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Los Angeles County sees homeless mortality rate plateau in 2022

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The homeless mortality rate in Los Angeles Countyplateaued in 2022, an increase of 2% compared with 2021, according to a new report released Thursday.

On Thursday, the county’s Department of Public Health released its findings from its fifth annual report on mortality among people experiencing homelessness. The overall mortality rate increased by 2% from 3,215 per 100,000 people to 3,282 per 100,00 people.

According to DPH officials, this is a “welcoming plateauing” of the mortality rate among homeless individuals, which previously saw an increase of 56% from 2019 to 2021.

“There are staggering inequities in health outcomes between those who are housed and those who are homeless,” Barbara Ferrer, director of DPH, said during an online media briefing. “People experiencing home-

DPH officials noted that the recent plateau can be attributed largely to a leveling off of the rate of drug overdose deaths — the leading cause of death among people experienc-

lessness are 40 times more likely to die of an overdose, 18 times more likely to be a homicide victim and four times more likely to die of coronary heart disease than people in L.A. County’s population as a whole.”

ing homelessness for the past six years, and a sharp decline in COVID-19 related deaths.

From 2021 to 2022, the distribution of naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication, also helped

reduce overdose deaths.

The report found that the leading causes of death for homeless individuals were cause by overdose, coronary heart disease, transportation-related injuries, homicide, suicide and COVID-19.

Drug and alcohol overdose continues to be the leading cause of death among unhoused individuals in 2022, accounting for 37% of all deaths. It was the leading cause of death of men, women, white, Latinos/ Hispanic and Black homeless populations. While overdose related deaths leveled off, the percentage of overdose deaths involving fentanyl continued to rise through 2022.

“Efforts to increase access to naloxone and overdose prevention services have undoubtedly helped to bend this curve and provide a blueprint for reducing drugrelated fatalities in this very high-risk population,” Gary Tsai, director of the Bureau

of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control for the county, said in a statement.

“Given that the opposite of addiction is not sobriety, but rather meaningful connection, continuing to engage and build trusting relationships with our unhoused residents will be equally essential.”

Coronary heart disease was the second leading cause of death, accounting for 13% of deaths, in particular for those over the age of 70. Coronary heart disease deaths has increased from 336 per 100,000 people in 2014 to 445 per 100,000 in 2020, followed by a decrease in 2021 and increased slightly in 2022 to 395 per 100,000 people.

In 2022, 8% of deaths were from transportationrelated injuries; homicide was found to the fourth leading cause of death with a rate of 214 per 100,00 people; suicide rates among homeless individuals has remained relatively the same over the

‘Biddy Mason’ brings true story of extraordinary Los Angeles citizen to life

By Staff

The Fountain Theatre’s “Fountain for Youth” arts education wing has joined forces with Inner-City Arts, The Autry Museum of the American West and CounterBalance Theater to present “Biddy Mason,” a theatrical blend of video projection, music, song, movement and dramatic storytelling that brings the inspiring true story of an extraordinary Los Angeles citizen to life.

Based on a short story by Dana Johnson and adapted and directed by Annie Loui, “Biddy Mason” dramatizes the remarkable, little-known story of Bridget “Biddy” Mason who, born enslaved, went on to become one of the first prominent citizens and landowners in Los Angeles. After marching 1,700 miles on foot alongside her owner’s wagon train from Mississippi to California, Mason petitioned for and won her freedom in court. Saving the money she earned as a midwife and nurse, she transformed herself into a successful businesswoman and philanthropist who built schools, fed the poor, and helped launch the First AME Church.

“Biddy Mason’s life unfolds from enslavement to entrepreneurship, inspiring audiences young and old,” says Loui. “Her tale must be told — particularly to inner-city young people, who feel empowered watching an exceptional woman of color rise from hopelessness and poverty to become a leading citizen of Los Angeles. This production will be the first live, professional performance of a theatrical work for many inner-city students. They will remember this experience all their lives.”

Ten student performances will take place May 20 through May 24 followed by two public performances for adults on May 31 and June 1 each at 8 p.m. Tickets to public performances are $20. The Rosenthal Theatre at Inner-City Arts is located at 720 Kohler St., Los Angeles, CA 90021. Parking is free in the lot across the street from the theater, and there is ample street parking. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (213) 627-9621 or go to inner-cityarts. org/biddymason.

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Julian Tushabe and Mary Hill in “Biddy Mason.”

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OC sees rise in homelessness, but officials encouraged by 5-year trend

By Paul Anderson, City News Service

Orange County saw a 28% increase in homeless individuals compared with the last count two years ago, but county officials were encouraged that the number is just 7% higher than the previous pre-pandemic count in 2019, according to a report issued Wednesday.

County officials found the five-year trend encouraging and a validation of efforts to address the problem since the county found itself in federal court over a plan to clear out an encampment along the Santa Ana riverbed in January 2018.

The extended gap between the previous two counts was due to the coronavirus pandemic.

This year’s Point In Time count tallied 7,322 homeless individuals in the county.

Doug Becht, director of the county’s Office of Care Coordination, pointed out that officials have been using the same methodology approved by the federal Housing and Urban Development agency, so the five-year trend provides a more helpful picture than a year-over-year comparison.

“Obviously, a 28% increase is a significant increase from 2022,” Becht told City News Service.

But he said the five-year trend compares favorably to neighboring counties and the state of California, which has seen a 20% increase over that span.

“And when we compared our surrounding counties, San Diego, L.A., San Bernardino and Riverside, we’re seeing their trend is 29%,” Becht said.

“I would find the increase from 2022 to be encouraging in the sense that that’s the worst possible take from this

Point in Time report,” Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do told CNS. “To have only that increase in light of all of the headwinds with COVID, with the economy and especially in relation to other large counties, I think we are ahead of our peers.”

Do added that the fiveyear comparison given how COVID-19 affected the economy “speaks to our county’s foresight in crafting the continuum of care, and I’m referring specifically to Bridges in Anaheim, the courtyard in Santa Ana and subsequently the Yale Street site in Santa Ana.”

Along with Orange County CEO Frank Kim, Do led efforts in federal court regarding the riverbed homeless encampment to do more than just build temporary shelters. A landmark settlement led to the development of regional service areas in north, central and south county in which local cities agreed to build shelters designed to guide transients toward permanent housing. The county also developed more outreach to the homeless and provided more mental health services.

“Our continuum of care created that capacity that allows our county to absorb all of the adverse forces in society that pushed the number of homeless up and to maintain it as a pretty stable level over five years,” Do said. “Seven percent is very low ... and we see other counties not coming anywhere close to what we’ve achieved and I’m very proud of that fact.”

Supervisor Katrina Foley, who led similar reform efforts when she was mayor of Costa Mesa, said that while lobbying in Washington, D.C.

on Wednesday, she intended to push HUD and the county congressional delegation for more affordable housing grants to help move people in transitional centers into permanent housing so those still on the streets will have a bed.

“The five-year lookback is an appropriate measure given that in between the five years we’ve had a pandemic and lot of factors that wouldn’t be realistic data in that cycle,” Foley said. “The important information for my office and what I’ll be drilling down on is we have a bottleneck in our system.

“We need to work with more urgency to build more projects,” she added. “We still have 1,811 units to build out our system that we identified in 2022. I suspect those numbers will double, but regardless we don’t have enough permanent housing to keep the flow going. Seventy percent of the people in our shelters are ready to go into permanent housing and there isn’t a unit for them to move into.”

Kim said it will be key for the county to work collaboratively not only with its cities, but also with neighboring counties.

“We succeed and fail together,” he said. “The homeless individuals we know can move from city to city and county to county, so it’s important we work together even outside of Orange County. That regional approach is very important. And I think that in the past we’ve not had as strong a collaboration ... That’s something we’ll have to look at.”

Kim said the counts have become more accurate because the county has been using the same method for

five years and with a database there’s less risk of double counting or missing people. Also, the database has shown officials where the homeless are most likely to congregate.

Officials say part of the reason for the increase in homelessness could be rising inflation, which has prompted federal officials to hike interest rates. That increases rents and mortgages, experts say.

Officials are hoping that if inflation can meet the 2% target sometime this year, interest rates will be cut and that will lower housing costs. Inflation increased after the federal government stimulated the economy as it struggled to get through the pandemic.

Another factor could be an eclipse in the $300 million in rental assistance funding given out by the county and state to prevent residents from eviction during the pandemic. The moratorium on evictions ended on May

31, 2022.

Since 2019, 61 emergency shelters were established in Orange County to serve about 3,000 people, an increase of 730 beds. Since 2018, 1,364 affordable and supporting housing units have been built.

From 2022 to this year, the county added 681 shelter beds for a total of 3,920. The county built 859 units since January 2022.

Foley said in her meetings with developers she’s identified “three key areas preventing the expediting of affordable housing.” Interest rates on construction loans is one issue, but the costs for constructional materials such as lumber and steel are “particularly, extraordinarily expensive,” Foley said.

The county must also focus on reducing bureaucratic costs related to building, she said.

“We have to figure out a way to reduce the time and expedite the permit process,”

she said.

Helping developers procure construction materials through partnerships with government that can get discounts from highvolume orders might help, she said.

“I’m working on a procurement policy where maybe we can piggyback on federal procurement contracts or county or state contracts,” she said.

The county has made great strides getting homeless families off the streets, but more work needs to be done helping veterans, Foley added.

Of the 7,322 homeless individuals counted, 3,227 are in the northern part of the county, 3,454 are in the central part of the county and 641 were in south county. Veterans accounted for 328 people in the count, and 308 were ages 18 to 24. The number of homeless seniors 62 and older amounted to 869.

Monrovia nursing home chain to pay over $7M to settle false claims allegations

By City News Service

AMonrovia-based nursing home chain and its executives have agreed to pay more than $7 million to settle COVID19-related false claims allegations, it was announced April 26.

ReNew Health Group LLC, ReNew Health Consulting Services LLC, and two corporate executives agreed to the settlement with federal and state prosecutors for knowingly submitting false Medicare Part A claims for nursing home residents, according to the U.S. Depart-

ment of Justice.

To conserve hospital beds during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services waived the requirement that a person must have had a hospital stay of at least three days — signaling an acute illness or injury — before reimbursing for skilled care in a nursing home. The federal government and the state of California alleged that the defendants knowingly misused this waiver by routinely submitting claims for nursing home

residents when they did not have COVID-19 or any other acute illness or injury, but

merely had been near other people who had COVID-19, the Justice Department said.

Under the settlement, the defendants will pay $6,841,727 to the United States and $242,273 to the state of California, plus interest, it was announced.

“False claims are anathema to the Medicare system, especially during a public health crisis,” U.S.

Attorney Martin Estrada of the Central District of California said in a statement.

“This settlement agreement highlights my office’s determination to ensure our nation’s health care programs help those who actually need them.”

The investigation was prompted by a lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act, which permit private parties to sue on behalf of the government to redress false claims for government funds and to receive a share of any recovery. The Justice Department said the settlement agreement provides for the whistleblower, Bay Area Whistleblower Partners, to receive $1.2 million, plus interest, as its share of the settlement.

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VCalifornia rebrands as ‘Ultimate Playground’ for tourists

isit California, the state’s tourism agency, has ditched its “Dream Big” marketing slogan in favor of becoming the “Ultimate Playground” for travelers.

“California’s playful lifestyle, paired with our abundance of experiences, create something no other destination can claim – California is the Ultimate Playground,” said Caroline Beteta, president and CEO of Visit California. “The power of play is scientifically proven, and majorities of every generation aren’t satisfied with the amount of time they spend playing. It’s time for that to change.”

More than 85% of consumers across six global markets said it is important to incorporate play into their lives, and 43% said that vacation “is the only time I have to really let go and play,” according to Visit California’s consumer research.

“Travel is a time and place that gives us permission to embrace play, and California offers every visitor an opportunity to play in a way that speaks to them,” Beteta continued.

A new National Institute for Play (NIFP) study released last week once again found that play can have a positive impact on our physical, mental and social well-being

“When we play, our brains ‘light up’ and the

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neural pathways formed from repeated playful times (whether early or late in life) shape how alive we feel, how well we learn, how cleverly we create/innovate, and how we relate from that point forward,” the study says.

The NIFP study also draws a straight line from travel to play.

“The intention of travel is routinely framed as ‘leisure’ and ‘recreation’ – experiences that happen to the traveler,” co-author Scott G. Eberle writes in the study afterword.

“But travelers may seek the occasion for a deeper, rounder, more active, more

personal and tailored reward, play. Travel gives travelers permission to play their own way. The lucky ones will find that play itself is the destination.”

Visit California’s new global brand campaign based on the Ultimate Playground platform includes “Let’s Play,” a 30-second television spot, capturing the simple joys of playing in California.

The three-month, $32.8 million integrated campaign will air across the United States, Canada, Mexico, U.K., Australia and China.

Additionally, a new section on VisitCalifornia.

com features a quiz for travelers to identify their “play style” and connects visitors to regions of California and activities that align with each style.

Visit California also announced that travel spending in the state has fully recovered from the pandemic. According to economic impact research from the organization, California’s tourism economy generated $150.4 billion in travel spending last year, surpassing the record $144.9 billion spent in 2019 and overcoming the impacts of the pandemic.

Blinken says Israeli units accused of serious violations have done enough to avoid sanctions. Experts and insiders disagree.

By Brett Murphy, ProPublica

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Years before Oct. 7, soldiers and officers in four Israeli security force units committed what the U.S. State Department would later determine to be serious human rights violations against Palestinians.

In one incident in 2019, an Israel Defense Forces soldier shot and killed an unarmed Palestinian man on the side of a road in the West Bank. That soldier was given no jail time — only three months of community service.

Under the U.S. Leahy Laws, the government must disqualify any military or law enforcement unit

from receiving assistance if there’s credible information that the group had committed violations like rape or extrajudicial killings, unless the offending entity has taken adequate steps to punish the perpetrator.

On May 3, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress he had determined the punishments for the soldiers and officers in all four cases — including the community service sentence — to be adequate, according to a State Department memo to Congress. The units won’t be disqualified from receiving American military assistance. The names of

the units were previously reported by Al-Monitor. ProPublica obtained the memo with Blinken’s justifications.

Some experts disagreed with that decision, saying that the punishment Israel meted out in the 2019 case was not adequate. They said the decision to continue the support was another example of special treatment for Israel.

Community service is “not what would be considered appropriate punishment,” said Tim Rieser, a longtime aide to former Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the chief author of 1997 laws

that the State Department is meant to enforce.

Rieser said Blinken’s justification was “not consistent with how the law was written and how it was intended to be applied.”

A former State Department official said it was a “mockery.” Both officials, along with another congressional aide, were especially troubled that during the years it had taken to assess whether Israel had sufficiently punished the perpetrators, the State Department had apparently not disqualified the units from U.S. support.

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State, local officials tout safety on deadly stretch of PCH

By City News Service

Following yet another deadly year on Pacific Coast Highway, state and local officials gathered alongside the roadway Wednesday to tout safety improvements being made along the stretch and to begin a public outreach campaign preaching the need for motorists to slow down.

According to state officials, there were 220 crashes on the stretch of PCH from the Ventura County Line to the McClure Tunnel in Santa Monica, killing seven people -- among them four Pepperdine University students who died in October when they were struck while walking along the road. Between 2010 and 2024, 59 people have been killed along the Malibu portion of the roadway, with officials citing speed as the most common factor.

During a news conference Wednesday held at the site of a Ghost Tire Memorial -- which honors those who have died in crashes on the roadway -- state officials noted that

infrastructure improvements are being made to bolster safety, and the California Highway Patrol has stepped up its presence to boost enforcement.

“There is immediate and ongoing change that is necessary and we’re continuing to modify this section of the highway and also increase enforcement,”

California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin said. “In addition to the infrastructure changes being made, we now have three full-time CHP officers and a part-time sergeant along this 21-mile corridor, leading to increased CHP citations.”

Officials noted that through April of this year, CHP officers have issued more than 1,200 citations along the stretch, more than 1,000 of which were for speeding.

Speeding on PCH has been a long-known problem, but the issue was highlighted in October with the death of four Pepperdine students -- Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart,

Asha Weir and Deslyn Williams.

The four students, who were all 20 and 21 years old, were killed on the night of Oct. 17, when a driver who was allegedly speeding west on Pacific Coast Highway slammed into several parked cars on the north shoulder of the roadway. Sheriff’s officials said those parked cars struck the four women, killing them at the scene.

The driver, Fraser Michael Bohm, 22, has been charged with four counts of murder and four counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. Bohm’s attorney has contended that Bohm was the victim of a road-rage incident on Pacific Coast Highway and was being chased when the crash occurred.

During Wednesday’s news conference, state and local officials unveiled the “Go Safely PCH” campaign, a public-outreach effort aimed at urging motorists to slow down while driving on the dangerous stretch.

According to the campaign’s website -gosafelypch.org -- the effort is a collaboration “among local and state traffic safety stakeholders who are taking

specific actions to reduce deaths and serious injuries on PCH.” The website includes a breakdown of various infrastructure efforts being made along

the roadway, including speed limit markings on the road, safety corridor signs, digital “speed feedback” signs, curve warnings and pedestrian signal upgrades.

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A State Department spokesperson did not answer questions about Blinken’s memo but told ProPublica the agency has taken “extensive steps to implement the Leahy law for all countries that receive applicable U.S. assistance, including Israel.”

The spokesperson said the agency is continuing to review reports of violations. “Israel has a moral obligation and a strategic imperative to protect civilians,” the spokesperson added.

ProPublica previously reported that a panel of internal State Department experts, known as the Israel Leahy Vetting Forum, had sent Blinken multiple cases of violations, along with recommendations to cut units off from assistance, months ago. The recommendations were an unusual escalation after years of deferential treatment of Israel, according to people close to the forum’s activities.

Following the report more than three weeks ago, Blinken promised to announce his determinations “in the coming days.” At the time, several media outlets reported that the State Department was poised to sanction one of the units, Netzah Yehuda, the ultraOrthodox military battalion that has operated in the West Bank and been accused of multiple human rights violations.

The vetting forum reviewed the unit for an incident in which commanders gagged, handcuffed and left an elderly Palestinian American man for dead. (The commanders were reprimanded and demoted but did not face prison time, according to the vetting forum’s meeting minutes.) Israel’s leaders responded by fiercely pushing back against U.S. plans to withhold American assistance from the battalion. Blinken has since delayed his decision on it, Axios reported.

Netzah Yehuda is not mentioned in Blinken’s May 3 memo. In the meantime, the unit has apparently remained eligible for U.S. military assistance despite the finding that there was a violation.

“That’s an outrage and another example of special treatment for Israel,” said Charles Blaha, the former director of the State Department’s Office of Security and Human Rights and a former participant in the forum. The larger issue, he added, is that “there are literally dozens of Israeli security force units that have committed gross violations of human rights and remain eligible for assistance because of the State Department’s failure to apply the law.”

Blinken

Blinken’s letter to Congress comes at a time of increasing tension between the U.S. and Israel. Two weeks ago, President Joe Biden withheld a shipment of 3,500 bombs to Israel after the country pledged to ignore international outcry and go forward with its incursion into the southern Gazan city of Rafah. It was the first known time since Hamas’ terrorist attack that the administration has halted an arms shipment. Then, on Wednesday, Biden told CNN he would not supply bombs and shells to Israel that it can use to attack Rafah, where there are 1 million civilians sheltering.

Blinken is required to inform Congress about any State Department findings of gross human rights violations that he considered to be remediated. His memo on May 3 detailed four cases he apparently decided met that standard.

In one case, a senior officer in the Israeli National Police’s Ma’avarim unit deceived and coerced six women, including some in the Israeli military, to have sex with him. Another officer serving in the West Bank’s COGAT unit forced at least two Palestinian women who were seeking permits to work in Israel to have sex with him between 2013 and 2016. Both of those officers are currently serving significant prison sentences, punishments that experts said are an adequate response from the Israeli government.

In March 2016, Elor Azaria, a medic in the Israel Defense Forces’ 92nd Shimshon Battalion, killed a 20-year-old Palestinian, Abed al-Fatah al Sharif. Al Sharif was disarmed and handcuffed on the ground after stabbing an Israeli soldier when Azaria shot and killed him. Azaria was charged and convicted with manslaughter and appealed before serving nine months in prison.

The case received enormous attention in the Israeli media, spurring debate

in Israel about whether the punishment was adequate.

However, experts, including some State Department officials, say the handling of the fourth case is egregious.

In that case in 2019, an unnamed officer from the Shahar Search and Rescue Battalion, which looks for Hamas weaponry and intelligence, shot and killed an unarmed Palestinian man named Ahmed Manasra. Manasra had pulled over on his way home from a wedding to help a woman on the side of the road. The soldier also shot and wounded another driver, who the soldier assumed had been throwing stones at Israeli motorists.

The soldier reached a plea deal with military judges, who acknowledged he had “made a mistake of fact when he shot the victim,” before sentencing him to three months of community service and a three-month suspended sentence. He was also removed from the military.

The Israeli military said during court proceedings that the soldier had “wrongly assumed” that Manasra was the stone thrower and that there was a report of a possible terror attack in the area before the incident, according to The Associated Press.

The Israeli Embassy declined to comment.

“To the best of the Department of State’s knowledge, the investigation and judicial processes were credible,” Blinken noted in his memo to Congress. He determined that the Israelis “are taking effective steps to bring to justice the responsible member of the Shahar Battalion.”

Blaha, one of the former forum members, said if any other country offered such a paltry punishment, his office never would have accepted it as adequate remediation.

“The whole process has been such a disappointment to me,” he said.

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California lists Mojave Desert Tortoise as endangered

By Suzanne Potter, Producer, Public News Service

Groups that fight to recover endangered species are praising the California Fish and Game Commission’s decision to change the Mojave Desert tortoise from threatened to endangered under state law.

One study estimates the normally long-lived species has declined quickly in recent years, losing around 155,000 adult animals from 2004 to 2014.

Jeff Aardahl, senior representative for Defenders of Wildlife in California, predicts the official state reptile is on a fast track to

Here’s who is experiencing food insecurity as Americans grapple with higher grocery costs

The double whammy of economic disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent record inflation have Americans going without food at rates not seen since the last American financial crisis.

As costs have risen at grocery stores and restaurants, Link2Feed analyzed data from the Department of Agriculture on food insecurity rates across different demographics to illustrate which Americans are more likely to go without food.

A household is considered food insecure when there is sometimes or often not enough food to eat in a given week.

In the typical American metro area, roughly 1 in 10 households report that they didn’t have enough food to eat in their house, according to Census survey data from early March this year.

A lack of access to adequate food is often a result of living in food deserts, either because the

extinction.

“There are so few left that tortoises are going to start experiencing very difficult situations in trying to find mates,” Aardahl said. “And because of that, the trend is going to keep going down until ultimately, there’s no longer any tortoises left.”

The biggest threats are development, military base expansion and training, livestock grazing and off-highway vehicle use. Wildlife managers have recorded dozens of animals crushed by OHVs in recent years, especially in critical

habitat from Ridgecrest down to Barstow, north up to Fort Irwin and east to the

state line.

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enthusiasts each year.

Aardahl pointed out that a coalition of groups, including Defenders of Wildlife, sued in 2021 to force the Bureau of Land Management to redo its management plan and better protect the Mojave Desert Tortoise.

“There should be some closures during the spring period when most tortoises are above-ground foraging and mating,” he stressed. “And then, greatly reducing the miles of routes that intersect with critical habitat.”

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Families are experiencing food insecurity as Americans grapple with higher grocery costs

By Dom DiFurio, Stacker

house doesn’t have transportation or there are no shops nearby. However, since food prices have been rising faster in the last few years than in any other decade in modern history, it can simply be the result of unaffordability. In just four years, the USDA has tracked a 25% increase in the cost of foods at grocery retailers and restaurants.

Residents in Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Detroit and New York all reported aboveaverage food scarcity levels this spring. In Houston, that figure is 15.7%, higher than any other metro area.

Prolonged food insecurity can result in anxiety, unhealthy food choices, fewer meals and weight loss, according to the USDA. In some areas, food insecurity has remained stubbornly high since pandemic disruptions started in 2020. The Washington, D.C. region for instance — among the most expensive places to live in the country — saw food insecurity levels drop for five years prior to 2020. However, it’s remained elevated since

then, with around 1 in 3 residents struggling to keep food on hand.

This trend tracks with the rest of the nation, on average, which saw food insecurity rates drop as the economy recovered from the Great Recession in the latter half of the 2010s. Now, as economic instability rears its head once again, food insecurity is affecting some Americans more than others.

The disparate impact of rising prices

Nearly 1 in 5 households with Black heads of household struggled to keep food on the table in 2021, a figure

that only grew in 2022 as inflation reached its peak.

Black families are nearly twice as likely to experience food insecurity when compared to all households, according to the USDA’s analysis of Census data.

Households headed by a Hispanic-identifying family member saw the largest increase in food insecurity amid peak inflation. Other households, which make up those who may identify as mixed race or another unlisted category, experienced below-average food insecurity, while white households saw the lowest rates.

Federal data on Native American and Alaska Native populations is limited. However, a report released by the USDA’s Economic Research Service in April 2024 found that Native American and Alaska Native households were more likely than households headed by people of other races to feel food insecure, at 23% of households. In Utah, new food pantries are being opened to serve Native American residents of the Navajo Nation to accommodate the growing need.

Because food availability is strongly linked to economic outcomes, it also has an outsized impact across different family structures.

Food insecurity affects more than just those in poverty

In families where there is only one provider, whether the mother or father, households tend to experience more food insecurity than all others; single-motherled families rose the most.

Married couples experienced the lowest relative rates, although they, too, have experienced increasing

off one especially sensitive area around 1980. Since then, the Mojave Desert tortoise population there rose to be six times higher than neighboring areas that are used for off-roading. Disclosure: Defenders of Wildlife contributes to Public News Service’s fund for reporting on Climate Change/ Air Quality, Endangered Species & Wildlife, Energy Policy, Public Lands/Wilderness. If you would like to help support news in the public interest, visit https://www. publicnewsservice.org/dn1. php.

unavailability of food around the home as inflation peaked in 2022.

The most economically marginalized Americans may continue struggling to fill their own (and their children’s) stomachs, as inflation is proving difficult to stop. In an effort to slow down the rate of price increases on food and more, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates. While that lowered the speed at which prices increased for much of 2023, in recent months, the decline in the inflation rate has stalled at around twice the prepandemic norm. About 1 in 3 Americans say they’re struggling to afford their usual expenses, and 79% of Americans are worried about what future price increases will mean for their budgets.

Story editing by Elsie Drexler. Copy editing by Tim Bruns.

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Temple City City Notices

REVISED NOTICE

RECRUITMENT FOR CITY OF TEMPLE CITY

CITY COMMISSIONERS

Applications accepted through May 31

May 13, 2024 – The City of Temple City is accepting applications to fill positions on the following commissions for a two-year term effective July 1, 2024:

• Two seats on the Planning Commission, which has decision-making authority over a variety of development proposals. Commissioners advise the city council on programs, policies and issues relating to planning, development and land-use regulation. The commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7:30 p.m.

• Two seats on the Parks and Recreation Commission, which delivers recommendations to city council on the development and oversight of parks facilities and recreational programming. The commission meets on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

• Two seats on the Transportation and Public Safety Commission, which makes decisions on administrative and parking citations, and issues recommendations regarding the administration of public safety programs. The commission meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 7:30 p.m.

• The City is also accepting applications to fill an unexpired term of office ending June 30, 2025 for the Parks and Recreation Commission.

Eligibility is open to Temple City residents. Commissioners serve without compensation. The City does cover commissioner costs for training and conferences as resources allow.

Applications can be downloaded from the City’s website, by email request to cityclerk@templecity.us, or by calling 626-285-2171 ext. 4132 during normal business hours. The deadline for submitting an application is 5 p.m. on Friday, May 31. The city council will select commissioners through an interview process.

For more information, call the city clerk’s office at (626) 285-2171, ext. 4132.

Publish May 13, 2024

El Monte City Notices

ORDINANCE NO. 3034

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 12.48.050 (PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES) OF CHAPTER 12.48 (PARKS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES) OF TITLE 12 (STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES) OF THE EL MONTE MUNICIPAL CODE

WHEREAS, the City of El Monte (“City”) owns and/or controls public parks within its jurisdictional limits; and

WHEREAS, Title 12, Chapter 12.48, Section 12.48.050 of the El Monte Municipal Code currently prohibits certain activities within all parks and recreational facilities in the City; and

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of El Monte (“City Council”) now desires to amend Title 12, Chapter 12.48, Section 12.48.050 of the El Monte Municipal Code to add certain prohibited activities for all existing and future parks and recreational facilities within the City’s jurisdiction to promote and enhance the general public welfare and a superior community environment.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOL LOWS:

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

SECTION 2. Title 12, Chapter 12.48, Section 12.48.050, of the El Monte Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“12.48.050 – Prohibited Activities.

The following activities are prohibited within all parks and rec reational facilities as defined in this chapter:

A. To throw upon, along or across any public highway, street, roadway or driveway any missile capable of causing per sonal injury or damage to personal property, or to throw such missile at or toward, or in the vicinity of any vehicle standing or moving along, upon or across any section,

highway, street, roadway or driveway;

B. To take or otherwise transport, or have in possession therein, or to fire or discharge therein, any firearm, fire cracker, rocket, torpedo, fireworks, gun or slingshot;

C. To pick, dig, move, destroy, injure, mutilate or cut any tree, plant, shrub or bloom, flower, or any portion thereof, growing therein;

D. To cut, break, injure, vandalize, deface or destroy any structure, apparatus, equipment or property therein, building, monument, sign, fence or bench, or any por tion thereof, or to make or place thereon, or any portion thereof, any mark, writing or printing, or to attach thereto any sign, card, display or other similar device;

E. To throw, place or dispose of any garbage, refuse or can in any place therein other than into a garbage can or other receptacle maintained therein for that purpose, or to throw, place or dispose of any wastepaper or refuse in any place other than into an incinerator, or into some can or receptacle maintained therein for that purpose;

F. To bring or maintain therein any dog, unless such dog is kept at all times under a leash under full control of its owner or custodian (unless within a dog off-leash area or as otherwise provided under state or federal law) or failure to dispose of any animal waste in any trash recep tacle;

G. To disturb the peace or quiet therein by any undue loud or unusual noise, or by tooting, blowing or sounding any au tomobile siren, horn or signal, or any noisemaking device, or any tumultuous conduct, or to use any vulgar, profane or obscene language therein;

H. To solicit in any manner or for any commercial purpose therein, or to sell or offer for sale any goods, wares or merchandise therein, or to distribute, or pass out any commercial handbill, advertising matter or commercial literature therein, unless such act is done pursuant to a permit authorized by the city;

I. To cook or prepare food using a portable barbeque (BBQ) device, other than those BBQ’s provided by the City;

J. To create, start, or use an open fire;

K. To golf or engage in kite flying;

L. To set up, possess, use, or operate a moon bounce, or similar inflatable devices, without a city permit;

M. To use or operate any motorized bike, scooter, or other motorized two-wheel device;

N. To use or operate any skateboard as defined by Section 12.50.030 (D), roller skates, inline skates as defined by Section 12.50.030 (E), or other non-motorized multiwheeled devices;

O. To park or store any vehicle, trailer, or other vehicle of any type between the hours of 10:00 pm and 5:00 am, or such alternative hours of operation as may be posted by the City;

P. To camp or maintain an encampment; and

Q. To use any tobacco or marijuana products by smoking or vaping.

SECTION 3. To the extent the terms and provisions of this Ordinance may be inconsistent or in conflict with the terms or conditions of any prior City ordinance, motion, resolution, rule or regulation governing the same subject, the terms of this Ordinance shall prevail with respect to the subject matter thereof.

SECTION 4. In interpreting this Ordinance or resolving any ambiguity, this Ordinance shall be interpreted in a manner that effectively accomplishes its stated purposes of consistency with applicable law.

SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, then such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares the Council would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 6. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest and certify to the approval thereof and cause same to be published at least once in a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published in the City of El Monte, which newspaper is hereby designated for that purpose (Government Code Section 40806). This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adop-

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, APPROVING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 01-2024 BETWEEN THE CITY OF EL MONTE AND AREA Y EL MONTE, LLC., FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 87 CONDOMINIUM TOWNHOMES LOCATED ON PROPOSED LOT 1 (3.7592 ACRES IN SIZE) AS PROPOSED AS PART OF TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 083528 ON PROPERTY COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS “AREA Y” LOCATED AT 3700 MONTEREY AVENUE, EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA

WHEREAS, California Government Code Sections 65864 through 65869.51 (“Development Agreement Act”) authorize cities to enter into binding development agreements with persons having legal or equitable interests in real property and these agreements govern the development of the property; and

WHEREAS, the Proposed Project location is commonly referred to as “Area Y” located at 3700 Monterey Avenue (the “Subject Property”) and described as follows, to wit:

• King Court, Court Adair, and portions of Monterey Avenue, Railroad Street, and El Monte Avenue.

• 10819 Valley Boulevard (APN: 8575-019-910);

• 3704, 3721 Monterey Avenue (APNS: 8575-019-914 and 8575 021-936);

• 3637, 3645, 3649, and 221 El Monte Avenue (APNS: 8575-019911, 8575-019-912, 8575-019-908, 8575-019-907);

• 10821 Railroad Street (APN: 8575-017-909); and

• APNS: 8575-022-922, 8575-022-925, 8575-021-934, and 8575021-932; and

WHEREAS, the subject property is located within the Station and Monte Vista sub areas of the Downtown Main Street Specific Plan Area (SP-4); and

WHEREAS, the subject property is designated as Downtown Core by the City’s General Plan; and

WHEREAS, Area Y El Monte, LLC., (the “Applicant”) submitted applications for the following entitlements on the Subject Property:

Tentative Tract Map (TTM) No. 83528 is proposed as follows: Vacate (Abandon) Court Adair and King Court and portions of Railroad Street, Monterey Avenue and El Monte Avenue; and Consolidate 12 vacant parcels (4.5741 acres) and create one numbered lot and two lettered lots described as follows:

Lot 1 at 3.7592 acres in size for the development of 87 condominium townhomes;

Lot A at 0.7158 acres in size for a new City Park; and

Lot B at 0.0390 acres in size as part of the El Monte Public Paseo.

Design Review (DR) No. 03-21 to review the site configuration, architectural design, and landscaping for the construction of 87 new three (3)-story townhomes on Lot 1.

Variance (VAR) No. 01-21 to deviate from minimum Station and Monte Vista sub-areas density requirements for Lot 1.

VAR No. 02-21 to deviate from the building form requirements for

Development Agreement (DEV) No. 01-2024 to expressly define a development project’s rules, regulations, commitments, and policies for a specific period of time; and

WHEREAS, the requests are made pursuant to the requirements of EMMC Chapters 16.21 (Tentative Tract Map), 17.122 (Design and Minor Design Reviews), 17.125 (Variances and Minor Variances), and 17.129 (Development Agreements); and

WHEREAS, on March 26, 2024, the Planning Commission held a full and fair public hearing and adopted Resolution No. 3664, recommending the City Council approve TTM No. 83528, DR No. 07-21, VAR Nos. 01-21 and 02-21 for the development of the subject property and DEV No. 01-2024 for the terms and regulations of the Proposed Residential Development on Lot 1; and

WHEREAS, notices of the Planning Commission and City Council public hearings were placed in a local newspaper and mailed to all property owners in accordance with the EMMC, and all interested persons were given full opportunity to be heard and present evidence; and WHEREAS, concurrently and subject to approval of this Ordinance, DEV No. 01-2024 is considered by the City Council by Ordinance, and TTM No. 83528, DR No. 03-21, and VAR Nos. 01-21 and 02-21 are considered by the City Council by Resolution No._______; and

WHEREAS, on April 16, 2024, the City Council held a full and fair public hearing to consider the First Reading of this Ordinance to approve Development Agreement No. 01-2024; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has carefully considered all pertinent testimony, the recommendation of the Planning Commission and the staff report offered in the case as presented at said noticed public hearing.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

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

SECTION 2. ENVIRONMENTAL. That in accordance with the criteria and authority contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of 1970 and the CEQA Guidelines as amended, an Initial Study (IS) and Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) were prepared to assess the short-term, long-term and cumulative environmental impacts that could result from the proposed project and identify any required mitigation measures to reduce environmental impacts to less than significant.

Possible impacts identified in the IS/MND include issues associated with air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, and tribal cultural resources. The IS/MND and supporting documentation were made available for public review which began on November 9, 2023 and ended on December 8, 2023 and publication and public circulation of the IS/MND was effectuated by the City in accordance with Public Resources Code Sections 21091–21092.6 of the California Environ mental Quality Act (CEQA) and Sections 15072-15073 and 15105 of the CEQA Guidelines, as applicable, prior to adoption of the MND.

The Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan have been incorporat ed in City Council Resolution No. 10529, approving TTM No. 83528, DR No. 07-21, VAR Nos. 01-21 and 02-21.

SECTION 3. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FINDINGS

All necessary findings to approve the Development Agreement pur suant to El Monte Municipal Code Chapter 17.129 can be made in a positive manner as follows:

A. The Development Agreement will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare or injurious to the City;

Finding of Fact:

The Proposed Development Agreement contains all requi site provisions set forth therein. In addition, the Development Agreement will not be detrimental to the health, safety, and general welfare through the enforcement and implementation of Conditions of Approval and mitigation measures. Further, prior to the issuance of City development permits and/or the issuance of a final completion of work, the Building and Safety Division, Engineering/Public Works Division, Planning Division and City Attorney Office’s conditions and requirements must be met, which will protect and preserve the health, safety and general welfare.

B. The Development Agreement will have a positive effect on the orderly development of Proposed Lot 1 or the preservation of property of neighboring property values;

Finding of Fact:

Proposed Lot 1 has a General Plan Land Use Designation of “Downtown Specific Plan” (SP-4). This designation is located on the north side of the I-10 Freeway and areas surrounding the Metrolink Station and Downtown El Monte. SP-4 calls for the area to be developed with a variety of housing opportuni ties, which will be accomplished with the Proposed Residen tial Development. In addition, the property has sat vacant for many years, and residential development will have a positive effect due of neighboring properties, which include the future city park, El Monte Paseo, and Metrolink Station. As such, the Proposed Project and Development Agreement will not ad

LEGALS

versely affect the orderly development of properties in the area or the preservation of land values in the vicinity.

C. The Development Agreement will provide sufficient benefits to the community to justify entering into the agreement;

Finding of Fact:

The Development Agreement will provide extensive community benefits, which include (but are not limited to):

• Provide City with one time-payment for the City to administer the funds to assist with housing programs.

• Developer responsible for costs to underground Southern California Edison overhead electrical lines adjacent to the subject property.

• Enter into a public improvement/infrastructure agreement.

D. The Development Agreement is consistent with the purpose, goals and policies of the General Plan and any applicable Specific Plan;

Finding of Fact:

The Development Agreement community benefit of the Developer providing funding for housing programs is consistent with the following General Plan Housing Element as follows:

Goal H-3.1: Homeownership Opportunities. Improve homeownership opportunities for El Monte residents and workforce by offering financial assistance, low-interest loans, and educational resources.

SECTION 4. APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

Based on the foregoing, the City Council finds and determines that the Development Agreement is consistent with and complies with all substantive requirements of Government Code Sections 65864 through 65865.2 and hereby approves the Development Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference subject to such minor and clarifying changes consistent with the terms thereof as may be approved by the City Attorney prior to execution thereof.

SECTION 5. AUTHORITY. The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized and directed to perform all acts to be performed by the City in the administration of the Development Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Development Agreement, including but not limited to, conducting annual review of compliance as specified therein. The City Manager is further authorized and directed to perform all other acts, enter into all other agreements and execute all other documents necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of the Development Agreement, in consultation with the Community and Economic Development Director and the City Attorney.

SECTION 6. EFFECTIVENESS: The City Council reviewed and considered this Ordinance concurrently with consideration of TTM No. 83528, DR No. 07-21, VAR Nos. 01-21 and 02-21 by Resolution. The City intends this Ordinance and related approvals of TTM

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

CITY OF EL MONTE

I, Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk of the City of El Monte, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 3035 was introduced for a first reading on the 16th day of April, 2024, and was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of El Monte, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 7th day of May, 2024 and that said Ordinance was ad opted by the following vote, to-wit:

AYES: Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Ruedas, Councilmembers Cortez , Herrera, Martinez Muuela, Puente and Rojo

NOES: None

ABSTAIN: None

ABSENT: Mayor Ancona

Published on May 13, 2024 EL MONTE EXAMINER

San Gabriel City Notices

City of San Gabriel Summary of OrdinanceOrdinance No. 706

An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of San Gabriel, California Amending Title XV, Chapter 153 (Zoning) of the San Gabriel Municipal Code Regarding Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units

The California Legislature adopted Senate Bill 897 (“SB 897”) and Assembly Bill 2221 (“AB 2221”) in 2022, amending existing State law pertaining to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (JADU). The new bills took effect on January 1, 2023. An ADU ordinance that is not in full compliance with the amended State Law became invalid at the time the laws took effect.

Ordinance No. 706 was approved for introduction and first reading at the City Council Regular Meeting of April 16, 2024, by the following vote:

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

City Council waived the reading of Ordinance No. 706 in full and adopted Ordinance No. 706 by title on May 7, 2024 by a vote of 4-0-0-1.

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

A copy of the full text of the ordinance is available at the City Clerk Department or by e-mailing cityclerk@sgch.org.

San Gabriel City Council By Julie Nguyen, City Clerk

Published on May 13, 2024 SAN GABRIEL SUN

Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JAW-SHIUH PI AKA SUSY PI CHIU CASE NO. 24STPB04986

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JAWSHIUH PI AKA SUSY PI CHIU. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CHUN WU CHIU in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CHUN WU CHIU 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 with limited 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

Glendale City Notices

NOTICE INVITING BIDS

NOTICE is hereby given that the City of Glendale (“City”) will receive sealed Bids, before the Bid Deadline established below for the following work of improvement:

Feeder Reconstruction for 12 kV Operation _Time & Equipment SPECIFICATION NO. 3984

Bid Deadline: Submit before 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 (“the Bid Deadline”)

Original plus one (1) copy of Bid to be submitted to:

Office of City Clerk 613 E. Broadway, Room 110 Glendale, CA 91206

Bid Opening: 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 City Council Chambers 613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91206

NO LATE BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Bidding Documents Available: May 06, 2024, at the Glendale Water & Power Department, Electrical Engineering Office, 141 N. Glendale Avenue, Suite #420, City of Glendale, CA 91206

Pre-Bid Conference: There will not be a pre-bid conference. Please submit questions to Catherine Babakhanlou, Project Manager.

City of Glendale Contact Person: Catherine Babakhanlou, Project Manager Phone: 818-550-4583

E-mail: CBabakhanlou@GlendaleCA.gov

Mandatory Qualifications for Bidder and Designated Subcontractors:

A Bid may be rejected as non-responsive if the Bid fails to document that Bidder meets the essential requirements for qualification. As part of the Bidder’s Statement of Qualifications, each Bid must provide satisfactory evidence that:

Bidder satisfactorily completed as a prime contractor or subcontractor at least five (5) [prevailing wage public contracts] in California; each comparable in scope and scale to this Project, within ten (10) years prior to the Bid Deadline. In addition, if the Bidder intends to self-perform the Feeder Reconstruction for 12 kV, Bidder shall satisfy the mandatory qualifications described in the Specialty Contractor’s Statement of Qualifications (starting at page F-23) applicable to such Work and submit the completed forms with the Bid.

Subcontractors listed for the Feeder Reconstruction for 12 kV Work must satisfy the mandatory qualifications described in the Specialty Contractor’s Statement of Qualifications (staring on page F-23) applicable to the Work to be performed by each Subcontractor and Bidder must submit the completed forms with the Bid.

General Scope of Work:

Except for those materials to be provided by the City (as specified in the Technical Specifications), Contractor shall furnish labor, materials, equipment, services, and specialized skills to perform work involved in the Project. The Work included in the Bid is defined in the Project Drawings and Specifications and will generally include industrial Reconstruction of Feeder for 12 kV Operation, which will be authorized on a Task Order basis.

Other Bidding Information:

1. Bidding Documents: Bids must be made on the Bidder’s Proposal form contained herein. Bidding Documents may be obtained in the location identified on the Notice Inviting Bids where they may be examined and copies obtained. Bidding Documents (including Drawings and Specifications) are available at the location identified on the Notice Inviting Bids and by emailing the Project Manager for an electronic (PDF) copy.

2. Director’s Estimate. An estimate of the preliminary cost of this Work has been prepared. The estimate is in the range of $ 5,000,000 to $6,000,000 per year. The City does not guarantee any minimum quantity of Work.

3. Completion: This Work must be completed within one thousand and ninety five days (1095) calendar days from the Date of Commencement as established by the City’s written Notice to Proceed.

4. Acceptance or Rejection of Bids. The City reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to award all or any individual part/item of the Bid, and to waive any informalities, irregularities or technical defects in such Bids and determine the lowest responsible Bidder, whichever may be in the best interests of the City. No late Bids will be accepted, nor will any oral, facsimile or electronic Bids be accepted by the City.

5. Contractor License and Certification. At the time of the Bid Deadline and at all times during performance of the Work, including full completion of all corrective work during the Correction Period, the Contractor shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III, of the Business and Professional Code of the State of California. A General Contractor’s A license is required.

6. Subcontractors’ Licenses and Listing. At the time of the Bid Deadline and at all times during performance of the Work, each listed Subcontractor must possess a current and active California contractor license or licenses appropriate for the portion of the Work listed for such Subcontractor and shall hold all specialty certifications required for such Work. When the Bidder submits its Bid to the City, the Bidder must list each Subcontractor whom the Bidder must disclose under Public Contract Code Section 4104 (Subcontractor Listing Law), and the Bidder must provide all of the Subcontractor information that Section 4104 requires (name, the location (address) of the Subcontractor’s place of business, California Contractor license number, and portion of the Work). In addition, the City requires that the Bidder list the dollar value of each Subcontractor’s labor or services. The City’s disqualification of a Subcontractor does not disqualify a Bidder. However, prior to and as a condition to award of the Contract, the successful Bidder shall substitute a properly licensed and qualified Subcontractor— without an adjustment of the Bid Amount.

7. Bid Forms and Bid Security: Each Bid must be made on the Bid Forms obtainable at the location identified on the Notice Inviting Bids. Each Bid shall be accompanied by a cashier’s check or certified check drawn on a solvent bank, payable to “City of Glendale,” for an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the Bid. Alternatively, a satisfactory corporate surety Bid Bond for an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the Bid may accompany the Bid. Said security shall serve as a guarantee that the successful Bidder, within fourteen (14) calendar days after the City’s Notice of Award of the Contract, will enter into a valid contract with the City for said Work in accordance with the Contract Documents.

8. Bid Irrevocability. Bids shall remain open and valid for ninety (90) calendar days after the Bid Deadline.

9. Substitution of Securities. Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300, substitution of securities for withheld funds is permitted in accordance therewith.

10. Prevailing Wages. This Project is subject to the provisions of California Labor Code Section 1720. Contractor awarded this Contract and all Subcontractors of any tier shall not pay less than the minimum prevailing rate of per diem wages for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to perform the Work. The Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California, pursuant to the California Labor Code, has determined the general prevailing rates of wages in the locality in which the Work is to be performed. The rates determined by the California Director of Industrial Relations are available online at www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD/.

11. California Department of Industrial Relations ― Public Works Contractor Registration.

The Public Works Contractor Registration Law (California Senate Bill No. 854 - See Labor Code Section 1725.5) requires contractors to register and meet requirements using the online application https://efiling.dir.ca.gov/PWCR/ActionServlet?action=displayPWCRegis trationForm before bidding on public works contracts in California. The application also provides agencies that administer public works programs with a searchable database of qualified contractors. Application and renewal are completed online with a non-refundable fee. More information is available at the following link: https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html The City must award public works projects only to contractors and subcontractors who comply with the Public Works Contractor Registration Law. Notice to Bidders and Subcontractors:

• 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)].

• No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5.

• This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

• The prime contractor must post job site notices prescribed by regulation. (See 8 Calif. Code Reg. Section 16451(d) for the notice that previously was required for projects monitored by the DIR Compliance Monitoring Unit.)

Furnishing of Electronic Certified Payroll Records to Labor Commissioner. Contractors and subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records directly to the Labor Commissioner (aka Division of Labor Standards Enforcement).

Dated this 6th day of May 2024, City of Glendale, California.

Dr. Suzie Abajian, City Clerk of the City of Glendale

Publish May 13 & 16, 2024 GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE CALLING FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Glendale until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 for:

THE LEGAL ADVERTISING WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, FOR THE CITY OF GLENDALE

Bids will be opened publicly at or about 2:00 P.M. of said day in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, in the City of Glendale, California.

The work shall be done in accordance with Specification No. 3986 on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Glendale, where they may be examined copies obtained.

Bids shall be made in duplicate on the proposal form obtainable at the Office of the City Clerk.

Bidders are hereby notified that in accordance with the provisions of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Council of the City of Glendale has ascertained and determined by Resolution No. 24-73 as amended, the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work for each craft or type of worker needed in the execution of contracts with the City of Glendale. Said Resolution is on file in the office of the City Clerk and is incorporated herein and made a part hereof the same as though fully set forth herein.

The City of Glendale reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities or technical defects as the best interests of the City may require.

Suzie Abajian, City Clerk City of Glendale

Publish May 9 & May 13, 2024

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE INVITING BIDS

NOTICE is hereby given that the City of Glendale (“City”) will receive sealed Bids, before the Bid Deadline established below for the following work of improvement: Vault Dewatering, Hazardous Waste Disposal and Emergency Response Clean-Up

SPECIFICATION NO. 3982

Bid Deadline: Submit before 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 (“the Bid Deadline”)

Original plus one (1) copy of Bid to be submitted to: Office of City Clerk 613 E. Broadway, Room 110 Glendale, CA 91206

Bid Opening: 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91206

NO LATE BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Bidding Documents Are Available on This Link: https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/finance/purchasing/rfp-rfq-bid-page

City of Glendale Contact Person: Miriam C. Sykes, Project Manager

Phone:818-548-3807, or 818-254-5788 (Cell) Fax: 818-543-1428

E-mail:MSykes@GlendaleCA.gov

Mandatory Qualifications for Bidder and Designated Subcontractors:

A Bid may be rejected as non-responsive if the Bid fails to document that Bidder meets the essential requirements for qualification. As part of the Bidder’s Statement of Qualifications, each Bid must provide satisfactory evidence that: Bidder satisfactorily completed at least three (3) prevailing wage public contract in California; each comparable in scope and scale to this Project, within five (5) years prior to the Bid Deadline and will a dollar value in excess of the Bid submitted for this Project.

General Scope of Work: Contractor shall furnish labor, materials, equipment, services, and specialized skills to perform work involved in the Project. The Work included in the Bid involves dewatering of subterranean facilities, including vaults, disposal of hazardous materials and other wastes, and responding and cleaning up of spills from Glendale Water and Power (GWP) facilities located throughout the City of Glendale. The Contractor shall provide test results, reports or other necessary documentation at the conclusion of the work, as required by the regulators or GWP.

Other Bidding Information:

1. Bidding Documents: Bids must be made on the Bidder’s Proposal form contained herein. Bidding Documents may be obtained in the location identified on the Notice Inviting Bids where they may be examined, and copies obtained. Bidding Documents (including Drawings and Specifications) are available at the location identified on the Notice Inviting Bids.

2. Completion: This Work must be performed as needed during the term of the contract for three (3) calendar years with an option to renew for a fourth (4th) and fifth (5th) year from the Date of Commencement as established by the City’s written Notice to Proceed.

3. Acceptance or Rejection of Bids: The City reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to award all or any individual part/item of the Bid, and to waive any informalities, irregularities or technical defects in such Bids and determine the lowest responsible Bidder, whichever may be in the best interests of the City. No late Bids will be accepted, nor will any oral, facsimile or electronic Bids be accepted by the City

4. Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference: NOT APPLICABLE

5. Contractor License and Certification: At the time of the Bid Deadline and at all times during performance of the Work, including full completion of all corrective work during the Correction Period, the Contractor shall be licensed applicable to performing the required tasks in this project and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III, of the Business and Professional Code of the State of California. A General Contractor’s A license is required.

6. Subcontractors’ Licenses and Listing: At the time of the Bid Deadline and at all times during performance of the Work, each listed Subcontractor must possess a current and active California contractor license or licenses appropriate for the portion of the Work listed for such Subcontractor and shall hold all specialty certifications required for such Work. When the Bidder submits its Bid to the City, the Bidder must list each Subcontractor whom the Bidder must disclose under Public Contract Code Section 4104 (Subcontractor Listing Law), and the Bidder must provide all of the Subcontractor information that Section 4104 requires (name, the location (address) of the Subcontractor’s place of business, California Contractor license number, and portion of the Work). In addition, the City requires that the Bidder list the dollar value of each Subcontractor’s labor or services. The City’s disqualification of a Subcontractor does not disqualify a Bidder. However, prior to and as a condition to award of the Contract, the successful Bidder shall substitute a properly licensed and qualified Subcontractor— without an adjustment of the

Bid Amount. 7. Bid Forms and Bid Security: Each Bid must be made on the Bid Forms obtainable at the location identified on the Notice Inviting Bids. Each Bid shall be accompanied by a cashier’s check or certified check drawn on a solvent bank, payable to “City of Glendale,” for an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the Bid. Alternatively, a satisfactory corporate surety Bid Bond for an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the Bid may accompany the Bid. Said security shall serve as a guarantee that the successful Bidder, within fourteen (14) calendar days after the City’s Notice of Award of the Contract, will enter into a valid contract with the City for said Work in accordance with the Contract Documents.

8. Bid Irrevocability: Bids shall remain open and valid for ninety (90) calendar days after the Bid Deadline.

9. Substitution of Securities: Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300, substitution of securities for withheld funds is permitted in accordance therewith.

10. Prevailing Wages: This Project is subject to the provisions of California Labor Code Section 1720. Contractor awarded this Contract and all Subcontractors of any tier shall not pay less than the minimum prevailing rate of per diem wages for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to perform the Work. The Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California, pursuant to the California Labor Code, has determined the general prevailing rates of wages in the locality in which the Work is to be performed. The rates determined by the California Director of Industrial Relations are available online at www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD/.

11. California Department of Industrial Relations ― Public Works Contractor Registration:

The Public Works Contractor Registration Law (California Senate Bill No. 854 - See Labor Code Section 1725.5) requires contractors to register and meet requirements using the online application https://efiling.dir.ca.gov/PWCR/ActionServlet?action=displayPWCRegis trationForm before bidding on public works contracts in California. The application also provides agencies that administer public works programs with a searchable database of qualified contractors. Application and renewal are completed online with a non-refundable fee. More information is available at the following link: https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html

The City must award public works projects only to contractors and subcontractors who comply with the Public Works Contractor Registration Law.

Notice to Bidders and Subcontractors:

• 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)].

No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

• The prime contractor must post job site notices prescribed by regulation. (See 8 Calif. Code Reg. Section 16451(d) for the notice that previously was required for projects monitored by the DIR Compliance Monitoring Unit.)

Furnishing of Electronic Certified Payroll Records to Labor Commissioner. Contractors and subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records directly to the Labor Commissioner (aka Division of Labor Standards Enforcement).

Dated this May 8, 2024, City of Glendale, California. Suzie Abajian, PhD, City Clerk of the City of Glendale.

Publish May 9 & May 13, 2024 GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE INVITING BIDS

NOTICE is hereby given that the City of Glendale (“City”) will receive sealed Bids, before the Bid Deadline established below for the following work of improvement: FIBER OPTIC SERVICE TO PARKS AND FACILITIES IN SCHOLL CANYON SPECIFICATIONS NO. 3979

Bid Deadline: Submit before 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday, 06/05/2024 (“the Bid Deadline”) Original plus one (1) copy of Bid to be submitted to: Office of City Clerk 613 E. Broadway, Room 110 Glendale, CA 91206

Bid Opening: 2:00p.m. on Wednesday,06/05/2024 City Council Chambers 613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91206

NO LATE BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Bidding Documents Available: 05/02/2024, City of Glendale Web site at https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/finance/purchasing/rfp-rfq-bid-page Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference: Date: 05/15/2024 Time: 10AM Location: Via Microsoft Teams Meeting. City of Glendale Contact Person: Varghese George P.E., Project Manager Phone: 818-551-4663 Fax: 818-240-4754 E-mail: vgeorge@glendaleca.gov

Mandatory Qualifications for Bidder and Designated Subcontractors:

A Bid may be rejected as non-responsive if the Bid fails to document that Bidder meets the essential requirements for qualification. As part of the Bidder’s Statement of Qualifications, each Bid must provide satisfactory evidence that:

Bidder satisfactorily completed as a prime contractor or subcontractor at least three (3) prevailing wage public contracts in California; each comparable in scope and scale to this Project, within five (5) years prior to the Bid Deadline and with a dollar value in excess of the Bid submitted for this Project. In addition, if the Bidder intends to self-perform the fiber optics installation, Bidder shall satisfy the mandatory qualifications described in the Specialty Contractor’s Statement of Qualifications (starting at page F-23) applicable to such Work and submit the completed forms with the Bid. 1 construction contractor for entire project

Subcontractors listed for the Work must satisfy the mandatory qualifications described in the Specialty Contractor’s Statement of Qualifications (staring on page F-23) applicable to the Work to be performed by each Subcontractor and Bidder must submit the completed forms with the Bid.

General Scope of Work:

The City of Glendale Water and Power (GWP) is seeking a qualified contractor to construct a fiber optic line to the Parks and Facilities in the Scholl Canyon area of Glendale. The City-owned fiber-optic line will extend fiber optic service to the future power plant being built at the Scholl Canyon Biogas facility.Provisions will be made for future fiber service to Glenoaks Elementary School, Glenoaks Park, Lower Scholl Canyon Park, Scholl Canyon Athletics Fields and future connection to Mirador Radio Tower Site in Pasadena. The design envisages approximately 6 miles of 48 strand dielectric fiber, both overhead and underground, to be constructed.

Electric Power Engineers was our Design and Engineering firm.GWP has contracted with Magellan Advisors (MA now part of Entrust Solutions Inc.) to act as the Project Manager for the duration of this project. Magellan Advisors Project Manager will report to City’s Project Manager.

3.1 General Requirements

The selected contractor must meet the following requirements.

•The selected contractor shall be properly licensed to work around high voltage electric cables and devices, in vaults and other confined spaces, and on power poles in the vicinity of high voltage electric

wires. To ensure the safety of their workers, it is the responsibility of the contractor to provide Qualified Electrical Worker (QEW) services in the event their workers are not qualified to work in energized high voltage electric vaults or near high voltage electric lines on power poles. GWP will not provide QEWs for this purpose.

•During construction, all questions regarding engineering and construction shall be directed to MA’s Project Manager.

•Permitting: The selected contractor will be required to apply for and acquire all necessary permits to complete entire project as listed and described in this RFP and associated attachments.

oGWP will pay the permit fees directly to Public Works department. However, if the Contractor pays for any required permits, he/she shall be reimbursed for the actual direct cost of all Permit Fees, as defined in Paragraph 1.01 and addressed in 1.03 of the General Conditions.Bider shall exclude the cost of Permit Fees from Bidder’s Base Bid sumand from Bid Alternate prices. The Base Bid sum and Bid Alternate prices shall include the cost of administration and coordination for all Governmental Approvals and Utility Fees.

• Traffic Control: Contractor(s) will provide temporary traffic control services and the necessary equipment generally consisting of the following categories: 1) Work area traffic control setup 2) Job site flagging 3) Lane closures 4) Road closures 5) Vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian detours. All traffic control plans will require approval from the City of Glendale Traffic Engineering Department prior to construction commencement. City will provide approved traffic control plans to the contractor. The contractor shall execute traffic control based on the approved plans. Any changes made in the field to traffic control shall be the con tractor’s sole responsibility.

• Materials: The selected contractor will be responsible for providing materials necessary to complete the work. Contractor shall provide cut sheets with material specifications to the City for all materials for approval prior to ordering. All material approval requests shall be submitted to MA’s Project Manager for approval. The contractor shall purchase all materials as immediately as possible after executing the contract. This will help alleviate the impact of any upward price changes in this highly volatile market. Contractor shall be solely responsible for any extra cost for materials due to upward price changes after submitting the bid and/or executing the contract.

• Specifications: The selected contractor shall follow all specifications found in the attached document “Fiber Optic Network Design and Construction Specifications”.

• The contractor must get thoroughly familiar with the project area before submitting the bid. By submitting the bid, the contractor is confirming that he/she is thoroughly familiar with the project area, the terrain, the path the cable is going to take etc. Any future change order requests claiming that the contractor did not get a chance to get thoroughly familiar with the project area will not be entertained.

BIDS

• All these factors must be taken into account when submitting your bid. Any future change order requests claiming ignorance about any of the above mentioned requirements will not be entertained.

3.5 Qualifications

All proposal packages shall include the following to be considered responsive:

LEGALS

Department of Industrial Relations.

• The prime contractor must post job site notices prescribed by regulation.(See 8 Calif. Code Reg. Section 16451(d) for the notice that previously was required for projects monitored by the DIR Compliance Monitoring Unit.)

Furnishing of Electronic Certified Payroll Records to Labor Commissioner. For all new projects awarded on or after April 1, 2015, contractors and subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records directly to the Labor Commissioner (aka Division of Labor Standards Enforcement).

Dated this 4th day of April, 2024, City of Glendale, California. Suzie Abajian, City Clerk of the City of Glendale.

Published on May 9th & May 13, 2024

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PLANNING HEARING OFFICER PUBLIC HEARING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. PCUP-002648-2023

LOCATION: 1346 EAST COLORADO STREET Glendale, CA 91205

APPLICANT: Sarmen A. Barsegian

ZONE: “C3” - (Commercial Services) Zone

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Tract No. 4478, except of the street, Lots 5 - 9, in the City of Glendale, in the County of Los Angeles.

APN: 5680-016-030

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The applicant is requesting approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to permit the continued operation of a massage establishment (Ocean Spa) in the Commercial Services (C3) zone, subject to the standards listed in GMC 5.64

CODE REQUIRES

1) A massage establishment requires approval of a Conditional Use Permit in the C3 Zone (Glendale Municipal Code §30.12.020, Table 30.12-A).

NOTICEis hereby given that the City ofGlendale ("City") willreceive sealedBids, before theBid Deadline established belowfor the following workof improvement: FIBEROPTIC SERVICETOPARKS AND FACILITIES INSCHOLL CANYON SPECIFICATIONS NO. 3979

a. Brief company narrative indicating a minimum three (3) years of field experience, acknowledgment of understanding of the scope of work as outlined in the Specifications and providing the proposed project approach.

b.Preliminary construction schedule

Bid Deadline: Submit before 1:45 p.m.onWednesday,06/05/2024 ("the Bid Deadline")

c. List of key personnel to be assigned to this project accompanied by resumes.

APPLICANT’S PROPOSAL

1) To continue operation of a massage establishment (Ocean Spa) in the C3 Zone ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION

The project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as a Class 1 “Existing Facilities,” per Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines, because the project involves the continuance of a massage establishment without physical expansion of the building or intensification of an existing use.

Project Description:

Cell: (818) 296-7692

Facsimile: (818) 240-4754

Email: colemanjohnson@glendaleca.gov

The City, through Glendale Water and Power is soliciting proposals for the WS PipelineChilton/Kenneth Phase I Project, in accordance with RFP No. 3938 from interested DesignBuild Entities (DBEs) through a combination of Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process and Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) evaluations, and Project Bidding (Proposals). A Design-Build contract will be awarded to the most qualified DBE.

The work generally includes the design and construction of approximately 11,745 linear feet of 8-inch diameter Class 350 ductile-iron water pipeline and installation of associated isolation valves, blow-off assemblies, air and vacuum release valve assemblies, fire hydrant assemblies, service lines to customers, and all required fittings and appurtenances at various locations throughout the City of Glendale.

Other Proposal Information:

1. Proposal Documents: Proposals must be made on the Proposal Forms contained herein. Due to the continuing COVID-19 situation and the desire to minimize person-toperson physical interaction, Proposal Documents will not be available for examination or purchase at the offices of the City. Proposal Documents (including Request for Qualifications, Request for Proposals, Specifications, and Proposal Forms) are only available as a download, free of charge, by request, by emailing the Project Manager, Cole Johnson at the email address colemanjohnson@glendaleca.gov, where a download link will then be provided to the requester. Additionally, this project will be listed on the www.ebidboard.com website, but the Proposal Documents can only be obtained by emailing colemanjohnson@ glendaleca.gov and requesting a download link to the documents.

2 Acceptance or Rejection of Proposals: The City reserves the right to request additional information from any proposing DBE and to consider information about a proposing DBE other than that submitted in the Proposal. The City reserves the right to waive any informalities, irregularities, or technical defects in such Proposal as the best interests of the City may require. The City also reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals, to award all or any individual part/item of the Proposal and shall not be liable for any expenses or costs incurred by the proposing firms in preparing and submitting their Proposals. No late Proposals will be accepted, nor will any oral, facsimile, or electronic Proposals be accepted by the City.

3. Completion: This Work must be completed within Four Hundred Thirty (430) calendar days from the Date of Commencement as established by the City’s written Notice to Proceed.

4. Liquidated Damages: Liquidated damages are to be $1,800.00 per Calendar Day. See Section 4 of the Contract between City and Contractor for terms and conditions relating to contract time and liquidated damages.

d. Previous experience on similar projects within the last 3 years along with references.

a. List of key personnel to be assigned to this project accompanied by resumes.

b. Previous experience on similar projects within the last 3 years along with references

4. Milestones for the Request For Proposals (RFP)

4. Milestones forthe Request For Proposals (RFP)

HEARING INFORMATION

Following are the key dates ofthis RFP, its Award, and the initiation of the Project. Should interviews be required, GWP will issue the appropriate addendum tothisSpecificationswithdates and details.

Following are the key dates of this RFP, its Award, and the initiation of the Project. Should interviews be required, GWP will issue the appropriate addendum to this Specifications with dates and details.

Event Date Construction RFP Release

5/2/2024

Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference

Last Date to Submit Proposal Questions

Interview Firms (optional at City's discretion)

Notice of Award

Other Bidding Information:

Other Bidding Information

The Planning Hearing Officer will conduct a public hearing regarding the above project in Room 105 of the Municipal Services Building, located at 633 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91206 on MAY 29, 2024, at 9:30 am or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the hearing is to hear comments from the public with respect to zoning concerns for the project. The hearing will be held in accordance with Glendale Municipal Code, Title 30, Chapter 30.42.

The meeting can be viewed on Charter Cable Channel 6 or streamed online at GlendaleCA.gov/live. For public comments and questions during the meeting call 818-937-8100. City staff will be submitting these questions and comments in real time to the appropriate person during the Planning Hearing Officer Hearing. You may also testify in person at the hearing if you wish to do so. If the final decision is challenged in court, testimony may be limited to issues raised before or at the public hearing.

The staff report and case materials will be available prior to the hearing date at GlendaleCA.gov/agendas.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS

5. Mandatory Pre-Proposal Meeting: A mandatory pre-proposal meeting will be held at the date and time specified above in the section titled “Mandatory Pre-Proposal Meeting” in this Notice Inviting Proposals. Due to the continuing COVID-19 situation and the desire to minimize person-to-person physical interaction, the mandatory pre-proposal meeting will be held via a video/audio conference using Microsoft Teams. If one has access to a computer with microphone, camera, and speakers or if one possesses a smart phone, one may participate in the meeting with both video and audio interaction. If one only has access to a telephone, then one may participate in the meeting with audio interaction only. Meeting codes, passwords and phone numbers needed to join the meeting are provided on the first page of the Notice Inviting Proposals. The “Interested” Proposers will be determined or established based on the log of people who have requested a download link for the Proposal documents at the email address colemanjohnson@glendaleca.gov mentioned earlier in Item No. 1.

1. Bidding Documents: Bids must be made on the Bidder’s Proposal form contained herein. Bidding Documents, including Drawings and Specifications, may be obtained in the Glendale Water & Power Engineering Department, 141 N.Glendale Ave. 4th Floor Suite 420, Glendale, CA 91206 where they may be examined and copies obtained. Bidding Documents (including Drawings and Specifications) are also available at the City of Glendale web site given above. Bidding Documents can also be requested by emailing the Project Manager for an electronic (PDF) copy.

1. BiddingDocuments: Bidsmust bemadeonthe Bidder's Proposal formcontained herein. Bidding Documents, including Drawings and Specifications, may be obtained in the Glendale Water &Power Engineering Department, 141 N Glendale Ave. 4th Floor Suite 420, Glendale, CA 91206 where they may be examined andcopies obtained.Bidding Documents (includingDrawings andSpecifications)arealsoavailable atthe City of Glendale websitegiven above BiddingDocumentscan alsoberequested by emailing theProjectManager foran electronic (PDF) copy.

If you desire more information on the proposal, please contact the case planner, Alan Lamberg, at alamberg@glendaleca.gov or (818) 548-2140 or (818) 937-8158.

PROCEDURES

6. Contractor’s License: At the time of the Proposal Deadline and at all times during performance of the Work, including full completion of all corrective work during the Correction Period, the Contractor must possess a California Contractor’s License or licenses, current and active, of the classification required for the Work, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division 3, Section 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code. In compliance with Public Contract Code Section 3300, the City has determined that the Proposer must possess the following license(s): “Class A – General Engineering Contractor” The successful Proposer will not receive a Contract award if the successful Proposer is unlicensed, does not have all of the required licenses, or one or more of the licenses are not current and active. If the City discovers after the Contract’s award that the Contractor is unlicensed, does not have all of the required licenses, or one or more of the licenses are not current and active, the City may cancel the award, reject the Proposal, declare the Proposal Bond as forfeited, keep the Proposal Bond’s proceeds, and exercise any one or more of the remedies in the Contract Documents.

2. Director's Estimate. A preliminaryestimate forcost of construction of thisWork has been prepared This estimateisfor internaluse only and willbeusedbytheCity in evaluating thebids

2. Director’s Estimate. A preliminary estimate for cost of construction of this Work has been prepared. This estimate is for internal use only and will be used by the City in evaluating the bids.

3. Completion: ThisWork mustbecompleted withinfour months(120calendar days)fromthe Date ofCommencement asestablished by theCity's writtenNotice toProceed.

3. Completion: This Work must be completed within four months (120 calendar days) from the Date of Commencement as established by the City’s written Notice to Proceed.

4. Acceptance or Rejection of Bids. The City reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to award all or any individual part/item of the Bid, and to waive any informalities, irregularities or technical defects in such Bids and determine the lowest responsible Bidder, whichever may be in the best interests of the City. No late Bids will be accepted, nor will any oral, facsimile or electronic Bids be accepted by the City. drawn on a solvent bank, payable to “City of Glendale,” for an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the Bid. Alternatively, a satisfactory corporate surety Bid Bond for an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the Bid may accompany the Bid. Said security shall serve as a guarantee that the successful Bidder, within fourteen (14) calendar days after the City’s Notice of Award of the Contract, will enter into a valid contract with the City for said Work in accordance with the Contract Documents.

Any person having an interest in the subject project may participate in the hearing, by phone as outlined above and may be heard in support of his/her opinion. Any person protesting may file a duly signed and acknowledged written protest with the Director of Community Development not later than the hour set for public hearing before the Hearing Officer. “Acknowledged” shall mean a declaration of property ownership (or occupant if not owner) under penalty of perjury. If you challenge the decision of this project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Glendale, at or prior to the public hearing. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, please notify the Community Development Department at least 48 hours (or two business days) for requests regarding sign language translation and Braille transcription services.

4. Acceptanceor Rejection of Bids. The City reservesthe rightto rejectany and all Bids, to award all or any individual part/item of the Bid, and to waive any informalities, irregularitiesor technical defects insuch Bidsanddetermine the lowestresponsible Bidder,whichever may bein the best interestsofthe City NolateBids will be accepted, nor will anyoral, facsimile or electronic Bidsbe accepted by the City.

When a final decision is rendered, a decision letter will be posted online at GlendaleCA. gov/planning/decisions. An appeal may be filed within 15 days of the final decision date appearing on the decision letter. All appeals must be filed using the City’s online permit portal: GlendaleCA.gov/permits

Published on May 13, 2024

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

10. Bid lrrevocability. Bids shall remain open and valid for ninety (90) calendar days after the Bid Deadline.

11. Substitution of Securities. Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300, substitution of securities for withheld funds is permitted in accordance therewith.

12. California Department of Industrial Relations - Public Works Contractor Registration.

Beginning July 1, 2014, under the Public Works Contractor Registration Law (California Senate Bill No. 854 - See Labor Code Section 1725.5), contractors must register and meet requirements using the online application https://efiling.dir.ca.gov/PWCR/ ActionServlet?action=dis ayPWCRegistrationForm before bidding on public works contracts in California. The application also provides agencies that administer public works programs with a searchable database of qualified contractors. Application and renewal are completed online with a non-refundable fee of $300. More information is available at the following links: http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSE/PublicWorks/SB854 FactSheet_6.30.14.pdf http://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html

Beginning April 1, 2015, the City must award public works projects only to contractors and subcontractors who comply with the Public Works Contractor Registration Law. Notice to Bidders and Subcontractors:

•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 pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)].

•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 pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5.

•This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the

Suzie Abajian, The City Clerk of the City of Glendale

NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS

NOTICE is hereby given that the City of Glendale (“City”) will receive sealed proposals, until the proposal deadline established below for the following work of improvement: WS Pipeline - Chilton/Kenneth Phase I Project RFP No. 3938

Proposal Submission Deadline: Submit before noon, on Wednesday, June 05, 2024

Proposal Submission Location: Office of the General Manager of Glendale Water and Power GWP Engineering Counter 141 N. Glendale Avenue, Room 420 Glendale, CA 91206.

NO LATE PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED

Proposal Documents Available: Wednesday, May 08, 2024, at noon via computer download only. See Item 1. Proposal Documents below, for further information on obtaining Proposal documents.

Mandatory Pre-Proposal Meeting:Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Time: 1:30 p.m.

Communication Method: Video/Audio Conference via Microsoft Teams ® using either: Computer/smart phone: Meeting ID: 214 358 041 166, Passcode: vXfmsY or by telephone only at Phone No.: 1- 323-886-7427, use code: 298 230 706# to join. City of

7. Subcontractors’ Licenses and Listing: At the time of the Proposal Deadline and at all times during performance of the Work, each listed Subcontractor must possess a current and active California Contractor’s license or licenses appropriate for the portion of the Work listed for such Subcontractor and shall hold all specialty certifications required for such Work. When the Proposer submits its Proposal to the City, the Proposer must list each Subcontractor whom the Proposer must disclose under Public Contract Code Section 4104 (Subcontractor Listing Law), and the Proposer must provide all of the Subcontractor information that Section 4104 requires (name, the location (address) of the Subcontractor’s place of business, California Contractor license number, and portion of the Work). In addition, the City requires that the Proposer list the dollar value of each Subcontractor’s labor or services. The City’s disqualification of a Subcontractor does not disqualify a Proposer. However, prior to and as a condition to award of the Contract, the successful Proposer shall substitute a properly licensed and qualified Subcontractor— without an adjustment of the Proposal Amount.

8. Proposal Forms and Security: Each proposal must be made on the proposal form obtainable at the Offices of Glendale Water and Power, Engineering Public Counter. Each proposal shall be accompanied by a cashier’s check or certified check drawn on a solvent bank, payable to “City of Glendale”, for an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the Proposal. Alternatively, a satisfactory corporate surety bid bond for an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the bid may accompany the Proposal. Said security shall serve as a guarantee that the successful proposer will, within fourteen (14) calendar days after the City’s Notice of Award of the Contract, will execute the Contract and furnish the bonds and insurance to the City for said Work in accordance with the Contract Documents.

9. Proposal Irrevocability: Proposals shall remain open and valid for ninety (90) calendar days after the Proposal Deadline.

10. Substitution of Securities: Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300, substitution of securities for withheld funds is permitted in accordance therewith.

11. Prevailing Wages: This Project is a “public work” subject to the provisions of California Labor Code Section 1720. The DBE that is awarded this Contract and all Subcontractors of any tier shall not pay less than the minimum prevailing rate of per diem wages for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to perform the Work. The Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California, pursuant to the California Labor Code, has determined the general prevailing rates of wages in the locality in which the Work is to be performed. The rates determined by the California Director of Industrial Relations are available online at www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD/.

12. Evaluation of Design-Build Entity’s (DBE’s) Qualifications: The Statement of Qualifications, which is required to be submitted by each Proposer, will be reviewed and evaluated by a review group comprised of GWP staff to determine if the Proposer’s qualifications meet the required criteria for experience and qualifications stated in the RFP. If the City determines that the Proposer does not meet these requirements, and/or if it is believed that the Proposer will not be able to competently do the work required for successfully completing the project, the Proposer will be disqualified and will not be given further consideration for continuing with the Proposal evaluation process and such Proposer will receive a “Fail” score. This is a Pass/Fail score evaluation.

13. Evaluation of Design-Build Entity’s (DBE’s) Proposal: Those Proposers that successfully meet the required qualification’s criteria and that receive a “Pass” score, per Item No. 12 above, will continue with the Evaluation process of their submitted Proposals in conjunction with their submitted Qualifications. The Proposals and Qualifications will be reviewed and evaluated by the same review group of GWP staff discussed in Item No. 12 above, to determine the best qualified DBE.

Each Qualifications/Proposal will be evaluated on

other financial institution specified in section 5102 of the California Financial Code, authorized to do business in

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee’s sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 or visit this internet website www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2024-10967. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not be immediately reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the prop-

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the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit or declaration described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Dated: May 8, 2024 Worldwide Lenders, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, as Trustee By: Ashwood TD Services LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, its Agent Christopher Loria, Trustee’s Sale Officer 231 E. Alessandro Blvd., Ste. 6A-693, Riverside, CA 92508 Tel.: (951) 215-0069 Fax: (805) 323-9054 Trustee’s Sale Information: (916) 939-0772 or www.nationwideposting.com NPP0460379 To: GLENDALE INDEPENDENT 05/13/2024, 05/20/2024, 05/27/2024 GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

Fictitious Business Name Filings

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20246686519. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Asset, 6281 Beach Blvd #312, Buena Park, CA 90621. Full Name of Registrant(s) CK Stein Investment Inc (CA, 6281 Beach Blvd #312, Buena Park, CA 90621. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on June 1, 2023. The Asset. /S/ Connie Kim, Chief executive officer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on March 27, 2024. Publish: Anaheim Press 04/08/2024, 04/15/2024, 04/22/2024, 04/29/2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20240003190

The following persons are doing business as: METRO-LOK, 1339 Brooks St, Ontario, CA 91762. Mailing Address, 1339 Brooks St, ontario, CA 91762. ANOLDA ENTERPRISES, LLC (CA, 27365 Bottlebrush Way, murrieta, CA 92562; WILLIAM FUENTES, PRESIDENT. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a limited liability company (llc). Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 1, 2024. By signing below, I declare that I have

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read and understand the reverse side of this form and that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ WILLIAM FUENTES, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on March 29, 2024 Notice- In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920.

A Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code) File#: FBN20240003190 Pub: 04/22/2024, 04/29/2024, 05/06/2024, 05/13/2024 San Bernardino Press

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as N & L TRANSPORT 26366 Baldy Peak Rd Menifee, CA 92586

Riverside County ENRIQUE SAVEDRA, 26366 Baldy Peak Dr, Menifee, CA 92586

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. ENRIQUE SAVEDRA Statement filed with the County of Riverside on April 17, 2024 NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any changes in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 Et Seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original

statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk

File# R-202405097

Pub. 04/22/2024, 04/29/2024, 05/06/2024, 05/13/2024

Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Goldleaf Scientific 3300 Harrison St suite 2 Riverside, CA 92503

Riverside County Lab Locus LLC (CA, 30042 Mission Blvd Ste 121-244, Hayward, CA 94544

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a limited liability company (llc). Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. Ryan Henry, Manager Statement filed with the County of Riverside on April 17, 2024

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any changes in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 Et Seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk File# R-202405113 Pub. 04/22/2024, 04/29/2024, 05/06/2024, 05/13/2024 Riverside Independent

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20240003581

The following persons are doing business as: APEX INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND ART EXPO, 5388 Arrow Hwy, Montclair, CA 91763. Mailing Address, 5388 Arrow Hwy, Montclair, CA 91763. Carissa and Harry Foundation (CA, 5388 Arrow Hwy, Montclair, CA 91763; Sam Ip, President. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. By signing below, I declare that I have read and understand the reverse side of this form and that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by

a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ Sam Ip, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on April 12, 2024 Notice- In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920. A Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code) File#: 20240003581 Pub: 04/22/2024, 04/29/2024, 05/06/2024, 05/13/2024 San Bernardino Press

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Big Voice Pictures 560 Desert Way Palm Springs, CA 92264 Mailing Address, PO Box 931, Palm Springs, CA 92263. Riverside County Kathleen Barbini, 560 Desert Way, Palm Springs, CA 92264 Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars ($1000).) s. Kathleen Barbini Statement filed with the County of Riverside on April 11, 2024 NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any changes in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 Et Seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Peter Aldana, County, Clerk File# R-202404844 Pub. 04/22/2024, 04/29/2024, 05/06/2024, 05/13/2024

More than 800 UniversityofCalifornia faculty and staff called Thursday for the resignation of UCLA Chancellor Gene Block over the handling of a proPalestinian encampment and related violence that erupted on the Westwood campus, including an assault on the camp by masked assailants that was allowed to rage for hours before police intervened.

The faculty members all attached their names to an online petition that calls for the ouster of Block, as well as full amnesty for all students, staff and faculty who were involved in the encampment. The petition also calls on the university to fully disclose within 30 days all of its investments, and to divest from “all military weapons production companies and supporting systems.”

Faculty and staff members gathered on the UCLA campus Thursday to express their concerns and deliver the petition to Block and university administration. There was no immediate response from Block.

On Friday, the UCLA Academic Senate, which represents campus faculty, will hold an emergency meeting to consider a resolution of “no-confidence” and a formal censure of Block. Those resolutions both state that Block “failed to ensure the safety of our students and grievously mishandled the events of last week.”

UC faculty call for resignation of UCLA chancellor over protest handling

The resolutions are similar to those taken up Wednesday by the Academic Senate at USC, which voted to formally censure USC President Carol Folt and Provost Andrew Guzman. That group tabled a no-confidence resolution.

The faculty actions are the latest fallout following last week’s dismantling of the massive encampment at UCLA’s Royce Quad. The police action resulted in 209 arrests. The removal of the encampment came roughly 24 hours after a group of masked assailants launched a violent attack on the protesters, setting off fireworks and deploying tear gas in a clash that protesters said resulted in dozens of injuries.

Complaints quickly arose following that attack, which observers said was allowed to continue unfettered for several hours before police intervened and restored order.

Gov. Gavin Newsom was among those condemning the violence and seemingly slow law enforcement response. University of California President Michael Drake also announced an independent investigation of the UCLA response to the violence.

The UC announced Tuesday it was hiring 21st Century Policing Solutions — a police-tactics consulting firm — to lead the university system’s independent investigation of actions taken at UCLA that

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culminated in last week’s violence.

Block, meanwhile, announced earlier this week that he remains committed to identifying those who carried out the attack.

“To that end, inaugural Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Safety Officer Rick Braziel is leading a law enforcement investigation to identify the perpetrators of the violence and hold them to account,” Block said. “The LAPD has committed a detective to assist in our investigative efforts, and we have also connected with the FBI about possible assistance. We have spoken to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón to solicit his help in ensuring that the instigators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Citing unnamed law enforcement sources, the Los Angeles Times reported that the investigation will include the use of facial-recognition technology, while also employing license plate readers to determine who entered the campus or was driving in the vicinity that night. The investigative tools being employed are comparable to those used by federal authorities investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Over the weekend, Block announced the creation of the Office of Campus Safety, with Braziel placed in charge of the operation.

conducting a review of the UC Police Department’s response to the attack and conducting an analysis of UCLA’s security protocols. It is assessing all acts of violence that has occurred on campus over the past 12 days. Braziel is expected to create a plan to put in place to establish additional means of protecting students, staff and visitors on campus, Block said.

The union that represents campus police officers at the 10 University of California schools has repeatedly blamed UCLA administrators for the delayed response to the attack on the encampment and other violence between counter-protest-

ers and people at the proPalestinian encampment.

“The written guidelines for roles and responsibilities make clear that senior UC administrators on each campus are solely responsible for the university’s response to campus protests; those administrators decide the objective, and campus police are only responsible for tactics in implementing those objectives,” Federated University Police Officers’ Association President Wade Stern said in a statement. “As such, the UCLA administration owns all the fallout from the response and lack of response to this protest.”

Dozens more people were arrested on the UCLA campus on the morning of

May 6, when the university had planned to return to in-person classes following two days of remote learning prompted by the encampment activity last week. In the early morning of May 6, authorities arrested approximately 40 people in a campus parking garage, and UCLA Police said they were carrying materials indicating they were prepared to break into and possibly barricade themselves inside a building.

Police said the group was carrying items such as bolt-cutters, super glue, padlocks, heavy-duty chains and metal pipes, along with printed materials “encouraging vandalism and violence.”

USC faculty censure university president, provost over protest response

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USC’s Academic Senate, which represents the university’s faculty, formally censured USC President Carol Folt and Provost Andrew Guzman Wednesday over their handling of dramatic changes in commencement activities and other responses to campus protests sparked by the Israel-Hamas war.

According to the Daily Trojan campus newspaper, the senate voted 21-7 in favor of the censure, with six members abstaining. The censure cited “widespread dissatisfaction and concern” regarding decisions made by Folt and Guzman surrounding commencement activi-

ties and the pro-Palestinian protests on campus.

The Academic Senate also called for the creation of a task force to investigate and prepare a report on the decisions made by university administrators surrounding the issue, the paper reported.

USC’s commencement season was thrown into turmoil in April when Guzman announced that class valedictorian Asna Tabassum would not be permitted to deliver a commencement speech. The decision, for which Guzman cited security concerns, followed complaints that some of Tabassum’s pro-

Palestinian views on social media rose to the level of antisemitism.

The situation became more inflamed when pro-Palestine protesters attempted to set up an encampment in the university’s Alumni Park. USC Department of Public Safety officers moved into the park to confiscate signs and tents that had been erected, noting that they violate campus rules. Hundreds of people subsequently descended in and around the park, and eventually the Los Angeles Police Department officers were summoned, and 93 people were arrested.

The following day, the university canceled all outside speakers at the main stage commencement ceremony, including the bestowing of honorary degrees. The entire main stage ceremony was later canceled altogether, eventually replaced with a graduate family celebration planned for Thursday night at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Commencement activities began at USC Wednesday morning and will continue through Saturday, with individual university schools holding graduation ceremonies to confer degrees.

Block said that office is also

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. | Photo courtesy of UCLA

USC President Carol Folt. | Photo courtesy of the University of Southern California

South LA and Eastside to receive high-speed, low-cost internet access

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Low-costinternet service for portions of South Los Angeles and the Eastside throughapublic-private partnership was announced Tuesday.

WeLink Communications will offer a home internet plan starting at $25 per month to 50,000 qualified households in the 68 square mile area, surpassing the initial goal in 2022 of serving 12,500 households.

Plans starting at $65 per month will be available to households not meeting the qualification requirements. The prices will not change until at least September 2027.

Every plan includes unlimited data, a Wi-Fi router, parental controls,

and multilingual customer support without credit checks or cash deposits.

Construction is expected to begin this summer with service becoming available in the fall.

Interested households in the service areas can sign up for updates and be notified by WeLink when service is available at WeLink.com/ LACounty/ .

Major funding is provided the American Rescue Plan, signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2021 which included elements intended to stimulate faster economic growth over the long term.

Other funding for the partnership between Los Angeles County’s Internal Services Department and

WeLink Communications is from a grant for Local Agency Technical Assistance from

Alleging an “abuse of power” by Los Angeles city officials, the owner of Marilyn Monroe’s former Brentwood home are suing the city to block an effort to have the structure declared a historic-culture landmark, which would prevent its demolition.

The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, filed Monday, alleges “illegal and unconstitutional conduct” by the city “with respect to the house where Marilyn Monroe occasionally lived for a mere six months before she tragically committed suicide 61 years ago.”

The suit alleges that the city violated its own codes

the California Public Utilities Commission.

South Los Angeles and the Eastside has long suffered from the unequal access to digital technology known as the digital divide, according to county officials.

This partnership is a direct result of the Los Angeles County Community Broadband Networks initiative, which was created to help residents without home internet services. Beginning in 2021, the county Board of Supervisors passed a series of motions in an attempt to address the issue.

The Internal Services Department had been tasked with identifying solutions -ultimately selecting WeLink as the partner to serve these first two areas.

“In 2021, I introduced a

Owner of Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood home sues to block monument designation

and procedures in pushing for the monument designation for the Helena Drive property.

“All of these backroom machinations were in the name of preserving a house which in no way meets any of the criteria for an `Historic Cultural Monument,” the lawsuit states. “That much is bolstered by the fact, among others, that for 60 years through 14 owners and numerous remodels and building permits issued by the city, the city has taken no action regarding the nowalleged `historic’ or `cultural’ status of the house.”

The suit alleges the city’s action have caused “irreparable” harm to the building’s

years but from 2020 to 2022 it almost doubled among unhoused people ages 18-29; and the COVID-19 mortality rate peaked in 2021, but fell drastically in 2022 and was no longer among the 10 causes of death among unhoused people that year.

“The mortality rates among people experiencing homelessness are a tragedy for our entire community,” Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath, chair of the LA County Board of Supervisors, said in a statement.

“While it is welcomed news to see a plateau in the overall

mortality rate of drug overdoses, we must continue to invest in solutions that reduce mortality. This report is a call to action to urgently bring people indoors and into permanent housing and services -- the only way to save lives and end this crisis.”

In the report, DPH outlined various actions to help reduce the disproportionate burden of mortality among unhoused individuals, including but not limited to the following:

-- Ensure unhoused individuals receive access to housing options that provide

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owners and robbed them of “their vested rights as owners of real property.”

There was no immediate comment from the city.

The plaintiffs in the case -- home owners Brinah Milstein and her husband Roy Bank -- have owned the structure since July 2023 and subsequently obtained a demolition permit from the city.

After receiving numerous complaints about the planned demolition, City Councilwoman Traci Park announced in September an effort to save the house by initiating a historic-cultural monument application. The application has been working its way

through the city process, receiving approval in January from the Cultural Heritage Commission and later from the council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee.

The matter still needs to be heard by the full City Council, which must be done my mid-June.

The lawsuit requests a court order blocking the monument designation and allowing the plaintiffs to move forward with their planned demolition.

According to the lawsuit, the plaintiffs want to demolish the structure to expand their current home, which is adjacent to the property.

Homeless mortality rate

general, behavioral and mental health services;

-- Sustain and expand the range of housing options for homeless individuals;

-- Sustain and expand harm reduction and overdose prevention, and response services, while prioritizing homeless individuals through legislation, regulation, local engagement and advocacy;

-- Increase street-based engagement and outreach, such as telehealth and mobile services; and

-- Working with cities and unincorporated areas

to address streets and locations where transportationrelated deaths involving unhoused individuals occur and create policy that can prevent future traffic deaths.

These annual reports use data from the county’s Office of Medical Examiner and California state death records to estimate numbers of deaths among people experiencing homelessness, as well as data from the annual point-in-time homeless count and demographic survey to estimate numbers of people experiencing homelessness and

motion directing Los Angeles County to explore viable options for reliable broadband in our communities impacted by the digital divide,” said Supervisor Hilda Solis, whose First District includes East Los Angeles, Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, Montecito Heights and El Sereno where the service will be offered.

“Today, I am thrilled to see the upcoming launch of the Community Broadband Networks, a program in which the county will partner with private internet companies to pilot residential internet services in target communities.”

Supervisor Holly Mitchell, who represents the South Los Angeles area, called the program “a significant step.”

a program administered by

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Marilyn Monroe posing at the Hotel Bel-Air pool. | Photo courtesy of Alan Light CC BY 2.0 DEED

their demographic characteristics. The next report, to be released in early 2025, will include data through 2023.

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