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Community Support Needed to Ensure Progress Addressing City of Oakland Contracting Disparities Beverly Robinson

Robinson Retires From OUSD After 40 Years of Service By Clifford L. Williams

After a career in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), spanning over 40 years, Beverly Robinson retired on January 15. Her next full-time project: “resuming my joy of traveling when it’s safe.” Robinson served as an Instructional Assistant, Special Education teacher and administrator for OUSD. She got her first job as an A.I. at Claremont Middle School right after graduating from UC. Berkeley in 1977 under Title I funding and worked in that position for two years. She later returned to school to earn her teaching credentials. Robinson was then hired as a special education teacher in 1981 and taught early childhood pupils for seven years at Ralph Bunche Center in West Oakland. At Manzanita Elementary School and Manzanita Child Development Center, where she taught for 12 years, Robinson pioneered one of the first integrated pre-school programs to include children with disabilities. Robinson later became a site administrator in the Early Childhood Education Dept. with responsibility for developing and implementing programs for children aged 3 to 9 years old in multiple child development centers. She supervised child development centers in North, West and East Oakland for 10 years. As a site administrator, she worked with Jewish Family Services to provide a consultation model of mental health care services to children, families and staff. Through a federally funded Early Reading First grant, she was part of the implementation of classroom learning strategies contributing to the early literacy of pre-schoolers and the improvement of their standardized assessment scores. In her last position, Robinson was a home and hospital teacher. Here, her students had disabilities who were ill and medically fragile. Because her students were not permitted to attend school, she would drive to Continued on Page 10

By Loren Taylor

Over the past six weeks, The Oakland Post has run several articles on the significant disparities facing Black and women-owned businesses who pursue city contracts. We are focusing on this topic so much because the millions of dollars that should have come to the Black community are sorely needed to help improve the educational, economic, and health outcomes of our community. Legislation proposed by District 6 Councilmember Loren Taylor is intended to bring those millions of dollars back to the Black community. As reported in 2017 Race & Gender Disparity Study, African-American companies were awarded 3.21% of the

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prime construction contracts and only 0.32% of total construction contract dollars. As it relates to professional services, African-American companies received 2.92% of prime contracts and 0.91% of total dollars. According to Taylor, “These numbers are particularly concerning seeing that African Americans comprise 25% of Oakland’s population.” In conjunction with the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce and the Oakland Post News Group, Taylor is hosting a virtual town hall on Saturday, February 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. During this meeting di-

verse business owners will hear directly from the councilmember on his proposed solutions to address the city’s current contracting disparities. This will also be an opportunity for companies to learn more about local resources available and share insight on what is still needed. To ensure these new policies move forward, community members are invited to attend the upcoming City Council Meeting on Tuesday, February 16 at 1:30 p.m. and e-mail the City Council at council@oaklandca.gov. Loren Taylor is the District 6 councilmember for the City of Oakland

Your Student Loans Are Paused – But Not Yet Pardoned By Quinci LeGardye California Black Media

On January 20, at the request of Pres. Joe Biden, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it would extend the federal student loan payment moratorium, suspending payments on student loans through Sept. 30, 2021. The interest rates on these loans will also stay at 0% until then. Federal student loan payments have been suspended since March 2020 as part of the federal government’s economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The moratorium extension came on the day of Biden’s inauguration, and less than two weeks before the previous pause on payments was

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee to Chair Powerful Foreign Affairs Subcommittee By Sean Ryan

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, on Monday was named the new Chair of the House Appropriations subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations (SFOPS). Chairwoman Lee will be the first African American member of Congress to serve as chair of the subcommittee, which funds many of the nondefense inter-

national affairs activities of the United States. The subcommittee funds the State Department and other Foreign Operations accounts and is one of the 12 annual appropriations acts that fund the federal government each fiscal year. Of the 12 distinct appropriations measures used to fund federal programs and activities, the SFOPS subcommittee has jurisdiction over funding U.S. Continued on Page 10

Oakland Education Town Hall: “The Future of Oakland Schools,” Feb. 4

Oakland parents, students, teachers, and community members are invited to join a virtual Oakland Education Town Hall on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. The town hall will offer a free parent workshop on navigating the challenges in remote learning. The event will also explore the future of Oakland public schools in a community discussion with Oakland school board members. This discussion will address permanent closures of public schools as a racial justice issue.

set to expire on January 31. The request to extend the moratorium was one of 17 executive actions Biden signed on his first day in office. An estimated 41 million Americans will benefit from the extended pause on payments.

“Too many Americans are struggling to pay for basic necessities and to provide for their families. They should not be forced to choose between paying their student loans and put-

Baseball Hall-of-Famer, Home Run Master, Hank Aaron, Dies at 86

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Oakland: Firefighters, City Officials Resolve Differences Over Reduction In Service By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Service

Firefighters and city officials in Oakland reached an agreement to take one engine company off the street to help address a budget shortfall in the city, fire officials said Friday. Originally, the equivalent of 2.5 companies were going to be removed on a rotating basis for about six months, fire spokesman Michael Hunt said. Oakland is working to close a $62 million fiscal year 202021 General Purpose Fund year-end deficit and the original fire department plan would have saved about $4 million.

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The new plan will go into effect Wednesday, last about 20 weeks and save about $1 million, Hunt said. If two engines were removed from the streets, it was likely to affect response times, interim

Fire Chief Melinda Drayton said in a Jan. 15 letter to all department staff. “This plan on a temporary rotating basis is likely to have Continued on Page 10

Henry Louis Aaron was born Feb. 5, 1934, in Mobile, Ala. He died on January 22, 2021, in Atlanta, Ga. His cause of death was listed as natural causes. Aaron is most renowned for breaking Babe Ruth’s homerun record in 1973 with 715 career homeruns and went on to attain 755 career homeruns. He was lauded for this achievement, breaking a record long held by Ruth, a beloved figure before professional baseball

was integrated. Aaron received a plaque from the U.S. Postal Service for receiving more mail, 930,000 pieces than any other non-politician after breaking the homerun record. A great deal of it was hate mail. Aaron experienced racism and segregation throughout his life. Aaron started his career with the Negro Leagues (classified as major leagues by Major League Baseball in December 2020), Indianapolis Clowns in 1952 and Continued on Page 10

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State Launches Website for School Staff, Parents to Report COVID-19-Related Health Concerns By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation

State officials have launched an online hub intended for school staff and parents to find guidance and resources on the state’s planned resumption of in-person classes, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday. The website, schools.covid19.ca.gov, allows school staff and parents to report coronavirus-related health and safety concerns and access resources about the state’s education-related public health directives and on-campus coronavirus testing. “Learning is non-negotiable, and getting our kids and staff back into the classroom safely will help us continue

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turning the corner on this pandemic,” Newsom said in a statement. The website will accompany the state’s $2 billion Safe Schools for All plan, which Newsom outlined in December and will focus on reopen-

ing schools in February for students in transitional kindergarten through second grade and progressing into higher grades later into the spring. The funding will support testing of school staff and students, personal protective equipment, contact tracing and vaccinations. Newsom, in unveiling his proposed state budget last week, asked the state legislature to preemptively allocate the $2 billion before the end of the month to ensure the reopening plan proceeds smoothly. Many schools across the state have resumed in-person classes in recent months in some form or for certain groups like special needs students. The state allowed schools to resume in-person classes once their county had been out of the purple tier - the most restrictive in the county’s four-tiered pandemic reopening plan - for at least two weeks. Those schools were allowed to continue holding in-person classes even after the state issued its regional stay-at home order for roughly 80 percent of California’s counties. As of November, schools 41 counties were holding inperson classes to some extent, according to Newsom, while schools in the remaining 17 were mostly holding classes online. “With proposed new funding and ongoing conversations with districts, school employees, stakeholders and the legislature, we remain committed to our Safe Schools for All Plan and helping all students - with a focus on those in disproportionately impacted communities - get the help they need to return to in-person instruction,” Newsom said.

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The Middle Passage: No Turning Back By Tamara Shiloh

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, approximately 12 million stolen Africans were considered “human property” and transported across the Atlantic Ocean. It has been estimated that up to 2 million Africans died during the journeys. “The Middle Passage is the middle part of the journey of a slave from Africa to America; specifically the trip across the Atlantic Ocean,” according to Merriam-Webster. It was later defined as “the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World.” Slave ships, manned by crews mostly from Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, and France, were packed with as many Black bodies as they could hold and took to the oceans for a voyage lasting between six and 11 weeks. The route taken is called the Triangle Trade. The first leg of the triangular route was from Europe to Africa. Goods, such as knives, guns, ammunition, and brass dishes were carried for trading there. On the second leg, stolen Africans were taken to work as slaves in the West Indies and the Americas. On the final leg of the triangle, raw materials produced by enslaved people on America’s plantations, including sugar, rice, tobacco, indigo, rum, and cotton were taken back to Europe. This cruel and barbaric system commerce took place from 1518 to about the mid-19th century. In order to secure space for large cargo, Africans were wedged and chained to low-lying platforms placed in tier-style stacks. Spaces measured 6 feet long by 3 feet high by 16 inches

The route of the middle passage. Courtesy on en.wikipedia.org

wide. It was impossible to stand or turn over under these conditions, thus many died in this position. They were fed a meal of boiled rice, millet, cornmeal, or stewed yams twice daily. If the trip outlasted rations, many starved. So many bodies of dead or dying Africans were tossed into the ocean that sharks regularly followed the ships on their westward journey. In addition to the inhumane conditions, many Africans had to cope with physical, sexual, and psychological abuse at the hands of crew members. Many committed suicide, preferring death over the journey. Small schooners to massive slave ships were used for transport. As the call for abolition of slavery gained momentum, the recollections by captives of the journey were published in pamphlets. One was by Ottobah Cugoano, (1757-1791). “When I looked round the

ship too and saw a large furnace of copper boiling, and a multitude of Black people of every description chained together, every one of their countenances expressing dejection and sorrow, I no longer doubted of my fate and quite overpowered with horror and anguish, I fell motionless on the deck and fainted,” Cugoano wrote of the voyage. Kidnapped from Ghana at age 13, Cugoano was shipped to Grenada, where he was sold into slavery. An abolitionist and political activist, Cugoano authored “Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Human Species” (1787). Some scholars believe that the removal of large numbers of people from Africa permanently disadvantaged the continent compared to other parts of the world, and that slavery redefined Africans to the world, leaving a legacy of racism and stereotyping of Blacks as inferior. Research on this matter continues.

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Biden’s Inauguration Marked by Swag and Magic of Black, Brown Folks

By Wanda Ravernell, Post Staff

Black girl magic was on display big time at the inauguration of the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, and brothers were banging, too. And then there was iconic Jennifer Lopez, who made history by being the first person to sing in Spanish at a presidential inauguration. From the ceremony beginning in the late morning, to the virtual celebrations that went into the evening, Black and Brown people showed up and showed out. By and large, the Black and Brown community began to breathe a little easier once Joseph R. Biden put his hand on the family Bible and swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and became president. But the swooning started earlier when Michelle Obama walked down the interior steps of the Capitol sporting an ankle-length maroon coat over a matching jumpsuit, an uberbling gold buckle at her waist by Black designer Sergio Hudson. She was followed by Kamala Harris, resplendent in purple, which was the color favored by the late Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to serve in the House of Representatives and to run for the nation’s office. Black designers Christopher John Roberts and Hudson created Harris’ outfit. Sworn in by Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina appointed to the Supreme Court, Harris took her oath on a Bible once owned by the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first Black person to serve there. Notable also in Harris’ accessories was a strand of pearls, emblematic of the famed AKA, Inc. the first African American sorority. Black girls and women all over the country wore pearls, too, a gesture of solidarity. (Congresswoman Barbara Lee wore Chisholm’s, which were given to her by the Chisholm’s goddaughter.) One of the Blackest moments witnessed that day was when Harris and former Pres. Barack Obama greeted each other with double fist bumps. Observers and newscasters were moved to see that Eugene Goodman, the Capitol Police officer who diverted the mob away from the Senate floor on January 6, was assigned to Harris’ protection detail. Goodman, who has been promoted to deputy House sergeant at arms, swagged in tan camel hair with a blue Gucci scarf. The pledge of allegiance was recited by Andrea Hall, the Georgia firefighters’ union leader from South Fulton, Ga., who also performed it in sign language, a nod to her father who is deaf. Earlier, Alex Rodriguez, or A-Rod, had been spotted on the dais, a clear indication that his wife, Jennifer Lopez was going to perform. J-Lo came out in a banging white outfit of headto-toe Chanel: long tweed coat, pearled belt, flared trousers

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quins. Hair sleek and smooth, she sang two folk songs, “This land is Your Land,” and “America the Beautiful,” taking the opportunity to insert the last phrase of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish: “una nación, bajo Dios, indivisible, con libertad y justicia para todos.” In the evening, as part of the Continued on page 8

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State Lifts Stay-at-Home Order, Businesses Allowed to Reopen Outdoors By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation

California ended its coronavirus-related stay-at-home order for the entire state Monday based on projected intensive care unit populations over the next four weeks. The order’s ending will move most of the state back into the purple tier of the fourtiered reopening system, allowing businesses like restaurants and hair salons to reopen outdoors. Gov. Gavin Newsom and state health officials originally implemented the stayat-home order in December amid a wave of causes caused in part by social gatherings for Thanksgiving.

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Regions of the state were placed under the stay-at-home order when their aggregated ICU bed availability fell below 15 percent of the region’s total

ICU bed capacity. While the Bay Area’s ICU availability shot up to 23.4 percent over the weekend, some regions like the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California still have bed availabilities under 2 percent. “Seven weeks ago, our hospitals and front-line medical workers were stretched to their limits, but Californians heard the urgent message to stay home when possible and our surge after the December holidays did not overwhelm the health care system to the degree we had feared,” state Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said in a statement. The move comes just days after Ghaly suggested the state had weathered the worst of

From “Vaccines to Vaccinations”: Officials Urge Black Community to Take COVID Shot By Steven Vargas, California Black Media

COVID-19 hospitalizations are starting to decrease in California, but that decline does not mean the pandemic is over, state health officials warn. The number of cases in California dropped by 31% over 14 days leading up to January 22, according to the New York Times California Coronavirus Map and Case Count. The most recent peak in California was January 12 with almost 46,000 cases reported that day. On January 22, California reported about 25,000 new cases, almost half the number of cases reported 10 days earlier. Health professionals representing “Vaccinate All 58,” a statewide vaccine safety and

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equity campaign Gov. Gavin Newsom launched, joined a Zoom press briefing with California Black Media organized in partnership with the Center at Sierra Health Foundation.

The event was held to discuss the next steps for distribution of the vaccine. The news conference also addressed changes that must be made -and misconceptions that must be disproved -- to encourage a large cross section of reluctant African Americans to feel comfortable enough to take the vaccine. “We have stepped up our support to hospitals, and we are saving lives,” California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris said at the briefing. “And we are optimistic that this curve is flattening and that the pace of vaccination is accelerating. We will get through this together.” Part of getting through Continued on page 8

General Lloyd Austin is First Black U.S. Secretary of Defense By Stacy M. Brown

Retired African American General Lloyd Austin is now in charge of the U.S. Department of Defense. On Friday, Jan. 22, the Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Defense pick, making Gen. Austin the first African American to serve in that key strategic federal government leadership role. “I pledge to fight hard to rid our ranks of racists and extremists,” Gen. Austin pronounced during his confirmation hearings. He also pledged to overturn several discriminatory bans on military service put in place by the previous administration. The confirmation vote cleared by a 93-2 margin – Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) were the lone no-votes. One day prior, the U.S. House approved a waiver to allow for Gen. Austin’s confirmation. The decorated veteran required a congressional waiver to confirm the civilian post because he retired from activeduty service only four years ago. Federal law requires seven years of retirement from active duty before taking on the role. President Biden and others had previously pointed to the Congressional waiver received in 2017 by Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, who served as defense secretary in the previous administration. “The law that we keep waiving actually exists for a good reason,” remarked Sen. Minority Leader McConnell (R-Kentucky). “Civilian control of the military is a fundamental principle of our republic. We em-

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phatically do not want highranking military service to become a tacit prerequisite for civilian leadership posts over the Department of Defense.” Gen. Austin’s confirmation cements him as one of the most prominent members of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ Cabinet. The Secretary of Defense controls the country’s largest government agency, commanding troops worldwide and the Pentagon’s internal workings. The confirmation also keeps with Biden’s promise to have a staff and cabinet that reflects America’s diversity. “I know firsthand from our time together on the [United Technologies] board that General Austin will be a wonderful choice for Secretary of Defense,” former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman tweeted. The decorated 67-year-old has accumulated many awards and decorations, including five Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the country’s highest noncombat-related military honor, and three Distinguished Service Medals; the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest award for valor in combat; and two Legions of Merit. According to his biography, Gen. Austin began his career in the U.S. Army in 1975 as second lieutenant in the infantry and rose through the ranks

to command troops in combat at the 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-star levels. Gen. Austin served in numerous command and staff positions in the U.S. and around the world. These include Operation Safe Haven in Panama with the 82nd Airborne Division; Operation Iraqi Freedom, spearheading Iraq’s 2003 invasion as the assistant division commander for the 3rd Infantry Division; and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan as the commander of the 10th Mountain Division (Light). In 2008 Gen. Austin returned to Iraq as the commanding general of the MultiNational Corps-Iraq during the period when the surge forces were drawing down under Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2009 Gen. Austin was named director of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. Following that assignment, Gen. Austin served another tour in Iraq as the commanding general of United States Forces-Iraq, responsible for the transition of all U.S. and Coalition military forces and equipment out of the country by the December 2011 deadline. In 2012 General Austin served as the 33rd vice chief of staff of the Army, culminating his military career as the 12th commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) from 2013 to 2016. As CENTCOM commander, he was responsible for military strategy and joint operations throughout the Middle East and Central and South Asia. He was also the architect and oversaw the military campaign’s execution to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Stacy M. Brown is NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent.

the pandemic’s winter surge and hospitalizations were on a downswing. “We are seeing some reductions in transmission,” Ghaly said last week during a briefing on the pandemic. In addition to the stay-athome order, the state-enforced

curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. expired Monday, allowing non-essential, late-night travel to resume. Newsom is expected to discuss the state’s decision to end the stay-at-home order during a noon briefing. “COVID-19 is still here and

still deadly, so our work is not over, but it’s important to recognize our collective actions saved lives and we are turning a critical corner,” said California Department of Public Health director and state public health officer Dr. Tomas Aragon.

House Managers Who Will Prosecute Trump in 2nd Impeachment Are a Diverse Group By Post Staff

It could not have gone unnoticed that the diversity of the nine lawmakers who crossed the Capitol floor to present the article of impeachment to the Senate on Monday was a stark contrast to the mostly white mob that stormed the building only weeks before at the behest of former Pres. Donald Trump. The men and women who will prosecute Trump for inciting the January 6 insurrection that left five people dead include two African Americans, one Asian, one Latino and one gay man. Stacey Plaskett, who represents the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Colorado’s Joe Neguse, the youngest House manager, are Black. Joaquin Castro is Latino and represents a district in Texas. Ted Lieu of Torrance, Ca., is Asian, and lead manager Jamie Rankin is Jewish, as is David Cicilline, who is gay. The House managers are the prosecutors in the impeachment trial. “It’s a group of members of Congress who really reflect the face of the country,” said Castro told Reuters. The team of managers, all of whom were chosen on January 12 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for their legal expertise, is rounded out by Diana DeGette of Colorado, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania and the Bay Area’s Eric Swalwell. Like the Senate who will oversee Trump’s trial, the house managers are witnesses to the riot in the attempt to stop the certification of the election of President Joe Biden. The skills Plaskett learned while working in George W. Bush’ Justice Department will serve her well, she said. A former Bronx, N.Y., prosecutor, she told Reuters “I can speak Republican fluently.” She serves on the Ways and Means committee and is in her fourth

From leftto right: Joe Neguse, Stacey Plackett, Joaquin Castro. U.S. Representatives web site photos.

term in Congress. “Donald J. Trump has been and continues to be a clear and present danger to our republic, to our constitution, and to the people of this nation. I will do my duty and defend our blessed country,” she said in a statement on her role as a manager. Neguse, at 36 and in his second term, is the first African American congressman from Colorado. “We have a solemn task to perform,” said Neguse of his role as an impeachment manager. A former litigator in private practice, Neguse is a supporter of the Green New Deal. “This armed mob did not storm the Capitol on any given day, they did so during the most solemn of proceedings that the United States Congress is engaged in,” Neguse said. “Clearly the attack was done to stop us from finishing our work.” Over the last two years, Castro was vocal in his criticism of the Trump Administration’s demonization of Latinos and immigrants. The five-term congressman serves on the Intelligence Committee and chaired the Hispanic Caucus in the last Congress. “To do nothing would be to encourage the next president who wants to take advantage of similar sentiments,” the

Texas Democrat said of his role in the impeachment. An Air Force Veteran who serves on the Judiciary Committee, Lieu is in his fourth term in Congress. A former lawyer, he worked with Raskin and Cicilline to craft the article of impeachment. He doesn’t buy the GOP contention that the impeachment will continue to divide the country. “The best way to heal and unify our nation is to hold accountable those who attacked the capitol and those who incited that attack. That begins at the very top starting with Donald Trump,” Lieu told CBS News. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, a co-author of the article of impeachment, is in his fifth term in Congress and serves on the Judiciary Committee. “We cannot allow this unprecedented provocation to go unanswered. Everyone involved in this assault must be held accountable, beginning with the man most responsible for it – President Donald Trump,” said the former mayor of Providence, R.I. “We cannot begin to heal the soul of this country without first delivering swift justice to all its enemies – foreign and domestic.” Reuters, Associated Press, New York Times, Nancy Pelosi newsroom were sources for this story.

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To place a Legal Ad contact Tonya Peacock: Phone: (510) 272-4755 Fax: (510) 743-4178 Email: tonya_peacock@dailyjournal.com All other classifieds contact the POST: Phone (510) 287-8200 Fax (510) 287-8247 Email: ads@postnewsgroup.com LEGALS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150371 The following person(s) is doing business as: Construbay, 18 El Paseo Ln., Suite 18, Mill Valley, CA 94941, County of Marin. Paulo Fernandes, 18 El Paseo Ln., Suite 18, Mill Valley, CA 94941 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/ Paulo Fernandes, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on January 11, 2021. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. Mannion, Deputy 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/21 CNS-3435281# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150366 The following person(s) is doing business as: Reggae-City.com, 142 Tamalpais Rd., Fairfax, CA 94930, County of Marin. Empty Briefcase LLC, 142 Tamalpais, Fairfax, CA 94930 This business is conducted by Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/01/2018 /s/ John Nolan, Managing Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on January 11, 2021. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: L. Vawter, Deputy 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/21 CNS-3435273# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 575734 Fictitious Business Name(s): 1 UNIQUE TOUCH / D.B.A. TAMMIE PIERCE 1 UNIQUE TOUCH, 9808 LAWLER ST., OAKLAND, CA 94605; MAILING ADDRESS: 41078 FARALLON CMN #405, FREMONT, CA 94538, County of ALAMEDA Registrant(s): TAMMIE L. PIERCE, 41078 FARALLON CMN APT 405, FREMONT, CA 94538 Business conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL The registrant began to transact business using the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 2/2020 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/ TAMMIE PIERCE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda County on JANUARY 13, 2021 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). 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/21 CNS-3434959# OAKLAND POST STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304930 Date of Abandonment: 1/4/2021 Most Recent FBN Number: 2018145908 Date Filed: 12/18/2018 County of Marin Fictitious Business Name: KJ DESIGNS, 241 WILLOW AVE., CORTE MADERA, CA 94925 Registrant: JULIE HAAG, 241 WILLOW AVE., CORTE MADERA, CA 94925 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. S/ JULIE HAAG This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on JANUARY 8, 2021. 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/21 CNS-3434694# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150339 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: OnYourGame, 536 Montford Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 County of MARIN Mailing Address: 536 Montford Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 - Mill OnYourGame, 536 Montford Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 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 11/12/15. OnYourGame S/ Lisa Rogerson, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on 01/04/2021. Shelly Scott, County Clerk J. MANNION, Deputy 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/21 CNS-3434346# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 575566

LEGALS Fictitious Business Name(s): THE CAFE UCCELLO, 340 14TH STREET, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612, County of ALAMEDA Registrant(s): RICHARDSON DAVID DOUGLAS, 340 14TH STREET, OAKLAND, CA 94612 Business conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL The registrant began to transact business using the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/14/2020 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/ RICHARDSON DAVID DOUGLAS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda County on DECEMBER 31, 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). 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/21 CNS-3434195# OAKLAND POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150349 The following person(s) is doing business as: J PILATES AND HEALTH, 51 ESSEX STREET, APT. 5, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960, County of MARIN. JEANETTE MARIE ALFORD, 51 ESSEX STREET, APT. 5, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on JANUARY 1, 2021 /s/ JEANETTE ALFORD This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on JANUARY 6, 2021. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNION, Deputy 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/21 CNS-3434062# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150380 The following person(s) is doing business as: KRISTIN WOLCOTT FARESE LCSW, 300 TAMAL PLAZA SUITE 220, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925, County of MARIN. KRISTIN M. WOLCOTT FARESE, 121 LAUREL GROVE AVENUE, KENTFIELD, 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 N/A /s/ KRISTIN M. WOLCOTT FARESE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on JANUARY 11, 2021. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNION , Deputy 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/21 CNS-3433797# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150414 The following person(s) is doing business as: #1 TWENTY MV #2 260 PERSONAL TRAINING MARIN #3 LEATHER ART CENTER, 275 SUMMIT AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941, County of MARIN. SHAMASH UNITED LLC, 275 SUMMIT AVE, MILL VALLEY CA 94941 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/ ZINAIDA ZYBACH This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on JANUARY 15, 2021. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: O. LOBATO, Deputy 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/21 CNS-3433794# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150385 The following person(s) is doing business as: MARIA-TINAVISION, 10 SKYLARK DRIVE, #19, LARKSPUR, CA 94939, County of MARIN. MARIA-TINA KARAMANLAKIS, 10 SKYLARK DRIVE #19, 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 06/23/2006 /s/ MARIA-TINA KARAMANLAKIS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on JANUARY 12, 2021. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. GILARDI , Deputy 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/21 CNS-3432880# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150350 The following person(s) is doing business as: ATLANTIS YACHT CHARTERS, 1066 LEA DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903, County of MARIN. JOANNA RIZZUTI, 1066 LEA DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names

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listed above on N/A /s/ JOANNA RIZZUTI This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on JANUARY 6, 2021. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNION, Deputy 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/21 CNS-3432363# MARIN COUNTY POST

county shall contribute eightyfive (85) percent of the total semi-monthly premium for an HMO plan at the corresponding level of coverage (i.e. self, self + one dependent, family). Unrepresented Non-Management Employees. Effective February 1, 2013, for unrepresented nonmanagement employees, the county shall contribute ninety (90) percent of the total semi-monthly premium for an HMO plan at the corresponding level of coverage (i.e., self, self + one dependent, family). Effective February 1, 2022, for unrepresented nonmanagement employees, the county shall contribute eightyeight (88) percent of the total semi-monthly premium for an HMO plan at the corresponding level of coverage (i.e. self, self + one dependent, family). Alameda County Prosecutors’ Association (“ACPA”). For employees represented by ACPA, the County shall contribute eighty-seven and one-half (87.5) percent of the total semi-monthly premium for an HMO plan at the corresponding level of coverage (i.e., self, self + one dependent, or family). Effective February 1, 2022, for employees represented by ACPA, the County shall contribute eightyfive (85) percent of the total semi-monthly premium for an HMO plan at the corresponding level of coverage (i.e. self, self + one dependent, family). Dental. The county shall contribute the total semi-monthly premium for a county-offered dental plan at the corresponding level of coverage (i.e., self, self + one dependent, family) provided that the employee is on paid status at least fifty (50) percent of the normal fulltime biweekly pay period. If an employee is not on paid status at least fifty (50) percent of the normal full-time biweekly pay period for the job classification, the employee will be responsible for paying the entire semi-monthly premium payment for the benefit. Unrepresented M-Designated Employees. For unrepresented M-designated employees, the annual PPO dental maximum allowable shall be one thousand six hundred fifty dollars ($1,650.00) effective plan year 2019, and one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750.00) effective plan year 2021. Unrepresented Non-Management Employees. For unrepresented non-management employees, the annual PPO dental maximum allowable shall be one thousand five hundred fifty dollars ($1,550.00) effective plan year 2017, one thousand six hundred seventy-five dollars ($1,675.00) effective plan year 2020, one thousand seven hundred seventyfive dollars ($1,775.00) effective plan year 2021, and one thousand nine hundred dollars ($1,900.00) effective plan year 2022. Alameda County Prosecutors’ Association. For employees represented by ACPA, the annual PPO dental maximum allowable shall be one thousand six hundred fifty dollars ($1,650.00) effective plan year 2020, and one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750.00) effective plan year 2022. Subsections 3.64.050 A.3., B.3. and C. herein shall be deleted from this Administrative Code upon adoption of the new MOU between the County and ACPA by the Board of Supervisors. Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda, State of California, on January 12, 2021 by the following called vote: AYES: Supervisors Haubert, Miley, Valle & President Carson – 4 NOES: None EXCUSED: Supervisor Chan – 1 KEITH CARSON President of the Board of Supervisors County of Alameda, State of California ATTEST: ANIKA CAMPBELLBELTON Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, County of Alameda Approved as to Form DONNA R. ZIEGLER, County Counsel By: Kristy van Herrick 1/27/21 CNS-3434493# OAKLAND POST

represented full-time employees are eligible for a cafeteria benefit plan in the amount of three thousand three hundred dollars ($3,300); and effective January 1, 2022, the cafeteria benefit plan County Allowance amount shall be increased to three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500). This amount shall be prorated in advance of the calendar year for employees regularly scheduled to work less than full-time based upon the hours which the employee has been regularly scheduled to work. An employee appointed mid-year shall be entitled to a prorated amount based upon the number of pay periods to be worked during the remainder of the calendar year, except that employees appointed during the two last full pay periods, and any following partial pay period, prior to December 31 shall not be eligible for plan benefits until the following calendar year. The maximum sum available to an employee who reinstates shall not exceed the applicable annual County Allowance amount minus the sum of cafeteria plan benefits received by the employee during the portion of the calendar year. SECTION III Article 3, Section 3-21 of the County of Alameda Salary Ordinance is hereby amended by adding a new subsection as follows: 3-21.102Effective November 30, 2020, in accordance with the Emergency Temporary Standards, 8 CCR § 3205(c)(10), adopted by the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) on November 19, 2020, a County of Alameda (“County”) employee who in the course and scope of employment is 1) exposed to COVID-19, 2) deemed a close contact due to the workplace exposure, and 3) who, if not for the workplace exposure, is otherwise able and available to work, shall be instructed to quarantine for a period of time as recommended by the County’s Health Officer. During the quarantine period, if said employee is unable to telework, the employee shall be required to use their accrued sick leave. Upon exhaustion of the employee’s accrued sick leave and if the County requires the employee to remain off work to complete the quarantine period, and employee is unable to telework, the employee shall be placed on paid administrative leave (“PAL”) until the end of the quarantine period in accordance with COVID-19 return to work criteria and when not covered by workers’compensation. This subsection 3.21.102 does not apply to any period of time during which the employee is unable to work for reasons other than quarantine related to protecting persons at the workplace from possible COVID-19 transmission, where the COVID-19 exposure is not work related, when the employee is working from home or when the employee is covered by 8 CCR § 5199. This subsection 3-21.102 shall sunset effective upon the expiration date of 8 CCR § 3205(c)(10) and shall be removed from the Salary Ordinance upon the sunset date. SECTION IV This ordinance shall take effect immediately, and before the expiration of fifteen days after its passage, shall be published once with the names of the members voting for and against it in the Inter-City Express, a newspaper published in the County of Alameda. Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda, State of California, on January 12, 2021 by the following called vote: AYES: Supervisors Haubert, Miley, Valle & President Carson - 4 NOES: None EXCUSED: Supervisor Chan - 1 KEITH CARSON President of the Board of Supervisors County of Alameda, State of California ATTEST: ANIKA CAMPBELLBELTON Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, County of Alameda Approved as to Form DONNA R. ZIEGLER, County Counsel By: Kristy van Herrick 1/27/21 CNS-3434484# OAKLAND POST

a newspaper published in the County of Alameda. Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda, State of California, on January 12, 2021 by the following called vote: AYES: Supervisors Chan, Haubert, Miley, Valle & President Carson – 5 NOES: None EXCUSED: None KEITH CARSON President of the Board of Supervisors County of Alameda, State of California ATTEST: ANIKA CAMPBELLBELTON Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, County of Alameda Approved as to Form DONNA R. ZIEGLER, County Counsel By: Clay J. Christianson 1/27/21 CNS-3434238# OAKLAND POST

California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: KATHRYN M MURPHY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 1101 MARINA VILLAGE PARKWAY SUITE 201, ALAMEDA, CA 94501, Telephone: 510-845-8737

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or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): YOLANDA ALEXANDERMAKER, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Recorded: 5/7/2004 as Instrument No. 2004201243 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of ALAMEDA County, California; Date of Sale: 3/8/2021 at 12:00PM Place of Sale: At the Fallon Street emergency exit to the Alameda County Courthouse, located at 1225 Fallon St., Oakland, CA 94612 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $635,198.32 The purported property address is: 1414 FAIRVIEW ST, BERKELEY, CA 94702-2716 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 052-1537-019-00 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA19-867349-RY. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 916-9390772, or visit this internet website http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA19-867349-RY to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan. com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-19867349-RY IDSPub #0172956 1/20/2021 1/27/2021 2/3/2021 1/20, 1/27, 2/3/21 CNS-3430103# BERKELEY TRI-CITY POST

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150334 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: iPrint Technologies, 1 Murray Lane, Larkspur, CA 94939 County of MARIN MTS Partners, Inc., 1 Murray Lane, Larkspur, CA 94939 This business is conducted by a Corporation The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12/28/2010. MTS Partners, Inc. S/ Chad Solter, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on 01/04/2021. Shelly Scott, County Clerk [Deputy], Deputy 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10/21 CNS-3432089# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150282 The following person(s) is doing business as: EmmyLou Farr, 1397 Donna Street, Novato, CA 94947, County of Marin. Emily A. Nathon-Farr, 1397 Donna Street, Novato, CA 94947 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/ Emily A. Nathon-Farr, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on December 21, 2020. Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. Mannion, Deputy 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27/21 CNS-3428999# MARIN COUNTY POST STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304927 Date of Abandonment: 12/01/2020 Most Recent FBN Number: 2018144617 Date Filed: 05/16/2018 County of Marin Fictitious Business Name: STANCE: RISK, 22 MARIPOSA AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960 Registrant: STANCE: RENEWABLE RICK PARTNERS, LLC, 22 MARIPOSA AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. S/ SAMUEL JENSEN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on DECEMBER 11, 2020. 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27/21 CNS-3428346# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150210 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Levy Mediations, 143 Saint Thomas Way, Tiburon, CA 94920 County of MARIN Mailing Address: 143 Saint Thomas Way, Tiburon, CA 94920 Roger A Levy, 143 Saint Thomas Way, Tiburon, CA 94920 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. S/ Roger A. Levy, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on 12/09/2020. Shelly Scott, County Clerk [Deputy], Deputy 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27/21 CNS-3428199# MARIN COUNTY POST

GOVERNMENT O-2021-9 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA ADMINSTRATIVE CODE The Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda ordains as follows: SECTION I Chapter 3.64 – EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFIT PROGRAM, Section 3.64.050 (County medical and dental contribution) of the County of Alameda Administrative Code is hereby amended as follows: Medical. The county shall contribute toward the semimonthly premium for a countyoffered medical plan for eligible employees as well as their spouses or domestic partners (effective 2/1/96 and upon submission of a domestic partner affidavit as defined in ), and eligible dependents. The county and covered employees will share the cost of medical premiums. In no event shall the county contribution exceed the premium of the medical plan option selected, and such contribution shall be prorated each pay period based upon a proportion of the hours the employee is on paid status within that biweekly pay period to the normal fulltime biweekly pay period for the job classification, provided that the employee is on paid status at least fifty (50) percent of the normal full-time biweekly pay period for the job classification. If an employee is not on paid status at least fifty (50) percent of the normal full-time biweekly pay period for the job classification, the employee will be responsible for paying the entire semi-monthly premium payment for the benefit. Unrepresented M-Designated Employees. Effective February 1, 2019, for unrepresented M-designated employees, the county shall contribute eightyseven and one-half (87.5) percent of the total semi-monthly premium for an HMO plan at the corresponding level of coverage (i.e., self, self + one dependent, or family). Effective February 1, 2022, for unrepresented M-designated employees, the

O-2021-8 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE 2020 2021 COUNTY OF ALAMEDA SALARY ORDINANCE The Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda ordains as follows: SECTION I Article 1, Section 1-1, Subsection 1-1.1 of the County of Alameda Salary Ordinance is hereby amended thereto of the following job codes, titles and salaries, to be effective as follows: Job Code Title Unit Code Effective Date Step 01 Step 02 Step 03 Step 04 Step 05 FLSA Status 0045 EM Chief Asst District Attorney 051 2/7/2021 9824.80 11569.60 X 0047 SE District Attorney 031 2/7/2021 13867.20 X 1340 PA Chief Counsel, ACERA 066 2/7/2021 8080.80 10645.60 X 1342 PA Associate Counsel, ACERA 066 2/7/2021 5339.20 8672.00 X 3127 SM Sr Assistant Public Defender 068 2/7/2021 9580.00 10645.60 X 3130 EM Chief Asst Public Defender 051 2/7/2021 8912.00 11569.60 X 3140 SE Public Defender 071 2/7/2021 9316.80 12708.00 X 3150 PA Child Support Attorney I U15 2/7/2021 3613.60 5480.80 X 3151 PA Child Support Attorney II U15 2/7/2021 5480.80 6592.00 X 3152 PA Child Support Attorney III U15 2/7/2021 6921.60 7800.00 X 3153 PA Child Support Attorney IV U15 2/7/2021 7972.80 8672.00 X 3160 SM Spvg, Chd Support Attorney U15 2/7/2021 7260.80 9562.40 X 3240 SM Senior Depty County Counsel U65 2/7/2021 7260.80 9562.40 X 3245 SM Asst County Counsel U65 2/7/2021 8080.80 10645.60 X 3250 EM Chief Asst County Counsel 051 2/7/2021 8912.00 11569.60 X 3260 SE County Counsel 071 2/7/2021 9780.80 12708.00 X 3300 PA Deputy District Attorney R46 2/7/2021 4020.80 8672.00 X 3300 PA Deputy District Attorney R46 2/6/2022 4161.60 8975.20 X 3300N PA Deputy District Attorney SAN R46 2/7/2021 120.83 X 3300N PA Deputy District Attorney SAN R46 2/6/2022 125.06 X 3390 PA Asst DA I-Senior Deputy DA I R46 2/7/2021 7260.80 9562.40 X 3390 PA Asst DA I-Senior Deputy DA I R46 2/6/2022 7515.20 9896.80 X 3400 PA Asst DA II-Senior Deputy DA II 046 2/7/2021 8080.80 10645.60 X SECTION II Article 7, Section 7-10 of the County of Alameda Salary Ordinance is hereby amended by adding a new subsection as follows: Effective February 25, 2020, each Alameda County Prosecutors’ Association

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO. O-2021-11 AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE ADOPTING FACILITY USE AND TUITION FEE SCHEDULE FOR TRAINING COURSES PROVIDED BY THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER The Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda ordains as follows: SECTION I The Board of Supervisors makes the following findings in support of this ordinance: The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Regional Training Center conducts academies for basic law enforcement training and various advanced and specialized courses. These courses are conducted in accordance with standards set by Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST), Standards and Training for Corrections (STC) and Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). Sections 54985 and 54986 of the California Government Code. Subsection (b) of 54986 states: Any action by a Board of Supervisors to levy a new fee or charge or to approve an increase in an existing fee or charge pursuant to Section 54985 shall be taken only by ordinance. The Sheriff’s Office charges fees for facility use and tuition fee for providing training courses. The County of Alameda has previously adopted a Facility Use and Tuition Fee Schedule for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office on July 1, 2009. It is necessary to adopt an amended Facility Use and Tuition Fee Schedule in order to recover full costs incurred in providing the services. SECTION II The Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda hereby approves and adopts the Proposed Facility use and Tuition Fee Schedule as attached, entitled “Facility Use and Tuition Fee Schedule”, incorporated herein by this reference. SECTION III This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after the date of passage and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage it shall be published once with the names of the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against the same in the Inter-City Express,

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT RFP NO. 6M6145 EXTENSION OF TIME FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the General Manager of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District has extended the time for receipt of Proposals until the hour of 2:00 p.m. Local Time, Tuesday, February 2, 2021, by hand delivery or special delivery, at the District Secretary’s Office, 23rd Floor, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, California 94612, for Construction Management Services for the TBT, RFP No. 6M6145, as more fully described in the RFP Documents. Dated at Oakland, California, this 15th day of January 2021. \s\ Gloria Abdullah-Lewis for__ __________________ John A. Mazza, Director of Procurement San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District 1/27/21 CNS-3433412# OAKLAND POST

PROBATE AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF TAMRA HAMILTON AKA TAMRA GWYNNETTE HAMILTON CASE NO. RP20082150

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: TAMRA HAMILTON AKA TAMRA G. HAMILITON TAMRA HAMILTON AKA TAMRA G. HAMILTON AKA TAMRA GWYNNETTE HAMILTON A Petition for Probate has been filed by THOMAS L. HAMILTON in the Superior Court of California, County of ALAMEDA. The Petition for Probate requests that THOMAS L. HAMILTON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court on FEBRUARY 8, 2021 at 9:45 A.M. in Dept. 202 Room N/A located at 2120 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, BERKELEY, CA 94704. MANDATORY APPEARANCE:The

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AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MORTON MCDONALD CASE NO. RP20078548

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: MORTON MCDONALD A Petition for Probate has been filed by IAN B. MCDONALD in the Superior Court of California, County of ALAMEDA. The Petition for Probate requests that IAN B. MCDONALD 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 FEBRUARY 3, 2021 at 9:45 A.M.in Dept. 202 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. Attorney for Petitioner: FRAYDA L. BRUTON, 3638 AMERICAN RIVER DRIVE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95864, Telephone: 916-444-8826

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 1/13, 1/20, 1/27/21 from the date of mailing or CNS-3430892# BERKELEY TRI-CITY POST personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. NOTICE OF PETITION Other California statutes and TO ADMINISTER legal authority may affect ESTATE OF: your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an BETTY ANN HOWELL AKA BETTY A. attorney knowledgeable in

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of BETTY ANN HOWELL AKA BETTY A. HOWELL AKA BETTY HOWELL. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CARL LASAGNA in the Superior Court of California, County of ALAMEDA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CARL LASAGNA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/17/21 at 2:00PM in Dept. 201 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. Attorney for Petitioner ELIZABETH C. KRIVATSY SBN 160855 LAW OFFICES OF ELIZABETH C. KRIVATSY PO BOX 1990 SAUSALITO CA 94966

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Come on Home Willie Brown, Homegrown California Strain of COVID Found in Say Some California Northern California as Newsom Lifts Stay-At-Home Order

researchers said. Researchers said they have not determined if the new strain is more deadly than existing strains of the virus. The L.A. discovery came as researchers there were studying the recent United Kingdom strain of COVID-19 that has already been identified in California. Meanwhile, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday lifted the stay-at-home order that had been in place in most counties since December, sparking criticism from nurs-

es’ groups and others who said the decision was dangerous and premature. California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly said the surge of COVID-19 cases did not overwhelm the state’s health care system to the extent officials had feared, and that state projections show ICU capacity will improve over the next four weeks. But with new strains of COVID, ICU capacity in the Bay Area currently at just 8.2%, and capacity in Joaquin Valley and Southern California at 0%, according to official numbers, many have questioned the decision to lift the order. “Registered nurses across the state of California know that there is a human cost to lifting stay-at-home orders too soon,” the California Nurses Association said in a statement. “Let’s be clear that even if numbers are ‘trending downward,’ we are still in the midst of the most deadly surge of COVID-19 yet.” “We should not risk a backslide in the recent gains we’ve

made against this virus just to allow people to go out to eat at a restaurant or get a haircut again,” Emily Rusch, executive director of the California Public Interest Research Group in Los Angeles, said in another statement in response to the decision. With the order lifted, many businesses can resume limited outdoor service, including restaurants, movie theaters, and churches. Personal care businesses like barbershops, hair and nail salons, and tattoo and piercing shops, can open indoors with safety modifications. Retail stores can operate with 25% capacity. The number of Californians currently hospitalized due to COVID remains higher than at any point during the pandemic prior to late December, according to CalMatters. As of January 24, there were 4,395 patients and 13,037 non-ICU patients. The number of confirmed COVID patients in ICU began to climb last June the first time California started to ease shutdown restrictions.

veyed said they are not planning to take the vaccine. Several other independent surveys have echoed that report’s findings. This prompted the California Dept. of Public Health (CDPH) to turn to community partnerships to build trust of the vaccine in California’s African American communities. “We are partnering with 160 or so community-based organizations,” CDPH spokesperson Darrel Ng said. “We’re not quite ready to announce them yet, but they will be all over the state.” Speakers participating in the briefing said outreach will be conducted through local

organizations, including nonprofits and churches. Shantay R. Davies-Balch, president and CEO of the BLACK Wellness and Prosperity Center, described one recent effort. She said a survey was held in the Fresno community to obtain data on how to move forward with programming that will be effective in raising awareness about the COVID-19 vaccine. Burke Harris said the state is laser-focusing its efforts to reach communities that are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, particularly Blacks and Latinos. In Los Angeles, Mayor

He didn’t realize, he continued, that voting yes would hurt him and his fellow drivers. He described the proposition as “a bit of a bait and switch.” According to Albertsons, the full-time delivery drivers in California will continue to work until the end of February. After that, the stores’ deliveries nationwide will be fulfilled by DoorDash. Drivers at Bay Area stores, who are unionized, will not be affected by the layoffs. Albertsons’ decision to lay the drivers off puts Vons and Pavilions – both chains founded in Southern California – in line with a national trend of grocery stores using independent drivers from third-party services to make deliveries, instead of employing full-time drivers. Ralphs, another well-known Southern California supermarket chain, currently operates its delivery service through Instacart. Target uses Shipt and Walmart uses DoorDash. DoorDash and Instacart contributed $52 million and $32 million, respectively to the ‘Yes on 22’ campaign. An Albertsons representative said in a statement, “Albertsons companies made the strategic decision to discontinue using our own home delivery fleet of trucks in select locations, including Southern California, beginning February 27, 2021. We will transition that portion of our eCommerce operations to third-party logistics providers who specialize

in that service. Our HR teams are working to place impacted associates in stores, plants, and distribution centers.” Opponents of Prop. 22 had predicted that passage of the proposition would lead to a rise in gig-work and a decrease in full-time employment. Though Prop. 22 includes language requiring gig companies to implement a wage floor and access to health insurance for their drivers, the law exempts these companies from offering significant workplace benefits, including unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation. Prop 22. also makes it harder for app-based drivers to unionize. Albertsons employees who are members of a union will not be affected by the layoffs. Unions and drivers have begun a legal fight against the law. On January 12, a plaintiff group consisting of the Service Employees International Union, SEIU California State Council, three ride-share drivers and one passenger filed a lawsuit with the California Supreme Court against Prop. 22. The lawsuit argues that the law is unconstitutional because it takes away workers’ rights and limits the state Legislature’s ability to govern, since they face a large barrier to amending the law. Prop. 22 requires a seven-eighths majority vote in the state Legislature for any modification of it.

Eric Garcetti, County Supervisor Holly Mitchell and two city councilmen representing South Los Angeles held a conference at St. John’s Well Child & Family Center to encourage those distrustful of the vaccine to get vaccinated, especially since coronavirus infections disproportionately affect the South L.A. community, made up predominantly of Black and Latino residents. Currently, in the state of California, vaccines have been distributed to healthcare providers and are now available to adults 65 and older. Soon, the state will launch a website where people can register with a new system that will notify them when they are eligible to receive the vaccine. Regarding the vaccine’s safety, Dr. Elaine Batchlor, CEO of Martin Luther King Jr Community Hospital in Los Angeles County, explained that both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines went through various trials and have been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration.

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The Santa Clara County Public Health Dept. and researchers at UC San Francisco say that they have identified a new, homegrown California strain of COVID-19 in virus samples collected in Northern California, suggesting that the new strain of COVID could be spreading near the Bay Area. An analysis of more than 300 virus samples collected mostly in Northern California in November and December found that 24% of the samples were of the new homegrown strain. Researchers at CedarsSinai Medical Center in Los Angeles also announced last week that the same had been found in more than one third -- or 36.4% -- of recent COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles. The strain is believed to be partly responsible for the dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases in Southern California over the last two months,

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From “Vaccines to Vaccinations”

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the pandemic together is for everyone to get vaccinated, Burke Harris explained. “Our big goal is to turn vaccines into vaccinations,” she said. “So as our state continues to ramp up the rollout of our vaccines, we are continually committed to a fair and equitable allocation and distribution process. Equity has been central to California’s vaccine strategy.” Equitable distribution has proven to be difficult. In a study conducted last year by The Undefeated and the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), half of Black U.S. adults sur-

‘Bait and Switch?’ Firings Make Some Drivers Regret ‘Yes’ Vote on Prop. 22 By Quinci LeGardye California Black Media

Less than a month after Proposition 22 became law in California, some app-based drivers are regretting their vote to approve the ballot initiative last November. The proposition passed with 59% of the vote. It exempted Uber and Lyft drivers -- as well as others who work for other delivery and ride-hail companies – from the state’s controversial employee classification law AB 5. Under that law, which took effect in January 2020, most companies in the state had to switch contractors working for them from freelancers to full-time W-2 employees. But now that ride-hail and other app-based companies can keep contracting with drivers, one corporation, Albertsons Companies, whose subsidiaries include Vons, Safeway and Pavilions, among others, has recently decided to fire some of its full-time drivers in California. The company now plans to operate the bulk of its delivery driving program in the state through third-party driver services. Some of the affected drivers have taken to the internet to share their stories. “I voted for the ballot measure because I thought it’d help drivers like me. Now I’m out of a job,” one driver, who chose to remain anonymous, told Mai Tran, a New-York based writer for the online publication Gen by Medium. The driver added that Vons delivery drivers were told that they were getting laid off on Dec. 8, 2020, and that he voted yes on Prop. 22 because he was influenced by positive TV ads.

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Former California State Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown’s 12-year run with the San Francisco Chronicle has come to an abrupt end. Earlier this month, Northern California’s largest daily newspaper announced that Brown’s column “Willie’s World” would be discontinued as of January. 24. Brown’s weekly commentary, which expressed controversial opinions as it provided insider political gossip and other updates of goings-on in the city’s leadership circles, had become a fixture on the local San Francisco media landscape. “They are going digital,” Brown explained, offering an obviously clipped and misleading explanation of the newspaper’s decision. The Chronicle has for decades now been a digital publication. Responding to the news of Brown’s ouster, some members of the Black press in California say they would love to migrate “Willie’s World” to one of the state’s African Americanowned newspapers. “Come on home, Willie,” laughed Regina Wilson, who is the executive director of California Black Media, a news and advocacy organization that partners with a network of Black-owned newspapers across the state. “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure,” Wilson said. “Willie Brown is a walking repository of California political history. He’s brilliant, he’s funny and even when he’s over-the-top, you cannot deny his wisdom.” On its website, the Chronicle described Brown, a two-term mayor of San Francisco, as a “freelance journalist” and “widely regarded as the most influential” Black American politician of the late 20th Century. Brown’s opinions covered a range of topics centered around stories about his life in the city. He was hailed for frequently offering astute observations and accurate predictions. But he also offended. For example, defending Bill Cosby during his sexual assault trial and coming to Donald Trump’s defense when the former U.S. president was the focus of similar allegations in 2016, drew

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criticisms from some readers. Brown also publicly mentioned his dalliance with Vice President Kamala Harris before President Joe Biden picked her as his Democratic running mate. In one of his January 2019 columns, Brown wrote “Yes, I Dated” Harris in the 1990s. “Yes, I may have influenced her career by appointing her to two state commissions when I was Assembly leader,” Brown continued in Willie’s World. “I certainly helped with her first race for district attorney in San Francisco.” But Harris avoided responding to questions about her involvement with Brown. She told the Chronicle that she would not “design my campaign around criticizing Willie Brown” when she ran for district attorney of San Francisco in 2003. The day after the presidential inauguration, Brown complimented Harris, writing that she “stole the show” at the Capitol, and that her “pearls, her sneakers, and her laugh are all trending in the pop culture world.” “Harris has the smarts, the personality and energy and, dare I say, the glamour to fit the bill,” he wrote in the Chronicle on Jan. 23, 2021. “If there’s a program to sell, an issue that needs public attention or a wildfire, hurricane or other disaster to recover from, Harris can be dispatched.” In his columns, Brown often patted himself on his back, too, for contributing to the success of many San Franciscans’ political careers. “I have also helped the careers of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Diane Feinstein, and a host of other politicians,” Brown wrote in January 2019. To read the full story, go to postnewsgroup.com

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televised celebrations, Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farmworkers Union, was one of four people reciting lines from the inaugural addresses of previous presidents. But it was the 22-year-old, Youth Poet Laureate of the U.S. Amanda Gorman, who brought the house down. Small in stature, accompanied to the inauguration by her mother, Gorman assumed her place at the podium with the poise and grace of someone well beyond her years. Elaborately braided, her hair was piled high on her head, gold highlights gleaming, a red headband placed like a crown. Her Prada coat was a bright yellow, Gorman’s favorite color and coincidentally another of Chisholm’s. Her earrings were a gift from Oprah Winfrey and she wore a ring shaped like a caged bird, memorializing the first Black woman to write and perform a poem for a presidential inauguration, Maya Angelou, in

1993. And then Gorman began to recite her poem, ‘The Hill We Climb,’ where she alluded to the events of January 6 at the Capitol. Its final line was enough to make you cry: not with fury or despair, but hope. “The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there is always light if only we’re brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to be it.” The Rev. Dr. Silvester Beamon of Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Del., gave the benediction. As if that wasn’t enough Black magic for the day, then came Howard University’s Showtime Band, which accompanied Harris, their most famous alum, on her ride from the inauguration to the White House. The drum major’s strut was subtle, the girls’ red outfits cut high on the thigh, flag bearers masterful, and the drumline syncopation distinctively, soulfully swinging. As usual. About 100 yards from the White House, where her day

would continue with swearing in three senators including her replacement, Harris walked with her family. They included her husband’s children and her sister Maya Harris and Harris’ niece, Meena Harris, who was accompanied by her husband Nikolas Ajagu and their two daughters. Everyone could see that Harris and Jill Biden’s feet were hurting after the long day in heels, but Ajagu, who knew he would be carrying at least one of the daughters -who slayed in custom- made spotted jackets—wore sneakers. But wait, they Dior x Air Jordan 1 Retros. In the evening virtual concert, John Legend invoked the memory of Nina Simone, his cover of ‘Feeling Good’ showing that he was, in fact, feeling good. Near the close of the evening, singer and activist Demi Lovato led a group of online singers in Bill Wither’s swinging tune, ‘A Lovely Day,’ which, of course, and at last, it had been.

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Black Americans Are Being Vaccinated at Far Lower Rates cine distribution troubles,” Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO Drew Altman wrote. The covid-19 vaccine distribution effort is in trouble, Altman demurred. According to federal data, only about a third of the more than 25 million doses distrib-

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two new vaccines to combat the coronavirus, the initial concern was whether African Americans would accept vaccination. The rollout of the medicine from Pfizer and Moderna featured heavy promotion. High-profile African Americans like former President Barack Obama, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Coronavirus Task Force Member Dr. Ebony Hilton, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson received their shots publicly. An African American nurse in New York earned distinction as the first person in the country to receive a vaccination, and Meharry Medical College President Dr. James Hildreth, a Black man, sat on the FDA board that approved the vaccines. Now, concern has shifted from whether African Americans will accept the vaccine. Many now wonder whether doses would be available to the Black community. A new Kaiser Family Foundation report has revealed that African Americans are getting vaccinated at much lower rates than whites. The report, released on Saturday, Jan. 16, shows that in 16 U.S. states where the vaccine is available, white residents are being vaccinated by as much as three times higher than African Americans. One example is Pennsylvania, where 1.2 percent of white residents had been vaccinated, compared with just 0.3 percent of African Americans in the

uted nationwide have been given to people. “Hundreds of different distribution programs are being organized across states and counties for frontline health workers, residents of long-term care facilities, the elderly and others that states are prioritizing in different sequences,” Altman con-

tinued. “The country needs a distribution strategy that our fragmented, multilayered healthcare system can effectively implement. This will require more federal direction, a simpler priority structure, and a different role for the states.”

As of Jan. 16, the U.S. had surpassed more than 23.3 million total cases and 388,700 deaths due to the pandemic, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported.

Keystone State. Kaiser Family Foundation researchers noted that vaccine distribution is supposed to align with healthcare and frontline workers’ demographics, presumably making the vaccine equally available to all races. Some have hinted the lack of vaccine access is rooted in racism – not an unwillingness of minorities to get vaccinated. Dr. Taison Bell, of the University of Virginia, told NBC News that he was “horrified to discover that members of environmental services — the janitorial staff — did not have access to hospital email.” Hospital staff receives its vaccination information via email, Dr. Bell stated. “That’s what structural racism looks like,” Dr. Georges Jackie Ormes: The Radical Cartoonist Page 2

Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, told NBC. “Those groups were seen and not heard — nobody thought about it.” As of Jan. 16, the U.S. had surpassed more than 23.3 million total cases and 388,700 deaths due to the pandemic, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis, African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans are dying from COVID-19 nearly three times the rate of white people. “With the country’s coronavirus pandemic continuing unabated as cases and deaths increase, and a more contagious variant of the virus spreads, there is a greater focus on vac-

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to Disburse $500 Million in COVID-19

By Tanu Henry, California Black Media

The State of California announced that it has selected Lendistry, a Black-led-and-operated financial firm in Los Angeles, to act as the intermediary charged with disbursing $500 million in COVID-19 grants to California small businesses and non-profits. The California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA), which operates under the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), says small businesses and non-profit organizations across California that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can begin submitting applications for relief grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000. The application process begins now and runs through Jan. 8, 2021. The governor and the Legislature first announced the program November 30. Lendistry is designated both a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and a Community Development Entity (CDE) small business and commercial real estate

The California Association of Black Lawyers (CABL) submitted the names of three accomplished African American attorneys to the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) as possible candidates for the state’s soon-to-be open Attorney General position. In a 46-page document that includes biographical data of the organization’s recommendations, CABL called on Black members of the state Legislature to support attorneys Diane Becton, Paul Henderson or Terry Wiley to become the next Attorney General. The group also forwarded the proposal listing the candidates they are supporting – all public servants with significant experience — to Gov. Gavin Newsom. “We are in a unique position to know, understand, and recommend one of our own members to serve as the next California Attorney General,” stated the letter dated December 23 from Melinda Murray, president of CABL. “We

The CABL recommends that either, from left to right, Terry Wiley, Diane Becton, or Paul Henderson to replace California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

strongly urge the Legislative Black Caucus to consider the above three candidates and to interview them for recommendation to Governor Newsom.” Earlier in December, President-elect Joe Biden nominated current California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be

Secretary of Health and Human Services in his administration. Since then, various candidates have emerged as possible replacements for the state’s top lawyer and law enforcement official. Continued on Page 8

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Wanting to create a ‘symbol of joy,’ in memory of Breonna Taylor, Oakland sculptor Leo Carson installed a head-andneck bust of her at Latham Square on Dec. 12, 2020. On Tuesday, the bust of the emergency services worker killed in Louisville, Ky. last March in a botched police raid was stolen after it had been found smashed to pieces on Dec. 26, 2020. Also on Tuesday, it was reported that two police officers involved in Taylor’s death in Continued on Page 8

Sculptor Leo Carson placed a bouquet of flowers on the column where his statue of Breonna Taylor had been installed on December 12. Photo by Auintard Henderson.

The Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) announces a limited waitlist opening for Mainstream Voucher Program. OHA will begin accepting pre-applications online only on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 12:01 am through Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:59 pm. This waitlist opening is for Mainstream Voucher Program only that assists non-elderly individuals with a disability. To be eligible, you must meet the following Mainstream qualifications at the time of pre-application. At least one household member must be non-elderly (between 18 years of age and 61 years of age) person with a disability; AND who is one of the following: 

transitioning out of institutional and other segregated setting; or

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at serious risk of institutionalization; or

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homeless or at risk of being homeless;

The total income (including wages, Social Security benefits, pensions, child support, unemployment benefits, CalWin (TANF), General Assistance, net income from a business, etc.) of all the persons listed on the pre-application must not exceed the following: Household Size

Income Limit

Household Size

Income Limit

1 Person

$45,700

5 Persons

$70,500

2 Persons

$52,200

6 Persons

$75,700

3 Persons

$58,750

7 Persons

$80,950

4 Persons

62,250

8 Persons

$86,150

How to apply? If you believe you/your family meets the criteria, you may submit a pre-application. Pre-applications will be accepted online ONLY on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 12:01 am through Thursday, February 18, 2021, 11:59 pm. 1. Complete the application online. Go to www.oakha.org or https://oaklandlive.secureportale.net/PHAHome/Index.aspx There is no fee for completing the pre-application 2. Submit a completed pre-application by Thursday, February 18, 2021,11:59 pm deadline. 3. Save the online pre-application number; you will receive an email confirming completion of your pre-application

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THIS IS NOT A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED PROCESS. Waiting list placement will be based on a computerized random selection (lottery process). Only the top 300 applications will be placed on the waiting list for consideration. If additional applications are needed, we reserve the right to process the next applications in lottery order.

Euradell “Dell” Logan Patterson

Euradell “Dell” Logan Patterson, 82, Passes

Master Teacher, Spiritual Leader, Youth Counselor By Paul Cobb

Euradell “Dell” Logan-Patterson, achieved acclaim for years as a dedicated, faithful educational, community and faith-based volunteer in Oakland and Berkeley passed away December 26, 2020, at home in the care of her husband William “Bill” Patterson. “Dell” as she was affectionately referred to by her friends, was born September 26, 1938, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her parents, Ernestine Dunlap and Euell Kenneth Logan were married in 1937. They moved from Seminole, Oklahoma to Oklahoma City where “Dell” was born.

In 1941, her family moved to West Oakland where Logan served briefly in the U.S Navy and then Dell’s family settled in Berkeley. After graduating from Berkeley High School she enrolled at San Jose State University before transferring to and graduating from San Francisco State University with a B.A. Degree in Education along with her Teaching Credential. She also earned a Master’s Degree equivalence from U.C Berkeley and she also earned a Reading Specialist Credential from Holy Names University. While pursuing her academic studies she gained valuable exContinued on Page 8

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Thirty-seven-year-old Angela White of Oakland didn’t even flinch when she was administered the COVID-19 vaccine. “I don’t remember when the needle was inserted in my arm after the nurse said ‘you’re done’,” said White. “It was quick and painless.” White, an Emergency Medicine physician at Oakland’s Highland Hospital since 2016, is one of the few Black doctors working in Highland’s emergency room. She took the vaccine on December 18 and is looking forward to her second vaccine shot on Jan. 9, 2021. As of this writing, White has not experienced any major side effects. “There was a small muscle in my arm that was sore for a day but aside from that, I’ve felt pretty normal,” added

study on any particular group,” said White. “I think it is critically important for our community to take the vaccine. We’re essential workers who are more likely to be impacted by COVID-19. To not get the vaccine would be giving up an opportunity to protect ourselves, our health, and the health and livelihood of our friends and community.” “I think using the vaccine is another way of protecting me, in addition to wearing a mask and face shield at work, I also practice social distancing. It’s just one more step that’s going Angela White (seated) receives a vaccine shot from Adrian to make me, my family and my Cabrera, RN of Alameda Health System’s Employee Health community safer, and I highly recommend people take the Department. Photo contributed. vaccine if they are eligible.” White. “As a doctor who cares myself, my family and my Physician and immunolofor COVID patients I took the community. I wanted to show gist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who vaccine because I’m exposed people that they have nothing has served as director of the to COVID patients on a daily to fear by taking the vaccine.” Continued on Page 8 basis and I wanted to protect “This is not a trial, a test or

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District 1 OUSD Trustee Sam Davis. By Ken Epstein

There are high hopes in the community for a newly energized school board as four new members set to take office in January pledging to disentangle the multiple crises facing the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), including shuttered classrooms and COVID-19 enforced distance learning, ongoing threats of austerity-driven budget cuts and state-enforced demands to close more neighborhood schools. This week, the Oakland Post interviews two new

District 3 OUSD Trustee VanCedric Williams.

board members, Sam Davis and VanCedric Williams. Last week, the Post published interviews with Mike Hutchinson (D-5) and Clifford Thompson (D-7). Davis, who represents District 1, worked as a teacher and family outreach coordinator in Oakland schools for 10 years. Originally from Queens, New York, he has lived in Oakland since 2001. He has a son in the 9th grade at Oakland Technical High School. Looking at hopes for recovery this year from the impact Continued on Page 8

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Peralta Village Tenants, Supporters, State Extends Moratorium Petition Oakland Housing Authority on Covid-19-Related By Zack Haber

Residents of Peralta Village and organizers and members of the United Front Against Displacement are planning a protest at the Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) headquarters on February 13 because of OHA’s slow responses to requests for repairs, lagging upkeep and threats of eviction despite the current moratorium caused by the pandemic. The protesters will deliver the petition to OHA offices. The time of day and place of the protest will be announced at a later date. The direct action on February 13 is the result of organizing that began last fall, when about a dozen Peralta Village residents started meeting with each other and Bay Area-based housing rights activists seeking improved maintenance and better treatment from OHA. About 11%, or 85, of Peralta Village residents of the West Oakland public housing project’s population have supported the efforts by signing a petition residents and activists wrote accusing OHA of “unresponsive or slow…follow-through

Cassidy Taylor (left) of the housing justice group The United Front Against Displacement, and Eddie Simmon (right) a Peralta Village resident of 20 years, pose outside of a Peralta Village apartment on January 24. Photo by Zack Haber.

and three-bedroom apartments as well as town homes that serve more than 700 residents. Originally named Cypress Village, it was created just after World War II as segregated all-Black housing in West Oakland at 935 Union St. To this day, its population is almost entirely Black and many still refer to it as Cypress Village. The Oakland Post also interviewed three activists, all of whom are in their 20s and are part of the grassroots housing justice group the United Front Against Displacement (UFAD). The group has been doing weekly door-knocking in Peralta Village since last summer to connect and organize residents. In recent months, residents have joined in the door-knocking. Residents meet with each other and UFAD members weekly, sometimes in person and sometimes on Zoom. The meetings are called Cypress Tenants Meetings and have no affiliation with OHA. Residents can learn more about the meetings by contacting the UFAD at wewontgo@riseup.net or 510815-9978.

on repairs and regular upkeep,” “threats of eviction” despite eviction moratoriums that are currently in place, “not clearing garbage…on a consistent schedule” or providing recycling bins, and unfair ticketing from OHA Police. The petition asks OHA to improve maintenance and reduce rent until problems are fixed. “We gotta get together and make it a group effort,” said Eddie Simmon, who has lived in Peralta Village for over 20 years. “One person [addressing

OHA] is like a mosquito bite; they flick it away. But if you get a whole hornet’s nest, then you got something to contend with.” Simmon is one of four Peralta Village residents, all of whom are Black in their late 40s to mid-60s and who helped write the petition, that The Oakland Post interviewed. Fearing retaliation, two of these residents requested anonymity in this article. Peralta Village consists of To read the full story, go 390 units in a mix of one- two- to postnewsgroup.com

payments. As for the question of cancelling student debt, which has been a topic throughout Biden’s campaign, the Biden administration had yet to take any official action as of January 24. On a January 19 call with reporters, incoming Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese said that the Biden administration supports forgiving up to $10,000 in student loan debt per person through congressional action. Federal student loan debt has been a looming concern for families for a while now -- even before the pandemic began. The total amount some 40 million

American student loan borrowers owe has reached nearly $1.6 trillion. According to the Federal Reserve, the average borrower owes over $32,700 in student debt and the average monthly student loan payment is $393. Some liberal lawmakers and debt cancellation advocates have called for Biden to cancel student debt through executive action. In a letter first sent last November that was updated January 15, more than 325 nonprofit and community organizations called on Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to cancel all federal student debt on the first day of their ad-

ministration. The letter argued that “cancelling student debt would stimulate the economy, help reduce racial wealth gaps, and could have a positive impact on health outcomes.” The organizations who signed the letter included the NAACP, National Action Network, Hispanic Federation and the Faith in Action National Network. “Before COVID-19 … student debt was already a drag on the national economy, weighing heaviest on Black and Latinx communities, as well as women,” the organizations wrote.

Mayor Libby Schaaf, in a comment on Twitter last Tuesday, said, “No (one) wants to make budget cuts. And we hope a Biden-Harris stimulus will help. “Yet we can’t be shortsighted about our financial reality. The modest moves we make now can ensure our public safety + fire safety is healthier for the long term,” she said. “If we cannot make hard choices right now, we will be forced to make heartbreaking

ones later. We’ve succeeded at adversity before. We will succeed again,” she added. Zac Unger, president of International Association of Fire Fighters Local 55, which represents some Oakland fire crews, said the union filed an immediate dispute resolution with the city over the initial plan because of concerns for the safety of residents and firefighters. The disagreement appears to be over.

An engine company is a truck that puts water on fires and responds to medical calls. Seventy-five percent of fire department calls are medical calls and engine companies respond to 75 percent of those. Oakland has 25 stations, and none will close, according to the plans laid out earlier this week. But every six days a different fire station in the city will be down an engine company. The airport station will not be affected.

goals as a guide to address pivotal issues such as global poverty, hunger, education, gender equality, reproductive justice, economic inequality and much more. “I plan to use my experiences and understanding of global health security to address this challenging time as we fight a global health pandemic. We are part of the global family, and what affects one, affects all. I’m pleased President Biden issued an Executive Order to re-enter the World Health Organization (WHO), and I plan to be a strong partner with the new administration in re-engaging with WHO to tackle this pandemic and ensure longstanding collaboration. “Finally, I will lead and legislate as I always have on this committee and my entire career in Congress: through a lens of racial equity, which is needed now more than ever. I’m honored to serve in this critical moment to confront this global pandemic, put America’s priorities at the center of our funding initiatives, while respecting sovereignty of

other nations, and help renew our global leadership in the world.” Lee served on the International Relations Committee (later known as the Foreign Affairs committee) for a total of 10 years, from 107th Congress through the 111th Congress. Lee

has served on Appropriations Committee and the SFOPS Subcommittee since 110th Congress for a total of 14 years and served as vice chair of the subcommittee in the 116th Congress.

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and 40 of better eight times. Also set records for games played (3,298), at bats (12,354), long hits (1,477), paced N.L. in batting twice an homer, runs batted in and slugging pct. Four times each. Won most valuable player award in N.L. in 1957.” San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds subsequently broke Aaron’s home run record in 2007 with an asterisk because of allegations of hhis steroid use. After retiring from baseball Aaron held positions in the front office of the Atlanta Braves. He was one of the first people of color to hold an upper management position in Major League Baseball.

Your Student Loans Are Paused – But Not Yet Pardoned

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ting food on the table,” said the Dept. of Education in a short statement. In addition to the pause on payments, collections on defaulted, federally held loans will continue to be halted, and all borrowers with defaulted federal loans whose wages are being garnished will receive a refund. Also, each month until September 30 will still count toward public service loan forgiveness for borrowers in public-service jobs, as well as the federal student loan rehabilitation program, which erases a default from a person’s credit report after nine consecutive

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Firefighters, City Officials Resolve Differences Over Reduction In Service

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an impact on emergency response,” Drayton wrote in the letter. That includes slower response times, she said, adding that it may jeopardize the fire department’s ability to meet National Fire Protection Association response time standard of four minutes for 90 percent of medical calls. Hunt did not say how the latest plan will affect response times.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee to Chair Powerful Foreign Affairs Subcommittee

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diplomatic activities, cultural exchanges, development and security assistance and participation in multilateral organizations, among other international activities. “I’m honored to serve as Chair of the Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee,” said Lee. “This is a critical time for global investment and cooperation as we fight back a global pandemic, and we have much work to do.” “Among my top priorities on this committee will be investing in diplomacy, foreign assistance, and development programs, which must be at the forefront of our approach, leaving behind the military first approach of the last four years. It’s also critical that we reinvest in the State Dept. and work to ensure our diplomatic corps and all aspects of our international affairs reflect the diversity of the country. “We must take bold action in tackling the existential threat of climate change. We must use U.N. sustainable development

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Evictions Through June 30 By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation

State legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that the state has extended its moratorium on evictions for coronavirus-related income loss through June 30. The moratorium, which was set to expire Jan. 31, prevents property owners from evicting tenants if they cannot pay the entirety of their monthly rent because of pandemic-induced loss of income. Tenants are required to pay at least 25 percent of their monthly rent to benefit from the moratorium and also have a minimum of 15 days to provide proof of financial hardship to remain protected from eviction. “COVID-19 continues to devastate communities across our state and too many Californians remain one paycheck away from losing their apartments or homes,” Newsom, state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Los Angeles, said in a joint statement. “These families need protection and relief now.” The state is also working to utilize the $2.6 billion in aid for renters it received from the latest federal stimulus bill. Newsom said Monday during a briefing on the pandemic that the state will use the federal funding to pay up to 80 percent of low-income residents’ outstanding back rent to landlords, while the remaining 20 percent will be forgiven. That funding will be targeted at renters who make less than 50 percent of the area median income for their local jurisdiction, with the potential to expand relief to renters making less than 80 percent of their AMI. “This eviction moratorium and rapid deployment of funds to the most at-risk are among our top priorities,” Newsom, Atkins and Rendon said. “But we have more work to do, together, to tackle the structural

Governor Gavin Newsom

housing cost crisis in California. The pandemic exacerbated these issues, it did not create them. And our work to address these fundamental issues must continue with urgency and resolve.” State legislators passed the original eviction moratorium, co-authored by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, after the California Judicial Council voted to rescind the statewide ban on evictions during the pandemic that it had adopted in April. At that time, Chiu characterized the moratorium bill, Assembly Bill 3088, as necessary but not perfect, and not as sweeping as his original proposal, AB 1436, which would have prohibited evictions for missed rent payments until 90 days after the state’s emergency order is lifted or April 1, 2021, whichever came first. AB 1436 also would have granted tenants an additional 12 months after that to pay back rent before a property owner could take them to court. On Monday, Chiu again called the extension imperfect but necessary and lamented the power imbalance between tenants and property managers, who are not required to take advantage of the state’s dispersal of federal relief funding. “I expect there will be a need to revisit this legislation to address gaps and provide relief to additional tenants,” Chiu said in a statement. “I stand ready and willing to continue that work until all California tenants are debt free and in secure housing.”

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their home and provide instruction on an individual basis. Robinson participated and served as a mentor teacher in the Special Education Induction Program for six years. She is currently a member of St. Paul AME Church, Berkley, and serves as the chairperson of the Stanley A. Whittaker/Maxine Irvine Scholarship Committee. Robinson is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha Nu Omega Chapter - Oakland/ Berkeley/Richmond, CA. Her parting words for her fellow teachers were: “Never hesitate on what you can do for a child,” said Robinson. “Be committed, be bold, be courageous, be compassionate and most importantly, shake things up in the system for children. “As for me with this welcoming retirement, I am looking forward to spending more time with my nieces and nephews, developing a mentor program, and implementing fundraising activities for college students at my church. I will see you in my travels,” she said.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer, Home Run Master, Hank Aaron, Dies at 86

spent 1954 – 1974 with the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, ending his playing career with the Milwaukee Brewers from 1975 – 1976. Aaron primarily played right field. His uniform number -- 44 -was retired by the Atlanta Braves in 1977. His baseball awards were numerous and he was inducted intro the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 on the first ballot. His Hall of Fame plaque states: “Hit 755 Home Runs in 23-year career to become majors’ all-time homer king. Had 20 or more for 20 consecutive years, at least 30 in 15 seasons

He published his autobiography in 1990, “I Had a Hammer” both a play on his nickname, “Hammerin’ Hank” or “The Hammer” and a nod to the folk song, “If I Had a Hammer”. Hip-Hop artist M.C. Hammer got his nickname because folks thought he looked like Hank Aaron. In 2002 Aaron was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A memorial service will be held on January 26 and streamed on AJC.com at 1pm EST. Former President Bill Clinton and former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig are scheduled to attend the funeral.

His private funeral will be held on January 27 at Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta and burial at South-View Cemetery. According to a statement from the Atlanta Braves he “passed away peacefully in his sleep.” Aaron publicly received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on January 5, 2021 along with Andrew Young, 88. On social media he said “I was proud to get the COVID-19 vaccine earlier today at Morehouse School of Medicine. I hope you do the same!” Aaron is survived by his second wife, Billye, and by five children: Gaile, Hank Jr., Larry, Dorinda, and Ceci.