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California sues Trump administration over National Ex-OC Supervisor Andrew Do gets 5 years prison in bribery case Guard deployment; DTLA curfew in effect By Fabiola Diaz and Joe Taglieri fdiaz@beaconmedianews.com, joet@beaconmedianews.com
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alifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday sued President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over their orders seeking to federalize the California National Guard for 60 days in response to five days of unrest stemming from demonstrations against immigration raids in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, Newsom and Bonta asked a judge for an emergency order to immediately prevent Trump from federalizing the California National Guard, but U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer denied the request. He scheduled a hearing for Thursday in San Francisco federal court on the state's request for a restraining order. “The federal government is now turning the military against American citizens," Newsom said in a statement. "Sending trained warfighters onto the streets is unprecedented and threatens the very core of our democracy. Donald Trump is behaving like a tyrant, not a President. We ask the court to immediately block these unlawful actions."
By Paul Anderson, City News Service
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Protesters against an immigration crackdown in LA surround an ICE vehicle. | Photo courtesy of Homeland Security/X
In an attempt to stop looting and vandalism in a 1-square-mile section of downtown LA, Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday announced an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew for the area, with police announcing "mass arrests." The curfew applies to an area between the 5 and 110 freeways, and from the Santa 10 Freeway to the merger of the Golden State Freeway with the Arroyo Seco Parkway section of the 110 Freeway. The curfew area includes Skid Row, Chinatown and the Arts and Fashion districts.
“I am exercising my mayoral powers to implement a curfew within downtown Los Angeles to curb bad actors who do not support the immigrant community," Bass said in a statement. "If you do not live or work in downtown LA, avoid the area. Law enforcement will arrest individuals who break the curfew, and you will be prosecuted." Bass also called for an end to the ICE raids. "Limited exceptions" to the curfew — which officials
said would likely be in effect for several days with the possibility of an extension — include residents of the area, people traveling to and from work and credentialed journalists, according to the mayor's office. Police enforced the curfew immediately. "Multiple groups continue to congregate on 1st St between Spring and Alameda," the LAPD posted shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday. "Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being
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ormer Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do, who resigned as part of a plea deal stemming from a bribery scheme involving disbursement of COVID-19 relief funds, was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison. Attorneys for Do, 62, were asking that he serve just shy of three years in federal prison, but at Monday's hearing, U.S. District Judge James Selna tentatively settled on five years behind bars. Do's attorneys asked him to revisit the recommended sentence of four years recommended by probation officials. Five years was the maximum sentence available under the plea agreement. Prosecutors pushed for the maximum sentence. Some residents filed victim impact letters and wanted to speak at the hearing, but Selna cut that off, explaining the only victim with legal standing in the hearing was the county. "Their letters went into matters not pertinent here," Selna said. "I understand the public interest, but a sentencing is not a public
forum." Do's attorney, Paul Meyer, emphasized that probation officials recommended four years three times, even after new prosecutors were assigned to the case and asked them to revisit their recommendation. Meyer pointed out that is "unusual." Meyer and Do's other attorney, Eliot Krieger, said four years still served as a strong deterrence to others. The defense attorneys said all Do received personally from the scheme was a watch and help preparing a tax return one year. They argued that Do was a proud father who grew "morally blind" to the corruption as his daughters reaped the benefits of the scheme. "Allowing his daughters to get paid was a serious mistake, but a single mistake," Krieger said. Do also quickly agreed to the government seizing property as restitution, Krieger said. A separate hearing on what restitution Do will owe is scheduled for Aug. 15. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nandor Kiss said the
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