Alhambra Press_9/26/2024

State AG sues Exxon for plastic pollution, alleged deception about recycling

By Joe Taglieri joet@beaconmedianews.com

Exxon Mobil Corp. is facing lawsuits from the California Department of Justice and environmental groups for an alleged decadeslong "campaign of deception" that has resulted in the global plastics pollution crisis.

CaliforniaAttorney General Rob Bonta on Sunday announced the state has filed a lawsuit against global oil giant alleging violations of state nuisance, natural resources, water pollution, false advertisement and unfair competition laws. The first-of-its-kind lawsuit seeks accountability for one of the world's largest petrochemical manufacturers for misleading the public about the recyclability of plastic and polluting California’s environment and communities, according to the AG's office.

The state's lawsuit was filed Monday in the San Francisco County Superior Court and claims Exxon Mobil has deceived Californians for 50 years via "misleading public statements and slick marketing" purporting that recycling was the solution to the increasing amounts of plastic waste. The suit seeks an end to the allegedly deceptive public platform and also an abatement fund, disgorgement and civil penalties for the harm done by plastics pollution to people and the environment that the attorney general estimated would be multiple billions of dollars.

In a separate lawsuit, the locally based Surfrider

Foundation and Heal the Bay joined the Sierra Club and Baykeeper raised similar complaints against Exxon Mobil for the company's alleged role in concealing the causes of the plastics pollution crisis.

“Plastics are everywhere, from the deepest parts of our oceans, the highest peaks on earth, and even in our bodies, causing irreversible damage — in ways known and unknown — to our environment and potentially our health,” Bonta said in a statement.

“For decades, ExxonMobil has been deceiving the public to convince us that plastic recycling could solve the plastic waste and pollution crisis when they clearly

knew this wasn’t possible. ExxonMobil lied to further its record-breaking profits at the expense of our planet and possibly jeopardizing our health."

Exxon Mobil issued a prepared statement in response to the suit: "For decades, California officials have known their recycling system isn't effective. They failed to act, and now they seek to blame others. Instead of suing us, they could have worked with us to fix the problem and keep plastic out of landfills. The first step would be to acknowledge what their counterparts across the U.S. know: advanced

recycling works. To date, we've processed more than 60 million pounds of plastic waste into usable raw materials, keeping it out of landfills. We're bringing real solutions, recycling plastic waste that couldn't be recycled by traditional methods."

Exxon Mobil produces the largest amount of polymers, which formulate single-use bottles and other plastic products. The company makes polymers from fossil fuels and supplies them to other companies that manufacture single-use plastic.

The suit contends that for decades Exxon Mobil

‘Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of our Climate Crisis’ exhibition at The Huntington captures our attention

May S. Ruiz

MayRChu56@gmail.com

Wehearabout climatechange almostevery day – when we experience a heat wave, when we witness a wildfire, when we see on the news an arctic blast on the East Coast, or when we learn about melting icebergs in the Antarctic Ocean.

But climate change didn’t just happen in the last 20 years, or even during our lifetime, as the “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of our Climate Change” exhibition at The Huntington demonstrates. On view through Jan. 6, 2025 at the Marylou and George Boone Gallery, it will be on display concurrently with “Growing and Knowing in the Gardens of China.”

Its title originates from a series of lectures given by British writer and art critic John Ruskin in 1884. In “The Storm Cloud of the Nineteenth Century,” he conveyed concern over the changing appearance of the English sky caused by the smoke generated by coal-fired factories.

Co-curators Melinda McCurdy, The Huntington’s curator of British art, Karla Nielsen, senior curator of literary collections, and Kristen Anthony, assistant curator for special projects, talked about the exhibition by phone three days before the show.

Nielsen said, “When we were given the theme ‘Art and

Science Collide,’ we knew we were going to initially use the drawings from the Huntington collection with only certain key loans. We have materials by John Ruskin both in the museum and in the library and we started thinking about his process of close observation of the natural world.

“He gave a lecture in 1884 called ‘Storm Cloud of the Nineteenth Century’ in which he talks about a decade of looking at the sky, thinking about the categories of clouds, and drawing them. He referred to this new type of cloud ‘storm cloud,’ which today we would call smog – the cloud formation that happens around particulate matter from burning coal.”

Asked about the visitor takeaway, Anthony replied, “As far as the history of climate crisis, I think visitors will walk away knowing that we’ve understood humanity’s impact on the planet longer than the average person thought. And these changes – this impact on the planet – can be charted in the cultural productions of the period. You can see the earth changing and how industry is impacting the planet through the works of art and literature and the historical and scientific texts produced in the period.”

The exhibition is divided into two sections. The first “A New Relationship

Polymers are a major source of ocean pollution. | Photo courtesy of the California Attorney General's Office

to Nature” is centered on humans’ connection with the natural world shown through beautiful works of art.

During the walkthrough, McCurdy took visitors to the first room and stated, “We commenced this exhibition in the late 1700s with the rise of the Industrial Revolution when factories started drawing people away from the countryside to the city and people were disconnecting from nature because they were working indoors. They learned to appreciate nature in a different way. It started the rise of tourism – when people were going into nature for recreation and pleasure. People sought picturesque vistas, they climbed mountains, and walked through valleys looking for that connection to nature.”

“John Constable’s painting ‘View on the Stour Near Dedham’ is in fact not a natural landscape but a scene of industrial infrastructure in Eastern England – something you don’t connect with Constable,” described McCurdy. “The river was converted into a canal in order to transport grain from the interior of the country where it was grown and processed in the mill to then be distributed to urban markets.”

The history of science is explored in the next room. Anthony pointed to a research cast of ichthyosaur skull borrowed from the Dinosaur Institute, Natural

History Museum of L.A. County and Bureau of Land Management. The animal which this skull belonged to was from 244 million years ago; the drawing of the ichthyosaur skeleton is by Orra White Hitchcock, wife of Alfred Hitchcock.

The exhibition also features artists known for their paintings of the Hudson River Valley scene in Upstate New York. Thomas Cole’s colossal “Portage Falls on the Genesee” – a gift to The Huntington in 2021 from The Ahmanson Foundation – pays tribute to the natural world as much as it cautions us about people’s effect on it.

The second section of the exhibition focuses on the problems that come with industrialization. Using a painting that depicts Jamaica, McCurdy discussed the plantation economy and the ecological damage that

results from it – the extraction of resources and devastation that goes along with degradation of humanity.

McCurdy began, “This is the part of the show where we show the relationship between people and the industrializing world. And how the most vulnerable often have the most devastation not only in the environment but also in their lives.”

Impacts of fashion on the environment were displayed in the next room. Anthony said, “Fashion was a major contributor to catastrophic destruction. The hats which most gentlemen wore were made from beaver fur. Early in the 19th century their population was in such a deep decline that environmentalists were worried they were going to be extinct. The introduction of silk plush in 1840 is why we still have

beavers today.”

The final work of art is a video installation by L.A. based artist Rebecca Méndez. Anthony explained, “She spliced together multiple times of the day, invoking the fact that in Los Angeles, our sky is a shared space and we all breathe what we throw into it. We used it as a bookend to the introduction with the projection of Ruskin’s work – this is like a 21st century cloud study.”

“Storm Cloud” examines a critical topic in a fascinating way that captures our attention. Anthony, McCurdy, and Nielsen did an extraordinary job in turning an otherwise lecturing tone into one that encourages us to take climate change seriously lest future generations end up inheriting a planet that’s barely recognizable as the same place their ancestor inhabited.

LA County unemployment rate increases slightly in August

By City News Service

Los Angeles County's seasonallyadjusted unemploymentrate increased to 5.6% in August, up from a revised 5.5% in July, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.

The 5.6% rate was above the rate of 5.1% from August 2023. Meanwhile, the August unemployment rate in Orange County was 4.5%, up from

a revised 4.4% in July and topping the 4% figure from a year ago.

Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.3% in August, up from 5.2% in July and above the 4.8% rate from August 2023. The comparable estimates for the nation were 4.2% in August, 4.3% in July and 3.8% in August 2023.

Total nonfarm employment in Los Angeles County increased by 13,700 jobs

between July and August, reaching nearly 4.6 million, according to the EDD.

The government sector

led the way by adding 15,500 jobs. The information sector lost the most jobs month over month, down 3,700.

Frederic Edwin Church, ‘Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica.’ | Photo courtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

| Graph courtesy of California EDD

AQMD expands incentive program to replace gasoline-powered lawn tools

By City News Service

The South Coast Air

Quality Management District's Residential Electric Lawn & Garden Equipment Rebate Program has been expanded to go beyond offsetting costs for lawn mowers, giving residents the opportunity to replace other gasoline-powered tools with electric models.

AQMD officials on Friday announced that the rebate program for residents in the South Coast Air Basin will now include leaf blowers, trimmers and chainsaws. Trimmers can include weed wackers, edgers and brush cutters.

The program offers a rebate of up to $250 for each piece of eligible equipment from authorized retailers, with a limit of three per person.

"Using a gas-powered lawn mower for just one hour emits the same amount of pollution as a road trip from Los Angeles to Las Vegas," South Coast AQMD Executive Officer Wayne Nastri said in a statement. "By expanding the program, we hope more residents will make the switch to electric lawn and garden equipment, that will reduce their carbon footprint and improve air quality."

Since 2017, the original Residential Electric Lawn Mower Rebate Program has achieved emission reductions in the South Coast Air Basin of approximately 1.4 tons per year of volatile organic compounds and 0.28 ton per year of nitrogen oxides, according to South Coast

AQMD.

Rebates are provided on a first-come, first-served basis, and the destruction of the old gasoline equipment at a certified scrapper is required. The new equipment must be cordless and include a battery and charger to receive the rebate.

Applications can be submitted online for the rebates, overseen by South Coast AQMD, which is the regulatory agency responsible for improving air quality for large areas of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, including the Coachella Valley.

South Coast AQMD also offers an existing Commercial Electric Lawn & Garden Equipment Incentive & Exchange Program that offers

up to an 85% discount for commercial gardeners and landscapers.

For more information

about the expanded Residential Electric Lawn & Garden Equipment Rebate Program, visit aqmd.gov/lawnmower.

Newsom signs law banning plastic grocery bags

By City News Service

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill banning plastic bags from being provided at grocery stores, a move supporters are saying Monday will help reduce a major source of waste.

Senate Bill 1053 was co-authored by Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, and Sen. Catherine Smith Blakespear, D-Encinitas, whose 38th District also includes parts of south Orange

County. It goes further than SB 270, passed in 2014, which banned so-called single-use bags but still allowed grocery stores to provide plastic bags to customers if they were reusable and recyclable.

However, many observers said consumers did not wind up re-using the thicker bags. According to CalRecycle, the amount of grocery and merchandise bags disposed by Californians

grew from 157,385 tons of plastic bags the year California passed the partial ban to 231,072 tons by 2022 — a 47% increase.

"I thank Governor Newsom for signing this important legislation that will help protect California's environment," Blakespear said in a statement Sunday. "Instead of being asked do you want paper or plastic at checkout, consumers will simply be asked if they want

a paper bag, if they haven't brought a reusable bag. This straightforward approach is easy to follow and will help dramatically reduce plastic bag pollution."

The new law does not restrict the separate sale of any type of bag, but it mandates that only paper bags or a used bag brought by a customer can be available at checkout counters.

The law will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

For questions about the program, email lawngarden@aqmd.gov or call 888-425-6247.

Refueling a gasoline-powered lawnmower. | Photo by photovs/Envato Elements

An early plastic grocery bag from Ralphs, possibly from the late 1970s. | Photo courtesy of jerical cat/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Monrovia

Sept. 12

At 7:55 a.m., an employee from a business in the 900 block of South Alta Vista called to report that copper piping from an air conditioning unit had been stolen. This investigation is continuing.

At 9:14 p.m., a resident in the 400 block of East Olive reported that money and jewelry was stolen from her mother. This investigation is continuing.

At 9:48 p.m., an officer patrolling the area of California and Central saw a motorist commit a traffic violation and conducted a traffic stop. A computer search revealed the driver had a warrant for his arrest. He was arrested and taken into custody.

At 10:36 p.m. a resident in the 500 block of East Olive reported that someone was driving erratically. Officers arrived and contacted the driver. Officers determined he was a danger to himself. He was transported to a medical facility for a mental evaluation.

At 11:05 p.m., officers responded to a report of a man lying on the ground in a parking lot in the 700 block of East Huntington. Officers arrived and made contact with the subject. A computer search determined he had a warrant for his arrest. He was arrested and taken into custody.

Sept. 13

At 9:08 p.m., a mother in the 200 block of West Pomona reported that her vehicle was

stolen by her daughter. This investigation is continuing.

At 9:26 p.m., a bus driver in the area of Huntington and Myrtle reported a passenger was drunk and threatening passengers. Officers arrived and made contact with all of the parties involved. The intoxicated passenger was determined to be a danger to himself and others. He was arrested and transported to the MPD jail to be held for a sobering period.

At 10:37 p.m., a passerby in the area of Magnolia and Foothill reported a solo vehicle traffic collision. Officers arrived and made contact with the driver who displayed objective symptoms of intoxication. A DUI investigation determined the driver was under the influence. The driver was arrested and transported to the MPD jail to be held for a sobering period.

Sept. 14

At 12:25 a.m., officers patrolling the 400 block of South Myrtle were confronted by a drunk subject who was refused service at a restaurant. Officers determined she was a danger to herself and others. She was arrested and transported to the MPD jail to be held for a sobering period.

At 1:47 a.m., while patrolling the area of Myrtle and Longden an officer saw a motorist commit a violation. A traffic stop was conducted and the driver was contacted. The driver showed objective symptoms of intoxication. A DUI investigation determined the driver was under the influence. The driver was arrested and transported to the MPD jail for

booking to be held for a sobering period.

At 1:57 a.m., an officer was patrolling the area of Mayflower and Huntington when he saw a motorist commit a violation. A traffic stop was conducted and the driver was contacted. The driver showed objective symptoms of intoxication. A DUI investigation determined the driver was under the influence. The driver was arrested and transported to the MPD jail to be held for a sobering period.

At 9:48 a.m., an employee from a store in the 1600 block of South Mountain reported a shoplifting incident. An employee reported that a subject left the store with a shopping cart full of merchandise without paying. The suspect was located and detained a short distance away in possession of the stolen property. She was arrested and taken into custody.

At 2:32 p.m., several 911 callers reported a fire near the wash in the 700 block of East Duarte. Officers and MFD responded. The fire was extinguished. This investigation is continuing.

At 5:47 p.m., a restraining order violation was reported in the 500 block of West Duarte. Officers arrived and located the suspect who was violating a domestic violence restraining order. The suspect was arrested and taken into custody.

At 7 p.m., a resident in the 900 block of Diamond reported that a suspicious person was checking door handles and looking in mailboxes. Officers responded and located a male subject matching the description given by the caller. A search of the subject did not locate

any stolen property, but he was found to be in possession of a controlled substance. He was arrested and taken into custody.

At 11:57 p.m., an officer patrolling the area of Duarte and Mayflower saw a motorist commit a violation and a traffic stop was conducted. The driver displayed signs and symptoms of being under the influence. A DUI investigation determined the driver was under the influence. The driver was arrested and transported to the MPD jail to be held for a sobering period.

Sept. 15

At 1:26 a.m., while patrolling the 1600 block of Mountain an officer saw a subject loitering near closed businesses. The subject was contacted and found to be in possession of a controlled substance. The suspect was arrested and taken into custody.

At 1:44 a.m., an officer patrolling the area of Myrtle and Montana saw a motorist commit a violation. The officer attempted to pull the vehicle over, but the driver did not yield and entered the 210 Freeway. Officers pursued the vehicle into Pasadena where the driver finally yielded and exited the vehicle. The driver showed objective symptoms of intoxication. A DUI investigation revealed the driver was under the influence. The driver was arrested and transported to the MPD jail to be held for a sobering period.

At 2:12 a.m., callers in the 100 block of East Olive reported hearing gunshots. Officers arrived and contacted several subjects who did not witness what occurred. Officers canvassed the area and were able to locate evidence that shots were fired in a

parking lot. This investigation is continuing.

At 3 p.m., a caller reported that his son had been assaulted at a park in the 800 block of East Olive, resulting in minor injuries. Officers responded to the park and conducted an investigation. An investigation revealed two suspects. The suspects were arrested, cited, and released to their parents.

At 9:35 p.m., a business in the 1600 block of South Mountain reported a shoplifting incident. Officers arrived and located the suspect. The store employee identified the suspect and collected the stolen property. The suspect was arrested and taken into custody.

At 11:55 p.m., a resident in the 200 block of East Cherry reported that he and his brother were arguing and he was locked out of his residence. Officers responded and discovered one of the brothers had battered the other. A computer search revealed the brother had several warrants for his arrest. He was arrested and taken into custody.

Sept. 16

At 12:07 a.m., an officer patrolling the 500 block of West Huntington saw a vehicle parked at a rear loading dock of a closed business. The officer made contact with the occupants and discovered that the occupants were in possession of a controlled substance. They were arrested and taken into custody.

At 2:58 a.m., a resident in the 1200 block of South Primrose reported that someone collided into her parked vehicle and fled the scene. Officers arrived and were able to locate

the suspect vehicle nearby. The driver of the vehicle was contacted. A computer search revealed the driver was wanted by MPD. He was arrested and taken into custody.

At 7:59 a.m., a victim in the 400 block Genoa reported that a passenger in his vehicle assaulted him and walked away. Officers arrived and were unable to locate the suspect. This investigation is continuing.

At 8:38 a.m., a caller in the 200 block of East Cherry reported that his brother assaulted him and threatened to stab him. Officers arrived and made contact with the victim and the suspect. The suspect was arrested and taken into custody.

At 9:07 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of Encino regarding a subject carrying a fire extinguisher. Officers arrived and didn't see a fire in the area. The suspect was located and contacted. The suspect displayed objective symptoms of being intoxicated. A DUI investigation revealed he was under the influence. He was arrested and transported to the MPD jail to be held for a sobering period.

At 2:11 p.m., a victim in the 400 block of Patrician Way walked into the MPD lobby to report fraudulent activity on her credit card. This investigation is continuing.

At 5:03 p.m., a caller in the 1400 block of Encino reported a subject yelling at neighborhoods. Officers arrived and detained the subject. It was apparent the subject was a danger to others and was transported to a medical facility for a mental evaluation.

Los Angeles

Monrovia

Monrovia Beer, Wine, and Music Festival to be held Saturday

The Monrovia Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its 9th annual Beer, Wine, and Musical festival at Library Park (321 S Myrtle Ave) on Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. Local breweries and wineries from around the region will be present, as well as live music. Presale tickets are $40, and tickets at the door will be $50 to this 21-and-older event. Tickets include 10 tastings of your choice. Tickets can be purchased at events. beerfests.com/e/monroviachamber-of-commercebeer-wine-music-fest.

Long Beach

Long Beach opens new affordable housing community for older adults, senior veterans

On Sept. 18, 2024, the City of Long Beach joined with nonprofit developer Mercy Housing California and other partner organizations to celebrate the opening of Heritage Gardens, a new housing community in the Midtown area. The development features 67 apartment homes for low- and very low-income older adults ages 55 or older, with units reserved for senior veterans who have experienced homelessness. Located at 941 E. Pacific Coast Hwy., Heritage Gardens offers several amenities, including one on-site management unit, a community center, a courtyard and recreation area, as well as murals honoring the neighborhood's rich history by local artists Andrea James and Roshi. Residents will have

access to various onsite health and wellness, financial literacy, art and cooking programs. Additionally, the project has incorporated several energy-efficient components, including solar photovoltaic and solar hot water systems.

Glendale

Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station to get new art installation

Artist Natalie Gonzalez’ installation titled "Ventana Huichola" is on display at the Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station from Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 to Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. "Ventana Huichola" – or “Huichol Window” in English - is a site-specific installation, consisting of three pieces each made of 15 God’s Eyes. Each God’s Eye is attached to a plastic net with a cord. Gonzalez’ goal is for the audience to engage in this magical vibration of colors and shapes.

Duarte

Duarte provides update on Royal Oaks Park projects

The new gazebo for the Royal Oaks Park is ready for installation and the onsite work was set to commence this week. This project calls for removing the existing metal shade structure and concrete pad, forming and pouring a new concrete foundation, and assembling and installing a new Americana 15’X15’ Navajo Style Shelter. The Park and Recreation Department expects the new gazebo to be available for use and to rent beginning the first week in October. The new pickleball courts will soon be under construction due to the approval of the Royal Oaks Pickleball Court

Conversion and Tennis Court Resurfacing Project earlier this year. Due to this project starting on Tuesday, Oct. 1, the tennis courts at Royal Oaks Park will be closed to the public starting Monday, Sept. 30. The project is anticipated to take about four weeks to complete.

Orange County

Orange County

John Wayne Airport receives $20M FAA grant for accessibility improvements

John Wayne Airport (JWA) has been awarded a $20 million grant through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This grant will fund facility accessibility improvements, particularly for individuals with accessibility needs, while also improving energy efficiency. The grant enables the renovation of 12 public restrooms within Terminals A and B, ensuring compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards and other relevant building codes. As part of the improvement efforts, JWA will install at least one Universal Changing Station in Terminal B’s Family Restroom and two nursing pods to provide families and nursing mothers with improved amenities. The project also includes the installation of energyefficient lighting fixtures and controls to improve sustainability.

Anaheim

Anaheim unveils Little Arabia freeway signs

Anaheim joined with the Little Arabia business community Sept. 19 for

a ceremonial unveiling of signs for the cultural district that are set to go up along freeways. The unveiling marked a milestone monument for Little Arabia, a collection of more than 70 Middle Eastern and North African restaurants, cafes, boutiques, salons and other businesses along Brookhurst Street in west Anaheim. Several large and smaller freeway signs are set to be installed by the California Department of Transportation, better known as Caltrans, in the next two weeks.

Riverside

Riverside County

Riverside County launches new program to promote digital inclusion

Riverside County aims to reduce the barriers many residents face getting online by launching a Mobile Tech Hub Program to serve residents in the Fifth District as part of a digital inclusion strategy. The initiative, led by Riverside County Fifth District Supervisor Yxstian Gutierrez, is funded with $1.1 million from the district’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocation. The Mobile Tech Hubs will serve as portable Wi-Fi hotspots, provide digital literacy training, and IT support to eligible populations. These services will help residents connect online, update their devices, and troubleshoot software and hardware issues.

City of Riverside

Riverside’s Cops for Kids toy drive now underway

The Air Support Units of Riverside Police, River-

side County Sheriff, and San Bernardino County Sheriff have launched their yearly toy drive to support the 24th Annual “Cops For Kids Fly-In.” Donated toys will be delivered and distributed to Loma Linda UniversityChildren’s Hospital during the fly-in event on Wednesday, Nov. 6, to bring joy to children undergoing treatment. It is requested that donations include toys that are not violent in nature (no toy guns, knives, swords, action figures, etc.). Toys can be dropped off or shipped to Orange Station, Lincoln Station or Magnolia Station in Riverside. Toys can also be purchased through Amazon at https:// www.amazon.com/.../ ls/37O78RFTYKINH/ ref=cm_go_nav_hz.

Corona

Get spooky with Halloweekend in Corona

The City of Corona's annual Halloweekend event is returning this year. The Historic Civic Center and the Corona Public Library will play host to a spooktacular weekend of haunted happenings on Oct. 11-12. Get ready for a frightfully fun weekend featuring pumpkin carving, movies under the stars, trick-ortreating, candy, mazes and costumes. For a full schedule of events, visit coronaca.gov.

San Bernardino

San Bernardino County ARMC breaks ground on new Adolescent Behavioral Health Unit

On Sept. 11, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) took a major step toward address -

ing the region’s mental health crisis by breaking ground on its new Adolescent Behavioral Health Unit. This state-of-the-art facility will be the first of its kind in San Bernardino County, designed specifically to cater to the unique needs of adolescents facing mental health challenges.

City of San Bernardino

San Bernardino, Angel City FC to host 4 girls soccer clinics in October

The City of San Bernardino Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department in partnership with the Angel City Football Club and the non-profit Football for Her will be hosting free soccer clinics on Oct. 5 and Oct. 12 for girls between the ages of 7 and 18 of all skill levels. The clinics will include high quality training from trained coaches and former professional players along with mentorship and mental health sessions to build confidence, positive thinking, and personal empowerment. Participants can register online at www. sbcity.org/classes. Click on the “Activities” bar and type “soccer clinic” into the search box.

Ontario

Ontario to hold Fall Community Resource Fair Saturday

Join the City of Ontario for the Fall Community Resource Fair this Saturday at John Galvin Park (1072 N. Grove Ave., Ontario, CA) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stop by this free, family-friendly event and connect with various city departments and local partner agencies. There will be lots of giveaways, fun, and demonstrations.

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EPA scientists said they were pressured to downplay harms from chemicals. A watchdog found they were retaliated against.

By Sharon Lerner, ProPublica

More than three years ago, a small group of government scientists came forward with disturbing allegations.

During President Donald Trump’s administration, they said, their managers at the Environmental Protection Agency began pressuring them to make new chemicals they were vetting seem safer than they really were. They were encouraged to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports — and in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves.

After the scientists pushed back, they received negative performance reviews and three of them were removed from their positions in the EPA’s division of new chemicals and reassigned to jobs elsewhere in the agency.

On Sept. 18, the EPA inspector general announced that it had found that some of the treatment experienced by three of those scientists — Martin Phillips, Sarah Gallagher and William Irwin — amounted to retaliation.

Three reports issued by the inspector general confirmed that the scientists’ negative performance reviews as well as a reassignment and the denial of an award that can be used for cash or time off were retaliatory. They also detailed personal attacks by supervisors, who called them “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers.”

The reports called on the EPA to take “appropriate corrective action” in response to the findings. In one case, the inspector general noted that supervisors who violate the Whistleblower Protection Act should be suspended for at least three days.

The reports focus only

on the retaliation claims.

The inspector general is expected to issue reports in the future about the whistleblowers’ scientific allegations.

In an email sent to the staff of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention after the reports were released, EPA Assistant Administrator Michal Freedhoff wrote that the office plans to hold a “refresher training on both scientific integrity and the Whistleblower Protection Act” for all managers in the office. Freedhoff also wrote that the office is “reviewing the reports to determine whether additional action may be necessary.”

In a statement to ProPublica, the EPA tied the problems laid out in the report to Trump. “The events covered by these reports began during the previous administration when the political leadership placed intense pressure on both career managers and scientists in EPA’s new chemicals program to more quickly review and approve new chemicals,” the agency wrote, going on to add that the “work environment has been transformed under Administrator Michael Regan’s leadership.”

Trump campaign spokespeople did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

A second Trump presidency could see more farreaching interference with the agency’s scientific work. Project 2025, the radical conservative policy plan to overhaul the government, would make it much easier to fire scientists who raised concerns about industry influence.

“I’m worried about the future because there are groups out there pushing for changes to the civil service that would make it so I could be fired and replaced with a non-scientist,” said Phillips,

a chemist. Publicly available versions of the inspector general’s reports redacted the names of all EPA employees, including the scientists, but Phillips, Gallagher and Irwin confirmed that the investigations focused on their complaints.

Phillips said the experience of having his work changed, facing hostility from his supervisors and agonizing about whether and how to alert authorities was traumatic. He began pushing back against the pressure from his bosses in 2019, trying to explain why his calculations were correct and refusing their requests to change his findings, he said.

In one case, someone had deleted a report he had written that noted that a chemical caused miscarriages and birth defects in rats and replaced it with another report that omitted this critical information. After Phillips asked that the original report be restored, he was removed from his position within the EPA’s division of new chemicals and assigned a job elsewhere in the agency.

“I was turned into a pariah,” Phillips told ProPublica about the almost yearlong period when he was sparring with his managers in the new chemical’s division. “I lost sleep. I dreaded going to work. I was worried every time I had to meet with my supervisor or other members

strong ability to look at a chemical and pick out what its toxicity would be based on the structure.” When he was transferred, he said, “I got put on something I didn’t want to do.”

of the team. It made me question whether I wanted to continue in my job.”

He and the other scientists said they felt vindicated by the inspector general’s findings.

“It’s gratifying and a relief,” said Irwin, who has worked at the EPA for 15 years.

Irwin, who has a doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology and three board certifications in toxicology, was transferred from the new chemicals division into a division of the agency he calls “existing chemicals,” after refusing to change several reports, including one on a chemical that he suspected of causing reproductive, immune and neurological problems. Irwin said his supervisor later cited his refusal to sign off on that assessment as a reason to downgrade his rating in his annual performance review.

The division where Irwin and the other scientists worked plays a critical role within the EPA. Companies that develop new chemicals are required to get permission from the EPA to introduce them to the market. If the agency finds that they could pose an unreasonable risk to health or the environment, it must, by law, regulate them, which can involve limiting or forbidding their production or use.

Irwin feels he is particularly suited to the work on new chemicals. “I have a

After they were forced to leave their jobs assessing new chemicals, the scientists filed the first of what would be six complaints with the EPA inspector general in June 2021. Their allegations, which detailed industry pressure that continued under the administration of President Joe Biden and pointed fingers at career officials who still worked for the EPA, were the subject of a 10-part series I published in The Intercept. Three of those career scientists named in the complaints subsequently left the EPA. And the agency ordered changes to address the corruption the whistleblowers had alleged, including the creation of two internal science policy advisory councils aimed at shoring up scientific integrity.

“These whistleblowers have been beaten down, ostracized and punished, when all they were trying to do was to protect us,” said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an organization that helped the scientists draft the complaints to the EPA inspector general.

The inspector general’s reports said supervisors defended their actions, claiming that the whistleblowers took an overly conservative approach in their assessments and that, in some cases, criticisms the supervisors had relayed from the companies that submitted the chemicals were valid. One supervisor said scientists “were expected to make compromises to complete the new chemicals assessments.”

The inspector general released two additional reports that did not substantiate allegations of retaliation made by two other scientists.

Bennett said she was particularly concerned about how the outcome of the upcoming presidential election could affect the whistleblowers. “If there is another Trump administration, I will be petrified for them,” she said.

If Trump fulfills even some of the promises made in Project 2025, job security for the whistleblowers — and all EPA scientists — will become much more tenuous. Project 2025 specifically calls for new chemicals to be approved quickly and proposes that all employees whose work touches on policy in federal agencies would become at-will workers, allowing them to be fired more easily.

Although Trump has attempted to distance himself from the effort, saying, “I don’t know what the hell it is,” reporting by ProPublica showed that 29 out of 36 speakers in Project 2025 training videos worked for him in some capacity. All three scientists who were found to have been the victims of retaliation said they worry that the underlying problems they raised have not been adequately addressed and might worsen.

The scientists said they were still concerned about industry pressure on the EPA’s chemical approval process.

“It’s been four years since we first started raising concerns about what was happening, and we haven’t seen a resolution yet,” Gallagher said. “We haven’t gotten assurance that the concerns we’ve been raising will be fixed.”

Still, Gallagher said she thinks the inspector general’s investigation might begin to lessen the burdens she’s felt since she blew the whistle at the EPA. “I’m hoping that I’ll be able to feel valued in my job again,” she said.

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Clergy coalition denounces Trump's criticism of Haitian migrants

By Jose Herrera, City News Service

In response to Former President Donald Trump's recent remarks about Haitian immigrants, a coalition of clergy Tuesday denounced the anti-immigrant rhetoric and urged Southland residents to stand in solidarity with migrants.

Outside of LA City Hall, members of the Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice led by Pastor Stephen Cue Jn-Marie condemned remarks made by Trump and his 2024 running mate JD Vance about Haitian immigrants in the city of Springfield, Ohio.

Trump made the claim that migrants were eating people's pets during the ABC presidential debate on Sept. 11 with Kamala Harris. The assertion led to the city facing bomb and shooting threats, forcing closures of schools and other events.

During a rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, on Monday, Trump doubled down on his remarks.

"President Trump is rightfully highlighting the failed immigration system that Kamala Harris has overseen, bringing thousands of illegal immigrants pouring into communities like Springfield and many others across the county," a Trump spokesperson told Newsweek Tuesday morning. "President Trump will secure our border and put a stop to this chaos."

Pastor Cue, founder of The Row LA, also known as "The Church Without Walls," said while the experiences of Haitians in the Southland may differ, they are being vilified in other parts of the country.

"We wanted to push back against those lies that Haitian immigrants

were

did

OPINION

Unbe-leaf-able Fall Fun!

By Shawn Spencer shawn@girlfridaysolutions.net

It’s officially Fall, y’all!

The forecast for this Saturday calls for some clouds in the morning that burn off to beautiful sunny skies in the afternoon, with a temperature of approximately 87 degrees. That sounds like perfect weather for a Beer, Wine & Music Festival, if I do say so myself!

The Monrovia Chamber of Commerce is hosting their ninth annual event at Library Park on Saturday from 4-8 p.m. Enjoy wines from around the world. Imbibe beer from local master breweries, while enjoying live music and the company of like-minded people. Yours truly will be pouring with OverTown Brewery, so if that isn’t reason enough to buy tickets, I don’t know what is!

Tickets are $40, presale and $50 at the door. Visit monroviacc.com to purchase your tickets using the QR code. You must be 21 to enter the event, but families are more than welcome to pull up chairs and blankets to enjoy the music on the grass. Perhaps with a pizza from Old Town Pizza? Maybe some tacos or sliders from Sena? Any chance to support our local restaurants, am I right? I sure hope to see you there!

On Saturday, Oct. 12 from 10 am.-2 p.m., Old Town brings you a super fun day full of fall festivities!

Fire Station 101 is having its Open House during Fire Prevention week. Stop by for demonstrations, helpful tips that can save lives and more.

Bring your kids because what kid doesn’t love fire trucks! And who doesn’t love Firemen?! Don’t forget to cruise Old Town and enjoy the Fall Festival from 10am2pm. There will be fall crafts, a trackless train, hayrides, photo opportunities, a super-

anti-immigration. We know that when they did that, it brought violence upon the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio."

Cue emphasized that Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine sent law enforcement and millions in dollars in health care support to the city of Springfield and the Haitian population.

"Whenever you attack the Haitian community, Black folk just feel it period," Cue said. "We know this policy is rooted in anti-Blackness."

The pastor added that anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies are "deeply rooted" in white supremacy, and impacts not just the Haitian community but all communities of color.

Rev. Walter Contreras of the Presbyterian Church, who works in the San Gabriel Valley and Los

Angeles area, added that it is morally wrong to use lives -- people -- to promote division and foster hate.

"We are a country made of immigrants, and for the ex-president and his vice president -- his running mate -- (to be) using stories like this to take advantage of elderly people and producing lies," Cue said. "There's a lot of fear among the immigrant population."

Contreras wanted to remind voters to make the right decision during the Nov. 5 presidential election.

"As you vote, you have to define reality," Contreras said. "You will never make the right decision, the right choice, unless you're willing to define what is happening as wrong, and realizing what is going on is causing more harm than anything else."

cute pet costume contest, merchant sales & specials, and more. The fun starts at Library Park, but continues throughout Old Town, so be sure to get your map of participating merchants!

Another epic day in Old Town will unfold on Oct. 19

from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., as Street Rods Forever returns for their 33rd annual car show.

Join in on the fun as Street Rods Forever celebrates their 40th anniversary. There will be gorgeous cars, lots of community members out and about and music brought to you by Jukebox Memories.

Add that to a great breakfast and/or lunch in Old Town and that sounds like a darn good day!

Do you want to make a difference? Perhaps you want to become more involved in your community or give back? Join us on Oct. 26 from 8 a.m. to noon for our 34th annual Make a Difference Day! Registration and check in is from 7-8 a.m. at Library Park. We will help our neighbors with home

improvements, landscaping, city beautification, food sorting and more. It is sure to be a fee-good day that you won’t want to miss.

Did you know that Monrovia has a city store? Stop by City Hall or shop online at cityofmonroviastore.org. Need a pen? Why not buy a Monrovia pen? They have other really cute items to choose from. I love the Monrovia post cards. They also have “Art in Public Places” Christmas ornaments. There are T-shirts, sweatshirts, wine glasses, mugs and even an adorably stuffed Samson Bear! If Monrovia gets any cuter, I don’t think I’ll be able to take it! Enjoy this fall weather and all the fun events that are heading our way!

eating cats and dogs," Cue said. "We know they

that to actually propel and push their rhetoric of

Members of the Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice outside LA City Hall Tuesday. | Screenshot from Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice

| Photo courtesy of Old Town Monrovia, CA/Facebook

Arcadia City Notices

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held for the proposed project, as described below. The Historic Preservation Commission will review the proposed request and forward a recommendation to the City Council.

pbsystem.planetbids.com/portal/54150/portal-home OR sealed bids at the City Clerk’s office, City Hall, 8838 Valley Blvd, Rosemead, CA 91770 up to 10:30 o’clock a.m. on the 23rd day of October, 2024. Electronic and hardcopy bids will be publicly posted on PlanetBids.

ROSEMEAD PARK RESTROOM RENOVATION ADJACENT TO AQUATIC CENTER PROJECT No. 41026

Contact Information: Edwin Arreola Senior Planner (626) 821-4334

earreola@ArcadiaCA.gov

City of Arcadia Development Services Department 240 W. Huntington Drive P.O. Box 60021 Arcadia, CA 91066

A. A Categorical Exemption from CEQA pursuant to Section 15308, Class 8 pertaining to Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment such as designation of historic resources; and

B. Historic Landmark Permit No. HL 24-01

Request: To designate the Earle L. and Mady G. Brod House at 1203 Oakwood Drive as a local landmark because it embodies the distinctive characteristics of mid-century Modern architecture and represents the work of master architect Richard Neutra

Applicant: Chris Karlen

Hearing Date and Time: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

Place of Hearing: Arcadia City Council Chambers 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia CA

Persons wishing to comment on the project and/or environmental documents may do so at the public hearing or by submitting wri tten statements to Planning Services prior to the October 8, 2024 hearing. This notice was mailed and published in the Arcadia Weekly on September 26, 2024. The staff report for this item will be available on the City’s website at www.ArcadiaCA.gov after 5:30 PM on Thursday October 3 2024 City Hall will be closed on October 4, 2024 Per Government Code Section 65009 – If you challenge this project in court or in administrative hearing, you may be limited to raising only those issues

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EL Monte City Notices

The Trust for Public Land REQUEST FOR BID

The Trust for Public Land requests bids from pre-qualified General Contractors (Class “A” and/or “B” License) for the construction of the Zamora Park Renovation Project (“Project”) in El Monte, CA.

Notice is hereby given that The Trust for Public Land has determined that General Contractor bidders on this Project must be prequalified prior to submitting a bid on this Project.

TPL conducted a contractor pre-qualification pursuant to the Department of Industrial Relations framework. Contractor pre-qualification packages were submitted on January 9, 2023 after a public advertisement. Only the listed pre-qualified General Contractors are eligible to submit a bid on the Zamora Park Renovation Project: AMG & Associates, Inc.; Los Angeles Engineering, Inc.; and Ohno Construction Company.

MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING: There will be a mandatory bidder’s meeting on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 8:00 am at the project site (3820 Penn Mar Ave, El Monte, CA 91732). Failure to attend this meeting shall give cause to have your bid declared non-responsive.

FILING OF SUBMITTALS: All submittals must be delivered on or before 1:00 pm, Wednesday, October 16, 2024 through the City of El Monte’s PlanetBids portal.

The Request for Bid packages may be obtained through the City of El Monte’s PlanetBids portal.

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk

Published on: Monday, September 23, 2024 and Thursday, September 26, 2024 EL MONTE EXAMINER

Monrovia City Notices

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

COMPREHENSIVE

SAFETY ACTION PLAN AND BICYCLE MASTER PLAN UPDATE CITY OF MONROVIA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Monrovia is seeking proposals for the development of a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan and Bicycle Master Plan Update. Proposals shall be submitted electronically by 6:00 p.m. on October 17, 2024 to bids@monro-

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The full request for proposal is listed on the City of Monrovia website at: • www.monroviaca.gov/your-government/city-clerk-s-office/bids-rfps

Background

On October 12, 2023, the City received funding from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) through the FHWA SS4A Program. This program supports the development of a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (Action Plan) that identifies significant roadway safety concerns and outlines the implementation of projects and strategies to address these issues. The goal is to create a holistic strategy to prevent roadway fatalities and serious injuries.

Project Description

The City of Monrovia is requesting proposals from qualified firms to develop Monrovia’s own Action Plan. Alongside the Action Plan, the City requests that the selected firm also update the City’s current bicycle master plan. This planning effort will assist in identifying and prioritizing traffic safety projects and programs in Monrovia. The final Action Plan must align with the Federal Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Safe System Approach and meet requirements for future SS4A Demonstration and Implementation Grant funding as well as other funding programs, such as the State’s Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP).

The RFP document outlines the scope of work, selection process, and required proposal content. Proposals will be evaluated based on qualifications, experience, implementation plan, cost, and other criteria set forth in the RFP.

Questions

Inquiries regarding this proposal should be directed to Sophia Sousa, Management Analyst, by phone, (626) 932-5512, or email, ssousa@monroviaca.gov.

/s/ Alice D. Atkins, MMC, City Clerk

Publish September 23 and 26, 2024 MONROVIA WEEKLY

Rosemead City Notices

A mandatory pre-bid meeting to acquaint Bidders with the contract requirements and site conditions that may affect the work. The mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Thursday, October 10th, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. – at 9155 Mission Dr, Rosemead, CA 91770. The City will only consider Bids submitted by those Bidders who attend the Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting. All other bids will be considered non-responsive and subject to rejection.

The project consists of the renovation of the Rosemead Park Restrooms that are adjacent to the aquatic center. The scope consists of upgrading deteriorating structures, including ADA compliant fixtures, sewer lateral replacement, striping of existing ADA parking stalls, and all related appurtenances as indicated on the construction plans, technical specifications and cut sheets including other incidental and appurtenant work necessary for the proper completion of the project.

The engineer’s estimate for this project is in the range of $320,000. The successful bidder shall have FORTY (40) working days to complete the work. Liquidated damages shall be $500.00 per calendar day.

Copies of the Bidding and Contract Documents, Plans and Specifications can be obtained from the City’s PlanetBid portal. Contractors can register as a vendor and download the documents by visiting the PlanetBid Portal (https://pbsystem.planetbids.com/ portal/54150/portal-home). Hard copy of the bid package will not be mailed.

SB 854 Requirements:

This project is subject to the requirements of SB 854. No prime contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless registered and qualified with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. No prime contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered and qualified with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The bid proposal must include a print out from the DIR registration website showing that the prime contractor and each subcontractor is currently registered and qualified. No bid proposals will be accepted nor any contract entered into with a prime contractor without proof of registration as required above. [Unless within the limited exceptions from this requirement for bid proposals only under Labor Code Section 1771.1(a)]

Each bid must be accompanied by a bidder’s security in an amount not less than 10% of the amount of the bid, as a guarantee that the bidder will, if awarded the Contract, enter into a satisfactory agreement and provide a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each not less than 100% of the total amount of the bid price.

No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty-one (61) days after the above bid opening date.

FEDERAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS FOR FEDERAL-AID PROJECTS

Prevailing Wages Required:

Prevailing wages shall be paid to all workers in accordance with California Labor Code 1771. A copy of the prevailing wages schedule is on file with the City.

DBE:

There is no mandatory DBE Participation requirement. All bidders are required to comply with all applicable competitive bidding and labor compliance laws including, but not limited to, active solicitation of subcontract bids from minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and businesses owned by disabled veterans. The City hereby notifies all qualified bidders that it will affirmatively insure that qualified minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, religion, or handicap in consideration for an award. Attention is directed to the provisions of Section 1777.5 (Chapter 1411, Statutes of 1968) and 1777.5 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor’s or any such subcontractors under hire. The bidders and the selected Contractor shall not allow discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, religion, or handicap. Note that the Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the California Department of Industrial Relations. Pursuant to California law, the City must find bids failing to comply with all applicable Labor Code requirements including, without limitation, Labor Code §§ 1725.5 and 1771.4, to be nonresponsive. This project requires payment of State prevailing rates of wages for Los Angeles County. The contractor shall post copies of the prevailing schedule at each job site. Copies of these rates of wages are available from the State of California Department of Industrial

E. Sycamore

Relations Prevailing Wage Unit, Telephone No. (415) 703-4774.

The website for this agency is currently located at www.dir.ca.gov.

The contractor to whom the contract is awarded must assist in locating, qualifying, hiring and increasing the skills of minority group employees and applicants for employment, as set forth in Executive Order 11246 and 11375.

Apprenticeship Program:

Attention is directed to Sections 1777.5, 1777.6 and 1777.7 of the California Labor Code and Title 8, California Administrative code, Section 200 et seq. to ensure compliance and complete understanding of the law regarding apprentices.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Except as otherwise provided under 41 CFR Part 60, to the extent this Contract meets the definition of a "federally assisted construction contract" as set forth in 41 CFR Part 60-1.3, the CONTRACTOR agrees at all times during the term of this Contract to comply with and abide by the following: (i) that the equal opportunity clause ("Equal Opportunity Clause") is part of this Contract and incorporated herein by this reference in 41 CFR 60-1.4(b) in accordance with Executive Order 11246, “Equal Employment Opportunity” (30 FR 12319, 12935, 3 CFR Part, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 339), as amended by Executive Order 11375, “Amending Executive Order 11246 Relating to Equal Employment Opportunity,” and (ii) the regulations implementing the Equal Opportunity Clause at 41 CFR Part 60 and that such implementing regulations are a part of this Contract and incorporated herein by this reference.).

Debarment and Suspension Certification:

The Contractor certifies that neither Contractor nor any of Contractor's agents, sub-contractors or employees who may perform services under this contract are debarred, suspended or excluded from participation in any federal assistance programs in accordance with Executive Orders 12549 and 12689 and its implementing guidelines. The Contractor agrees to immediately notify the Federal awarding agency if the Contractor or any of the Contractor's agents, sub-contractors or employees who may perform services under this contract become debarred, suspended or excluded from participation in federal assistance programs or federal contract transactions.

Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act:

To the extent this Contract is in excess of $100,000 and involves the employment of mechanics or laborers, the Contractor agrees at all times during the term of this Contract to comply with and abide by the terms of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, codified at 40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq., as supplemented by regulations at 29 CFR Part 5, and that such terms and regulations are a part of this Contract and incorporated herein by this reference.

Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment Certification:

To the extent this Contract is in excess of $100,000, the CONTRACTOR certifies that neither the CONTRACTOR nor any of the CONTRACTOR's agents, sub-contractors or employees who may perform services under this Agreement have not used and will not use any Federally appropriated funds to pay any person or organization for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with obtaining any Federal contract, grant or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. 1352. The CONTRACTOR agrees to immediately notify the Federal awarding agency if the CONTRACTOR or any of the CONTRACTOR's agents, sub-contractors or employees who may perform services under this Agreement influence or attempt to influence any officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with obtaining any Federal contract, grant or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. 1352.

Conflict of Interest:

In the procurement of supplies, equipment, construction, and services by sub-recipients, the conflict of interest provisions in 2 CFR 200.112 and 24 CFR 570.611, respectively, shall apply. No employee, officer or agent of the subrecipient shall participate in selection, or in the award or administration of a contract supported by Federal funds if a conflict of interest, real or apparent, would be involved. The Contractor represents, warrants and agrees that to the best of its knowledge, it does not presently have, nor will it acquire during the term of this Agreement, any interest direct or indirect, by contract, employment or otherwise, or as a partner, joint venture or shareholder (other than as a shareholder holding a one percent (1%) or less interest in publicly traded companies) or affiliate with any business or business entity that has entered into any contract, subcontract or arrangement with the City. Upon execution of this Agreement and during its term, as appropriate, the Contractor shall disclose in writing to the City any other contract or employment during the term of this Agreement by any other persons, business or corporation in which employment will or may likely develop a conflict of interest between the City’s interest and the interests of the third parties.

The CITY OF ROSEMEAD will affirmatively ensure the disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, disability, sex or national origin in the consideration for an award.

Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice will incorporate the provisions of the State Labor Code. Compliance with the prevailing rates of wage and apprenticeship employment standards established

LEGALS

by the State Director of Industrial Relations will be required. Bidders shall be licensed in accordance with the provision of Chapter 9, Division 111 of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California. Bidder shall have a Class “A” or Class “B” license in good standing at the time Bids are received.

The Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality, technical defect, or minor irregularity in any bid submitted

An award of service shall not be final until the bids have been reviewed and a Contract Agreement with the City has been signed by the lowest responsible bidder and by the City.

Award of Contract Agreement is proposed for November 12th, 2024.

Dated this September 23rd, 2024

Ericka Hernandez City Clerk

Publish: September 26th & October 3rd, 2024. ROSEMEAD READER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ON OCTOBER 8, 2024

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Rosemead City Council will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at 7:00 PM, at Rosemead City Hall, located at 8838 East Valley Boulevard, Rosemead. Remote public comments will be received by calling (626) 569-2100 or via email at publiccomment@cityofrosemead.org by 5:00 p.m. on October 8, 2024. A live phone call option may also be requested by calling the number provided above. All comments are public record and will be recorded in the official record of the City. If you have a request for an accommodation under the ADA, please contact Ericka Hernandez, City Clerk, at (626) 569-2100.

CASE NO.: PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 23-01 – Maryvale has submitted a Planned Development application, requesting to legalize and expand land uses consisting of transitional and supportive housing, mental health services, administrative services, early education, daycare, religious and institutional uses, and open space and recreational uses offered at 7600 Graves Avenue, thereby changing the permissible uses of the site. The project’s scope of work entails tenant improvements to both the ground floor and second floor of Laboure Hall to adapt its previous use as an orphanage to transitional and supportive housing; these tenant improvements include, but are not limited to, the reconfiguration of existing kitchen spaces and conversion of dormitory-style suites with communal bathrooms to individual family suites with private bathrooms. No physical expansion of the existing buildings onsite is proposed as a part of the Planned Development application. Section 17.24.040(E) of the City of Rosemead’s Municipal Code (RMC) states that “changes in the use shown in the Development Plan shall be considered in like manner as changes in the Zoning Map and shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Title, except such changes may be accomplished by a resolution rather than by ordinance.” The site consists of one parcel (APN: 5285-016-020) that encompasses a total lot area of 594,594 square feet (13.65 acres) and is located at 7600 Graves Avenue in the Planned Development (P-D) zone.

On September 16, 2024, the City of Rosemead Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing. Upon hearing all testimonies from the public, the Planning Commission recommended approval of this request to the City Council.

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines outline a list of classes of projects that are deemed to have minimal environmental impact and thus are categorically exempt from the full environmental review process required by CEQA. Among the categorical exemptions is Class 1 Categorical Exemption, which covers projects that involves “the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use” (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15301). P-D 23-01 qualifies as a categorical exemption, as it aligns with CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(a), which includes “interior or exterior alterations involving such things as interior partitions, plumbing, and electrical conveyances.” Accordingly, P-D 23-01 is classified as a Class 1 Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines.

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009(b), if this matter is subsequently challenged in court, the challenge may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Rosemead at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65091, this public hearing notice has been published in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the local agency and has been mailed to all owners of real property as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll within 300 feet of the real property that is the subject of the hearing. Lastly, this notice is also posted onsite and in six (6)

public locations, specifying the availability of the application, plus the date, time, and location of the public hearing. For further details on this proposal, please contact Lina Do, Assistant Planner, at (626) 569-2252 or ldo@cityofrosemead.org. In addition, the City Council Agenda and Staff Report will be available on the City’s website under “City Calendar” (www.cityofrosemead.org) at least 72 hours in advance of the public hearing. Any person interested in the above proceedings may provide comments in support of, or in opposition to, the item(s) indicated in this notice by submitting in writing through email at publiccomment@cityofrosemead.org or by calling (626) 569-2100. Public hearing comments received before 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, will be read out for the record.

PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

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Temple City Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL

The City Council is holding a public hearing on the project described below. This notice has been made public because your property may be directly or indirectly affected as this is a citywide project.

Project Location: Citywide, City of Temple City, County of Los Angeles

Project: PL 24-4589 Municipal Code Amendment. Introduction of the first reading of a proposed ordinance to amend the Temple City Municipal Code (TCMC) relating to standards for wireless telecommunication facilities.

Applicant: City of Temple City, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780

Environmental Review: This Ordinance is not subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Section 15061(B)(3) of the California Public Resources Code, also known as the “Common Sense Exemption.” This is because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the project will have a significant effect on the environment.

The City Council Public Hearing will be held:

Meeting Date & Time: Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 7:30 PM

Meeting Location: Temple City Library Meeting Room, 5939 Golden West Avenue, Temple City, California 91780 (TEMPORARY LOCATION)

If you have a request for reasonable modification or accommodation due to a disability covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact staff (cityclerk@templecity.us or (626) 6567316) 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

For questions or concerns regarding this project, or if you wish to review the project file, please contact:

Project Planner: Tony Bu, Community Development Supervisor (626) 656-7316 tbu@templecity.us

The decision of City Council is final. If you challenge any of the foregoing actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the hearing body at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Date: September 25, 2024

Signature: Tony Bu, Community Development Supervisor

Published September 26, 2024 TEMPLE CITY TRIBUNE

Probates Notices

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requests that Richard

be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take

filed by Richard Meza in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE

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many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on November 15, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. 5. located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: Bezaire & Leathers Sherlock K. Lau SBN 352182

41 Corporate Park Suite 320 Irvine, Ca 92606 September 19, 23, 26, 2024

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MAY TRAN

Case No. 24STPB10255

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Anna Tran in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Anna Tran be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Oct. 10, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 79 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and

legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: PAUL HORN ESQ SBN 243227

PAUL HORN LAW GROUP PC 11404 SOUTH STREET CERRITOS CA 90703 CN110345 TRAN Sep 19,23,26, 2024 EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF SANDRA ADRIENNE WATERS

Case No. 24STPB07790

To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred-itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of SANDRA ADRIENNE WATERS

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Michael Waters in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Michael Waters be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administra-tion authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objec-tion to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Oct. 18, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 9 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowl-edgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: GRACE LIM-AYRES ESQ SBN 321004 THE WERNER LAW FIRM 27433 TOURNEY RD STE 200 SANTA CLARITA CA 91355 CN110372 WATERS Sep 23,26,30, 2024 MONROVIA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WILLIAM HOOVER

CASE NO. 24STPB10538

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of WILLIAM HOOVER.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by TANI S. HOOVER in the Superior Court of California,

County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that TANI S. HOOVER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent's WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/18/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner

SCOTT T. HOLMAN, ESQ. - SBN 315487 HOLMAN & HOLMAN, LLP

316 W. FOOTHILL BOULEVARD MONROVIA CA 91016

Telephone (626) 358-1218 9/23, 9/26, 9/30/24 CNS-3854218# DUARTE DISPATCH

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: NEIL THOMAS MARTAU CASE NO. 24STPB10430

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of NEIL THOMAS MARTAU.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by EMILY WEST MARTAU in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that EMILY WEST MARTAU be appointed as Special Administrator with general powers to administer the estate of the decedent.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/24/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the

California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner

DEBBY S. DOITCH, ESQ. - SBN 266731

ANDREW D. NUTBROWN, ESQ.SBN 343702

KJMLAW PARTNERS, PLC 301 E COLORADO BLVD STE 600 PASADENA CA 91101

Telephone (626) 568-9300 9/23, 9/26, 9/30/24 CNS-3854643# AZUSA BEACON

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Janet Barbara Goetz CASE NO. 24STPB10499

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Julie Zamora in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Julie Zamora be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with full authority . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on 10/29/2024 at 8:30AM in Dept. 79 located at 111 N. HILL ST. LOS ANGELES CA 90012 STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Clayton D. Wilson - SB# 40339 414 S. First Ave. Arcadia, CA 91006

Telephone: (626) 574-1890 9/23, 9/26, 9/30/24 CNS-3854669# MONROVIA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: NEIL THOMAS MARTAU

CASE NO. 24STPB10430

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

THOMAS MARTAU.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by EMILY WEST MARTAU in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that EMILY WEST MARTAU be appointed as Special Administrator with general powers to administer the estate of the decedent.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/24/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner

DEBBY S. DOITCH, ESQ. - SBN 266731

ANDREW D. NUTBROWN, ESQ.SBN 343702 KJMLAW PARTNERS, PLC 301 E COLORADO BLVD STE 600 PASADENA CA 91101

Telephone (626) 568-9300 9/23, 9/26, 9/30/24 CNS-3854643# AZUSA BEACON

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF OFELIA SUSANA SANTORO aka OFELIA S. SANTORO Case No. 24STPB10627

To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred-itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of OFELIA SUSANA SANTORO aka OFELIA S. SANTORO A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Victor Manuel Cruz in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Victor Manuel Cruz be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administra-tion authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objec-tion to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Oct. 22, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 29 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four ORDER TO

OC judge accused of killing wife has bail revoked, taken into custody

By Terri Vermeulen Keith, City News Service

An Orange County Superior Court judge accused of fatally shooting his wife had his $1 million bail revoked Tuesday for violating the terms of his release, and he was taken into custody in court.

Prosecutors said Judge Jeffrey Malcolm Ferguson, 73, violated the terms of his release by drinking alcohol. Ferguson's attorney denied the allegation, blaming it on the judge's use of cortisone anti-itch cream and hand sanitizer gel containing alcohol that triggered the ankle-monitoring system.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Eleanor J. Hunter on Tuesday revoked Ferguson's $1 million bail, and reset his bail amount at $2 million. Ferguson was handcuffed by sheriff's deputies in court and led away to a courtroom lockup.

Ferguson is due back in court Nov. 1, when a trial date is expected to be set. He is accused in the Aug. 3, 2023, shooting of his 65-year-old wife, Sheryl, at their Anaheim Hills home.

Ferguson's attorney, Ed Welbourn, had contended in court papers that Ferguson the anti-itch cream and gel "on his skin under the ankle monitor to help ease the blistering, redness and swelling, which is what caused the ankle monitor to spike."

Ferguson said in court papers that he suffers from "intermittent symptoms associated with a chronic kidney failure condition that I have had for the past several years, that includes periods of lower leg edema and swelling from time to time."

He noticed "mild swelling" in his legs the morning of Aug. 26, but it went away overnight, but by the next day the swelling returned and it made the ankle bracelet "snug," Ferguson said.

The swelling ultimately progressed enough that the bracelet "was now deeply pressed into my left lower leg," which led to "severe discomfort," Ferguson said. When he tried to adjust

the bracelet for relief, he noticed it was "reddened" and his skin was "chafed and discolored," he said.

He used the hand sanitizer to ward off infection, he said.

"I have not consumed alcohol for over a year, and I did not consume any alcohol on Aug. 28 and Aug. 29, 2024," he said in court papers.

Ferguson is prohibited from drinking alcohol as he awaits trial. Prosecutors alleged he was intoxicated when he shot his wife.

The judge had been free on $1 million bond since shortly after his arrest.

Anaheim Police Department officers arrested Ferguson after they were called to his home in the 8500 block of East Canyon Vista Drive just after 8 p.m. Aug. 3, 2023, on reports of a shooting. Inside the home, officers found Sheryl Ferguson, the judge's wife, suffering from at least one gunshot wound, said Anaheim Police Sgt. Jonathan McClintock.

Sheryl Ferguson was pronounced dead at the scene.

In a bail motion last year, Deputy District Attorney Christopher Alex said Ferguson shot his wife "through the chest in the living room of their home in Anaheim."

The prosecutor alleged the judge used a "loaded 40-caliber pistol that he

pulled from his ankle holster. He shot her at close range. He did so while intoxicated. His adult son witnessed the homicide."

The dispute began earlier in the evening while the couple argued during a dinner at a restaurant near their home, Alex said.

Ferguson "pointed his finger at his wife in a manner mimicking a firearm," Alex said, adding that the conflict continued at home "periodically" for about an hour.

Referring to the hand gesture at dinner, Sheryl Ferguson allegedly said moments before her husband opened fire "words to the effect of: `Why don't you point a real gun at me?"' Alex alleged.

Ferguson "retrieved his pistol from his ankle holster and shot (his wife) center mass," Alex alleged.

Ferguson's son called 911 and the judge did so as well. When a dispatcher asked the judge if he shot his wife, he said he did not want to discuss that at the time and when asked again, he said she needed paramedics, Alex said.

Minutes later, Alex alleged, Ferguson sent a text message to his court clerk and bailiff, saying, "I just lost it. I just shot my wife. I won't be in tomorrow. I will be in custody. I'm so sorry."

The clerk and bailiff assumed he was joking, Alex said.

Rob A515751

One-year-old pit bull mix Rob is a young and energetic pup who gets a lot of joy from simple things that keep his mind active. He loves exploring, so some of his favorite things are puzzle toys where he gets to use his brain (and his nose) to find hidden treats. He can also sniff out the tiniest treat from a snuffle mat. Rob also gets exercise while working on basic training cues. He is an expert at sit and he knows to sit patiently for treats or toys. When it’s time to leave the house to go outside, he sits patiently at the door. He practices that skill when he’s out on a walk as well. He sits by your side at intersections until you cue him that it’s time to go. Silly Rob also gets to have playtime where he can just be a big puppy, too. He loves to play fetch with stuffed toys, and he’ll even bring them back to you most of the time. He’s also a world-class snuggler who never says no to some butt scratches or pets. Despite being young and large (he weighs about 75 pounds), Rob is a great indoor dog. He’s calm for his age when he gets a little bit of physical or mental exercise, and he has excellent indoor manners. Rob is ready to explore the world with you!

Charles A496930

Charles is a charming 5-year-old pit bull with a big heart and a love for adventure. He’s had quite the journey at Pasadena Humane, showing tremendous growth in confidence and affection over time. Charles may initially appear shy, but once he warms up, his sweet personality truly shines. He responds well to treats and loves a good scratch behind the ears. You’ll often find him happily leaning into his favorite people for pets or splashing around in the pool during his playtime in the yard. This handsome boy enjoys his walks and is always eager to explore. While he’s still working on some leash manners, Charles shows great progress with every outing. He’s especially fond of his treat puzzles and enjoys the occasional zoomies in the yard. When he settles down, he loves to curl up at your feet and soak up all the love he can get. Charles is looking for a patient and understanding adopter who can continue to guide him on his journey to becoming the best dog he can be. With his gentle nature and love for companionship, Charles has all the makings of a loyal and loving friend. He’s ready to find a forever home where he can continue to thrive and share his affection. Are you ready to give Charles the loving home he deserves? Come meet this sweet boy and see if he’s the perfect match for you!

The adoption fee for dogs is $150. All dog adoptions include spay or neuter, microchip, and age-appropriate vaccines. Walk-in adoptions are available every day from 2:00 –5:00. For those who prefer, adoption appointments are available daily from 10:30 – 1:30, and can be scheduled online. View photos of adoptable pets at pasadenahumane.org. New adopters will receive a complimentary health-and-wellness exam from VCA Animal Hospitals, as well as a goody bag filled with information about how to care for your pet. Pets may not be available for adoption and cannot be held for potential adopters by phone calls or email.

Judge Jeffrey Feguson accompanied by his wife Sheryl takes the Superior Court oath. | Photo courtesy of Orange County

Pedestrian struck and killed by fire truck outside Long Beach firehouse

By City News Service

Afire truck responding to a call for service struck and killed a man in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach early Tuesday, authorities said.

The collision was reported around 12:40 a.m. in the 5300 block of East Second Street, according to the Long Beach Police Department.

"The preliminary investigation indicates LBFD personnel were responding to a call for service when their fire engine collided with a pedestrian," a Long Beach Police Department statement said. "LBFD personnel determined the pedestrian deceased at the scene. Collision Investigation detectives have responded to the scene. The investigation is ongoing."

The man was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner as Michael Shaun Ross, 61, who was homeless.

Music teacher reinstated, Spanish teacher still out after students walk out of Lake Balboa high

school

By Tim Haddock, City News Service

Amusic teacher at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School in Lake Balboa who was informed by the Los Angeles Unified School District he was being displaced was reinstated, and students and staff at the school are encouraged by the news Tuesday.

Two teachers were told they were being displaced at the school because of low enrollment. An estimated 100 students walked out of classes Monday and marched to the district offices to rally in support of them Monday.

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Music teacher Wes Hambright and Spanish teacher Glenda Hurtado were informed after Norm Day on Sept. 13, when the district determines staffing levels based on enrollment, that they were being relieved of duties at the school, including their overview of school clubs and special events.

Hambright was reinstated, the district told students and staff members Monday. Hurtado is still being displaced and Spanish classes at the school will be offered online only.

Enrollment at the school dropped from 220 to 188

from 2023 to 2024. That enrollment is the lowest at the school in its history.

Upon learning of the news Wednesday, a group of students formed a plan to walk out of classes Monday to protest the displacement and rally in support of them.

At 3 p.m., the group walked from the campus to the Los Angeles Unified School District North District offices next to the school.

Hurtado posted a message on the social media site Schoology about being displaced.

"It is with a deep sadness to announce to you that my position as a Spanish teacher was terminated at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School as of today due to low enrollment," Hurtado wrote. "I will be designated to another school. Not sure where or when. I am still processing the news. It is a very difficult time as I have been part of this beautiful Shark community for the last seventeen years of my teaching career."

Hurtado started her teaching career at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School when it was part of Birming-

ham High School, before it became a charter school and split into Daniel Pearl Magnet.

Hambright has been a member of the school faculty since 2015, starting as a permanent substitute teacher, becoming a fulltime teacher in August 2016. He was displaced during the 2016 school year because of budget cuts, which led to the music department shutting down, before eventually returning.

Two teachers, not including Hurtado, were displaced in the Spanish department because of budget cuts during the 2016 school year.

"Norm Day is a day each year in which activelyenrolled Los Angeles Unified students are counted solely for the purposes of reallocating district-provided staff according to the staff norm tables approved by the Board of Education annually," a Los Angeles Unified spokesperson said.

"This student count is typically conducted on a school day several weeks into the school year and the practice occurs across the state as school districts

| Photo courtesy of John Schuster/YouTube

| Photo courtesy of Daniel Pearl Magnet High School/Facebook

Judge tosses ex-LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva's suit over 'no-rehire' listing

By Fred Shuster, City News Service

Afederal judge has tossed former Los AngelesCounty Sheriff Alex Villanueva's lawsuit against the county over his placement on a "do not rehire" list, according to court papers obtained Saturday.

Villanueva, who lost his bid for reelection in 2022, was investigated by an oversight panel looking into harassment and retaliation complaints stemming from comments the controversial former sheriff made about Inspector General Max Huntsman and for allegedly targeting and harassing women of color.

The ex-sheriff alleged in federal court that he was investigated without being informed or given a chance to respond.

In an order issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Steven Wilson granted dismissal ultimately because Villanueva failed to sufficiently show that the county deprived him of due process or that his First Amendment rights were violated.

The judge dismissed the case without prejudice,

meaning Villanueva can refile it at a later date. Wilson granted the plaintiff two weeks to amend and re-file the lawsuit. If the amended complaint does not correct the deficiencies identified by the judge, it will be dismissed permanently, Wilson wrote in his 13-page order.

Villanueva's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday.

The suit — which alleges civil rights violations, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress — contends that the allegations against Villanueva had already been determined to be unfounded, but the county went forward anyway with an investigation "without ever notifying Villanueva or providing him with notice of any type."

Villanueva said he was never able to address the allegations, nor was he made aware of the findings. The results of the probe, Villanueva would learn, "placed him on a `Do Not Hire' list that severely affects, limits, and otherwise precludes

Villanueva's employment opportunities in the county government, as well as directly and indirectly detrimentally affecting Villanueva's employment prospects across the board," according to the 248-page June filing in LA federal court.

In his dismissal order,

Wilson found that the county provided Villanueva with an opportunity to be heard, but the ex-sheriff refused to meet with the investigator unless he received the interview questions in advance, which was against county policy.

Jason H. Tokoro, outside counsel for LA County on the

case, commended the court's dismissal.

"We appreciate the court's ruling and that it agreed with our arguments across the board in rejecting the allegations former Sheriff Villanueva made in his lawsuit against the county," he said in a statement. "Although he accused the county of putting him on the 'Do Not Rehire' list unfairly, the facts showed otherwise, and it was for these reasons the court dismissed the case."

The complaint also names as defendants the county Board of Supervisors, the Sheriff's Department, the Equity Oversight Panel, the Office of Inspector General, Huntsman and others.

Villanueva argues that the county's actions were politically motivated and lacked transparency and due process.

Carney Shegerian, Villanueva's attorney, said the lawsuit aims to have the "no rehire" notation removed from the former sheriff's record and seeks $25 million compensation for alleged damage to his reputation.

According to a Los Angeles

OC board censures Supervisor Andrew Do

By Paul Anderson, City News Service

The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to censure fellow Supervisor Andrew Do, after his law firm and home were raided by the FBI and his daughter faces allegations of corruption over a nonprofit agency funded in part by discretionary money from his office.

Do, who did not attend Tuesday's board meeting, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento, who proposed the censure, noted the board cannot remove Do from office.

"We don't have that power," he said.

But he said the "symbolic" gesture was important to let the public know the board takes the allegations seriously.

"I don't take pleasure bringing it forward or take it lightly," Sarmiento said.

Although Do was not named as a defendant in a county lawsuit filed last month against two nonprofits accused of misappropriating funds for a program to help feed residents during the pandemic, "his office is at the epicenter of misappropriation of funds," Sarmiento said.

"We are here to condemn misbehavior," Sarmiento said. "And make it clear it won't be tolerated."

Sarmiento said healing the wounds from the scandal "can't begin until we condemn

and call out the behavior."

Sarmiento acknowledged the censure vote "is purely

Times story, Huntsman had accused Villanueva of "dogwhistling to the extremists he caters to" when he repeatedly referred to the inspector general by his foreign-sounding birth name, Max-Gustaf. Villanueva denies that his use of the name "Max-Gustaf" is discriminatory or harassing.

A few weeks later, Villanueva publicly accused Huntsman of being a Holocaust denier — purportedly without any evidence.

Around the same time, a justice deputy for county Supervisor Hilda Solis filed a complaint accusing Villanueva of targeting and harassing women of color. Last fall, the County Equity Oversight Panel sustained complaints in both cases and recommended Villanueva — who had been voted out of office by that point — be deemed ineligible for rehire.

In addition to losing his bid for reelection as sheriff, Villanueva lost the March 5 primary election against incumbent Fourth District county Supervisor Janice Hahn.

symbolic, but that matters."

At the very least, there are "undisputed facts of nepotism," Sarmiento said, referring to Do's daughter, Rhiannon, who worked for one of the nonprofits, Viet America Society, which was sued by the county.

Sarmiento assured the public that even with Do skipping board meetings and having been removed from several commissions and committees, including the Orange County Transportation Authority board, "the four of us can continue doing the business" of the county..

"The difficulty is the front-line employees who have to answer questions about corruption," Sarmiento said.

Supervisor Katrina Foley accused Do of "exploiting his position of power to enrich his family," and said his office "has a skeleton crew."

Foley said the censure was "not only warranted it's not enough."

Foley vowed to "continue to pursue every legal avenue" to oust Do from office because "he has created this terrible scandal in our county."

Supervisor Doug Chaffee, who has often allied with Do in the past, praised him as a "brilliant man," but voted with the censure.

Chaffee noted that Do "really should be here" to

Former Sheriff Alex Villanueva. | Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

Orange County District 1 Supervisor Andrew Do. | Photo courtesy of Andrew Do for Supervisor 2020/Facebook

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Pasadena City Notices

Zoning Code Amendments related to Adaptive Reuse of Existing Non-Residential Buildings, including changes related to Shared Parking, Tandem Parking, and Variances for Historic Resources

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Planning and Community Development Department is bringing forward Zoning Code Amendments to amend Title 17 (the Zoning Code) of the Pasadena Municipal Code (PMC) to establish procedures to facilitate the adaptive reuse of underutilized non-residential buildings, including modifying the entitlement process for shared parking, to facilitate the reuse of buildings and comply with new state legislation, and modify the entitlement process for variances for historic resources, to facilitate the reuse of historic resources.

PROJECT LOCATION: Citywide

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: An Addendum to the 2015 Pasadena General Plan Environmental Impact Report (GP EIR) (State Clearinghouse No. 2013091009) to address the potential site-specific environmental impacts associated with the proposed amendments has been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA) (Cal. Public Resources Code Section 21000, et. seq., as amended) and its implementing guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., Title 14, Section 15000 et. seq.). This Addendum has been prepared and will be processed consistent with State CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., Title 14, Section 15162 and Section 15164). The addendum found that the proposed amendments will not result in any potentially significant impacts that were not already analyzed.

PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: On July 10, 2024, the Planning Commission considered the proposed Zoning Code Amendments at a publicly noticed hearing and recommended that the City Council approve the Zoning Code Amendments as presented by staff, with the following amendments:

1. Remove the maximum density limits for existing buildings. However, density limits would apply to new construction with units;

2. Require an average unit size of 450 square feet for projects; with 10 or more units, exempting 100% affordable housing projects;

3. Reduce parking requirements when providing on-site car/ vehicle sharing; and

4. Reduce open space requirements for properties in proximity to public parks.

The Planning Commission made two additional recommendations that the City Council direct staff to study:

1. Whether adaptive reuse should be allowed in zones that do not currently allow housing (e.g. Industrial General and Commercial General zones); and

2. Financial incentives to facilitate adaptive reuse projects.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council will conduct a public hearing and consider the proposed Zoning Code Amendments and proposed environmental determination. The hearing is scheduled for:

Date: Monday, September 30, 2024

Time: 5:30 p.m.

Place: Council Chambers, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, CA. Please refer to the City Council agenda for instructions to view a live stream of the meeting. The meeting agenda will be posted at: http://ww2.cityofpasadena.net/councilagendas/ council_agenda.asp

Public Information: All interested persons may submit correspondence to correspondence@cityofpasadena.net prior to the start of the meeting. During the meeting and prior to the close of the public hearing, members of the public may provide live public comment. Please refer to the agenda when posted for instructions on to how to provide live public comment. If you challenge the matter in Court, you may be limited to raising those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing, or in written correspondence sent to the Council or the case planner at, or prior to, the public hearing.

For more information about the project:

Contact Person: Melanie Hall, Planner

Phone: (626) 744-7101

E-mail: mhall@cityofpasadena.net

Website: www.cityofpasadena.net/planning

Mailing Address:

Planning & Community Development Department Planning Division, Community Planning Section

175 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101

ADA: To request a disability-related modification or accommodation necessary to facilitate meeting participation, please contact the City Clerk’s Office as soon as possible at (626) 744-4124 or cityclerk@ cityofpasadena.net. Providing at least 72 hours advance notice will help ensure availability.

PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 16, 23, 26, 2024 PASADENA PRESS

Introduced by: Councilmember Hampton

ORDINANCE NO. 7433

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER 3.32, SECTION 3.32.270A OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE TO DELEGATE THE MAKING OF FINDINGS FOR DISPLACEMENT EVENTS TO THE ROSE BOWL OPERATING COMPANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The People of the City of Pasadena ordain as follows:

SECTION 1. Pasadena Municipal Code, Title 3, Chapter 3.32, Section 3.32.270A, is amended to read as follows:

“A. No displacement of recreational programs and accessibility to Arroyo Seco facilities shall be allowed more than 15 times in any fiscal year (July 1 through June 30 of the following year) without permission of the Rose Bowl Operating Company board of directors, or allowed more than 25 times in any fiscal year without permission of the city council, who must find that each additional permitted event meets all of the following requirements:

1. The additional event represents a unique opportunity that will enhance the stature of the Rose Bowl.

2. The revenue generating potential from the additional event justifies its consideration.

3. The event does not create undue conflicts with other Arroyo Seco activities taking place at the same time.

4. The event does not impose undue adverse impacts on surrounding residential areas.”

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall expire and sunset on December 31, 2033.

SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause this ordinance to be published in full text.

SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon publication. Signed and approved this 23rd day of September, 2024.

Victor Gordo

Mayor of the City of Pasadena

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the City Council of the City of Pasadena at its meeting held this 23rd day of September, 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Hampton, Jones, Lyon, Masuda, Rivas, Vice Mayor Madison, Mayor Gordo

NOES: Councilmember Williams

ABSENT: None

ABSTAIN: None

Date Published: September 26, 2024

________________________ Mark Jomsky City Clerk

The People of the City of Pasadena ordain as follows:

SECTION 1. This ordinance, due to its length and corresponding cost of publication, will be published by title and summary as permitted in Section 4.08 of the Pasadena City Charter. The approved summary of this ordinance is as follows:

“Summary

This proposed ordinance amends and adds provisions to Title 4, Chapter 4.08 of the Pasadena Municipal Code, the Purchasing Ordinance, to adopt procedures for use of alternative project delivery methods in accordance with Section 1002 of the Charter. Ordinance No. 7434 shall take effect upon publication.”

SECTION 2. Pasadena Municipal Code, Title 4, Chapter 4.08 (Purchasing Ordinance), Section 4.08.020 (Definitions) is amended to read as follows:

“4.08.020 - Definitions.

A. “Alternative project delivery method” means a procurement for the financing, design, construction, improvement, repair, materials, maintenance and/or operation of a public works project that is not designbid-build. Alternative project delivery methods include but are not limited to:

1. Design-build;

2. Progressive design-build;

3. Design-build-operate-maintain;

4. Design-build-finance-operate-maintain; and

5. Construction manager at-risk.

B. “Alternative technical proposal” means a proposal that includes proposed changes to the project or service sought in the city’s solicitation.

C. “Best value” means a selection method for alternative project delivery method entities based on evaluation of stated criteria. Stated criteria are those deemed appropriate for an alternative project delivery method contract and must include price and may include some or all of the following criteria: features, functions, lifecycle costs, experience, and/or past performance.

D. "City Council" means city council the city of Pasadena.

E. "City" means city of Pasadena.

F. “Construction manager at-risk” means a project delivery method in which the city awards separate contracts for architectural and engineering services to design a public works project, and for licensed general contractor services. The licensed general contractor provides construction management services for the project throughout the design, pre-construction services, and construction phases and also provides a guaranteed maximum price for construction.

G. "Contract" means a written order for labor, material, supplies or services entered into by the city; any concession granted by the city; any license granted by the city which results in the production of income by the licensee; and any franchise granted by the city except for franchises of gas, electric, water or telephone utilities.

H. “Design-bid-build” means a traditional project delivery method for public works projects in which the city sequentially awards separate contracts, the first for architectural and engineering services for design, and the second for construction of the project according to the design.

Approved as to form:

Lesley Cheung

Assistant City Attorney

Publish September 26, 2024

PASADENA PRESS

Introduced by: Councilmember Hampton

ORDINANCE NO. 7434 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING TITLE 4, CHAPTER 4.08 OF

I. “Design-build” means an alternative project delivery method in which the city contracts with a single entity for the design and construction of a public works project.

J. “Design-build-operate-maintain” means an alternative project delivery method in which the city contracts for design, construction, operation, and maintenance services of a facility for a set period.

K. “Design-build-finance-operate-maintain” means an alternative project delivery method in which the city enters into a single contract for design, construction, finance, maintenance, and operation of an infrastructure facility over a contractually defined period.

L. "Employer" means a contractor or subcontractor as the context requires.

M. "Good Faith Efforts" include but are not limited to the following factors:

1. Attendance at pre-solicitation or pre-bid meetings that were scheduled by the city to inform contractors or subcontractors of contracting and subcontracting opportunities for minority business enterprises, women business enterprises, disadvantaged business enterprises, local business enterprises, and other business enterprises.

2. Advertisement in minority, women, and other media concerning contracting and subcontracting opportunities.

3. Providing written notice to a reasonable number of minority business enterprises, women business enterprises, disadvantaged business enterprises, local business enterprises and other business enterprises soliciting their interest in contracting or subcontracting in sufficient time to allow them to participate effectively.

4. Following up initial solicitation of interest by contacting minority business enterprises, women business enterprises, disadvantaged business enterprises, local business enterprises and other business enterprises by telephone to determine with certainty whether they are interested in participating.

5. Selecting portions of the work to be performed by minority business enterprises, women business enterprises, disadvantaged business enterprises, local business enterprises and other business enterprises.

6. Providing interested minority business enterprises, women business enterprises, disadvantaged business enterprises, local business enterprises and other enterprises with adequate information about the plans, specifications and requirements of contracts and subcontracts.

7. Negotiating in good faith with interested minority business enterprises, women business enterprises, disadvantaged business enterprises, local business enterprises and other business enterprises. Not rejecting as unqualified without documented reasons based on a thorough investigation of the business enterprises' capabilities.

8. Making efforts to assist interested minority business enterprises, women business enterprises, disadvantaged business enterprises, local business enterprises and other business enterprises in obtaining necessary sources of supply, lines of credit or insurance.

N. “Guaranteed Maximum Price” means the agreed amount that the city will pay for a public works project, including, but not limited to:

1. Specified scope of work;

2. Cost of the trade work;

3. General conditions;

4. Construction contingency; and

5. Fees charged by the construction management at-risk firm, design-build firm, or general contractor firm.Costs exceeding the guaranteed maximum price shall be the responsibility of the firm or contractor.

O. "Local business" means a business with a fixed place of business located in the city.

P. "Material" means supplies, equipment, stores, provisions and other personal property.

Q. Minority" means African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans (including American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, and Native Hawaiians; Asian Pacific (including persons whose origins are from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Trust Territories of the Pacific, and the Northern Marianas); Asian Indians (including persons whose origins are from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh); and Armenian (including persons whose origins are from the territory east of Asia Minor, known as Armenia and people of the Aryan race that migrated from Europe into that area).

R. "MWBE" means a business owned and controlled by a woman, minority or a group of women or minorities or other individual or group.

S. " Owned or Controlled" means owning at least 51 percen of the business and having management control of the business.

T. "Operating company" means or refers to any nonprofit public benefit corporation established by the city, which includes the Rose Bowl Operating Company, Pasadena Center Operating Company, and Pasadena Community Access Corporation.

U. "Operating company chief executive" means or refers to the operating company's highest ranking executive in charge of day-to-day operations.

V. “Pre-construction services” means services or activities before construction begins, which include but are not limited to: feasibility studies, design and constructability reviews, sustainability analysis, environmental documentation, value engineering, scheduling, site assessments, cost estimates, preparing bid or proposal packages, and/or reviewing and recommending contract awards.

W. “Progressive design-build” means an alternative project delivery method in which the city contracts with a single entity for the design and construction of a public works project beginning with the initial project scoping and preliminary engineering documents development phase.

X. "Public works" means all fixed works for the construction, alteration, repair, improvement, reconstruction, or demolition of any public improvement, including, but not limited to, constructed for public use or protection, including but not limited to, bridges, waterworks, sewers, electric works, public buildings or facilities, street improvements, and park or open space improvements.

Y. "Purchase order" means a written authorization by the issuing party for the recipient to provide labor, materials or services, for which the issuing party agrees to pay.

Z. "Services" means, but is not limited to, rental, repair and maintenance of equipment, machinery and other personal property, and professional services, but does not include public works.

AA. For the purposes of this chapter, "small business" and "microbusiness" shall be any business which has been certified by the state of California or by the city, under purchasing procedures adopted by the city manager, as meeting the definitions set forth in California Government Code Section 14837, or any successor provision."

SECTION 3. Pasadena Municipal Code, Title 4, Chapter 4.08 (Purchasing Ordinance), Section 4.08.035 (Equal employment opportunity – Non-Discrimination certificate), subdivisions (A)(2) and (A)(3) are amended to read as follows:

“2. Contractor shall, in all solicitations or advertisements for applicants for employment placed by or on behalf of this contract, state that it is an "equal opportunity employer" or that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or veteran or military status, or any other class protected by Government Code Section 12940, subdivision (a).

3. Contractor shall, if requested to so do by the city, certify that it has not, in the performance of this contract, discriminated against applicants or employees because of their race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or veteran or military status, or any other class protected by Government Code Section 12940, subdivision (a).”

SECTION 4. Pasadena Municipal Code, Title 4, Chapter 4.08 (Purchasing Ordinance), Section 4.08.047 (Competitive selection) is amended to read as follows:

“4.08.047 - Competitive selection.

For contracts of a total value in excess of the amount specified in Section 4.08.045 that are not required to be competitively bid, a competitive selection process shall be provided which will be open to all persons qualified to perform such service. Competitive selection is a process where factors in addition to cost are weighed, where a contract can be awarded to other than the proposer with the lowest price and shall be based upon a written request for proposals or qualifications approved by the city attorney and the director of finance. Competitive selection of professional service firms shall be evaluated and determined on the basis of demonstrated competence and on the professional qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the services required. Competitive selection using alternative project delivery methods shall be evaluated and determined on a best value basis.”

SECTION 5. Pasadena Municipal Code, Title 4, Chapter 4.08 (Purchasing Ordinance), Section 4.08.075 (Specifications for public works construction) is amended to read as follows:

“4.08.075 - Specifications for public works construction.

Except as may otherwise be provided herein or as required by the procurement documents and/or contract, the provisions of the then current edition of the "Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction," prepared and promulgated by the Southern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association and the Southern California Districts of the Associated General Contractors of California and any supplements thereto issued or approved by the city engineer, are adopted and applicable to all public works construction undertaken after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.”

SECTION 6. Pasadena Municipal Code, Title 4, Chapter 4.08 (Purchasing Ordinance) is amended by adding Section 4.08.136 (Alternative project delivery) to read as follows:

“4.08.136 Alternative project delivery

A. The city council may approve the following alternative project delivery methods for the procurement, design, construction, improvement, repair, maintenance, and/ or operation of a public works project: design-build, progressive design-build, design-build-operatemaintain, design-build-finance-operate-maintain, construction manager at-risk, or other project delivery methods.

B. Alternative project delivery methods may be used for projects that are valued at more than $1 million and for projects that are valued at less than $1 million if recommended by the city manager, and that meet at least one of the criteria in both of the following subsections (1) and (2), such that the selected method is in the best interests of the city:

1. The project:

a. Has a high level of technical complexity;

b. Calls for expertise that city staff does not possess;

c. Has a scope of work and technical requirements that are difficult to define;

d. Benefits from early contractor involvement;

e. Calls for a high level of risk management;

f. Has complex phasing for implementation;

g. Calls for overall schedule acceleration;

h. Calls for value engineering or other solutions to reduce construction costs or to improve function, quality, performance, or sustainability;

i. Has budget constraints requiring construction cost guarantees; and/or

j. Contemplates a third party operating, managing, maintaining, or servicing the building, facility, or infrastructure after the project's completion.

2. The alternative project delivery method is anticipated to:

a. Minimize the project delivery time;

b. Accelerate the start of project revenue;

c. Minimize the project’s cost;

d. Maximize the project’s budget; and/or

e. Improve the project’s quality or functionality.

C. City council approval of an alternative project delivery method is required before the preparation of a competitive selection procedure seeking proposals for an alternative project delivery method.

D. Competitive Selection Procedures

1. The solicitation shall include the scope and needs of a project, selection method, and selection factors and relative weight of those factors.

2. The following competitive selection processes may be used:

a. Request for qualifications;

b. Request for proposals; or

c. Request for alternative technical proposals.

E. Contract Award

1. The contract shall be awarded by the city council to the best value proposer.

2. For alternative project delivery methods that will involve negotiation of a guaranteed maximum price, the city council in its sole discretion may direct completion of the project at a cost not to exceed the guaranteed maximum price agreed to by the city and contractor. If the city and contractor do not reach agreement on a guaranteed maximum price, or the city council otherwise elects not to direct completion of the remaining work, the city council may direct solicitation of proposals to complete the project from firms that submitted statements of qualifications or proposals pursuant to subdivision (D)(2) of this section. The city council may also direct, upon determination that it is in the best interest of the city, solicitation of proposals or bids from other entities to complete the project.”

SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause this ordinance to be published by title and summary.

SECTION 8. This ordinance shall take effect upon publication.

Signed and approved this 23rd day of September, 2024.

_________________________ Victor Gordo

Mayor of the City of Pasadena

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the City Council of the City of Pasadena at its meeting held this 23rd day of September 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Hampton, Jones, Lyon, Masuda, Rivas, Williams, Vice Mayor Madison, Mayor Gordo

NOES: None

ABSENT: None

ABSTAIN: None

Date Published: September 26, 2024

Mark Jomsky City Clerk

Approved as to form:

Caroline Monroy Deputy City Attorney

Publish September 26, 2024 PASADENA PRESS

NOTICE OF SOLICITATION OF APPLICATIONS TO FILL AN ALTERNATE MEMBER VACANCY FOR UNEXPIRED TERM ON THE PASADENA RENTAL HOUSING BOARD

Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with Pasadena City Charter, Section 1811, a Pasadena Rental Housing Board has been established to administer and enforce Article XVIII of the City Charter, “The Pasadena Fair and Equitable Housing Charter Amendment”. The Board is comprised of eleven (11) members consisting of seven (7) Tenant Members, and four (4) At-Large Members. In addition, there are two (2) alternates, one serving as the alternate for the Tenant Members and one serving as the alternate for the At-Large Members.

There is an unscheduled vacancy resulting from the resignation of Aaron Markowitz. The Pasadena City Council is now soliciting applications from candidates seeking to fill this vacancy and serve the remaining balance of the term, which expires on May 24, 2027. The City Council will appoint an alternate Tenant Member who may reside anywhere in the City.

Alternate tenant members and members of their Extended Families may not have owned, managed, or had a 5% or greater ownership stake in rental units in Los Angeles County in the three years prior to applying to this position.

The Board’s duties include making rules and regulations to implement Article XVIII of the City Charter, setting allowable rent increases, determining and publicizing the Annual General Adjustment in rents, appointing hearing officers, conducting hearings on petitions for rent adjustments for individual properties, adopting a budget, pursuing civil remedies against those who violate Article XVIII of the City Charter, holding public hearings, establishing a schedule of penalties for violations of Article XVIII of the City Charter, and establishing and maintaining a registry of rental housing in Pasadena. An Alternate Tenant member may only participate in the absence of a primary Tenant Member during a meeting.

LEGALS

The City encourages interested residents of Pasadena to apply for appointment to the Board. In addition to a completed application, applicants must circulate a nomination petition and gather a minimum of 25 qualified signatures from residents living in the same Pasadena Council District as the applicant. A declaration of financial interests of the applicant, and of his or her Extended Family members, is also required and will be a public record. Nomination petitions and application materials are available in the City Clerk’s Office.

The application period for this appointment will open on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 7:30 a.m. with a deadline to submit forms by Monday, December 2, 2024. Application forms can be obtained by contacting the Pasadena City Clerk’s Office during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.:

City of Pasadena, Office of the City Clerk 100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S228 Pasadena, California 91101 (626) 744-4124, cityclerk@cityofpasadena.net

Mark Jomsky City Clerk

Published and Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2024 PASADENA PRESS

Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DOLORES V. STOCKTON aka DOLORES VERONICA STOCKTON

Case No. 24STPB10170

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DOLORES V. STOCKTON aka DOLORES VERONICA STOCKTON

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Ellie Page in the Supe-rior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Ellie Page be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administra-tion authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objec-tion to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Oct. 14, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 4 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowl-edgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: JEFFREY S COHEN ESQ

SBN 205598 DAVID KIM ESQ SBN 226574 WRIGHT KIM DOUGLAS ALC 130 SOUTH JACKSON STREET

GLENDALE CA 91205

CN109998 STOCKTON

WEST COVINA PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROSARIO CASTRO CASE NO. 24STPB10403

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ROSARIO CASTRO.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JOSHUA ENGLE in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JOSHUA ENGLE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

Sep 19,23,26, 2024

BURBANK INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LILA LEE HINES CASE NO. 24STPB10275

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of LILA LEE HINES.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DAVID GUZMAN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DAVID GUZMAN be appointed as Special Administrator to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/22/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner

MATTHEW P. MALCZYNSKI - SBN 271258

HAVENS MALCZYNSKI GRIGOLLA LLP

333 W. FOOTHILL BLVD. GLENDORA CA 91741

Telephone (626) 335-6884 9/19, 9/23, 9/26/24 CNS-3853176#

interested person files an objec-tion to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Oct. 18, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 9 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowl-edgeable in California law.

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/14/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 2D located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner

RODNEY GOULD, ESQ. - SBN 219234

LAW OFFICE OF RODNEY GOULD 15233 VENTURA BLVD., STE. 1020

SHERMAN OAKS CA 91403

Telephone (818) 981-1760

BSC 225766 9/19, 9/23, 9/26/24 CNS-3853842# BALDWIN PARK PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CHINHDA KHOMMARATH

Case No. 24STPB10513

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Kathy Khommarath in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Kathy Khommarath be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administra-tion authority will be granted unless an

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner:

PHUNPHILAS VIRAVAN ESQ SBN 188072 LAW OFFICE OF PHUNPHILAS VIRAVAN 4879 E LA PALMA AVE STE 203 ANAHEIM CA 92807 CN110373 KHOMMARATH Sep 23,26,30, 2024 MONTEREY PARK PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SAMIR A. ELMASHHARAWI CASE NO. 24STPB10486 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of SAMIR A. ELMASHHARAWI.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARTHA C. ELMASHHARAWI in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARTHA C. ELMASHHARAWI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/16/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file

with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner

JOHN L. SHAW - SBN 58283

LAW OFFICE OF JOHN L. SHAW

5816 TEMPLE CITY BLVD.

TEMPLE CITY CA 91780

Telephone (626) 286-3710

9/23, 9/26, 9/30/24

CNS-3854144#

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Rafael Valencia

CASE NO. PROVA2400798

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Itzel Maory Valencia in the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Itzel Maory Valencia be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with full authority . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on 10/31/2024 at 9:00AM in Dept. F1 located at 17780 ARROW BLVD FONTANA CA 92335 FONTANA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Cindy K. Myers (SBN: 297532) 3548 Seagate Way Suite 240 Oceanside, CA 92056

Telephone: (858) 549-8600 9/23, 9/26, 9/30/24 CNS-3854530# ONTARIO NEWS PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

DANIELLE MARIE GIOVANELLO CASE NO. 24STPB10618

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DANIELLE MARIE GIOVANELLO.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by NICHOLAS JOSEPH GIOVANELLO AND GUY PATRICK GIOVANELLO in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that NICHOLAS GIOVANELLO AND GUY PATRICK GIOVANELLO be appointed as personal repre-

sentative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/22/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner TALINE PANOSSIAN, ESQ. - SBN 332654

LAW OFFICES OF TALINE PANOSSIAN, APC

301 E. COLORADO BLVD., SUITE 510 PASADENA CA 91101

Telephone (626) 628-8117 9/23, 9/26, 9/30/24 CNS-3854580# GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ARACELI REYES

CASE NO. 24STPB10626

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ARACELI REYES.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by FLERIDA REYES AREVALO in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that FLERIDA REYES AREVALO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/31/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 79 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal

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representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner

JEFFREY MARVAN - SBN 203686, ANDRE ZAKARI - SBN 284129, MARVANLAW, A.P.C.

500 S. GRAND AVENUE, STE. 1490

LOS ANGELES CA 90071

Telephone (213) 386-5988 9/26, 9/30, 10/3/24

CNS-3854836# PASADENA PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF YOLANDA SANTIAGO MARQUEZ

Case No. 24STPB10515

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Joseph Charles Marquez in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Joseph Charles Marquez be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administra-tion authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objec-tion to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Oct. 18, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 29 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowl-edgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner:

JUSTIN M GORDON ESQ SBN 287328

GORDONLAW APC 12100 WILSHIRE BLVD

STE 800 LOS ANGELES CA 90025 CN110565 MARQUEZ Sep 26,30, Oct 3, 2024 BURBANK INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

RANDY G. GOODE AKA RANDY GIFFORD GOODE CASE NO. 24STPB09852

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of RANDY G. GOODE AKA RANDY GIFFORD GOODE.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARTA MERCADO in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARTA MERCADO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/22/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner JOHN DONAHUE, ESQ. - SBN 145817

JOHN J. DONAHUE APLC 12121 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 810

LOS ANGELES CA 90025

Telephone (310) 351-5434

9/26, 9/30, 10/3/24

CNS-3855685#

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

Public Notices

Order To Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2024-01401434 To All Interested Persons: Juliana Dalila Ordaz filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME Juliana Dalila Ordaz PROPOSED NAME Juliana Dalila Valladares . The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection 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: 10/01/2024 Time: 8:30am Dept. D100 REMOTE

HEARING The address of the court is Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa ana, Ca 92701. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anaheim Press Date: August 29, 2024 Layne H. Melzer Judge of the Superior Court Pub Dates: September 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024

ANAHEIM PRESS

CVMV2405198 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, 13800 Heacock Street, Suite D201, Moreno Valley, Ca 92553 Branch name: Moreno Valley Courthouse. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Raymond Mark Miranda filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Present name: Raymond Mark Miranda changed to Proposed name Raymond Mark Penunuri 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection 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 a. Date: 10/18/2024 Time: 8:00AM, Dept. MV2. The address of the court is same as noted above.

3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Riverside Independent,. Date: August 30, 2024 Samra Furbush JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. September 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024 RIVERSIDE INDEPENDENT

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Cindia Pearl Chen by Yajie Yang and Yijie Chen FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 24STCP02844 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, Ca 90012, Central Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Cindia Pearl Chen by Yajie Yang and Yijie Chen filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Cindia Pearl Chen to Proposed name Cindia Pearl Yang 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reason 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 a. Date: 12/6/2024 Time: 10:00AM Dept: 86. Room: 836. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Monterey Park Press

DATED: September 4, 2024 Curtis A. Kin

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. September 12, 19, 26, October 3, 2024 MONTEREY PARK PRESS

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Narine Amanda Tarverdi FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 24STCP02466 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 312 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, Ca 90012 Central Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Narine Amanda Tarverdi filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Narine Amanda Tarverdi to Proposed name Narine Amanda Sample

2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reason 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 a. Date: 10/07/2024 Time: 9:30AM Dept: 9. Room: 9 The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Pasadena Press DATED: August 7, 2024 Elaine Lu JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. September 12, 19, 26, October 3, 2024 PASADENA PRESS

Order To Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2024-01423310 To All Interested Persons: Joseph Edward De Leon filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME : Joseph Edward De Leon PROPOSED NAME Joseph Edward Mireles. The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below

to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection 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: 10/23/2024 Time:

Pursuant

Notice of Online Public Auction of TaxDefaulted Property Subject to the Tax Collector's Power to Sell in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California, to various newspapers of general circulation published in the County. A portion of the list appears in each of such newspapers.

Notice of Online Public Auction of TaxDefaulted Property Subject to the Tax Collector's Power to Sell (Sale No. 2024B)

Whereas, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, directed the County of Los Angeles Treasurer and Tax Collector (TTC), to sell certain taxdefaulted properties at the online public auction.

The TTC does hereby give public notice, that unless said properties are redeemed, prior to the close of business on Friday, October 18, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, the last business day prior to the first day of the online public auction, the TTC will offer for sale and sell said properties on Saturday, October 19, 2024, beginning at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time, through Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time, to the highest bidder, for not less than the minimum bid, at online public auction at https://www.govease.com/los-angeles. The minimum bid for each parcel is the total amount necessary to redeem, plus costs, as required by R&TC Section 3698.5.

If a property does not sell during the online public auction, the right of redemption will revive and remain until Friday, December 6, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

The TTC will reoffer any properties that did not sell or were not redeemed prior to Friday, December 6, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, for sale at online public auction at https://www.govease. com/los-angeles beginning Saturday, December 7, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time, through Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Prospective bidders should obtain detailed information of this sale from the County of Los Angeles Treasurer and Tax Collector at ttc.lacounty.gov. Bidders are required to preregister at https://www.govease.com/los-angeles

falsely promoted all plastic as recyclable, when actually recycling is not feasible for the vast majority of plastic products, "either technically or economically."

Bonta alleges that the deceptive advertising and public statements led consumers to purchase and use more single-use plastic than they otherwise would have.

"Through a trade group launched to promote recycling as an alternative to reducing plastics consumption, ExxonMobil placed a 12-page editorial-style advertisement in a July 1989 edition of Time magazine titled 'The URGENT NEED TO RECYCLE,'" according to Bonta's office. "This 'advertorial' highlighted recycling as a smart solution for plastic waste and efforts to further recycling and recycling technology."

While only about 5% of U.S. plastic waste is recycled, and the recycling rate has never exceeded 9%, since 1970 the Exxon Mobil-backed Council for Solid Waste Solutions also adapted and promoted the chasing arrows symbol for plastics, which consumers now strongly associate with recycling, according to Bonta's office. The lawsuit contends that marketing label misleads many to believe items with the symbol can and will be recycled.

More recently, Exxon Mobil has positioned “advanced recycling,” also called "chemical recycling," to address the plastic waste and pollution crisis.

Advanced recycling "is an umbrella term used by the plastics industry to describe a variety of heat or solventbased technologies that can theoretically convert certain types of plastic waste into petrochemical feedstock, which can be used to make new plastic," according to Bonta's office. The recycling method uses heat to break down plastic waste, which the company promotes "as a breakthrough in technology that will make plastics sustainable but hides important truths about its

technical limitations."

The advanced recycling program "is nothing more than a public relations stunt meant to encourage the public to keep purchasing single-use plastics that are fueling the plastics pollution crisis," officials said.

The lawsuit claims that:

- 92% of plastic waste processed through advanced recycling does not become recycled plastic, but instead primarily becomes fuels;

- plastics produced through advanced recycling contain such a small amount of plastic waste "that they are effectively virgin plastics deceptively marketed as 'circular," which uses a term typically understood to indicate a full circle of sustainable reuse, where waste becomes raw material and sold for a profit;

- advanced recycling can't accommodate large amounts of "post-consumer plastic waste" such as potato chip bags without compromising the safety and performance of recycling equipment;

- plastics manufactured through advanced recycling, "in ExxonMobil’s best case scenario, will only account for less than one percent of ExxonMobil’s total virgin plastic production capacity, which continues to grow," officials said.

Exxon Mobil produces the largest amount of singleuse plastic that becomes plastic waste, according to the AG's office. More than 26 million pounds of trash has been collected from California beaches and waterways since 1985, and approxi-

mately 81% is plastic.

"Most of the plastic items collected on the annual California Coastal Cleanup Day can be traced to ExxonMobil’s polymer resins," according to Bonta's office. Globally an estimated 12.1 million tons of plastic waste end up as water pollution, and 19.8 million tons pollute land. "Together, that is the equivalent of 4 garbage trucks of plastic waste polluted in the water or land every minute."

Single-use plastics such as product packaging, bags, straws, disposable plastic cups and utensils and other products comprise most of the plastic waste that pollutes the environment because plastic does not biodegrade. Instead, it breaks down into smaller pieces called microplastics, which have been found in drinking water, food and even the air. More recently, microplastics have been found in human lungs, blood and breast milk.

"Plastic is choking the life out of our ocean," Heal the Bay President and CEO Tracy Quinn said in a statement. "It's turning California shorelines into waste dumps. And it's also draining our pocketbooks. California taxpayers shell out an estimated $420 million each year to clean up and prevent plastic pollution from fouling our public places. Public money should be used for public good — not subsidizing big profits for Big Plastic."

The lawsuit complaint document is available on the attorney general's website.

Horse dies after training injury at Santa Anita

By City News Service

A4-year-old colt with one career race has died after suffering a training injury at Santa Anita, track officials confirmed.

"Ransom Call sustained an injury following a workout Sunday morning at Santa Anita Park and was immediately attended to by an expert team of on-site veterinarians. Given the severity of the injury, surgical repair was not an option, and the veterinary team recommended humane euthanasia," Amy Zimmerman, Santa Anita's senior vice president and executive producer, said in a statement provided to City News Service.

"As is protocol, the horse will undergo a necropsy overseen by the University of California (Davis) School of Veterinary Medicine and the findings reported to the California Horse Racing Board," she added.

Ransom Call is the 10th horse to die from a racing or training injury at Santa Anita in 2024. Racing returns to the Arcadia track Friday after the most recent season concluded in June.

Bales of single-use plastic pile up at a recycling facility in San Jose. | Photo courtesy of Grendelkhan/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Young horses sprint on the Santa Anita Park race track. | Photo courtesy of Jlvsclrk/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

LASD oversight panel seeks deputy confidential information

The Los Angeles County Sheriff Civilian OversightCommission last week requested access to deputies' confidential information in misconduct cases.

Commissionersvoted unanimously Sept. 19 to request the Board of Supervisors to enact recommended revisions to the commission's governing ordinance, changes the commission said are necessary for effective oversight of the sheriff’s department.

According to the commission, the three key changes to the its governing ordinance are: gaining access to confidential information that pertains to allegations of deputy misconduct; "making it clear that the commission is independent and is expected to act independently in the best interest of the residents of Los Angeles County," according to a commission statement; and requiring the sheriff to explain in writing within 60 days his or her decision to not adopt a commission recommendation.

“The Civilian Oversight Commission cannot perform its oversight role without access to confidential information, which is currently denied to the Commission," commission Chair Robert C. Bonner said in a statement. "To be truly effective, the independence of the Civilian Oversight Commission needs to be made clear, and we must have access to confidential information.”

The proposed changes aim

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to bring the commission in line with nationally accepted best principles and practices for civilian oversight of law enforcement, commissioners said.

The revisions would permit commissioners to conduct closed-session hearings that are not open to the public to receive privileged or confidential information, according to the commission. The proposed changes also "clarify that the Commission may review and comment on the adequacy of internal investigations as well as the levels of discipline imposed for misconduct."

The Board of Supervisors established the commission in 2016 amid calls for greater accountability for law enforcement officers.

"Since then, there have been countless high-profile interactions between the community and law enforcement, most notably the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in May 2020," according to the commission statement.

"Civilian oversight of law enforcement has proliferated and evolved across the

country, as a result, to more effectively hold law enforcement agencies accountable for their actions and reestablish the community’s trust in law enforcement."

LA County voters reflected nationwide sentiment when the approved Measure R in 2020, which gave the commission subpoena power the authority to independently investigate the sheriff's department, according to the commission. This latest request for access to confidential information reflects calls for greater transparency in law enforcement agencies.

The LASD is the largest sheriff’s department in the U.S. with nearly 18,000 sworn and professional staff. In addition to public safety patrols and crime investigation, the department operates the largest jail system in the nation.

It was unclear when the board will respond to the commission's proposals.

Thecommissioners' proposed changes for county supervisorstoconsider are available online at coc. lacounty.gov.

LA County sees rise in mpox cases; vaccinations encouraged

By City News Service

Los Angeles County has seen a sudden spike in local mpox infections, health officials said Monday as they urged people in highrisk groups to get vaccinated.

According to the county Department of Public Health, 52 mpox cases were reported in the county over the past four weeks, more than double the 24 that were reported in the previous four-week period. Health officials said about 70% of the latest cases were in unvaccinated people.

Health officials encouraged vaccinations for people at higher risk of infection:

-- men or transgender people who have sex with men or transgender people;

-- people of any gender or sexual orientation who have sex or intimate physical contact with others in association with a large public event or engage in commercial and/or transactional sex;

-- people with HIV, especially those with uncontrolled or advanced HIV

disease; and -- sexual partners of people in any of the above groups.

The mpox vaccine is a two-dose series, available at pharmacies for people with insurance. Vaccines may also be available through health care providers.

County health clinics offer free mpox vaccines without appointments. A list of Public Health, pharmacy and other sites offering the vaccine is available at ph.lacounty.gov.

speak for himself.

Do will be termed out of office at the end of the year. He has faced calls for his resignation as authorities investigate allegations of fraudulent spending of COVID-19 relief funds by VAS.

The county sued VAS last month, alleging its President Peter Pham, misappropriated millions of dollars of pandemic relief earmarked for delivery of meals to needy residents. The Hand to Hand Relief organization, which subcontracted with VAS, was also sued.

VAS officials countered

that they spent the money on the food program but had trouble during the pandemic collecting all of the paperwork to prove all of the deliveries.

Federal investigators in August raided the homes of Pham and Rhiannon Do, along with other locations with ties to the probe into alleged misuse of funds, including Andrew Do's home.

The discussion on the censure motion got heated when Frances Marquez, who is running for Do's seat in the November election, spoke during a public comment period and accused Do and her opponent, former

Supervisor Janet Nguyen, of corruption. Orange County Board Chairman Don Wagner threatened to have her kicked out of the meeting if she didn't stick to commenting only on the censure resolution.

"You've got to stick to the Do resolution, not a campaign speech," Wagner said.

When she continued to speak over a muted microphone, Wagner said he would "clear the room and have you removed" if she did not stop.

Chaffee also sniped at Marquez for politicizing the issue and said she was "unqualified" to be a supervisor.

work to ensure that resources follow students. This allows districts to expeditiously shift resources as necessary to meet student needs district- wide."

Principal Armen Petrossian declined to comment about the displacement to The Pearl Post, the school's student-run newspaper. Hambright told The Pearl Post that he felt a sense of betrayal by the decision.

"A little bit of betrayal, after being here for the amount of time that I have, and building the program, building the rapport with students. So there was a little bit of betrayal," he said. "I understand budgets, but I felt then there has to be other solutions to the issue, and more support for the school. So I felt like this decision is letting the students down."

World Music Day and all concerts at the school were canceled because Hambright was displaced. World Music Day is a traditional event at the school in October to commemorate the birthday month of Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was killed by Islamic militants in 2002. The World Music Day in 2023 celebrated what would have been Pearl's 60th birthday.

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| Image courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention