WILL CALIFORNIA DO REPARATIONS RIGHT?
InErin Aubry Kaplan
Yes! Magazine
his 2020 book, Begin Again, Eddie Glaude Jr.’s meditation on the modern relevance of the writer James Baldwin, Glaude describes how Baldwin returned to the United States from Paris in 1957 to witness a civil rights movement that was seriously getting underway. Traveling through the South, Baldwin was struck by how American life was still defined by a belief in the inferiority of Black people, and further struck by how that enduring lie would likely prevent white people from transforming the nation. He believed that until he died in 1987.
Now, 37 years later, the lie that never went away has enjoyed a remarkable resurgence in U.S. politics, overwhelmingly on the right, that threatens to engulf the whole republic. It has taken the form of attacks on Black history in education, and even the very presence of Black people in positions of power. But something else remarkable is happening that Baldwin could not have imagined at all: The push for reparations—compensation for the damage wrought by hundreds of years of the lies that justified slavery and then segregation and discrimination—has become mainstream.
In 2021, California became the first state to launch a reparations task force, the largestscale effort to pursue reparations in the country. The task force was born from a 2019 bill introduced by then-assemblywoman Shirley Weber, four months after the death of John Conyers, the Democratic congressman from Michigan who introduced a federal reparations bill, H.R. 40, every year for nearly 30 years. Weber’s bill in California was practically a carbon copy of H.R. 40.
Two years after the task force was launched, in summer 2023, it released 1,000-plus pages of more than 100 recommendations based on two years of research, hearings, and discussions. The recommendations were highly anticipated; the executive summary noted that California, as is the case with so much else, expected to serve as a model for how reparations could be realized elsewhere, especially at the federal level.
Despite the historic nature of the report, the future of reparations in the Golden State is far from assured. To begin with, the committee’s findings make clear that California, far from being the exception to racist practices and policies in other states, has been in many ways worse. The Executive Summary echoes Baldwin in bluntly citing “racist lies” underlying attitudes and practices in California that are not just consigned to history but are ongoing. The state tolerated slavery despite being admitted in 1850 as a “free” state, was a hot spot of Klan activity that at one point rivaled the South, and failed to ratify the 14th and 15th amendments until 1959 and 1962, respectively.
More recently, in 2022, the California Senate refused to support a constitutional amendment that would have eliminated slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime, a step that many other far less progressive states such as Alabama and Tennessee have taken. These facts are but a few of many that beg the question: California may be the first state to formally embark on a project of reparations, but will it actually implement it?
State Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Inglewood), vice chair of the California Legislative Black
Caucus, was one of three elected officials on the nine-member reparations task force and has frequently been its public face. He says an agreement on any reparations legislation for Gov. Gavin Newsom to consider will not come until later in 2024. In early February 2024, Black lawmakers unveiled the first set of reparations bills, 14 proposed laws that call for boosting home ownership, property tax relief in redlined communities, and a formal apology from Gov. Newsom for California’s history of anti-Black racism, among other things.
In winter 2023, Bradford proposed SB 490— the first post-task force bill—to establish the California American Freedmen Affairs Agency, an office to oversee reparations distribution that deliberately recalls the Freedman’s Bureau, a Reconstruction-era government body that helped formerly enslaved people transition to freedom. But Bradford cautions that the resulting reparations will take years to become reality, even if the process started today. “It’ll be many legislative cycles, many sessions,” he says. “This is just the beginning.”
Bradford says that the task force’s job since releasing the report has been to convince colleagues in the legislature to read it, or at least familiarize themselves with it. While it sounds like an obvious first step, it’s crucial to changing the reality that Bradford has been acknowledging all along, that there simply isn’t enough support—yet—in California or in the rest of the country, for meaningful reparations for Black people.
The renewed racial consciousness following the police murder of George Floyd in 2020 has popularized the optics of supporting Black people, like taking a knee or putting a Black Lives Matter sign in a window or on a lawn. But grasping the enormity of racism’s legacy and then deciding that something of equal enormity must be done to correct it is another matter. Bradford and his peers face the difficult task of trying to strike a balance between making reparations seem quotidian and common-sense—it is simply giving people what they’re owed—while agitating for nothing less than a revolution of the American psyche. “This is the real stain on America, the sin of slavery,” he says. “Most people don’t understand that most of the wealth in this country is dependent on 400 years of free labor. We still have a racist core.”
While convincing the legislature to educate itself is key, Bradford and others say that there needs to be buy-in from the grassroots as well. The Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth, formed last year, is composed of six former task force members and a growing list of organizations, Black and otherwise, that not only support the full set of task force recommendations but is working to realize them.
The Legislative Black Caucus is also coordinating its own PR plan. Public opinion of reparations is mixed, especially when it comes to cash compensation. A Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll last year found that while a majority of California voters agree that the legacy of slavery continues to have an impact on the lives of Black residents, less than a third approve of giving money.
The prospect of giving money to Black folks is a conservative lightning rod that has obsessed the media from the start of the state’s reparations process, obscuring the scope of what reparations are, and the many forms they could and should take. Bradford has downplayed the idea of dispensing checks as just one action among many; significantly, the 14 bills introduced in 2024 do not include any calls for cash payments. And yet, payment is the form that reparations have taken for other groups robbed of their wealth over time, such as Jews for the crimes of the Holocaust and the Japanese survivors of internment during World War II. It seems that the biggest challenge for reparations for Black people is the deep-seated belief—the lie—that Black people simply don’t deserve financial compensation, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Resistance to reparations is also emotional in that it brings to light so much unexamined history. The task force has served as a truth and reconciliation committee that the U.S., including California, has never had. Lisa Holder, another task force member, described California’s recommendations as a “book of truth.” Reluctance to simply explore that truth is long-standing, and legion.
With the California reparations project, the floodgates of truth—if not cash—have opened, a significant step toward redress no matter what happens, or doesn’t, with reparations. San Francisco’s reparations project
offers a cautionary tale for the movement for racial repair.
That effort yielded highly ambitious recommendations, also numbering more than a hundred, and spanning finance, housing, and yes, cash payments of $5 million per individual. Other recommendations that came out of San Francisco’s reparations report included creating a public or freedmen’s bank, debt forgiveness, and the formation of a Black reparations trust. But in December 2023, San Francisco Mayor London Breed dropped a bomb when she eliminated from the city budget a relatively paltry $4 million fund for a reparations office—the San Francisco task force’s version of a Freedmen’s Bureau.
Breed has said that true reparations should remain at the federal level, but she also seemed to think it would compete with her Dreamkeeper Initiative, a program aimed at reforming public safety and improving what’s left of Black neighborhoods in San Francisco. The irony was lost on no one, especially the task force: a Black mayor of the country’s most progressive city impeding historic progress for Black people.
And yet Breed is not alone in her reticence. Mandla Kayise, an educational and community planning consultant and a member of the City of Los Angeles Reparations Advisory Commission that formed two years ago, says he’s found that reparations can be a difficult sell—even to Black people. “People should be granted some reasonable skepticism, given the failed history of so many efforts that were supposed to help Black people,” he says. “They just don’t buy it. They don’t think that any of this is going to happen. Only activists and advocates do.” In other words, Black people believe in reparations, but not in the country’s willingness to do the right thing.
A bigger problem is that, despite polls showing that a majority of Black people support reparations, there isn’t a lot of awareness about current reparations efforts at the community level. Kayise says the L.A. commission is planning a public roundtable in February with the 60 community organizations it is allied with—churches, nonprofits, individuals—and is looking for more. “We have to fully engage the Black public. That is the overriding factor,” he says. “More than informing, it’s about organizing so that we have community pressure to make this happen.” The L.A. Commission is still in its information-gathering process and expects to release its recommendations by December.
Kayise agrees with Bradford that the inherently controversial nature of reparations, and the sheer scope of it, guarantees it won’t happen quickly. But time is also of the essence: If we can’t make the case and win consensus now, he says, it’ll be harder to do later. Ultimately, what we need, what we’ve always needed, is “national leadership that says, what’s good for Black people is good for us all,” he adds. For all the disillusionment that dogged him to the end of his life, James Baldwin never let go of that idea.
Erin Aubry Kaplan wrote this article for Yes! Magazine.
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¿CALIFORNIA HARÁ BIEN LAS REPARACIONES?
Erin Aubry Kaplan
Yes! Magazine
En su libro de 2020, Begin Again, la meditación de Eddie Glaude Jr. sobre la relevancia moderna del escritor James Baldwin, Glaude describe cómo Baldwin regresó a los Estados Unidos desde París en 1957 para presenciar un movimiento de derechos civiles que se estaba poniendo en marcha seriamente. Mientras viajaba por el Sur, Baldwin quedó impresionado por cómo la vida estadounidense todavía estaba definida por la creencia en la inferioridad de los negros, y aún más por cómo esa mentira perdurable probablemente impediría que los blancos transformaran la nación. Creyó eso hasta su muerte en 1987.
Ahora, 37 años después, la mentira que nunca desapareció ha disfrutado de un notable resurgimiento en la política estadounidense, abrumadoramente de derecha, que amenaza con sumergir a toda la república. Ha tomado la forma de ataques a la historia negra en la educación, e incluso a la presencia misma de negros en posiciones de poder. Pero está sucediendo algo más notable que Baldwin no se podría haber imaginado en absoluto: La presión por reparaciones –compensación por el daño causado por cientos de años de mentiras que justificaron la esclavitud y luego la segregación y la discriminación– se ha convertido en algo común.
En 2021, California se convirtió en el primer estado en lanzar un grupo de trabajo sobre reparaciones, el esfuerzo de mayor escala para lograr reparaciones en el país. El grupo de trabajo nació de un proyecto de ley de 2019 presentado por la entonces asambleísta Shirley Weber, cuatro meses después de la muerte de John Conyers, el congresista demócrata de Michigan que presentó un proyecto de ley de reparaciones federales, H.R. 40, cada año durante casi 30 años. El proyecto de ley de Weber en California era prácticamente una copia al carbón de la H.R. 40.
Dos años después del lanzamiento del grupo de trabajo, en el verano de 2023, publicó más de 1000 páginas de más de 100 recomendaciones basadas en dos años de investigaciones, audiencias y debates. Las recomendaciones fueron muy esperadas; El resumen ejecutivo señalaba que California, como ocurre con tantas otras cosas, esperaba servir como modelo de cómo se podrían realizar las reparaciones en otros lugares, especialmente a nivel federal.
A pesar de la naturaleza histórica del informe, el futuro de las reparaciones en el Estado Dorado está lejos de estar asegurado. Para empezar, las conclusiones del comité dejan claro que California, lejos de ser la excepción a las prácticas y políticas racistas de otros estados, ha sido peor de muchas maneras. El Resumen Ejecutivo se hace eco de Baldwin al citar sin rodeos “mentiras racistas” que subyacen a actitudes y prácticas en California que no sólo están consignadas a la historia sino que continúan. El estado toleró la esclavitud a pesar de haber sido admitido en 1850 como un estado “libre”, fue un foco de actividad del Klan que en un momento rivalizó
con el Sur y no ratificó las enmiendas 14 y 15 hasta 1959 y 1962, respectivamente. Más recientemente, en 2022, el Senado de California se negó a apoyar una enmienda constitucional que habría eliminado la esclavitud y la servidumbre involuntaria como castigo por un delito, un paso que han dado muchos otros estados mucho menos progresistas como Alabama y Tennessee. Estos hechos son sólo algunos de los muchos que plantean la pregunta: California puede
ser el primer estado en embarcarse formalmente en un proyecto de reparaciones, pero ¿realmente se implementará?
El senador estatal Steven Bradford (demócrata por Inglewood), vicepresidente del Caucus Legislativo Negro de California, fue uno de los tres funcionarios electos en el grupo de trabajo de nueve miembros sobre reparaciones y con frecuencia ha sido su cara pública. Dice que un acuerdo sobre cualquier legislación de reparaciones
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que el gobernador Gavin Newsom deba considerar no llegará hasta más adelante en 2024. A principios de febrero de 2024, los legisladores negros dieron a conocer el primer conjunto de proyectos de ley de reparaciones, 14 proyectos de ley que exigen aumentar la propiedad de viviendas, alivio del impuesto a la propiedad en las comunidades marcadas en rojo y una disculpa formal del gobernador Newsom por la historia de racismo contra los negros de California, entre otras cosas.
En el invierno de 2023, Bradford propuso la SB 490, el primer proyecto de ley posterior al grupo de trabajo, para establecer la Agencia de Asuntos de los Libertos Estadounidenses de California, una oficina para supervisar la distribución de reparaciones que recuerda deliberadamente a la Freedman's Bureau, un organismo gubernamental de la era de la Reconstrucción que ayudó a personas anteriormente esclavizadas a hacer la transición a la libertad. Pero Bradford advierte que las reparaciones resultantes tardarán años en hacerse realidad, incluso si el proceso comenzara hoy. “Serán muchos ciclos legislativos, muchas sesiones”, afirma. "Este solo es el comienzo."
Bradford dice que el trabajo del grupo de trabajo desde que se publicó el informe ha sido convencer a los colegas de la legislatura para que lo lean, o al menos se familiaricen con él. Si bien parece un primer paso obvio, es crucial para cambiar la realidad que Bradford ha estado reconociendo todo el tiempo, que simplemente no hay suficiente apoyo – todavía - en California o en el resto del país para obtener reparaciones significativas para los negros.
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La renovada conciencia racial tras el asesinato policial de George Floyd en 2020 ha popularizado la óptica de apoyar a los negros, como arrodillarse o colocar un cartel de Black Lives Matter en una ventana o en el üastp. Pero captar la enormidad del legado del racismo y luego decidir que se debe hacer algo de igual enormidad para corregirlo es otro asunto. Bradford y sus pares enfrentan la difícil tarea de tratar de lograr un equilibrio entre hacer que las reparaciones parezcan cotidianas y de sentido común -es simplemente dar a la gente lo que se les debe - y al mismo tiempo hacer campaña por nada menos que una revolución de la psique estadounidense. "Esta es la verdadera mancha en Estados Unidos, el pecado de la esclavitud", dice. “La mayoría de la gente no entiende que la mayor parte de la riqueza de este país depende de 400 años de trabajo gratuito. Todavía tenemos un núcleo racista”.
Si bien es clave convencer a la legislatura para que se informe, Bradford y otros dicen que también es necesario que haya aceptación desde las bases. La Alianza por las Reparaciones, la Reconciliación y la Verdad, formada el año pasado, está compuesta por seis ex miembros del grupo de trabajo y una lista cada vez mayor de organizaciones, negras y no, que no sólo apoyan el conjunto completo de recomendaciones del grupo de trabajo sino que están trabajando para hacerlas realidad.
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está coordinando su propio plan de relaciones públicas. La opinión pública sobre las reparaciones es mixta, especialmente cuando se trata de compensaciones en efectivo. Una encuesta del Instituto de Estudios Gubernamentales de Berkeley del año pasado encontró que, si bien la mayoría de los votantes de California están de acuerdo en que el legado de la esclavitud continúa teniendo un impacto en las vidas de los residentes negros, menos de un tercio aprueba dar dinero.
La perspectiva de dar dinero a los negros es un pararrayos conservador que ha obsesionado a los medios desde el inicio del proceso de reparaciones del Estado, oscureciendo el alcance de lo que son las reparaciones y las muchas formas que podrían y deberían adoptar. Bradford ha restado importancia a la idea de repartir cheques como una acción más entre muchas; Es significativo que los 14 proyectos de ley presentados en 2024 no incluyan ninguna exigencia de pagos en efectivo. Y, sin embargo, el pago es la forma que han adoptado las reparaciones para otros grupos a los que se les ha despojado de su riqueza a lo largo del tiempo, como los judíos por los crímenes del Holocausto y los japoneses supervivientes del internamiento durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Parece que el mayor desafío para las reparaciones para los negros es la creencia profundamente
arraigada - la mentira - de que los negros simplemente no merecen una compensación financiera, a pesar de la abrumadora evidencia de lo contrario.
La resistencia a las reparaciones también es emocional porque saca a la luz mucha historia no examinada. El grupo de trabajo ha servido como un comité de verdad y reconciliación que Estados Unidos, incluida California, nunca ha tenido. Lisa Holder, otra miembro del grupo de trabajo, describió las recomendaciones de California como un “libro de la verdad”. La renuencia a simplemente explorar esa verdad es de larga data y es legión.
Con el proyecto de reparaciones de California, se han abierto las compuertas de la verdad - si no del efectivo - un paso significativo hacia la reparación sin importar lo que suceda o no con las reparaciones. El proyecto de reparaciones de San Francisco ofrece una advertencia para el movimiento por la reparación racial.
Ese esfuerzo produjo recomendaciones muy ambiciosas, que también suman más de cien y que abarcan finanzas, vivienda y, sí, pagos en efectivo de 5 millones de dólares por persona. Otras recomendaciones que surgieron del informe de reparaciones de San Francisco incluyeron la creación de un banco público o de libertos, la condonación
de deudas y la formación de un fideicomiso de reparaciones para negros. Pero en diciembre de 2023, la alcaldesa de San Francisco, London Breed, lanzó una bomba cuando eliminó del presupuesto de la ciudad un fondo relativamente insignificante de 4 millones de dólares para una oficina de reparaciones - la versión del grupo de trabajo de San Francisco de una Oficina de Libertos.
Breed ha dicho que las verdaderas reparaciones deberían permanecer a nivel federal, pero también parecía pensar que competiría con su Iniciativa Dreamkeeper, un programa destinado a reformar la seguridad pública y mejorar lo que queda de los vecindarios negros en San Francisco. La ironía no pasó desapercibida para nadie, especialmente para el grupo de trabajo: un alcalde negro de la ciudad más progresista del país impidió el progreso histórico del pueblo negro.
Y, sin embargo, Breed no está sola en su reticencia. Mandla Kayise, consultora de planificación educativa y comunitaria y miembro de la Comisión Asesora de Reparaciones de la ciudad de Los Ángeles que se formó hace dos años, dice que ha descubierto que las reparaciones pueden ser difíciles de vender, incluso para los negros. "Se debe conceder a la gente un cierto escepticismo razonable, dada la historia fallida de tantos esfuerzos que se suponía ayudarían a los negros", dice. “Simplemente no lo creen. No creen que nada de esto vaya a suceder. Sólo los activistas y defensores lo hacen.” En otras palabras, los negros creen en las reparaciones, pero no en la voluntad
del país de hacer lo correcto.
Un problema mayor es que, a pesar de que las encuestas muestran que la mayoría de los negros apoya las reparaciones, no hay mucha conciencia sobre los esfuerzos actuales de reparación a nivel comunitario. Kayise dice que la comisión de Los Ángeles está planeando una mesa redonda pública en febrero con las 60 organizaciones comunitarias con las que está aliada - iglesias, organizaciones sin fines de lucro, individuos - y está buscando más. “Tenemos que involucrar plenamente al público negro. Ese es el factor primordial”, afirma. “Más que informar, se trata de organizarnos para que tengamos presión comunitaria para que esto suceda”. La Comisión de Los Ángeles todavía está en su proceso de recopilación de información y espera publicar sus recomendaciones en diciembre.
Kayise está de acuerdo con Bradford en que la naturaleza intrínsecamente controvertida de las reparaciones, y su enorme alcance, garantiza que no sucederá rápidamente. Pero el tiempo también es esencial: si no podemos defender nuestros argumentos y lograr un consenso ahora, dice, será más difícil hacerlo más adelante. En última instancia, lo que necesitamos, lo que siempre hemos necesitado, es “un liderazgo nacional que diga que lo que es bueno para los negros es bueno para todos nosotros”, añade. A pesar de toda la desilusión que lo persiguió hasta el final de su vida, James Baldwin nunca abandonó esa idea.
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CALIFORNIA SETS NATION’S FIRST WATER STANDARD FOR CANCER-CAUSING CONTAMINANT
Water suppliers say the costs will be massive, with rates increasing for many consumers. Known as the “Erin Brockovich” chemical, hexavalent chromium is found statewide.
CALIFORNIA ESTABLECE EL PRIMER ESTÁNDAR DE AGUA DEL PAÍS PARA CONTAMINANTES QUE CAUSAN CÁNCER
Los proveedores de agua dicen que los costos serán enormes y que las tarifas aumentarán para muchos consumidores. Conocido como el químico “Erin Brockovich”, el cromo hexavalente se encuentra en todo el estado.
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In an effort to protect more than 5 million Californians from a cancer-causing contaminant, state regulators today set a new standard that is expected to increase the cost of water for many people throughout the state.
The State Water Resources Control Board unanimously approved the nation’s first drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium, which is found naturally in some California groundwater as well as water contaminated by industries.
Now water suppliers will be forced to install costly treatment to limit the chemical in water to no more than 10 parts per billion — equivalent to about 10 drops in an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
California water systems are expected to spend $180 million a year to comply, including testing and treatment. The water board said the average cost for most people would be less than $20 per month, with 87% paying about $8 per month. The cost rises an average of $135 per month for people served by water agencies with fewer than 100 connections. Water suppliers warned officials that the costs of complying would hit low-income customers especially hard.
Coachella City Councilman Frank Figueroa said it would cost his city $90 million to install treatment on its wells, which would increase average monthly bills by almost 500% — “an insufferable figure” for the community, where incomes average $24,000 a year per person.
Cities and water agencies said they desperately need financial help from the state.
“This year’s fiscal crunch does not bode well, and even in a good year, they (state officials) can’t get aid to everyone that needs it,” Tim Worley, managing director of the Community Water Systems Alliance, told CalMatters.
Hexavalent chromium was made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich,” which dramatized Pacific Gas & Electric’s contamination of the water supply of a small California desert town. PG&E paid a $333 million settlement to about 600 Hinkley residents in 1996 who claimed they suffered high rates of cancer and other diseases.
Levels above the new state limit have been reported in about 330 sources of water supplies in California. Some of the areas affected are the counties of Sacramento, Solano, Santa Cruz, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Monterey and Merced. The highest levels found were in Riverside, Yolo, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, although water suppliers may blend or treat the water to reduce the contaminants there.
Central Coast resident Ana Maria Perez told the board that her community suffers from elevated levels of hexavalent chromium, nitrates and other contaminants.
“I’m here because the State Water Board has again failed us,” she said through an interpreter. “It’s not fair that many people have to get sick and even die because the State Water Board has not done their job well.”
The largest water suppliers will have two years to comply; smaller ones with fewer than 1,000 connections will have four years. Many water suppliers said permitting, financing and construction timelines would make it difficult to meet these deadlines, and urged the state for more flexibility.
“It’s untenable for some of those communities,” said Andrea Abergel, manager of water policy for the California Municipal Utilities Association.
The new standard is one of the least protective of all the water contaminants regulated by California, according to a state analysis.
Public health advocates had urged a more stringent standard because the one set is 500 times higher than the level that state scientists deemed a neg-
ligible, one-in-a-million cancer risk. Under the new standard, for every 2,000 people who drink the water for a lifetime, one person would be at risk of cancer.
“Personally, think we should go lower,” said water board member Laurel Firestone. She voted for it anyway but wants to revisit it when the standard is reviewed in five years.
Max Costa, professor and chair of environmental medicine at NYU School of Medicine, was an expert witness for residents in the Brockovich case. When California regulators first unveiled the proposed limit, he said “it’s not terrible, but it’s not acceptable…The most acceptable level is none.”
Some hexavalent chromium occurs naturally in California’s rocks and soils; some seeps into the environment from industries that work with chrome, such as metal-plating, stainless steel production and wood preservation.
California’s new standard is “expected to protect an estimated 5.5 million people… from potential illness due to hexavalent chromium,” according to a water board report.
California until now limited hexavalent chromium under a combined standard of 50 parts per billion for all types of chromium, including a more benign type called trivalent chromium.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t have a hexavalent chromium standard for drinking water. Instead, more than 30 years ago, it set a national standard for total chromium at 100 parts per billion, or 10 times higher than the California one for hexavalent chromium. In response to studies linking it to cancer, the EPA is now conducting a human health risk assessment for the contaminant.
A decade ago, California regulators tried to enact the same limit for hexavalent chromium but the regulation was overturned in court because it “failed to properly consider the economic feasibility of complying.”
California regulators said their analysis now supports the feasibility because of the low per-person costs for most people and “because there are sufficient resources available.” They added, though, that they can’t guarantee state funding to assist water suppliers.
“Those same dollars are spoken for time and time again,” water board member Sean Maguire said at the hearing today. “Which is why we have so many folks who still are struggling meeting even the current standards that we have today.”
Hexavalent chromium has long been known to cause cancer when it’s inhaled, but until recently it was controversial whether drinking it also was linked to cancer. In 2008, a study showed that rats and mice drinking high doses grew cancers in their mouths and intestines, which scientists say "clearly demonstrates” a cancer risk from consuming it.
Roberta Walker, a former resident of Hinkley, blames the contaminant for health problems that have plagued her family and community. The levels of contamination in Hinkley were far higher than the limits the state adopted today. But even California’s new limits, Walker said, are too high.
“I don’t care if it’s a pinch or a lot. A poison is poison,” Walker said. “No matter how you look at it, it’s not good.”
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Enun esfuerzo por proteger a más de 5 millones de californianos de un contaminante que causa cáncer, los reguladores estatales establecieron este 17 de abril un nuevo estándar que se espera que aumente el costo del agua para muchas personas en todo el estado.
La Junta Estatal de Control de Recursos Hídricos aprobó por unanimidad el primer estándar de agua potable del país para el cromo hexavalente, que se encuentra naturalmente en algunas aguas subterráneas de California, así como en agua contaminada por industrias.
Ahora los proveedores de agua se verán obligados a instalar un costoso tratamiento para limitar la sustancia química en el agua a no más de 10 partes por mil millones, equivalente a unas 10 gotas en una piscina de tamaño olímpico.
Se espera que los sistemas de agua de California gasten $180 millones al año para cumplir, incluyendo pruebas y tratamiento. La junta de agua dijo que el costo promedio para la mayoría de las personas sería menos de $20 por mes, y el 87% pagaría alrededor de $8 por mes. El costo aumenta un promedio de $135 por mes para las personas atendidas por agencias de agua con menos de 100 conexiones.
Los proveedores de agua advirtieron a los funcionarios que los costos de cumplimiento afectarían especialmente a los clientes de bajos ingresos.
El concejal de la ciudad de Coachella, Frank Figueroa, dijo que a su ciudad le costaría $90 millones instalar tratamiento en sus pozos, lo que aumentaría las facturas mensuales promedio en casi un 500%, “una cifra insoportable” para la comunidad, donde los ingresos promedian $24,000 al año por persona.
Las ciudades y las agencias de agua dijeron que necesitan desesperadamente ayuda financiera del estado.
“La crisis fiscal de este año no augura nada bueno, e incluso en un buen año, ellos (los funcionarios estatales) no pueden hacer llegar ayuda a todos los que la necesitan”, dijo a CalMatters Tim Worley, director general de Community Water Systems Alliance.
El cromo hexavalente se hizo famoso por la película “Erin Brockovich”, que dramatizaba la contaminación del suministro de agua de una pequeña ciudad del desierto de California por parte de Pacific Gas & Electric. PG&E pagó un acuerdo de 333 millones de dólares a unos 600 residentes de Hinkley en 1996 que afirmaban que padecían altas tasas de cáncer y otras enfermedades.
Se han reportado niveles superiores al nuevo límite estatal en alrededor de 330 fuentes de suministro de agua en California. Algunas de las áreas afectadas son los condados de Sacramento, Solano, Santa Cruz, San Bernardino, Santa Bárbara, Monterey y Merced. Los niveles más altos encontrados se encontraron en los condados de Riverside, Yolo, Los Ángeles y Ventura, aunque los proveedores de agua pueden mezclar o tratar el agua para reducir los contaminantes allí.
Ana María Pérez, residente de la Costa Central, dijo a la junta que su comunidad sufre de niveles elevados de cromo hexavalente, nitratos y otros contaminantes.
“Estoy aquí porque la Junta Estatal de Agua nos ha fallado nuevamente”, dijo a través de un intérprete. “No es justo que mucha gente tenga que enfermarse e incluso morir porque la Junta Estatal del Agua no ha hecho bien su trabajo”.
Los mayores proveedores de agua tendrán dos años para cumplir; los más pequeños con menos de 1,000 conexiones tendrán cuatro años. Muchos proveedores de agua dijeron que los plazos de permisos, financiación y construcción dificultarían el cumplimiento de estos plazos e instaron al estado a tener más flexibilidad.
“Es insostenible para algunas de esas comunidades”, dijo Andrea Abergel, gerente de política hídrica de la Asociación de Servicios Públicos Municipales de California.
La nueva norma es una de las que menos protege de todos los contaminantes del agua regulados por California según un análisis estatal.
Los defensores de la salud pública habían instado a un estándar más estricto porque el establecido es 500 veces mayor que el nivel que los científicos estatales consideraban un riesgo de cáncer insignificante, uno entre un millón. Según la nueva norma, por cada 2,000 personas que beben agua a lo largo de su vida, una estaría en riesgo de sufrir cáncer.
“Personalmente, creo que deberíamos bajar más”, dijo Laurel Firestone, miembro de la junta de agua. Ella votó a favor de todos modos, pero quiere revisarlo cuando se revise el estándar dentro de cinco años.
Max Costa, profesor y catedrático de medicina ambiental en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Nueva York, fue testigo experto para los residentes en el caso Brockovich. Cuando los reguladores de California dieron a conocer por primera vez el límite propuesto, dijo que “no es terrible, pero no es aceptable… El nivel más aceptable es ninguno”.
Algo de cromo hexavalente se encuentra naturalmente en las rocas y suelos de California; parte se filtra al medio ambiente desde industrias que trabajan con cromo, como el revestimiento de metales, la producción de acero inoxidable y la conservación de la madera.
Se espera que la nueva norma de California "proteja a aproximadamente 5,5 millones de personas ... de posibles enfermedades debidas al cromo hexavalente", según un informe de la junta de agua.
Hasta ahora, California limitaba el cromo hexavalente bajo un estándar combinado de 50 partes por mil millones para todos los tipos de cromo, incluido un tipo más benigno llamado cromo trivalente.
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE. UU., no tiene un estándar de cromo hexavalente para el agua potable. En cambio, hace más de 30 años, estableció un estándar nacional para el cromo total en 100 partes por mil millones, o 10 veces más alto que el de California para el cromo hexavalente. En respuesta a los estudios que lo vinculan con el cáncer, la EPA está llevando a cabo una evaluación de los riesgos del contaminante para la salud humana.
Hace una década, los reguladores de California intentaron promulgar el mismo límite para el cromo hexavalente, pero la regulación fue revocada en los tribunales porque "no consideró adecuadamente la viabilidad económica de cumplir".
Los reguladores de California dijeron que su análisis ahora respalda la viabilidad debido a los bajos costos por persona para la mayoría de las personas y “porque hay suficientes recursos disponibles”. Sin embargo, agregaron que no pueden garantizar fondos estatales para ayudar a los proveedores de agua.
“Se habla de esos mismos dólares una y otra vez”, dijo Sean Maguire, miembro de la junta de agua, en la audiencia. "Es por eso que tenemos tanta gente que todavía tiene dificultades para cumplir incluso con los estándares actuales que tenemos hoy".
Se sabe desde hace mucho tiempo que el cromo hexavalente causa cáncer cuando se inhala, pero hasta hace poco era controversial si beberlo también estaba relacionado con el cáncer. En 2008, un estudio demostró que las ratas y los ratones que bebían dosis altas desarrollaban cánceres en la boca y los intestinos, lo que, según los científicos, " demuestra claramente " el riesgo de cáncer al consumirlo.
Roberta Walker, ex residente de Hinkley, culpa al contaminante de los problemas de salud que han afectado a su familia y su comunidad. Los niveles de contaminación en Hinkley eran mucho más altos que los límites adoptados por el estado. Pero incluso los nuevos límites de California, afirmó Walker, son demasiado altos.
“No me importa si es un pellizco o mucho. Un veneno es veneno”, dijo Walker. "No importa cómo se mire, no es bueno".
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SUS DATOS DIGITALES? CALIFORNIA LE BRINDA HERRAMIENTAS PARA PROTEGER SU PRIVACIDAD EN INTERNET
Alrededor de 450 empresas están inscritas en el registro de intermediarios de datos de California, y una ley aprobada el año pasado facilitará la eliminación de los datos que recopilan sobre las personas.
Khari Johnson CalMatters
Si visitó una organización de Planned Parenthood en los Estados Unidos continentales en los últimos años, entonces la empresa Near Intelligence, un intermediario de datos, probablemente lo sabía y pudo haber vendido esa información a activistas antiaborto. Si asistía a ciertos lugares de culto o frecuentaba farmacias particulares, el corredor de datos conocido como Outlogic supuestamente vendía esa información.
Near Intelligence se declaró en quiebra en diciembre. Outlogic acordó un acuerdo con la Comisión Federal de Comercio para dejar de vender datos de ubicación de los usuarios, al tiempo que insistió en que los reguladores no habían encontrado “ningún uso indebido de ningún dato”. Ambas se encontraban entre las casi 90 empresas incluidas en la última versión del registro de corredores de datos de California que auto informaron datos de venta sobre dónde están o han estado las personas.
Por primera vez este año, California exige que los intermediarios de datos (empresas que, a sabiendas, recopilan y venden datos de consumidores a terceros) informen si recopilan datos de ubicación. Los nuevos requisitos estatales de transparencia que entraron en vigor este año también revelaron que aproximadamente dos docenas de empresas recopilan datos personales sobre niños y alrededor de una docena recopilan datos de salud reproductiva sobre personas embarazadas.
¿Los intermediarios de datos en algún lugar tienen datos sobre usted? Casi con certeza. Casi todos los lugares a los que vaya en su viaje digital recopilarán rastros de información
sobre usted. Si ha estado en Internet en los últimos años, probablemente haya visto un montón de avisos preguntando si está bien que el sitio web en el que se encuentra recopile sus “cookies”, información que permite al sitio web recordarlo, esencialmente. Algunas aplicaciones de su teléfono pueden rastrear su ubicación. Es difícil decir con precisión qué información sobre usted está y dónde porque hay muchas variables (su configuración de privacidad, los sitios que visita, qué compra y a quién, etc.), pero los intermediarios de datos se dedican a encontrar, recopilar y vender esos datos a otras empresas.
Los corredores venden su actividad web y otra información personal a empresas que pueden dirigirle publicidad o tomar decisiones importantes sobre su vida, como si consigue un apartamento, si su actividad está etiquetada como fraudulenta o cómo lo tratan las compañías de seguros.
El mercado está en gran medida desregulado.
Vender datos sobre personas es la piedra angular de la economía moderna de Internet, ya que impulsa la publicidad dirigida basada en conocimien-
tos obtenidos de datos personales. La empresa de inversión en medios GroupM pronostica 258 mil millones de dólares en ingresos por publicidad digital este año.
Para que la gente pueda ver quién vende sus datos personales con fines de lucro, hace cuatro años California empezó a exigir que los intermediarios de datos se registraran una vez al año. Desde entonces, cada año se publica un nuevo registro basado en esas presentaciones.
El último registro debutó hace un mes con información más detallada y ahora lo mantiene una agencia estatal relativamente nueva. Una ley aprobada el otoño pasado introduce nuevos derechos de los consumidores y requisitos más estrictos para los corredores.
Aquí hay algunas cosas importantes que debe saber:
¿Cómo pueden los intermediarios de datos perjudicar a usted o a sus seres queridos?
Los intermediarios de datos pueden vender datos a malos actores, desde estafadores hasta gobiernos extranjeros adversarios. En testimonio ante un comité del Congreso hace un año, la profesora asociada del Georgetown Law Center, Laura Moy, dijo que los intermediarios de datos que venden información a agencias encargadas de hacer cumplir la ley podrían constituir una violación del derecho de la Cuarta Enmienda a vivir libres de registros e incautaciones irrazonables.
Desde Beijing hasta Bruselas, Washington DC y
las capitales de los estados de EE. UU., los reguladores gubernamentales están creando registros y reglas de presentación de informes comerciales que tienen como objetivo prevenir violaciones de la privacidad o formas dañinas de inteligencia artificial. Los defensores de la privacidad han instado durante años a la creación de un registro nacional de intermediarios de datos ante la Comisión Federal de Comercio, pero aún no existe tal registro.
¿Quién protege mis derechos de privacidad?
Los votantes de California aprobaron una medida electoral en 2020 que otorga a los consumidores el derecho a acceder a la información recopilada sobre ellos, eliminar o modificar esa información, o decirle a un corredor que no pueden vender ni compartir esa información. Los consumidores pueden iniciar el proceso enviando un correo electrónico a un punto de contacto que figura en el sitio web del registro. Luego deben presentar una copia de su identificación, como una licencia de conducir, para demostrar quiénes son. Los consumidores y las personas menores de 18 años también pueden trabajar con un agente autor-
izado, alguien que realiza solicitudes de eliminación de datos en su nombre. Empresas como Transcend y organizaciones sin fines de lucro como Consumer Reports ofrecen servicios de eliminación de datos de consumidores.
Para hacer cumplir estos derechos, la medida electoral creó la Agencia de Protección de la Privacidad de California y una junta de cinco miembros para gobernar su actividad.
Las empresas que compran, venden o comparten datos personales de al menos 100.000 californianos o que obtienen la mayoría de los ingresos anuales de la venta de datos deben cumplir con la ley de privacidad del consumidor.
¿Qué hay de nuevo?
Los cambios más recientes en el registro de intermediarios de datos de California, que entraron en vigor en enero, exigen que los intermediarios revelen si venden datos sobre niños, personas embarazadas o datos de geolocalización de cualquier persona.
Pero relativamente pronto –debido a la velocidad con la que operan los gobiernos estatales– los consumidores deberían poder eliminar los datos recopilados sobre ellos.
En este momento, los consumidores deben acudir a cientos de intermediarios de datos, uno a la vez, si quieren que eliminen sus datos.
El otoño pasado, el gobernador Gavin Newsom firmó la Ley de Eliminación que brinda a los consumidores una forma de eliminar datos de todos los corredores registrados mediante el uso de una única herramienta o sitio web.
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el senador estatal Josh Becker, un demócrata de Menlo Park, la agencia de privacidad del estado debe lanzar un sitio web para 2026 que permita a los californianos eliminar sus datos en 30 segundos o menos. La Ley de Eliminación duplica el costo si los intermediarios de datos no se registran hasta $200 por día, así como los costos asociados con la acción iniciada por el fiscal general del estado. Para 2028, las auditorías deben verificar que los intermediarios de datos cumplan con la Ley de Eliminación.
El otro cambio importante es que la Ley de Eliminación requiere que los corredores eliminen cualquier información que recopilen sobre un consumidor, no solo la información compartida directamente de un consumidor, cerrando lo que los defensores de la privacidad llamaron una laguna crucial que existía en el derecho de eliminar otorgado a los consumidores bajo la Ley de Eliminación. Ley de Privacidad del Consumidor de California.
La ley también transfiere la responsabilidad de mantener el registro del Departamento de Justicia a la Agencia de Protección de la Privacidad de California. Eso significa que el poder para determinar qué empresas no se registran y no cumplen con la ley de privacidad estatal o la Ley de Eliminación lo deciden los funcionarios encargados de hacer cumplir la ley dentro de esa agencia de privacidad.
Y depende de la agencia decidir si las empresas deben registrarse como intermediarios de datos.
La división de aplicación de la ley recibió más de 1200 quejas desde julio de 2023 hasta febrero de 2024, según una actualización del personal el mes pasado. La mayoría de esas quejas se refieren al derecho a eliminar los datos recopilados sobre personas.
¿Está completo el registro de intermediarios de datos de California?
Dado que los intermediarios de datos no tienen una relación directa con los consumidores, la mayoría de la gente nunca ha oído hablar de empresas que compran y venden datos. Pero el registro no es exhaustivo, al menos no todavía.
El registro que se lanzó el 1 de marzo incluye aproximadamente 450 empresas y puntos de contacto de correo electrónico. Los corredores debían registrarse antes del 31 de enero, pero en una reunión celebrada el mes pasado, la abogada de la agencia de protección de la privacidad, Liz Travis Allen, advirtió que “si miras el universo completo de cada corredor de datos, no tenemos esa lista. Pero eso sería algo que podemos hacer cumplir, determinar quién no está registrado y quién debería estarlo”.
El registro de 2023 mantenido por el Departamento de Justicia del estado incluía 550 empresas.
La directora de privacidad del Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Emory Roane, fue con patrocinadora de la Ley de Eliminación. Dijo que es “realmente genial” que el registro de corredores de datos de la agencia de protección de la privacidad ilumine métricas que antes no se podían ver, como la cantidad de empresas que rastrean su ubicación o recopilan datos sobre niños y personas embarazadas, o que la agencia de calificación crediticia Experian colecciona los tres. Pero dijo que el registro está claramente incompleto. El estado de Vermont define un corredor de datos de la misma manera que California, también mantiene un registro de corredores de datos y creó su registro aproximadamente al mismo tiempo que California, pero incluye 660 empresas. Esa discrepancia “sugiere que hay un
problema con los intermediarios de datos no registrados”, dijo a CalMatters en un correo electrónico. “En cuanto a cuántos corredores no están registrados, bueno, nadie lo sabe. Podrían ser docenas, cientos o incluso miles”.
Un estudio de enero de Consumer Reports en el que participaron casi 700 voluntarios que compartieron los datos que Meta recopila sobre ellos en Facebook e Instagram encontró que más de 2220 empresas rastrean a una persona promedio.
¿Cómo puedo decirle a un corredor de datos que elimine mis datos?
Cada empresa mantiene su propia política de privacidad, pero eliminar los datos que recopila sobre usted puede ser tan simple como enviar un correo electrónico al corredor, cuyo correo electrónico de contacto figura en el registro. La ley de California exige que el corredor responda dentro de los 90 días.
También puede utilizar herramientas de terceros, como la aplicación Permission Slip, para indicarles a los intermediarios de datos que eliminen sus datos.
Los corredores deben detallar cómo se pueden eliminar o modificar datos en una política de privacidad que figura en su sitio web. Si una empresa no actúa en esos 90 días, puede presentar una queja ante la agencia de protección de la privacidad de California.
Para ver rápidamente la lista completa de empresas que venden datos sobre niños, datos de salud reproductiva o datos de geolocalización, mueva los botones de flecha en la parte superior de la pantalla en el sitio de registro en línea de California.
¿Cómo elimino los datos recopilados sobre mi hijo?
Un padre o tutor que desee realizar una solicitud de eliminación en nombre de un niño puede hacerlo siguiendo los mismos pasos necesarios para cualquier otro californiano, pero una empresa puede exigirles que verifiquen su identidad con una tarjeta de identificación emitida por el gobierno, por teléfono o por video. llame con un profesional capacitado.
¿Qué sigue en California?
La agencia de protección de la privacidad del estado ya está desarrollando una opción de eliminación de datos con un solo clic. La división de aplicación de la ley se comunicará con las empresas que crea que deberían formar parte del registro o enfrentar multas, tarifas o acciones legales.
¿Cuán agresiva será realmente la agencia de privacidad del consumidor de California? Una prueba es la frecuencia con la que impone multas y tarifas a los corredores que no se registran. La subdirectora de asuntos externos de la agencia de protección de la privacidad, Megan White, no dijo cuándo los agentes encargados de hacer cumplir la ley se comunicarán con las empresas que, según determinaron, deben registrarse como intermediarios de datos y violan la ley.
Roane dijo que espera y espera que “los encargados de hacer cumplir la ley sean más vigilantes y hagan que los corredores de datos que no se registran y no cumplen con los requisitos rindan cuentas”.
En julio, California comenzará a exigir a los intermediarios de datos que informen públicamente en sus propios sitios web la cantidad de solicitudes que reciben para eliminar, modificar o compartir los datos que recopilaron sobre las personas, y el tiempo promedio que lleva cumplir con esas solicitudes.
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WHO’S SELLING YOUR DIGITAL DATA? CALIFORNIA GIVES YOU TOOLS TO PROTECT YOUR ONLINE PRIVACY
About 450 companies are on the data broker registry in California, and a law passed last year will
Khari Johnson CalMatters
If you visited a Planned Parenthood in the continental United States in the past few years then the company Near Intelligence, a data broker, probably knew it — and may have sold that information to anti-abortion activists. If you attended certain houses of worship or patronized particular pharmacies, the data broker known as Outlogic allegedly sold that information.
Near Intelligence filed for bankruptcy in December. Outlogic agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commision to stop selling user location data, while insisting regulators had found “no misuse of any data.” Both were among nearly 90 companies on the latest version of the California data broker registry that self-reported selling data about where people are or have been.
For the first time this year California requires data brokers — companies that knowingly collect and sell consumer’s data to third parties — to report if they collect location data. New state transparency requirements that kicked in this year also revealed that roughly two dozen companies collect personal data about children and about a dozen collect reproductive health data about people who are pregnant.
Do data brokers somewhere have data about you? Almost certainly. Most everywhere you go on your digital journey will collect traces of information about you. If you’ve been on the internet in the past few years, you’ve probably seen a bunch of notices asking if it’s okay for the website you’re on to collect your “cookies” — information that allows the website to remember you, essentially. Some apps on your phone may track your location. It’s hard to say precisely what information about you is where because there are so many variables — your privacy settings, the sites you visit, what you buy and from whom, etc. — but data brokers are in the business of finding, collecting, and selling that data to other businesses.
Brokers sell your web activity and other personal information to companies that may target advertising to you or make important decisions about your life, such as whether you get an apartment, whether your activity is labeled fraudulent, or how you’re treated by insurance companies.
The market is largely unregulated.
Selling data about people is the cornerstone of the modern internet economy, powering targeted advertising based on insights gleaned from personal data. Media investment company GroupM forecast $258 billion in digital advertising revenue this year.
To give people visibility into who sells their personal data for profit, four years ago California started requiring data brokers to register once a year. Since then, a new registry has come out each year based on those submissions.
The latest registry debuted one month ago with more detailed information and is now maintained by a relatively new state agency. A law passed last fall introduces new consumer rights and more stringent requirements for brokers.
Here are some important things to know:
How can data brokers harm you or your loved ones?
Data brokers can sell data to bad actors ranging from scam artists to adversarial foreign governments. In testimony to a congressional committee one year ago, Georgetown Law Center associate professor Laura Moy said data brokers
selling information to law enforcement agencies could amount to a violation of the Fourth Amendment right to live free from unreasonable search and seizure.
From Beijing to Brussels to Washington D.C. and U.S. state capitals, government regulators are creating registries and business reporting rules that aim to prevent privacy violations or harmful forms of artificial intelligence. Privacy advocates have urged the creation of a national data broker registry with the Federal Trade Commission for years, but no such registry exists yet.
Who protects my privacy rights?
California voters passed a ballot measure in 2020 that gives consumers the right to access information collected about them, delete or modify that information, or tell a broker they cannot sell or share that information. Consumers can initiate the process by sending an email to a point of contact listed on the registry website. Then they have to present a copy of their ID like a driver’s license to prove who they are. Consumers and people under 18 can also work with an authorized agent, somebody who makes data deletion requests on their behalf. Companies like Transcend and nonprofit organizations like Consumer Reports offer consumer data deletion services.
To enforce these rights, the ballot measure created the California Privacy Protection Agency and a five-member board to govern its activity. Companies that buy, sell, or share the personal data of at least 100,000 Californians or get a majority of annual revenue from selling data are required to comply with the consumer privacy law.
What’s new?
The most recent changes to California’s data broker registry — which took effect in January — require brokers to disclose whether they sell data about kids, pregnant people, or anyone’s geolocation data.
But relatively soon — at the speed state governments operate — consumers should be able to delete data collected about them.
Right now, consumers must go to hundreds of data brokers one at a time if they want them to delete their data.
Last fall, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Delete Act giving consumers a way to delete data from all registered brokers by using a single tool or website.
metrics that you couldn’t see before like the number of companies that track your location or collect data about kids and people who are pregnant, or that the credit score agency Experian collects all three. But he said the registry is clearly incomplete. The state of Vermont defines a data broker the same way as California, also maintains a data broker registry registry, and created its registry around the same time as California, but it lists 660 companies.
That discrepancy “suggests that there is a problem with non-registered data brokers,” he told CalMatters in an email. “As to how many brokers aren’t registered, well, that’s anyone’s guess. It could be dozens, hundreds, or even thousands.”
A January Consumer Reports study involving nearly 700 volunteers who shared the data Meta collects about them on Facebook and Instagram found that the average person is tracked by more than 2,220 companies. How can I tell a data broker to delete my data?
Under the law — authored by state Sen. Josh Becker, a Democrat from Menlo Park — the state’s privacy agency must launch a website by 2026 that allows Californians to delete their data in 30 seconds or less. The Delete Act doubles the cost if data brokers fail to register to $200 a day as well as costs associated with action brought by the state attorney general. By 2028, audits must verify that data brokers are complying with the Delete Act.
The other major change is that the Delete Act requires brokers to delete any information they collect about a consumer, not just information shared directly from a consumer, closing what privacy advocates called a crucial loophole that existed in the right to delete granted to consumers under the California Consumer Privacy Act.
The law also shifts responsibility for maintaining the registry from the Department of Justice to the California Privacy Protection Agency. That means that power to determine which companies fail to register and comply with state privacy law or the Delete Act is decided by enforcement officers within that privacy agency. And it’s up to the agency to decide whether companies should register as data brokers.
The enforcement division has received more than 1,200 complaints from July 2023 to February 2024, according to a staff update last month. The majority of those complaints concern the right to delete data collected about individuals.
Is California’s data broker registry comprehensive?
Since data brokers do not have a direct relationship with consumers, most people have never heard of companies that buy and sell data. But the registry is not comprehensive, not yet at least.
The registry that launched March 1 includes roughly 450 businesses and email points of contact. Brokers were required to register by Jan. 31, but in a meeting held last month, privacy protection agency attorney Liz Travis Allen warned that “If you look at the whole universe of every data broker, we don’t have that list. But that would be something we can enforce on, to figure out who isn’t registered and should be.”
The 2023 registry maintained by the state Justice Department listed 550 companies.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse head of privacy Emory Roane was a co-sponsor of the Delete Act. He said it’s “really cool” that the privacy protection agency data broker registry illuminates
Each company maintains its own privacy policy, but deleting the data it collects on you can be as simple as sending an email to the broker, whose contact email is listed on the registry. California law requires the broker to respond within 90 days.
You can also use third parties tools like the Permission Slip app to tell data brokers to delete your data.
Brokers must detail how you can delete or modify data in a privacy policy listed on their website. If a business fails to act in those 90 days, you can file a complaint with California’s privacy protection agency.
To quickly view the complete list of companies that sell kids data, reproductive health data, or geolocation data, toggle the arrow buttons at the top of the screen on California’s online registry site.
How do I delete data collected about my kid?
A parent or guardian who wishes to make a deletion request on a child’s behalf may do so by following the same steps necessary for any other Californian, but a business may require them to verify their identity with a government-issued ID card or phone or video call with a trained professional.
What’s next in California?
The state’s privacy protection agency is already developing a single-click data deletion option. The enforcement division will contact companies they believe should be part of the registry or face fines, fees, or legal action.
How aggressive will California’s consumer privacy agency really be? One test is how frequently it issues fines and fees for brokers who fail to register. Privacy protection agency deputy director of external affairs Megan White wouldn’t say when enforcement officers will contact companies that they determined must register as data brokers and are in violation of the law.
Roane said he hopes for, and expects, “eager enforcers more vigilantly holding non-registering and non-conforming data brokers to account.”
In July, California will begin requiring data brokers to publicly report on their own websites the number of requests they receive to delete, modify, or share what data they collected about individuals, and the median amount of time it takes to fulfill those requests.
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TRADE COMMISSION SAYS
FOOD PRICES
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Food prices remain high across the country.
A new report by the Federal Trade Commission says the country's largest grocery companies are gouging consumers, by keeping prices artificially high.
Many grocers, retailers and wholesalers have consolidated to cut costs. Grocers continue to blame supply chain problems, even though regulators have said most of those issues have been resolved.
President of the advocacy group Farm Action, Angela Huffman, said retailers were doing more than making up for lost revenue during the pandemic-era supply chain disruptionsand the FTC report says they continue to do so.
"In 2021, the retailer revenues, they rose to more than 6% higher than their total costs, and that those profits are still going up," said Huffman. "So, in the first nine months of 2023, the profits increased to 7%."
The FTC data show Amazon, Kroger and WalMart each gained market share during and after the pandemic - while profits continued to rise.
Other large retailers and wholesalers have
consolidated, which they say gives them more buying power and the ability to pass those savings on to customers.
Huffman said that isn't what's happening, and calls on regulators to fine the grocers, or more.
"This would be kind of the farthest extent of what they could do, but go so far as breaking them up," said Huffman. "In years past, they broke up the telephone companies and the railroads and, you know, that would be the ideal outcome for us, is to take away their excessive power."
Huffman also points to a 150% increase in egg prices in 2023, which producers blamed on the avian flu. The FTC says the disease did not justify the drastic price hike.
Los precios de los alimentos siguen altos en todo el país.
Un nuevo informe de la Comisión Federal de Comercio dice que las empresas de comestibles más grandes del país están estafando a los consumidores al mantener los precios artificialmente altos.
Muchos tenderos, minoristas y mayoristas se han consolidado para reducir costos. Los tenderos siguen culpando a los problemas de la cadena de suministro, a pesar de que los reguladores han dicho que la mayoría de esos problemas se han resuelto.
La presidenta del grupo de defensa Farm Action,
Angela Huffman, dijo que los minoristas estaban haciendo más que compensar la pérdida de ingresos durante las interrupciones de la cadena de suministro de la era de la pandemia, y el informe de la FTC dice que continúan haciéndolo.
"En 2021, los ingresos de los minoristas aumentaron a más de un 6% más que sus costos totales, y esas ganancias siguen aumentando", dijo Huffman. "Así, en los primeros nueve meses de 2023, los beneficios aumentaron hasta el 7%".
Los datos de la FTC muestran que Amazon, Kroger y WalMart ganaron participación de mercado durante y después de la pandemia - mientras que las ganancias continuaron aumentando. Otros grandes minoristas y mayoristas se han consolidado, lo que, según afirman, les da más poder adquisitivo y la capacidad de trasladar esos ahorros a los clientes.
Huffman dijo que eso no es lo que está sucediendo y pide a los reguladores que multen a los tenderos, o más.
"Esto sería el máximo alcance de lo que podrían hacer, pero llegar incluso a dividirlos", dijo Huffman. "En el pasado, disolvieron las compañías telefónicas y los ferrocarriles y, ya sabes, ese sería el resultado ideal para nosotros, quitarles su poder excesivo".
Huffman también apunta a un aumento del 150% en los precios de los huevos en 2023, que los productores achacaron a la gripe aviar. La FTC dice que la enfermedad no justificó el drástico aumento de precios.
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AVISO PÚBLICO
Aviso de Disponibilidad (NOA, por sus siglas en inglés) del Borrador del Informe de Impacto Ambiental Subsecuente (SEIR, por sus siglas en inglés) y Audiencias Públicas para el Proyecto Valley Link Rail
El Tri-Valley – San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority (Autoridad) como Agencia Principal está emitiendo este Aviso de Disponibilidad (NOA, por sus siglas en inglés) para informar a otras agencias y al público que el Borrador del Informe de Impacto Ambiental Subsecuente (SEIR, por sus siglas en inglés) está disponible para revisión y comentarios. El SEIR, conforme a la Ley de Calidad Ambiental de California (CEQA, por sus siglas en inglés), analiza los efectos ambientales potenciales asociados con revisiones a mejoras previamente analizadas incluidas en el EIR Final del Proyecto Valley Link Rail aprobado por la Autoridad el 12 de mayo de 2021.
Proyecto Propuesto y Ubicación: El Proyecto Propuesto establecería un nuevo servicio de tren de pasajeros a lo largo de un corredor de 22 millas en el norte de California entre la estación existente de BART en Dublin/ Pleasanton en el Condado de Alameda y la propuesta estación comunitaria de Mountain House en el Condado de San Joaquín. El Proyecto Propuesto incluye la construcción y operación de cuatro nuevas estaciones: Estación de Dublin/Pleasanton; Estación de Isabel y Estación de Southfront Road en Livermore; y Estación Comunitaria de Mountain House.
El Proyecto Propuesto ofrecería un servicio de tren de pasajeros bidireccional durante todo el día a intervalos frecuentes utilizando vehículos de múltiples unidades sin emisiones. El alineamiento se construiría dentro de una combinación de la actual mediana de la autopista Interestatal 580 (I-580, por sus siglas en inglés), el corredor de transporte existente propiedad del Condado de Alameda (anteriormente alineación del Southern Pacific Transcontinental Railroad), el derecho de paso (ROW, por sus siglas en inglés) existente de Caltrans adyacente a la I-580 en dirección oeste, y nuevo ROW que se adquirirá para el Proyecto Propuesto.
Posibles Impactos Ambientales: El Borrador del SEIR ha determinado que la construcción y operación del proyecto podrían resultar en impactos potencialmente significativos en estética, recursos agrícolas, calidad del aire, recursos biológicos, recursos culturales, recursos paleontológicos, emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, peligros y materiales peligrosos, hidrología y calidad del agua, ruido y vibración, y transportación y tráfico. Sin embargo, las medidas de mitigación descritas en el Borrador del SEIR reducirían estos impactos potencialmente significativos a niveles menos que significativos.
La Autoridad busca comentarios de agencias, partes interesadas, y el público sobre los efectos ambientales analizados en el SEIR. El Borrador del SEIR está disponible para revisión en el sitio web del proyecto: www. getvalleylinked.com. Copias del Borrador del SEIR también están disponibles para revisión en las siguientes ubicaciones:
Livermore Public Library
1188 S. Livermore Avenue
Livermore, CA
Mountain House Branch Library
201 East Main Street
Mountain House, CA
Audiencias Públicas: Se realizarán Audiencias Públicas de Foro Abierto en persona en dos ubicaciones en el corredor del proyecto:
Miércoles, 8 de mayo de 2024 de 6:30 p.m. a 8:00 p.m.
Robert Livermore Community Center
4444 East Avenue, Livermore, CA
Jueves, 9 de mayo de 2024 de 6:30 p.m. a 8:00 p.m.
Mountain House Community Services District
251 E. Main Street, Mountain House, CA
En estas Audiencias Públicas de Foro Abierto, los asistentes tendrán la oportunidad de hacer preguntas, aprender más sobre el Proyecto Propuesto, y proporcionar comentarios escritos y verbales que formarán parte del registro público.
También se llevará a cabo una Audiencia Pública Virtual para el proyecto:
Miércoles, 15 de mayo de 2024 de 2:00 p.m. a 3:30 p.m.
La Audiencia Pública Virtual proporcionará una oportunidad informal para que los asistentes aprendan sobre el Proyecto Propuesto y hagan preguntas. Sin embargo, los comentarios oficiales deben enviarse por escrito por correo, correo electrónico o mediante el formulario de envío de comentarios en línea en el sitio web del proyecto. Por favor visite www.getvalleylinked.com para aprender cómo unirse a la Audiencia Virtual y para acceder
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT NO.
705428
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SOTELOS MASTER, 704 North 13th Street, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): ALVARO DURAN
DAZA SOTELO, 100 Palm Valley Blvd Apt 2010, San Jose, CA 95123. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/24/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ ALVARO DURAN DAZA SOTELO
a información adicional del proyecto.
Si usted necesitará servicios de asistencia lingüística en estas audiencias, por favor llame al (925) 667-4013, 48 horas antes de la fecha y hora de las audiencias.
Comentarios Por Escrito: Los comentarios por escrito sobre el SEIR del Proyecto Valley Link Rail se aceptarán hasta las 5:00 PM el 6 de junio de 2024. Por favor, envíe sus comentarios por escrito a:
Tri-Valley – San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority
2600 Kitty Hawk Road, Suite 103 Livermore, CA 94551
Sus comentarios también pueden ser enviados por correo electrónico a comments@valleylinkrail.com (por favor, incluya “Valley Link Project” en el título del asunto), o a través del formulario de envío de comentarios en línea proporcionado en el sitio web del proyecto: www.getvalleylinked. com.
Para Más Información: Visite el sitio web de nuestro proyecto en www.getvalleylinked.com o contáctenos por correo electrónico en comments@valleylinkrail.com e incluya “Valley Link Project” en el encabezado del asunto. Si necesitará servicios de asistencia con el idioma en estas reuniones, llame al (925) 6674013, 48 horas antes de la fecha y hora de la reunión.
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is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Alicia Delena Mora
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/15/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 705107
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705173
NO. 704542
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Arvizo Leaks Landscaping, 9110 Church St, Gilroy, CA 95020, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual.
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/24/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy
File No. FBN 705428
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT NO. 704868
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SHANGHAI BUN
DYNASTY, 19634 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Cupertino, CA 95014, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): CBI KITCHEN, INC., 19634 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/18/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ WEIDONG ZHAO CBI KITCHEN, INC. CEO Article/Reg#: 3694416
Above entity was formed in the state of CA
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/08/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 704868
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705107
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ALICIA’S MARKET, 157 Old Gilroy Street, Gilroy, CA 95020, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Alicia Delena Mora, 856 Mescal Ct, Salinas, CA 93905. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/15/2024. This filing
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: EL MINI TACO 2230 Latham Street, #130, Mountain View, 94040, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): , Adrian Ortiz, 2230 Latham Street, #130, Mountain View, 94040. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/16/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Adrian Ortiz
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/16/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 705173
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705297
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CAROLINE HOUSE CLEANING, 2800 Monterey Hwy #24, San Jose, CA 95111, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual.
The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Sandra Carolina Ramirez, 2800 Monterey Hwy #24, San Jose, CA 95111. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/21/2024. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN703414. “I
declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Sandra Carolina Ramirez
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/19/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Mike Louie, Deputy File No. FBN 705297
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Jose Jaime Arvizo Resendiz, 9110 Church St, Gilroy, CA 95020. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/29/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Jose Jaime Arvizo Resendiz
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/27/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 704542
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704985
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:
M & A AUTO GLASS, 2235 California St Apt 197, Mountain View, CA 94040, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Edwin A Meza, 2235 California St Apt 197, Mountain View, CA 94040. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/19/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Edwin A Meza
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/10/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 704985
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
FICTITIOUS
Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 705260
ness is owned by a general partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Joao Smith Requejo, 1830 Joan Way Apt 2, Santa Clara, CA 95050. Jose Antonio Puyen Vasquez, 1830 Joan Way Apt 2, Santa Clara, CA 95050. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/18/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
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NO. 704784 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DOMINGUEZ FENCE COMPANY, 1415 Foley Av, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Rosanelly Vazquez Martinez, 1415 Foley Av, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/06/2024. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN703862. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Rosanelly Vazquez Martinez This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/04/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 704784 April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705353 The following person(s) JOBS / CLASSIFIEDS / LEGALS
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839 Alcosta Dr, Milpitas, CA 95035, Santa Clara County This business is owned by an individual.
The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Rita Lu, 839 Alcosta Dr, Milpitas, CA 95035.
The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/22/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Rita Lu
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/22/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 705353
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT NO. 705004
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:
WHOLESALE P2G, 1030 Duane Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95054, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are):
WHOLESALE P2G LLC, 2403 Gabriel Ave Apt A, Mountain View, CA 94040. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Calvin Le
WHOLESALE P2G LLC
Owner Article/Reg#: 202461311099
Above entity was formed in the state of CA
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/11/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 705004 April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
FICTITIOUS
Above entity was formed in the state of CA
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/11/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 705003
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705195
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MAVERICK HELICOPTERS, 2601 E. Spring Street, Long Beach, CA 90806, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): ISLAND EXPRESS HELICOPTERS, INC., 1620 Jet Stream Drive, Henderson, NV 89052. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/01/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Greggory Rochna ISLAND EXPRESS HELICOPTERS, INC
CEO
Article/Reg#: 0802510251/1548898
Above entity was formed in the state of CA
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/17/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 705195 April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705329
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705350
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JQM FLOORING 661 San Diego Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Rafael Segoviano, 661 San Diego Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/22/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Rafael Segoviano
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/22/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 705350
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT NO. 705347
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: J.B. COMPANY 654 Calpella Dr, San Jose, CA 95136, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Javier Brigido, 654 Capella Dr, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/22/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Javier Brigido
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/22/2024.
(are): STARZZ SMOG LLC, 403 S Wolfe Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TAQUERIA MORELIA, 519 N 13th St, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Julia M Reyes, 519N 13th St, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/22/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Julia M Reyes This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/22/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 705329
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 705347
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV434460
Superior Court of California, County of Santa ClaraIn the matter of the application of: Shelley Adrienne Soto INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)
Shelley Adríenne Soto has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Shelley Adríenne Soto to Shelley Adríenne Long 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 6/18/2024 at 8:45 am,
Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
April 04, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 24CV436254
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: POLINA IVANOVNA
PONOMARENKO. POLINA IVANOVNA
PONOMARENKO to INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) POLINA IVANOVNA PONOMARENKO has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. POLINA IVANOVNA PONOMARENKO to POLINA IVANOVNA KRIUCHKOV. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 7/09/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
April 24, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2024
3rd AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
La Autoridad de Transporte del Condado de San Mateo (SMCTA), en colaboración con la Asociación de Gobiernos de la Ciudad/Condado del Condado de San Mateo (C/CAG) propone crear una conexión dedicada entre SR 92 y los carriles exprés de US 101. El Distrito 4 del Departamento de Transporte de California (Caltrans) es el organismo principal en virtud de la Ley de Calidad Ambiental de California (CEQA) y la Ley Nacional de Política Ambiental (NEPA). En la actualidad, no existe ninguna conexión directa para vehículos de alta ocupación (HOV) entre los carriles exprés de US 101 y 92. Una vez finalizado, el proyecto mejorará la conectividad para reducir los tiempos de viaje y fomentar el uso compartido del coche y de lanzaderas y autobuses.
El proyecto contempla una alternativa de no construcción y tres alternativas de construcción: una conexión directa desde SR 92 en dirección oeste hasta los carriles exprés de US 101 (alternativa de construcción 1), una conexión directa reversible entre los carriles exprés de US 101 y SR 92 (alternativa de construcción 2) y una conexión directa desde los carriles exprés de US 101 hasta SR 92 en dirección este (alternativa de construcción 3).
Caltrans ha iniciado un periodo de revisión pública y está llevando a cabo reuniones públicas sobre el alcance y contenido de un Informe de Impacto Ambiental (EIR)/Evaluación Ambiental (EA) previsto para el Proyecto de Conexión Directa US 101/SR 92 propuesto. El objetivo del periodo de comentarios y de las reuniones exploratorias es presentar información preliminar sobre el proyecto y recibir aportaciones tempranas sobre los estudios ambientales propuestos y las alternativas del proyecto. Habrá servicios de interpretación en español y mandarín. Las preguntas y los debates en las reuniones no se consideran comentarios sobre el alcance de la propuesta y todos los comentarios sobre el alcance de la propuesta deben enviarse por correo, correo electrónico o en línea.
No es necesario asistir a las reuniones para presentar observaciones. Para más información sobre el proyecto, visite smcta.com/projects/101-92DC.
Reunión virtual de definición del alcance
Martes 23 de abril, 6 p. m.
Enlace para participar en la reunión: us06web.zoom.us/j/87829017732
Información de marcación: +1 (669) 444-9171
Identificación de la reunión: 87829017732
Reunión en persona de definición del alcance
Miércoles 1 de mayo, 6 p. m.
Ubicación: Centro comunitario de Foster City (Foster City Community Center) 1000 E Hillsdale Blvd, Foster City, CA 94404
Los comentarios sobre el alcance medioambiental deben enviarse antes del 15 de mayo de 2024. Envíe sus comentarios por escrito de tres maneras: por correo, por correo electrónico o en línea.
Si los envía por correo, hágalo a:
Caltrans District 4
Attn. Tanvi Gupta P.O. Box 23660, MS 8B Oakland, CA 94623-0660
Si los envía por correo electrónico, hágalo a: 101-92DC@dot.ca.gov
Si los envía por Internet, utilice el siguiente enlace: forms.office.com/r/ma2rHtktJi 4/19/24
CNS-3802660#
EL OBSERVADOR
NO. 24CV431224 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Kaia Izu
INTERESTED PERSONS:
1. Petitioner(s) Kaia Izu has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Kaia Izu to Akira Hannah Bartosz b. Kaia Sayaka Finn to Akari Isaak Bartosz 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 5/07/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date
set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
Apr 02, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 5, 12, 19, 26 and May 3, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704130
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE ASSEMBLY, 1657 Shenandoah Ave, Milpitas, CA 95035, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): John Mark Mills, 1657 Shenandoah Ave, Milpitas, CA 95035. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/15/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”
(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ John Mark Mills
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/15/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN
17 EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com APR 26, 2024 - MAY 02, 2024 JOBS / CLASSIFIEDS / LEGALS
BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705003
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/s/
Owner
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: STARZZ SMOG 403 S Wolfe Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is
registrant who declares as true information which he or
knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
Calvin Le STARZZ SMOG LLC
Article/Reg#: 202461216939
704130 April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704544 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MULTISERVICIOS GUATEMEXNINAS, 2135 Tully Rd Suite A, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Ivette Magdalena Cisneros Corona, 2135 Tully Rd Suite A, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/25/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Ivette Magdalena Cisneros This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/27/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 704544 April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704768 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BBQ THE BEST, 674 N 13th St, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Dinora Enriquez, 674 N 13th St, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Dinora Enriquez This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/04/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 704768 April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT AVISO PÚBLICO AVISO DE PREPARACION (NOP) DE UN PROYECTO DE INFORME DE
IMPACTO AMBIENTAL PARA EL PROYECTO DE CONEXIÓN DIRECTA DEL INTERCAMBIADOR US 101/SR 92
NO. 703960
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CHINGADAZOS
TAQUERIA AND BAR
975 The Alameda Unit 80, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Oscar Rojas, 850 Meridian Way Apt 28, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”
(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Oscar Rojas
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/11/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 703960
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705114
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Ay Chabelo Taqueria, 3140 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Reanne Rodriguez Falcon, 80 Stewart Ave, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/10/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”
(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Reanne Rodriguez Falcon
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/15/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Mike Louie, Deputy File No. FBN 705114
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704538
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GABYS TACOS, 10260 Ryan St, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Maria Lizeth Gomez Murillo, 10260 Ryan St, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/01/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”
(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 704538
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705016
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Green Sierra Landscaping, Inc., Palomares Landscaping, Green Sierra Tree Service, Palomares Tree Service, Palomares Tree and Gardening Service, 2670 S White Rd STE #240, San Jose, CA 95148, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Green Sierra Landscaping, Inc., 2670 S White Rd STE #240, San Jose, CA 95148. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/20/2012. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN684930. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ John Mark Mills
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/15/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 704130
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704721
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PJE DYNAMICS, 1426 Fillmore Street Suite 203, San Francisco, CA 94115, Santa Francisco County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Nestor Paul Jaime Escobar, 2024 McDaniel Ave Apt3, San Jose, CA 95128. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Nestor Paul Jaime Escobar This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/03/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 704721 April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
/s/ Maria Lizeth Gomez Murillo This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/27/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: C & L TAX PREPARATION Orangewood Dr, San Jose, CA 95121, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual.
The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Yolanda Llamas, 1589 Orangewood Drive, San Jose, CA 95121. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/27/2024. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN704001. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Yolanda Llamas This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/27/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 704555
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705061
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BIG-J-CUSTOM PAINTING, 1323 Crucero Dr #2, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Juan Manuel Alvarez-Valencia, 323 Crucero Dr #2, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/29/2023. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN699486. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Juan Manuel Alvarez Valencia
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/12/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 705061
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME
NO. 705219
The following person(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): AURA PERFUMERY, 22560 Alcalde Road, Cupertino CA, 95014. Filed in Santa Clara County on 03/23/2022 under file no. FBN683450.
Brev David Patterson, 22560 Alcalde Road, Cupertino, CA 95014. This business was conducted by: an individual. “I declare that all information in this
BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704555
statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Brev D Patterson, Founder
This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 4/17/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN705219
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME NO. 704640
The following person(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): SANCHEZ PAINTING, 1347 San Tomas Aquino Pkw #3, San Jose CA, 95130. Filed in Santa Clara County on 02/26/2020 under file no. FBN664000. Pedro Sanchez, 1347 San Toma Aquino Pkw #3, San Jose, CA 95130. This business was conducted by: an individual. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Pedro Sanchez
This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 3/29/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN704640
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 24CV435141 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Stacey Saeteurn INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Stacey Saeteurn has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Madd ex Emery Chellgren-Saeteurn to Maddex Saeteurn 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 6/25/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks
prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
April 12, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 24CV433409
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Sundayrose Mahinay Cornelio INTERESTED PERSONS:
1. Petitioner(s) Sundayrose Mahinay Cornelio has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Sundayrose Mahinay Cornelio to Sundayrose Cornelio Singh 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 6/04/2024 at 8:45
am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
Mar 19, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 24CV435371
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Vivian P. Sanchez INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Vivian P. Sanchez has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Vivian P. Sanchez to Vivian Patricia Campo Altamirano 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 6/25/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Apr 16, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV435336
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Antonio Patino & Miriam Franco
INTERESTED PERSONS:
1. Petitioner(s) Antonio B. Patino & Miriam Franco have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ethan Skolnick Patino Guerra to Ethan Skolnick Patino 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 6/25/2024 at 8:45
am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
April 16, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 24CV435435
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Stephanie Ann Hengstler INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Stephanie Ann Hengstler have filed
a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Stephanie Ann Hengstler to Stephanie Ann Castro Hengstler 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 7/02/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
April 17, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Neomi Mizrachi Case No. 24PR196877
1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Neomi Mizrachi. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Orit Mizrachi in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3. The Petition for Probate requests that Orit Mizrachi be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 4. The petition requests that 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. 5. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administer of Estate Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any 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 consent to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person Files and objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: May 13, 2024, at 9:01am, Dept. 2, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA
95113. 7. If you object to the granting of this 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.
8. If you are a creditor or 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. 9. 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.
10. Attorney for Petitioner: Orit Mizrachi 1951 Briarwood Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 (408)529-5337
Run Date: April 19, 26, May 3, 2024
PETITION TO DETERMINE PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP NO. 24CP000211
PETITIONER: Marilyn Ramires
RESPONDENT: Efrain Mendoza Morales aka Efrain Morales Estrella
1. The Petitioner:
a. Gave birth to the children listed in item 2
2. The children are: a. Child’s Name: Joseph Efrain Mendoza Ramires Birth Date: 6/12/2011
Age: 11
3. The court has jurisdiction over the respondent because the respondent:
a. Lives in this state.
4. The action is brought in this county because:
a. The children live or are found in this county
5. Petitioner claims:
a. Respondent is the parent of the children listed in item 2 above
6. A completed Declaration Under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement ACT (UCCJEA)(form FL-105) is attached
Petitioner asks the court to make the determinations indicated below.
7. PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP:
a. Petitioner, Respondent is the parent of the children listed in item 2
8. CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION (PARENTING TIME): a. Respondent
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b. Legals custody of children to Petitioner c. Physical Custody of children to Petitioner d. Child visitation (parenting time) be granted to Respondent as requested in Attachment 8d
e. The facts in support of the requested custody and visitation (parenting time) orders are (specify): Contained in the attached declaration.
14. I have read the restraining order on the back of the Summons(form FL-210) and I understand it applies to me when this Petition is filed.
declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the forgoing is true and correct.
Date: 4/14/2024
/s/ Marilyn Ramirez
ATTACHMENT (Number):
8
8d. Respondent to have no visitation 8e. Respondent was deported to Mexico in 2012 because of drug related crime charges. Petitioner last saw Respondent in 2012 when she visited him in Mexico. Petitioner requests that Respondent have no visitation with Joseph because Respondent has been out of Joseph’s life for the last five years. Respondent last saw Joseph in 2018 when Joseph went to visit him in Mexico. However, Respondent’s whereabouts have since been unknown and Respondent has made absolutely no effort to be in Joseph’s life or to contact or provide financial support to Joseph. It would traumatize and alarm Joseph for his father to suddenly reappear in his life after such a long absence. Given the forgoing, it is in Joseph’s best interest that Respondent have no visitation.
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
SUMMONS (Parentage-Custody and Support) / CITACIÓN (PaternidadCustodia y Manutención)
Notice to Respondent (Name) / Aviso Al Demendado: Efrain Mendoza Morales aka Efrain Morales Estrella NO. 23CP000211 FL210
You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file the Response (form FL-220 or FL-270) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. Tiene 30 dias de calendarió despues de habir recibido la entrega legal de esta Citación y Petición para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-220 o FL-270) ante la corte y Efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefónico o una audiencia de la corte no basta para protegerlo.
If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your right to
custody of your children. You may also be ordered to pay child support and attorney fees and costs. Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar órdenes que afecten la custodia de sus hijos. La corte también le puede ordenar que pague manutención de los hijos, y honorarios y costos legales. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts.ca.gove/ selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local bar association. Para Asesoramiento legal, póngase en contacto de immediate con un abogado. Puede obtener información para encontrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpca.org), o poniéndose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.
NOTICE: the restraining order on page 2 remains in effect against each parent until the petition is dismissed, a judgement is entered, or the court makes further orders. This order is enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of it. AVISO: La órden de protección que aparecen en la pagina 2 continuará en vigencia en cuanto a cada parte hasta que se emita un fallo final, se despida la petición o la corte dé otras órdenes. Cualquier agencia del orden público que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas orden puede hacerla acatar en cualquier lugar de California.
FEE WAIVER: if you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a few waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.
EXENCIÓN DE CUOTAS: si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario un formulario de exención de cutoas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por complete, las cutoas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a petición de usted o de la otra parte.
1. The name and address of the court are: Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County 201 N First St San Jose, CA 95113
2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney, are: (El Nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son:)
Sidney C. Flores, SBN 64082
FLORES & BARRIOS
601 N First St Ste 200 San Jose, CA 95112
Date: 4/14/2023 12:52pm
Clerk, by /s/ S. Prasad, Deputy (Asistente)
ING ORDER (Parentage-Custody and Support) ORDEN DE RESTRICCIÓN ESTÁNDAR (Paternidad-Custodia y Manutención) FL-210
Starting immediately, you and every other party are restrained from removing from the state, or applying for a passport for, the minor child or children for whom this action seeks to establish a parent-child relationship or custody order without the prior written consent of every other party or an order of the court.
This restraining order takes effect against the petitioner when he or she files the petition and against the respondent when he or she is personally served with the Summons and Petition OR when he or she waives and accepts service.
This restraining order remains in effect until the judgment is entered, the petition is dismissed, or the court makes other order.
This order is enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of it.
En forma immediate, usted y cada otra parte tienen prohibido llevarse del estado a los hijos menores para quienes esta acción judicial procura establecer una relación entre hijos y padres o una orden de custodia, ni pueden solicitar un pasaporte para los mismos, sin el consentimiento previo por escrito de cada otra parte o sin una orden de la corte.
Esta Orden de restricción entrará en vigencia para el demandante una vez presentada la petición, y para el demandado una vez que éste reciba la notificación personal de la Citación y Petición, o una vez que renuncie su derecho a recibir dicha notificación y se dé por notificado.
Esta orden de restricción continuará en vigencia hasta que se emita un fallo final, se despida la petición o la corte dé otras órdenes.
Cualquier agencia del orden público que haya recibido o visto una copia de esta orden puede hacerla acatar en cualquier lugar de California.
NOTICE-ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE
Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay toward high-quality, affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com. Or call Covered Californiaat 1-800-300-1506.
AVISO-ACCESO
A SEGURA DE SALUD MÁS ECONOMICO
Necessita Seguro de
salud a un costo asequible, ya sea para usted o alguien en su hogar? Si es asi, puede presentar una solicitud con Covered California. Covered California lo puede ayudar a reducer al costo que paga por Seguro de salud asequible y de alta Calidad. Para obtener más información, visite www. coveredca.com. O llame a Covered California al 1-800-300-0213.
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2024
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara 201 N. First Street 191 N. First Street San Jose, CA 95113 Family Justice Center Courthouse Case No. 23CP000394 FL-309
Petitioner/Plaintiff: Stefanie Pohl
Respondent/Defendant: Curtis Allen Davis
ORDER ON REQUEST TO RESCHEDULE HEARING
1. The hearing is currently scheduled for 4/10/24
2. Name of party who file the request for Order, order to show cause, or other moving paper is Stefanie Pohl
3. Name of party asking to reschedule the hearing is Stefanie Pohl.
4. The request does not include temporary emergency (ex parte) orders previously issued.
5. 6. Order granting request to reschedule hearing and notice of new hearing
6. a. The court hearing is rescheduled to the date, time and location shown below:
New hearing date: 6/5/2024, Time 9:00am, Dept 77, at the address note above in this matter.
7. Reason for Rescheduling:
a. The hearing needs to be rescheduled because: The papers were not served before the current hearing date.
9. Service of Order
b. The documents listed in item 10 must be served. (1) as required by rule 5.92, on (3) respondent/defendant.
c. All documents must be served as follows:
(3) other: See item 9d d. order regarding service: The court grants permission for Petitioner to serve by publication as Respondent is avoiding service.
10. Documents for service:
A filed copy of this order (Form FL-309) must be served along with the following papers:
a. A copy of the previously filed Request for Order (Form FL-300) order to show cause, or other moving paper.
11. A Responsive Declaration to Request for Order (form FL-320) may be filed and served a. as required by rule 5.92.
Date: 4/10/24
/s/ Micael P. Estremera
JUDGE MICAEL P. ESTREMERA
Run Dates: April 19, 26, May 3 and 10, 2024
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara 201 N. First Street 191 N. First Street San Jose, CA 95113 Family Justice Center Courthouse Case No. 23CP000394 FL-309
Petitioner/Plaintiff: Stefanie Pohl
Respondent/Defendant: Curtis Allen Davis
NOTICE OF HEARING
1. TO: CURTIS ALLEN
DIAZ 2. A COURT HEARING WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS;
a. Date: February 14, 2024
Time: 9AM Dept: 77
b. Address if Court: Same as Above
3. WARNING to the person served with the Request for Order; The court may make the requested orders without you. If you do not file a Responsive Declaration to Request for Order (Form FL-320), serve a copy on the other parties at least nine court days before the hearing (unless the court has ordered a shorter period of time), and appear at the hearing. (See Form FL-320-INFO for more information.)
COURT ORDER
5.A Responsive Declaration to Request for Order (form FL-320) must be served on or before: 9 court days before the hearing date
8. Other: Each party is ordered complete Orientation & schedule Mediation before the hearing. Go online to ww.scscourt. org (search Orientation). Questions? Call FCS (408)534-5760. Date Jan 8, 2024
/s/ Brooke Bleck
Brook Bleck
Judicial Officer
REQUEST FOR ORDER
2. CHILD CUSTODY VISITATION (PARENTING TIME)
a. I request that the court make order about the following children:
NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACEHD, IF REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2923.3 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE.
NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN EN ESTE DOCUMENTO, SI ASÍ LO EXIGEN LAS DISPOSICIONES DE LA SECCIÓN 2923.3 DEL CÓDIGO CIVIL DE CALIFORNIA.
注意：如果《加州民法典》 第 2923.3 节的规定要 求，本文件附件中的信息 摘要。
TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP
LƯU Ý: CÓ MỘT BẢN TÓM TẮT THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY ĐÍNH KÈM, NẾU ĐƯỢC YÊU CẦU BỞI CÁC QUY ĐỊNH CỦA MỤC 2923.3 CỦA BỘ LUẬT DÂN SỰ CALIFORNIA.
참고: 캘리포니아 민법 섹 션 2923.3의 조항에 따라 필요한 경우 이 문서에 정 보가 요약되어 있습니다. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED JUNE 16, 2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAISNT YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.
Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1957 CAPE HORN DRIVE, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95133, ASSESSORS PARCEL NO. 254-47-032. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.
The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the notice of Sale is $ 2,248,155.02. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due.
In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state.
Said sale will be made, in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances there under, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon as provided in said note, plus fees, charges and expenses of Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.
NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS
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
No. 116745763-X59
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your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-626-2650383. 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. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
THAT if the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Further, if the foreclosure sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid and shall have no further recourse or remedy against the Mortgagor, Mortgagee, or Trustee herein.
See Attached FL-311
declare under penalty of perjury under the State of California that the information provided on this form and all attachments is true and correct.
Dated: 1/5/24 /s/ Stefanie Pohl
Run Dates: April 19, 26, May 3 and 10,
Notice is hereby given that ZDENKA KOLARIK as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by Salvador Cuevas Mendoza and Teresa Sandoval de Cuevas, husband and wife as joint tenants dated June 16, 2008 and recorded June 18, 2008, as Instrument No. 19889270, in Book N/A of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, State of California, will sell on May 15, 2024 at 9:00 AM, LOCATED AT, 16165 MONTEREY ROAD, MORGAN HILL, CALIFORNIA, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at No. 116745763-X59 APN No. 254-47-032
time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by her under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as TSG more fully described in the above referenced Deed of
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 a 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 where the property is located 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 lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust
If you have previously been discharged in bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this notice is intended to exercise the note holder rights against the real property only.
As required by law, you are notified that a negative credit reporting may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligation. If required by the provisions of Section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of trustee’s sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s office.
Zdenka Kolarik 16165 MONTEREY ROAD, SUITE 207 Morgan Hill, CA 95037 Phone/Sale Information: (626)265-0383 By:
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RESTRAIN-
STANDARD
Custody to (person who decide health, education, etc.)
Child’s Name: Josslynn Pohl Diaz Date of Birth: 7/12/11 Legal
son
whom child
Physical Custody to (per-
with
live).
Requested By Zdenka Kolarik 16165 MONTEREY ROAD, STE 207 Morgan Hill, CA 95037
To: Zdenka Kolarik 16165 MONTEREY
STE 207 Morgan Hill,
2024 "Recording
When Recorded Mail
ROAD,
CA 95037
APN
TSG No. 116745763-X59 Title Order No.
No. 254-47-032 Space above this line reserved for recorder’s use" NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
/s/
Superior
Zdenka Kolarik 4/17/2024 Zdenka Kolarik Run Dates: April 19, 26 and May 3, 2024
Court of California, County of
CLASSIFIEDS
Santa Clara Probate Division
Case No. 23AD025988
Attorney for Petitioner: Law Offices of Kathryn Schlepphorst
Kathryn Schlepphorst (CSB #161202)
1361 S. Winchester Blvd. Suite 208 San Jose, California 95128
Telephone: (408) 9931120
Facsimile: (408) 9931125 CITATION TO PARENT
Date: 5/8/2024
Time: 11:00AM
APJ: Hon. Le Jacqueline Duong Dept: 1
In Re: The Matter of the Adoption Petition of Lisa Parraz and Alfonso Parraz, Adopting Parents
FROM: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO: CASSANDRA SCHICK-REPOSA
By order of this Court you are hereby cited to appear before the HON. JACQUELINE DUONG, judge presiding in Dept. 1 of the Court located at 201 N. 1st St., San Jose, CA 95113, on May 8, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., then and there to show cause, if you have any, why AIDEN BELL, should not be declared free from your parental control and custody of his Mother according to the petition on file herein.
The petition on file herein is for the purpose of freeing subject child for placement for adoption.
Dated: APR 8, 2024
/s/ D, Bueno, Clerk
By: D. Bueno
Run Dates: April 12, 19, 26 and May 3, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705030
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PACHANGA PUMPING SERVICE 901 N Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a married couple. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Junior Richard Ascuna Vergaray, 901 N Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043, Mitzy Tamara Coss Y Leon Medrano, 901 N Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/07/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Junior Ascuna Vergaray This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/11/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By:
Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 705030 April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704924
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: APM CLEANING SERVICES, 4501 Snell Ave Apt 2203, San Jose, CA 95136, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Constanza J. Casabuenas Valenzuela, 4501 Snell Ave Apt 2203, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/08/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Constanza J.C. Valenzuela This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/09/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 704924
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704968
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Installation Team, 1120 Bird Ave Suite F239, San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Saturnino Mora Diaz, 1120 Bird Ave #F239, San Jose, CA 95125. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/10/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”
(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Saturnino Mora This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/10/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 704968
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.
704958
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PALETERIA ADRIANA 74 South 24th St, San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a general partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Manuel Tisnado Alvarado, 1188 Whitton Ave, San Jose, CA 95116. Antonio Zalapa
Marquez, 1188 Whitton, San Jose, CA 95116. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/10/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Manuel Tisnado
Alvarado
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/10/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 704958
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT NO. 704298
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Ruby’s Taqueria, 821 Borregas Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a married couple. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Stephanie Barragan, 821 Borregas Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/20/2024.
This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Stephanie Barragan
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/20/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 704298
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT NO. 704297
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Guadalajara Market, 829 Borregas Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a married couple. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Stephanie Barragan, 829 Borregas Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/15/2024.
This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Stephanie Barragan
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/20/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File
and residence address
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704770
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:
VOLT VALLEY ELECTRI-
CAL SERVICES, 247 N Capitol Ave Unit 124, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): VOLT VALLEY ELECTRICAL SERVICES, 247 N Capitol Ave Unit 124, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”
(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ NORBERTO J GONZALEZ
VOLT VALLEY ELECTRICAL SERVICES President
Article/Reg#: 6155567
Above entity was formed in the state of CA
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/04/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 704770
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704839
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SARINA’S CLEANING SERVICES 454 Boynton Ave Apto 207, San Jose, CA 95117, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Doris Sarina Rivera, 454 Boynton Ave Apto 207, San Jose, CA 95117. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/05/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Doris Sarina Rivera
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/05/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 704839
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704823
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RUPYAL BROTHERS 1496 N Milpitas Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name
of the registrant(s) is (are): DAMANJIT SINGH, 6467 Marguerite Drive, Newark, CA 94560. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/04/2024.
This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ DAMANJIT SINGH
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/05/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 704823
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704658
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SISI’S EDUCATIONAL CHILDCARE, 367 Bay St, San Jose, CA 95123, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Silvia Sandoval Murillo, 367 Bay St, San Jose, CA 95123. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Silvia Sandoval Murillo
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/29/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 704658
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV434893
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Tai Chau & Linh Tran INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)
Tai Chau & Linh Chau have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Michelle Chau to Michelle Truc Chau 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 6/18/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
April 09, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 24CV434545
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mi Chung Hong INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)
Mi Chung Hong has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Mi Chung Hong to Heather Mi Hong 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 6/18/2024 at 8:45
am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
April 05, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 24CV430210
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Juan Manuel Reyna Pacheco and Victoria Castro Madriz INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Juan Manuel Reyna Pacheco and Victoria Castro Madriz have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree chang-
ing names as follows: a. FIRST: Violeta MIDDLE: Madriz LAST: Reyna to FIRST: Victoria MIDDLE: Violeta LAST: Reyna Madriz 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 5/14/2024 at 8:45
am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 05, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV429041
Superior Court of California, County of Santa ClaraIn the matter of the application of: Phuong Thanh Vy Nguyen INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Phuong Thanh Vy Nguyen has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Phuong Tram Luv to Tram Phuong Luv 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 5/14/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be
matter
the application of: Dominic Francis G Gagnon, Karen Lynn Gagnon INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Dominic Francis G Gagnon has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Dominic Francis G Gagnon to Dominic F.G.L. Scelzo b. Domenica Giuseppina Maria Gagnon to Domenica Giuseppina Maria Scelzo c. Karen Lynn Gagnon to Karen Lynn Scelzo 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 6/18/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
Petitioner(s) No Name Given Yogita
has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. No Name Given, Yogita
FNU, Yogita to Yogita Goyal 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection
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that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 6/11/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 04, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO.
24CV433984
Superior Court of California, County of Santa ClaraIn the matter of the application of: Tiffany Teresa Blackwell INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Tiffany Teresa Blackwell has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Tiffany Teresa Blackwell to My Ngoc Nguyen 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 6/11/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar 27, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2024
Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Neomi Mizrachi
Case No. 24PR196877
1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Neomi Mizrachi. 2. A Petition for Probate has
been filed by Orit Mizrachi in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3. The Petition for Probate requests that Orit Mizrachi be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: May 13, 2024, at 9:01am, Dept. 2, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7 If you object to the granting of this 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. 8. If you are a creditor or 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. 9. 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.
10. Attorney for Petitioner: Orit Mizrachi 1951 Briarwood Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 (408)529-5337
Run Date: April 12, 19, 26, 2024
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 704470
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704340
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ARCHKEY SOLUTIONS
1860 S. 10th Street, San Jose, CA 95112-410, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Sprig Electric Co., 1860 S. 10th Street, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/2023. This is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”
(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Paula Harvey Secretary
Article/Reg#: C0677360
Above entity was formed in the state of CA
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/21/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 704340
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 7043707
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ACZ TRANSPORTATION INC. 436 Willard Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): ACZ Transportation, Inc., 436 Willard Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/01/24. This is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Celso C. Uchicua CEO Article/Reg#: 5936558
Above entity was formed in the state of CA
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 2/29/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 703707
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704633
gan transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 07/26/2001. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN653046. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Marsha L. Jones-Edick
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/29/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 704633
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704630
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VASONA ACCOUNTING, 15466 Los Gatos Blvd., Suite 109210, Los Gatos, CA 95032, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Natalie Lyukevich, 556 University Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95032. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/01/2015. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN655190. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Natalie Lyukevich
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/29/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 704630
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT NO. 704609
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:
ARMONIA EMOCIONAL, 1600 THE ALAMEDA STE 104, San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Maria Del Carmen Roman, PO BOX 26817, San Jose, CA 95159. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/29/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”
By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 704609
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704605
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: White Sierra Concrete, P.O. BOX 110722, Campbell, CA 95011, Santa Clara County This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Luis Jimenez Valdez, P.O. BOX 110722, Campbell, CA 95011. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”
(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Luis Jimenez Valdez This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/28/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 704605
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704679
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ESTRADO’S, 2151 Oakland Rd SPC 323, San Jose, CA 95131, Santa Clara County This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Armando Estrada, 2151 Oakland Rd SPC 323, CA 95131. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Armando Estrada
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/02/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 704679
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704704
who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Marcelo Arcega This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/02/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 704704
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 704680
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JS REBAR, 4500 The Woods Dr. Apt 1401, San Jose, CA 95136, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): JS REBAR, 4500 The Woods Dr. Apt 1401, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/03/2019. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN653284. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Javier Cuevas Anaya JS REBAR Owner Article/Reg#: 6005183
Above entity was formed in the state of CA
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/02/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 704680
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
Mar 29, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF
NAME
NO. 24CV434221 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jayna Alexandria Ortiz INTERESTED
PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Jayna Alexandria Ortiz has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Jayna Alexandria Ortiz to Jayna Patjawee Fuller 2. THE COURT
ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 6/18/2024 at 8:45
am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
April 03, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV433120
3/26/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: API Services 4869 Minas Drive, San Jose, CA 95136, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Marsha L. Jones-Edick, 4869 Minas Drive, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant be-
(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
/s/ Maria Del Carmen Roman
This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 3/29/2024.
Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ARCEGA POOL SERVIES, 3888 Regaby Pl, San Jose, CA 95121. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Marcelo Horacio Arcega, 3888 Regaby Pl, San Jose, CA 95121. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/02/2024.
This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant
NO. 24CV434156 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ye Jun Zhang INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Ye Jun Zhang has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ye Jun Zhang to Jun Ye Zhang 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 6/11/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San
Date: 6/11/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
April 02, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV434329
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Joung Wook Moon
INTERESTED PERSONS:
1. Petitioner(s) Joung Wook Moon has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Joung Wook Moon to Joungwook Moon b. Seoin Moon to Esther Seoin Moon c. Haein Moon to Sophia Haein Moon 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jennifer Villanueva INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Jennifer Villanueva has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Cruz Elijah Daily to Cruz Elijah Daily Villanueva 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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 written objection that includes the reasons 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:
Date: 5/28/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.
Mar 14, 2024
Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court
April 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2024
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FICTITIOUS
NAME
as:
412-A E SANTA CLARA ST, San Jose, CA 95113,
BUSINESS
STATEMENT NO. 704470 The following person(s) is (are) doing business
QUE DELICIA NUTRITION SPOT
Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Silvia Valencia, 3063Everdale Drive, San Jose, 94148. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/26/2024. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ SILVIA VALENCIA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on
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Gov. Gavin Newsom's current proposal would cut oil and gas tax breaks by $22 million this year and $17 million the following year.
Barry Vesser, COO for The Climate Center, a nonprofit advocacy group, would like to see all subsidies eliminated.
"Oil and gas companies are one of the drivers of climate change, so we should not be making their profit margins bigger by providing public subsidies, and making it harder for renewables to compete against them," Vesser argued.
Gov. Newsom has also proposed to cut funding for climate-friendly programs helping lower-income families buy an electric vehicle or switch from gas to electric appliances.
Kevin Slagle, vice president of strategic communications for the Western States Petroleum Association, said in a statement, "California's already tough business climate is pushing companies to the brink. Removing incentives will drive California straight into the arms of more expensive foreign oil, ramping up costs for everyday Californians who can least afford it."
Vesser countered the threat of higher gas pric-
es is a red herring.
"There's a lot that goes into calculating how much the cost of gas is, and this is not even pennies on the dollar," Vesser contended.
The state Senate's early action proposal estimated the budget deficit will be between $38 billion and $53 billion. The governor is expected to release new details on his budget priorities in mid-May. The Legislature must pass a balanced budget by June 15.
Mientras
continúan las negociaciones sobre el presupuesto estatal, los grupos que luchan contra el cambio climático están pidiendo a los legisladores de California que reduzcan los subsidios a las compañías de petróleo y gas en lugar de recortar los programas diseñados para frenar el calentamiento global.
La propuesta actual del gobernador Gavin Newsom reduciría las exenciones fiscales al petróleo y el gas
en 22 millones de dólares este año y 17 millones de dólares el próximo año.
A Barry Vesser, director de operaciones de The Climate Center, un grupo de defensa sin fines de lucro, le gustaría que se eliminaran todos los subsidios.
"Las empresas de petróleo y gas son uno de los impulsores del cambio climático, por lo que no deberíamos aumentar sus márgenes de beneficio proporcionando subvenciones públicas y dificultando que las energías renovables compitan contra ellas", argumentó Vesser.
El gobernador Newsom también propuso recortar la financiación de programas respetuosos con el clima que ayudan a las familias de bajos ingresos a comprar un vehículo eléctrico o cambiar los electrodomésticos de gasolina por eléctricos.
Kevin Slagle, vicepresidente de comunicaciones estratégicas de la Western States Petroleum Association, dijo en un comunicado: "El ya difícil clima empresarial de California está llevando a las empresas al borde del abismo. La eliminación de incentivos llevará a California directamente a los brazos del petróleo extranjero más caro, aumentando los costos para los californianos comunes y corrientes que menos pueden permitírselo". Vesser respondió que la amenaza de un aumento de los precios del gas es una pista falsa.
"Hay mucho que implica calcular cuánto cuesta el gas, y esto no es ni siquiera un centavo por dólar", afirmó Vesser.
La propuesta de acción temprana del Senado estatal estimó que el déficit presupuestario estará entre $38 mil millones y $53 mil millones. Se espera que el gobernador publique nuevos detalles sobre sus prioridades presupuestarias a mediados de mayo. La Legislatura debe aprobar un presupuesto equilibrado antes del 15 de junio.
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ARIES
Por fin el planeta Mercurio está directo, lograrás resolver retrasos, problemas, y conflictos que dejó el mes de abril. Es augurio de buenas nuevas, y tal vez se resuelva con prontitud un asunto relacionado con documentos legales. Es presagio que gozarás de un ciclo rejuvenecedor.
Números de la suerte: 4-9-11-32-36-45
TAURO
¡Feliz cumpleaños! Tanto el Sol como el planeta Venus, se encuentran navegando por tu signo. Éste será un mes en el cual todo te saldrá bien. Saldrás de deudas, y si has estado enfermo o decaído, la recuperación será inminente. Te viene abundancia. Enhorabuena.
Números de la suerte: 3-19-23-33-39-40
GÉMINIS
Este mes ocurrirá un suceso astrológico que te favorecerá totalmente. A partir del día 25 de este mes, el planeta Júpiter comenzará a navegar en tu signo, esto ocurre cada 12 años aproximadamente. Los augurios son muy prometedores, te vienen tres años de buena suerte.
Números de la suerte: 5-7-42-45-50-67
CÁNCER
La familia y seres queridos son de suma importancia en tu vida, has hecho mucho por las personas que quieres, y por ello has de recibir una merecida recompensa. Debes dejar ir una pena del pasado. Nuevos proyectos por realizar te devolverán la energía y la fe en ti mismo.
Números de la suerte: 10-28-31-37-47-52
LEO
Es posible que hayas enfrentado algún altibajo de salud durante los meses anteriores, la buena noticia es que los astros te son favorables para que logres recuperarte totalmente. Has podido darte cuenta quienes son tus verdaderos aliados. Harás las pases con un familiar.
Números de la suerte: 4-22-24-28-4069
VIRGO
Por fin tu planeta regente ya no está retrógrado, estas son noticias inmejorables. Todo el torbellino de problemas que te dejó abril, todo eso llegó a su fin y quedó atrás. Sentirás la necesidad de procurar mejores cuidados a tu cuerpo, ejercicio, mejor alimentación y oración.
Números de la suerte: 2-23-32-36-41-56
LIBRA
HORÓSCOPO DE MAYO
Es probable que una situación romántica que te agobia desde el mes pasado, se resuelva de manera inusual pero satisfactoria. La verdad, tendrás motivos para sentirte mejor, con mejores ánimos y de buen humor. Si un amor se fue, otro mejor está por llegar.
Números de la suerte: 17-13-27-25-29-33
ESCORPIÓN
Este mes podrás liberarte de tensiones y del estrés del trabajo. Es augurio de viajes inesperados y de sorpresas que vas a recibir. Te reunirás con seres queridos y con amigos que viven a la distancia. Una cantidad de dinero que esperas, llegará muy pronto. Quizá antes de lo que imaginas.
Números de la suerte: 3-15-9-28-50-51
SAGITARIO
Te distingues por ser progresista, te gusta vivir la vida en calma y armonía, pero debes de ser bastante cuidadoso a la hora de comentar, porque sin que te des cuenta, puedes ganarte antipatías aunque no sea ese tu deseo. Piensa antes de hablar y analiza con cuidado tus comentarios y sugerencias. Recibirás una recompensa
Números de la suerte: 6-21-26-33-44-66
CAPRICORNIO
Préstale atención a sueños, premoniciones, y corazonadas, tu sexto sentido te alertará sobre muchas situaciones, especialmente para que identifiques las intenciones de los demás. Te sentirás atraído por temas fuera de lo común, y muy pronto descubrirás una verdad que antes desconocías.
Números de la suerte: 20-24-28-31-3559
ACUARIO
De mayo a julio tendrás una época afortunada, de pronto te sentirás mejor y gozarás de optimismo y de paz interior. Aprovecha de esta etapa de suerte, ponte en forma, dedica tiempo para el ejercicio físico, para la relajación, y para la espiritualidad. Un deseo te será concedido.
Números de la suerte: 8-21-28-31-32-40
PISCIS
Tu situación financiera presentó algunos retrasos desde meses anteriores, la actual posición de los astros predice un cambio positivo en tu sector financiero y familiar.
Espera sorpresas agradables y buenas noticias. Haz del cuidado de tu salud tu principal prioridad. Sanarás.
Números de la suerte: 16-31-35-45-4868
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