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MONDAY, MAY 20- MAY 26, 2024

LA County property assessment expected to top $2 trillion

By City News Service

This year’s assessment of property values in Los Angeles County is expected to rise by 4.75% over 2023, breaking the $2 trillion threshold for the first time, county Assessor Jeff Prang announced Wednesday.

According to Prang’s office, the increase will mark the 14th consecutive year of growth in overall property value in the county.

“It has been a chal-

lenging few years as the local and national economies respond to a variety of factors, whether it be residential or commercial,”

Prang said in a statement.

“Our analysis indicates that property values are going to grow for the 14th consecutive year, which is good news for property owners and for local government because they rely on property taxes to pay for vital public services.

However, sales volume declined significantly in 2023 and commercial properties, especially downtown Los Angeles, have actually experienced huge declines in value.”

Prang’s office noted that the median sales price of homes in the county remained strong, reaching a high of $900,000. Property transfers were expected to be the largest contributor to the

tax roll, adding more than $51 billion.

Last year’s assessment roll came in at $1.997 trillion. This year’s roll is estimated to come in at $2.09 trillion, which would translate into more than $20 billion in property tax dollars.

This year’s roll is expected to be finalized in July. Assessments are based on property values as of Jan. 1, 2024.

Arcadia High Badminton perfect in route to third CIF title in 4 years

By Staff

For the third time in four years, the Arcadia High School Badminton team has won a CIF Championship. The Apaches beat Walnut High School 12-9 in the Open Division (the highest competitive level) final to take home the coveted title and complete a

historic undefeated season with a perfect 22-0 record.

High school badminton is uniquely the only high school sport that is truly coed, where boys and girls compete against each other in the “mixed doubles” pairings. Even more unique to the Arcadia High School

team and its quick ascent to success, is the fact that the team was formed just nine years ago in 2016 thanks to head Coach Mike Stiles.

“Our first public meeting to gauge interest in forming a badminton team took place on Oct. 27, 2015. It was standing room only. I texted Ryan Press (athletic director at the time) with a photo of the packed room and said something to the effect that

LA County tentatively approves ordinance to regulate home kitchen operations

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors tentatively approved an ordinance Tuesday establishing a permitting process for people who operate food-sale businesses out of their home kitchens.

In 2019, the California Health and Safety Code was amended to authorize “Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations,” or MEHKO, which allows people to operate a “mini-restaurant” and sell food they prepare in their homes.

The ordinance given initial approval by the county Board of Supervisors Tuesday would require operators of such businesses to pay an application fee of $597, along with an annual health permit fee of $347, covering the costs of annual inspections and enforcement actions. The ordinance would also set a cap on gross annual sales of $100,000, with meals limited to 30 per day or 90 per week.

“Today, our board is examining a new ordinance that would allow home kitchen micro businesses to come out of the shadows and would put in place health and safety measures to regulate them,” Supervisor Janice Hahn wrote on X following the vote. “These home kitchen micro businesses can help get small businesses off the ground or bring in extra income for families, but I also am sensitive to the concerns I have heard from residents at our community meetings who are worried about noise and traffic in their

LA City Council OKs study into deaths of zoo elephants

By Anusha Shankar, City News Service

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UC Irvine classes online Thursday following encampment clearing

Classes were held remotely Thursday at UC Irvine following a tense day that saw hundreds of law enforcement officers descend on the campus to break up a pro-Palestinian encampment and occupation of a lecture hall in what Chancellor Howard Gillman called “a sad day for our university.”

A total of 50 people, including at least two who identified themselves as UCI faculty members, were arrested during the Wednesday afternoon operation, during which officers and deputies from more than a half-dozen agencies cleared a Gaza Solidarity Encampment, more than two weeks after it was established.

The encampment had been largely peaceful, but around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, protesters surrounded the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall, prompting campus police to request aid from Orange County sheriff’s deputies and Irvine police, among other neighboring agencies, said Tom Vasich, a university spokesman.

The people arrested during the operation were booked at the Orange County Jail and then were released, Vasich said. Most of those arrested were cited for failing to disperse after a direct police order and a few were arrested on suspicion of trespassing, he added. It was unclear how many were students or otherwise affiliated with the university.

Protesters were led in chants of “We won’t move” and “shame” and some wore scarves or face masks and had goggles and hard hats.

Some shoving between police and protesters was spotted as officers advanced into the encampment area and eventually started to remove some protesters.

Approximately 300 protesters remained at 7 p.m. About an hour later, the protesters had been funneled by advancing police to Aldrich Park, a large green lawn area nearby. An announcement was made about 8:10 to disperse within five minutes. Many in the remaining crowd left at that point.

Police remained in a line formation in various spots to prevent protesters from reassembling in the area.

In the past few weeks of the encampment, some protesters had been engaged in negotiations

with university officials and the situation was largely peaceful. The situation intensified over the past week, particularly after some protesting students received suspension notices from the university, including some who were involved in negotiations with UCI administrators.

In a statement posted on social media Wednesday as protesters descended on the Physical Sciences building, the UCI Divest protest group said it was “reclaiming the university for Palestine and for the people.”

“Exactly one week ago to the day, UC Irvine issued temporary suspensions to many students in the encampment, including the majority of the student negotiation team,” according to the group. “Students barred from returning to their own campus residence halls, cannot come to campus at the peak of midterms and finals, and are already facing the emotional toll of seeing the university militarize itself before it even accepts ending the genocide and killings of the students’ family members and friends.”

UCI Divest added in its statement that university officials have called for a resumption of negotiations with protesters, “but how can we negotiate if our negotiators are barred from physical and virtual presence at UCI?”

In a statement issued at 10:49 p.m., Gilman said, “At 2 p.m. on Wednesday, we, along with most other UC campuses, received the latest `demands’ from the protesters. The protesters orchestrated a swift departure from their encampment. In a coordinated fashion they moved out of the encampment to the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall, where a small group barricaded themselves in, supported by a large group of community members who had gathered for a scheduled rally.

“For the last two weeks, I have consistently communicated that the encampment violated our policies but that the actions did not rise to the level requiring police intervention. My approach was consistent with the guidelines of UC’s Robinson/Edley Report, which urges the UC to exhaust all possible alternatives before resorting to police intervention.

“I was prepared to allow

By City News Service

a peaceful encampment to exist on the campus without resorting to police intervention, even though the encampment violated our policies and the existence of the encampment was a matter of great distress to other members of our community. I communicated that if there were violations of our rules we would address them through the normal administrative policies of the university and not through police action.

“And so after weeks when the encampers assured our community that they were committed to maintaining a peaceful and nondisruptive encampment, it was terrible to see that they would dramatically alter the situation in a way that was a direct assault on the rights of other students and the university mission.

“The latest campusspecific and systemwide demands made by our encampers and their counterparts across the University of California attempted to dictate that anyone who disagreed with them must conform to their opinions. They asserted the right to oversee many elements of university operations involving the administration, faculty, students, and staff, bypassing customary campus protocols and ignoring the function of the Academic Senate.

“Most importantly, their assault on the academic freedom rights of our faculty and the free speech rights of faculty and students was appalling. One can only imagine the response if people on the other side of these issues established an encampment to force me to censor all anti-Zionist academic and student programming.

“But my concern now is not the unreasonableness of their demands. It is their decision to transform a manageable situation that did not have to involve police into a situation that required a different response. I never wanted that. I devoted all of my energies to prevent this from happening.

“I’m sorry this campus I love so much had to experience this terrible and avoidable situation. I remain steadfast in my commitment to protecting the rights of all members of our community to express whatever viewpoints they believe are essential for

others to hear and engage. And I remain steadfast in my commitment to defend our faculty and students from efforts to prevent them from having the same rights of academic freedom and free speech as everyone else on this campus.

“My hope is that we can find our way to a culture of peace, mutual respect, and shared commitment to addressing our differences through the norms of scholarly inquiry and debate.”

Some protesters who were arrested and led away complained to media at the campus that they had done nothing wrong and were involved in a peaceful protest.

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued a statement on social media noting that failure to disperse after police declare an unlawful assembly is a crime.

“The right to peaceful assembly is a constitutional right and we encourage protesters to exercise their right to peaceful assembly; however, criminal activity

which transcends peaceful assembly, including violence and vandalism of any kind, will not be tolerated,” Spitzer said.

“Any evidence of criminal activity, including failure to obey lawful orders to disperse, will be investigated and thoroughly reviewed to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime was committed.”

Orange County Board of Supervisors Chairman Don Wagner, a former Irvine mayor, praised law enforcement for their response to the unrest.

“I would urge the students to all stand down and respect the declaration from UCI that this is an unlawful assembly and go back to class,” Wagner told City News Service. “I certainly hope nobody gets hurt. I would like to see this end quickly and peacefully, unlike what we saw at UCLA, and I’m watching to see what happens, but I understand and appreciate the Orange County Sher-

iff’s Department’s response and expect them to do it as gently and as professionally as possible.”

Supervisor Katrina Foley issued a statement saying, “I value the right to peacefully protest. However, we cannot enable the recent escalations, which include the disruption of classes and (vandalism) of campus property.”

The University of California issued a statement April 26 noting that the system has “consistently opposed calls for boycott against and divestment from Israel. While the University affirms the right of our community members to express diverse viewpoints, a boycott of this sort impinges on the academic freedom of our students and faculty and the unfettered exchange of ideas on our campuses.

“UC tuition and fees are the primary funding sources for the University’s core operations. None of these funds are used for investment purposes,” the statement continued.

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AConsumer groups call on feds to regulate flame retardants in cars

By Suzanne Potter, Producer, Public News Service

new study showed the flame retardants used in the seats of many cars emit toxic gases, and recommended the federal government reevaluate its flammability standards.

Researchers at Duke University and the Green Science Policy Institute in Berkeley studied the air and foam from 101 cars model year 2015 and newer, and found traces of two carcinogens on California’s Prop. 65 list of harmful chemicals.

Robert Herrell, executive director of the Consumer Federation of California, called on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or state officials to act.

“We would hope that the relevant federal authorities would take a look at this,” Herrell urged. “They have indicated that they’re aware of this study, they’re reviewing it. In some cases, California chooses not to wait necessarily for the feds to act, and we can try to act ahead of that.”

by the federal government to reduce...deaths and injuries to motor vehicle occupants caused by vehicle fires.”

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation said in a statement, “Automakers are committed to sustainability and include approved flame retardants in all passenger vehicles to meet the flammability standards required

The study, in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, found the chemicals are released into the air two to five times more often in the summer when the car is hot. It recommended people park in the shade, air out their cars before getting in and avoid using the recir-

culated air feature in their vehicles.

Herrell noted his group fought to get the government to require furniture manufacturers to phase out similar flame retardants.

“Historically, the auto industry has really lagged behind on safety and consumer protection issues,” Herrell asserted. “More often than not, they’ve been sort of dragged kicking and scream-

ing into the modern age.” The flame retardants at issue do not prevent burning but they slow a fire’s progression. Many fires starting inside cars begin with a dropped cigarette, so some experts have suggested the feds update flammability standards with a new antismoldering requirement, which could be met without the use of these types of chemicals.

Fired firefighter who sued 2 cities drops complaint

By City News Service

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Afirefighter has dropped what remained of his lawsuit against the cities of Los Angeles and Riverside, in which he alleged he has been unable to find work because of the actions of his two former employers in the aftermath of an on-duty injury he suffered in 2017.

Joseph Camarillo contended in his Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that the Los Angeles Fire Department fired him in January 2019 after accusing him of lying about his medical history while with the Riverside Fire Department. He maintained he was the victim of a backlash for asking that the LAFD reasonably accommodate him for his injury and for “generally attempting to protect and secure his rights and the rights of others.”

In March, Judge Stephen Goorvitch granted a motion by the city of Riverside for dismissal of the part of the case pertaining to that

municipality. The city of Los Angeles filed a similar motion, but before it could be heard Camarillo’s attorneys filed court papers on May 9 with the case’s new judge, Tony Richardson, asking that the remainder of the case be dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning it cannot be refiled.

The court papers to not indicate if a settlement was reached or if Camarillo is not pursuing the case for other reasons.

In their pleadings, lawyers for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office maintained that Camarillo did not disclose to the LAFD that he had been hospitalized while employed with the RFD or that he suffered from numerous conditions related to his cardiovascular fitness. The LAFD fired Camarillo because he gave false and misleading information on his medical intake form, according to the City Attorney’s Office.

In his lawsuit, Camarillo maintained that he was hurt on the job while working for the RFD in May 2017 and was taken off work by his doctors. He returned to work on light duty and a deputy chief yelled at him for getting injured, according to the complaint.

Camarillo shortly thereafter resumed full duty at the prodding of the deputy chief despite the work limitations placed on him by his doctor, the suit stated. But he was hurt again on duty in August 2017, according to the suit.

Camarillo was cleared to work full duty in November 2017, but the city’s doctor did not allow him to do so until April 2018, so Camarillo applied for and obtained a firefighting job with the LAFD in May 2018 and began duties there two months later, the suit stated.

After Camarillo was fired, he found out that the same RFD deputy chief with whom he clashed earlier had met with LAFD supervisors about his medical condition and his ability to work as a firefighter, according to the suit brought in January 2020.

“In addition to the termination from LAFD, plaintiff has been unable to obtain employment from other agencies,” the suit stated.

The suit alleges that the RFD intentionally interfered with Camarillo’s working relationship with the LAFD and knew that providing his medical information to the LAFD could cause him to lose his job.

However, in late 2018, Camarillo was told by his LAFD bosses that he had to fill out another medical evaluation form even though he previously did so earlier that year, the suit states. He allegedly was also ordered to work from home and not told anything about the investigation.

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Governments are scrambling to control AI

By Wade Zhou, Stacker

In the 2004 film “I, Robot,” a detective interrogates a robot in the year 2035, asking it if it could write a symphony or turn a canvas into a beautiful masterpiece. The questions were rhetorical — the answer was clearly no — yet here in 2024, machines have proven themselves more than capable of producing art indistinguishable from that created by humans.

The rapid development of artificial intelligence has regulators concerned about the social and possibly existential risks the technology poses, and governments around the world are racing to keep up. Verbit analyzed the news and government reports to see what laws are being passed regulating AI.

The European Union in March passed its AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive set of laws guiding AI. The legislation creates four tiers of risk with which to classify different AI systems, ranging from “minimal risk” to “unacceptable.”

Except for carve-outs for law enforcement, AI systems that pose “unacceptable” risks — including those manipulating people’s thoughts,

identifying people based on their demographic traits or personal beliefs, or identifying emotions at workplaces and schools — have been banned. Meanwhile, “highrisk” systems, such as those that harm people or essential infrastructure, will require disclosures of risk and human oversight.

More laws are coming

Two major camps call for AI legislation: researchers and tech companies.

Researchers have become increasingly convinced that AI poses a serious existential risk to human civilization, while technology companies actively lobby Washington in hopes of shaping the inevitable wave of legislation.

More than 350 organizations spent a combined $569 million to influence AI policy in the first three quarters of 2023, according to OpenSecrets, a nonprofit that tracks lobbying money.

At least two dozen states across the U.S. are working on legislation to regulate AI.

At the federal level, the Biden administration last October issued an executive order to establish certain standards for the develop-

ment and use of AI. The White House now requires companies building powerful AI systems to share safety data with the government before the tech is made public. Tests must also be maintained to ensure the technology does not pose major risks to national security, public health and safety or economic security.

The executive order also addressed more widespread, if less existential, concerns such as the use of AI to exac-

contemplating a wide range of policy ideas.

Both the Biden executive order and EU legislation add new rules governing the development of the most powerful models. Measuring how capable AI systems are can be difficult, so regulators have taken to judging models by how much computing power it took to train them.

The EU AI Act, for instance, defines models as systemic risks if they took more than 10^25 floatingpoint operations to train. This category includes at least OpenAI’s GPT-4, which powers ChatGPT, and possibly Google’s Gemini.

erbate discrimination. An Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute was established in November 2023 to guide the government in its regulatory efforts. Per the executive order, a host of government agencies will begin forming plans and regulating AI this year.

Courts will have to intervene, too Researchers still do not fully understand how the latest wave of AI models work. As a result, governments are

Companies building these models will have to provide officials with reports about risk assessments, notify them of serious incidents and provide information on energy consumption if they want to operate in the EU.

Courts will have a big role in shaping how AI evolves, too. One of the most immediate issues to reconcile is what makes for a copyright violation.

The EU AI Act requires companies to respect copyright laws when training their

models, but it’s not entirely clear at this point what compliance looks like. It’s fairly easy today to prompt AI systems to create images of copyrighted characters, or to draw in the style of a famous artist. That’s because companies trained many of the leading AI models by scanning through the entire open internet and downloading text, audio, images and video.

Many artists and writers argue that this amounts to theft of their work, but AI’s defenders say that this should fall under fair use — after all, it is not illegal for an artist to hone their craft by studying others. If courts decide that the major AI systems violate copyright, then the companies that built them will have a lot of work ahead of them.

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Ohtani’s ex-interpreter to plead guilty in Santa Ana on June 4

By City News Service

Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter is expected to plead guilty June 4 in Santa Ana federal court to charges of stealing nearly $17 million from the Dodger slugger’s bank account to pay off illegal gambling debts.

Ippei Mizuhara, 39, has agreed to plead guilty to one federal count each of bank fraud and subscribing to a false tax return, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The bank fraud charge carries a possible prison term of up to 30 years, while the tax charge carries up to three years in federal prison.

After U.S. District Judge John Holcomb accepts Mizuhara’s guilty plea, a sentencing date will be scheduled, most likely for several months in the future.

Mizuhara was charged last month with bank fraud and surrendered to federal authorities on April 12. He was released on $25,000 bond and was arraigned Tuesday.

When the criminal case was announced, U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said Mizuhara had an “insatiable appetite” for illegal sports betting, which landed

him millions of dollars in debt to a bookmaker and led him to transfer money out of Ohtani’s bank account without his knowledge.

Mizuhara worked as an interpreter for Ohtani since the slugger joined the Angels organization six years ago. In that capacity, he helped Ohtani set up a bank account in Arizona, which eventually became the source of wire transfers to the illegal gambling operation, Estrada said.

Estrada stressed that Ohtani was a victim in the case and had no knowledge of Mizuhara’s actions.

According to Estrada, Mizuhara also allegedly lied to bank officials, and was captured on tape-recorded calls impersonating Ohtani to “convince the bank to approve large wire transfers of large amounts of money to the bookmakers.”

Estrada said Mizuhara’s acted “to plunder” Ohtani’s bank account to satisfy his “insatiable appetite for illegal sports betting,” and he “committed fraud on a massive scale.”

According to an affidavit filed in federal court by Internal Revenue Service Criminal Inves-

tigations special agent Chris Seymour, records obtained from a source within the illegal gambling operation showed that

between December 2021 and January 2024, about 19,000 wagers were attributed to Mizuhara, averaging roughly 25 per day and

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ranging in amounts from about $10 to $160,000.

During that period, the records showed Mizuhara had winning bets worth nearly $142.3 million, and losing bets of $182.9 million, leaving him with a roughly $40.7 million deficit.

Seymour wrote in the document that Mizuhara was acting as a “de facto manager” for Ohtani, and he began placing bets with the illegal gambling operation in late 2021. At about that time, bank records showed that the contact information on the Arizona bank account, which was opened in March 2018, was changed to a phone number and email linked to Mizuhara.

The Dodgers fired Mizuhara earlier this year when news of the criminal investigation broke.

At a subsequent news conference, Ohtani denied any knowledge of Mizuhara’s actions. He also vehemently denied that he was involved in any gambling activity.

“I never bet on baseball or any other sports or never have asked somebody to bet on my behalf,” he insisted.

Women voters of color say lawmakers focus on wrong issues

By Suzanne Potter, Producer, Public News Service

tive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice says while motivation across the electorate is lower than in the past - candidates who want to win must pay attention to women of color.

“Women-of-color voters can’t be underestimated. Elections are often decided

by narrow margins. We should not be seen as lowpropensity voters, we need to be seen as high-potential voters, and folks can’t afford to take us for granted,” she explained.

The poll found nearly nine in ten women of color say voting is extremely or very important. Women’s

rights and abortion, combined, are top issues for 31% of Black women, 34% of Latinas, and 36% of AAPI women.

Roshni Nedungadi, chief research officer and founding partner of the public opinion research firm HIT Strategies, said women voters of color are highly

concerned about economic issues that affect their everyday lives - and not just high grocery prices.

“They’re thinking about access to affordable health care, including abortion and birth control. They’re thinking about more affordable housing, they’re thinking of course about

Ohtani said Mizuhara “has been stealing money from my account and has told lies.”

Estrada said none of the illegal bets allegedly placed by Mizuhara were on baseball games.

According to various reports, wire transfers were made from Ohtani’s bank account to an illegal bookmaking operation allegedly run by Orange County resident Mathew Bowyer, who is under federal investigation.

Bowyer’s San Juan Capistrano home was searched by federal agents last year.

Prosecutors said Mizuhara also took money from Ohtani’s account to pay other expenses, including $60,000 in dental work and $325,000 worth of baseball cards.

The false tax return charge stems from 2022, when Mizuhara falsified his taxable income by claiming only $136,865, when in fact the figure was more than $4.1 million stemming from his bank fraud, prosecutors said. He admits in his plea agreement that he owes more than $1.1 million in taxes for 2022.

cost of living, job creation, and closing the pay gap,” she continued.

The poll also found that 93% of Black women, 84% of AAPI women, 79% of Latinas agree with the statement that racism has gone on too long and that policies to advance racial equity are long overdue.

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Hedge funds may soon be banned from owning single-family homes

By Roshan Abraham, Next City and Stacker

The bulk purchase of single-family homes by corporate owners — who then turn them into rentals — has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. Legislators have gradually been responding with bills to rein in and in some cases ban private equity, real estate investment trusts and hedge funds from purchasing single-family homes.

According to Next City, the most prominent of these bills was introduced in December 2023: the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act, introduced in the Senate by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley with companion legislation introduced in the House by Rep. Adam Smith.

The bill, which has been referred to committee but has yet to receive a vote, would effectively ban hedge funds from owning any single-family homes within 10 years of its passage.

The Merkley/Smith bill as written would force large corporate owners to divest from their current holdings of single-family homes over 10 years. An applicable entity that manages investor funds, is a fiduciary of the funds, and purchases new homes would be taxed half the cost of each additional home. Entities that fail to divest homes they own in excess of the 50-home cap would be taxed $50,000 for each excess home. And hedge funds, specifically, would pay that fine if they own any homes at all (with 10 years to divest of them).

The taxes would go toward a new housing trust fund for downpayment assistance for aspiring homeowners.

The legislation defines a “hedge fund” as any taxpayer with $50 million or more of assets under management. There are exemptions for nonprofits or any organization that primarily builds or rehabilitates single-family housing.

Merkley told Next City/ Shelterforce that he first learned about the issue from constituents who were being outbid for starter homes for their families by deep-pocketed investors who were willing to buy the homes sight unseen.

“I started to hear the vignettes of people competing with all-cash, no-inspection offers in Oregon,” Merkley says. “And three years ago or so I started seeing the stats of the large number of homes that were being purchased.”

While the overall ownership of single-family homes by private equity remains relatively small, a 2022 report by MetLife estimated that by 2030, 7.6 million single-family rental homes in the United States — more than 40% — could be owned by corporate investors.

According to a November report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) the estimate of 1.6 million housing units owned by private equity is “likely a dramatic underestimate due to a lack of transparency in ownership records.”

The issue was the subject of a much-publicized Congressional hearing in 2022. And on March 7 President Biden released a policy announcement on housing ahead of his State of the Union address that mentioned private equity’s influence on housing, saying, “Corporate landlords and private equity firms across the country have been accused of illegal information sharing, price fixing, and inflating rents,” a reference not only to rent gouging but to ongoing litigation against RealPage, a data analytics company providing research to landlords, for coordinating rents among customers.

Private equity firms generally purchase houses with the goal of quickly turning a profit and then selling them. According to the November report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, private equity firms generally seek to turn a 15% return to investors within a 3- to 5-year period, and they accomplish this by cutting costs, including “deferring maintenance, skirting regulations, and imposing unnecessary fees on tenants.”

A 2022 report from Drexel University found that between 2020 and 2021, 19% of sales of singlefamily homes in Richmond, Virginia, went to investors (a broad category that includes individual house flippers and private equity giants), and a quarter of the homes purchased in the same time period in Jacksonville, Florida, and Philadelphia were bought by investors.

The bill is one of several pieces of legislation introduced in recent years in an attempt to address private equity purchases of housing, although the other bills are all at the state or local level.

Among them is a North Carolina bill that would ban any single entity from

owning more than 100 homes in counties that have above 150,000 residents. Every home owned above 100 would result in a daily fine of up to $100. In its report, PESP referred to the bill, which was referred to committee over a year ago but has never received a vote, as “one of the most stringent regulations of corporate landlords ever attempted by any state government.”

A bill in Minnesota, HF685, would ban corporate entities from converting single-family homes into rentals. Introduced in January 2023, the bill hasn’t received a vote but has been picking up support: it has 18 authors as of this writing.

Minnesota has been particularly impacted by private equity landlords. In 2022, Next City covered a group of tenants in singlefamily homes in Minnesota putting their rent in escrow rather than paying their private equity landlord, Pretium Partners, which was failing to provide needed repairs. Pretium was the subject of a lawsuit by the state’s attorney general, Keith Ellison.

The Merkley/Smith legislation caps ownership for all pooled investment funds at 50 single-family homes. Merkley told Next City/Shelterforce the number was “arbitrary” but chosen so that large hedge funds don’t form smaller companies to evade detection.

“We didn’t want the large billion-dollar hedge funds to create the same board of officers and create a smaller hedge fund,” he says.

Private equity owners of single-family homes have continually argued that they are creating supply in the rental market, particularly for growing families who would feel cramped in a small apartment. Merkley says the legislation negates that argument, because it requires private equity landlords to sell off their properties to new homeowners.

“That’s a completely bogus argument,” he says. “You’re taking a family out of the rental market when they become the owner of this home.” He says that allowing aspiring homeowners to buy homes is “systematically reducing the demand for rental housing.”

Merkley had a front-row seat to the beginning of this crisis. He entered Congress in 2009, during the financial crisis and mortgage crisis,

when the federal government had acquired hundreds of thousands of single-family homes with predatory mortgages that it needed to get rid of. After the financial crisis, the Obama administration began selling off hundreds of thousands of the single-family homes that it had foreclosed on. Rather than selling them to homeowners, they sold them to hedge funds and private equity with massive discounts. Merkley says that he was pushing the Obama administration at the time to make the homes available to Americans who had been victims of the subprime mortgage crisis.

The Obama administration, Merkley says, responded that they didn’t have time to build capacity for a discounted homeownership program before the buildings started to deteriorate.

“I do understand the arguments the administration was making … they were also worried about pipes freezing, they were worried about houses being broken into, they were worried about houses being stripped of their copper,” Merkley says.

But he says that whatever the Obama administration’s limitations, “That process of selling off houses in these large bulk sales that only large hedge funds can buy them really set this in motion.”

Hedge funds and private equity firms make money off these homes with or without renters—the buildings appreciate in value, and that appreciation is not subject to taxation until a sale.

Merkley then joined the banking committee, where he worked on regulating subprime mortgages. “We

made them illegal, they were turning the dream of homeownership into a nightmare,” Merkley says. (This is not exactly true, but the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act did put greater guardrails on subprime mortgages, putting them under the purview of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Merkley, along with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, contributed to language in the bill that prohibited mortgage lenders and brokers from receiving financial incentives to offer high-risk loans.)

The Merkley/Smith bill also does not address private equity ownership in the multifamily housing market, where it owns a larger share of the market. Since multifamily units are mostly rentals already, private equity does not have the same effect on overall supply. But corporate consolidation of housing can lead to higher rents. Merkley says he doesn’t have a plan for multifamily yet.

“I don’t feel I understand that multifamily issue well enough to propose a specific strategy on it,” he says.

The End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act doesn’t have a strong solution for one of the largest impediments to regulating corporate ownership: tracking who owns what. Many rental properties are owned by shell LLCs, making ownership hard to discern. The bill sets up a reporting requirement around acquisitions, and issues a $20,000 fine for not reporting. But it doesn’t create a mechanism for uncovering who owns the units, nor does it establish

a new database of rental ownership.

In an email statement to Next City/Shelterforce, Merkley’s office said, “LLC transparency is a key piece of the puzzle to ensuring houses in our communities are homes for families, not profit centers for Wall Street” and that the senator is “exploring the most effective transparency and reporting strategy for tracking future acquisitions.”

“It’s tough to really hold somebody accountable when you don’t really know what the true ownership is,” says Chris Noble, policy director at the Private Equity Stakeholder Project. The group has endorsed the legislation, saying it addresses the “root cause” of corporate housing consolidation.

Noble says any mechanism to track housing ownership would need to be as “robust” as the tax portion of the bill for the legislation to work. PESP has advocated for a national landlord registry. “There has to be some way to track what everybody has because a lot of times it is an LLC that is owned by something else that is ultimately owned by a real estate investment trust or something like that,” he says.

This story was co-published in collaboration with Shelterforce, the only independent, non-academic publication covering the worlds of affordable housing, community development and housing justice. This story was produced by Next City and reviewed and distributed by Stacker Media. The article was copy edited from its original version. Republished pursuant to a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley. | Photo courtesy of Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/Stacker

Video shows Diddy assaulting girlfriend at LA hotel

By City News Service

Disturbing 2016 surveillance video made public Friday from a Century City hotel appears to show rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs physically assaulting then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, seemingly confirming abuse allegations she made in a lawsuit that was filed last year then quickly settled.

The video, obtained by CNN, was taken at the thenInterContinental Hotel in Century City, the network reported.

The video shows Ventura exiting a hotel room and walking down a hallway toward a bank of elevators.

Combs, wearing only a white towel wrapped around his waist and socks, is then seen following her down the hallway then forcefully grabbing her by the head or neck and throwing her to the ground. As she lies on the ground, Combs kicks her. After picking up a suitcase nearby, he kicks her again.

Combs is then seen trying to drag Ventura back down the hallway toward the hotel room, but he lets go of her after pulling her into the hallway from the elevator area. He then continues back toward his room.

Combs reappears in the video and appears to shove

Ventura again, before sitting in a chair and grabbing something from a nearby table and throwing it at her. He then returns to his room.

Ventura had claimed in her lawsuit in November that Diddy physically assaulted her in 2016, saying the rapper was drunk and punched her in the face. She alleged that when she tried to leave, Diddy followed her and eventually threw glass vases that were on display in the hallway at her. According to the suit, Ventura eventually got into an elevator and took a cab back to her apartment.

The lawsuit also made more serious allegations of sexual assault and other acts of physical abuse inflicted by Diddy. The lawsuit was settled one day after it was filed, but no details were released.

The rapper had issued a statement vehemently denying the suit’s allegations, suggesting Ventura was looking for a “payday.”

Responding to the release of the video, Ventura’s attorney Douglas H. Wigdor issued a statement to CNN saying, “The gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of Mr. Combs.

Words cannot express the courage and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light.”

There has been no immediate response from

Diddy to the video.

In late March, federal agents raided Diddy’s homes in Miami and in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles.

According to a statement from the U.S. Depart-

ment of Homeland Security, the raids were “part of an ongoing investigation,” but no details were released.

The nature of the probe was unclear, but several reports indicated it was part of a federal sex trafficking investigation. Diddy has been targeted in multiple lawsuits in recent months — including Ventura’s — accusing him of sex abuse. In addition to Ventura, two other women filed lawsuits alleging sexual abuse.

Music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr. filed a lawsuit earlier this year accusing Diddy of groping him while the pair worked together on Diddy’s album “The Love Album: Off the Grid.” The lawsuit also included allegations that Diddy and his son engaged in a “sex-trafficking venture.”

Diddy’s attorney Shawn Holley issued a statement in response saying, “Lil Rod is nothing more than a liar who filed a $30 million lawsuit shamelessly looking for an undeserved payday. His reckless name-dropping about events that are pure fiction and simply did not happen is nothing more than a transparent attempt to garner headlines.

“We have overwhelming,

indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies.”

Following the federal raids in March, Combs attorney Aaron Dyer insisted on the rapper’s innocence and accused authorities of a “gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs’ residences.”

“There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children and employees were treated. Mr. Combs was never detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities,” Dyer said.

“Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his family members have been arrested nor has their ability to travel been restricted in any way. This unprecedented ambush — paired with an advanced, coordinated media presence — leads to a premature rush to judgment of Mr. Combs and is nothing more than a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits. There has been no finding of criminal or civil liability with any of these allegations. Mr. Combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name.”

Health officials warn of measles-positive passenger at LAX

By City News Service

Atraveler who passed through Los Angeles International Airport a week ago was infected with measles at the time, county health officials said Thursday, warning that the person may have exposed others.

According to the county Department of Public

Health, the patient arrived on Qatar Airways flight QR 0739 at 1:53 p.m. May 9 at the Tom Bradley International Terminal. The unidentified person does not live in Los Angeles.

“Individuals who were at Terminal B from approximately 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. may be at risk of

developing measles due to exposure to this traveler,” according to the county DPH. “In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control, passengers assigned to specific seats that may been exposed on Qatar Airways flight QR 0739 on May 9, 2024, will be notified by local depart-

ments of health. These agencies work together to investigate communicable disease exposures on international flights to the United States.”

People who were exposed should confirm their vaccination status for measles. Unvaccinated people who have not been

previously infected are at risk of contracting the disease, and could develop symptoms within 7 to 21 days of exposure.

“Measles is spread by air and by direct contact even before you know you have it and can lead to severe disease,” Dr. Muntu Davis, Los Angeles

County health officer, said in a statement. “Measles is highly contagious for those who are not immune to it. Initially causing fever, cough, red, watery eyes, and followed by a rash, it can result in serious complications for young children and vulnerable adults.”

Diddy in 2000. | Photo courtesy of John Mathew Smith & www. celebrity-photos.com/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

El Monte City Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE TO EL MONTE PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES OF THE CITY’S INTENT TO CONDUCT A JUNE 04, 2024 MAJORITY-PROTEST PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND POTENTIALLY APPROVE A PROPOSALTO INCREASE THE CITY’S EXISTING SCHEDULE OF ANNUAL SEWER SERVICE CHARGE RATES ASSESSED TO REAL PROPERTY PARCELS WITHIN THE CITY AND COLLECTED ON THE ANNUAL TAX ROLL

TUESDAY, JUNE 04, 2024 BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN as required by Section 5473.1 of the Health & Safety Code and Section 6066 of the Government Code, the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on TUESDAY, JUNE 04, 2024 at 6:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER AND APPROVE SOUGHT: AN URGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 3.01 (SEWER CHARGE FUND) OF THE EL MONTE MUNICIPAL CODE AND RELATED MAJORITY PROTEST PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE WRITTEN PROTESTS IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED SEWER SERVICE CHARGE INCREASE; AND CONSIDER AND APPROVE A RESOLUTION IMPLEMENTING A PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF INCREASED SEWER CHARGES ALONG WITH RELATED SUPPORTING MATERIALS.

The City of El Monte (“City”) proposes increases to the City’s existing schedule sewer service charge rates for users of the City’s sewage and wastewater collection and transmission system. The sewer service charge is levied upon real property parcels within the City, including real property record of owner based on the last equalized secured property tax assessment roll.

The charges for which City staff and the Consultant have recommended increases qualify as so-called “property related fees and charges” within the meaning of Article XIIID of the California Constitution and as such require the conduct of a majority protest public hearing carried-out in accordance with the noticing and hearing requirements of Article XIIID, Section 6 of the California Constitution and the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act (Government Code Section 53750 et seq.) Article XIIID, Section 6 of the California Constitution requires that prior to levying a new or increased property-related fee or charge, a public agency shall provide a minimum of 45 days prior written notice by mail of any proposed increase to a fee or charge to the record owner of each real property parcel affected by the increase to the fee or charge. The Prop 218 Public Notice was deposited with the U.S. Postal Service: April 19, 2024.

The City Council will consider all written materials, including the 2024 Rate Analysis, and oral testimony concerning the proposed sewer service charge rate increase. If you oppose the proposed increase, you may submit a written protest in opposition to the increase, subject to the rules and procedures described in City Council Resolution No. 10526 dated April 2, 2024. The public hearing will be open to the public and anyone interested may address the City Council as part of the public hearing, including the record owner(s) of real property parcels affected by the rate increase.

For more information about the proposed sewer service charge rate increase or to obtain the Prop 218 Public Notice in Vietnamese, Mandarin or Spanish, visit the City’s internet webpage by clicking https:// elmonteca.gov/705/2024-Sewer-Rate-Study.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall–East, City Council Chambers, 1333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California.

Persons wishing to comment upon the matter may do so orally at the time of the public hearing or in writing submitted prior to the close of the public hearing. For further information or questions regarding this matter please contact the Public Works Utility Division at 626580-2250, Monday through Thursday (excluding legal holidays), between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Published: May 20, 2024 and May 27, 2024 Gabriel Ramirez,City Clerk City of El Monte

Publish May 20, 2024 and May 27, 2024 EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPROVAL OF ANNUAL LEVY OF FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 CITYWIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE

TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN as required by Section 5473.1 of the Health & Safety Code and Section 6066 of the Government Code, the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL Approval of the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 levy of the SOUGHT: sewer service charge applicable to all parcels located within the City of El Monte. As part of the annual levy approval process, the City Council will review and take action to approve a report setting forth the specific sums to be levied against each property subject to the Citywide sewer service charge. A copy of this report is maintained by the City Engineering Division located at El Monte City Hall – West, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California and is available for inspection during City business hours.

Prior to the conduct of the July 2, 2024 hearing but in no event later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing, a written report containing, among other things, a listing of each of the real property parcels subject to the levy/lien and the total sums to be charged against the parcel for the Fiscal Year in question will be available for inspection on the City Engineering Division webpage (https://www.ci.el-monte.ca.us/292/Engineering) or by calling the Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058 to make arrangements for reviewing the documents.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall –East, City Council Chambers, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; (2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/CouncilMeeting-Videos; or (3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways: (4) Call-in Conference Line – comments/questions can be submitted per the instructions at the beginning of the meeting; and (5) Email – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the City Clerk’s general email address: CityClerk@elmonteca.gov; or (6) In person.

For further information regarding this matter please contact the El Monte Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058, Monday through Thursday (excluding legal holidays), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

Published: May 20, 2024 and May 30, 2024

EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPROVAL OF ANNUAL LEVY OF FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025

KLINGERMAN/BONWOOD WASTE & RECYCLING SERVICE CHARGE

TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN as required by Section 5471 of the Health & Safety Code and Section 6066 of the Government Code, the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL Approval of the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 levy of the SOUGHT: waste collection and recycling charges applicable to all parcels located within the Klingerman/Bonwood Special Waste Area. As part of the annual levy approval process, the City Council will review and take action to approve a report setting forth the specific sums to be levied against each property within the Special Waste Area subject to the waste collection and recycling charges. A copy of this report is maintained by the City Engineering Division located at El Monte City Hall – West, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California and is available for inspection during City business hours.

Prior to the conduct of the July 2, 2024 hearing but in no event later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing, a written report containing, among other things, a listing of each of the real property parcels subject to the levy/lien and the total sums to be charged against the parcel for the Fiscal Year in question will be available for inspection on the City Engineering Division webpage (https://www.ci.el-monte. ca.us/292/Engineering) or by calling the Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058 to make arrangements for reviewing the documents.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall –East, City Council Chambers, 11333 Valley Boulevard El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; (2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/CouncilMeeting-Videos; or (3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways:

1. Call-in Conference Line (888) 204-5987; Code 8167975 – comments/questions can be submitted per the instructions at the beginning of the meeting;

2. Email – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the City Clerk’s general email address: CityClerk@elmonteca.gov; or

3. In person.

For further information regarding this matter please contact the El Monte Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058, Monday through Thursday (excluding legal holidays), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Published: May 20, 2024 and May 30, 2024 EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPROVAL OF ANNUAL LEVY OF FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025

MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT (CFD) 13-1 ASSESSMENT

TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant Section 6066 of the Government Code, the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL Approval of the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 CFD 13-1 was SOUGHT: established as a mechanism to pay for ongoing public service costs created through the development and maintenance of the municipal sewer system, street pavement, lighting and operation charges included in the annual property tax bill for certain real property parcels located within Tract No. 71784 within the City of El Monte – a tract commonly referred to as the Mountain View Community Facilities District 13-1. The amount of the special tax levy to be assessed in the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year in the CFD 13-1 has been calculated in accordance with the methodology set forth in Resolution of Formation No. 9390. The specific CFD public service costs are as follows: As part of the annual levy

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

approval, the City Council will review and take action to approve a report setting forth the specific sums to be levied against each property subject to the charge. A copy of this report is maintained by the City Engineering Division located at El Monte City Hall – West, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California and is available for inspection during City business hours.

Prior to the conduct of the July 2, 2024 hearing but in no event later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing, a written report containing, among other things, a listing of each of the real property parcels subject to the levy/lien and the total sums to be charged against the parcel for the fiscal year in question will be available for inspection on the City Engineering Division webpage (https://www.ci.el-monte.ca.us/292/Engineering) or by calling the Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058 to make arrangements for reviewing the documents.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall – East, City Council Chambers, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; (2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/CouncilMeeting-Videos; or

(3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways:

(1) Call-in Conference Line – comments/questions can be submitted per the instructions at the beginning of the meeting;

(2) Email – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the City Clerk’s general email address: CityClerk@elmonteca.gov; or

(3) In person.

For further information regarding this matter please contact the El Monte Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058, Monday through Thursday (excluding legal holidays), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

Published: May 20, 2024 and May 30, 2024 EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPROVAL OF ANNUAL LEVY OF FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 GATEWAY COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT (CFD) 2014-01 ASSESSMENT

TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public andAll Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL Approval of the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 CFD 2014-01

SOUGHT: special tax levy, established as a mechanism to pay for ongoing public service costs created through the development and maintenance of the municipal sewer system, street pavement, lighting and operation charges included in the annual property tax bill for certain real property parcels located within the City of El Monte – a tract commonly referred to as the Gateway Community Facilities District 2014-01. The amount of the special tax levy to be assessed in the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year in the CFD 2014-01 has been calculated in accordance with the methodology set forth in Resolution of Formation No. 9482. The specific CFD public service costs are as follows: As part of the annual levy approval, the City Council will review and take action to approve a report setting forth the specific sums to be levied against each property subject to the charge.

A copy of this report is maintained by the City Engineering Division located at El Monte City Hall – West, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California and is available for inspection during City business hours.

Prior to the conduct of the July 2, 2024 hearing but in no event later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing, a written report containing, among other things, a listing of each of the real property parcels subject to the levy/lien and the total sums to be charged against the parcel for the Fiscal Year in ques-

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tion will be available for inspection on the City Engineering Division webpage (https://www.ci.el-monte. ca.us/292/Engineering or by calling the Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058 to make arrangements for reviewing the documents.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall – East, City Council Chambers, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; (2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/Council Meeting-Videos; or (3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways:

1) Call-in Conference Line – comments/questions can be submitted per the instructions at the beginning of the meeting; and 2) Email – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the City Clerk’s general email address: CityClerk@elmonteca.gov; or 3) In person.

For further information regarding this matter please contact the El Monte Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058, Monday through Thursday (excluding legal holidays), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Published: May 20, 2024 and May 30, 2024 EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPROVAL OF ANNUAL LEVY OF FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025

LEWIS HOMES SEWER MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT

TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN as required by Section 5473.1 of the Health & Safety Code and Section 6066 of the Government Code, the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL Approval of the levy of a municipal sewer maintenance SOUGHT: and operation charge between May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024 included in the annual property tax bill for certain real property parcels located within Tract No. 44776 within the City of El Monte – a tract commonly referred to as the Lewis Homes Tract. As part of the annual levy approval process, the City Council will review and take action to approve a report setting forth the specific sums to be levied against each property subject to the charge. A copy of this report is maintained by the City Engineering Division located at El Monte City Hall – West, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California and is available for inspection during City business hours.

Prior to the conduct of the July 2, 2024 hearing but in no event later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing, a written report containing, among other things, a listing of each of the real property parcels subject to the levy/lien and the total sums to be charged against the parcel for the fiscal year in question will be available for inspection on the City Engineering Division webpage (https://www.ci.el-monte.ca.us/292/Engineering) or by calling the Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058 to make arrangements for reviewing the documents.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall –East, City Council Chambers, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; (2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/CouncilMeeting-Videos; or (3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways:

(1) Call-in Conference Line – comments/questions can be submitted per the instructions at the beginning of the meeting; (2) Email – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the City Clerk’s general email address: CityClerk@elmonteca.gov; or (3) In person.

For further information regarding this matter please contact the El Monte Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058, Monday through Thursday (excluding legal holidays), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

Published: May 20, 2024 and May 30, 2024 EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPROVAL OF LEVYING VALLEY VISTA SERVICES DELINQUENT RESIDENTIAL REFUSE ACCOUNTS ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 TAX ROLL

TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024 BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN as required by Section 5473.1 of the Health & Safety Code and Section 6066 of the Government Code the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL Approval of the levy of the past due and delinquent SOUGHT: charges for solid waste refuse disposal service on all applicable residential parcels delinquent between May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024, located within the Valley Vista Services, Service Area. As part of the levy approval process, the City Council will review and take action to approve a report setting forth the specific sums to be levied against each applicable property. A copy of this report is maintained by the City Engineering Division located at El Monte City Hall – West, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California and is available for inspection during City business hours.

Prior to the conduct of the July 2, 2024 hearing but in no event later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing, a written report containing, among other things, a listing of each of the real property parcels subject to the levy/lien and the total sums to be charged against the parcel for the Fiscal Year in question will be available for inspection in the City Engineering Division webpage (https://www.ci.el-monte.ca.us/292/ Engineering) or by calling the Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058 to make arrangements for reviewing the documents.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall East, City Council Chambers, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; (2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/CouncilMeeting-Videos; or (3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways:

(1) Call-in Conference Line Call-in (888) 204-5987; Code 8167975 – comments/questions can be submitted per the instructions at the beginning of the meeting;

(2) Email – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the City Clerk’s general email address: CityClerk@elmonteca.gov; or (3) In person.

For further information regarding this matter please contact the El Monte Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058, Monday through Thursday (excluding legal holidays), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

Published: May 20, 2024 and May 30, 2024 EL MONTE EXAMINER

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

Temple City City Notices

CITY OF TEMPLE CITY

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

AMENDMENT TO THE CITY’S YEAR 3

PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION

PROGRAM FUNDS

Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Temple City will amend the City’s Year 3 Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program funds. The City Council will formally consider the changes to the City’s PLHA funded program at their meeting of June 18, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the City Hall, located at 5938 Kauffman Avenue, Temple City.

PLHA Program was established by the state to provide a source of funding for cities and counties to help meet the unmet need for affordable housing and increase supply of affordable housing. Out of the 10 eligible PLHA activities, the City Council directed staff to join the San Gabriel Council of Governments Regional Housing Trust and create a program allowing accessibility modifications in lower-income owner-occupied housing. The City Council allocated PLHA funds to establish the Residential Accessibility Modification Program (RAMP) and approved guidelines for the program. City staff were notified by the Los Angeles County Development Authority that all accessibility modification programs were subject to prevailing wages and were required to be a loan based on the direction from the state. On December 5, 2023, the City Council directed City staff to cancel the accessibility modification program due to constraints and establish a program assisting families who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

The City is proposing to cancel the accessibility modification program and establish a program assisting families and individuals who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Activities may include temporary rental assistance, rapid rehousing, and supportive/ case management services. The budget will utilize the City’s Year 3 PLHA funds totaling $254,620.

Any interested persons wishing to provide input on the proposed amendments to the City’s PLHA Program may contact the Community Development Department at City Hall by phone (626) 656-7316. Written comments may also be submitted to: City of Temple City Community Development Department, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780. Comments will be received through June 18, 2024.

Peggy Kuo City Clerk

Published: Temple City Tribune

Date: May 20, 2024

Published May 20, 2024

TEMPLE CITY TRIBUNE

Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Mayling Lau AKA May Ling Dorothy Lau, Dorothy Lau CASE NO. 24STPB04488

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Mayling Lau AKA May Ling Dorothy Lau, Dorothy Lau

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Michael Samuel Seemiller in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on 5/29/2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST. LOS ANGELES CA 90012 STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appear-

LEGALS

ested in the will or estate, or both, of MARGARITA MORALES FUENTES

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on June 7, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 2D located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

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

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

Petitioner: Jessica Morales

JESSICA MORALES

3812 CYPRESS AVE EL MONTE CA 91731

CN106635 FUENTES May 16,20,23, 2024 EL MONTE EXAMINER

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Cindy T. Nguyen, Esq. (SBN: 273886) Amity Law Group, LLP 3733 Rosemead Blvd., Suite 201 Rosemead, CA 91770 Telephone: (626) 307-2800 5/13, 5/16, 5/20/24 CNS-3813102# ROSEMEAD READER

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MARGARITA MORALES FUENTES

Case No. 24STPB05238

To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred-itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be inter-

hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

KEVIN CHIU - SBN 249479

LAW OFFICE OF KEVIN CHIU 1055 E. COLORADO BLVD., #500 PASADENA CA 91106

Telephone (626) 607-1411 5/16, 5/20, 5/23/24 CNS-3812801# DUARTE DISPATCH

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF KHANH HOANG NGUYEN aka KENEY NGUYEN

CASE NO. 24STPB05117

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: KHANH HOANG NGUYEN aka KENEY NGUYEN

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by KEVIN NGUYEN and EDWIN NGUYEN in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that KEVIN NGUYEN and EDWIN NGUYEN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

LE, ESQ., Bar No. 143310

Law Offices of Vickie D. Le 9039 Bolsa Avenue, Suite 218

Westminster, CA 92683

Telephone No. (714) 379-6449

Fax No. (714) 379-4779

Email Address: lawofficesofandrelam@gmail.com

Attorney for: Kevin Nguyen and Edwin Nguyen, Telephone: (714) 379-6449

5/20, 5/23, 5/27/24

CNS-3814870# EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Civil Code and the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of California, the undersigned will sell at 600 W Gladstone Space 74, Azusa, California, on June 14, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., the following described property and contents to wit: a 1971 Bainbridge mobilehome, Decal No LAL1228, Serial Nos S284U/S284X, registered owners Thomas J White and Jane A Whits, for the purpose of satisfying a warehousemen's lien of the undersigned for past due rent and storage in the approximate amount of $26,742.13 as of March 2024, plus additional storage and utility charges due at the time of sale, together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale. Mobilehome to be removed from storage following sale.

JONATHAN T. TREVILLYAN, ESQ

Attorney for Caravan MHP 5/20, 5/27/24 CNS-3814321# AZUSA BEACON

INTERNAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PARKING FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES RFP # GCS-10624-S

The Los Angeles County Internal Services Department (ISD) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit proposals for a contract/s with organizations that can provide Parking Facilities Management Services for County-owned and/or County-operated parking facilities in areas throughout the County of Los Angeles. A Mandatory Virtual Proposers’ Conference will be held on June 12, 2024. The RFP and additional information can be obtained on the County’s website at: https:// doingbusiness.lacounty.gov/ and selecting “Open Solicitations” and entering solicitation number: GCS-10624-S

The Proposals are due on July 10, 2024, by 12:00 PM (PT). Instructions: On the Los Angeles County Vendor Service website, in the left-hand column select Public Access; On the Public Access Page use the Detailed Search section to type Solicitation Number: GCS-10624-S located at: https://lacovss. lacounty.gov 5/20, 6/3/24

or

If

of

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DENNIS DEAN MIELKE

CASE NO. 24STPB05064

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

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

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/11/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on 07/15/2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. 67 located at 111 N. HILL ST. LOS ANGELES CA 90012 STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE.

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

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

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

CNS-3814394# TEMPLE CITY TRIBUNE

AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Gisselle Leon FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 24AHCP00053 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 150 West Commonwealth, Alhambra, Ca 91801, Northeast Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner

Gisselle Leon filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Gisselle Leon to Proposed name Gisselle Madrigal-Leon 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reason for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 06/28/2024 Time: 8:30AM Dept: V. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Rosemead Reader DATED: April 10, 2024 Peter A Hernandez JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 2024 ROSEMEAD READER

Trustee Notices

or

of

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The

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 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 (800) 2802832 or visit this Internet Web site WWW. AUCTION.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 119725-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: Effective January 1, 2021, 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 property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising

Public Notices

Glendale City Notices

MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all responsible agencies and interested parties that the City of Glendale, as Lead Agency, has prepared a revised Initial Study/ Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) that evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project identified below. The Recirculated IS/MND indicates that the proposed project would not result in significant environmental impacts with incorporation of the prescribed mitigation measures.

Project Title: Pacific BMW Dealership Expansion

Project Applicant: Robert Plant

Project Location: 901 – 919 SOUTH BRAND BOULEVARD (Also 112-118 West Garfield Avenue & 119 West Acacia Avenue)

Zone: “CA” - Commercial Auto

Legal Description: Lots 8 thru 11, Tract No. 393, Lot 3, Tract No. 1375, and a Portion of Lot 28, M.R. 5-200-201 (APN: 5641-017-094)

Project Description: The applicant is proposing to construct a new 5-story,171,140 square-foot above-ground parking structure with roof top parking on an existing 81,148 square-foot project site located in the “CA” - (Commercial Auto) Zone. The proposed project involves the demolition of the existing surface parking lot, an existing 561 square-foot accessory building (relocated to the site in 1964) and removal of existing solar panel structures that will be relocated to the rooftop of the new structure. The new parking structure will feature 450 parking spaces and is proposed for vehicle inventory for the Pacific BMW Car Dealership.

Development of the proposed project will require design approval from the Design Review Board for the new constrtion(Case No. PDR-003152-2024) which will be noticed separatly, at a later time.

Review Period: The Recirculated IS/MND is available for review and download on the Planning Division website: http://www.glendaleca.gov/environmental. To request a hard copy of the Recirculated IS/MND, please contact Vista Ezzati by calling (818) 937-8180 or email at VEzzati@glendaleca.gov

THE PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD WILL BEGIN ON MAY 22, 2024 AND CONCLUDE ON JUNE 11, 2024.

Contact: Written comments should be received on or before June 11, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Written comments should refer to the project by name and be emailed to VEzzati@glendaleca.gov or addressed to:

Vista Ezzati, Senior Planner City of Glendale, Community Development Department 633 E. Broadway, Room 103 Glendale, CA 91206

Dr. Suzie Abajian, The City Clerk of the City of Glendale Published May 20, 2024

Pasadena City Notices

CITY OF PASADENA

Notice Inviting Bids For Commercial Fitness Equipment

Notice is hereby given that the City of Pasadena is calling for sealed bids for the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department and will receive sealed bids prior to 2:00 pm, Thursday, May 23, 2024 and will electronically unseal and make them available online (https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/pasadena/projects/91856) for this solicitation named "Commercial Fitness Equipment" Project ID: 2024-IFB-LM-0248.

1.1. Summary

The City of Pasadena's Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department seeks the purchase and installation of commercial fitness equipment at Villa Parke Community Center (363 E Villa St Pasadena, CA 91101). With over 400 active memberships, the fitness center offers a comprehensive range of amenities, including cardio equipment, strength training machines, and free weights.

1.2. Delivery Instructions

Bids will be received via the City's eProcurement Portal (https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/pasadena). A bid received after the time set for the bid opening shall not be considered. Bidders are required to submit (upload) all items listed in the Submittals/Checklist. Bids will be received prior to 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2024 and will be opened online at that time.

Copies of the Specifications and all required forms may be obtained for this solicitation online: https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/ pasadena/projects/91856

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

1.3. Pre-bid Conference

See the Timeline in the section named "Instructions to Bidders." If there is a Mandatory pre-bid meeting, bidders are required to attend at the time, date, and location included in the Timeline (#Instructions to Bidders) of this solicitation. If there is a Non-Mandatory pre-bid meeting, bidders not required to attend.

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

1.4. Deadline for Questions

The deadline to submit questions related to this solicitation is Wednesday, May 15, 2024, prior to 2:00 pm.

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

1.5. Release Date

Release Dated: Thursday, May 9, 2024

MIGUEL MÁRQUEZ City Manager

Publish May 20, 2024 PASADENA PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CHARLES SATRUSTEGUI CASE NO. 23STPB09717

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARTHA SATRUSTEGUI in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that KEVIN SINGER be appointed as Special Administrator with general powers 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 the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/29/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner

ZEV S. BROOKS - SBN 162830,

Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner

LAYNE A. BARTHOLOMEW - SBN 178280

LAW OFFICES OF LAYNE A. BARTHOLOMEW

222 N. MOUNTAIN AVE., STE. 100

UPLAND CA 91786

Telephone (909) 931-4733

5/13, 5/16, 5/20/24

CNS-3812410#

ONTARIO NEWS PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

DORIS ANN DEL FANTE

CASE NO. 24STPB05222

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DORIS ANN DEL FANTE.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARY ANN DEL FANTE in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

435 FOUNTAIN VALLEY CA 92708, Telephone (714) 965-0179 BSC 225116 5/13, 5/16, 5/20/24 CNS-3812017# GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: TIMOTHY SCOTT CURRY AKA TIMOTHY S. CURRY AKA TIMOTHY CURRY CASE NO. PROVA2400381

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of TIMOTHY SCOTT CURRY AKA TIMOTHY S. CURRY AKA TIMOTHY CURRY.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MINDI REBECCA RODRIGUEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MINDI REBECCA RODRIGUEZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/17/24 at 9:00AM in Dept. F2 located at 17780 ARROW BLVD., FONTANA, CA 92335

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

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DARLENE MAE DAMERON, aka DARLENE M. DAMERON, aka DARLENE DAMERON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JENNIE MEYER in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JENNIE MEYER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with 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 the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/07/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner

MICHAEL G. EBINER, ESQ. - SBN 183499, EBINER LAW OFFICE 100 N CITRUS ST., #520 WEST COVINA CA 91791, Telephone (626) 918-9000 5/16, 5/20, 5/23/24 CNS-3812857# WEST COVINA PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DARLENE MAE DAMERON, aka DARLENE M. DAMERON, aka DARLENE DAMERON CASE NO. 24STPB04852

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on MAY 31, 2024 at 8:30 A.M. in Dept.: “2D” located at: 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA Stanley Mosk Courthouse

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative ,as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. OTHER CALIFORNIA statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

DENAE L. OATEY, ESQ., SB# 215276 Attorney for Petitioner MADDEN, JONES, COLE & JOHNSON 3010 Old Ranch Parkway, Suite 450 Seal Beach, CA 90740 PNSB# 107414

Published in: Belmont Beacon Pub Dates: May 16, 20, 23, 2024

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PATRICIA SALCIDOALVONISTIS CASE NO. 21STPB01670 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of PATRICIA SALCIDO-ALVONISTIS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by TAYLOR MOORE in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that TAYLOR MOORE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented

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without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or other encumbrances, to satisfy the unpaid obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest and other sums as provided therein; plus advances, if any, thereunder and interest thereon; and plus fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of said obligations at the time of initial publication of this Notice is $616,202.03. In the event that the deed of trust described in this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is secured by real property containing from one to four singlefamily residences, the following notices are provided pursuant to the provisions of Civil Code section 2924f: NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. 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 property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 916939-0772, or visit this internet website www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 202410967 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of 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 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000009972019 Title Order No.: 230559507 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NO CASE NUMBER YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/21/2014. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN

common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 317 W CEDAR AVENUE, BURBANK, CALIFORNIA 91506 APN#: 2451-026005 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $267,599.85. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. 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 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 833-561-0243 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site WWW.SALES.BDFGROUP.

COM for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000009972019. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. 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 property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder”, you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 833-561-0243, or visit this internet website WWW.SALES.BDFGROUP. COM using the file number assigned to this case 00000009972019 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of 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 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. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: 833-5610243 WWW.SALES.BDFGROUP.COM BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 3990 E. Concours Street, Suite 350 Ontario, CA 91764 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 05/07/2024 A-FN4816580 05/20/2024, 05/27/2024, 06/03/2024 BURBANK INDEPENDENT

LEGALS

ed on 07/29/2014 as Instrument No. 20140784109 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: RUBEN D. HOYOS, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY,WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/ CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b),

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE Trustee Sale No: 13252311 Loan No: 197-4393997 Title Order No: 2458247CAD APN 8616-020-001 WHEREAS, on 07/27/2009, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by CARLOS LOPEZ AND TRINIDAD E. LOPEZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS, as trustor in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. as beneficiary and FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INS CO. as trustee, and was recorded on 08/03/2009 as Document No. 20091183644, and WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the

purpose of providing single family housing; and WHEREAS the beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment recorded 12/27/2013 in document no. 20131809396, of Official records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, CA, and WHEREAS a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust PURSUANT TO SECTION 9 (A)(i), OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS “AN IMMEDIATE PAYMENT IN FULL. AS DEFINED, THE LENDER WILL REQUIRE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT IN FULL OF ALL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AND ACCRUED INTEREST IF; A BORROWER DIES AND THE PROPERTY IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE OF AT LEAST ONE SURVIVING BORROWER.” INCLUDING ALL FORECLOSURE FEES, ATTORNEY FEES AND ADVANCES TO SENIOR LIENS, INSURANCE, TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on 06/18/2014 as Document No. 2014-0630515, notice is hereby given that on 06/11/2024, at 10:00 AM local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: The North 57 Feet of the Lot 41 of Tract No. 13736, in the City of Azusa, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per Map recorded in Book 275, Pages 48 to 50 inclusive of Maps, in the office of the County recorder of said County. Commonly known as: 532 W 2ND ST, AZUSA, CA 91702 The sale will be held: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $456,524.89. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his pro rata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling $45,652.49 [10% of the Secretary’s bid] in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not accompany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of $45,652.49 must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for a 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee will be in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit or, at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein. HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant. The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner not less than 3 days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before public auction of the property is completed. The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $456,165.63 as of 06/10/2024, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-

pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below. DATE: 04/29/2024 FORECLOSURE

COMMISSIONER: MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES 7844 Madison Ave., Suite 145 Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (916) 962-3453 Fax: (916) 962-1334 Sale Information Line: 916-939-0772 or www.nationwideposting.com Tara Campbell, Asst. Vice President NPP0460430 To: WEST COVINA PRESS 05/20/2024, 05/27/2024, 06/03/2024

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-202405564 Pub. 05/06/2024, 05/13/2024, 05/20/2024, 05/27/2024

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as All Wellness Now 720 Magnolia Ave B3 Corona, CA 92879

Riverside County All Wellness Now Acupuncture (CA, 720 Magnolia Ave B3, Corona, CA 92879 Riverside County This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on March 4, 2024. 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. Zhang Xie, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on April 25, 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

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Evergreen global enterprise 43597 Ridge Park Dr Temecula, CA 92590 Riverside County Evergreen global enterprise llc (CA, 43597 Ridge Park Dr, Temecula, CA 92590 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. Miguel Torres, Managing member Statement filed with the County of Riverside on April 8, 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

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

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LA City Council OKs study into deaths of zoo elephants

By City News Service

The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday ordered a study into the death of two Asian elephants at the city’s zoo, including a possible update to standards of care for the remaining elephants at the facility.

In a 14-0 vote, the council approved a motion introduced by Bob Blumenfield and Eunisses Hernandez in February. The L.A. Department of Zoo is expected to report back in 30 days on the cause of death for the elephants, Jewel and

Shaunzi, as well as detail current standards of care for elephant management and any improvements needed.

According to city documents, on Jan. 20, 2023, the L.A. Zoo announced that 61-year-old Jewel -- the oldest Asian elephant in the zoo’s care -- had to be euthanized due to declining health. A year later, the zoo announced that 53year-old Shaunzi had to be euthanized as well due to her declining health.

Jewel spent 30 years in the custody of a private owner

until 2009, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture rescued her. After recovery and rehabilitation, Jewel and Tina -- her companion of 30 years -- arrived at the zoo in 2010. Shaunzi was born in 1970 in Thailand and spent much of her youth in a circus environment. She arrived at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo in 1983 and transferred to the L.A. Zoo in 2017.

The L.A. Zoo remains home to two remaining Asian elephants, Tina and Billy. In part, the report is intended to ensure the

health and safety of Tina and Billy, and improve their care at the facility.

Since 1986, these animals have been classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. According to the 2019 IUCN Red List assessment, there are an estimated 30,000 to 50,000 Asian elephants in the wild.

The population of these animals continues to face challenges due to poaching, the loss of habitat and human- elephant conflict.

City Council confirms Janisse Quiñones as new GM of LADWP

By Joe Taglieri joet@beaconmedianews.com

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday confirmedJanisse Quiñones as the new general manager of the Department of Water and Power.

Quiñones was a senior executive with Pacific Gas and Electric for more than 25 years, and she is now tasked with leading the LADWP through the transition toward 100% clean energy by 2035.

“This council will be considering many important appointments that the mayor will be making, but very few will be as consequential as this one.

Leadership of the DWP is absolutely vital to this city,” Council President Paul Krekorian said prior to the confirmation vote, adding that the utility is “in need of a change of culture to ensure that it is a place of unquestionable integrity. DWP needs a resurgence of its commitment to customer service and to ensuring affordability of rates while also being honest about the essential needs of investment in the power and water infrastructure, which we have not

been keeping up with.”

Mayor Karen Bass lauded the confirmation of her appointee.

“The Department of Water and Power has made important progress toward embracing clean energy, meeting its decarbonization goals, modernizing its infrastructure to be more resilient, getting to a reliant and resilient water future and ensuring vulnerable communities have access to affordable utilities. I thank the Board of Water and Power Commissioners and the Los Angeles City Council for their unanimous confirmation of Ms. Quiñones and look forward to working with Janisse to deliver for the people of Los Angeles,” Bass said in a statement.

“This is a transformational period for the Department as we make decisions that will build toward the goal of 100% renewable energy by 2035 and I am confident that Janisse’s experience overseeing large scale organizational operations, improving safety outcomes for workers and restoring and recon-

structing electrical systems following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico equip her to lead the department,” Bass said. “I want to thank outgoing General Manager Marty Adams for his contributions to these outcomes and decades of leadership to the people of Los Angeles.”

Quiñones’ $750,000 annual salary is considerably higher than her predecessor’s $447,000 wages.

“With this confirmation, I am honored and ready to serve as the next General Manager of the

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and I look forward to continue to get to know the LADWP family and supporting those that work so hard to deliver for the people of Los Angeles,” Quiñones said in a statement. “I know the vital role LADWP plays for Angelenos, especially in times of crisis which Los Angeles has endured recently with record rains and winds and I look forward to working closely with Mayor Bass, the Board of Water and Power Commissioners and the committed employees of

Home kitchen

neighborhoods.”

She called on the county Department of Public Health to “work hand in hand with cities to ensure these micro businesses are not only following county public health measures, but are also following city codes. I asked for regular updates

from DPH as this program is rolled out.”

The ordinance, which still needs to return to the board for a final vote, would affect such businesses across the county, except for those in Long Beach, Pasadena and Vernon, which are overseen by those cities’ individual

health departments.

Under the ordinance, a MEHKO could also be approved to serve as a commissary for up to two food carts, or Compact Mobile Food Operations. In such cases, the kitchens would be limited to 80 meals per day and no more than 200 meals

per week. The gross sales for a MEHKO operating as a commissary would be $150,000.

Health officials said the ordinance was developed in consultation with jurisdictions including Imperial, Riverside, San Diego, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, along

the department as we move towards our commitment of 100% clean energy by 2035. Together, we will achieve our transformational goals and shore up our systems to fight climate change and deliver for the people of Los Angeles.”

Board of Water and Power Commissioners President Richard Katz said in a statement, “The Board ... is excited to welcome Janisse to her new role. The wealth of knowledge she brings from her past career endeavors will be invaluable and I, along with the rest of the Board, look forward to collaborating with her on various Department projects and initiatives.”

Quiñones most recently was senior vice president of electric operations at Pacific Gas and Electric, which is one of the largest utility companies in the nation with around 16 million customers in Northern and Central California. Quiñones oversaw electrical system operations, the power generation fleet and electrical equipment that supports the California Independent

System Operator. Before that, she was senior vice president of gas engineering for PG&E and vice president of gas systems engineering for National Grid, a multinational utility based in London. She also served as vice president of operations for Cobra Acquisitions and director of design, planning, construction & vegetation management during nine years at San Diego Gas & Electric, which she started after leaving full-time military service.

Quiñones currently serves in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves as the emergency preparedness liaison officer for California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. In 2004 she was an engineering officer and worked in cities including Los Angeles, San Diego and San Juan, where she worked to help rebuild the energy infrastructure in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Tuesday was Quiñones’ first official day on the job as the new head of LA’s gargantuan utility, according to Bass’ office.

with the COOK Alliance, an advocacy organization working to legitimize and support home cooking businesses.

Some speakers at Tuesday’s meeting raised concerns about the cost of the application and permit fees, while others pointed to benefits the ordinance would provide to small entrepreneurs working from home kitchens -including those who are using the operations to support their families. The ordinance, if given final approval, is expected to take effect in November, with enforcement beginning in January.

Jewel. | Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Zoo / Facebook

Janisse Quiñones. | Photo courtesy of LADWP

Bass says Metro Board will push for more police visibility on transit system

By City News Service

Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board of Directors Chair Karen Bass said Wednesday she and other board members will introduce a motion this week calling for an increase in law enforcement patrols and visibility on the transit system’s buses and trains.

The move follows a spate of violent crimes connected to the system in recent weeks, including the fatal stabbing of a woman on a B Line train in the Studio City area last month and a trio of attacks last week that left three people stabbed and another struck in the chest during a robbery.

“As chair of the Metro (board), I am right now working with my colleagues -- the other members of the board of directors -- on a motion that we’ll put forward at the next meeting, which is next week, that will be calling for an increase of patrols, increased visibility, on the buses and the trains,” Bass told reporters Wednesday.

Concerns about safety on the Metro system have escalated in recent weeks, despite statistics showing an overall drop in crime tied to buses and trains over the past year.

“Ridership is up almost to pre-pandemic levels and things have been going -- I mean, there had been an issue with crime, but not the type of violent crime that we’ve seen over the last couple of months,” Bass said. “Clearly there is a spike. Clearly we will aggressively address that.

“So we are finalizing

a motion right now. We’ll probably make the motion public well before the meeting [this] week.”

No other specifics about the proposal were immediately provided.

Metro officials have wrestled in recent years over the best way to police the transit system. The agency has generally partnered with the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Long Beach Police Department to police the system. But three years ago -- in the post-George Floyd era of calls for reductions in law enforcement spending -Metro opted to vastly expand its use of “ambassadors,” who are essentially customer service representatives positioned across the transit

system to provide support and information to riders and a resource for people to report maintenance or safety issues.

According to Metro’s own website, however, the ambassadors “are not security officers and do not replace existing security personnel or law enforcement. Rather, they are an added workforce that collaborates with other Metro departments in order to maintain public safety and help make the system feel safer for our riders.”

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who also sits on the Metro Board of Directors, told KNX News Wednesday morning that the agency cannot rely on ambassadors to make riders feel safer.

“I am very much focused

on bringing law enforcement back to the table,” Barger told the station. “For years, Metro has struggled with how we address safety on our lines, and I feel we’ve taken the wrong approach.”

Barger told KNX she has spoken to ambassadors, and “they tell me that law enforcement is an important partner with them in order for them to do their job. We need to undo what was done, and that is basically changing the policies as it relates to law enforcement’s role on our transit system and let them get back to being a deterrent and then capturing those that are committing the crimes.”

Safety issues on transit were highlighted last week by a trio of violent incidents, the most recent of which occurred Tuesday afternoon

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‘this is a train you won’t be able to stop.’ We were approved by the District as a sport before Dec. 1,” Stiles recalled.

Coach Stiles will be going out on top of his game, as he is retiring at the end of this season.

“I’m so appreciative of Coach Stiles and the opportunity he brought to so many of our studentathletes,” Arcadia Unified Superintendent Dr. David Vannasdall said.

“The level of success is unreal, but the platform he provided for hundreds of students to showcase their incredible athletic ability is his well-earned legacy.”

After its debut season, Arcadia High School joined the Almont League in 2017 where the Apaches won the league championship each year. Since the

end of 2017, Arcadia High School has won a remarkable 116 straight regular season matches. In total, the Apaches’ overall record over the past nine seasons is 144-16. Three of those 16 losses are when Arcadia lost in the CIF Open Division Championship match, meaning the Apaches have three runner-up finishes to go along with its three championships.

Stiles knew the San Gabriel Valley was a hotbed for badminton, and he also knew a thing or two about the sport himself. He won a championship as a player at Palm Springs High School in 1985. He went on to place runner-up in the CIF Individual playoffs in boys doubles to conclude his high school career in 1987. He also attended Claremont McKenna where he

competed in the 1989 Collegiate Individual Championships.

“As much as I would like to, I cannot take credit for our program’s success. Derrick Ng has been an indispensable part of the program from the beginning. James Wang joined the coaching staff in late 2017 and Leo Wong joined in late 2019. Their efforts have been instrumental in our success,” Stiles said.

The CIF champs will now host the individual CIF championships in which several Apaches will be participating and hoping to take home additional accolades. While known as a very distinguished academic and visual and performing arts high school, Arcadia High School excels in athletics as well. All seven of its spring sports, led by badminton,

when a person was robbed and assaulted aboard a Metro bus in the Encino area. That attack occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on a bus near Ventura Boulevard and Balboa Avenue. Metro officials said a man was robbed of a cell phone and was hit in the chest. The suspect was arrested as he was walking away from the bus, and the victim was not seriously injured.

At about 7:05 p.m. Monday, a fight erupted on a Metro bus near West Los Feliz Road and South Central Avenue in Glendale. In that instance, according to Metro, the bus driver stopped the vehicle and four males exited and the fight continued on the street, leading to two of the four people being stabbed.

The two wounded people were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, and the other two people involved were arrested, according to Metro.

Several media reports indicated that the altercation began when three juvenile suspects tried to steal a backpack from a teenage boy.

About two hours after that altercation, a woman was stabbed at the Metro C (Green) Line Vermont/Athens station at South Vermont Avenue and the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway. The suspect fled by boarding a westbound train, authorities said. The victim was reported to have been stabbed in an arm.

Metro’s Board of Directors on April 29 approved an emergency procurement declaration to speed up acquisition and installation of protective barriers for drivers on about 2,000 buses due to the “sudden, unexpected increased severity of assaults on operators.”

Barger noted to KNX, however, that such a move does nothing to protect bus riders.

The board also pushed for a review of other potential safety improvements, including an examination of measures such as securing all transit station entrances and exits, increasing security cameras on the system and making use of facial recognition technology.

Some bus drivers recently staged a “sick out” in protest of recent attacks on drivers.

won at least a share of its league championship this year.

“I told the administration in 2016 that I would coach for three or four years to get the program estab-

lished. I never could have imagined I’d be walking away nine years later with seven league titles and three CIF championships.

The winning has been nice, but it’s not what I will miss the most. It’s the opportunity to impact the lives of our exceptional studentathletes that kept me going this long. That is undeniably what I will miss the most,” Stiles said.

The Arcadia badminton team. | Photo courtesy of AUSD

Metro light-rail train. | Photo by yuki_alm_misa CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED