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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them and these will continue till they have resisted either with words or blows or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance those of whom they suppress. —Fredrick Douglass (1849)

M c D o n a l d ’s A n n o u n c e s I n c re a s e d Spending with Minority-Owned Media

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In addition to marketing partners, McDonald’s has a long history of purchasing goods and services from other businesses and suppliers that represent the diverse communities it serves. New commitments to reduce barriers and increase spend with diverse suppliers were shared in the company’s broader Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion aspiration announced last July.

BlackPressUSA News McDonald’s USA announced bold new investments to further ref lect its diverse customers, crew members and communities in its marketing.

Over the next four years, the company and Owner/Operators are accelerating the allocation of advertising dollars to diverseowned media companies, production houses and content creators. McDonald’s total investment in diverse-owned partners – including Black, Hispanic, Asian Pacific American, Women and LGBTQ-owned platforms – will more than double, moving from 4% to 10% of national advertising spend between 2021 and 2024. Spend with Black-owned properties, specifically, will increase from 2% to 5% of national advertising spend over this time period.

Additionally, McDonald’s will forge new multi-year partnerships with diverse-owned media companies. This longer-term funding will help bolster individual businesses, strengthen the broader marketing supply chain, and support inclusive, authentic storytelling between McDonald’s brand and diverse customers.

“We’ve been making serious commitments that are guided by our values, and with this latest move, we’re taking action to advance diverse-owned companies across the marketing supply chain,” said Morgan Flatley,

McDonald's will forge new multi-year partnerships with diverse-owned media companies. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) Chief Marketing and Digital Customer Experience Officer, McDonald’s USA. “We’re using our resources to support these platforms and businesses, which keep the brand at the center of culture while creating deeper relationships with our diverse customers, crew and employees.”

“A s a Bla ck fe m a le entrepreneur, I am proud to be a part of McDonald’s continued effort to meet Women and diverseowned businesses where they are by providing much-needed resources to do business in an

ever-evolving marketplace,” said Vicki Chancellor, Chair, McDonald’s USA Franchisee Marketing Committee. “It’s who we are as a leading brand that is doing our part to help underserved communities thrive.”

McDonald’s four-year plan includes commitments to: Increase national investments in diverse-owned companies from 4% to 10%. Spend with Blackowned media and production properties will increase from 2% to 5%, and additional investments will follow with other diverse

segments including Hispanic, Asian Pacific American, Women and LGBTQ-owned properties.

Forge multi-year partnerships with diverse-owned media and production companies, contentcreators and influencersto support their businesses for sustainable, long-term growth; strengthen the marketing supply chain; enable deeper, more inclusive storytelling; and foster conduits for cultural connectivity.

Form an advisory boardof external marketing and advertising subject matter experts dedicated

to identifying the biggest barriers to economic opportunity facing diverse partners and putting collective resources behind new programs and initiatives to eliminate them. The group’s focus will be to drive change and impact across the industry.

This plan builds upon the c ompa ny’s longst a nd i ng relationships with diverse-owned marketing and communications companies including The Boden Agency, Lopez Negrete, IW Group and Burrell Communications Group, a full-service agency and

McDonald’s partner of 50 years. It also follows the inaugural Media Partner Summit that McDonald’s hosted in November 2020, which convened diverse-owned media companies to identify mutually beneficial partnership opportunities that align with McDonald’s overall marketing strategy and goals. This Summit will be held annually to create and strengthen connections with both new and existing partners across diverse segments.

In addition to marketing partners, McDonald’s has a long history of purchasing goods and services from other businesses and suppliers that represent the diverse communities it serves.

New commitments to reduce barriers and increase spend with diverse suppliers were shared in the company’s broader Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion aspiration announced last July.

About McDonald’s USA McDonald’s USA, LLC, serves a variety of menu options made with quality ingredients to nearly 25 million customers every day.

Ninety-five percent of McDonald’s 14,000 U.S. restaurants are independently owned and operated by businessmen and women. For more information, visit www.mcdonalds.com, or follow us on Twitter @ McDonalds and Facebook www. fa cebook.com /mcdonald s.

COMMENTARY: War in a Babylon

LA Activist Set to Become the Next Member of the CA Black Caucus

The Gantt Report by Lucius Gantt

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media

The withdrawal of American troops from the countr y of Afghanistan will not stop the war there nor will it stop any war anywhere.

The war of the worlds cannot and will not be stopped by the rearrangement of soldiers a nd m ilit a r y resou rces.

Every conf lict is about land, money and power!

The “war on poverty” is not about addressing the needs of the poor. That phrase is a cruel joke.

The truer phase should be the “war in poverty”!

All Black communities in America and around the globe are fighting for survival.

In poor neighborhoods, you have poor housing, poor schools, poor health, poor opportunities, p o o r e c o n o m ie s , p o o r leadership and poor outcomes.

I think the war is real but even if its imaginary, everyday we feel like we are at war with

The withdrawal of American troops from the country of Afghanistan will not stop the war there nor will it stop any war anywhere. the powers that be, the modernday exploiters and oppressors.

At one time, Africans owned all of the land in Africa. Today, the Chinese, the French, the Dutch, the British, the Americans and other foreigners own or control much of the power and money in the Motherland.

In America, believe it or not, Black people owned farms, houses and businesses in Black

communities across the United States. Don’t act like you’ve never heard of The Black Wall Street in Tulsa or Rosewood in Florida or Auburn Avenue in the Peach State.

Growing up in Atlanta, as a youth I could get everything I needed from Black entrepreneurs.

I could get an insurance policy from Atlanta Life, I could get a newspaper from The Atlanta Daily World, I could get a room at the

Forrest Arms or Pascual’s Hotels, I could get a ride in a Black owned taxi cab company and I could get breakfast, lunch or dinner at the Angier Avenue Tea Room.

I could go on and on about businesses we had but finding a Black business today with large numbers of employees and customers and business longevity is like finding a brown needle in a brown haystack!

Your so-called Negro leaders encouraged your ancestors to integrate and caused many Black businesses to go down the drain.

We stopped patronizing each other, we stopped hiring each other and we stopped combining or money and resources.

The idea that if we spent money with white businesses our families and our own business would thrive and progress was a devilish trick.

Our demise of economic, continued on page 8

Isaac Bryan Gov. Gavin Newsom called Los Angeles community organizer Isaac Bryan on Saturday morning to congratulate him for winning the 54th Assembly District special election.

The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office reported that, as of Friday, May 21, Bryan was leading with 50.7% of counted ballots (21,388 votes) over his closest opponent,

fellow Democrat Heather Hutt.

Hutt was trailing Bryan with 24.9% (10,489 votes).

Hutt served as the former state director for Kamala Harris when the current Vice President of the United States was California’s junior United States Senator.

Bryan’s projected victory – pending final certification by authorities - would push continued on page 3

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This is Why Youth 12-15 Should Be Vaccinated

Publisher’s Corner

By: Dr. Jerry P. Abraham, director, Kedren Vaccines at Kedren Health in Los Angeles

Dr. Jerry P. Abraham California has made great strides in fighting the pandemic.

The state continues to set new records, achieving test positivity under one percent as of mid-May and holding one of the lowest rates of new coronavirus cases in the nation, for the first time since testing began. But there is so much more work to do, especially in our communities of color.

Vaccinations are particularly important for communities of color that have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. We are about three times as likely to contract the virus and about twice as likely to die from COVID-19 compared to non-Hispanic whites. As the focus now shifts to our younger population who remain susceptible to the virus, the best way we can protect

them is to get them vaccinated.

The American Academy of Pediatrics reports that as of May 2021 youth now account for 22 percent of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S., when this time last year youth cases were only around three percent. As more older people receive vaccinations, it is important to get young people vaccinated to prevent new cases from increasing, starting with our 12 to 15-year-olds.

Young people have been heroic throughout this pandemic, donning masks and putting their lives on hold, they have suffered extreme stress and isolation. Now it is their turn to join their older loved ones in getting vaccinated.

When more Californians become vaccinated, we can feel safer as restrictions are lifted and

Mary Ann Shadd Cary: A Fearless Journalist

By Tamara Shiloh

By Unknown author - nps.gov, courtesy of National Archives of Canada, C-029977, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index. php?curid=7353155 The eldest of 13 children, Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823–1893) was born in Wilmington, Del. to a free African American family. She was raised in a household dedicated to the abolition of slavery. The Shadd home often served as a shelter for fugitive slaves. Young Mary’s father worked for the abolitionist newspaper Liberator, run by William Lloyd Garrison.

Even as free blacks living in the north, the Shadds faced deep-seated discrimination and segregation.

Schools for Delaware blacks during that time were nonexistent.

The Shadds, however, wanted their children educated. They relocated to Pennsylvania (1833) where young Mary attended a Quaker boarding school. For the next 12 years, she taught black children in Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania.

Her passion though, was to follow in her father’s footsteps.

After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law (1850), Cary moved to Canada with one of her brothers.

The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The entire Shadd family soon followed. It was there that she found Canada’s first antislavery newspaper,

The Provincial Freemen. It was a weekly publication targeting blacks, especially those who’d escaped slavery.

Cary would pen many of the stories, often returning to the states to gather information.

Through this, she became the first female African-American newspaper editor in North America. Her work as a journalist was not spared criticism, as many disagreed with her views.

A critic from a rival paper wrote: “Miss Shadd [Cary] has said and written many things which we think will add nothing to her credit as a lady.”

Cary however, was less concerned with being a lady than she was with having a voice. “She got a lot of criticism from black male leaders, even from some black women, because she was so visible and she was so vocal,” Jane Rhodes, professor and department head of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago said, noting that Cary defied traditional attitudes presuming a woman’s place was in the home. “And she said, ‘I’m opening the door for you, for black women, and I’m proud that I’m continued in next 2 columns

life begins to return to a sense of normalcy and to the things we love to do like church, traveling and gathering together without worry.

We understand that some parents and legal guardians may have questions. However, it is important to recognize that clinical trials have shown the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is safe and highly effective in protection against severe illness, hospitalization and death in those aged 12 to 15. As a result, the FDA granted emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine – the same vaccine already safely administered to millions of Californians ages 16 and older – for this next eligible age group. The Western States Scientific Safety Review workgroup convened immediately upon CDC review of the FDA’s authorization, issuing its recommendation just days later.

The science is there. Pfizer’s phase three clinical trial enrolled 2,260 adolescents 12 to 15 years of age in the United States. The researchers recorded 18 cases of symptomatic coronavirus infection in the placebo group, and none among the children who received the vaccine, indicating that it was highly effective at preventing symptomatic illness.

We also understand that there are youth who are afraid of getting the vaccine and parents and legal guardians want to know how to encourage them that this is the right thing.

Start by acknowledging that it is normal to be concerned about any kind of immunization, particularly one of this magnitude. There has been more conversation around the COVID-19 vaccine than probably any other vaccination, with an overwhelming amount of misleading information out there. Share with your child that the injection is nearly painless, side effects are minimal and that inoculation against COVID-19 is a critical step toward helping end the pandemic.

Your family doctor or nurse practitioner can also answer any questions or concerns that your child may have about the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine with accurate, reliable and reassuring information.

Additional information can be found at VaccinateALL58. com and you can visit MyTurn. ca.gov or call 833-422-4255 to schedule an appointment.

Availability will increase in the coming weeks, and the state is working closely with local health departments, schools, community partners, the faithbased community and others to provide vaccines equitably to underserved youth, including those who are experiencing homelessness or in foster care.

The bottom line is these are life-saving vaccines. This is our path to normalcy. California is ready to safely deliver vaccines to young people ages 12 and over.

Mary Ann Shadd Cary: A Fearless Journalist...continued doing that and I’m trying to create a space for you to have a voice.’”

Cary’s drive to support the rights and freedoms of blacks never ceased, especially when it involved education. This spurred her established a school—one that was open to children of all races.

The Civil War erupted in 1861. Cary then returned to the states to assist in the war effort.

While working as a recruiting officer for the Union Army, she encouraged blacks to join the fight against the Confederacy

and against slavery. Postwar, she attended Howard University, becoming the second AfricanAmerican woman in the United States to earn a law degree (1883).

“It was fearless, and it was fierce,” Rhodes said of the Cary’s voice. “She really was unafraid and she carried that throughout her life.”

Sou rce: ht t ps://w w w. b i o g r a p h y. c o m / a c t i v i s t / mar y-ann-shadd-car y The post Mary Ann Shadd Cary: A Fearless Journalist first appeared on Post News Group.

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SBCUSD Now More Prepared For Emergencies... continued readers to understand the potential dangers facing the community and how to cope with them.

“Disasters do not know the difference between a school and a residential community, neither should our planning,” said SBCUSD Safety and Emergency Manager Eric Vetere, who oversaw the creation of the plan, with input from various stakeholders.

“SBCUSD is a resource and safe place for our communities, families and employees, and stakeholder input was critical in

developing the plan,” Vetere said.

An entire section is dedicated to the risk and mitigation of wildfires, which identifies the amount and type of plant life near a school to be the greatest factor in vulnerability to wildfires.

The plan also addresses other potential hazards ranging from earthquakes to landslides, with the later being a minimal risk.

You can learn more and view the entire Hazard Mitigation Plan at http://mitigatehazards. c o m /s b c u s d / h m p /.

Chahn JhuManni Chess Named Social Lites Beautillion Sir Knight 2021 Community/Education News

SBCUSD Now More Prepared For Emergencies Accepts District’s Hazard Mitigation Plan Community/ Education News

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently approved the San Bernardino City Unified School District’s (SBCUSD’s) Hazard Mitigation Plan, developed by the District’s Office of Safety and Emergency Management.

A comprehensive Hazard Mitigation Plan is necessary to receive federal mitigation and recovery funding under FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance program, but a formal Hazard Mitigation Plan is also an

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important step in making sure that the District is prepared to support students and families during natural or man-man disasters and to reduce the loss of life and damage to property.

FEMA praised SBCUSD’s plan for clearly identifying potential hazards and explaining the risks and ways to reduce the impact in the community in a comprehensive, yet concise way.

The plan also incorporates maps and figures to make it easier for continued in next 2 columns

The Social Lites, Inc. celebrated its 54nd Beautillion, “Footsteps Toward the Future” virtual program on Saturday, May 22, 2021 under the leadership of Mrs. Lisa Blacksher-Owens, President and Mrs. Tina Darling, Beautillion Chair.

Congratulations to Sir Knight 2021 Mr. Chahn JhuMaani Chess who was awarded approximately $7,700.00 in scholarships and gifts. Awards included a $3,000.00 academic scholarship and $3,000.00 for the fifth annual “Evan T. Carthen Emerging Leader” essay scholarship.

Various community supporters, friends, and family members witnessed this virtual event

moderated by Beautillion Alumni Knight, Mr. Russell Ward. The late Mr. Jesses James Nichols former King of San Bernardino Black Culture Foundation was presented the Social Lites, Inc. Community Service Award for his contributions to the community and the Social Lites, Inc. Beautillion program. Inspiring messages delivered by various Beautillion Alumni and keynote speaker Sir Knight 2004, Mr. Raafi Bell.

The Social Lites, Inc. is underway in planning for the 55th Beautillion season. High school students interested in participating in the Beautillion program may contact knight. beautillion@g mail.com

Thursday, May 27, 2021

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STATE/GOVERNMENT/BUSINESS

Commentary: One Year Later – The Members of the California Legislative Death of George Floyd and a Racial Black Caucus Reflect on the One-Year Anniversary of the Murder of George Floyd Reckoning in America Tara Lynn Gray | Special to California Black Media

Reflecting on the murder of George Floyd a year later requires that we as Black Americans, Americans as a nation, honestly look at all the meaning that this tragedy embodies. The symbolism is palpable. For life has been, and continues to be, snuffed out of Black Americans in many ways, on many fronts.

Many people across the nation and around the world watched in horror the film footage of veteran police officer Derek Chauvin pressing the life out of George Floyd with that defiant, inhumane stare as he pushed his knee against Floyd’s neck with utter disregard for what—we learned during the trial a year later—lasted nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds, long after life had left George Floyd’s body. Chauvin was so enraged he kept killing Floyd long after he was already dead. He showed no concern

about the potential consequences of his action as alarmed and pleading citizens stood by, eyewitnesses, watching helplessly.

Today, some may have found a bit of justice with the recent murder conviction of Derek Chauvin. But what does that really mean? What does it mean when it comes to achieving real justice for the known and unknown number of wrongful deaths of Black men and women by the hands of policemen and other law enforcement officers?

The real question, and more importantly, what will be done to bring about systemic changes to stop this age-old, generationold practice of snuffing out the life, literally and figuratively, of Black men, and Black people in many aspects of American life?

Blacks in America have had knees on their necks in all strands continued on page 7

State/Government News Sacramento — Members of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) reflect on the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin.

In a video recording of the fatal arrest, Chauvin can be seen pressing his knee into the neck of Floyd for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. The murder of George Floyd sent shockwaves around the world and renewed calls for comprehensive police reform. Last month, a Minneapolis jury found Chauvin guilty for the murder of George Floyd. The three other officers involved in Floyd’s death are awaiting trial.

“To say that 2020 was a tumultuous year is a gross understatement. The COVID-19 pandemic changed every aspect of our lives -- the way we work, how we educate our students, going to the doctor, how we communicate with one another, among other things. What did not change was the historic brutality and violence against Black and Brown communities by the hands of rouge cops in law enforcement,” said Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus. The murder of George Floyd and other incidences of police brutality triggered a racial reckoning in this country that we have not witnessed in white America since the Civil Rights

Movement. California has always been at the forefront on diversity issues in this country. From ethnic studies, diversity on corporate boards, to the first-in-the-nation task force to study and develop reparations, we have continued to demonstrate our leadership.

Yet, we remain one of four states without a decertification process to hold rogue cops accountable.

The world witnessed a modern day lynching by Chauvin and yet this country remained on pins and needles in anticipation of whether he would be found guilty. What does that say about the institution of policing in this country? As a state, we have to remain dedicated to setting the standard in our nation on progressive issues that foster real change. It is time we take that approach with police reform and public safety.”

“The one year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder is a stark reminder of the work that remains to protect Black bodies in California and across the nation. Work that begins in recognizing how our institutions continue to perpetuate implicit bias towards Black and Brown communities of color, people experiencing poverty, and unsheltered individuals,” said Senator Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), Vice-Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus. Today, in coordination continued on page 8

LA Activist Set to Become the Next Member of the CA Black Caucus...continued from page 1 the California Legislative Black Caucus’s (CLBC) membership back up to 10.

The CLBC – the body of African American elected officials serving in the State Legislature – recently lost two members. In December, Gov. Newsom appointed former Assemblymember Shirley Weber, who represented the 79th District in the San Diego area, California’s 33rd Secretary of State. And last year after the general election, former state Sen. Holly J. Mitchell resigned to serve on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

The race Bryan won was announced after Sen. Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles) won a special election to represent the 30th District in the upper house of the California Legislature, replacing Mitchell.

“T he Gover nor called this morning. We really did this,” the 29-year-old Bryan posted on his Twitter account, expressing gratitude to Newsom for reaching out to him.

“My name is Isaac Bryan, but my friends call me Mr. Assemblymember- elect,” Bryan tweeted before that in a separate post on May 21.

Bryan’s commanding lead puts him comfortably above the 50plus percentage mark required to avoid a runoff with Hutt.

The special election was held May 18. By the end of the night, Bryan had locked in 49.62% of the votes. Hutt’s tally stood at a distant second with 24.61% of the vote. None of the other four candidates in the race -- Cheryl

Turner, Dallas Fowler, Bernard Senter and Samuel Robert Morales -- won more than 10% of the vote.

“Can’t wait to have you up here on the green carpet @ CABlackCaucus,” Kamlager tweeted, congratulating Bryan and welcoming him as a state lawmaker and new member of the CLBC. Kamlager is vice chair of the CLBC. Before Bryan’s win, the CLBC welcomed another member, Dr. Akilah Weber (D-La Jolla), who won her mother Shirley Weber’s former Assembly seat in another special election in April.

Bryan is the founding director of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Black Policy Project (BPP). The BPP is a research initiative housed within the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.

The project says its primary focus is producing communitycentered research that helps ignite policy change, serving as the bridge between Black scholarship generated at UCLA and the ideas that inform policymaking.

Bryan’s supporters praise him for leading efforts to pass Measure J in Los Angeles County. The ballot initiative now mandates LA County to dedicate no less than 10 % of its general fund to spending on racial equity programs, including investments in youth development, supportive housing, alternatives to incarceration, job training, small business development, and more.

U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA-37), Mitchell, and Kamlager all endorsed Bryan.

To Be Equal America is Moving Again But the Road is Long

By Mark Morial Texas Metro News One hundred days into their administration, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have made surprisingly bold inroads in confronting racial injustice and the COVID-19 pandemic, but significant challenges remain.

President Biden and Vice President Harris entered the White House at a moment of unprecedented multiple crises, and they have risen to confront those crises with remarkable speed and effectiveness. With the help of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, they have illuminated the systemic racial inequality that hinders our nation’s progress and set a course for healing. Whether the nation can stay that course remains to be seen. President Biden has been purposeful and intentional about including racial justice components in every policy he has undertaken in the first 100 days. He has used his moral voice to create a distinction between the poisonous philosophy of white supremacy and the idea of an America for everyone, an America of opportunity and pathways to progress for all people.

Importantly, he has changed the tone of governing, adopting a tone of inclusiveness that stands in stark contrast to the reality-show, and finger-pointing, disparaging tone of the recent past. The 100day mark is something of an arbitrary and artificial deadline, but it has become part of our national political tradition since the administration of Franklin

Mark Morial Roosevelt. It is an opportunity for the nation to engage in a substantive discussion about the direction of the presidency and the nation. In a letter sent shortly after the election, I charged President Biden and Vice President Harris to produce an immediate and extensive COVID-19 relief package. They responded with the American Rescue Plan, one of the largest anti-poverty measures in a generation. It has helped slash daily coronavirus infections by more than 70 percent while quadrupling the daily number of vaccinations. President Biden has made it possible for Americans whose lives were upended by the pandemic at last to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

The letter established a set of fundamental principles on racial justice and equity to guide Biden and Harris in the first 100 days and beyond. I asked them to assemble an administration that reflects the diversity of America.

They nominated and fought for confirmation of the most racially diverse Cabinet in U.S. history.

I asked that they commit to fundamentally transforming the

criminal justice system. They have restored the meaningful use of federal pattern or practice investigations, lifted restrictions on the use of consent decrees to hold police departments accountable for abuse, and ended federal contracts with private prisons. I asked them to protect and defend voting rights. They have put the entire federal government to work in promoting and expanding access to voter registration and participation. I asked them to work toward economic parity for African Americans.

The day they were sworn into office, the very first executive order President Biden signed declared “… it is the policy of my Administration that the federal government should pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality.” I asked them to advance equity in educational opportunities for all American children. The administration’s unprecedented investment in Title I schools and higher education will help students recover from the learning loss experienced during the pandemic.

Investment in free broadband and devices is expanding students’ access to digital learning in their homes. I asked them to promote a healthier nation by prioritizing access to health care, including testing, treatments, continued on page 4

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LIFESTYLE/RELIGION

Arboleda Senior Apartments - Built for Luxury Living Lifestyle News

Construction continues at the Arboleda apartments. High quality wood cabinets are installed with not just luxury in mind but practicality. While wood cabinets cost a little more in construction, they last for 30 years noticeably reducing maintenance and repair costs.

Showers at Arboleda are very accessible with built in shower seats, hand rails and adjustable shower heads to aid you not only your luxury and but comfort and necessity.

“The library and the sky loft are going to be amazing places for residents to unwind, relax, and spend time with a book,” she said. “The library includes a fireplace, and the sky loft will have a trellis with planters off to one side.”

The upscale 74-unit Arboleda Senior Apartment community includes two types of balcony with wrought iron railings, a large community room, fitness center, computer center, and library. Other senior-friendly amenities include an interior mail room, laundry room on each floor, corridors with secure handrails and two large elevators.

(La Puente, Calif.) As the builders put the final touches on the luxurious new Arboleda Senior Apartments in La Puente, it’s clear that these skilled craftsmen are working closely with the apartment community’s management to create a special place for seniors 62 and better.

During a recent walk-through, visitors were impressed by Arboleda’s beautiful Spanish-style architecture, featuring a skyloft tower, red-tile roofs, white exterior walls, wrought-iron patio railings, tile vents, iron exterior lamps, and other distinctive decorative touches.

“The Spanish-style buildings are beautiful, the coverings over the windows are really quaint and I like all the iron decorations on the property,” said Selina R.

Chavira, resident manager of Arboleda Senior Apartments.

“The iron-work designs are very striking.”

In a nod to the San Gabriel Valley’s citrus-growing heritage, Arboleda, which means grove in Spanish, also has a large central courtyard that will be shaded by a large tree inside a circular planter.

“I really can’t wait for the big tree to be put in the front,” Selina Chavira said. “It will really be beautiful!”

The upscale 74-unit Arboleda Senior Apartment community includes a large community room, fitness center, computer center, and library. Other senior-friendly amenities include an interior mail room, laundry room on each floor, corridors with secure handrails and two large elevators.

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To Be Equal America is Moving Again But the Road is Long... continued from page 3 and cures for COVID-19 in communities of color. More than 200 million Americans have been vaccinated, more than double the initial goal, including underserved communities.

Tens of thousands more Americans have health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, and their premiums are lower.

As productive as the first 100 days have been, a tremendous amount of work remains to be done. President Biden and Vice President Harris must make good on their promise to invest in America, to build a middle class, and to restore faith in our democracy. The American people need tangible results. Among the most pressing items remaining on the administration’s to-do list are: – Passage of robust infrastructure proposals, the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan, which includes long-overdue

investments in physical and human infrastructure, creating familysustaining, middle-class jobs and securing the nation’s recovery from the pandemic. – Police reform, beginning with enactment of a meaningful George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. – Protection of voting rights, beginning with enactment of the For the People Act and restoration of the full Voting Rights Act. – Closing the gender pay gap beginning with enactment of the Paycheck Fairness Act. – A $15 per hour minimum wage for all workers and elimination of the discriminatory t ipped m i n i mu m wage.

The National Urban League’s full progress report on the Biden-Harris administration’s first 100 days can be found here: https://bit.ly/3aJQ8Wr. Marc Morial is president/CEO of the National Urban League.

Chavira said she thinks the library and sky loft will be her favorite places at Arboleda Senior Apartments.

“The library and the sky loft are going to be amazing places for residents to unwind, relax, and spend time with a book,” she said.

“The library includes a fireplace, and the sky loft will have a trellis with planters off to one side.”

The well-designed apartment community offers one - and two - bedroom apartments perfect for seniors who enjoy high-quality living. The units come with refrigerators and safe, electric ranges, Selina Chavira said.

Arboleda Senior Apartments also feature controlled access to the building, and a first-floor management office.

Chavira said she’s looking forward to helping residents plant a thriving community garden.

Arboleda Senior Apartments are scheduled to be completed by early July, with move-in soon afterward.

The Apartments are close to medical centers, parks, shopping and dining and many other services that seniors regularly need and enjoy, Chavira said.

Area Seniors who want to make Arboleda Senior Apartments their home have begun the application process. “The Community is starting to come together, don’t wait to apply,” said Chavira.

For more information go to ArboledaSeniorApts.com or call Resident Manager Selina Chavira at (626) 423-6695.

“When God Says, “Enough Is Enough!”

By: Lou Yeboah

Lou Yeboah It is a wrap! Grace and Mercy have left the building. Listen, the Bible is clear God’s grace will end. At that point, God will no longer offer salvation. Do not wait until it is too late! God has already conveyed that He is finished with people disobedience and hard hearts. I am ready to judge and punish, He says. [2 Corinthians 10:2]. Behold, I Myself am going to bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high places. For the end is coming on the four corners of the land, and I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and bring all your abominations upon you. For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you; I tell you, one-third will die by plagues or famine; one-third will fall by the sword; one-third will be scatted to every wind; then you will know that I am the Lord!” [Ezekiel 5:8-13; Ezekiel

6:1-13; Exodus 6:1-7; Ezekiel 6:113; Ezekiel 7:1-9; Ezekiel 15:1-7; Ezekiel 20:44; Ezekiel 36:36-38; Ezekiel 37:1-14; Ezekiel 28:2027; Ezekiel 29; Ezekiel 30:2026; Ezekiel 33:21-33; Ezekiel 34; Ezekiel 39:25-29; Jeremiah 16; Joel 3:1-17; Malachi 2:1-4].

Enough is Enough! I am sick and fed up with all the disobedience and hard hearts.

Despite all the warning bells through the shaking, quaking, and devastation that I have allowed, you are still spiritually asleep and have fallen prey to false illusions and delusions, and I have had enough! If you refuse to hear and listen to My warnings, you will perish away with the increased destruction that is going to devastate the earth.

Do not think that I will come to bring peace, I will come with a sword, fire, and fury. [Matthew 10:34] I’ve taking all that I am going to take. Enough is Enough!

Yes, there comes a time when God says, "Enough" to a nation.

There comes a time when God says, "Enough" to an individual.

God gives grace, He gives mercy, continued in next 2 columns

“When God Says, “Enough Is Enough!”...continued He gives space to repent, but when man is living in rebellion to God, God will not continue forever to give him space. Right now, the trumpets are sounding, the alarms are beeping, the warning bells are ringing aloud, but the warnings are falling on deaf ears.

Just as in the days of Noah, we are ignoring the warnings even with destruction right at our door.

Listen, we are in serious times of testing and troubles such as we have never seen before nor have ever been heard of in the history of the world. For when they say, everything is peaceful and secure, then disaster will fall on us as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin, and there will be no escape.” [1 Thessalonians 5:3].

I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

[Ephesians 4:17-19]. God has given us, two choices. One is a path to life, and one is a path to death.

[Deuteronomy 30:19]. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, NOW, because for

you know that even afterwards, when Esau desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

[Hebrews 12:17]. It was too late!

The weightiest application here is that one day it will be too late for repentance of our sins. The Rich Man in [Luke 16] discovered that too late. His destiny was now fixed, and like in Esau’s case, there was no place for repentance. [Hebrews 12:17]. May each of us learn from him, and from Esau, and not wait until it is too late to consider the cost of our decisions and actions.

God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was evil continually.

God was even sorry that He had created man. It was time for the wage for their sins to be paid and for it to cease. [Genesis 6:5] Shortly, after God’s own were removed, the city was destroyed.

Nothing of life there remained.

Grace had ended. [Genesis 19]. Enough was Enough!

Witness For Justice#1048

“This is not a conflict; it is a crime.”

Peter Makari At the beginning of this month, when many Orthodox and other Eastern churches marked Easter weekend, Palestinian Christians witnessed the “holy fire” in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem. That light originates in the tomb of Christ and spreads through the city and to the world on Holy Saturday, the day preceding Easter. For many, it is a miraculous light of hope that announces the hope of Christ’s resurrection.

May 2, Eastern Easter Sunday, was also a day on which the eviction of several Palestinian families living in the Shaikh Jarrah neighborhood, near Jerusalem’s Old City, was anticipated. The Israeli Supreme Court delayed its final decision on those evictions for a week and has since put off its decision until next month. In the meantime, the Islamic month of fasting, Ramadan, has ended and the feast holiday should have begun, but clashes between peaceful protesters supporting the families and Israeli police in Jerusalem over the evictions rapidly spun into an all-out Israeli military assault on Gaza and its people. At this writing, more than 200 Palestinians – approximately half of whom are women and children – have been killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes, and in excess of 1,570 Palestinians are known to be wounded. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced from their homes in Gaza. Rockets from Gaza have resulted in twelve Israeli deaths.

It is overwhelming and horrific to witness any more lives lost. Of the two million people living in Gaza, almost three-quarters are already refugees, having been forced from their homes and dispossessed of their property and rights in 1948 when Israel declared its independence. They live under a continuous Israeli blockade, which denies them basic needs, including food, nutrition, and access to a decent livelihood. The families in Shaikh Jarrah who await eviction are also refugees from that same period, which Palestinians call alNakba, or “the catastrophe.” UN Resolution 194 (1948) establishes

the right of refugees to return to their homes or to be compensated for their losses, yet Israel denies them this right. The assault on Gaza has targeted civilians, homes and infrastructure, and violates the Geneva Conventions. The families of Shaikh Jarrah and the people of Gaza have no place to go.

In 2016, the U.S. approved a decade of military aid to Israel, in the amount of $3.8 billion per year starting in 2019. In early May 2021, the Biden Administration reportedly approved $735 million in weapons sales to Israel. The U.S. deadline for filing taxes this year was Monday, May 17, in the midst of the current crisis, so the reality of our direct complicity in enabling the Israeli military was put into stark perspective. Last month, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-4th District, Minnesota) introduced a new bill, supporting Palestinian human rights (H. Res. 2590). If adopted, it would “ensure that United States taxpayer funds are not used by the Government of Israel to support the military detention of Palestinian children, the unlawful seizure, appropriation, and destruction of Palestinian property and forcible transfer of civilians in the West Bank, or further annexation of Palestinian land in violation of international law.” The bill is a clear statement that the U.S. should not support Israeli actions that deny Palestinian rights.

A leader of one of our partners, the YWCA of Palestine, said recently, “This is not a conflict, but a crime.” The U.S. can and must do more to use its significant leverage to find a way to end the current violence and to support a longer peace with justice. In order for the fire of death and destruction that now emanates from land called holy to become again a light of hope, the Gaza assault must stop, the humanity of the Palestinian people must be affirmed, and their rights upheld.

Peter Makari is the Executive, Middle East and Europe, Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ; and Team Leader for Global Ministries, Cleveland.

Thursday, May 27, 2021

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LEGALS/CLASSIFIEDS/NEWS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210005326 Date Filed: 05/19/2021 Filing Expires On: 05/19/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): THE WRECK ROOM County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 18705 SEAFORTH ST. HESPERIA, CA 92345 Name of Individual Registrant: JAMIE L. CARRILLO Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 18705 SEAFORTH ST. HESPERIA, CA 92345 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: April 06, 2021 Jamie L. Carrillo, Owner, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT 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.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210005400 Date Filed: 05/20/2021 Filing Expires On: 05/20/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): PIZZA FUEGO County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 1776 W. HIGHLAND AVE. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92411 Mailing Address: 3225 MCLEOD DRIVE, UNIT 100 LAS VEGAS, NV 89121 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: BUBBLYMAT LLC State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: 201922610252 Residence Street Address: 1008 W. AVENUE M14SUITE A-D180 PALMDALE, CA 93551 This business is/was conducted by: A Limited Liability Company Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: May 10, 2021 Frank Mourad(Faraj Mourad), Managing Member declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT 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.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210005432 Date Filed: 05/20/2021 Filing Expires On: 05/20/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): NK LOGISTICS County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 4894 CLOUDCREST WAY FONTANA, CA 92336 Name of Individual Registrant: GAUTAM KUMAR Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 4894 CLOUDCREST WAY FONTANA, CA 92336 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: May 13, 2021 Gautam Kumar, Owner, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT 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.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210003742 Date Filed: 04/09/2021 Filing Expires On: 04/09/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): 2030 TRUCKING County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 5840 CASSANDRA DRIVE SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407 Name of Individual Registrant: EDGAR M. VARGAS Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 5840 CASSANDRA DRIVE SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Mar 01, 2021 Edgar M. Vargas, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT 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.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210003893 Date Filed: 04/14/2021 Filing Expires On: 04/14/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): COASTLINE TRUCKING County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO

Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 7202 GARNET ST. RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91707 Name of Individual Registrant: NANCY RICO Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 7202 GARNET ST. RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91701 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: April 06, 2021 Nancy Rico, Owner,declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT 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.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210004269 Date Filed: 04/23/2021 Filing Expires On: 04/23/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): STORAGE MAX OFFICE SUITES County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 8333 E. FOOTHILL BLVD. RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730 Mailing Address: 2042 BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 100 IRVINE, CA 92612 Name of Individual Registrant: JOHN MINAR Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 2042 BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 100 IRVINE, CA 92612 This business is/was conducted by: A Limited Partnership Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Nov 30, 2018 John Minar, General Partner Of Bear Gulch Properties, LP, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT 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.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210004675 Date Filed: 05/04/2021 Filing Expires On: 05/04/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): INLAND VALLEY REAL ESTATE County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 2351 W. MAIN ST. BARSTOW, CA 92311 Name of Individual Registrant: RAVE NASSAR Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 901 BERYL ST. SAN DIEGO, CA 92109 This business is/was conducted by: A Trust Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Mar 18, 2021 Rave Nassar, Trustee Of The Midnight Sky Trust Dated April 13, 2021, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT 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.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 6, Correction 13, 20, 27 , 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210004978 Date Filed: 05/11/2021 Filing Expires On: 05/11/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): COZI HOME County of Principal Place of Business: LOS ANGELES Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 1799 WEST 2ND STREET POMONA, CA 91766 Mailing Address: 3481 GOLDEN POPPY WAY YORBA LINDA, CA 92886 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: NEW JOURNEY GROUP LIMITED State of Inc./Org./ Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.:C3715052 Residence Street Address: 1799 WEST 2ND STREET POMONA, CA 91766 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Sep 14, 2014 Haiyue Qian, CEO, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT 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.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210004484 Date Filed: 04/29/2021 Filing Expires On: 04/29/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): BLUEPRINT CONNECTION County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 2531 E. SMIDERLE LOOP ONTARIO, CA 91764 Name of Individual Registrant: ALEX G. YEUNG CHEN Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State

of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 2531 E. SMIDERLE LOOP ONTARIO, CA 91764 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 01, 2020 Alex G. Yeung Chen, Owner, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT 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.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210005420 Date Filed: 05/20/2021 Filing Expires On: 05/20/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): ISA COMPANION ANIMAL CLINIC County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 790 E. MAIN ST. BARSTOW, CA 92311 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: MOHAVE VETERINARY SERVICES INC. State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C4727017 Residence Street Address: 790 E. MAIN ST. BARSTOW, CA 92311 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: May 03, 2021 Naveen Bobbili, President, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT 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.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210005389 Date Filed: 05/20/2021 Filing Expires On: 05/20/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): UPLAND FAMILY DENTAL CARE County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business:1667 N. MOUNTAIN AVE., #125 UPLAND, CA 91784 Mailing Address: 2143 N. TUSTIN ST. #5 ORANGE, CA 92865 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: DR. SAMRA DENTAL CORP. State of Inc./Org./ Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C4730040 Residence Street Address: 2143 N. TUSTIN ST. #5 ORANGE, CA 92865 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: May 12, 2021 Bhupinder Samra, President, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT 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.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 2021.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVSB 2111965 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a.

MARIE-LOUISE SCHOLASTICA SAUL to Proposed name: MARIE-LOUISE SCHOLASTICA CARASCO b. MARIE L. SAUL to MARIE L.S. CARASCO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 7/12/2021 Time 9:00 a.m. Dept.: S17 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO Civil Division of the San Bernardino District 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: May 11, 2021 Lynn M. Poncin Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 20, Correction 27, June 3, 10, 2021.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVSB 2111210 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: FREDDI FREDRICK IBRAHIM filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. FREDDI FREDRICK IBRAHIM to Proposed name: FREDDY ABRAHAM THE COURT ORDERS that all persons in-

terested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 7/09/21 Time 9:00 a.m. Dept.: S16 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 West 3rd St. San Bernardino, CA 92415 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: 4/23/21 Lynn M. Poncin Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 2021

PETITION/PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GERALD OLEN STAFFORD SR. CASE NO : PROPS 2100512

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: GERALD

OLEN STAFFORD SR.

A Petition for Probate has been filed by: DEANNA M. STAFFORD and BONNIE J. JOHNSON in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO. The Petition For Probate requests that: DEANNA M. STAFFORD and BONNIE J. JOHNSON 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: Date: June 08, 2021 Time: 9 a.m.

Dept: S35 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 West Third Street , 2nd Floor San Bernardino, CA 92415-0212 Central/ Main 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: Guay P. Wilson 14 N. Eighth St. Redlands, CA 92373 (909)793-2044 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper May 13, 20, 27, 2021.

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Most Blacks Locked Out of Market as California Median Home Survey examines racial trauma and Black entrepreneurship Cost Soars Past $800,000 Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media TheWorthyEntrepreneur News The California Association of Realtors (CAR), the California Building Industry Association (CBIA), and Habitat for Humanity California have joined together to urge lawmakers to make additional investments in this year’s state budget to encourage developers to build more homes across California.

This is the only way, they insist, to solve two of the state’s most stubborn problems: a critical housing shortage and a general lack of affordable housing.

Those three organizations, along with a coalition of homebuilders, racial justice activists and homeownership advocates, are also calling for investments in the budget to address the racial gap in homeownership by increasing the housing supply at every income level.

Black and Latinx households are priced out of the market disproportionately, a CAR. representative said. The median sales price of a home in California surged past a record $813,980 in April, and housing production stalled for the second consecutive year in 2020.

“California desperately needs more housing to meet the needs of diverse middle-class and lowincome Californians,” Dave Walsh, president of CAR, said during a virtual news conference on May 20. “With a historic budget surplus, now is the time to address the racial divide in homeownership and fix California’s severe housing shortage.”

As home prices in California continue to set record highs, and only one in four Californians able to afford a home priced at

the median cost, investments in new housing supply would address severe disparities in homeownership and reverse decades of exclusionary housing policies, CBIA, CAR., and Habitat for Humanity California said in a joint statement.

In February, CAR reported that housing affordability for the average Black household in California is 50% worse than that of their White counterparts. Less than one in five Black California households were able to buy a $659,380 median-priced home in 2020.

“To achieve the housing we need, our state must make the investment in creating housing opportunities for working Californians to access all forms of stable homeownership,” said Michael Gunning, Senior Vice President of Legislative Affairs for CBIA. “To close the racial homeownership divide, we must address segregation caused by explicit, historic government policies at the local, state, and federal level.”

That figure is compared to two

in five White households in the state who could buy the same dwelling. A minimum annual income of $122,800 was required to make a monthly payment of over $3,000 on a fixed-rate mortgage.

Homeownership is a key element to building generational wealth and it helps to stabilize communities. Homeownership rates are at their lowest in California since the 1940s. Black and Latinx households are twice as likely to rent properties as White Californians.

CBIA, CAR, and Habitat for Humanity California say that the record state budget surplus this fiscal year creates a historic opportunity to address California’s housing crisis and invest in more housing inventory across the state.

Of the $9.3 billion allocated to housing in Gov. Newsom’s proposed May Revise budget, only $725 million, or less than 8%, goes toward expanding homeownership opportunities with programs such as down payment assistance, CAR points out.

“It is time for California to lead through action in Sacramento to

address these painful truths about past housing policies and create a new housing future that works for everyone,” Gunning said.

“That can start with the budget investments we’re calling for today.”

The groups are requesting for additional budget investments in a number of areas that would create opportunities to expand the housing inventory in the state, including matching grants and tax credits to complement those proposed by the Biden Administration; tax credits for first-time and low and moderateincome buyers; and incentives to increase construction.

“This is about the future of our state. This is about keeping more Californians from being cost-burdened and falling into homelessness,” Walsh said. “It’s about creating true housing equity for all Californians. Let’s come together to prioritize more ownership housing — it’s the right thing to do to ensure the American dream of homeownership doesn’t slip away for Californians who call the Golden State home.”

Parlin, NJ – May 24, 2021 – A new survey examines the presence of racial trauma in the lives of Black entrepreneurs.

The 24-question survey gathers information regarding Black entrepreneurs’ experiences with racism, ranging from viewing the traumatic videos of George Floyd’s murder and Sandra Bland’s harassment by a police officer, to experiencing colorism and choosing to patronize non-Black businesses based on an unpleasant experience with a Black-owned business.

The survey was created

by Michelle Hollinger, CWO (Chief Worthiness Officer) of The Institute for Worthy Living, who said she’s exploring the correlation between racial trauma and Black entrepreneurs’ success.

“Systemic racism, blatant racism, internalized oppression and the trauma that results impacts Black people in a number of ways, some of which we have not even considered. We know it impacts our mental, physical and emotional health. It’s exhausting and stressful to navigate racism – directly and indirectly,” Hollinger explained. “But what we might not have considered are the self-fulfilling prophecies and limiting beliefs that result from racial trauma and how they shape the way we see ourselves, each other and our beliefs about running successful businesses.”

Hollinger created The Worthy Entrepreneur Academy to help Black entrepreneurs manifest thriving businesses by healing racial trauma and mastering

success principles after learning that Black women were the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the country, but despite being as brilliant, creative and hard working as other groups, made the least amount of money.

“Black people are phenomenal.

Like mind-blowingly phenomenal.

That we’ve accomplished as much as we have in this country is astounding when you consider the trauma we carry in our subconsciousness based on America’s atrocities towards us historically and currently,” she shared. “Imagine what we can do without the trauma.”

The Worthy Entrepreneur Academy aims to answer that query for Black entrepreneurs.

The Academy is a revolutionary online program that launches on June 19th – Juneteenth. It includes a three-phase process that guides members through healing activities in phase one, through mastering success principles in phase two and assigns members to powerful master mind groups in phase three.

“This country should not be able to create the narrative about Black entrepreneurs and their ability to manifest successful businesses,” Hollinger said.

“Black entrepreneurs can and must create their own narrative.”

Her book, The Worthy E n t r e p r e n e u r, w i l l b e released on September 15.

Learn more about the Academy at www.theworthyentrepreneur. com. Black entrepreneurs can take the survey at https:// forms.gle/z91Z23LVj3L8j6A98.

AEG And UCLA Health Announce ‘We Shine Together,’ A Virtual Mental Health Awareness Concert Featuring John Legend, Black Pumas And Joy Oladokun... continued

AEG And UCLA Health Announce ‘We Shine Together,’ A Virtual Mental Health Awareness Concert Featuring John Legend, Black Pumas And Joy Oladokun One-of-a Kind Free Benefit Concert Will Stream Live from Los Angeles Via the ‘We Shine Together’ Website on Thursday, May 27 at 6:00 PM PDT/9:00 PM EDT and Will be Hosted by Zane Lowe Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES – MAY 24, 2021 – In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and to help raise funds for increasingly vital mental health resources, UCLA Health and AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company, are proud to announce “We Shine Together,” a virtual mental health awareness concert featuring John Legend, Black Pumas and Joy Oladokun. The free benefit concert, produced by AEG Studios, will stream live from Los Angeles for music fans around the world on Thursday, May 27 at 6:00 PM PDT/9:00 PM EDT via the “We Shine Together” website. The program will feature nearly three hours of musical performances curated exclusively for the concert while initiating a dialogue around the importance of mental health awareness and key resources available to the public during our extraordinarily challenging times.

Hosted by Zane Lowe, global music curator, acclaimed radio host and pop music’s “unofficial therapist” according to The New York Times, the virtual event will celebrate the strides being taken toward better education and access

to treatment for depression and other mental health concerns, while delivering a one-of-a-kind live entertainment experience to fans from the comfort of their homes. All proceeds from contributions made during the concert will go directly toward the charitable “We Shine Together” Mental Health Support Fund, created specifically to help support and expand UCLA Health’s lifesaving mental health services during a time when the Los Angeles community needs it most.

“Music is a universal language and through music we can share feelings and experiences that unite us, and express emotions that may be challenging to recognize or articulate. UCLA Health is proud to help make this concert a reality, and we’re honored that proceeds will help support and protect the mental health of those in our communities who otherwise might not have access to these services,” said Johnese Spisso, RN, MPA, president of UCLA Healtwh, CEO of the UCLA Hospital System and associate vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences.

Mental Health Awareness

Month is especially significant this year as the world continues to address both the psychological and emotional fallout of the global COVID-19 pandemic. According to a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), the number of adults with recent symptoms of an anxiety or depressive disorder increased along with the percentage of individuals reporting unmet mental health care needs. Los Angeles residents have been hard hit with additional challenges including the high cost of living, high rates of unemployment, and uncertainty surrounding the disruption of the local economy and live sports and entertainment industry. Unlike those in other parts of the country, Angelenos not only rely on the entertainment and sports industry for stress relief and enjoyment, but many also work in these industries and depend on them for their livelihoods. For more than 60 years, UCLA Health has provided the best health care to meet the needs of L.A. residents.

In addition to special musical performances by John Legend, Black Pumas and Joy Oladokun,

the virtual event will offer exclusive conversations with the artists talking about their unique experiences dealing with mental health, emotional well-being and maintenance, and life in 2021 and beyond. As millions of people navigate the challenges of life amid the pandemic, viewers will be reminded that they are not alone and will gain valuable insights from UCLA Health experts on specific support services, stress management tips and more.

“Being vulnerable about mental health is very important to me,” Lowe said. “I am looking forward to speaking with John Legend and Dr. Bath of UCLA Health and continuing to shine light on how instrumental taking care of our mindset is to our overall quality of life.” Eraka Bath, MD, a specialist in adult, child, adolescent and forensic psychiatry, and Rhonda Sena, PhD, also a UCLA Health specialist in child and adult psychiatry, will moderate the discussions with the artists.

While the concert is free and open to the public, those tuned continued in next 2 columns

in will have the opportunity to donate to the “We Shine Together” Mental Health Support Fund in real-time throughout the live stream. All proceeds collected from the concert will help support UCLA Health’s mental health services for vulnerable patients across the greater Los Angeles community. Additionally, fans who choose to donate will help UCLA Health provide outpatient mental health care to patients – especially children and adolescents – who often do not have access to important care.

Further, the proceeds will support the training of mental health professionals at UCLA. Building provider capacity will enable more outreach to traditionally underserved populations, and expanded mental health and wellness care will reduce the impact on emergency departments and ensure that patients who need mental health services are evaluated and treated in the safest, most effective clinical setting.

The philanthropic support of this fund will help expand access to life-changing care at UCLA Health clinics and beyond.

“Our team members are devoted to providing innovative treatments and compassionate care for patients throughout our communities, and we appreciate the contributions that the artists, organizers and viewers of this event will make as we seek to make these services available to even more people in need of

mental health care,” said Thomas B. Strouse, MD, medical director of the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA. He added that UCLA Health offers the broadest range of mental health services in the area.

“We had an amazing and eye-opening time conversing with Dr. Sena before our performance. Mental health awareness is something we will always get behind and learn about and discuss,” said Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas.

“We are proud to be joining forces with our long-time partner, UCLA Health – a world-class leader in health care that shares in our ongoing commitment to helping drive mental health awareness and resources for the benefit of our fans across Los Angeles and beyond,” said Scott Emery, director, AEG Global Partnerships. “Music has the transformative power not only to heal, but also to bring people together, especially during moments of crisis like this. We look forward to helping break down the social stigma surrounding mental health through this one-of-a kind virtual concert and reminding our fans that we’re in this together and that they don’t have to face this situation alone.”

For more information on UCLA Health’s mental health services and ways to give back, please visit https://www. lalive.com/weshinetogether.

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The devilish beasts want us to murder each other. We have to put a stop to modern day tribal wars. If beasts with badges are killing us, idiots in our communities think it’s ok to kill their friends and neighbors.

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boyfriends to gun down a man that “said something to her at the mall” are just as crazy as the killers they provoke.

War in a Babylon is what is going on and it’s something that we have to figure out how to stop.

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Healthcare Workers

Susan Chea SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.

– Days before the California State Assembly faces a deadline to vote on bills introduced in the chamber, healthcare workers and community leaders rallied and lead a caravan on Monday, May 24 at Community Hospital of San Bernardino to urge Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) and other lawmakers to support the Health Care Worker Recognition and Retention Act (AB 650).

After a year of hardship and trauma related to the COVID-19 crisis, many California healthcare workers are struggling to cope.

“During this pandemic, healthcare workers faced what

we’d most feared, dealing with dangerous working conditions such as not enough masks for all staff, being asked to re-use masks or other PPE, and long, arduous shifts with few or no breaks,” said Zelda Aaron, a licensed clinical social worker at Community Hospital of San Bernardino.

“Battling this deadly virus for more than a year has taken a drastic toll on the physical and mental wellbeing of healthcare workers. We are calling on the California State Assembly to pass AB 650 so we can get the recognition we deserve."

Throughout the pandemic, healthcare workers have faced dangerous and grueling working

conditions. Caregivers have experienced physical fatigue and emotional trauma. According to a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll, roughly three in ten healthcare workers have considered leaving their job since the beginning of the pandemic.

“At the beginning of the pandemic, we struggled to get the proper protective equipment and I was beyond afraid. It was physically and emotionally stressful and I felt very unappreciated. During the surges, it was always too many patients and not enough staff,” said Susan Chea, an orderly at Community Hospital of San Bernardino. “After a year of battling COVID-19, I ask

myself, how do you keep quality employees in the health system after all that we went through?”

The Health Care Worker Recognition and Retention Act (AB 650) is sponsored by SEIU California and aims to recognize the incredible efforts and sacrifices health care workers have made, and to improve the retention of the healthcare workforce, especially in light of the pre-pandemic shortage of workers needed to meet California’s growing healthcare demands. The legislation would require private health care companies with more than 100 employees to pay bonuses to all non-executive employees who worked during the pandemic.

Historic Justice Department Appointment: Kristen Clarke Confirmed as First Black Woman to Lead Civil Rights Division NEWS ANALYSIS

By Charlene Crowell

Kristen Clarke, confirmed as assistant attorney general for civil rights, U. S. Department of Justice

(TriceEdneyWire.com) - In recent years, many people of different races and ethnicities have fought against rollbacks to hard-won racial progress. From health disparities exposed in the COVID-19 pandemic, to voting rights, criminal justice, fair housing, and more, much of Black America has suffered in ways that harkened back to Jim Crow and its separate, but never equal status.

But since a new Administration began this January, there have been a series of hopeful signs that regressive and harmful

practices will be challenged in the name of justice. On May 25, the U.S. Senate confirmed Kristen Clarke as the Justice Department’s Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Never before has a Black woman led this division that guides the federal government’s commitment to civil rights for all.

Nominated by President Joe Biden on January 7, his remarks noted both its significance and opportunity.

“The Civil Rights Division represents the moral center of the Department of Justice. And

the heart of that fundamental American ideal that we’re all created equal and all deserve to be treated equally,” said President Biden. “I’m honored you accepted the call to return to make real the promise for all Americans.”

Soon thereafter, a tsunami of support for Clarke’s confirmation exposed national and diverse support for her service. The list of supporters included labor unions, environmental activists, law enforcement officials, along with legal colleagues and civil rights leaders.

Perhaps one of the earliest and most poignant expressions came from the son of the nation’s first Black Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John W. Marshall. Penned on behalf of his family, the February 9 letter to U.S. Senate leadership drew a key historic connection.

“Ms. Clarke is a pathbreaking lawyer, like my father, who built her career advancing civil rights and equal justice under the law, and breaking barriers through her leadership for people of color while making our nation better for

everyone,” wrote Mr. Marshall.

His letter also shared an eye-opening example of Ms. Clarke’s groundbreaking work in civil rights. “Ms. Clarke has successfully utilized the law as a vehicle for advancing equality, as my father did. For example, she successfully represented Taylor Dumpson, who was targeted for a hate crime after her election as American University’s first female Black student body president.”

Similarly, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, the NAACP, advised Senate leadership before its scheduled confirmation hearing of its support for Ms. Clarke as well.

On April 12, Derrick Johnson, its President and CEO wrote, “The NAACP believes that Ms. Clarke is exceptionally suited to oversee the Civil Rights Division at a time when people of color have suffered devastating harm at the hands of law enforcement.

She is the leader we need to ensure local police agencies are complying with civil rights laws and advancing public safety by continued in next 2 columns

maintaining positive relationships with the communities they serve.

Ms. Clarke has prosecuted police misconduct cases and has worked to make the criminal justice system fairer for people of color.”

“As President of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Ms. Clarke has been an important partner working to curb predatory lending and in the fight for fair housing, including campaigns to stop the debt trap of payday lending and efforts to protect important fair housing/lending rules, noted Nikitra Bailey, an EVP with the Center for Responsible Lending.

“Ms. Clarke’s experience as a Justice Department lawyer and as executive director of a leading civil rights organization not only qualifies her, but makes her the best candidate for this urgently needed position.”

The vote taken mid afternoon on Tuesday was 51-48 along party lines. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine was the only Republican to vote for the confirmation. Black womenled and civil rights organizations, including People for the American Way, fought vehemently for her confirmation alongside the April 21 confirmation of Vanita Gupta as associate attorney general.

Gupta is Indian-American.

"These women are ready to make change happen—the change we voted for," wrote People for the American Way President Ben Jealous, in a column. "They represent the kind of inclusive multiracial and multiethnic society we are building together—and the Biden-Harris administration’s

commitment to building one of the most diverse governing teams in our nation’s history."

The vote by the Senate comes during an escalation of hate crimes, visible police killings of Black people and voting rights attacks by state legislatures across the nation.

"Kristen is very experienced in dealing with these issues and how to overcome them," said Dr. Mary Frances Berry, professor of American social thought, history and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

"With the legislation being passed in the states to implement more voter suppression, she will be on the cutting edge of finding ways to try and keep it from happening."

Ms. Clarke’s legal career takes on even more significance when one considers that this daughter of Jamaican immigrants grew up in Brooklyn New York’s public housing. Although financial resources were limited; the family’s teachings of discipline and hard work were not. From public schools, her collegiate studies took her to the prestigious Ivy League.

In 1997, she received her Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. Three years later in 2000, Clarke completed her Juris Doctor at Columbia University.

Her first job as a new attorney was as a federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice, working on voting rights, hate crimes, and human trafficking cases. In 2006, she joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund until then New York Attorney General Eric continued on page 8

Commentary: One Year Later – The Death of George Floyd and a Racial Reckoning in America...continued from page 3 of the American experience, not just in terms of police brutality.

American history is replete with evidence of oppression and inequality when it comes to how Blacks are regarded and treated. For decades and across generations, first it was slavery, then Jim Crow, and now the seemingly endless fight for civil rights and voting rights. In addition to police brutality today, too many states have introduced laws to restrict voting, with the state of Georgia leading the way. Many, not just rogue policemen, are about the business of snuffing out the will and denying those privileges and opportunities to Blacks that are afforded to other Americans.

These egregious practices can be seen in education, employment,

and business—whether it is business in a large corporate environment or in the small business sector that is the bedrock of America. Despite their value, their quality, their contribution, Black employees and Black businesses are all too often undervalued, under-supported, and lack adequate investment capital. If they barely can survive today, how can they expect to participate in the technological advances and become sustainable in the future?

This is a call to action to our communities, our state, and our nation to realize that the death of George Flood and others is only symptomatic of larger systemic problems that need to be fixed. America will never be all it can be until it does.

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Schneiderman appointed her as director of the state’s Civil Rights Bureau. In this state role, Clarke led enforcement actions spanning criminal justice, voting rights, fair lending. housing discrimination, disability rights, reproductive access and LGBTQ rights.

As recognition of her legal acumen grew, so did the number of honors she received: the 2010 Paul Robeson Distinguished Alumni Award from Columbia Law School; 2011 National Bar Association’s Top 40 Under 40; the 2012 Best Brief Award for the 2012 Supreme Court term from the National Association of Attorneys General; and the New York Law Journal’s 2015 Rising Stars.

Months later, the August 2016 edition of the American Bar Association (ABA) Journal featured a Q&A interview with Ms. Clarke. In part, she reflected on her childhood and how it influenced her career aspirations.

“I’ve experienced what it’s like to be underprivileged, and I’ve experienced very privileged settings as well. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to use the opportunities that I have been given to help those less fortunate.

We live in a nation that’s divided along lines of race and class. I have a personal sense of what life is like on both sides of that divide, and I want to figure out how we close some of those gaps and level the playing field.”

At the April 14 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination, Clarke recalled her legal career journey and the principles that guided her work.

with my colleagues, I’m doubling down in my commitment to reforming our criminal justice system, addressing massive health care inequities, and furthering broader economic justice. Because while we have begun to see police accountability in the name of George Floyd, it is only through radical, anti-racist work will we achieve justice for the lives of Black Americans.”

“While justice was served for Floyd, let us take this moment one year after his death to acknowledge the strides we must continue to make in African American communities in his honor to attain true equity,” said Assemblymember Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove), Treasurer of the California Legislative Black Caucus.

“As the mother of two young boys, witnessing George Floyd’s death was extremely painful and personal,” saidAssemblymember Akilah Weber, MD (D-San Diego).

We all felt a riveting emotional reaction, and it was particularly devastating for the Black community who has repeatedly been subjected this this type of trauma for generations. This tragedy once again highlighted the urgent need to take action because much work still needs to be done to establish equity for all.

We must do better for our future generations.”

“We owe it to Mr. Floyd, to his daughter and to our future generations to demand justice for all those who are victims of police brutality and to hold those who abuse their authority

“I began my legal career traveling across the country to communities like Tensas Parish, Louisiana and Clarksdale, Mississippi,” testified Clarke. “I learned to be a lawyer’s lawyer – to focus on the rule of law and let the facts lead where they may.”

“When I left DOJ,” she continued, “I carried the words of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall as my guide: ‘Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on’. “I’ve tried to do just that at every step of my career.”

Ms. Clarke will now return to the Department of Justice at a time when the agency is recommitting its focus on serving the entire nation equitably.

Since early this year, a series of actions reflect the agency’s renewed commitment to civil rights. Here are a few examples: This February and following an FBI investigation, a Michigan man was indicted on a charge of hate crimes after confronting Black teenagers with racial slurs and weapons for their use of a public beach.

In March, two for mer Louisiana correctional officers were sentenced for their roles in a cover-up of a 2014 prisoner’s death at the state’s St. Bernard Parish that followed a failure to provide medical treatment while incarcerated.

In April DOJ and the City of West Monroe, Louisiana reached a consent agreement following a lawsuit alleging violation of

the Voting Rights Act. Although nearly a third of the city was Black, the at-large election of city aldermen resulted in all white local officials. With the consent decree, the method of aldermen selection will change to a combination of single district representatives and others elected at-large.

On May 7, DOJ issued a three-count indictment of four Minneapolis police officers on federal civil rights charges in the death of George Floyd.

Additionally, convicted former officer Derek Chauvin faces an additional two-count indictment for his actions in 2017 against a 14year old teenager. The indictment charges Chauvin with keeping his knee on the youth’s neck and upper back, as well as using a flashlight as a weapon.

Additionally, DOJ is currently investigating police practices in both Louisville, and in Minneapolis. Readers may recall that Breonna Taylor was killed in her Louisville home during a late-night, noknock warrant police entry.

“Our nation is a healthier place when we respect the rights of all communities,” advised Ms. Clarke in her confirmation hearing remarks. “In every role I’ve held, I have worked with and for people of all backgrounds…

I’ve listened deeply to all sides of debates, regardless of political affiliation. There is no substitute to listening and learning in this work, and I pledge to you that I will bring that to the role.”

accountable, so that one day, we can live without fear. It was not his choice but it is George Floyd’s legacy,” said Assemblymember Autumn Burke (D-Inglewood).

“One year later and we don’t have true justice for George Floyd and families affected by police brutality yet. The guilty verdict was necessary but we must have convictions for the other officers whose use of positional asphyxia killed George Floyd,” said Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson), Chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Police Reform. My bill, AB 490 (The Angelo Quinto Act of 2021) bans positional asphyxia and is a part of comprehensive police reform legislation in California, authored by the CLBC and nationally with HR 7120 (Bass).

I call on the Legislature to pass and Governor Newsom to sign the CLBC justice package and the U.S. Senate to pass and President Biden to sign HR 7120, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.” “The tragic death of George Floyd has made it clear to all that racism in our country persists.

Mr. Floyd did not die in vain as his legacy will be remembered as the tipping point that led America to reconcile its past by creating a future of inclusivity and equality,” said Assemblymember JonesSawyer (D-South Los Angeles), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Public Safety.

Since the murder of George Floyd, the CLBC has championed bold legislation addressing structural racism and police brutality. These measures include

the following: 2020-2021 Police Reform Bills · SB 2 Bradford Kenneth Ross Jr. Police Decertification Act of 2021 · AB 26 Holden Duty to Intervene · AB 118 Kamlager C.R.I.S.E.S Act Pilot Program · AB 89 Jones-Sawyer PEACE Act · AB 1165 Gipson Tear Gas Ban in Juvenile Facilities 2019-2020 Police Reform Bills · AB 846 Burke Police Job Descriptions and Bias Screening · AB 1185 McCarty Sheriff Oversight · AB 1196 Gipson Carotid Restraint · AB 1950 Kamlager Probation Reform · AB 1506 McCarty Independent Investigations for Police Deadly Force · AB 3070 Weber Juries: peremptory challenges

The CLBC will continue our work on police reform. We had some success in recent years, but there is still much more to do and it will not be easy. This is a critical time in our country. True leadership and unity will matter more than ever. Let’s resolve together to make a safer California for all.