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Councilmember Brock Calls for Dissolution of Downtown Santa Monica Board and Private Security for Promenade Area Santa Monica City Councilmember Phil Brock calls for changes downtown By SaM CataNZarO Citing safety concerns stemming from homelessness around the Promenade, Santa Monica City Councilmember Phil Brock is calling for the dissolution of the Downtown Santa Monica Inc board, in addition to private security forces in the area. Downtown Santa Monica Inc is the nonprofit organization tasked with managing the Downtown Santa Monica area. Brock made these announcements in an email reply to Third Street Promenade property John Alle. Among those CC’d on the email are Santa Monica City Manager David White, DTSM Chief Executive Officer Barry Snell, and Santa Monica City Councilmembers Christine Parra and Oscar de la Torre. “I fully support the removal of the safety ambassador team as constituted and that they immediately be replaced by a high quality, armed private security force and both armed and unarmed details of the SMPD be placed there,” Brock wrote. “Having homeless outreach and security coverage on a 10-hour day coverage plan is insufficient when the

problems of our downtown are 24-hour-aday issues.” In his letter, Brock said the current board make-up of the DTSM board is unable to tackle the issues of safety and homelessness the area around the Promenade is facing. “I will support a dissolution of the current board of DTSM,” Brock wrote. “The board members we chose must be stakeholders within downtown who have business and shopping management experience.” Brock later in a phone interview, refined his stance on whether or not the private security force needs to be armed. “It doesn’t matter if it’s armed,” Brock told the Santa Monica Mirror. “What I was looking for was a security force that will be more present, that will give the police more help and that will be more highly trained. So when I looked at the private security forces Beverly Hills is using, and also some of the homeowners on the beachfront are using, most of them are either retired or off-duty police officers. So they have had significantly more training and would be more capable of doing their job.” In addition, Brock told the Mirror that he does not think DTSM should be responsible for security in the downtown area. “DTSM should not be responsible for the safety, security and cleanliness of downtown Santa Monica. That is a City of Santa Monica job,” Brock said. “They are spending $450,000 a month is my

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understanding for safety and cleanliness and security downtown. I don’t think the merchants and the property owners gain $450,000 worth of bang for their buck.” Brock stressed that the SMPD should be responsible for securing the downtown area, but noted that this is not possible due to understaffing. Therefore short term he wants private security to step in. Currently, there are 47 vacancies in the SMPD, according to Brock. “Whatever security force we employ to help the police will be replaced by our police department once they get to full strength. I

am not advocating for a private security force–whether they are armed or unarmed– downtown on a permanent basis. Most of that security should be handled by the Santa Monica Police Department,” Brock said. “I am not asking for a militarized downtown, but what I am asking for is a downtown that feels safe enough for our residents to walk, bicycle and drive to that will be clean and safe for everyone in the city.” When reached for comment, Barry Snell, DTSM Interim CEO and Chair of the Board

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Nearly Five Acres of Santa Monica Beach Dunes to Be Restored $300,000 grant for Bay Foundation to fund restoration across from the Annenberg Community Beach House By DOLOreS QUiNtaNa

Nearly five acres of coastal dunes are set to be restored on Santa Monica Beach. The City of Santa Monica and The Bay Foundation have been working together for the last five years to restore almost three acres of strand coastal habitat on the north side of Santa Monica’s beach area. This rare coastal habitat has been restored through the use of fencing to build up sand dunes, restriction of beach grooming, and seeding of the arable ground near the dunes with native plants. This restoration brought back the endangered Western Snowy Plover to the area for the first time in over 70 years. Part of the success of the project was made possible by the efforts to engage the public

and provide monitoring data to other similar projects throughout Southern California. The Bay Foundation recently released its Year 5 Report which contains the results of the project from December 2015 to its completion in October of 2021. The Foundation made the decision to establish the project site as a permanent feature of the beach and has applied for a Coastal Development Permit amendment. When this permit amendment is approved, it means that any visitors to the area, whether they are residents or tourists will be able to see the beach in its restored natural state. More information about this project is available here: Santa Monica Beach Restoration Pilot Project Because of the success of this pilot restoration project, the Bay Foundation has been approved for a $300k grant from the Refugio Trustee council to launch phase two of the project to restore the dunes at Santa Monica beach. The new area to be restored is adjacent to the current project area, located across from the Annenberg Community Beach House and next to Lifeguard Tower Two. Eventually, this project intends to restore nearly five acres of the coastal habitat

The current Santa Monica Dune Restoration Pilot Project.

through the transformation of the beach into a sustainable coastal strand and foredune habitat that will be resilient against any sea-level rise. The project should be completed over the next five years and the Bay Foundation intends to begin local outreach efforts and planning for the project this year. The Foundation plans to build upon the success of the pilot project that will safeguard the beach long term against rising sea levels and provide ecosystem services to visitors and residents of Santa Monica as well as soliciting

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community support for the project. Volunteer events like cleanups and workshops that show residents and visitors how much phase two of the project can improve the beach and get residents and visitors involved and invested in the project can only help the future success of the rehabilitation. If you are interested in learning more about the project or getting involved in the Santa Monica Beach Dune Restoration Project, please take a moment to fill out this Friends of the Santa Monica Beach Dunes Interest Form.

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Santa Monica College Joins Age-Friendly University Global Network Initiative brings together colleges and universities from around the world committed to becoming even more age-inclusive By Staff Writer Santa Monica College (SMC) has been welcomed into the Age-Friendly University Global Network, a growing network of colleges and universities around the globe committed to becoming more age-inclusive in their programs and policies and that have also demonstrated this commitment in specific ways. In Los Angeles, the Age-Friendly University (AFU) initiative is part of the Purposeful Aging Los Angeles partnership between the County and City of Los Angeles, other cities in the L.A. region, the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), the private sector, and higher education institutions including UCLA, USC, and California State University, Long Beach. The intent of this partnership is to make the Los Angeles region the most age-friendly in the world, and to prepare for the dramatic

demographic shift set to occur by 2034 with older adults projected to outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history In a letter to SMC Superintendent/President Dr. Kathryn E. Jeffery, Dublin City University President Dr. Daire Keogh—who leads the Age-Friendly University (AFU) global network, with 92 members currently—noted that “Santa Monica College’s commitment to ageing [is] reflected in its endorsement of the Ten Principles of an Age- Friendly Network [and] brings additional strength to the network.” Among the principles Keogh referred to were the promotion of personal and career development in the second half of life, a recognition of older adults’ educational needs, a promotion of intergenerational learning, widening access to online educational opportunities for older adults, and more. “Santa Monica College has already richly embedded the Age-Friendly University principles through our commitment to educational equity and embracing streamlined guided pathways to help guide older adults to their academic and career goals faster, and by championing specific programs such as our Emeritus Program for older adults which serves more than 3,000 students annually, as well as our Non Credit

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LA County Homeless Deaths Spiked During Pandemic’s First Year LA County report shows drug overdoses remain leading cause of death By Dolores Quintana A new report from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health found that deaths of unhoused people during the first year of the pandemic rose dramatically. Overall, the deaths among the homeless population increased by 56 percent in comparison to the previous year’s total. This spike in deaths was partially caused by COVID-19, but even with the dangers of the virus, drug overdoses were still the number one cause of death among people experiencing homelessness. In total, 1,988 unhoused people died between April 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021. 1,271 homeless individuals died in the same time period in the previous year. Overall, drug overdoses rose by 78 percent percent among the unhoused in comparison to the year before. 179 homeless people died of COVID-19 during the first year of the pandemic which translates to 25 percent of the total increase in deaths for the 2020 to 2021 time period.

Without counting the deaths from COVID-19, the number of unhoused deaths nevertheless rose by 43 percent. During the first year of the pandemic, COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death among unhoused people. Drug overdoses were ranked as the leading cause of death followed by coronary heart disease, COVID-19, traffic injuries and homicide per the Los Angeles County report. Supervisor Hilda L. Solis said in a statement, “The findings in this report reflect a true state of emergency on the streets across our county. In a civil society, it is unacceptable for any of us to not be profoundly disturbed by the shocking needs documented in this year’s homeless mortality report. We must redouble our efforts to address this crisis. As part of our response, it is critical that we address the drug epidemic, particularly the rise of fentanyl on our streets.” Statistically, deaths caused by overdoses among unhoused people under the age of 50 doubled during the first year of the pandemic according to the report and specifically, overdose deaths among unhoused Latinx people rose alarmingly to 84 percent and 74 percent among Black unhoused people and 67 percent among white unhoused people. 75 percent of the deaths were caused by methamphetamine, which was about the same amount of deaths caused by the drug in

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the previous time period. Deaths caused by Fentanyl rose from 27 percent to 45 percent. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement, “While efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 remain critically important, we must also implement effective strategies that address the other leading causes of death among this vulnerable population, most importantly the tragic continued rise in drug overdose deaths.”

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A Westwood Restaurant Serves 94,500 Individual Meals to Local Seniors During the Pandemic. But They Aren’t Stopping There Delphi Greek celebrates 36 years in business with more to come By Susan Payne A “welcome” sign in Greek letters arches over the entrance of Delphi Greek in Westwood unspeakably counting the many who have entered and dined in the restaurant over the last 35 years. Other than updated menus, the essence of Delphi Greek — a landmark spot for authentic Hellenic cuisine — has gone unchanged since 1985. In a strong decent from the worldwide pandemic that changed everything, Delphi has instead become stronger and busier. During the pandemic, the restaurant continued to serve authentic Greek food, feeding thousands who were home locked due to pandemic restrictions, job losses or who exercised safety precautions against COVID-19 exposure. “We worked with the community and the city and served 94,500 individual meals to local seniors,” said Roozbeh Farahanipour, Delphi Greek’s president since 2009. “We were busier than usual, working to feed our community and seniors.” Inside of Delphi Greek are cozy, white-

washed stucco walls and blue accented plaid tablecloths that channel the national colors of Greece and the food — with ingredients made from scratch — mimicking an experience that can only be found in Greece. “That’s how they do it in Greece. We do not use pre-made food because we want our customers to experience high quality, freshly made meat, salads, appetizers and Baklava, a traditional Greek dessert,” Farahanipour said. In Greek mythology, Delphi, Greece, was home to a legendary oracle and a major site of worship for the god Apollo after he slew the Python. Approaching its 36-year anniversary, Delphi in Westwood has earned recognition from the Senate, the city of Los Angeles, several well-known review sites and magazines for doing what they do best — serving the best authentic Greek food around. “Delphi is known as one of the main business caterers in the Westside, we have served many brand companies during the last few years including indivuals business lunches and events,” Farahanipour said. On the menu, Delphi’s namesake signature dish is a combination plate with moussaka pastitsio, spanakopita, tiropitakia and keftedakia, dolmades, rice and vegetables. Another namesake, Souvlaki, is a fillet mignon and chicken based skewer set, marinated in olive oil and Greek herbs, boiled to perfection. Not a fan of chicken? Order the filet mignon

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Bali-Inﬂuenced Santa Monica Canyon Mansion on Market for $9.5 Million Channel Road home complete with tropical gardens and spa

Beverly Hills Developer Pleads Guilty to Bribery Related to $45 Million Government Lease Arman Gabaee faces up to 10 years in prison By Sam Catanzaro

By Dolores Quintana A unique Bali-influenced mansion has gone up for sale in Santa Monica Canyon as reported by Realtor.com for $9.5 million. Living in this luxurious South Pacific influenced home might make you feel like you are on a permanent vacation. The home is located only a few blocks away from the beach, located at 341 West Channel Road in Santa Monica Canyon. A buyer has already put in an offer for this one of a kind property. The home was originally a small cottage that was built in 1926. It was last on the market in 2015 and has been completely renovated. Back in 2015, it was sold for $4,050,000 and clearly the former owner wanted a very specific decor for their home. Walking into the home is like stepping into an ancient monastery in Bali without having to be on a plane for 21 hours. The landscaping is fittingly luxurious for the concept of the home and it spans over the 6,499 square feet of the entire space. There are tropical gardens,

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Balinese wood carving and a waterfall spa that is elevated. All that comes before you get to a glass door that leads you into the interior. The inner walls of the home are made of a mix of teak wood and limestone that is split-faced. Screens are there to separate the space within the inner sanctum and they were ornately cut by lasers. The screens cut a path through the home to the outdoor area in the back. There are three primary suites in the home and each has its own private deck and fire pit. All three are equipped with a private, luxury bath with stone tubs and sinks. The house has two kitchens. While one is in the normal area that you would expect it to be, the second is on the rooftop deck. You can take an Italian glass elevator to reach the rooftop deck.

A Beverly Hills developer faces up to 10 years in federal prison for offering to buy a million-dollar home for a Los Angeles County public official in exchange for assistance securing a $45 million county lease. Arman Gabaee, 61, a.k.a. “Arman Gabay,” of Beverly Hills, plead guilty April 27 to one count of bribery, a crime that carries a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison. Gabaee will enter his guilty plea on May 2 before United States District Judge George H. Wu. He also has agreed to pay a fine of at least $1,149,000 and any restitution ordered. Gabaee was a co-founder and co-managing partner of the Charles Company, a Hollywoodbased commercial and residential real estate development firm. The then-county official whom Gabaee bribed was Thomas M. Shepos, 72, of Palmdale, who worked in Los Angeles County’s Real Estate Division and was involved in awarding contracts to real estate developers and contractors. According to his plea agreement, beginning no later than 2011 and continuing until April 2017, Gabaee paid Shepos bribes and kickbacks of approximately $1,000 per month in exchange for county leases, preferential contract terms, non-public information and other benefits. From December 2016 when Shepos began cooperating to April 2017, Gabaee paid Shepos $6,000 in cash bribes during meetings Shepos secretly recorded at the direction of the FBI. Further, in 2017, Gabaee offered to buy Shepos a Northern California home – then

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worth more than $1 million – in exchange for Shepos’ assistance securing a county lease in the Hawthorne Mall, which Gabaee owned and was redeveloping. “Gabaee wanted the county to enter into a 10year, $45 million lease for county departments to rent office space in the Hawthorne Mall,” prosecutors said. During other secretly recorded meetings with Shepos, Gabaee first offered to purchase him a home listed at $1,199,000 in Sonoma County. Upon learning that this property was already in escrow, Gabaee offered to buy Shepos a different house, listed at $1,095,000, and also located in Sonoma County. Gabaee placed two offers on this property, first for $1,035,000 and later for $1,065,000. Gabaee admitted in his plea agreement that he rescinded the second offer hours after he made it because FBI agents had approached and informed him that they were aware of his bribes to Shepos. Shepos pleaded guilty in November 2018 to one count of making false statements to federal investigators who were investigating his financial relationship with Gabaee and one count of subscribing to a false tax return related to payments he received from Gabaee. Shepos is scheduled to be sentenced on June 27.

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Councilman Brock to focus his energies on the City’s performance of its duties, the chief being the protection of life and property.” Brock in his letter also called for secure restroom facilities downtown open 24 hours. According to Brock, it should be a restroom with a restroom attendant and security guards. “Right now, all bathrooms in Santa Monica, all public restrooms, are closed before 11 o’clock at night. If you talk to our Teamsters in the City, our custodians, people like that, and you talk to shop owners and residents in downtown, they wake up every morning when they walk outside

their door to what the City terms ‘brown emergencies’. So human feces in various places downtown. It is cruel and inhuman at some point when we recognize we have homeless individuals on our streets not to have one or two restrooms in the City open overnight,” Brock said. Brock said he would like to see security changes within 30 days. “Summer is coming and we need to give residents solace that their concerns are being heard. We need to give merchants a chance to lease their stores and feel that the parking garages and the streets surrounding the Promenade are also safe,” Brock said.

Looking ahead, he noted there are some things that will take a long time. “Decommissioning Third Street as a public street and changing the management to a public-private partnership, that is a longterm goal, but that would allow you to close the street after business hours and make sure it was thoroughly cleaned every night and safe. You could enforce trespassing. You have no homeless individuals who are camping, sleeping, or laying down in Santa Monica Place. It needs to be the same on the Promenade,” Brock said.

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This week we are re-visiting an article from 2018 regarding the Miramar project, by simply replacing the word “Miramar” with “Gelson’s”, and striking thru some of the irrelevant text. We sadly reflect on how the runaway train wreck of over-development has not been slowed or reduced by city administrators or staff policies regardless of the cries and de-mands of the residents over the years. Oh well…adaptive re-use is generally a positive approach to building, so why not oped’s too. The Wall (not music to our eyes) Santa Monica Mirror Op-Ed April 27, 2018 The Fairmont Miramar Hotel Gelson’s site developer has released its revised design concept, and, not unexpectedly, the lo-cal resident responses, per several local Facebook pages, has been one of great concern and rejection, eliciting what appears to be a couple hundred comments. The project is massive, and creates a visual barrier, a wall, along 2nd Street Lincoln Blvd., effectively separating itself from the adjacent neighborhood rather than transitioning in a scaled manner. In doing that it has the feel of saying to the residents, stop, the ocean views blue sky and fresh breezes are for our guests and wealthy condo

An image of the existing Gelson’s center with the proposed developments height and massing at Lincoln and Ocean Park Blvd. roughly outlined in red.

owners, not for you. You get shadows and the wall. What does our City’s Land Use Circulation Element (LUCE) say about this? Well, it states a primary goal is to: “Maintain The Character Of Santa Monica While Enhancing The Lifestyle Of All Who Live Here.” The proposed structures are so out of scale

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with the “character” of our beach community as to leave one hard pressed to believe that our Planning Commission, Archi-tectural Review Board (ARB), and ultimately our City Council, would give serious consideration to its approval. It remains to be seen what their reaction will be as if it comes before them in the days ahead. Unfortunately their track record of late, for approval of inappropriate and/or over scaled projects, is not encouraging. Witness the Hines project, the Gehry Hotel and the Santa Monica College “daycare” compound on our Civic Center land, which is likely to serve precious few residents, if any. Residents were forced to petition for a referendum to stop the massive Hines development as their protesta-tions fell on the deaf ears of the last City Council. This Gelson’s project, if approved as presented, may not be subject to referendum as the City has modified its ap-

proval process since losing Hines. The Miramar Condo Gelson’s project team will argue that it is in conformance with the new Downtown Community Plan (DCP) (MUBL) zoning guidelines for height and density as one of three “large” (think “spot zoned”) sites, but by all outward appear-ances it raises serious questions. Floor Area Ratio (FAR) calculations are allowed to exclude a significant number of square feet by definition, e.g. all stairs, elevators, ramps, mechanical and other peripheral areas…so it is conforming, but does not describe the actual FAR. While the project lists a 2.61 2.25 FAR, in reality it would be larger. Per resident responses, height is an issue for most. The DCP MUBL allows 130ft 36ft (plus another 18ft for me-chanical equipment covering 20 percent of the roof, for

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SMa.r.t, from page 10 a real height of 146ft an allowed base height of 54ft). The site is in the Ocean Transition (OT) zone and if it were not treated with an “overlay” it would have a maximum 50 ft height limit, and would break up the 900 ft length with required wide, open, ground to sky, separations. The State, however, has bestowed bonus density favors on developers if they provide a minimum of 15% very low in-come units in the base project, thereby granting a 50% in-crease in density and height, and all without requiring any additional affordable units. As such, the Gelson project doubles the allowable height and adds 50% more market rate units with zero increase in affordable units, thereby re-ducing the total percentage of affordable units from 15% to 10%. A total distortion of intent, and a giveaway to profitability while creating an environmental nightmare for the adjacent neighborhoods and an unimaginable traffic disas-ter with 880 cars entering a dedicated bus lane at peak traf-fic hours. In addition, the actual height of the project, as currently designed, is floating above the site on a non-existent imaginary ‘slope’, that was graded flat 70years ago, effectively adding another 30ft of height for a potential total height of 118Ft from the existing flat grade at the rear of the property. It is a very big building complex for our beachfront town. REPORT THIS AD So what does the LUCE have to say about scale and heights? “It is a conservation plan that provides for

an overall reduc-tion in building height.” Hmmmm. Maybe there is some confusion about how to reduce heights, but I think it generally comes from low-ering the height rather than raising it. And if this project receives approval, along with the Gehry Hotel anchoring the mid-point of our Ocean Avenue, we will be hearing most assuredly from other developers that they too want their piece of the sky. We see noted in the City crafted DCP that “the Clock Tower is 196 ft”, and the 300ft tall 100 Wilshire building is highlighted, etc., seemingly showing precedents for developers to use to justify ask-ing for maximum heights. The Miramar Condos/commercial building starts along Wilshire and is 600ft long along 2nd Street and then, without a break, another 300 ft along California Avenue, replacing the existing classic one story bungalows currently there. In essence a 900’+ building on its side. “The LUCE Framework introduces the requirement that new development must contribute to, not detract from, the community. Each future project must exhibit extraordinary community benefits as well as compatibility in scale, setting and transitions to residential neighborhoods.” There is nothing about the Gelson proposal that fits that LUCE requirement, as in addition to the height and massing disaster, it removes and diminishes the amount of neighborhood serving businesses and removes the only local su-permarket serving Ocean Park and Sunset Park residents. The most common comments about the proposed Miramar Gelson’s are that it belongs in “Miami Beach”, that it is typical of “corporate” and high end tourist resort areas, that it is

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“way too big”, “out of scale”, will be a “traffic disaster”, and brings nothing to our residents quality of life. One concession or “benefit” noted is that the design opens up and exposes the landmarked Moreton Bay Fig Tree. As desirable as that may be one has to question the value of that as justifica-tion for a project so out of scale to our community. There are no bene-fits brought to our community. What are the other “extraor-dinary community benefits” to the residents if the Miramar Condos are Gelson is allowed to be built? There are some very low income residential units to be built off-site on-site, only 10%, and nothing more. and some are said to be “affordable”, that somewhat dubious So Called Affordable Housing (SCAH). But once again a jobs/ housing imbalance is created as the number of units that a hotel worker can afford is likely to not even be close to the number of employees a mas-sive project like this will generate. So, “Einstein’s” definition proves itself true (though he never really said it!): “doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity”. This project does not address the only issue of importance - affordability. This project is designed for high-end condo buyers income tenants and the tourist trade, and provides virtually nothing to enhance the lifestyle or life experience of the existing residents. Developers can build for that demographic if built to the allowed standards of the zoning codes, but if they receive bonuses in the form of increased heights and density it should benefit the residents. The DCP was State and City bonuses are were shaped to give away this site, the Gehry site, and the

4th/5th and Arizona site, to developers, not to enhance the residents lifestyle, or to reduce heights, or to be scaled as the LUCE states, to “reflect the identity, values and vision of this singular beach community”. This project does not do that. Bob Taylor, AIA for SMa.r.t. Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow. Sam Tolkin, Architect, Planning Commissioner; Robert H. Taylor, Architect AIA; Ron Goldman, Architect FAIA; Thane Roberts, Architect; Dan Jansenson Architect, Building & Safety Life-Fire Commissioner; Mario Fonda-Bonardi, Architect AIA, Planning Commissioner; Marc Verville, MBA,CPA (Inactive); Michael Jolly, AIRCRE For previous articles see www. santamonicaarch.wordpress.com/writing

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22SMCP00159 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 1725 Main St. | Santa Monica, CA 90401 Petition of: Gloria Maria Curiel Parker, by and through Gloria Maria Curiel Parker, for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: Gloria Maria Curiel Parker, Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Gloria Maria Curiel Parker, Gloria M. Curiel Parker to Gloria Maria Curiel 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: 06/24/2022| 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: April 21, 2022 Judge Lawrence Cho Published: 04/22/22, 04/29/22, 05/06/22, 05/13/22

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 21TRCP00458 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 825 Maple Ave. | Torrance, CA 90503 Petition of: Fortune Jules-Osiro Italume, by and through Fortune Jules-Osiro Italume for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: Fortune Jules-Osiro Italume Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a Fortune Jules-Osiro Italume to Fortune Osiro Jules Italume 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: 05/13/22 | Time: 8:30AM | Dept: M 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: April, 1 2022 Judge Deirdre Hill Published: 04/15/22, 04/22/22, 04/29/2022, and 05/06/2022

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22VECP00171 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 86230 Sylmar Ave. | Van Nuys, CA 91401 Petition of: Noah Adahy Garcia, by and through Raul Garcia and Megan Garcia for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: Noah Adahy Garcia Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a Fortune Noah Adahy Garcia to Noah Hawkeye Garcia 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: 05/31/22 | Time: 8:30AM | Dept: W 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: April, 14, 2022 Judge Deirdre Hill Published: 04/15/22, 04/22/22, 04/29/2022, and 05/06/2022

FILE NUMBER: 2022 091819 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES ON 04/26/22. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as 1. Healing Kids and Creations. The full name of registrant(s) is/ are: Nicole Brandow, 1725 Ocean Ave, Apt #516. This business is conducted by An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 04/26/22. 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 Nicole Brandow. This Statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on April 26, 2022. 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 04/29/2022, 05/06/2022, 05/13/2022, and 05/20/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2022 078560 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES ON 04/1542022. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as 1. Carrie Costello Coaching. The full name of registrant(s) is/ are: Carrie Costello, 820 Michigan Ave. #B., Santa Monica, Ca. 90404. This business is conducted by An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 04/14/2022. 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 Amin Ajani. This Statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on April 14, 2022. 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 05/06/2022, 05/13/2022, 05/20/2022, and 05/27/2022

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