600 San Pedro — led by design-builder Pankow and architect Large Architecture — will be located on the corner of San Pedro and Sixth streets. The development will offer 298 permanent supportive housing units, four manager units and a separate fourstory parking structure on-site.

It will also feature 212 parking stalls and 172 bicycle parking spaces. In addition, the development will provide about 2,800 square feet of community-serving retail and 30,600 square feet of open space.

“600 San Pedro will

be a transformative space where people experiencing homelessness will find not just a roof overhead but a solid foundation for rebuilding their lives, fostering a community of support and empowerment,” Kevin Murray, president and CEO of the Weingart Center Association, said in a statement.

The project will be developed — on what is currently a parking lot — in two phases, with construction on both occurring simultaneously.

The development will have two buildings, including a 17-story high-rise residential mixed-use building and a four-story parking structure with retail space on the ground level. The apartments will come fully furnished with appliances, furniture and air conditioning.

According to a statement from the Weingart Center,

600 San Pedro will feature an open space area along with an array of amenities that will be able to host community events and gatherings — including a courtyard, barbecue area, an amphitheater and a community garden.

The Weingart Center will provide services to its residents and the necessary tools to stabilize their lives after being homeless.

Services will expand on-site case management, mental and physical health care, substance use services, employment and job training assistance and educational support, according to a statement from the developer.

It will also provide a career center, library, laundry room and fitness area to cater to the residents’ needs and foster a supportive community environment.

“All residents will have

Ex-mayor

“Former Mayor Sidhu appreciates the thorough and fair investigation by the United States Attorney’s Office leading to a resolution in this matter.”

Sidhu resigned in May 2022, saying he did not want to be a “distraction” to the city while the federal investigation was ongoing.

“This is a sad day for the city of Anaheim, and it’s possibly just the tip of the

iceberg,” Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken said in a statement. “The collusion between the former mayor, fellow council members, and the Angels is appalling and further shows the need for real reform.”

Ament pleaded guilty last year to federal charges of wire fraud, making a false statement to a financial institution and subscribing to a false tax return. He cooper-

ated with federal authorities investigating Sidhu, and has not yet been sentenced.

Angels spokeswoman Marie Garvey said, “It is important to note ... the plea agreement along with the city’s investigation showed no evidence of any wrongdoing by the Angels organization.”

Former City Councilman Jose Moreno, who opposed the stadium deal, said, “I’ve

said this many times over the years, but sometimes you hate to be wrong because it really does hurt our city and its residents who work every day for their families and expect a government that is more honest.”

Moreno said he always found the deal to have been too choreographed and it raised his suspicions.

“After these last couple of years Angels executives

a lease that they must abide by and the building will have house rules, similar to other apartment communities,”

a representative for the Weingart Center said. The project is slated for completion in June 2025.

say they had no idea this was happening and weren’t participating,” Moreno said.

But the plea deal shows, “They were participating and were aware and had information and should have reported to the city they were getting confidential information,” Moreno said. “They’re liable for that not having been reported.”

At best, they had an agent “who went rogue” in negotia-

tions and they were ignorant, or “at worst they were very conscious they were receiving information illegally... and using it to rehearse, to manipulate and obfuscate the value of the land,” Moreno said.

“I hope the mayor and city council will call for the city attorney to investigate that and to review and nullify the statement of this sweetheart deal,” Moreno said.

A rendering shows the forthcoming 600 San Pedro building that will provide permanent supportive housing in downtown LA. | Image courtesy of Pankow

| Photo courtesy of Pxfuel