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January 26 - February 1, 2024 Volume CXXIII Issue 214

Council Discusses Apology to Black Residents, Potential Skating Rink at First 2024 Meeting The Meeting Took Place Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 5:30 p.m. By Zach Armstrong During Santa Monica City Council’s first meeting of the New Year, members are set to discuss agenda items related to addressing Black marginalization and a potential new roller-skating rink for downtown. Councilmembers Davis, Torosis and Zwick put forward a request for the city to perform multiple actions related to its African American residents and their descendants. These include an annual apology reading

to Santa Monica’s Black community during City Council’s first November meeting, installing the apology statement outside of City Hall and giving $10,000 to the Santa Monica High School Black Student Union to assist students with costs associated with college transition. Council previously adopted the apology which acknowledged “a century of racial injustice and discrimination against the Black community that have resulted in systemically racist policies that continue to exclude and discriminate against African Americans.” The statement cites several institutional racist acts within Santa Monica. During the 1920s, zoning ordinances and racist realtor practices excluded African Americans from building permits and integrating with White

neighborhoods. Also referenced was the act of redlining amid the following decade. While Caucasians enjoyed 30-year mortgage loans as part of a Great Depression recovery effort, Black neighborhoods were identified as high risk and therefore barred from home improvement or business loans on property. Also set for a hearing is a request by Councilmember Parra and Vice Mayor Negrete to support the City’s economy with more entertainment offerings. Specifically,

the request asks the City Manager to assess opportunities DTSM Inc. for an entity that can operate a roller-skating rink in 2024 on city-owned property. According to the agenda item, the rink would be akin to the popular Ice at Santa Monica. During the holiday season, DTSM puts together the more than 8,000 sq ft sheet of ice located at the corner of Arizona Ave. and 5th St. in downtown. The meeting occurred Tuesday, Jan. 23

Sweet Lady Jane Faces Legal Battle Over Alleged Wage Theft Amid Closure Announcement Beloved LA Bakery Hit With ClassAction Lawsuit for Mismanagement and Wage Abuses By Keemia Zhang Sweet Lady Jane, famous for their elaborately decorated cakes and baked goods, shocked the community when they announced their closure at the beginning of the year after thirty years of operation – citing a sales downturn that left them unable to “pay [their] treasured employees a living wage” without raising retail prices. However, earlier this week, news broke that the bakery has been the subject of a class-action lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles

Superior Court for almost seven months, alleging that the company engaged in mismanagement and wage theft, according to the Los Angeles Times. Blanca Juarez, who spent two months in 2022 working for Sweet Lady Jane, accused the corporation of not compensating her for working hours, overtime, and missed breaks for rest and meals. The lawsuit also accuses Sweet Lady Jane of engaging in a “pattern and practice of wage abuse” through inaccurate payroll records and failing to reimburse employees for business-related expenses. The company denied all allegations, calling them “unverified” in court filings. Prior to closure, Sweet Lady Jane built a loyal customer base across locations in Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Encino, Calabasas, and San Fernando. The closure also canceled plans to open new shops in Larchmont and Marina del Rey. The bakery chain reportedly offered select

former employees severance packages – with an agreement to not participate in class action or individual lawsuits seeking further compensation. Sweet Lady Jane is slated to declare for a state alternative to filing bankruptcy, permitting creditors and former employees to “recover what they are owed.” In their website’s closing statement,

Sweet Lady Jane – which branded itself as ‘L.A’s Most Popular Bakery’ – stated that: “For more than three decades, we didn’t just build a loyal customer base, we created a real community. It has been a privilege to be included in your sweetest moments. Big and small. LA’s most beloved Triple Berry Cake will live on in your memories and in ours.”

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Burgette, a French burger spot from Bar Monette owner Sean McDonald, is gearing up for its grand opening at 111 Santa Monica Blvd. However, while a November instagram post stated the eatery was set for a January launch, the business is now aiming for a late February soft opening with a hard opening not yet determined, according to a Bar Monette staff member. The eatery’s location will be adjacent to its sister restaurant Bar Monette. When the

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Hallock’s career in fire service began in 1994 as a reserve firefighter Matthew Hallock has been appointed as the new chief of the Santa Monica Fire Department. His official start date is scheduled for Feb. 12, with an annual salary of $303,588. Hallock, previously serving as the fire chief in Monterey Park since 2020, brings 24 years of experience in public safety and emergency response. Hallock’s career in fire service began in 1994 as a reserve firefighter, and he later returned in 2002, steadily climbing the ranks. In addition to his public sector experience, he spent four years as an emergency preparedness planner at Southern California Edison, according to a post from the City of Santa Monica. Notably, he led the Monterey Park Fire Department through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the tragic shooting at the Star

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Serf City SMa.r.t. Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow

Homelessness is a problem in California, and nowhere is this more evident than in our fair city, where the unhoused population has skyrocketed with the completion of the Expo Metro Line that tacitly offers free transportation directly into Santa Monica. On this fact, I believe everyone, regardless of political or ideological background, can agree. In what seems like a panicked reaction void of reason, capitulation to the developer lobby, or a combination of the two, the State of California has handed down a host of legislation that throws the doors wide open to developers, who in some demented vision are going to build us out of this humanitarian crisis, or at least enrich themselves trying. Like all legislation favoring corporations over citizens, this builder-friendly slate of new laws comes with a lofty-sounding trope designed to mitigate objection. In this case, “affordable housing” is the high-minded concept aimed at softening the blow for communities that have been stripped of all local control over city planning and selfdetermination in favor of a one-size-fits-all state-wide development plan. The term dares well-meaning, civic-minded residents to

oppose a program that purports to provide reduced rents for lower-income residents, a plan that will somehow magically reduce homelessness. And as always, the situational reality is buried beneath a deep pile of profit and ideological compost. Conceptually, the idea for this trickledown housing scheme is that in exchange for including a small percentage of deedrestricted, reduced-rent units designated for moderate, low, and extremely low-income renters, developers can mostly ignore all local development restrictions, zoning ordinances and approval processes to build dense, oversized, generic, low-concept projects that are out of scale with the neighborhood, the city and its infrastructure, as well as its cultural aesthetic and natural resource limitations. Some may feel that this is a worthwhile trade-off. For the moment, we’ll put aside the concept that building tens of thousands of luxury, market-rate apartments, with a small percentage of “affordable housing” thrown in, will reduce homelessness in Santa Monica. It won’t, but that’s a discussion for another day. Instead, let’s focus on the reality behind the idyllic illusion and the logistical gymnastics that are more likely to create a permanent second-class of Santa Monica residents who neither live in the buildings requiring the affordable units nor enjoy the same amenities. While a small percentage of these secondclass residents will be allowed to occupy the

primary buildings and rub elbows with their socio-economic betters, most will be shunted off to separate “receiver site” developments, built just for them, that are exempt from zoning code density limits and parking requirements. For example, prolific Santa Monica developer Cypress Equity, Inc. (CEI) currently has a total of six city-approved projects slated for development that take advantage of the affordable housing (bonus density) incentives. While CEI has subsequently filed proposals to dramatically enlarge some approved projects through the “builder’s remedy,” the current approved plans are for a total of 1,054 units spread across six development sites, including 961 market rate units and 93 affordable housing apartments. An additional 72 required affordable housing units will be shuffled off to two off-site serf housing developments at 1215 19th Street and 1333 7th Street, both of which are exempt from zoning code density limitations and parking requirements. For those housed in the primary development sites, parking will be segregated between market-rate and affordable housing residents. For example, the four-story CEI project located at 2025 Wilshire Boulevard will house market-rate residents only. The site provides 83 parking spaces to be divided among 46 units. Studio apartments will each have one parking space. One-bedroom units will have access to 1.5 spaces each, with two spaces provided for the two-bedroom units.

Additionally, one guest parking space will be provided for every five units. On the other hand, the eight affordable housing units required for this development will be relocated to the off-site development at 1215 19th Street, which is being built just for them, where they will enjoy zero access to residential or guest parking. CEI has subsequently reapplied to upscale the 2025 Wilshire Boulevard development through the builder’s remedy legislation to an eight-story building consisting of 150 residential units and a three-level, 205-car subterranean parking structure. Just down the street at CEI’s 1902 Wilshire Boulevard development, the site’s 71 marketrate units will be provided with 141 parking spaces at the same distribution. Tenants for the 19 required affordable housing units will also be redirected to the 1215 19th Street building, where they, too, will enjoy a carless lifestyle. Or, in a more likely scenario, they will vie for limited street parking, much of which is occupied by the patients of Providence Saint John’s Medical Center, who use liberally distributed disabled placards for free street parking. Of course, it’s interesting that these

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supposedly modern carless residents will each be eligible for one resident-preferred parking permit and two guest permits. For the six-story CEI development slated for 528 Arizona Avenue, all residents will share an allotment of reduced parking, but of course, not equally. While the 45 market-rate studio and one-bedroom apartments will share 22.5 parking spaces, and the two-bedroom units one space each, the seven affordable housing units in the same building will all share less than two (1.75) parking spaces. The project’s additional 17 required affordable housing units will be relocated to the serfsonly 1333 7th Street development, where they will experience the ideological utopia of a carless society. Additional CEI projects taking full advantage of the affordable housing profit bonanza include a five-story, 186-unit development at 234 Pico Boulevard that will provide its second-class residents with exactly 50 percent of the number of parking spaces allotted to the building’s first-class residents. The same disparity in parking amenities will also be applied to CEI’s five-story developments at 1527 Lincoln Boulevard and 407 Colorado Avenue, as well as the 521-unit Lincoln Boulevard monstrosity. Much has been written about the 15-minute urban planning concept that puts a full range of both essential and non-essential services within a 15-minute walk, bike, or public transit ride. However, in this scenario, carless residents can only pursue job opportunities that are available through walking, biking, or public transportation, which in a city the size of Los Angeles is no small handicap.

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Carless residents also have limited options for purchasing goods and services, which may be less affordable and/or desirable than options further afield. Together, these limitations create a rich environment for stagnating financial mobility. And while walking, biking and public transportation may be fine during daylight hours, it can be dangerous to use these options late at night. Of course, there’s always the option of rideshare. But since the stated purpose of eliminating parking is to reduce the number of car trips, taking an Uber doesn’t really count. Additionally, using ride-share services during peak times can also contribute to financial stagnation. But theoretically, life, especially in California, is about more than survivability. It’s about lifestyle. So, let’s take a look at some ways you might want to use your valuable weekend time. Say you just found out that a group of old friends is getting together at a restaurant in Pasadena on Saturday afternoon. While you could get to Old Town by car in just under 50 minutes, the same trip on public transit will take 1:45. Ditto on the way back home to Santa Monica. Perhaps it’s just not worth it. According to a USC Dornsife/Union Bank survey conducted in 2020, “Between 30% and 40% of residents missed an activity last year because transit times were too long or they couldn’t afford transportation. Nearly half said they missed social or leisure activities, at least occasionally, and more than a quarter were forced to skip personal or family medical care visits because transit times were too long.” How about an opportunity to see your favorite comedian live onstage in Long

Beach? To get to the evening show, you’ll need to plan on a 40 to 50-minute drive. But since you don’t have a car, you’ll need to schedule 2:08 on public transportation. But then that means traveling home late at night via bus, train, and walking—probably not the best idea. According to the same survey, “… walking is by far the most popular way to get to a bus or Metro rail station. Yet…more travel-related incidents of harassment and assault are happening on our sidewalks than anywhere else, and to women more so than men. More than 15% of women and 5% of men experienced some form of sexual harassment last year while traveling. Three-quarters of those who experienced sexual harassment or assault reported that they were walking at the time of the incident.” The survey cited additional concerns about using public transit, including a lack of nearby stops, the behavior of other riders, convenience-related issues, and safety while waiting at transit stops. There is no doubt that cities need to continue developing a public transit infrastructure that provides better, safer, and more convenient access for both essential and non-essential goods and services. Santa Monica Transit provides speedy access to a plethora of destinations. In many cases, taking public transportation is faster, more convenient, and cheaper than driving. Traveling to LAX is one example. While it may be faster to go by car, long-term parking is expensive and still requires a shuttle ride from parking to the terminal. Rideshares average around $50 to $60 plus tip each way, except during peak hours, which can spike the cost even higher. On the other hand, the fare for a ride on the

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Big Blue Bus’s local or rapid routes comes to a grand total of $1.50. The Expo Metro line provides easy access to a number of interesting destinations, including Museum Row, Staples Center, L.A. Live, and the Los Angeles Convention Center. While public transit in Santa Monica offers travelers the occasional opportunity to leave their car at home, it does not replace private transportation. Those without a car in a city the size of Los Angeles are denied full access to opportunities for career advancement, optimized spending, and lifestyle. Based on the parking schematic for CEI developments, it’s clear that the concept of a carless society only applies to its second-class residents. Ironically, those being denied access to a car are the very people who would most benefit from private transportation. Instead, tenants occupying affordable housing units are being relegated to a perpetual second-class status, which amounts to a disingenuous public relations campaign and a windfall for developers. Send comments to santamonicasmart@ gmail.com By Marie Standing S.M.a.r.t Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow Thane Roberts, Architect, Mario FondaBonardi AIA, Robert H. Taylor AIA, Architect, Dan Jansenson, Architect & Building and Fire-Life Safety Commission, Samuel Tolkin Architect & Planning Commissioner, Michael Jolly, AIR-CRE Marie Standing. Jack Hillbrand AIA For previous articles, see www. santamonicaarch.wordpress.com/writing

YOVENICE.COM Sailboat Washes Up on Playa del Rey Beach The Words “Holy Ghost” Are Written on Its Stern By Zach Armstrong A video posted on Citizen App, as also previously reported by Fox 11, showed a sailboat washed ashore on a Playa del Rey beach earlier this week. In the video, the empty white ship is seen turned on its side with its sail directed inland. The words “Holy Ghost” are written on its stern. When reached for comment, Los Angeles Police Department Pacific Division did not have knowledge of the matter. The Coast Guard did not immediately respond to inquiry.

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Venice Shorts: Motion to Change LUPC Operations Gets Tabled Rules & Selections Committee recommendations would diminish the role of the directlyelected Land Use Chair! By Nick Antonicello In what was, generally speaking, an uneventful monthly meeting of the Venice Neighborhood Council (1/16), several recommendations offered by the Rules & Selections Committee regarding the power and authority of the directly-elected Land Use & Planning Committee (LUPC) Chair were tabled at the recommendation of city officials. Gibson Nyambura, the Director of Innovation for Neighborhood Councils and EMPOWER LA addressed the board in noting that in a later email “the Board member who communicated with the board on the item agenda was Michael Jensen, this

created the concern of the potential for a serial communication.” Michael Jensen, who serves as the directlyelected Land Use & Planning Committee Chair or more commonly referred to as LUPC, was elected in March of 2023 after serving nearly two years as the interim chair appointed by the VNC at the time due to the resignation of the former committee head. Jensen, an attorney by profession, is the longest serving member of this nine-member standing committee that has been under fire since reorganizing last summer. The committee was asked to suspend operations by EMPOWER LA due to accusations of conflicts of interest which apparently have been resolved, but the details remain a mystery to the public. LUPC as well as the new Ad Hoc Committee known as the CP/LCP were instructed not to meet until that suspension was lifted and the CP/LCP met for the first time on January 10th. According to the comments made by Nyambura to the full board, apparently there were potential Brown Act violations that needed to be considered had the motions and recommendations remained on the VNC agenda. According to the proposed recommendations, the ability of the chair to prepare the committee’s agenda could be

moved to an appointed LUPC member as assigned by a committee vote. No chair of any VNC Standing or Ad Hoc committee shares this responsibility, and historically has been deemed the singular authority of any chair, according to Robert’s Rules of Order, as well as this board’s BYLAWS and Standing Rules. In addition, the review of projects before LUPC would be also changed by the proposed language. It seems these major revisions to LUPC’s basic administration and operation will be taken up at the February general meeting of the Venice Neighborhood Council.

In an interview with LUPC Chair Michael Jensen, he indicated that his comments regarding the proposed changes were his own as a stakeholder, as these comments were communicated in his personal email, and not his board communication address. He asked that these comments be part of the overall record before the full board. It will be interesting to see just what is the future of LUPC moving forward and if this new Ad Hoc Committee will work in cooperation, or in competitive conflict with a Standing Committee long known as the final authority on land use issues and applications before the Venice Neighborhood Council.

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services. He engaged in various methods, including in-person transactions, automated kiosks in multiple counties, and Bitcoin-forcash transactions for unknown individuals who mailed substantial amounts of U.S. currency. Randol advertised falsely on his company website, claiming compliance with AML regulations, while, in reality, he repeatedly violated federal law and his own AML policies by facilitating suspicious currency exchange transactions and concealing them from law enforcement. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 23STCP04533 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 111 N. Hill St.. | Los Angeles, CA 90012 Petition of: Jean Ji Yun Paik by and through Jean Ji Yun Paik for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: Gemma Isabel Paik Schoenberg and Maximillian Blaise Paik Schoenberg Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Gemma Isabel Paik Schoenberg to Gemma Isabel Paik-Schoenberg and Maximillian Blaise Schoenberg to Maximillian Blaise Paik-Schoenberg. The court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 02/05/24 | Time: 9:30AM | Dept: K A copy of this ORDER to SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: SANTA MONICA MIRROR | Dated: Jan 18, 2024 Judge Lawrence Cho Published: 01/19/2024, 01/26/24, 0202/24, and 02/09//2024

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CASE NUMBER: (Número del Caso): 23SMCV01699 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): STELLA STEFANCHUK YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Caitlin Carmichael NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit pgroups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decider en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presenter una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia de demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en format legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es possible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayude de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar le cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corteque le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros reuisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatemente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisites para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados lacales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Los Angeles 1725 Main St. Santa Monica, Ca. 90401, Santa Monica Courthouse The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tíene abogado, es): Joshua J. Zokaeem, Esq. SBN: 29938B The Capital Law Firm 11111 Santa Monica Blvd. Ste. 100, Los Angeles, Ca. 90025 DATE (fecha): 04/20/2023 David W. Slayton, clerk of the court clerk, by (Secretario) M. Gomez, Deputy (Adjunto) Published: 01/12, 01/19, 01/26, and 02/2/2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NUMBER: 2023 269028 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES ON 12/15/2023. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as 1. Alinea Orthodontics. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: Jose Enrique Ortiz Dental Office California, Inc. 2701 Ocean Park Blvd. Ste. 110, Santa Monica, Ca. 90405. This business is conducted by A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 09/2023. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed Jose Enrique Ortiz Dental Office of California, Inc. This Statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on December 15, 2023. NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). SANTA MONICA MIRROR to publish 01/19/2024, 01/26/2024, 02/02/2024, and 02/09/2024.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 23SMCP00582 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 1725 Main St. | Santa Monica, CA 90401 Petition of: Gazelle Moinzadeh by and through Gazelle Moinzadeh for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: Gazelle Moinzadeh Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Gazelle Moinzadeh to Giselle Moinzadeh The court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/05/24 | Time: 8:30AM | Dept: K A copy of this ORDER to SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: SANTA MONICA MIRROR | Dated: December 020, 2023 Judge Lawrence Cho Published: 11/17/2023, 11/24/24, 12/03/2023, and 12/10//2023

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