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Man Murdered in Tongva Park Joseph Ramirez Perez Arrested as Suspect.

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Captain Wendell Shirley with Santa Monica Police Department announcing Escobar’s arrest.

Fourth Ramon Escobar Attack Victim Dies Unidentified man dies in the hospital.

By Sam Catanzaro The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) has said that a man who was brutally beaten by Ramon Escobar in Santa Monica on September 24, died last Saturday in a hospital as a result of injuries sustained in the attack. Escobar now faces four counts of murder.

This week, SMPD Sergeant Saul Rodriguez told the Associated Press that the SMPD will ask the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office to file an additional murder charge against Escobar. The identity of the deceased individual was not immediately identified, Escobar already faces three counts of

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murder, five counts of attempted murder and four counts of second-degree robbery for a string of brutal attacks on sleeping men in Santa Monica and Downtown Los Angeles.

Most of these victims were homeless.

Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila of the Major Crimes Division is prosecuting the case. According to the criminal complaint, Escobar used a baseball bat or blunt object during the alleged crimes.

The Houston Police Department is also questioning Escobar for the late August disappearance of his aunt and uncle.

Escobar now faces a potential death penalty for his crimes.

“Escobar faces a possible maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole or death if convicted as charged. A decision will be made at a later date on whether to seek the death penalty,” said the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office in a press release.

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A preliminary investigation conducted by SMPD Detectives revealed that the victim was possibly sleeping on the park bench before the

By Sam Catanzaro attack. According to the SMPD, the deceased On Thursday, October 4, the Santa Monica victim suffered a single stab wound to the abPolice Department (SMPD) arrested a 21-year dominal area. old man Joseph Ramirez Perez for his possiThe SMPD has placed the suspect Perez ble involvement in a homicide under arrest. Detectives are Wednesday night in Santa currently determining if Perez Monica. This is the eight murleading up to the attack took der of 2018 that has occurred any possible actions that could in Santa Monica. explain his motives. The case At about 8:12 p.m. on Octoremains under investigation. ber 3, the SMPD responded to Perez has been booked for a call for service regarding an one count of Murder and one assault with a deadly weapon count of Assault with a Deadly at Tongva Park on Ocean AvWeapon and remains in cusenue. tody at SMPD Jail with a bail “First responding officers of $2 million pending future located a male victim on a Photo: SM Police Department court actions. On Friday, Ocpark bench suffering from a Joseph Ramirez Perez, Tongva Park tober 5, the SMPD will presstabbing murder suspect. stab wound. Additionally, offient the case to the Los Angecers saw a male suspect running away from the les County District Attorney’s Office-Airport crime scene and were able to quickly detain Division Courthouse, for filing consideration. the suspect (Perez) for an investigation,” said Anyone with information related to this inthe SMPD in a press release. “Santa Monica cident is encouraged to call Detective GoodFire Department Paramedics responded to the win at (310) 458-8942; Detective J. Rodriguez scene to treat the victim and transported him (310) 458-2233; or the Santa Monica Police to a local hospital. Unfortunately, while at the Department at (310) 458-8491

Hilton's DoubleTree Suites in SM Sells for $154 Million 253 room hotel set to be upgraded.

By S am C atanzaro The 206,000 square foot DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Santa Monica on 4th Street was recently sold for $154 million to New York-based real estate investment

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Ask 2018 Candidates Election Questions Calling on questions for City Council, Rent Control Board and School Board candidates.

Sam Catanzaro Election season is approaching and for voters, arriving at the polls informed is just as important as going to the polls in the first place.

The Santa Monica Mirror will be sitting down with every candidate running for City Council, Rent Control Board and School Board for a 10-minute question and answer session that will be streamed live and posted online after for residents to watch. Each candidate will be asked the same set of questions, depending on the respective race they are running in.

We are calling on Santa Monica residents and our readers to submit questions they would like asked to these candidates. These questions

should reflect a pressing issue facing Santa Monica and ask candidates how they intend to address the particular issue.

We will be broadcasting and interviewing the City Council candidates on October 8, 9 and 10.

The candidates for this race are Sue Himmelrich (incumbent), Ashley Powell, Geoffrey Neri, Kevin McKeown (incumbent), Greg Morena, Pam O’Connor (incumbent) and Scott Bellomo. Questions for City Council candidates must be submitted by Friday, October 5 at 5 p.m.

We will be broadcasting and interviewing the Rent Control Board candidates on October 15, 16 and 17. The candidates for this race are Steve Duron (incumbent), Nicole Phillis (incumbent), Jon Mann, Naomi Sultan, and Lori Brown. Questions for Rent Control candidates must be submitted by Friday, October 12 at 5 p.m.

We will be broadcasting and interviewing the School Board candidates on October 22, 23 and 24. The candidates for this race are Laurie Lieberman (incumbent) ,Craig Foster (incumbent), Oscar de la Torre (incumbent), Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein (incumbent) and Ann Maggio Thanawalla. Questions for these candidates must

be submitted by Friday, October 19 at 5 p.m.

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SPORTS: Football

SAMO Football Smashed by Culver

Vikings fall 54-14 versus Centaurs.

By C had W inthrop

On Friday, September 28 the Santa Monica High School Vikings football team took on the Culver City Centaurs in Culver City, and suffered a lopsided 54-14 loss.

Culver City got off to a quick start, scoring three touchdowns in the 1st Quarter to go up 20-0, and the Vikings were unable to mount a comeback.

It was not until there were three minutes left in the 3rd Quarter, down 46-0, that Santa Monica was able to get on the board with a touchdown.

Culver City, however, quickly responded with another touchdown to go into the 4th Quarter with a 54-7 lead. Santa Monica

was able to score an additional touchdown in the final quarter to make the final score 54-14.

With this loss, the Vikings now own a 2-4 record and Culver City improved to 5-1.

Up next for the Vikings is a Ocean League game when they host the Hawthorne High School Cougars on Friday, October 5. The Vikings will battle a Cougars team coming off a 41-28 league win over El Segundo.

The Cougars record now stands at 3-3.

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ABOVE – Culver City’s Jamal Galspie leaps in the air to avoid the tackle of Santa Monica’s Kobe White.

LEFT – Kameron Jackson of Santa Monica chases and attempts to tackle Culver City’s Zevi Eckhaus from behind.

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SPORTS: Soccer

SMC Women’s Winning Streak

The Santa Monica College Corsairs women’s soccer team cannot be stopped as of late, picking up two more victories this past week to improve their record on the season to 6-1 with four ties. In a nod to the team’s dominance, a recent United Soccer Association Junior College Division III Poll ranked the SMC women’s soccer team as #16 in the nation.

On Friday September 28, SMC hosted Antelope Valley College and picked up a 4-3 victory. The Corsairs found themselves down early in the game but responded with a goal in the 26th minute by Antoinette Saldana.

Soon after, Saldana gave the Corsairs a lead by shooting a free kick by the Antelope Valley goalie to put SMC up 2-1.

Antelope Valley took back the lead in the second half but SMC fought back, with two more goals by Dayli Ramos and Beverly Bourdet to earn a 4-3 victory.

The SMC women’s team continued their winning ways on Tuesday, October 2 with a 4-2 victory over the Moorpark College Raiders in a home game at SMC. Moorpark opened up the scoring in the first quarter with a goal by Dejah Wallot in the 27th minute but SMC responded with goals by Bourdet and Saldana to go up 2-1 entering the second half. Goal by Cindy Castro and Cerirra Little in the second half

Men’s Soccer Crushes Glendale

The SMC men’s soccer team defeated Glendale College on Tuesday, October 2 in a convincing 5-0 victory, highlighted by three goal by Cyrille Njomo.

Njomo scored two goals in the first half to put SMC up 2-0 and added another goal in the beginning of the second half to give the Corsairs a 3-0 lead. Two more goals by Jesus Farias and Berke Basar put the game on ice for SMC. SMC goalie Aydin Kose picked up three saves and Ludovico Riviello earned two assits.

With the victory, SMC finds themselves with a 7-1 record, with two ties. Up next for the men is an away game at LA Mission College on Tuesday, October 9th.

gave SMC all the points they needed for their 4-2 victory.

Up next for SMC is an away game on October 5 at Victory Valley College. On Tuesday, the women will host LA Valley college at 4 p.m.

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ABOVE – SMC’s Patrick Luevano heads the ball away from Citrus College’s Yuel Conavy.

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OPINION

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Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow

After about a year of exposure to E-scooters, the City has approved a one year “study” involving up to 2000 scooters. The entire City: visitors, residents, workers, students, skaters and skateboarders, cyclists, drivers, and pedestrians have all been dragooned into a giant uncontrolled experiment where it’s completely unclear how the benefits and costs of these mobility devices will be realistically evaluated at the end of the experiment in about 11 months. The pros of increased mobility, of fun, of job creation, and of possibly reduced greenhouse gasses need to be balanced against the cons of accidents, of inevitable data breaches, of possible increases in greenhouse gasses, of less walking, and of possible adverse effects on existing transit systems and their

workers (eg. less bike and bus use).

But it is very clear by the slow City initial response to this invasion, and by how the rollout and selection of the winning current vendors was handled, that the City is playing catchup and is not fully in control of this experiment and, unfortunately, will not likely be able to separate the data from the noise at the experiment’s end.

Regardless of the long term analysis, the pressing immediate problem is accidents because these vehicles are manifestly unsafe compared to their nearest analog the bicycle. First is their dangerous design with tiny tires (easily deviated by small road inconsistencies), with a short wheel base (accentuating the negative leverage of the driver’s mass on the scooter’s stability), with a narrow platform (making them harder to ride), with weak brakes (compared to bicycles), and with virtually no collision cushioning mass in front and rear, all of whch leaves the rider exceptionally exposed. Compared to the visual mass of

UNDERSTANDING THE LIS PENDENS

By Ron Wynn

Panic can break out when people are faced with the unknown, and it is exacerbated when something sounds or looks scary. For example, sharks can be very scary creatures, but thanks to shark week on television, we now have a better understanding of them and know that there are few species to be feared.

When a Lis Pendens is found in the preliminary title report, it can bring on the same “shark-like” feelings. Therefore, let’s look more closely at the Lis Pendens to better understand what it is, what it does, and most importantly, what it means to the transaction and your title insurance.

What IS Lis Pendens?

A Notice of Pendency of Action, (commonly known as a “Lis Pendens”) is a recorded legal document that, in simple terms, provides notice that there is pending litigation which would, if meritorious, affect title to, or the right to possession of, or use of, specific real property or easements identified in the action. The term “Lis Pendens” is Latin for “pending lawsuit.” Court files and records are not a party to the constructive notice system of public recordkeeping. The County Recorder’s Office is where documents are recorded that impart constructive notice, which is the same place that all documents affecting real property are recorded and filed, such as Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Notices, Easements, etc. As court records are not a part of this system, the Lis Pendens serves to bridge the gap between the systems. If a court case affecting title to real property is commenced without a Lis Pendens being recorded, the public would not have notice of it, because unrecorded court documents are not picked up in a preliminary title report. The Lis Pendens,

once recorded, serves to notify the public that litigation exists which may affect title to the real property described in the Lis Pendens.

What Lis Pendens is NOT: Now that you know what a Lis Pendens is, let’s look at what it is not. A Lis Pendens is not a lien. It is not a collection notice or anything regarding payment of money. It does not prevent a sale or loan from occurring with respect to the real property subject to it. Yes, you read right… a Lis Pendens does not in and of itself stop sales or loans. What may affect sales and loans is the potential outcome of the litigation, and the risk that the buyer’s acquired title could be later encumbered or otherwise affected. Which is why serious attention should be given to a Lis Pendens for its potential as a deal killer.

What Your Title Company DOES: A good title company, like Equity Title, will look at the court case and determine if the litigation is active or resolved. If it is still active, the transaction may be put on hold pending an outcome, or the parties may want to take title subject to the Lis Pendens, depending on the facts of the case. If resolved, your title company may help you get the Lis Pendens removed, depending on the facts and documents in the court case. Removing the Lis Pendens may involve obtaining a “Withdrawal of Lis Pendens”, “Expunging (removing) the Lis Pendens” or other actions as dictated by your title department. There is no expiration time for a Lis Pendens; it remains in full force and effect until withdrawn or expunged. It may cease to impart constructive notice once the case is dismissed or a judgment becomes final, and after all appeal time has expired, but getting it removed from record may be a challenge.

a bicyle they present a small target easily hidden in a vehicle’s blind spot and easly tripped over in the dark when lying on the ground. If they end up replacing walking for a large number of peolple, they will have a slow but real negative effect on the health of our population. But the real risk factor is how they are operated: weaving in and out of traffic and illegally on sidewalks, virtually no helmets, dropped in the most obstructing places, legitimized by fake IDs and by no driver’s licenses, and often ridden in pairs.

The wishful thinking was that they would ride on our improving nascent bike path system thereby mitigating their inherent design dangers, but unfortunately they are operated mostly outside the additional safety of those limited bike lanes. It’s almost like the City licensed 2000 airplanes without building any airports. The wishful thinking also tries to justify this as the growing pains of any new technology. But new (and old) technologies have a vested interest in hiding true costs such as car companies that created millions of uneccesary deaths and injuries for decades while fighting seat belts and eventually airbags.

Likewise Bird and Lime have blood on their hands, (along with the legislators in Sacramento that approved riding without helmets) because they knowingly created hundreds of unneccesary injuries and some deaths. A UCLA ER surgeon says he is stictching up 3 scooter victims a day so this is not a painless experiment.

So what should the City do now?

Reduce the number of these dangersous devices. The question should be not what numbers

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Ever since they hit the streets of Santa Monica last year, e-scooters have been the topic of much debate.

do the tech companies need to make money, but what’s the smallest number of scooters needed to develop meaningful data over a finite time period. For example Los Angeles authorized their

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Four Standout Westside Tacos Navigating the crowded taco scene for National Taco Day.

By Kerry S later October 4 was National Taco Day, and while every day is more or less a taco day in Santa Monica, here are four tacos on the Westside that stand out from the pack and are worth going next time you feel like making your normal day a taco day.

1. Tacos Por Favor Tacos Por Favor keeps it simple, tasty and fresh. Sticking to this formula, the three locations (Santa Monica, Venice, West L.A.) have become the go-to place for many Westsiders seeking out a quick, no-

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Tacos al pastor tacos at Tacos Por Favor.

frills taco. From carne asada, carnitas and chorizo to lengua, mahi-mahi and potato, the range of taco options are varied, but the tacos themselves are straightforward: meat (or veggie) on a tortilla that can be "sauced-up" at the top-notch salsa bar. At under $3 a pop, one can walk out stuffed for $10 with three tacos, chips and salsa in their belly. And with enough salsa Roja, you will be wanting to spend a few more bucks and wash everything down with a horchata or Pacifico.

Tacos Por Favor is located at 1408 Olympic Blvd in Santa Monica, 1901 Olympic Blvd in West Los Angeles and 826 Hampton Dr in Venice. Visit https://tacosporfavor. net/ for more details.

2. Guisados While technically not the Westside, onebite of a taco at Guisados will justify the trip to West Hollywood. With 14 different tacos to choose from, the sample platter of six mini tacos may be the best choice for those overwhelmed by the extensive menu. What ties the eclectic range of options together is pure deliciousness coupled with unique flavor combinations. For those looking something straightforward yet different, try the Steak Picado: flank steak simmered with green bell peppers and bacon, served with green serrano chile atop black beans. For heat seekers, the Cochinita Pibil is a must

A Cochinita Pibil taco at Guisados is a must for spice and pork lovers.

have. Shredded pork cooked in a sweet, red achiote spice atop black beans topped with pickled red onions and habanero chile, the Pibil spice level defaults at a three on a scale of 1-10 and can be increased for the brave of heart and palette. For those looking to indulge, try the Chicharron taco. The pork rinds simmered in Chile Verde will make all the traffic and honking horns worth it.

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DBAs and LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2018211971 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES ON 8/21/2018 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as EQUANIMITY APPAREL LLC 345 BENTEL AVE LOS ANGELES, CA 90049. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: EQUANIMITY APPAREL LLC 345 BENTEL AVE LOS ANGELES, CA 90049. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. SS029330 Superior Court of California, county of Los Angeles 1725 Main Street | Santa Monica, CA 90401 Petition of: Lalove President for change of name.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: Petitioner: Lalove President filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Lalove President to Al Le President 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.

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3. Tito's Tacos Less than a block east of the 405, like Guisados, Tito’s is technically not on the Westside. This is about the only compar-

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of Montana Avenue in order to investigate a report of a disturbance. The reporting party had stated that they had heard loud noises and the sound of objects being hurled around the residence. When the officers arrived at the location they knocked on the door of the apartment and the tenant answered.

The officers learnedColumnist from this tenant that his Mirror “friend” was inside the apartment and that his “friend” had become intoxicated after consuming Folksamounts with little faith in California copious of alcohol (that is typicallyvoters what have wonThe at least partialthat victory this year. happens). tenanta added his “friend” had For decades, thethe great Progressive (a made quite a since mess of apartment and had tag worn a century ago mostly by moderate refused to leave when requested. The officers Republicans) Gov. and Hiram Johnson createntered the apartment noticed that furniture ed the railed had beenballot strewninitiative, around thecritics room have and that the against direct democracy, claiming an “friend” was indeed heavily intoxicated. Theuninoffiformed publictooften major mistakes. cers attempted reasonmakes with this drunken man decades ofthe griping “budgetbutAfter to no avail, and as officersabout continued to talk ing by those skeptics managed with the initiative,” man he suddenly punched one of the offito get a law passed in 2014 allowing legcers in the face with a closed fist. The officers islators to change or eliminate initiatives immediately tackled the man and after a brief even after forand thearrested. ballot, struggle the they’ve man was qualified overpowered so long as initiative agree it.

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The citizen added that this person had appeared to the apartment complex in which she resided. The have been picking items off the ground next to the victim had been able to supply a detailed descripvehicle before leaving the area. The citizen gave the tion of the suspect, which had also been conveyed to Photo: Getty Images. officers a detailed description of the suspect and the the officers, as they were en route to the location.

“A ballot that could have been much more interesting disappeared in the face of compromises,” writes Tom Elias. officers went in search of this man. As the officers The officers arrived in the vicinity of the apartment were searching the area they spotted another vehi- complex and began to scour the area. The officers now enjoy and whether folks 55atwill evenspotted who will pay to lurking clean up leaded the suspect in the 1300 paint block cle with a smashed window that wasover parked the soon Number 10. The suspect was easy to recside of thetostreet. officers then drove to of be able carryThe their Proposition 13back propin Alley homes built since 1951. due to the fact who that gathered in additionenough to the the of across Pico Boulevard where theywhen spot- ognize erty2000 taxblock limits all county lines Instead, sponsors given byto theput victim the suspectonwas ridted mantheir who fit the description of just the suspect. theya sell homes, instead of some. description voter signatures initiatives those The officers detained this get mantoand a fewdecisions moments ing one bicycle whilst pushing a second one with his But voters will not make The officers attempted stop this14 suslater theconsumer citizen whoprivacy had flagged officers down about or the soda taxes or free hand.BALLOT, see topage appeared and positively identified the suspect. pect but he tried to speed away and in doing so disShortly thereafter the owner of the first vandalized carded the second bicycle. The officers eventually vehicle appeared and stated that numerous items caught the man and he was arrested and taken off that had been recovered from the suspect had been to jail. A search of this 21-year-old Hemet, Califorstolen from his car. The owner of the vandalized nia resident resulted in the discovery of not only the vehicle was desirous of a prosecution so the officers seemingly obligatory burglary tools but also a arrested this 19-year-old Santa Monica resident and packet of methamphetamine. This man was later charged with possession of burglary tools, posseshe was charged with vehicle burglary Time intoaddition pick toup that “little black dress” sion of methamphetamine, theft and resisting or possession of opiates. Bail was set at $20,000.

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from page 9 ison one can make between these two tacos joints. The hard-shell tacos at Titos are essentially a different type of cuisine than the decadent, soft-shell tacos at Guisados.

In 1992 Jonathan Gold wrote in the LA Times that "Tito's has the deeply nostalgic bean 'n' chip smell" and in 2018 this has not changed.

Also unchanged is the simple menu at Tito's: tacos, enchiladas, tamales, two kinds of burritos (with or without beans), chile con carne, tostadas, rice and beans. And the hard-shell, ground beef tacos with cheese have not changed a bit either. And in all their crisp greasiness, why should they ever change?

Titos Tacos is located at 11222 Washington Pl, Culver City, CA 90230. Visit http:// www.titostacos.com/ or call (310) 3915780 for more information.

4. El Primo Tacos Set up on the corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Brooks Avenue in Venice, El Primo Tacos serves arguably the best street al

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There are few things more timeless than a box of hard-shell Tito’s Tacos.

pastor tacos on the Westside. Open every night from 5 p.m. until they run out of meat (usually around 11:30) the aroma of pastor cooking on a spit should pull most people into line. If not, the price tag (or lack thereof) on the tacos should convince even the wariest skeptic. Every taco at El Primo, whether it's Lengua, Cabeza, carne asada pastor, is $1. And with tacos this good, you'll be wanting to buy quite a few.

El Primo Tacos is located on Lincoln Blvd. by Brooks Ave in Venice. They have neither a phone number nor a website so just follow the smell of al pastor.

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issues before the voters made deals with state legislators and their ballot measures vanished.

So a ballot that could have been much more interesting disappeared in the face of compromises that satisfied big-money interests but might not have pleased the mass of voters.

The farthest-reaching of these compromises involved Internet consumer privacy. Under new rules signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown just two hours after they passed the Legislature, Californians now have a right to know what information Internet giants like Google and Yahoo and eBay and Amazon have about them. They can also prohibit companies from selling that information and can ask companies to delete their information after they learn what’s been gathered.

That’s a far cry from the ballot initiative which this new law replaces, which would have forced companies to get consumer permission to gather, maintain and sell information on what Internet searches individuals make, what they buy on the ‘Net, what products they look at but don’t buy and much more.

Consumers can only sue in the case of a large leak of information, not over individual exposures.

This was an example of compromise of the sort intended by lawmakers who created the new system for removing initiatives

after they qualify. It probably headed off a campaign that would have cost companies and consumer groups $50 million or more.

Too bad for the television, radio, newspaper and direct mail companies that would likely have gleaned most of that money.

Another compromise removed an initiative run by major paint makers aiming to force the state to loan the companies up to $2 billion for removal of paint that contains lead in 10 cities and counties that won a lawsuit against Sherwin-Williams, du Pont and others. The initiative was withdrawn in exchange for legislators pulling three bills that would have penalized the companies even more.

And there were soda taxes. Makers of carbonated drinks had qualified an initiative that would have raised the vote-percentage threshold for passing any new local tax, but agreed to pull it off the ballot in exchange for a new law placing a 13-year moratorium on any new soda taxes.

The result is a ballot that’s far from the longest ever seen by California voters, but still lets them make important decisions on issues like spreading rent control more widely and lowering gas taxes a bit. But it also isn’t quite the ballot it could have been, as three key choices were gone even before campaigns on them could get started.

“A ballot that could have been much more interesting disappeared in the face of compromises.”

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MOBILITY,

from page 11 scooter trial to include 3000 scooters (about one for every 1166 residents) while we are allowing one for every 47 residents or about 25 times the risk exposure.

Establish unbiased measurable benchmark data on mobility, health and safety, costs and other important variables so eventually we can see by a comprehensive cost/ benefits analysis if the experiment is “working” . This data needs to be continuously collected now.

Insist on full auditable data transparency from the scooter companies to be able to track among other things accidents (and their real costs in injuries, lost time and money), to see where for example additional bike paths are needed, and to identify what is really happening in the use of

HOTEL,

from page 1 firm Square Mile Capital Managemen and Canadian hotelier Westmont Hospitality Group.

The eight-story building contains 253 rooms, meaning the sale cost Westmont and Square Mile Capital roughly $608,700 per room. In addition, approximately 32,000 square feet of office space and less than ten apartments were included in the sale, according to Square Mile. The sale closed on

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these devices.

Slow down the scooters from 15 mph to 12 mph which is still 3-4 times faster than a walking person but reduces collision forces about 36% increasing survivability.

Provide full safety enforcement: Including geo fencing areas that scooters shouldn’t access, fines for not wearing a helmet till january 1 when the criminal no helmet State law goes into effect (after that point provide financial incentives for helmet wearing), protocols for hit and run accidents (scooters have no visible licenses plates), 18 years old and driver’s license required, and exclusion of repeat offenders from use of the devices.

Fines should be scaled both to the social/environmental costs of these devices and to the cost of additional police/ambulance forces required for enforcement and public safety.

Full accident reporting and complete rider

data avialbility to victims of collisions and their attorneys.

Scooters, at the pain of impoundment, can only be left in designated safe drop off zones which the City will make a good faith effort to locate or relocate based on rider data and neighbor preferrence.

Provide a short safety operating tutorial on the initial ap (which may vary from city to city) when renting.

Scooter companies should provide full insurance to their riders and victims. You cannot rent a car from Hertz without insurance. Likewise these dangerous vehicles require insurance protection particularly for their innocent victims.

These test constraints will obviously cost the scooter companies some money and riders some inconvenience. But as a social, medical and mobility experiment the entire risk should not be shifted completely to the non-riding citizens

while the entire profit goes to the scooter companies. Meanwhile, there is currently no way to determine epidemiologically if the experiment is a success or how to improve it or even if the experiment should continue.

Such experiments are needed for progress but not at the unneccessary exposure of all the citizens. The above listed constraints, or some variant of them, will be needed if (and its a big if) we reach full operational maturity, so why not test the concept now under its eventual full operating conditions?

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September 28, according to CoStar.

Square Mile plans on upgrading the hotel, which is currently a DoubleTree Hilton, to a standard Hilton Hotel.

"The property will be upgraded to be reflagged as a Hilton. Square Mile Capital is not ready to discuss details," said Rick Matthews Managing Director at strategic communications firm Rubenstein on behalf of Square Mile.

The Santa Monica Mirror has reached out to DoubleTree management asking what the short-term future of the hotel is, but at the time of printing, they have not responded.

The plot of land the hotel resides on is Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) property. The Santa Monica Mirror has reached out to both the School District and the City Managers Office asking if the SMMUSD will continue to own the property in light of this sale.

Neither office has responded yet.

Whether or not the hotel is on school property could have a significant impact on the future developments to the site. On June 29, Santa Monica City Council approved a motion that will ask voters in November to approve or reject a ballot measure that

if passed, would require a supermajority approval by City Council for any projects within either the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) or Downtown Community Plan (DCP) that would exceed the existing height or floor area ratio limits specified in the City’s zoning code. Exempt, however, from this supermajority requirement would be developments on property owned by the SMMUSD. More information is still emerging about this acquisition. Check the online version of this article for the most up-to-date coverage.

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FILM REVIEW: “The Happy Prince”

Oscar Wilde on the Big Screen BEHIND THE SCREEN

By Kathryn Whitney Boole "The Happy Prince" may be the closest we will come to actually viewing the great Irish humorist and playwright Oscar Wilde on the screen. Rupert Everett wrote, directed and stars in this film about the eccentric, flamboyant figurehead. Everett has performed in many of Wilde’s plays over his long career. In a discussion following my screening, Everett explained that he had found early on that he had a natural ability to communicate in Wilde’s language, which has a unique and specific melodic flow. He has a deep understanding of this exceptionally complex man and his times.

Wilde was extremely intelligent and well read, educated at Oxford and fluent in French and German. He was a poet, novelist, ostentatious celebrity and playwright.

He represented the artistic milieu of his time, the “Belle Epoque” of the late 1800’s.

Had Wilde lived today he most certainly would be a social media megastar. What set him apart from other artists of the time was

his highly developed sense of humor – his ability to laugh at the world and himself.

Everett began work on "The Happy Prince" eleven years ago. It’s common for an independent, low budget film to take that long to come to fruition and in this case it was also fortuitous in that Everett’s frustration with the process drove him to take on the roles of both director and actor.

He handpicked his cast, and thus they represent probably a very accurate version of Wilde’s closest friends. In Everett’s words, no one is a “minor player,” no matter how little screen time they have. Every character is crucial to telling the story of the last days of this great artist.

Though he died at age 46, Wilde lived such a rich and varied life that it is impossible to summarize his impact on art and culture within a few paragraphs. Everett, in choosing to cover just the end of Wilde’s life, gives us the fascinating “tip of the iceberg” and tempts us to want to know more about him.

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is forgotten. This is sad as understanding history has such a great effect on the strength of our society. Wilde’s time was the nascence of what our world is today.

During the height of his influence the strict social mores of the 19th Century were beginning to break down. Artists and writers such as Wilde were finding the courage to break barriers. Conditions were beginning to form that gave birth to two world wars during the next century. Wilde’s comedy is born from the tragedy of one existence coming to an end, and a new world rising from the ashes. The positive to take from this movie is that such films can give our society a start at reigniting the curiosity that we so need mine the depths of history and stories of illustrious figures that have carved out their lives before us.

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 Photo: Courtesy.

“The Happy Prince” was released on October 5.

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MIND THE GAP

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1 Experts 6 Accord 12 The Harry Potter novels, e.g.

18 External parasites 20 Minuscule, cutesily 21 Not yet packed, say 22 Another nickname for Old Abe … or a description of the circled letter?

24 Got fit 25 Funny Brooks 26 Eight: Prefix 27 Astronaut’s place …

29 Aves.

30 Let out, as a sigh 33 Venus, but not Serena 34 Truckful 35 A lid usually covers it at night 37 Naval rank: Abbr.

38 Counterpart of Venus 42 Screen or partition …

47 Kitchen-sink attachment 50 Much-disputed part of an airplane 51 Where decongestant spray goes …

53 Animal with a snout 54 Candidate’s goal 57 “____ time” 58 Discontent 59 Alternatively 60 Kind 61 Cellular messenger 62 CBS drama beginning in 2018 63 Negative connector 64 Cyberexpert’s worry …

69 ____ Poke (caramel candy) 72 ____-rock 73 Each “O” of BOGO 74 “____ and the Real Girl” (2007 comedy) 75 “What have I done!”

79 Part of an auto garage’s business 81 Hawaiian mash-up?

82 Product much advertised during football games 83 Clutch 84 Office device …

87 “That’s my intention” 89 At the end of the day 90 Heist figure …

93 General ____ chicken 94 Bear: Sp. 96 Soon 97 Memphis-to-Nashville dir.

98 Coinage during the 2008 presidential election 101 “Spider-Man” baddie 103 ____ drive 106 Bit of good fortune …

111 Something you might get your mitts on 112 By birth 113 Away from work for a while 114 Store banner …

118 Early ____ 119 Scowling 120 Worry in East Africa 121 Something to chew on 122 Some see-through curtains 123 “Ni-i-i-ice!”

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1 Common phobia source 2 Overturn 3 Omani money 4 Powerful arm 5 What a “singleton” is, in baseball lingo 6 City from which the U.S. moved its embassy in 2018 7 Big retailer of camping gear 8 Middle-earth denizen 9 About 10 Keep busy

11 Dr. Seuss title animal 12 Be a lousy bedmate, say 13 Physicist Mach 14 Little protestation 15 “Ain’t I somethin’?!”

16 Cabinet dept.

17 Kind 19 Is on the up and up?

21 Part of a place setting 23 Mom-and-pop org.

28 Followers of talks 31 “____ tu” (Verdi aria) 32 Chose not to 34 Whigs’ opponents 36 “Water, water, everywhere,” per Coleridge 38 “You’re in my spot!”

39 Like an increasing amount of immigration to the U.S. nowadays 40 Rizzo in “Midnight Cowboy” 41 More cunning 42 The “r” of r = d/t 43 Kind of hygiene 44 Experts in the field?

45 Publisher’s announcement 46 Wet 48 Visits a school, maybe 49 Feeling with a deadline approaching 52 Like carbon 12, but not carbon 14 55 Trip up 56 Intrinsically 60 Eyeball layer 61 Calif.’s 101, e.g.

62 Containing iron 65 Gung-ho 66 Quick signatures, quickly 67 Grammy winner Corinne Bailey ____ 68 Poet who originated the phrase “harmony in discord”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Aries today will think about something highly spiritual. In the process of spatial reflection, you will find that there are a lot of important things in life besides the financial component.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Taurus will have to radically revise their spending list for the near future. In your life there will be a new expense which you did not even expect. You will have to take care of the elder member of your family, which will be both troublesome and quite costly.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today will bring a lot of trouble to Geminis. In the morning, and a couple of hours in the afternoon, you will be helping one of your colleagues (a colleague with whom you communicate fairly close).

CANCER (June 22-July 22) Cancers will spend today making plans for a future vacation. In this plan, you include everything, except for one important detail. You will forget to ask your spouse whether they like this idea and the hotel that you have found.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Leos today have much to change in a relationship with their best friend. This person will grow tired of tolerating your despotism, and then declare it loudly and menacingly. It turns out that you can not spend this evening as you like.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Virgos are not recommended to try experiments in the kitchen. You are unlikely to create a new culinary masterpiece, and that strange dish that you cook will have a lot of flaws. The most unpleasant thing is that this “masterpiece” is capable of inducing a stomach upset in everyone who gets acquainted with it.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Libra today will be panicking when thinking about some specific event.

Most likely, it is about a meeting with the parents of your second half, scheduled for this evening. To make a proper impression on these people, first, do not panic.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) Scorpios will have a prophetic gift today. Once you simply think about something, somehow this event will immediately happen, causing you a great surprise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Sagittarius is destined to spend this day smoothly and comfortably. Most of your plans, scheduled for the end of the working week, you perform the assessment of “excellent.” The only thing that will require you to increase energy expended is a conversation with one of your relatives.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Capricorns should step back from extraneous problems. Concentrate on what is happening here and now in your own life. So, you should not encourage your regular partner to find an interest outside the walls of your common home.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today will present Aquarius an unprecedented emotional upsurge.

You will look forward to the weekend, imagining how fun and relaxing you will be spending time at the beach (or a friendly party, or at another entertainment event).

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Pisces today can view themselves in the ranks of notorious losers. You will be pushed to this conclusion by a couple of unresolved problems that will hang over you, as if pollution over an industrial city. You can delete this “smog” only after you understand yourself.

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