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Campaign to Restore Voting Rights for Calif.’s Parolees Kick Off Page 5

Naomi Osaka Brings Attention to Victims of Police Terror as She Competes in U.S. Open Page 7

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57th Year, No. 12

Weekly Edition.

Edition. Sept. 9-15, 2020

Rebecca Kaplan, Incumbent Oakland City Councilmember At-Large Seeks Re-Election

OUSD Kicks Off School Year With Virtual Town Hall

B.P.P. Legacy Keepers (left to right) Amin Cooley’s daughter Anaya Cooley, CoFounder Amin Cooley, Co-founder Dr. Saturu Ned, Dr. Zafirah Ned. Photo by Michelle

OUSD Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Sondra Aguilera Courtesy of Khan Academy

As the new school year starts many students have the usual back-to-school anxiety: what to wear for the first day of school, will classes be easy or hard, will they remember their teachers’ names, and how will their relationships with friends grow and continue.

With this novel distance learning environment, many students are worried about whether their computers will connect to the online learning platform, and if so, will their siblings pop up singing and dancing to embarrass them.

For too many parents in the Oakland area concerns for their children go much deeper. Many parents are concerned about whether their child will fall behind academically, will be bored or under-stimulated, and for many parents they are concerned with whether their children will have access to a computer with a strong internet connection. Lack of a quality computers and internet access are issues that acutely impact Black communities.

To ease parents’ concerns and to place Oakland students on the path for success this 2020-2021 school year, Mayor Libby Schaaf hosted a live virtual town hall on Sept. 3. The online event focused on distance learning and what the school district is doing to ensure that all children get an excellent education, but particularly for students who are most underserved. The town hall featured prominent voices in the education space including the Oakland Unified School District’s (OUSD) Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Sondra Aguilera, and Sal Khan – CEO and Founder of Bay Area-based education non-profit Khan Academy.

During the event, Schaaf discussed Oakland’s Undivided Program, which has raised $13 million to eliminate the digital divide in the OUSD community. Through this program, the school district is working hard to ensure every Oakland public school student has three Continued on Page 8

Legacy Keepers Bridge Gap Between Black Panthers and BLM

By Michelle Snider

The original Black Panther Party (19661982) left behind a legacy that is often side-lined by the imagery of Black men and women carrying guns in self-defense while wearing black berets and leather jackets. The legacy had been stifled as many party members became political prisoners, and without knowing it at the time, targets of an FBI program called COINTELPRO meant to destroy the party

using various deceptive tactics.

With programs like free breakfast and lunch for school children, free health clinics and educational institutions, the BPP created over 60 documented community programs they called survival programs. Many of these programs have become a blueprint for activists today. The BPP created these programs acknowledging that the government was not going to come to communities and do the work of improving them, so the communities had to organize and build structural programs for themselves.

Founded in Oakland, with

branches eventually spreading all over the U.S., the BPP believed the only way to create economic stability and self-sufficiency in Black communities was through a combined effort of the people who are from and part of their communities. That is where the term they often use, “All Power to the People,” comes from.

After the death of George Floyd sparked historical nationwide protests under the banner of Black Lives Matter, activists eagerly called original BPP member

Rebecca Kaplan

By Kiki

This is the second in a series of three, profiling the three candidates who are running for the Oakland City Councilmember At-Large position.

Rebecca Kaplan, who has served as the At-Large repre-

sentative to the Oakland City Council since 2008, is running for re-election to continue to work on three major issues: homelessness, police accountability, and environmental injustice, especially in East and West Oakland.

Continued on Page 8

AG Becerra Files Motion to Stop Parent Advocate Cherisse Gash Seeks to Trump Administration Rule that Permits Health Discrimination Represent District 3 on School Board

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles on the 2020 school board candidates, which will be published on the web and/on in the Oakland Post print edition. The other candidates for District 3, besides Ms. Gash, are VanCedric Williams, Maximo Santana, Mark Hurty and Maiya Edgerly.

By Ken Epstein Four Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education incumbents are stepping down when their terms are over at the end of the year, which raises the rare opportunity for a new majority.

One candidate who is bold about making changes is a parent advocate and activist

Cherisse Gash

Cherisse Gash, who is running in District 3, which includes West Oakland and other areas.

She is a holistic health educator and advocates for holistic health care.

Gash, 43, is a single District 3 parent whose son graduated

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this year from an OUSD school and is going to Morehouse College, where he will study software engineering. Her mother is a retired teacher and still lives in District 3.

Gash especially has fond memories of attending elementary school at Martin Luther King Jr. in West Oakland.

“We learned self-love and that Black is beautiful,” she said, crediting exciting Black educators, led by former principal Minnie West, who inspired her and gave her faith in herself and the potential of student-empowered learning.

Gash was blunt about what she considers “huge financial mismanagement” in OUSD. One example is a $100 milContinued on Page 8

AG Press Release

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, and New York Attorney General Letitia James, leading a coalition of 23 attorneys general, today filed a motion for summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York asking that the Trump Administration’s discriminatory rule undermining Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) be vacated and set aside.

Section 1557 is the first federal civil rights law to expressly prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, and age in federal health programs. The rule issued by the

California AG Xavier Becerra Administration illegally rolls back these critical protections.

“The game-changing power of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act lies in its simplicity. It guarantees every American the right to be free from discrimContinued on Page 8

City of Oakland, Working Solutions Announce $1.375 Million in COVID-19 Relief Grants Made to Small Businesses

By Harry Hamilton

The City of Oakland and Working Solutions, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), announced on Sept.

3 the disbursement of $1.375 million in emergency grants to 275 low-income small business owners in Oakland to help them weather the COVID-19 crisis, as part of the Oakland Small Business Emergency Grant Program.

The grants were made in three rounds beginning in April and ended on Sept. 4, 2020. The City of Oakland also recently received new Federal CARES Act dollars, and will be launching another small business grant program later this month.

The Oakland Small Busi-

ness Emergency Grant Program was administered by Working Solutions, with private philanthropic dollars from the Oakland COVID-19 Relief Fund, as well as donations from Union Bank and many generous individual donors. Demand was overwhelming; more than 900 individual businesses applied within six days.

All 275 grants went to lowincome business owners, earning 80% of Area Median Income (AMI) or less. Other characteristics of the grantees: • 75% of the business owners are extremely low-income, making less than 30% of AMI • 20% of the business owners are very low-income, making less than 50% of AMI

Sara Razavi, CEO of Working Solutions

• 85% of the businesses are owned by people of color • 60% of the businesses are owned by women • 85% of the businesses generate less than $250,000 in annual revenue • 15% of the grants went to business owners applying in Spanish, Vietnamese, or Chi-

nese • 89% of the businesses rent their space Grants went to businesses throughout Oakland, with a majority going to businesses located in East Oakland, Chinatown, West Oakland, Fruitvale, and Downtown neighborhoods. The grants will support a wide range of businesses, from retail shops, nail salons, and bakeries to fitness, car repair, and arts-related businesses.

“Thanks to generous private philanthropic support, two additional rounds of grants have helped more vulnerable Oakland small businesses through these devastating economic times,” said Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. “City staff recognize the need remains

great, and will be launching a new small business grant program supported by CARES Act funds later this month.”

The grants have helped business owners cover costs such as rent, utilities, worker payroll, outstanding debt, and other immediate operational costs. To qualify, a small business owner had to be low-income, with priority given to extremely low- and very lowincome individuals. Businesses also had to be based in Oakland and have suffered financial loss due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Targeted outreach about the grant program was conducted jointly with partner organizations to businesses owned by people of color, non-English Continued on Page 8

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Bay Area Community Groups Will Help Get the Word Out About Emergency Planning

By Tanu Henry California Black Media

California is prone to disasters, natural and otherwise.

They range from devastating annual wildfires to earthquakes, droughts, mudslides and extreme heat waves.

A deteriorated electrical power infrastructure has also

been the culprit in sparking some of those wildfires, costing tens of billions of dollars in damage and causing rolling blackouts, electrocutions, and private and public property damage resulting from power surges.

On top of that, there is a sinking coastline that exposes somewhere between 4 to 8 mil-

lion people living in low-elevation areas around San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and other coastal cities to disastrous flooding from a threatening Pacific with rising Relative Sea Levels.

In light of this menacing reality, two non-profits -- one in Continued on page 6

Learning Black History Year-Round

Benjamin Thornton Montgomery: Influential and Educated Inventor

By Tamara Shiloh

When Africans were forced to the Americas, many came with a store of knowledge. They were skilled in various crafts and created new devices and techniques to enhance their work. But records of these inventions were never kept and credit was never given to the inventors.

This was particularly evident in the areas of boat building, pharmacology, and musical instrument- making, and includes both Africans and Native Americans.

Historians have since uncovered some of the ways Black and Native Americans contributed to America’s development. Many 18th- and 19th-century inventors were able to prepare written records of their own, thereby leaving a trail of recognition for their achievements. This included Benjamin Thornton Montgomery (1819–1877), an educated inventor.

Montgomery was born a slave in Loudoun County, Va. He was sold in 1836 to Joseph Davis, a trader who transported him to Natchez, Miss. Davis became impressed with Montgomery’s work and skill set. This put Montgomery in the “favored position” among the other slaves—so much so that Davis allowed Montgomery access to his personal library.

It was in that library that Montgomery was able to study survey lands, construct

Benjamin Thornton Montgomery. Public domain image.

levees, and design architectural plans for the construction of plantation buildings.

He also gained the mechanical skills necessary to operate the plantation’s steampowered cotton gin.

Montgomery was considered an “influential” Black inventor and one of the “pioneer Black engineers.”

He was educated, and developed several proficiencies. He became skilled at mechanics, repairing advanced agricultural machinery.

He eventually applied for a patent for his design of a steam-operated propeller to provide propulsion to boats in shallow water. The propeller had the ability to cut into water at different angles so that the boat could then be navigated more easily through shallow water.

This invention wasn’t new was an improvement on sim-

ilar designs invented in 1804 and 1838.

Because Montgomery perfected the steamboat propeller, Jefferson Davis, the Confederate States of America president, issued the Confederate Patent Act (1861), which acknowledged a slave to be the original inventor of patents. This Patent Act was issued before the U.S. Patent Office issued patents to Blacks. Montgomery’s application had been denied.

In 1864, when Montgomery was a freedman, he refiled his patent application, but was again rejected. Although he never received a patent for his invention, he did carve a path for future Black inventors.

In 1867, Montgomery purchased the properties on which he was enslaved: the Hurricane and Brierfield plantations in Davis Bend, Miss. Montgomery had more expansive plans for his family as well as the Black community, but he didn’t live long enough to complete them.

After Montgomery’s death, his son Isaiah purchased 840 acres of land between the Vicksburg and Memphis railroad lines in northwest Mississippi. On it, he would establish his father’s dream: A community of freed slaves. In 1887, Mound Bayou, Miss. was established, and Isaiah, along with former slaves, developed it as a majority AfricanAmerican community.

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Completing Your Census Form is Taking Action - Not Just Sharing Info

By Quinci LeGardye, California Black Media

California’s overall 2020 Census response rate is a few points higher than the national response rate. But advocates pushing for an accurate and complete count in the state say in many of the counties where African Americans and other minorities live, the response rates remain a few points lower than the state average.

On Sept. 3, Los Angeles County held a briefing where county administrators from across the state stressed the importance of the census for communities of color and warned residents about the new deadline to complete their census form.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s Director Steven Dillingham announced Aug. 3 that the agency would end all counting efforts, including door-knocking and collecting responses online, over the phone and by mail, on Sept. 30, a month earlier than the previous deadline.

As of Sept. 7, 67.6 % of Californians had self-responded to the census either online, by phone or by mail. In census tracts in L.A. County with an African American population of 33.3 % or higher, an average of 59.6% of households have self-responded to the census.

“The accelerated timeline to complete the census has the potential to harm low-income individuals and people of color. We know they are traditionally harder to reach and would benefit most from doorto-door outreach, which began just last month. The concern is that this administration is trying to undercount those who would most benefit from funding that is determined by census data,” said Judith Vasquez,

Senior Advisor to L.A. County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, 1st District.

The National Urban League, the League of Women Voters and multiple advocacy groups and local governments, including the City of Los Angeles, filed a lawsuit opposing the federal government’s decision to shorten the timeframe of the 2020 Census, arguing that ending the count early would result in an inaccurate tally. On Sept. 6, a federal judge ordered the Census Bureau to resume its full-scale population count through Sept. 17, when the lawsuit will be considered.

The population count compiled by the census is used to allocate political representation and federal funding for numerous programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the national school lunch program, housing assistance and COVID-19 aid. If communities of color are counted inaccurately, they would lose millions of federal dollars and adequate political representation.

“The more people that are counted means more resources for the programs and services that so many county residents rely on. Not filing out your census literally means that you are throwing away money for your neighborhood and for your community,” said Acting Los Angeles County Chief Execu-

tive Officer Fesia Davenport.

“At a time when so many of our communities are feeling short-changed, and the need for federal resources more than ever, filing out the census form is more than just sharing information, it’s actually a way of taking action to claim the resources that we are entitled to, and that the county needs to improve lives through caring, effective and equitable services in every community,” said Davenport.

Official census takers going door-to-door wear census ID badges with a U.S. Department of Commerce watermark and expiration date, and they may also carry a bag or other equipment bearing the U.S. Census Bureau logo. They are also required to wear masks in compliance with Centers of Disease Control regulations.

The census can be completed online, by phone or by mail. The online form and general info equipment bearing the U.S. Census Bureau logo.

They are also required to wear masks incompliance with Centers of Disease Control regulations.

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10:00 a.m.–2:00 –2:00 p.m.: PraiseDance Danceand andChoir ChoirRehearsal Rehearsal 10:00 a.m. p.m.: Praise TUESDAYS :CHOIR REHERSAL 6:30PM TUESDAYS :CHOIR REHERSAL 6:30PM Worship. . ...............................

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NewMembers MembersOrientation Orientation..........9:30 ..........9:30a.m. a.m.

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Prayer Usher Board (1st & 3rd) ..............7:00 p.m.

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Usher Board (1st & 3rd) ..............7:00 p.m.

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Brotherhood (1st (1st & & 3rd) 3rd)..............6:00 ..............6:00 p.m. p.m.

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Brotherhood (1st & 3rd) ..............6:00 p.m.

Brotherhood Teachers’Meeting Meeting........................5:45 ........................5:45 p.m. p.m.

Teachers’ Meeting ........................5:45 p.m.

Teachers’ Meeting ........................5:45 p.m.

Teachers’ Junior Mission (3rd) ....................6:00 p.m.

Junior Mission (3rd) ....................6:00 p.m.

JuniorMission Mission(3rd) (3rd)....................6:00 ....................6:00p.m. p.m.

Junior Mother’s Board Board (2nd) (2nd)..................1:00 ..................1:00 p.m. p.m.

Mother’s Board (2nd) ..................1:00 p.m.

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Feeding Ministry Ministry.....11:00 .....11:00 a.m. a.m. ---- 3:00 3:00 p.m. p.m.

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San Francisco and the other in Alameda County -- in partnership with numerous grassroots community-based organizations (CBOs) on both sides of the Bay will help get the word out to northern Californians living in those areas about being prepared if disaster strikes.

“September is National Preparedness Month, and we are geared to do things differently this year – particularly because of everything that’s happening in our state – COVID 19, the wildfires, polluted air,” said Lewis Kraus, co-director of the Center on Disability at the Public Health Institute, based in Oakland.

The Center on Disability is responsible for coordinating the public awareness campaign across Alameda County, where the second-largest concentration of African Americans in California lives (next to Los Angeles county). Black Cali-

fornians make up about 12.5% of the county’s population of more than 1.5 million people.

“We work with the community-based organizations and faith-based organizations that have experience working directly with different communities -- Blacks, Asians, Latinos, people with disabilities, elders and others,” he said.

The work Kraus’s organization is doing is part of a $50 million coordinated statewide emergency preparedness informational campaign titled ‘Listos California.’ Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature say their intention with the program is to “ready our most vulnerable populations for disasters.”

The program is administered by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, also called CalOES. That agency has awarded $20 million to CBOs in 24 counties across the state to support education and

the creation of customized disaster preparedness programs, according to a press release from the governor’s office.

The money will also support animal management preparedness, according to CalOES. “It is critical that Californians are prepared. Community preparedness and peer-to-peer networks can literally save lives and help our first responders during and after a disaster,” said Mark Ghilarducci, director of CalOES. Kraus says the COVID-10 pandemic has made outreach difficult, but it has forced the grassroots groups to be more creative, especially in their efforts to reach people who may

have limited or no internet access.

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cisco, where the African American population is 6%, another organization, SF CARD is co-

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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed proposals will be received in the office of the Purchasing Division, East Bay Municipal Utility District, 375 11th Street, First Floor, Oakland, California 94607, until 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 4, 2020 and will at that hour be publicly opened and read in the Board Room, Second Floor, of the District’s Administration Building, for the Main Wastewater Treatment Plant Process and Gas Piping Replacement Project, under SD-426.

Work includes: (1) replacing approximately 220-ft of 10-in high pressure digester gas pipelines with 6-in and 8-in stainless steel pipelines, (2) replacing approximately 30-ft of 18-in low pressure digester gas pipelines in the Power Generation Station basement with stainless steel equivalents, (3) demolishing approximately 140-ft of 10-in transfer sludge line in the digester gallery and installing new piping on another alignment, (4) installing additional piping supports in specific locations at the Power Generation Station Boilers, and (5) performing other related work located in Oakland, CA. Estimated cost of this work is between $750,000 and $950,000. All work covered by the contract shall be completed within one hundred eighty1 (180) calendar days after the issuance of the Notice to Proceed.

The District will conduct a virtual pre-bid conference and hold jobsite inspections to familiarize prospective bidders with the project site and conditions: 1.

The mandatory pre-bid meeting will be conducted virtually on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., and will last approximately 1 hour. Requirements of the District’s Contract Equity Program including the pilot Local Hire component will be discussed and explained at the pre-bid meeting. Presented materials will be made available on the project website after the meeting.

2.

An optional pre-bid jobsite tour will be held in 1-hour sessions. This is the only time that the jobsite will be open for inspection. Jobsite tours will have a maximum of 2 contractors, with a maximum of 3 people per contractor, for a maximum of 6 attendees per session. The 1-hour jobsite tours are available during the following hours: a.

September 23, from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm b.

September 24, from 8:00 am to 11:00 am, and from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm 3.

Prospective bidders shall email daniel.eng@ebmud.com with the names of attendees and their respective email addresses no later than Friday, September 18, 2020. The link to the virtual pre-bid meeting shall only be used by confirmed attendees, and shall not be shared without the District’s authorization. Prospective bidders shall also include their preferred jobsite tour timeslot in the email. Only one tour session will granted per prospective contractor. Timeslots will be granted in the order that emails are received.

4.

Attendees are required to wear face coverings during the tour. Attendees must follow Alameda County-wide health guidelines, including covering coughs and sneezes, regular hand washing, and social distancing. Attendees will be dismissed if they are sick or are not following health guidelines.

5.

No photography by the tour attendees will be allowed. The District will take photographs, as requested by attendees, restricted to the work zone. The District will release photographs to all attendees after the bid walk, pending review by District. All attendees are required to have a photo ID and sign a confidentiality agreement not to share, sell, or publish photos.

Project information, including plans, specifications, plan holders list, bid results, etc., can be found at http://www.ebmud.com/current-construction-bids. The District will make its best efforts to include information provided by bidders obtaining plans and specifications, such as bidder’s names, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and email and website addresses, on the website plan holders list.

Prospective bidders may obtain the contract documents by either downloading the files from the District’s website or by requesting a hardcopy. Prospective bidders who download the documents from the website shall register online in order to be included on the Plan Holders List. Due to COVID-19, precautions are being taken to protect District employees and its customers. Instead of mailing out a hardcopy set of the Contract Documents, we will only be emailing the bid package (electronic copies of all forms required for submitting a bid) to requestors. Bidders shall print the forms out and submit their bid proposals via hardcopy. To request the bid package, prospective bidders shall visit the project website at Current Construction Bids at https://construction-bids.ebmud.com/Request.aspx and submit a request through the “Request a Bid Set” link.

Proposals to perform the work shall be made on the forms provided and shall be submitted complete, including bid bond and list of subcontractors, in accordance with the requirements of the Specifications to be submitted with each Proposal.

Refer to Appendix C in the Specifications for details pertaining to sole source products specified by the District.

Bidders shall have an active Class A (General Engineering) license from the Contractors’ State License Board at the time of bid submission, which must remain valid throughout the duration of the contract. Refer to Article 21 of the Instruction to Bidders, Document 00 21 13.

A bidder’s bond for not less than 10% of the total bid dollar amount is required. Performance and payment bonds for not less than 100% of the contract price are required. As provided in Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California, the Contractor may substitute securities for monies withheld by the District to ensure performance of the work.

In accordance with Public Contract Code Section 3400, the District has established a procedure which permits bidders to have their proposed unlisted “or equal” product or service submittals evaluated prior to the project bid opening. See Instructions To Bidders, Document 00 21 13, Article 3 - “Submittals Prior To Opening Bid.” This procedure does not apply where products or services have been limited by specific designation per Public Contract Code Section 3400 (c). The intent of the prequalification process is not for bidders to submit all of their proposed “or equal” products, but only those that would, if rejected, affect the bidder’s bid amount.

This is a public works contract. Prevailing wages are required on this contract. The prevailing wage rates are available on the Internet at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/DPreWageDetermination.htm. A copy of the prevailing wage rates is on file and available for inspection by any interested party on request at the District’s Wastewater Project and Construction Management Section. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

All Contractors bidding on a public works project and all Subcontractors of any tier shall be registered with the State Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section 1725.5 of the Labor Code.

For information concerning this project, contact the District’s Construction Manager, Daniel Eng, at 510-287-1709.

Rischa S. Cole Secretary of the District Oakland, California

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The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/01/2020 /s/ Jay Tapanainen, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on August 20, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. Gilardi, Deputy 9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23/20 CNS-3394273# MARIN COUNTY POST

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149548 The following person(s) is doing business as: AT, INCORPORATED DBA ASTECH CONSULTING, 700 LARKSPUR LANDING CIRCLE, SUITE 199, LARKSPUR, CA 94939, County of MARIN. GREGORY A. REBER, 58 POLHEMUS WAY, LARKSPUR, CA 94939 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11/01/1997 /s/ GREGORY A. REBER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on AUGUST 20, 2020 .

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNION, Deputy 9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23/20 CNS-3393133# MARIN COUNTY POST

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149442 The following person(s) is doing business as: SRG CO., 25 MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960, County of MARIN. SRG CO., LLC, 25 MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960 This business is conducted by LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 7/14/2020 /s/ SONIA GREENLEE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on AUG 06, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNION, Deputy 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16/20 CNS-3391412# MARIN COUNTY POST

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304920 Date of Abandonment: 02/21/2020 Most Recent FBN Number: 146819 Date Filed: 05/06/2019 County of Marin Fictitious Business Name: 1. MARIS 2. MARIS Consulting Group, 1919 S. Bascom Ave., Ste 250, Campbell, CA 95008 Registrant: Dewinter Group LLC, 1919 S. Bascom Ave., Ste 250, Campbell, CA 95008 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

S/ Michael Tomasello, Manager This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on August 7, 2020.

8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9/20 CNS-3389594# MARIN COUNTY POST

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149563 The following person(s) is doing business as: 850 REICHERT / 177 D STREET, 34 OLD LANDING ROAD, TIBURON, CA 94920, County of MARIN. JOAN FOSTER, GENERAL PARTNER OF THE MARSHALL AND JOAN FOSTER FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, 34 OLD LANDING ROAD, TIBURON, CA 94920 This business is conducted by LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ JOAN FOSTER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on AUGUST 24, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNION, Deputy 9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23/20 CNS-3393984# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149559 The following person(s) is doing business as: Safe Harbor Loch Lomond, 110 Loch Lomond Dr., San Raphael, CA 94901 , County of Marin.

SHM Loch Lomond LLC, 14785 Preston Rd., Ste. 975, Dallas, TX 75254; Delaware This business is conducted by Limited Liability Company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ Jason Hogg, Chief Investment Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on August 24, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. Mannion, Deputy 9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23/20 CNS-3393912# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149468 The following person(s) is doing business as: WONDER LAND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND WELLNESS, 1 ROCK RIDGE ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930, County of MARIN. JACQUELINE MIRA BLOOM OTR/L, 1 ROCK RIDGE ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ JACQUELINE MIRA BLOOM OTR/L This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on AUGUST 10, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNION, Deputy 9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23/20 CNS-3393681# MARIN COUNTY POST

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 572355 Fictitious Business Name(s): D AND J SANITIZING AND CLEANING SERVICES, 727 HARRISON ST, OAKLAND, CA 94607; MAILING ADDRESS: 237 W OAK ST., STOCKTON, CA 95203, County of ALAMEDA Registrant(s): JESSICA LEE, 237 W OAK ST., STOCKTON, CA 95203 D’MARIS TAYLOR, 237 W OAK ST., STOCKTON, CA 95203 Business conducted by: -----

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The registrant began to transact business using the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars [$1,000].) /s/ JESSICA LEE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda County on AUGUST 17, 2020 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 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).

9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30/20 CNS-3396153# OAKLAND POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149544 The following person(s) is doing business as: The Movement SF. 742 Kendon Lane, Novato, CA 94947, County of Marin.

Jay Tapanainen, 742 Kendon Lane, Novato, CA 94947

Paul Cobb - Publisher Brenda Hudson - Business Manager Wanda Ravernell - Sr. Associate Editor Michelle Snider - Associate Editor Maxine Ussery - COO Jack Naidu - Production Manager

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149476 The following person(s) is doing business as: THAT MAN BLENDED / LIPPED

BY L’EEH COSMETICS / THAT LADY’S CLOSET / NYREE YOU GO GIRL ERRAND SERVICES, 671 OLIVE AVE., NOVATO, CA 94945, County of MARIN. NIYESHA NYREE LLC, 671 OLIVE AVE., NOVATO, CA 94945 (CALIFORNIA) This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ NIYESHA NYREE SIMPSON This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on AUGUST 11, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. GILARDI, Deputy 9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23/20 CNS-3393442# MARIN COUNTY POST

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149516 The following person(s) is doing business as: J.J BROTHERS PAVERS & DEMO, 198 LARKSPUR STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901, County of MARIN. JUSTO ROLOP HERNANDEZ, 198 LARKSPUR STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ -----This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on AUGUST 17, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNION, Deputy 9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23/20 CNS-3393048# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149470 The following person(s) is doing business as: Early June, 386 Oak Manor Drive, Fairfax, CA, 94930, County of Marin.

Jan Jepsen, 386 Oak Manor Drive, Fairfax, CA 94930 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ Jan Jepsen, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on August 10, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. Mannion, Deputy 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16/20 CNS-3392120# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149463 The following person(s) is doing business as: GOT GOPHERS?, 2470 APPLE TREE WAY, GILROY, CA 95020, County of SANTA CLARA. GEORGIA EATON, 2470 APPLE TREE WAY, GILROY, CA 95020 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 7/6/2020 /s/ GEORGIA EATON This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on AUG 10, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: L. VAWTER, Deputy 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16/20 CNS-3391947# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149469 The following person(s) is doing business as: EntrepreneurNOW Network, 341 Evergreen Drive, Greenbrae, CA 94904, County of Marin.

Kenneth Burke, 341 Evergreen Drive, Greenbrae, CA 94904 This business is conducted by an individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 8-10-2020 /s/ Kenneth Burke, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on August 10, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: L. Vawter, Deputy 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16/20 CNS-3391888# MARIN COUNTY POST

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149406 The following person(s) is doing business as: ERNIE’S HANDYMAN SERVICES, 813 LAS PALMAS AVE, NOVATO, CA 94949, County of MARIN. ERNEST R. WILSON, 813 LAS PALMAS AVE. NOVATO, CA 94949 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on JUNE 2017 /s/ ERNIE WILSON This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on AUG 3, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNION, Deputy 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16/20 CNS-3390809# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149490 The following person(s) is doing business as: MANES BY SARA, 38 MILLER AVE #146, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941, County of MARIN. MANES BY SARA LLC, 38 MILLER AVE #146, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941 (CA) This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 08/04/2020 /s/ SARA PINCKNEY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on AUGUST 12, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. GILARDI, Deputy 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16/20 CNS-3390278# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149454 The following person(s) is doing business as: Vibe Speech, 36 B Hillcrest Rd., Mill Valley, CA 94941, County of Marin.

Kris Langley Inc., 36 B Hillcrest Rd., Mill Valley, CA 94941 This business is conducted by a corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 8-7-2020 /s/ Kristine Langley, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on August 7, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: L. Vawter, Deputy 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16/20 CNS-3389983# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149453 The following person(s) is doing business as: Lillian Byers Design, 381 Locust Ave., San Rafael, CA 94901, County of Marin.

Lillian Byers, 381 Locust Ave., San Rafael, CA 94901 This business is conducted by an individual .

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 8-7-2020 /s/ Lillian Byers, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on August 7, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: L. Vawter, Deputy 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9/20 CNS-3389928# MARIN COUNTY POST

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149457 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.

MARIS, 2.

MARIS CONSULTING GROUP, 1919 S. BASCOM AVE STE 250, CAMPBELL, CA 95008 County of SANTA CLARA DEWINTER CONSULTING GROUP, LLC, 1919 S. BASCOM AVE STE 250, CAMPBELL, CA 95008 This business is conducted by a limited liability company The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 02/21/2020.

DEWINTER CONSULTING GROUP, LLC S/ MICHAEL TOMASELLO, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on 08/07/2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk [Deputy], Deputy 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16/20 CNS-3389592# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149335 The following person(s) is doing business as: JAVA DETOUR #836, 836 2ND ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901, County of MARIN. AMJAD ALI, 2095 KEY BLVD., EL CERRITO, CA 94530 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on SEP. 2020 /s/ AMJAD ALI This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on JULY 24, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNON, Deputy 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9/20 CNS-3389221# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149398 The following person(s) is doing business as: Pollo Dry Good, 494 Via Herbosa, Novato, CA 94949, County of Marin.

Behdad Afrakhan, 494 Via Herbosa, Novato, CA 94949 This business is conducted by an individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ Behdad Afrakhan, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on July 30, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. Mannion, Deputy 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9/20 CNS-3389121# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149405 The following person(s) is doing business as: Occupational Therapy Home Services, 45 Bellevue Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901, County of Marin.

Letha Marchetti, 45 Bellevue Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901 This business is conducted by an individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12/26/1980 /s/ Letha Marchetti/Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on August 3, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk

LEGALS By: L. Vawter, Deputy 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9/20 CNS-3388926# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149439 The following person(s) is doing business as: MAYA VIOLET DESIGN, 41 CASTLE ROCK AVE, WOODACRE, CA 94973, County of MARIN. MAYA VIOLET NORMANDI, 41 CASTLE ROCK AVE., WOODACRE, CA 94973 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 08/2019 /s/ MAYA NORMANDI This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on AUGUST 06,2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. Gilardi, Deputy 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9/20 CNS-3388415# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 149315 The following person(s) is doing business as: BETTERTREASURES, 184 COBBLESTONE DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903, County of MARIN. AMANDA MASON PSY. D., 184 COBBLESTONE DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/1/20 /s/ AMANDA MASON, PSYCHOLOGIST This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on JULY 21,2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. GILARDI, Deputy 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9/20 CNS-3388402# MARIN COUNTY POST

GOVERNMENT Notice is hereby given that this is an Online Bid Process; only bids submitted through the online portal will be accepted.

Please logon or register at https:// ezsourcing.acgov.org/.

VENDOR OUTREACH AND NON-MANDATORY NETWORKING BIDDERS CONFERENCE for RFQ #901948 Disinfectant Wipes, Refillable Wipe-Dispensing Containers with Dry Wipe Refills - VENDOR OUTREACH: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 10:30 AM - Join Microsoft Teams Meeting OR Call-In: +1 415-915-3950 Conference ID: 504 517 635# NON-MANDATORY NETWORKING BIDDERS CONFERENCE: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 10:00 AM - Join Microsoft Teams Meeting OR Call-In: +1 415-915-3950 Conference ID: 504 517 635# Response Due by 2:00 PM on September 18, 2020 COUNTY CONTACT: Paul Biondi at (510) 208-9613 or via email: Paul.

Biondi@acgov.org.

Attendance at Vendor Outreach and Bidders Conference are Non-Mandatory.

Specifications regarding the above may be obtained at the Alameda County GSA Current Contracting Opportunities Internet website at www.acgov.org.

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PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF IRENE UNGER CASE NO. RP20071123

LEGALS in the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda.

The Petition for Probate requests that Daniel Unger be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The Petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court on September 30, 2020 at 2 p.m. in Dept. 201 Room N/A located at 2120 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, BERKELEY, CA 94704.

MANDATORY APPEARANCE:

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The Court requires all parties who wish to attend the hearing on the above date and time, including those who wish to state objections, to appear by audio or video technology.

The parties should consult the court’s website for the specific telephonic and video applications available. The parties may also contact the probate clerk in the respective department for information concerning remote appearances. Parties must be present at least five (5) minutes before the scheduled hearing time.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Petitioner: 23 QUEENS GATE GARDENS, LONDON, ENGLAND SW7 5LZ, Telephone: +447836739785

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent 9/2, 9/9, 9/16/20 creditors, and persons who CNS-3394166# may otherwise be interested BERKELEY TRI-CITY POST in the will or estate, or both, of: Irene Unger A Petition for Probate has been filed by Daniel Unger

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Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Allowing Producers, Writers, Musicians and More to Remain Freelancers

By Quinci LeGardye California Black Media

Naomi Osaka. The Hill magazine photo.

Naomi Osaka Brings Attention to Victims of Police Terror as She Competes in U.S. Open

By Post Staff

Just as athletes in the NBA, WNBA, NFL and hockey and soccer leagues have become ‘sportivists’ as they bring attention to the loss of Black lives due to police violence, tennis champion Naomi Osaka has been showing up wearing a mask with the name of a victim each day she has played at the 2020 U.S. Open.

On Sept. 1, she wore a mask bearing Breonna Taylor’s name. Taylor was shot and killed by police attempting to serve a no-knock warrant at her Louisville, Ky., home in March. Despite protests, none of the policemen have been arrested although they were placed on administrative leave.

She wore a mask with Ahmaud Armory’s name on Sept.

4. Arbery was shot and killed while jogging in a neighborhood near Brunswick Ga., when he was cornered by three white men who believed he had burglarized a construction site.

On Sunday, Osaka entered Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York wearing a black face mask with Trayvon Martin’s name on it.

She told reporters that she had seven masks with seven names.

Martin’s death in 2012 and the eventual arrest and trial of his killer George Zimmerman was a galvanizing moment for young Osaka.

“I remember Trayvon’s death clearly,” the 22-year-old wrote on Instagram. “I remember being a kid and just feeling scared, irreverent info but I actually didn’t wear hoodies for years cause I wanted to decrease the odds of ‘looking suspicious.’ I know his death wasn’t the first, but for me it was the one that opened my eyes to what was going on.

“I remember watching the

Bay Area Community Groups Will Help Get the Word Out

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housed.

“SF CARD is, at heart, a collaborating agency. We hold subject matter expertise in disaster preparedness, response and recovery, but we let the embedded organizations lead the way on how to best engage their communities in learning about preparedness,” says Heather Lee, program manager at SF Card.

Lee says everybody in California should take steps to get prepared.

“Meet one neighbor. One neighbor that you can agree to be there for in an emergency and can be there for you. In disaster work, we are always saying, the worst time to exchange business cards is during a disaster - but it happens,” she said.

“And the truth is - even on the best of days, we only answer the phone when we recognize the caller ID. That’s tenfold true during a crisis.”

events unfold on TV and wondering what was taking so long, why was justice not being served,” her post continued. “To see the same things happening over and over still is sad. Things have to change.”

People magazine, Wikipedia and NewsOne contributed to this report.

After months of uproar, harsh criticisms and biting commentary from advocates representing various industries, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2257 into law on September 4. The legislation is an AB 5 amendment bill, and it will go into effect immediately.

AB 2257 builds on the controversial worker misclassification law by clarifying which industries will be exempted from AB 5’s restrictions.

AB 5, which took effect in January of this year, reclassified millions of independent contractors in California to W-2 employees based on what the state calls “the ABC test” to comply with a 2018 state Supreme Court ruling called the Dynamex decision.

Exempted industries will

Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego).

Photo from Assembly website.

now instead be classified by legal criteria called the Borello standard, which previously allowed more workers to operate as independent contractors in the state.

Professions added to AB 2257 exemptions include freelance writers, photographers, translators, visual artists, musicians, film support

crews, real estate appraisers and insurance underwriters, among others. The bill also clarifies language regarding sole proprietors and adds new language regarding referral agencies.

Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), author of both AB 2257 and AB 5, said, “AB 2257 represents a comprehensive framework for employment law that makes a clear distinction between employer-employee relationships and professionals that run their own independent businesses.”

Gonzalez said the amendment bill was based on “long standing precedent” developed in case law over the past 30 years.”

“The legislation was a product of robust dialogue over the last year with workers and businesses from every part of the state and reflects the main principles found in

the Dynamex decision,” she added.

Independent contractors and freelancers have been pushing back against AB 5 since it was first announced in 2019, prompting fear of job losses that were later exacerbated by the pandemic.

Throughout the 2020 legislative year, Gonzalez had meetings with various industries regarding the bill’s exemptions.

AB 2257 also ensures that workers who are subject to “undue control and direction from their employer” or could not satisfy the previous Borello standard are covered by the ABC test, according to Gonzalez’s statement.

Those workers who have been reclassified are now entitled to benefits, including worker’s compensation, overtime pay, paid time off, and more.

Turn Your Old Mattress Into Something New

The Habitat for Humanity ReStore 9235 San Leandro Street Oakland, CA 94603 Now offering $3 cash or $5 in-store credit When you drop off your old mattress or box spring at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, the Mattress Recycling Council’s Bye Bye Mattress program recycles it. The steel, foam, fibers and wood become something new like carpet padding, construction rebar, insulation or mulch. In return, you can use your cash or in-store credit for something new to you and support Habitat’s mission to build affordable housing in the Bay Area. $3 cash or $5 ReStore store credit provided per mattress. Maximum 5 units per vehicle per day. Voucher provided upon drop-off and must be redeemed same day. Offer only valid at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Oakland, CA.

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Kaplan, Incumbent Councilmember ‘Life Over Rent’ Rally Speakers Urge At-Large Seeks Re-Election Tenants to Organize, Prepare Next Steps Continued from page 1

By Zack Haber

About 175 tenants gathered on the steps of Alameda County’s Superior Courthouse for a rally called Life Over Rent/ Nuestrxs Vidas Si Renta No last Saturday.

A Facebook invitation for the rally claimed “Our needs come before our landlord’s profits” and showed that five different tenants’ unions organized the event: Tenants and Neighborhood Councils (TANC), SMC Tenants Council, Lonay Tenants Council, Village Residents Association at UC Berkeley Family Housing and JDW Tenants Union.

The invite also listed three goals: canceling rent during the pandemic, recognition and negotiation from landlords of collectively organized tenants, and prohibiting all evictions and expanding unemployment and food stamps for those hit hardest by the pandemic.

Although the day was hot with temperatures in the upper 80s and 90s, the courthouse provided shade where tenants

Above: Kieryn Darkwater (left) and Casey Busher (right) of 1515 Alice Street Tenants Council. Photo by Zack Haber.

Right: A sign at the rally. Photo by Zack Haber.

sat in as they listened to about a dozen speakers representing different local grassroots tenant, labor, and housing justice groups.

A march was planned, but it was cancelled as smoke increasingly blew into the area.

Tenants held signs, mostly in red, some of which read “EVICTIONS = POLICE VIOLENCE,” “BLACK LIVES MATTER, BLACK TENANTS MATTER,” “HOMES

FOR ALL, WE WON’T WAIT” and “LANDLORDS MUST NEGOTIATE.” Gerald Smith, a former Black Panther who’s currently a member of the Oscar Grant Organizing Committee spoke first and encouraged people to join in the fight to release people from San Quentin State Prison, where currently 26 people have died from COVID-19. Then Smith spoke of lessons he learned partici-

pating in The Harlem Rent Strikes in the mid-1960s and highlighted the importance of organized leadership and planning beyond small wins against landlords. After some landlords abandoned buildings during the Harlem strike, Smith said many renters weren’t organized or prepared on how to respond.

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lion state loan that was neither needed and nor requested but imposed on the district nearly 20 years ago and is still being paid off.

“The students and the teachers have taken the brunt and the burden of this loan,” she said. “We have not had school board members and superintendents fighting for us.”

A key opponent of local control has been the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT), a state-funded agency based in Bakersfield that has authority over school district decisions and operates out of the Alameda County Office of Education in Hayward.

“They don’t know Oakland, and they don’t value Oakland’s people,” she said, pointing out that FCMAT has played a major role in school closings and property sales over the last two decades.

“This exacerbates and contributes to the school-to-prison pipeline,” Gash said.

Instead of closing schools, the district should stop financial mismanagement, she said. “There are too many highly paid administrators, consultants who receive up to $400,000 a year in salary while the schools are in the mode of budget cuts.”

Gash is opposed to providing property in West Oakland

to the Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher to build a new baseball stadium or to giving him more school property for charter schools. Fisher, who also owns the Gap clothing retailer and several West Oakland charter schools, is a wellknown Trump supporter.

“He is advertising it as a baseball stadium, but it is a real estate deal masking as a sports deal. He wants to build 3,000 to 10,000 commercial properties in Oakland,” she said.

If all his real estate and charter school deals go through, he would become the biggest owner of private property in the city, she said.

Gash said district officials

talk a lot about community engagement but it is just marketing, not really listening to community members or giving them information and authority to make their own decisions.

“We have to invest in our schools,” she said. “We have to have board members who will fight tooth and nail to make sure money that students need is not cut in half and that they are given the maximum so they will have schools that nurture and care for them and love them.”

To learn more about Cherisse Gash, to https://cherissegash. com/ For Instagram & Twitter, go to @CherisseGash

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Kaplan is the first openly LGBT elected official in Oakland where she was elected president of the City Council by a unanimous vote in 2019, and is running for re-election against Derreck Johnson and Nancy Sidebotham.

Born in 1970 in Ontario, Canada, Kaplan did her undergraduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and went on to attend at Stanford Law School while living in Oakland while in school. She and her partner, Filmmaker and Advocate Kirthi Nath, currently live in Jack London Square.

She was involved in advocacy for prisoner rights, against mass incarceration, and worked as a tenant’s rights attorney. Kaplan helped put Oakland’s “Just Cause Eviction” on the ballot in 2002 and got it passed.

She is currently a civil rights attorney.

Kaplan’s first elected office was as a trustee on the AC Transit Board of Directors. She served in this capacity for seven years during which time she spearheaded the Free Shuttle Bus in downtown Oakland that runs from Grand Avenue down Broadway to Jack London Square.

Kaplan ran for mayor of Oakland in 2010 and 2014.

In regard to strategies about homelessness in Oakland, Kaplan promises to “replicate what works” having already collaborated to establish two “dorms” one at the Henry Robinson Multiservice Center and another dorm in Rockridge on the site of the California College of the Arts. She firmly believes that “Tuff sheds don’t work.”

She states that 80% of the homeless people are from

Oakland and the homelessness is caused from financial displacement and foreclosure or have otherwise been “pushed into homelessness.”

She is proud to have worked with the Urban Strategies Council in 2019 to train civilian mental health workers, before the “Defund the Police” movement.

As for police accountability, in addition to the aforementioned training for civilians, which removes this function from the police, she advocates for an independent Police Commission.

On the November 2020 ballot, she is collaborating with Youth Vote to get Measure QQ on the ballot, which would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in local school board matters Kaplan is endorsed by Pastor J. Alfred Smith Sr. of Allen Temple Baptist Church; the California Nurses Association; SEIU 1021; the Sierra Club; Black Women Organized for Political Action; The Honorable Gus Newport; The Honorable Bevan Dufty; Former State Assemblyman Sandre Swanson; and Aimee Allison, founder of “She the People” and others.

Kaplan on her website says: “I am honored to work with community to support real solutions to our homeless crises, fight for zone-based clean-up and enforcement of illegal dumping, get guns off the streets, provide for public health and local small business support, strengthen housing for all income levels, improve our air quality, transit, pedestrian and bicycle safety, racial and economic justice, and police accountability.”

For more information go to KaplanforOakland.org.

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things: a computer, internet connection, and technology support in their home. As of today, 9,000 of the 25,000 donated laptops are in the homes of students from low-income backgrounds along with 15,000 hotspots.

“You can’t do distance learning without a device, an internet connection and technical support to help families learn how to use and keep that technology accessed for distance learning,” said Schaaf. “This is our moment to close the digital divide for good.” Students who are still in need can reach out to their schools for support or call 510-866-2260 to learn more about Oakland Undivided.

And the message for parents who are worried about their students falling behind is that there are academic supports in place to bolster student achievement. During this call, it was announced that OUSD has partnered with Khan Academy.

Khan Academy gives students supplemental educational services including free lessons in math, science and humanities in multiple languages, including Spanish. Their platform includes more than 70,000 practice problems, as well as videos, articles and quizzes. They also offer free tools for teachers and parents to track student progress so they can see how to support students in growth areas.

ination in accessing healthcare under federal programs. There was a time when many of us could not expect that,” said Attorney General Becerra. “Especially during a global pandemic when all of our communities need safe, reliable access to essential care, no American should fear they will be left behind because of their race, color, sex, national origin, dis-

ability or age. Yet, the Trump Administration seeks to dismantle Section 1557’s protections. This is 2020, not 1920.

We’re taking President Trump to court to prove that this is not 1920.”

In the motion for summary judgment, the coalition argues that the rule should be vacated in its entirety because: It is contrary to law, including ACA Section 1557;

* The States will bear new administrative, regulatory, investigative, enforcement, and healthcare burdens and costs because of it; * The removal of the definition of “on the basis of sex” and weakened protections for language assistance services is arbitrary and capricious; and * The rule’s addition of broad religious exemptions for abortion are arbitrary and capri-

cious, contrary to law, and exceed statutory authority.

Attorneys General Becerra, Healey and James are joined by the attorneys general of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia.

Continued from page 1 Saturu Ned looking for advice on how to maneuver what they saw as a modern-day revolution. Formerly known as James Mott, Ned became a BPP member in 1968 and was a member of the BPP’s Lumpen Band. He also taught at Oakland Community School, an award-winning school created by the BPP. Amin Cooley was one of those activists who called Ned feeling frustrated and angry after watching the video of George Floyd’s death by police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Cooley is from Oakland and was raised in a time when crack cocaine dominated the streets. He saw how it affected his community.

He looked up to the BPP legacy but admits he did not know too much about its history.

When he was young, he went to see ‘Panther’ a film directed by Mario Van Peebles and written by Melvin Van Peebles. “And this was like, a secret premiere, and I was like ‘wow, this is the first time I actually get to meet some Black Panthers,’” Cooley said. When he attended the premier he was not able to build up the nerve to talk to the original members who were present, but he remembered the movie making a big impression on him.

“It was about the community and

I wanted to be a part of that. And I’ve always looked up to them my whole life. And when George Lloyd was murdered by the police, I cried, I cried really hard,” Cooley said. After sleeping all day he said he woke up the next day, “with a fire in my heart and my soul.”

Cooley reached out to a friend who knew Ned. Cooley said he told his friend, “We got to see the Black Panther Party back or at least the programs and the ideology because they have the blueprint in their head.”

Cooley connected with Ned, and they both became co-founders of B.P.P. Legacy Keepers. Under one non-profit with contributions being tax deductible through the Pledge Group Foundation 501(c)3, B.P.P., Legacy Keepers is seeking to build a network of “legacy keepers” who are already doing community work as well as educate anyone who wants to bridge the gap of knowledge from the time of the BPP to the present.

Being an original Black Panther Party member is not required to be a legacy keeper. Anyone who is doing work similar to that of the original BPP like providing food, healthcare, housing, and legal support would be considered a legacy keeper of the original movement.

Calling for national access-for-

all healthcare, advocating for affordable housing, working towards changing the justice system, all of these current-day political discussions fall in line with the BPP 10-point program.

The problem, Ned explained, is that today there is no clear leadership or messaging. He calls the current cycle of video recordings of Black people being killed by police followed up with marches and a hashtag to donate money a “death march” that has no clear vision or accountability. Marching has the purpose of raising attention to a problem, he said, but there is work to be done beyond that.

Legacy Keepers instructs their network in the methodology of identifying what’s going on in communities and figuring out how to resolve community issues and problems.

The problems are intertwined, so working on the idea of police reform or defunding the police would have to collate with other issues in communities, like healthcare, mental health, job security, housing, and food security.

Instruction is based on the BPP legacy using modern technology like classes over Zoom and studying how video phones and social media can be used for effective strategies.

With Ned’s wife, Dr. Zafirah Ned, other instructors available to

teach these classes include Katherine Campbell, (Auntie) Francis Moore, and Professor Steve McCutchen. The B.P.P. Legacy Keepers network includes hundreds of individuals, organizations and businesses all over the country.

Cooley represents the younger generation who is learning under the guidance of Ned and will be an instructor as well. Saturu Ned has already done Continued from page 1 classes on Zoom to universities like speakers (with the application available in four languages), Fresno State. immigrants, and other vulnerable populations that may have “We are giving classes to policy- trouble accessing other forms of relief capital. makers on a national basis, giving “Working Solutions has been proud to partner with the Zoom presentations to individuals City of Oakland to get emergency relief grants into the hands who want to see how they can actually of 275 low-income small business owners quickly and effiincrease the effectiveness of their orga- ciently,” said Sara Razavi, CEO of Working Solutions. “The nizations,” Ned said. “with other orga- pandemic is having a profound and devastating effect on lonizations...switching from the concept cal small businesses, and we will continue to work with our of just Black Lives Matter, first the his- partners to provide support in any way we can.” torical classes, and then the ideology.

While this third round closes the Oakland Small Business We’ll separate myths from fact.” The Emergency Grant Program, the City will be launching a new purpose Ned said, is to start conver- small business grant program later this month thanks to State sations into specific plans and to turn of California funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and plans into action.

Economic Security (CARES) Act. A complementary pro“You’re talking about defunding gram will offer grants and technical assistance to nonprofit the police. Every time we hear that, organizations also suffering business interruption. do we not ask where’s your plan?”

Details and applications for the new grant programs are Ned said. So far, he said he has not anticipated to be announced later in the month. Oakland busiheard a concept with a detailed plan ness owners and nonprofit leaders are encouraged to subthat could feasibly be turned into scribe to the City’s business update emails to receive grant action, and that is a problem that or- program details. ganizing and educating current day Harry Hamilton is the marketing coordinator for the City legacy keepers can solve. of Oakland.

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Legacy Keepers Bridge Gap Between Black Panthers and BLM

$1.375 Million in COVID-19 Relief Grants

For more information go to bpplegacykeepers.com.