June 21, 2018
VOL. 31, No. 71
TRUMP YIELDS TO PUBLIC PRESSURE ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY REVAMPED;
NO MORE SEPARATING CHILDREN FROM FAMILIES By Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor
Yesterday Trump signed an executive order that rescinds his earlier policy decision to separate children from migrant families who enter the United States seeking a new life. It is not clear how many children have been taken into U.S. custody over the last month and one half, where those children have been placed, the conditions of their temporary accommodations, or if the parents have been able to speak to their children This issue has captured the attention of the nation and some reports indicate that only 27 percent of Americans supported and had no objection to the separation of children and parents. The vast majority of Americans however, including the president’s wife and daughter, helped to convince the
president that he could end the policy he created, with the stroke of a pen. Before signing the executive order president insisted that there is still a zero-tolerance policy for immigrants who enter the U.S. unlawfully and that families will stay together and maintained in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security. While this new procedure is being implemented immediately, it is not clear how the problem will be fixed retroactively, given the fact that some parents may have already been deported and may not have the resources to locate and retrieve their child from somewhere in the United States. Trump administration officials say they have no clear plan yet on how to reunite the thousands of children sepa-
rated from their families at the border since the implementation and subsequent revamping of a zero-tolerance policy in which anyone caught entering the U.S. illegally is criminally prosecuted. “This policy is relatively new,” said Steven Wagner, an acting assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services “We’re still working through the experience of reunifying kids with their parents after adjudication.” Federal officials say there are some methods parents can use to try to find their children: hotlines to call and an email address for those seeking information. But advocates say it’s not that simple. In a courtroom near the Rio
Grande, lawyer Efren Olivares and his team with the Texas Civil Rights Project frantically scribble down children’s names, birthdates and other details from handcuffed men and women waiting for court to begin. There are sometimes 80 of them in the same hearing. The Texas Civil Rights Project works to document the separations in the hopes of helping them reunite with the children. A woman from El Salvador says she hasn’t spoken to her 8-year-old son in a month, since immigration officials separated them after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum. They have one hour to collect as much information as they can before the hearing begins. The immigrants plead guilty to illegally entering the U.S., and they are typically sent either to jail or directly to an immigration detention center. At this point, lawyers with the civil rights group often lose access to the detainees. “If we don’t get that information, then there’s no way of knowing that child was separated,” Olivares said. “No one else but the government will know that the separation happened if we don’t document it there.” Olivares has documented more than 300 cases of adults who have been separated from a child. Most are parents, but some are older siblings, aunts, uncles or grandparents. Some are illiterate
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INGLEWOOD’S RENT CONTROL BALLOT-PETITION INITIATIVE
By Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor
Early indications suggest that the 2,000 petition forms inked with more than 14,000 resident signatures that were presented to the Inglewood City Clerk by members of Uplift Inglewood, may not have enough certified signatures to ensure that the rent-control measure will be placed on the November ballot. The community based organization focused on affordable housing in Inglewood with demonstrations to suggest the
City of Inglewood needs affordable housing and does not need multi-billion dollar sports and entertainment facilities. Uplift Inglewood began their campaign in late Oct 2017, when they submitted an amendment to the city’s charter that would: Reset rents to Oct 2017 prices; The maximum yearly rent increases to the Consumer Price Index with a cap at 5%. Establish a “just cause” eviction framework, which dras-
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COMMUNITY
SAFE & SANE AND FUN FILLED 4TH OF JULY
PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Willie Brown VICE PRESIDENT Gloria Kennedy
Have you heard them? It’s that time of year again and fireworks are already being ignited. Of course, it could be just the excitement of Mexico upsetting powerhouse Germany in the soccer World Cup. Nonetheless, 4th of July is just around the corner. Fireworks stands around the city are being built as I write. The non-profit organizations that sell the fireworks are chosen by raffle each March and only ‘Safe and Sane’ fireworks are permitted to be legally sold and used in Inglewood. The stands start selling on 29 June and conclude when all their stock is gone or on 4 July. Legally, one is not to light fireworks till the holiday. Fines for starting early and/or using illegal fireworks in town can be as much as $500. Many people just don’t use good judgement when dealing with fireworks. Consider these injury statistics from Emergency Room records 20 June-20 July 2014: 28% from sparklers, 16% illegal firecrackers, and 13% reloadable shells; and injuries by age: 34% ages 2544 and 15% 5-9 years old. Seventeen percent of injuries are to eyes and 25% of those result in permanent loss of vision; head, face, and ears account for another 17%; arms account for 4% of the injuries, while bodies re-
ceive 5% and legs suffer 11% of the injuries. By far, the greatest number of injuries, 46%, are sustained to hands and fingers. Every year we hear news reports of someone losing fingers or a hand to carelessly handling of illegal fireworks. Play it safe . . . always read and follow fireworks directions and have an adult present. Our dogs and cats don’t like fireworks and many of them suffer terribly during the holiday. Please keep them in. Animals feel safest in their own homes. Keep the TV or radio on to help
drown out the sound of the fireworks. If your pet really gets crazy with the explosions, create a safe room – an inside bathroom, the laundry room, or your bedroom – for them. If they have a hiding place in the house, let them go and stay there. As a last resort, you may want to check with your Veterinarian about medication to help ease a pet’s severe anxiety. Also have treats or a special chew toy ready for flashes of light and noise. There are always sad, sad stories about someone’s beloved pet escaping in the terror of the noise. If your pet wears a collar and tag, make sure they are wearing it on the 4th of July, day and night. You can feel doubly secure if, in addition to the collar and tag, your pet is micro chipped. Collars can come off but the micro chip is there to stay. Be sure to complete the micro chip information and to keep it up-to-date. If you need them, call Police at 310412-8771 or 9-1-1 for emergencies. Code Enforcement from 5PM to midnight 310612-6742 or the Fireworks Info Hotline 310-412-4333.
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DONALD TRUMP’S VICIOUS ASSAULT…
HAS HIT AMERICA’S MORAL GAG REFLEX Pictures awaken our conscience and spur us to act. The photos of Birmingham police setting dogs and water hoses on peaceful marchers 55 years ago convinced a nation that had idled over segregation to finally end it. After a civil war killed hundreds of thousands, a photo of one tiny boy washed up on a beach focused the world’s attention on the horror of the Syrian dictatorship. And now, pictures of refugee children held in cages — like animals — in U.S. detention facilities, separated from their parents, is awakening Americans to the harsh reality of President Trump’s “zero tolerance” worldview.
A child coming to America to seek refuge from violence is not a criminal. The U.S. has a legal policy allowing people to apply for refugee status. Many of the incoming children and families are fleeing communities with some of the highest murder rates in the world. A family fleeing catastrophic violence to save a child’s life recalls Joseph and Mary taking the infant Jesus to Egypt to escape Herod’s sword. I know these kids and the communities they come from. I worked in Honduras as a missionary from 1980 to 1981, and I returned in 2015 to the town where I used to live. I’ve visited the neighbor-
hoods where gangs recruit 10-year-olds and heard the anguish of parents who love their homes but fear their children will become the next casualties of a drug war. Their children’s lives are worth the dangerous trek to the U.S. They dream of a home not besieged by crossfire. And then they end up in cages. Punishing immigrants is who Trump is. Families who enter the country unlawfully are committing a misdemeanor. But we don’t normally separate children from their parents for misdemeanors. So President Trump’s policy of separating children from their parents is exposed for what it is; a vicious assault on vulner-
able families. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ use of Scripture to justify this atrocity is abominable. Over and over, the Bible compels just treatment of refugees, recognizing that Israel was also an immigrant nation during much of its life. The administration’s claim that it is just “following the law” is disingenuous. There is no law requiring the separation of families in the manner the president has commanded. The cowardly efforts to deflect blame — “the Democrats won’t do immigration reform”— are laughable. I worked with
payments, those who wait beyond their full retirement age can get additional money above and beyond what they’d normally get. Each month, nearly 45 million senior citizens receive a Social Security (SS) benefit. A majority of them are eligible for the retired worker benefit. And despite this average benefit totaling just $1,411, it proves to be more than enough to keep more than 15 million seniors out
of poverty. With the latest SS Board of Trustees report signaling troubled waters ahead for the program (SS’ $2.9 trillion in asset reserves are projected to be completely exhausted by 2034), it is in absolutely no danger of running out of money. LAUSD board approves $8.2 billion budget that pays for students’ college admissions tests. The plan will become effective in the next
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Compiled by Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor, (email: francis_taylor@sbcglobal.net) Donald Trump abruptly reversed himself Wednesday and signed an executive order halting his administration’s policy of separating children from their parents when they are detained illegally crossing the U.S. border however, border workers are unsure what the new policy means. The war over coffee continues… this time it seems like coffee lovers can rejoice as California’s Office of Environ-
mental Health Hazard Assessment, is now saying that coffee may be okay after all and may not need cancer warning labels. Social Security gives workers the option to take benefits anytime between age 62 and 70, and it offers some incentives to those who are willing to wait. While those who claim benefits earlier than their official full retirement age will have to accept smaller monthly benefit
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COMMUNITY Continued from page 2 school year. The ACLU has filed an emergency lawsuit to end what it says is the unconstitutional denial of attorney access to immigrant detainees held in a Victorville prison. Proponents of splitting California into three states gathered enough signatures to put the measure on the November ballot. A state appeals court has reinstated — at least for now — California’s law al-
lowing terminally ill people to end their lives. The 4th District Court of Appeal in Riverside issued an immediate stay Friday putting the End of Life Option back into effect. The court also gave opponents of its decision until July 2 to file objections. 118,522 voters in Los Angeles County were left off the voting rosters in the primary June election. Los Angeles County Registrar Dean C. Logan vaguely attributed the blunder to a “data
TRUMP YIELDS TO PUBLIC PRESSURE ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY REVAMPED Continued from page 1
and don’t know how to spell the children’s names. More than 2,000 minors have been separated from their families since early May. The children have been put into the custody of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with the aim of keeping them as close to their parents as possible and reuniting the family after the case goes through the courts, said Wagner. But it’s not clear that’s working.
According to Olivares, the agency is generally “very willing to help,” often helping to find a child even if there’s a misspelling in the group’s records. But if a child has been transferred out of a government shelter — including if the child has been deported — agency representatives won’t give any information. “Sometimes the parent gives us contact information for a relative,” Olivares said. “If they have the phone
issue” that “absolutely needs to be resolved” at a meeting of the county Board of Supervisors Wednesday. Crowded races, narrow margins, and millions of absentee ballots. The Election Day mix of crowded races, narrow margins and millions of absentee ballots in California’s high-stakes primary means the results in some key races could take days — or even weeks — to determine, and have an unknown impact on the Blue Wave that many are antici-
pating. Prosecutors say a teacher who accidentally fired a gun inside a Northern California classroom while teaching firearm safety will not face charges. A U.S. district court in Montana just imposed a $34 million fine on Canada Drugs, an online pharmacy charged with selling counterfeit medications to unsuspecting Americans. Some of the drugs contained no active ingredients.
number right and the phone number is working ... we call that number and sometimes we’re able to locate that relative and ask them what they know.” In May, the Department of Justice adopted the zero-tolerance policy in which anyone caught entering the U.S. illegally is criminally prosecuted. Children can’t be jailed with their parents. Instead, after the adult is charged, children are held briefly by Homeland Security officials before being transferred to Health and Human Services, which operates more than 100 shelters for minors in 17 states. The department has set up new facilities to manage the influx of children, and Wagner said they were prepared
to expand as more children come into custody. The children are classified as unaccompanied minors, a legal term generally used for children who cross the border alone and have a possible sponsor in the U.S. willing to care for them. Most of the more than 10,000 children in shelters under HHS care came to the U.S. alone and are waiting to be placed with family members living in the U.S. But these children are different — they arrived with their families. The only good news related to this sad story is the practice of the U.S. Government of separating children from their families has ended.
INGLEWOOD’S RENT CONTROL BALLOT-PETITION INITIATIVE Continued from page 1
Last Day to Sponsor FRI, June 22
tically limits how and why tenants can be evicted. As a caveat, the first three measures only apply to apartment buildings with four or more units, creatively known as “fourplexes.” The charter amendment also called for the formation of an elected rental board to oversee renters’ issues in the city. For the proposal to reach the ballot this November, Uplift needed to collect signatures from at least 10% of Inglewood’s voting population, or roughly 9000 names. Canvassing began in earnest last December, a process that involved speaking to hundreds of Inglewood residents each week to pitch the initiative. But with a core “field team” of fewer than ten, getting pen to paper 14,000 times was no easy task. Signatures are checked against the most recent voter registration rolls to ensure all signers are registered in the city. Small errors – say a mismatch be-
tween a signer’s petition address and the voter registration address – render a signature invalid, so overshooting the number required by law is always wise. But an added mistrust of the City’s impartiality played a role in establishing campaign organizers’ goal of 14,000 signatures, about 50% more than technically necessary. Their concerns were muted after Uplift found out Los Angeles County would handle the all-important crosscheck of the signatures against voter rolls, not the City of Inglewood. According to the City Clerk’s office, the petitions have already been transferred to the County. A preliminary indication from a member of the Inglewood City Clerk’s office indicated yesterday that while a specific tally was not available, it appears that there were more invalid signatures than valid ones on the petition forms and the measure may not make it on the November ballot.
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EYE ON THE CITY
GEORGE DOT SON
AL E X PADIL L A
JAME S BUTTS
E L OY MORALE S
R A L P H F R A NK L IN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING ENDED ABRUPTLY By Francis Taylor, Assistant Editor
It was business as usual during this week’s city council meeting until it wasn’t. The City Council restated and confirmed their action of June 12, 2018, to approve Amendment No. 2 to Memorandum of Understanding Agreement No. MOU.MR312.12 with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to extend ITS IV-A funding laps date to June 30, 2018. The council also approved Funding Agreement No. 920000000F7319 with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) for Intelligent Transportation System Program Phase-V. An Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with WOW Media, Inc., regarding a proposed Billboard Agreement
providing for the installation of certain billboard displays was approved by the council. The council adopted a Human Resources recommendation to update the Salary Ordinance for Fiscal Year 20172018. It is significant to note that no changes were adopted for executive, mayor, or city council job classifications. The council adopted Ordinance No. 18-08 to reduce the hours of operation and enforcement of the parking meters located at the Crenshaw-Imperial Branch Library’s parking lot. They also approved a request that the Oversight Board for the Successor Agency of the Former Inglewood Redevelopment Agency adopt a Resolution, directing
the Successor Agency to implement the State of California Department of Finance approved Long-Range Property Management Plan. The council commended the city’s audit team for the work they have performed bringing the city’s required financial audits up-to date. Staff presented the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Basic Financial Statements, AQMD Report and Single Audit Report. During the public comments portion of the city council meeting, an individual who identified himself as a member of the Uplift Inglewood Coalition indicated that the City of Inglewood needed rent control and affordable housing for working families. He exceeded the allotted time that is available to any person who swishes
to speak on any matter connected with City business not elsewhere considered on the agenda. He was advised that his time had expired and he continued to speak, well beyond the allotted time and without any regard to the Rules of Decorum that are expected of anyone who addresses the City Council. When the gentleman revealed a sealed envelope and indicated that it contained a lawsuit directed against the City of Inglewood, Mayor Butts adjourned the meeting and he and the council members left the council chamber. Persons with complaints regarding City management or departmental operations are reminded to submit those complaints first to the City Manager for resolution.
COMMUNITY MEETING LOS ANGELES STADIUM & ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AT HOLLYWOOD PARK Saturday, June 23, 2018 • 10:00 a.m. Faithful Central Bible Church West Wing South, behind The Tabernacle 321 N. Eucalyptus Ave., Inglewood, CA 90302 Key representatives of the Los Angeles Stadium and Entertainment District at Hollywood Park will host an informational meeting regarding stadium construction. Learn more about the upcoming work and project progress on the 298-acre development. The project team will be available to answer constructionrelated questions from the community. CONTACT US
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C O M M UCHILDREN NITY AND PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE
GRANDFAMILIES
LET US NOT
By Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor
FORGET
I join the millions of decent Americans who are delighted that Trump finally decided to end the forced separation of Latin children from their migrant parents. The photographic and video images of infants and toddlers being taken from their parents were unbearable as I felt disgusted that the president of this great nation, and the elected officials who represent us in our nation’s capital, would allow such atrocious and barbaric treatment. Sadly, it is not the first time that our government, in the name of the law, split up families and detained children. Throughout American history, during times of war and unrest, authorities have cited various reasons and laws to take children away from their parents. Before abolition, children of black slaves were born into slavery and could be sold by owners at will. Black women could do little to stop the sale of children and often never saw them again after they were sent away. Owners also split apart parents who had no legal rights to prevent their sale. To resist, slave families regularly ran away together but faced harsh physical punishment, even death, if caught by slave hunters. Last week, both White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and AG Jeff Sessions cited the Bible in defending the policy of forced separation of Latino migrant children. Sessions referenced Romans 13, which urges readers “to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained them for the purpose of order.” The same passage was cited before the Civil War to justify slavery, to allow slave hunters to return runaway slaves to their owners and to pull slave children away from mothers. After the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre, when the Army slaughtered 150 Lakota men, women and children in the last chapter of America’s long Indian wars, authorities forced Native American families to send their children to government- or church-run boarding schools. The objective, as Carlisle Indian Industrial School founder Capt. Richard H. Pratt put it, was to “kill the Indian in him and save the man.” At 150 or so Indian schools around the country, officials made Native American children cut their hair and outlawed all Native American languages. They forced children to adopt Christianity and attempted to “Americanize” children by introducing them to white customs and white history.
During the early 1900s, states sometimes pulled children from poor families and placed them in orphanages. During the Great Depression, local authorities in California and Texas participated in a mass deportation of Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans whom they blamed for the economic downturn. Between 500,000 and 1 million Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans were pushed out of the country during the 1930s repatriation, as the removal is sometimes called. Starting in 1942, when the U.S. was at war with Japan, around 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were ordered by the U.S. government into prison camps around the country. An estimated 30,000 were children. The subject of immigration has long lingered on the minds of our nation’s elected officials, who have failed to advance appropriate legislation; on the minds of those who would like to severely limit the number of immigrants who are given an opportunity to make a better life for themselves, and; on the minds of those who understand that we are a nation of immigrants and foreigners should be welcomed. This week is an historic one. For the first time, even though Trump did not back down or apologize for making a bad decision, which is something he famously does not do, he signed an executive order yesterday to end the separation of Latin children from their parents. This occurred despite the fact that he said last week that it was the democrats fault and only they could fix it. I hope that the president’s change of heart will result in eventual immigration legislation that is sane, fair, responsible and that keeps families together.
The choices you make today can have a great impact on tomorrow.
The proportion of children living in “grandfamilies” has doubled in the U.S. since 1970 and has gone up seven percent in the past five years alone—an increase many attribute to the opioid epidemic. More grandparents than ever are becoming full-time parents again, often with fewer resources and more health problems than they had the first time around. According to the Centers for Disease Control, about three percent of children nationwide live apart from their parents, and of those, nearly two-thirds are being raised by grandparents. Some 2.7 million grandparents are raising their grandchildren, either because of a temporary change in circumstance for the parents, such as military deployment or joblessness, or something more lasting and terrible: mental illness, divorce, incarceration, death, or, substance abuse. Raising grandchildren can take a toll on grandparents: higher-than-normal rates of depression, sleeplessness, emotional problems, and chronic health problems like hypertension and diabetes; feelings of exhaustion, loneliness, and isolation; a sense of having too little privacy, and too little time to spend with their spouses, friends, and other family members. There’s a disproportionately high rate of poverty among grandparents raising grandchildren, and more than 40 percent report having economic or social-service needs—for themselves or, more often, their grandchildren—that are unmet. The grandparents might be struggling with complicated feelings about their own child’s shortcomings as a parent, too, which stirs up an unsettling mixture of disappointment, embarrassment, anger, and resentment. They might be grieving for a child who either died or simply walked away, and for the vision they once had of a simple, ordinary, fun-with-the-grandkids kind of grandparenthood. Still, there are unexpected rewards. Some grandparents say they feel younger because of being involved again in the day-to-day lives of children, running to after-school activities, or reading Harry Potter and teen magazines to keep current. They also have a renewed sense of
purpose, at just the time of life when their age-mates report feeling less and less necessary. The kids can benefit, too; according to some studies, children raised by their grandparents have fewer behavioral problems than those who end up in foster care with non-relatives, though perhaps there was something that set apart those kids and families in the first place. Yet even while grandparents offer stability and consistency to children whose previous lives might have been chaotic, grandfamilies suffer from a particular kind of precariousness. For a variety of reasons, most grandparents are not licensed foster-care providers, don’t have custody or guardianship of their grandchildren, and thus don’t have legal standing to make decisions regarding the children’s schooling, medical care, or vacation plans. Grandparents might balk at licensing because it means giving the child over to the legal custody of the state. Or they might worry about failing the licensing requirements, which could entail strict criminal background checks that take into account nonviolent crimes committed in youth, or strict housing standards that dictate a certain number of bedrooms or a particular amount of floor space per child. The majority of grandparents raising grandchildren are left to make their way through trial and error, cobbling together financial and logistical support for the grandchildren as best they can. They live in a kind of shadow world, worried that things could shift without warning, causing their beloved grandchild to be sent back to an unsafe situation, or to be sent into non-relative foster care. One way some grandparents avoid this sense of precariousness is through a program called assisted guardianship. Created by the Fostering Connections Act of 2008, which gives all states and some Native American tribes the option to use federal child-welfare money for this purpose, assisted guardianship is a way for licensed foster grandparents to exit the foster system. They continue to receive the same monthly payments they received as foster parents for the child’s food, shelter, and clothing, plus access to
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First place Sparks play two home games on Sunday and Tuesday By Steve Finley
The Los Angeles Sparks continue to play some of the best basketball in the WNBA. At press time they were in first place with a record of 8-2 followed by the Phoenix Mercury at 10-3 and the Seattle Storm is holding down the third spot in the 12 team league with a record of 8-3. On Friday, June 22, Los Angeles travels to Dallas before they return home to the Staples Center on Sunday for a 2 p.m. game against the New York Liberty. On Tuesday they stay at home to face Dallas again at 7:30 p.m. Now that star forward Candace Parker is rounding into shape after sitting out the first few games of the year with back problems the Sparks are looking like a championship caliber team once again. The good news for the Sparks is the WNBA got smart and changed the playoff format last season. Instead the top team in the west facing the top team
Latif Blessing heads a shot off a corner kick. The Los Angeles Football Club will battle Columbus at home on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
in the east like the NBA the WNBA decided to put the best eight teams in the league into the playoffs and that makes the women’s league playoffs more balanced and competitive. Right now the four best teams in the league are all in the west. When center Jantel Lavender starts to play like she has the past few years the Sparks will be even harder to beat. Lavender, who started the season with tired legs because she played overseas also missed the first few games of the season. With the 6’4” Parker and the 6’4” Lavender, along with the 6’2” Nneka Ogwumike in the front court other teams will have a hard time exploiting the Sparks major weakness, rebounding. Their back court is solid with Alana Beard, Chelsea Gray, Odyssey Sims, Riquna Williams and Cappie Poindexter. Other players that can also help the Sparks are Essence Carson. Maria Vadeeva and Sydney Wiese.
Rams new defensive end, Ndamukong Suh is just one of the Rams new defensive players that is expected to make the team a super bowl contender. The 6’4”, 313 pound Suh has played nine years in the NFL.
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LEGAL NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018143898 The following Person is doing business as:
The Inglewood Planning Commission hereby gives notice that it will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at 7:00 p.m., in the Community Room, First Floor, Inglewood City Hall, One Manchester Boulevard, to consider the following matters:
BAY COAST TRAVELS 2224 E. GLADWICK STREET RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA 90220 1870 E. KRAMER DRIVE CARSON, CA 90746 Registered Owner(s): Joi L. Aldridge, 1870 E. Kramer Drive, Carson, CA 90746 This business is conducted by an individual(s). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business listed above on June 12, 2018. I (We) 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.) Joi L. Aldridge, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk on June 12, 2018. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State or common law (See Section 14411 et.seq., Business and Professions Code.) June 14, 21, 28; July 5 , 2018 IT004223012002036 Inglewood Today
An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (EA-MND2017-98) has been prepared stating that with the recommended mitigation measures the proposed project will have no significant adverse impact upon the environment, a copy of which is available for public review in the Planning Division office of City Hall, fourth floor and via email to bmccrumby@cityofinglewood.org.
If you will require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 412-5280 or FAX (310) 412-5333, One Manchester Boulevard, 1st Floor, Inglewood, California 90301. All requests for accommodations must be received 48 hours prior to the day of the hearing. “If you challenge the proposed amendment in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.” “Si no entiende esta noticia o si necesita mas informacion, favor de llamar onu este numero (310) 412-5280.” In the event that this Planning Commission meeting is not held, or is concluded prior to a public hearing item being considered, the public hearing will automatically be continued to the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting.
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018075839 The following Person is doing business as:
1 ON 1 BAIL BONDS 309 EAST HILLCREST BLVD. INGLEWOOD, CA 90301
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018082590 The following Person is doing business as:
Registered Owner(s): Jermaine Joseph Thompson, 317 W.60th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90003 This business is conducted by an individual(s). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business listed above on March 28, 2018. I (We) 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.) Jermaine Joseph Thompson, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk on March 28, 2018. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State or common law (See Section 14411 et.seq., Business and Professions Code.) June 14, 21, 28; July 5 , 2018 IT004223012002035 Inglewood Today
1. To adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve a Special Use Permit No. 2017-012 (SP-2017-012) for a Preliminary Planned Assembly Development (PAD) to allow a six-story, 105,392 square foot, 120-room hotel on an approximately 29,931 square-foot C-2A (Airport Commercial) zoned property at 11111 South Prairie Avenue and legally described as Lot 198 commencing at the north 78 feet of the west 165.5 feet and the south 28 feet including the north 32 feet and west 122 feet of lot 197 of Hawthorne Acres (AIN 4035-017-007 and 008).
KINGS AND QUEENS HAIR SALON 1307 N. LA BREA AVENUE INGLEWOOD, CA 90302 Registered Owner(s): Uchenna Gloria Nwofor, 1307 N. La Brea Avenue, Inglewood, CA 90302 This business is conducted by an individual(s). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business listed above on April 4, 2018. I (We) 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.) Uchenna Gloria Nwofor, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk on April 4, 2018. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State or common law (See Section 14411 et.seq., Business and Professions Code.) Original June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018 IT004223012002035 Inglewood Today
CHILDREN AND GRANDFAMILIES Continued from page 5
support services to help meet the child’s educational and emotional challenges. But there’s no longer any need for oversight from child-welfare agencies and courts. As a result, assisted guardianships cost the state much less than non-relative foster care—$10,000 a year per child, compared to $60,000 per year for foster care, according to Beltran—and the grandparents with this arrangement have legal authority to act in their grandchild’s best interest without a case worker checking in.
But there’s a catch: Assisted guardianship is only available to grandparents or other relatives who are already licensed foster parents. That means it’s no help at all to the majority of grandfamilies. The arrangement of grandparents raising grandchildren is precarious in another way, too: The grandparents are older and sicker than typical parents, and more likely to die before the children they’re raising reach adulthood. (But they’re not as old as many might
suspect: About 61 percent of grandparents raising grandchildren are younger than age 60. Nearly 2.7 million grandparents report they are responsible for most of their grandchildren’s basic needs, which is one out of every 24 grandparents in the United States. Over one in five of these grandparents live below the poverty line. Fifty-eight percent are still in the workforce and almost a quarter are disabled.
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018123121 The following Person is doing business as:
ONE UP VALET PARKING SERVICE 7623 AIRPORT BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90045 Registered Owner(s): Rock LLC., The, 7623 Airport Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049 This business is conducted by an individual(s). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business listed above on May 18, 2018. I (We) 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.) Rock LLC., The, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk on May 18, 2018. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State or common law (See Section 14411 et.seq., Business and Professions Code.) Original May 31; June 7, 14, 21, 2018 IT004223012002034 Inglewood Today
DONALD TRUMP’S VICIOUS ASSAULT…
HAS HIT AMERICA’S MORAL GAG REFLEX
a bipartisan group of 16 senators in February to craft an immigration reform bill. In exchange for permanent protection for DREAMers, which President Trump had publicly called for after announcing the termination of their protected status, we agreed to the precise amount of border security funding the president requested. We took the deal to him and essentially asked, “Can you take yes for an answer?” But urged by political operatives, the president reversed field and turned it down. Why did this president reject bipartisan compromise that fit his earlier positions and double down on a harsh attack on immigrant families? Simple: Punishing immigrants —whether they come legally or illegally — is just at the heart of who this man is. HEARTLESS AND ALSO STUPID ECONOMICS He was obsessed with the conspiracy theory that President Obama isn’t an American citizen. He’s proclaimed a travel ban against people from predominantly Muslim countries. He’s derided “shithole countries,” attacked family unification, taken away protection from young DREAMers who know no other country as home, canceled protected status for thousands who came here to flee humanitarian disasters, and recently announced that even a well-founded fear of domestic violence will not allow for an asylum claim. The heartlessness of this president’s anti-immigrant policy is matched by its economic stupidity. In 1958, the year I was born, one out of every 100 Virginians was an immigrant, and the state was poor, almost in the bottom quarter of states in personal income. Today, nearly one out of nine Virginians is an immigrant, and we are in the top quarter in personal income. The ingenuity, work ethic and global reach of our New Americans have made Virginia more successful and done the same for our nation, but the president’s anti-immigrant moves have begun chasing these talented people away. America needs to stop the cruelty at the border and allow families to be together as we determine whether they can lawfully gain entrance to our country. I’ve cosponsored a bill led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein to do just that, and I’ll keep pushing for bipartisan action to improve our immigration laws. The terrible photos of kids in cages — the real Trump Hotel — have hit America’s moral gag reflex. We are too good a nation to sink so low.
4th of July Only* 5PM –to 10PM
Fireworks Info Line: (310) 412-4333 *Code Enforcement: (310) 612-6742 (5PM—12AM)
As always, this most American of holidays will be marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country. Know the risk with fireworks and stay safe with these safety tips.
Fireworks injuries seen at Emergency Rooms from June 20 — July 20, 2014 28% from Sparklers, 16% Illegal Firecrackers & 13% Reloadable Shells Injuries by age: 34% 25— 44yrs of age & 15% 5 — 9yrs of age 25% of eye related injuries resulted in permanent vision loss
17% Eyes 17% Head, Face & Ears 46% Hands & Fingers 4% Arms 5% Trunks 11% Legs
Always read and follow label directions Always have an adult present Only buy from reliable fireworks sellers Only ignite fireworks outdoors Do not light fireworks in the street Never make your own fireworks Be sure to have water handy Light only one firework at a time Never re-light malfunctioning fireworks Never give fireworks to small children Dispose of fireworks properly Never throw fireworks at another person
Only ‘ SAFE and SANE’ fireworks are permitted and legally sold in the City of Inglewood. All minors, under the age of 16 must be supervised by a person that is 18 years of age and older. DON’T PUT YOURSELF AT RISK! Administrative fines for using illegal fireworks can be as much as $500.00. These fines can be given by the Inglewood’s Code Enforcement Officers or Police. DON’T DO IT!!!!
4 de Julio Solamente de 5PM—10PM* Linea de infrmacionde fuegos artificiales (310) 412-4333
*Code Enforcement: (310) 612-6742 (5PM—12AM)
Como siempre, este dia festivo americano será marcado por desfiles, fuegos artificiales y parrilladas en le patio de la casa en todo el país. Conozca los riesgos con fuegos artificiales y manténgase seguro con estos consejos de seguridad.
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Lesiones de fuegos artificiales vistas en las salas de emergencia del 20 de Junio al 20 de Julio de 2014 28% de Sparklers, 16% Firecrackers ilegales y 13% de proyectiles recargables Lesiones por edad: 34% -25 44 años de edad y 15% -5 9 años de edad El 25% de las lesiones relacionadas con los ojos provocaron la pérdida permanente de la visión
17% Ojos 17% Cabeza, rostro y orejas 46% Manos y dedos 4% Brazos 5% Torso 11% Piernas
Siempre lea y siga las instrucciones de la etiqueta Siempre tenga un adulto presente Sólo compra de vendedores confiables de fuegos artificiales Sólo encienda fuegos artificiales al aire libre No encienda fuegos artificiales en la calle Nunca haga sus propios fuegos artificiales Asegúrese de tener agua a mano Encienda sólo un fuego a la vez Nunca vuelva a encender fuegos artificiales que no funcionan Nunca den fuegos artificiales a niños pequeños Deshágase de los fuegos artificiales correctamente Nunca arroje fuegos artificiales a otra persona
Sólo se permiten los fuegos artificiales "seguros y sanos" y se venden legalmente en la ciudad de Inglewood. Todos los menores de 16 años deben ser supervisados por una persona mayor de 18 años. ¡NO SE PONGA EN RIESGO! Las multas administrativas por usar fuegos artificiales ilegales pueden ser hasta $500.00. Estas multas pueden ser dadas por los Oficiales de Cumplimiento del Código de Inglewood o la Policía. ¡NO LO HAGAS!