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Car Flies off Santa Monica Parking Structure, Crashes Into McDonald’s Jeep falls off 2nd Street parking lot BY CHOLE MARIE RIVERA
One person was transported to a trauma center when their car fell off the top of a six-story parking structure and crashed into the McDonald’s at 1540 2nd St. On Sunday, February 23 2020, at 12:18 a.m., the Santa Monica Fire Department (SMFD) responded to a traffic collision with a physical rescue. Three people were inside the vehicle but two managed to escape before it fell off a parking structure at 2nd Street and Colorado Avenue. According to the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) the driver drove his vehicle, a newer model Jeep vehicle, off the top level of the parking structure. “Officers are still investigating the cause of the incident. Due to the fact the driver was transported to the hospital and receiving medical treatment, they were unable to determine if alcohol or drugs played a factor in the incident,” the SMPD said in a news release. Firefighters worked to stabilize the vehicle and extricate one person. Paramedics transported the driver, a 20-year-old male from Twentynine Palms, California, to a local trauma center in critical condition. As of Sunday evening, the driver was recovering
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and in stable condition. According to the SMFD, the building and parking structure suffered significant damage. The Building and Safety Department will access the structural integrity of the parking structure. The SMPD are conducting an investigation of the
accident. In an update released later on Sunday, the SMPD said they have obtained a warrant for the driver’s blood to determine if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the incident. In addition, the SMPD said that two additional
individuals with the driver prior to the incident. “It does not appear that they were in the vehicle when it was traveling towards to side of the structure,” the SMPD said. Sam Catanzaro contributed to this report.
FBI Arrest Santa Monica Man for Hacking Candidate Arthur Jan Dam faces 10 years in federal prison BY SAM CATANZARO
A Santa Monica man has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly hacking former Rep. Katie Hill’s rival’s website to help her win the election. On Friday, FBI agents arrested Santa Monica
resident Arthur Jan Dam, 32, on federal charges stemming from a series of distributed denial-ofservice – or DDoS – attacks on a website for a candidate who was campaigning for a California congressional seat. Dam was taken into custody Friday morning pursuant to a criminal complaint filed that charges him with one count of intentionally damaging and attempting to damage a protected computer. If convicted as charged, Dam faces 10 years in
federal prison. Federal authorities accuse Dam of coordinating four DDoS attacks against a candidate’s website. Buzzfeed News and other outlets have reported that the victim was Bryan Caforio, who was running against Katie Hill. Dam allegedly staged four cyberattacks in April and May of 2018 that took down the candidate’s website for a total of 21 hours. “The victim reported suffering losses, including
website downtime, a reduction in campaign donations, and time spent by campaign staff and others conducting critical incident response,” according to the affidavit in support of the criminal complaint. The victim further reported spending $27,000 to $30,000 to respond to the attacks, and the candidate believes the attacks contributed to the loss in the primary election in June 2018. One of the attacks, which took place on April 28,
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Notice of Lottery for Affordable Housing in Santa Monica There will be a Random Buyer Selection Lottery to purchase a manufactured home in the Mountain View Mobile Home Park located at 1930 Stewart Street, Santa Monica CA 90404 Caritas owns and operates the Mountain View Mobile Home Park located in Santa Monica. Mountain View Mobile Home Park is an all age community comprised of 105 spaces, of which 80 spaces are currently occupied. Caritas will have new manufactured homes delivered to the community and put on the market for sale to individuals with very low, low, and moderate income. The homes are manufactured by Fleetwood and will feature 1 bedroom/1 bath manufactured homes, 2 bedroom/1 bath homes, and 2 bedroom/ 2 bath homes. Most of the homes will be single story with a few two story manufactured homes. The first round will have six manufactured homes for sale. The price of the manufactured homes will range from $110,000 - $250,000. Mountain View Mobile Home Park is located 2.5 miles from the Santa Monica Pier, 3.8 miles from City Hall, 2.6 miles from downtown where there are great restaurants and shopping. Applications may be picked up at Mountain View Mobile Home Park or download from the Caritas website (www.caritascorp.org) from February 17, 2020 to March 16, 2020. If you need reasonable accommodations, you may call the Mountain View Mobile Home Park office (310-828-4078), email the office (MVMHPLottery@Caritascorp.org), or visit the office and request an application. Applications must be received at the park, or postmarked, by March 16, 2020. If you hand deliver your application, you will be given your lottery number at that time. If you mail in your application, a lottery number will be mailed to you USPS. Every application received fully completed and signed will receive a lottery number. A drawing of the winning lottery numbers will be held at noon on Monday, March 23, 2020. The numbers will be drawn by Caritas and city officials. Applicants are invited to the drawing but need not be present. Winners will be notified by phone and USPS. Winning numbers will also be posted in the Mountain View MHP Community room and on the Caritas website. Winning applicants will have 14 days to submit a completed Resident Application and Loan Application. If the required documents are not received within 14 days, the winners name will go to the end of their Preference List.
BEHIND THE SCREEN By Kathryn Whitney Boole Dogs can be tremendous film and television actors (think Marley and Me, A Dog’s Journey, The Art of Racing in the Rain, and the classic TV shows Lassie and The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.) Because dogs are so tuned in to human emotions, they can convey expressions to the camera with which we humans immediately connect. Jack London’s classic novel The Call of the Wild is a beautifully written story that encompasses history, the environment and the relationship between human and animal, in both wild and urban settings. The story is built around the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890’s that lured an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Yukon. This film The Call of the Wild is narrated by prospector “John Thornton,” played by Harrison Ford. However the real star of the story is a St. Bernard mix named “Buck.” The action is seen through his eyes. So here’s the problem. A gripping adventure story starring both humans and animals, set in breathtaking landscapes, should draw the audience in even without a strong narrative. However, director Chris Sanders chose to create the animals with CGI and shoot the actors on sets backed by green screen and then insert them into the environments. This is Sanders’ specialty – he is a skilled animator who has worked on cel- and CGI-based features for Disney and Dreamworks. The movie’s locations are extraordinary, filmed in Vancouver BC, British Columbia and in the Yukon. However the actors were not really in those locations for the most part, and
it shows. The CGI rendering of Buck, especially in the beginning few minutes of the film, is disturbing. The close-ups of Buck’s head are too tight, out of proportion and frequently “in your face.” I suspect the filmmakers were trying to get us to identify with Buck. We humans are very close to our dogs emotionally, yet we don’t walk on all fours next to them, as some of the camera angles suggest. The close-ups of Buck’s legs and paws as he walks are eerily languid, more like the movements of a fish through water. This makes him look very cartoony. A real dog’s paws hit the ground with a staccato beat like a drumstick. This could be an easy fix, simply by pulling the focus on Buck further away. Later in the film, as the action starts to ramp up, he is indeed seen further away and is much more believable. The best fix would have been to use real animals as much as possible. The actors in this movie are amazing, especially Harrison Ford as “Thornton,” Dan Stevens as the villain, and Cara Gee and Omar Sy as the French Canadian postmasters who travel by dogsled over unforgiving terrain to ferry the mail. It takes great feats of imagination for an actor to do scenes with a non-existent animal partner. You will probably be drawn into the film by the landscapes and the actors. However there is a “disconnect” between the real actors, the CGI characters and their relationship to the environment. The story, however, is not to be missed. Kathryn Whitney Boole has spent most of her life in the entertainment industry, which has been the backdrop for remarkable adventures with extraordinary people. She is a Talent Manager with Studio Talent Group in Santa Monica. kboole@gmail.com
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Death by 9000 Cuts SMa.r.t. Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow
As many of our readers know, our city is now under siege from the State of California which has arbitrarily decided that we need to build 8800 new housing units in the next 8 years (a 20% population increase). Furthermore, 2/3 of these mirage units need to be affordable units under pain of severe State funding withdrawal penalties if your city fails to make “good” progress toward this goal. What would such a construction binge look like? According to the City Planning Department’s own estimate, because many smaller residential buildings would need to be demolished to make room for these new behemoths, we would need to build 10-15% more replacement units to reach their 8800 new unit goal. In other words we actually need to build about 10,000 new units. This means 100 new 100 unit buildings or about 12 such skyscrapers in each of the city’s 8.4
square miles (see attached drawing). But certainly this would not impact the single-family districts you say? Actually, they too are under siege by another different Sacramento threat, Senator Weiner’s zombie bill SB50, which in its evolving formulations wants mandatory 6-8 story buildings everywhere in our City within certain distances to transit stops. His evolving distances have not yet been finalized, but his bill means they could be built anywhere in the City except north of San Vicente or south of Ashland. This zombie bill keeps getting rejected but keeps coming back because Weiner, having taken over $500,000 of real estate industry money, still needs to deliver to his handlers. When your city has been producing at great cost, mobility and ecological expense about 112 units a year from 2015 to 2018 (30/year were affordable); everyone who is not a member of the real estate speculation industry understands immediately that this ten times larger State-imposed quota, combined with SB50 and its cousins, is a dangerous fools errand. In reality the state quota and bills like
SB50 are not in- tended to produce affordable housing but to make money for real estate speculators. The only thing that really builds affordable housing is some form of earmarked subsidy for that housing. Everyone it seems, understands this, except our City Council that when Sacramento says “jump” they say “how high?” Their first move in preparation for this invasion is to double your water rates in five years. So while inflation has gone up about 22% in the last
10 years, and greedy landlords have pushed up rents 66% in that same time period, your City wants to raise the cost of this essential service by 100% in half the time! Their second move in preparation for the invasion is to entertain the Planning Department’s spending $800,000 ($300,000 consultant plus $500,000 EIR) to upzone the entire City to welcome the invaders. Our
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“SMa.r.t.”, From page 6 cities’ current zoning already has enough capacity for 10,000 units should we chose to blindly go in that direction. Just in the single-family districts, we have capacity for 6000 units of accessory dwelling units. In other words we do not need to obediently rezone the entire City. Again we need to actually build affordable housing and not to waste public dollars on paper exercises. That $800,000 is enough for one to two affordable units for some lucky low-income family. Analogously the State is wastefully offering California cities $200 million to
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upzone all their zoning codes. That money should also be better spend on actually building 270-800 affordable units (unit costs vary depending on location). The City Council’s third move in preparation for the invasion, after deciding that public input on big projects is a hindrance, is to ask the Planning Commission to remove public hearings from the approval process. This of course is a carefully disguised fig leaf of supposedly “streamlining” the approval process which only confirms citizen’s accurate perception that the City does not listen to its residents. No wonder the citizens are both angry and cynical. So essentially, as the City Council opens the City gates to the barbarians, it then tells its residents to shut up
and not only to accept the destruction of their City’s character but to help pay for it. The residents understand that nimble well funded market-rate developers will exploit all these Council moves faster than the patchwork under-funded subsidized affordable housing providers. So how can the City Council, restore its credibility? The first step is to publicly appeal the State’s housing quota number and take a public position along with all other likeminded Cities that this is an illegal unattainable unfunded mandate. Certainly the City’s 25 odd clever attorneys can find at least a half dozen reasons for the appeal. This public announcement would do four things. First it would signal to the residents that their City is serious in protecting its interests by not wasting any time, money or political capital on chasing the unattainable. The citizens need to know unequivocally that their City council is not secretly buying into Sacramento’s madness. Second it preserves the power of local control. Third any city that does not appeal its quota will have to take the left over units from other cities that are successful in their appeals. In other words, failure to appeal, is a form of suicide: all cities need to appeal out of self defense. Finally having firmly rejected the State’s overreach, we can then ask the only question that really matters: how much money will the State give us for affordable housing? If their answer is the State wants to give us all the $3 billion needed for the
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6000 affordable units, we can then discuss with them the other constraints to growth (solar access for net-zero buildings, water availability, lot availability, no new net PM trips, fire, police, etc. etc.) to arrive at a credible number. If their answer is no State money is available, we will need to continue self-financing our new affordable housing. We are already doing that well with the 1/2 percent sales tax premium our residents pay and the required fees and affordable units we add to the cost of market rate housing. We may find other local ways to increase affordable housing production but that should not be under State control or coercion. But before we discuss the feasible, we need to get the delusional State quota out of our way by just saying NO. Santa Monica, that has a credible affordable housing program, should be truthful to its residents and itself as to how it will realistically add to its affordable housing. It can start by speaking truth to power: the City Council, as the only party that has standing to appeal, has two months to appeal the State’s insane quota. The clock is ticking...... By Mario Fonda-Bonardi AIA For Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow Sam Tolkin, Architect; Dan Jansenson Building and Safety Commissioner, Architect; Mario Fonda-Bonardi, AIA, Planning Commissioner; Ron Goldman, FAIA; Thane Roberts ,Architect; Bob. Taylor, AIA; Phil Brock, Arts Commissioner.
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2018, occurred just before the start of a live political debate featuring the victim and two opponents. The attack shut down the victim’s website for the duration of the debate. The final attack on May 29 took place one week prior to the June, 5 election. “Law enforcement at all levels has pledged to ensure the integrity of every election,” said United States Attorney Nick Hanna. “We will not tolerate interference with computer systems associated with candidates or voting. Cases like this demonstrate our commitment to preserving our democratic system.” The investigation outlined in the affidavit found that the cyberattacks all originated from one Amazon Web Services (AWS) account, which Dam controlled, and the four attacks corresponded to logins into that AWS account from either Dam’s residence or his workplace. Furthermore, Dam had conducted “extensive research” on both the victim and cyberattacks, the complaint alleges. DDoS attacks typically are accomplished by flooding the targeted computer with superfluous requests in an attempt to overload systems and prevent some or all legitimate requests from being fulfilled. After the third cyberattack, the victim increased cybersecurity measures and retained a website security company, but that was not enough to prevent a final disruption to the campaign’s website just one week before the primary election. Dam was married to a woman who was employed by another candidate – and the eventual winner – in the congressional race, according to the complaint. The FBI has not uncovered any evidence that the winning candidate or Dam’s wife orchestrated or were involved in the series of cyberattacks.
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Two Popular Santa Monica Restaurants Caught Serving Alcohol to Teens SANTA MONICA POLICE DEPARTMENT (SMPD) CONDUCT MINOR DECOY OPERATION
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Two popular Santa Monica restaurants were recently caught serving alcohol to teens. Blue Plate Taco on Ocean Avenue was one of two restaurants that failed a minor decoy sting operation put in place by the Santa Monica Police Department’s Vice Unit. Officers held a compliance check at six alcohol retail establishments within the City of Santa Monica. Jimmy’s Famous Tavern on Ocean Avenue also failed the sting on February 13, 2020. The Minor Decoy Program uses supervised individuals under the age of 20, who attempt to purchase alcohol at licensed premises.
If alcohol is sold to a minor decoy, criminal and administrative citations can occur for both the employee and the licensing restaurant. Four of the establishments(listed below) passed the operation and refused to give Alcohol to minors once asking for ID. Del Frisco’s – 1551 Ocean Avenue Red O – 1541 Ocean Avenue Lowes Hotel – 1700 Ocean Avenue Le Merigot Hotel – 1740 Ocean Avenue. The Minor Decoy Program is a part of the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control’s Alcohol Policing Partnership. Both involved employees at Blue Plate and The Famous Tavern were issued a citation. The Santa Monica Mirror did reach out to both failed restaurants for comment. Blue Plate Taco did not issue a response within the time that this article was published. Jimmy’s Famous America Tavern did not respond to our inquiry for comment.
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A popular Santa Monica eatery-once planned to be closed for good – is reopening its doors with some new changes including menu items, staff and ownership. The Lazy Daisy Café – located on Pico Boulevard near Cloverfield Boulevard – has a soft opening this Friday, February 28 according to owner John Chung who spoke with Santa Monica Mirror over the phone. He said along with minor building remodeling, the menu will also see some changes to include “heartier breakfast options” along with more vegan choices. Chung says he plans to keep the majority of the old staff and also bring on new staff members. Taped on the windows of the restaurant were signs reading “cooks and servers needed”. As previously reported by the Mirror, according to a post on Facebook group Residocracy Santa Monica, the employees were not made aware of the restaurant’s closure or reopening. Owner Chung did not comment on this matter. Though the restaurant itself will be seeing new changes, Chung told the Mirror he is not completely new as he was the original owner of the cafe when it first opened in 2000. When asked as to why the restaurant originally planned to close he said it was a “personal “ matter and did not disclose details though he did say relations with the former owners were amiable. Though holding the same name, the Lazy Daisy Cafe Brentwood has remained open. It
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DBAs and LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 20VECP00071 Superior Court of California, county of Los Angeles 6230 Sylmar Ave | Van Nuys, CA 91401 Petition of: EDITH SOLOGUREN NOGUEROL for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: EDITH SOLOGUREN NOGUEROL Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. EDITH SOLOGUREN NOGUEROL to ANDRE SOLOGUREN 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: 3/26/2020 | Time: 8:30AM | Dept: T Room: 600 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: FEB. 14, 2020 Judge HUEY P. Cotton Published: 2/21/2020, 2/28/2020, 3/06/2020, and 3/13/2020. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2020 018837 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES ON 1/23/2020. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as WE SELL HOUSES LA 13274 FIJI WAY #100 MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: NICK HEDBERG 13274 FIJI WAY #100 MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292. This
business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 08/2019. 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 NICK HEDBERG. This Statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on JANUARY 23, 2020. NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN 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 2/21/2020, 2/28/2020, 3/06/2020, and 3/13/2020. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 20BBCP00051 Superior Court of California, county of Los Angeles 300 East Olive | Burbank, CA 91502 Petition of: Saisarvesh Sathiyaraj, a minor by and through his parents Sathiyaraj Dhanaraj and Pavithra Elango for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: Sathiyaraj Dhanaraj and Pavithra Elango Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Saisarvesh Sathiyaraj to Sharvesh Sathiyaraj
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: 3/20/2020 | Time: 8:30AM | Dept: A Room: 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: Feb. 04, 2020 Judge Darrell Mavis Published: 2/14/2020, 2/21/2020, 2/28/2020, and 3/06/2020. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 20TRCP00043 Superior Court of California, county of Los Angeles 825 Maple Ave | Torrance, CA 90503 Petition of: Luz Elizabeth Aceves-Fierro for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: Luz Elizabeth Aceves-Fierro Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Luz Elizabeth Aceves-Fierro to Luz Elizabeth Fierro 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: 3/20/2020 | Time: 8:30AM | Dept: M Room: 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: FEB. 07, 2020 Judge RAMONA SEE Published: 2/21/2020, 2/28/2020, 3/06/2020, and 3/13/2020 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 20SMCP00060 Superior Court of California, county of Los Angeles 1725 Main Street | Santa Monica, CA 90401 Petition of: UNKNOWN ALEX JAMES for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: UNKNOWN ALEX JAMES Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. UNKNOWN ALEX JAMES to ALEX JAMES 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: 4/03/2020 | Time: 8:30AM | Dept: K Room: a-203 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: FEB. 04, 2020 Judge Lawrence H. Cho Published: 2/28/2020, 3/06/2020, 3/13/2020, and 3/20/2020
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