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Harold Greene switches up with local band, Switch Off pg. 11 Babouch Moroccan Restaurant celebrates 38 pg. 12 CEO Darren Eng demonstrated a component of Greenbelt Resources food waste regulating system, at the PortTechEXPO in San Pedro. The system converts food waste and beverages, into fuel, fertilizer, feed and filtered waste through a modular system. Photo by Mike Botica.

Polluters’ Coup Takes Over Air Control Agency Multi-Front Response Begins By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor

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Stan Tomsic, executive director of PortTech LA. Photo by Taso Papadakis. Courtesy of PortTech.

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This past year, ILWU Local 13 President Bobby Olvera said more had to be done to impress shippers and big box carriers of the importance of organizing their cargo as efficiently as possible. “When you’re bringing 150 to 200 cans, and they’re kind of scattered, that means they are going to be scattered throughout the yard,” Olvera said at the time. If the March 10 PortTech Expo was any indication, technology firms in the marketplace heard this call. The event’s first panel discussion dealt with the impact of technology startups on the supply chain. Panelists included Project 44 Chief Operating Officer Chris Helton, Cargomatic President and co-Founder Brett Parker, Flexport CEO Ryan Peterson and FLEXE CEO and co-Founder Karl Siebrecht.

olluting industries and their allies pulled off a coup at the nation’s top regional air quality agency on March 4, firing the long-time executive officer in a closed door session. Dr. Barry Wallerstein had served as executive officer at the South Coast Air Quality Management District since 1997. He was fired without explanation, and with just four days notice, when the closed door action item appeared on the AQMD board’s online agenda. The 7-6 vote reflected a new Republican majority on the board. The incident prompted public shock and outrage, and a promise of state legislative action to restore majority representation to protect the region’s public health. Clean air advocates at the meeting denounced the firing as “radical,” especially ill-timed and politically motivated. State Senate leader Kevin de León immediately denounced the firing as a “shameful action” that “is only the latest in a disturbing trend of dirty energy interests dismantling clean air rules that the public overwhelmingly supports.” De León commended Wallerstein “for his outstanding leadership and commitment to protecting public health,” and pledged to “work to ensure the board returns to its core mission of improving and protecting air quality, rather than catering to oil industry needs.” The following Tuesday, March 7, de León announced his intention to pass a law adding three more members to the board, a public health expert appointed by the governor and two environmental justice members appointed by state Senate and Assembly leaders. The leadership coup—engineered in secret—follows a controversial vote this past December to reject a staff-proposed revision of the district’s nitrogen oxide reduction program (NOx RECLAIM) to meet clean air goals. The program had been three years in the making. The proposal would replace the program with a last-minute industry alternative, another back-room, business-backed plan. But as has long been the case in California, the polluter’s influence has crossed party lines. This is reflected in the NOx RECLAIM vote, when San Pedro Councilman Joe Buscaino (a Republican-turnedDemocrat) and Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, also a Democrat, both voted to approve the industry plan. “I thought that Barry was doing a very good job at what he was trying to get accomplished on the major issues that were confronting AQMD,” Board member Joe Lyou told Random Lengths. “We finally have the technology we need to get to clean air now. And, it was thanks in part to his work and support for the development of that technology, and that he had, at least, a willingness to try to get the agency there.” “As soon as we learned that this was something being considered [See AQMD, page 6]

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Los Angeles County Superior Court judge candidate Alicia Molina, whose legal experience includes immigration, family, criminal and landlord tenant law, will speak on her experiences as a first generation immigrant from Mexico. The nonprofit organization, Strategoi Inc., will present its goals and strategies for increasing voter turnout this election cycle. Time: 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. March 20 Cost: Free Details: (310) 377-7334 Venue: Palos Verdes Peninsula Center Library, Room 701, Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates

Community Investment Grant Application Workshops 2016

The Port of Los Angeles is making $1 million available to nonprofits with initiatives, programs and events that benefit the Harbor community. Attend one of these meetings to get information on the application process and to get answers to your questions. Applications can be found on the port’s website. Completed applications are due on May 9. Time: 6 p.m. March 30 Cost: Free Details: www.portoflosangeles.org Venue: Port of Los Angeles Board Room, 425 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro Time: 6 p.m. March 31 Venue: Banning’s Landing Community Center, 100 E. Water St., Wilmington

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Volunteer at Portuguese Bend Reserve and help restore the habitat. Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. April 2 Details: www.pvplc.volunteerhub.com.

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March 17 - 30, 2016

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Join the ladies of Harbor L.I.T.E.S. for an afternoon of fashions, opportunity drawings, great food and music. Harbor L.I.T.E.S. is a nonprofit organization that supports Los Angeles Police Department Harbor Division and its youth programs. Time: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 April 17 Cost: $50. Details: (310) 832-5246, (310) 832-5029 Venue: Michael’s Tuscany Room, 470 W. 7th St., San Pedro

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The Future Is Now at PortTech The Cargomatic technology platform connects shippers to local small-scale short haulers, identifies unused spaces in cargo ships and warehouses and positions those cargo units so they are efficiently unloaded and sent to their final destinations. Project 44 has a Web service integration platform that can connect the systems of any shipper to a variety of platforms as well as the phone calls to human beings. FLEXE, called the AirBnB for logistics, is noted for a platform that maximizes warehouse and cargo container space. FLEXE is an online marketplace that connects shippers in need of additional warehousing space with organizations that have extra space. Siebrecht noted his company depends on the shippers’ seasonality of goods. Flexport provides its clients a Web-based application that allows shippers to watch their goods in real time anywhere in the supply chain. The company provides shippers with a team of experienced logistics and customs experts to troubleshoot potential problems, from navigating around severe weather systems and traffic jams to customs issues. Panelists repeatedly referenced Amazon’s rapid business model transformation and how it has caused consumers to expect to receive their orders in one to two business days. This alone has forced the marketplace to find ways of increasing the speed with which products get to consumers. Parker noted that not everything can be achieved through technology. He boasted that his company does not rely on any one solution

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The panel discussions lent credence to Councilman Joe Buscaino’s cheerleading for the emerging “green” and “blue” tech industries around AltaSea.

During the luncheon Buscaino noted that the Waterfront Development, which is on the verge of moving forward pending a 50-year lease agreement [at Ports O’ Call], will cause a ripple effect in the local economy. The councilman touted Silicon Valley as a model to be emulated by the Los Angeles Harbor, calling the Los Angeles seaside a potential greenbelt. His comments were intended to more directly call for a more diversified workforce, one that didn’t just rely on tourism and longshore work.

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Union Women in Solidarity Celebrates International Women’s Day By Christian L. Guzman, Editorial Intern

Journal of Commerce senior editor, Bill Mongelluzzo (left) led the Technology Startups Impacting the Supply Chain panel discussion with Project 44 chief executive; Chris Helton, Cargomatic president/co-founder Brett Parker; Flexport CEO Ryan Peterson; and Flexe CEO Karl Sibrecht at the March 10 PortTech Expo. Photo by Taso Papadakis. [PortTech, from page 2]

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Buscaino compared the relatively cheap per-square-foot price of retail office space in San Pedro to other parts of Los Angeles that are emerging economic powerhouses, such as downtown Los Angeles, Santa Monica and other beach cities. The councilman made special note of his attendance at the unveiling of Boeing’s Echo Voyager earlier in the day alongside Deputy Mayor Doane Liu and AltaSea Executive Director Jenny Krusso. Rep. Janice Hahn echoed Buscaino’s sentiment and praised his efforts for “moving the ball forward” on the waterfront. Hahn recalled that before she was elected to the council office, the port couldn’t wrap its head around the idea that port growth, jobs and care for the environment aren’t mutually exclusive concerns. She noted that nationally, 10 percent of children grow up with asthma. In the Los Angeles Harbor that number is 21 percent. This equates to 3,000 days of missed work and 1 million

school absences per year. Since school funding is closely tied to school attendance, the absences represent a hidden hit to the economy with longterm consequences. Hahn cited examples like the 2006 Clean Air Action Plan and the resulting clean truck program, and the practice of connecting container ships to shore-side electric grid with engines off to cut back on air pollution when the ship is idling in the harbor. The councilman and the congresswoman served as an appropriate segue to a panel discussion that paired two policymakers and two CEOs who are pushing forward clean technology and environment-friendly practices. Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell spoke about Assembly Bill 1657, which he recently introduced. The legislation will dedicate cap-andtrade revenues to mitigating the environmental costs associated with California’s ports. O’Donnell argued that the bill creates a legal framework to spend money and address pollution created by the supply chain. “I scratch my head as some people’s concept

Union women in Solidarity luncheon organizer Valery Zaks (back row, third from left) with active union women at Raffaello Ristorante on March 8. Also in attendance is the founder and namesake of the philanthropic foundation, Diane Middleton and Long Beach Community College Board candidate Vivian Malauulu.

SAN PEDRO— On March 8, Union Women in Solidarity hosted a luncheon at Rafaello’s in San Pedro. Union Women in Solidarity is a platform for women working in the trades to connect and express their concerns, ask questions, and share ideas. Vivian Malauulu, a teacher and longshoreworker, who is running for a seat on the Long Beach Community College Board of Trustees, was the keynote speaker. “Women are so much better and stronger when [we] stand together,” Malauulu said.

“In only a year this union has grown from a few dozen women in the Harbor Area to over 3,000 of us across the world. It is so inspiring to meet in person on International Women’s Day and ‘break bread.’” Photographer Pat Williams expressed her pride in her peers. “They all work hard and have a lot of energy,” Williams said. “Only three women in the entire room are retired. Our guest of honor is an original Rosie the Riveter, who worked at Todd Shipyards during World War II.”

[See PortTech, page 10]

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PART II A Balancing Act:

Harbor Interfaith Walks a Tightrope Between Large Caseloads, Politics By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

March 17 - 30, 2016

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While the city and the county of Los Angeles are taking steps forward to address homelessness, the entities seem to always take a step back. Their pursuits seem to address visibility of homeless people rather than the underlying issues related to their homelessness. Such has been the case with recent confiscations of tiny homes that activist Elvis Summers built in South Los Angeles. Advocates for the homeless may have hoped that the threat of El Niño storms in the New Year would force city leaders to take immediate and substantive action in addressing homelessness. The Los Angeles City Council has pledged to spend $100 million and the county has committed to working with cities in addressing the problem. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti requested and was denied disaster relief funds from Gov. Jerry Brown ahead of the expected storms. In San Pedro and Harbor City, police are conducting regular encampment sweeps, only to find those same locations occupied by the same and more people. In response, residents frustrated by the seemingly never-ending cycle push local officials to impose or enforce even more criminal procedures, making it difficult for homeless persons to stay in one place. Yet, they do. Underlying these efforts is the thought that if homeless people don’t accept the help, they should be subjected to criminal enforcement procedures. Moreover, anyone helping homeless

people, in any capacity, are in effect aiding and abetting criminal activity. In this context and in this region, Harbor Interfaith has been pushed forward as the one agency that can best handle this crisis. However, there are cases that have raised questions about how quickly people can get off the streets even under the best of circumstances. Denise Vigil is one example. She was a homeless woman, whose story was touted as a success during a September 2015 homeless forum in San Pedro, all while still sleeping outside of Councilman Joe Buscaino’s office with a Section 8 voucher in hand. She didn’t move into permanent housing until this year. Another example involved a pregnant mother and two children who were living in a Harbor City encampment known as “The Pit” during this past holiday season. In that instance, local homeless advocates paid out of pocket for a hotel for the family before Harbor Interfaith was able to provide the hotel vouchers. Harbor Interfaith is called upon to be the primary response in addressing homelessness in Los Angeles Harbor Area, even as it services a significant part of Southern Los Angeles County. Harbor Interfaith’s Outreach Director Shari Weaver recently noted that few people outside of other service providers understand the challenges they face. “There are a lot of similarities and very few

differences,” Weaver said. “It always seems like no matter where you go in Los Angeles County, when you talk to your partners who are veterans in the same business, we all have the same challenges. Trying to see our way through [has] been frustrating.” The challenges come from residents frustrated with the apparent growth and visibility of homelessness in town. Add to that, homeless advocates on the outside looking in either believe Harbor Interfaith is preselecting clients on criteria other than need and program requirements or not doing enough to catch clients who fall out of compliance with program requirements. In its March 3 edition, Random Lengths recounted Tisha Dolby’s journey from the Union Rescue Mission on Skid Row to a place of selfsufficiency at Harbor Interfaith. The challenges that Harbor Interfaith faces are more complicated than is reflected in Dolby’s story since the

organization is called upon to help both the chronically homeless and the newly homeless. “Generally, people who have been homeless for a year or more, have numerous episodes of homelessness, four or more in a three-year period, have disabling conditions whether it was substance abuse issues, mental health problems or complex health conditions,” Weaver said. Weaver explained that Harbor Interfaith recently received funding to help people who have experienced short episodes of homelessness— people who experienced homelessness for less than a year—an attempt to put in place a safety net for people who have not been homeless as long. The goal of the new funding is to shorten the number of times a person is homeless and shorten their experiences of being homeless. Both of these models are focused on permanent housing. “It used to be when Harbor Interfaith managed [See Harbor Interfaith, page 5]

Faith Leaders Carried Crosses in Front of Long Beach Hotels to Protest Worker Abuse

On March 11, clergy and workers carried massive wooden crosses as they led a procession in front of multiple Long Beach hotels. The procession incorporated reflection and prayer for an end to sexual intimidation and heavy workloads that women in the nation’s hotel industry disproportionately bear. The demonstration also called on the Long Beach City Council to pass Claudia’s Law, a proposed legislation that would protect hotel workers from sexual harassment and heavy workloads. Claudia Sanchez, the namesake of the legislation is a 20 year old Renaissance Hotel dishwasher who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage this past April after working a 14-hour work shift. Photo by Phillip Cooke.

[Harbor Interfaith, from page 4]

Oil Spills in the Los Angeles Harbor

SAN PEDRO—The Coast Guard and California Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response are continuing their investigation of an oil spill March 13 in the Los Angeles Harbor. The incident took place at about 6:30 p.m. March 13, when an unknown quantity of oil was reported to be spilling from a 577-foot cargo ship— Istra Ace — in the Cerritos Channel at Berth 198. Oil was also observed throughout portions of Cerritos Channel. The initial investigation onboard the Istra Ace revealed faulty piping that may have allowed oil to leak from the starboard side of the ship. A Coast Guard helicopter overflight and shoreline clean-up assessments took place at first light Monday to help determine the extent of the oil spilled. The Coast Guard issued a safety zone restricting recreational and commercial vessel traffic in the affected area. These restrictions will ensure that vessels do not impede cleanup operations as well as avoid any possible contamination. Due to response efforts, the operations of the Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge have been temporarily suspended, restricting vessel traffic from transiting underneath the bridge. However, automobile traffic is not affected. On a case by case basis, requests to transit through the safety zone will be considered. About 15,600 feet of boom has been deployed around the vessel as well as at critical points in the channel. The boom has successfully contained the oil within the affected area preventing further contamination of the harbor. There have been no confirmed reports of oiled wildlife. However, the public is advised that in the event that they do encounter oiled wildlife, they should not attempt to capture the animal. Instead, they should call the Oiled Wildlife Care Network at (877) 823-6926. The Coast Guard and state officials also are letting the public know that if they feel that this pollution incident has impacted them they can make their claims at (888) 850-8486.

Hahn Reintroduces Legislation to Prevent Oil Pipeline Spills

[See News Briefs, page 6]

On March 12, the San Pedro Neighbors for Peace and Justices honored three high school students and an adult peacemaker at its 11th annual SPNPJ Peacemaker of the Year Awards event. The community activist group raises money to provide scholarships to high school students active in their campus peace clubs to go the group’s annual summer peace camp. Among the awardees is student peacemaker Ezra Messer, president of the San Pedro High School Peace Club; Camisher Tucker, a “peace recruiter” for the Manenberg Artesia Aids Program and Peace Club; Marcella Mendez is the president of the Tracy High School Peace Club in Hawaiian Gardens. The adult peacemaker awardee is Paul Wicker, who is on the board of the Vietnam Friendship Village, is a member of the School of the America’s Watch. He actively campaigns against torture by gathering signatures, denouncing torture in downtown Manhattan Beach.

March 17 - 30, 2016

SAN PEDRO—The Ponte Vista project in San Pedro has a new name. After what developer iStar describes as “significant research and reflection,” the company announced that the nearly 700 new residences it is building will henceforth be known as “Highpark.”

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its own shelter and it was tied to other resources, it wasn’t as long,” said Harbor Interfaith’s Executive Director Tahia Hayslet. “Now we do everybody that is in the South Bay. It may be even longer than 30 days…. The backlog is ridiculous at this point.” Hayslet confronted the critiques she’s heard in the homeless advocate community that Harbor Interfaith is not serving all clients that come to their doors. “We can’t control the system that exists,” she said. “The government shifted and said that one agency will serve as the lead. That’s fine. But imagine, everybody that is homeless is now being funneled through this agency. These are people we’ve never seen in the history of this agency…so it makes our job that much tougher. It’s not like we have the extra resources to deal with it. We still have the same staffing. There are 450 [people] that we’re working with.” Hayslet explained that if a client is homeless in a city outside of the South Bay, they are supposed to stay in that particular city. “If they can show some type of ties to this particular area then we’re supposed to take them,” she said. Weaver noted that even when a client meets all of the criteria and do all they’re supposed to do, finding a place for them to live is still difficult. “Take for example the HUD-VASH of the Homeless Veterans initiative [a program] for veterans with a dishonorable discharge on their record, where we see the hang up is not the voucher, but finding a unit that would take that voucher,” Weaver said. ” Weaver said they have been really good developing strong partnerships with property owners and following up with clients who have gone through their program. “Property owners like the fact that they are getting a tenant who is not only doing their part, but now they have somebody that follows up and troubleshoots, provide case management and resources to make sure that the tenant is staying

hide what’s going on with them rather than communicate with their case managers. “The purpose of having a case manager is so that they can get you everything you need,” she said. “It is their job to connect you to resources. You have the right to file a grievance and say that you’re not getting the services that you’re supposed to get.” But between being over worked and so many people coming into the system it’s easy to see how the process breaks down. Hayslet admits that Harbor Interfaith under the Coordinating Entry System is at a disadvantage. They have two case managers with 60 caseloads each. “How does one person case manage 60 people? You can barely keep up.” She also noted that the funding exists to provide clients with assistance, but the question is how to provide effective case management with limited resources? Harbor Interfaith has one case manager as a housing and retention specialist for families that have received housing. The other handles intake for every family that comes to Harbor Interfaith. Weaver and Hayslet agree that the past couple of years have been particularly challenging, noting the community’s involvement can be a help and a hinderance. “We want to help educate our communities,” Weaver said. “But when it’s more of, ‘why can’t you do this differently?’ We have guidelines we have to work within. If we don’t work within those guidelines you can seriously hurt the funding that we are getting down here.” Random Lengths recounted Dolby’s journey through Coordinated Entry System from Union Rescue Mission to Harbor Interfaith’s Accelerated Learning & Living program. No longer under the immediate threat of sleeping in the street with her teenage daughters, Dolby is excelling in school and working toward the life she’s been dreaming of creating for her daughters. What’s undeniably true is that she wouldn’t be in this position without Harbor Interfaith.

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rep. Janice Hahn announced on Feb. 25 the reintroduction of her pipeline safety legislation that would help prevent oil spills like the 2014 spill in her district in Wilmington. In March 2014, 1,200 gallons of oil bubbled into a Wilmington neighborhood from a pipeline that was mistakenly assumed to be empty and never inspected by its owner, Phillips 66. Hahn took action to prevent spills like this by introducing legislation that would require companies to inspect pipelines they purchase and mandate third-party verification of these inspections by the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, PHMSA, or a state authority. Marie Therese Dominguez of PHMSA acknowledged that, almost two years after the Wilmington spill, no steps had been taken to instate third-party verification. The House Transportation Committee is working on legislation to reauthorize PHMSA. Hahn also requested that the chairman of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, Rep. Jeff Denham, work with her to include these reforms in the reauthorization.

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in compliance with the lease,” Weaver said. She notes that when Harbor Interfaith succeeds in that area, property owners are more likely to offer available units to clients. She wishes the frequency of that scenario happening was greater, but a rental market with a 2 percent vacancy rate hasn’t been helpful. As if the state of affordable housing wasn’t enough of a headache, the actual work of balancing Harbor Interfaith’s relationships with its clients, community advocates and organizational supporters presents its own struggles. Hayslet noted that Harbor Interfaith gets the greatest grief over its shelter’s 80 percent savings requirement. During their stay in Harbor Interfaith Services 90-day program, clients are obliged to place 80 percent of their income in an account that the agency holds—a nest-egg of sorts. The money is returned to clients when they leave Interfaith Services and is intended to serve as a foundation to save for future. “Our program prior to this new system has always required a saving of 80 percent,” Hayslet said. “A part of it is to teach them how to survive on just 20 percent. That’s because a lot of people end up in a homeless where they are paying 95 percent of their income on rent. So it’s never going to last. We’re saying that in a worst case scenario, if you have to pay 80 percent of your income toward rent... you can’t even touch this money for three months.” Hayslet cited another reason why advocates find the strict adherence to the 80 percent savings requirement. “There’s an exception to every rule,” she said. “So, if someone comes in and there’s an 80 percent requirement, but if you needed to buy prescription medication, why wouldn’t we allow you to? But you have to communicate with us. “What generates the most complaints about the requirement is that advocates don’t understand that all you have to do is communicate with us and tell us why you need the money. If you have to pay your storage. Allow us to do it. This is the first time ever we had the funds to pay for storage.” Hayslet noted that they got funding in July 2015 [for paying for storage]. She went on to say that clients often

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No other major changes are planned for the revitalization project that was unanimously approved by the Los Angeles City Council in March 2014 to accommodate the high regional demand for “quality new homes” for a wide range of potential buyers, iStar stated. Highpark is being built in phases and will include numerous styles and floor plans, as well as townhomes and condominium flats. The community will also offer residents a jogging trail, recreation centers and resort-style amenities to the 20-plus acres of parks and open space in the area. Details: www.LiveAtHighpark.com.

Port Volumes Surge at POLA

March 17 - 30, 2016

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SAN PEDRO—The Port of Los Angeles handled 713,721 20-foot equivalent units, TEUs, in February 2016, an increase of 42 percent compared to the previous year. February 2016 imports surged 46.6 percent to 372,744 TEUs compared to the previous year. Exports increased 11.1 percent to 146,488 TEUs in February. Total loaded imports of 519,233 TEUs increased 34.5 percent compared to the previous year. Empty containers increased 66.7 percent to 194,487 TEUs. Combined, February overall volumes totaled 713,721 TEUs, a 42 percent increase compared to this past year. The port noted that the February volumes were buoyed in part by U.S. importers bringing in products from Asia ahead of the Lunar Year, which began Feb. 8 and slowed production for several weeks in China. The surge in February deliveries will result in softer import volumes in March. The relatively high value of the U.S. dollar continues to slow U.S. exports due to their relative higher costs abroad.

Conservative Coup at the AQMD by the board, we were absolutely outraged,” Sylvia Betancourt, of the Long Beach Alliance for Children With Asthma, told the board in her testimony. Betancourt praised Wallerstein especially for his leadership in regulating the freight transport industry. “When we were calling on the California Air Resource Board and on the EPA to address rail and their negative impact on our communities who were on the front lines, it was AQMD and through Dr. Wallerstein’s leadership that we were able to challenge industries who were not doing anything to protect our communities,” Betancourt said. “When you make that decision... your name will be etched on the lungs of our community members.” “When Barry was dismissed from his position, it raised a lot of questions, doubt, uncertainty, and certainly, anger, a lot of anger,” Betancourt told Random Lengths afterwards. “A lot of work has been going into this over many years, and they got rid of that in one meeting.” There is a great deal they were ignoring, Betancourt said. “There is a definite link between the kinds of decisions they make and the impact it has on communities in Long Beach, Wilmington, San Pedro, along the 710 corridor, and out through the inland valley,” she said. “They make these decisions, but don’t have to live with or experience the consequences directly.” Andrea Hricko, professor of preventive medicine at USC, presented comments on behalf of 19 scientists from USC, UCLA, UC Irvine and Cal Tech.

“We have always respected Dr. Barry Wallerstein’s commitment to promoting the health and welfare of Southern California,” Hricko said. “For decades, his leadership and vision have helped to improve air quality and health for millions, but we still do not have healthy air to breathe in the Southland, and the job is not done.” “We are very upset, we have worked closely with Dr. Gary Wallerstein and his staff for decades,” said James Provenzano, president of Clean Air Now, in his testimony. “A strong economy is not mutually exclusive of strong regulation. Quite the contrary, we have the lowest per-capita energy use in the country, and our economy is the sixth largest in the world. Stop using this specious argument that strong environmental policy hurts business. It is the exact opposite.” Indeed, the AQMD has repeatedly analyzed the costs and benefits of its regulations using an extensive, sophisticated model covering every sector of the local economy—94 occupations in 19 sub-regions in 2007. It has always found that the benefits far exceed the costs. Reporting on the 2007 Air Quality Management Plan, AQMP, Socio-Economic Report, Random Lengths noted: While industry costs for new pollution control measures will range from $2.0 to $2.7 billion per year, benefits will top $14 billion, according to the AQMP’s socioeconomic report prepared under the supervision of Dr. Elaine Chang, deputy executive officer for Planning, Rule Development and Area Sources.

“It’s always easy to quantify [industry] costs. We’re trying to quantify the benefits as well,” Chang explained. “We can see the ratio [of benefits to costs] is 7 to 1, so society is bearing the costs of not internalizing the economic costs of polluting.” Of course, businesses will pass on most increased costs to customers. But these costs will more accurately reflect the true costs of production, transportation and distribution. And they will be far less than the costs born by the public today. This is the fundamental reality of the economics of clean air regulation—a reality that the worst-polluting industries have done everything in their power to distort and deny. Above all, they’ve repeatedly sought to misportray the costs of clean air as resulting in job loss, when the most polluting industries, such as oil refineries, have high profits and relatively small workforces. They haven’t convinced the economists, scientists, public health experts or those suffering from dirty air’s health impacts. But they have convinced the business community leadership, as reflected in the parade of testimony against reconsidering the December RECLAIM vote, the AQMD agenda item immediately preceding Wallerstein’s dismissal. This included representatives from the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, Southern California Business Coalition, and others, along with Chevron, Western States Petroleum Association, and Independent Petroleum Association. “It’s taken three years to adopt these [See AQMD, page 17]

We are in the midst of a new, unstoppable progressive movement.

“Sanders has broken the rule that young people don’t vote. Four times as many under-30s turned out in Michigan against predictions. Meanwhile his authenticity, economic populism and anti-establishment message are recruiting independent, rural and working-class supporters.”

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Supreme Court’s Moderates Influenced Abortion Access

Three Women Need Five Votes to Keep Abortion Accessible By Lyn Jensen, Reporter

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Three female Supreme Court justices it is impossible to tell whether there will be five are playing critical roles in the outcome of a votes to strike it down,” Chemerinsky speculated significant abortion rights case. in a March 10 opinion piece. On March 2, arguments were presented on Kennedy played a key role in the 1992 Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstadt, the first case, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern abortion-rights case to reach the Supreme Court Pennsylvania v. Casey, which forms the legal since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, who basis for the current case. Papers kept by the late consistently opposed upholding Roe v. Wade, Justice Harry Blackmun have revealed how the the landmark decision that made abortion legal. court was ready to vote 5-4 to eviscerate Roe v. “State governments have adopted over 200 laws Wade, but Kennedy switched sides and voted to restricting abortion in recent years,” commented uphold Roe. Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the School of Law The Texas law being challenged is an at the University of California Irvine, about the example of a law that specifically targets abortion hearing’s significance. providers—called “This case will give a “They [the women] are the TRAP laws, standing for real sense of the court’s only ones on the court who “Targeted Regulation of approach to them.” Providers.” If ever have faced the possibility Abortion At issue is Texas the court allows the Texas House Bill 2, which of pregnancy.” law to stand, it would —Erwin Chemerinsky impose a local admitting that state’s Republicancontrolled legislature privileges requirement, rammed through despite meaning abortion doctors must have admitting Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis’ filibuster on June privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their 23, 2013. She refused to yield the floor for almost clinic (not all Texas communities have a hospital 11 hours, delaying action on the bill until the within 30 miles). It would also subject all abortion clock ran out. At the time the bill was identified providers to the same regulations as ambulatory as H. B. 5 surgical centers, although few abortions are Texas abortion providers, including Whole surgical. Woman’s Health, challenged the bill immediately The American Medical Association and after it was reintroduced and became law. A the American College of Obstetricians and federal district court ruled against the bill but the Gynecologists have filed amicus curare briefs Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld it. Next that argue the law should be struck down, saying, stop: the Supreme Court. “H. B. 2 does not serve the health of women in The three female justices—President Barack Texas.” Obama appointees Sonia Sotomayor and Elena According to scotusblog.com, at issue is Kagan, and Clinton appointee Ruth Bader whether the Texas law violates the “undue Ginsberg—make up a majority of the court’s burden” standard of Casey, and whether the Fifth moderate wing. They and a fourth moderate, Circuit Court of Appeals erred in upholding it. Clinton appointee Stephen Breyer, are generally The hearing transcript posted on the Supreme considered dependable votes to uphold women’s Court site, provides details including that Whole access to legal abortion. Woman’s Health was represented by a woman, “They [the women] are the only ones on Stephanie Toti, of the Center for Reproductive the court who ever have faced the possibility of Rights. pregnancy,” Chemerinsky observed. “These laws impose heavy burdens on Three (male) justices with a history of abortion access that are not medically justified … voting against abortion rights make up the an undue burden on the right to abortion,” argued court’s conservative wing: Clarence Thomas, Toti, as a petitioner. Samuel Alito, and Chief Justice John Roberts. Solicitor General of the United States, All were appointed by a Bush—George Bush Sr. Donald B. Verrilli Jr., representing the Obama appointed Thomas; George W. Bush appointed administration, supported the petitioner, stating Alito and Roberts. in part, “This law closes most abortion facilities What’s unpredictable is whether Anthony in the state, puts extreme stress on the few Kennedy, a Reagan appointee and the court’s facilities that remain open, and exponentially lone swing vote, sides with the moderates or increases the obstacles confronting women who conservatives. seek abortions.” He argued abortion providers “Without Justice Scalia, it is impossible to see would not be able to meet demand. five votes to uphold Texas’ restrictive abortion Solicitor General Scott A. Keller, representing law, but from the oral arguments [on March 2] [See Abortion, page 19]

Across the Divide The 2016 Presidential Race: A Choice of Democratic Socialism vs. Corporate Capitalism By James Preston Allen, Publisher

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The 2016 race for president seems to be spinning out in ever more curious and historical proportions without there being clear winners on either the Democratic or Republican sides. Clearly the Trumpers’ revolt on the conservative side is causing real teeth-gnashing amongst the Republican Party leadership. But even with his collection of primary “wins”, he still hasn’t garnered more than half the delegates he needs to win at the convention. Similarly, Hillary Clinton, the odds-on-presumptive candidate, is in the same position of not having broken the halfway mark to the goal of 2,383 delegates. What this means is that the downstream primaries of California and New York, where the bulk of voters reside, may still hold sway in both parties late in the season. That means that both the insurgent campaigns of Bernie Sanders and that of Ted Cruz could win enough votes to force a brokered convention in the two parties. Upsetting as this disruption is for the party elites and the Washington establishment, it does make for an entertaining political process that does have historical precedent and is embedded in the DNA of American political culture. Think about the very birth of the Republican Party and the demise of its conservative predecessor the Whig Party—founded in 1833 and dissolved in 1854. Political parties rise and fall based upon the politics of the day, but the democratic process continues. The only question is whether the Republican Party can survive Donald Trump’s candidacy? The fear of his nomination has to do with whether the republic could endure his presidency. This, I believe, would be America “making a great mistake.” Trump’s use of widespread fear mongering and race baiting would so drastically divide this nation, that his elevation to the Oval Office would make the current dysfunction in Congress appear slight by comparison. And, he wouldn’t even have the full backing of the Republican Party that nominated him. The July convention in Ohio should really be something to witness. What is really curious is how the Sanders campaign is serving as the counterpoint to Trump’s. It is a political uprising of the like we haven’t seen since presidential races of Sens. Eugene McCarthy in 1968 or George McGovern in 1972.

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The Sanders revolt is addressing the very core issues of inequality to which Trump supporters are reacting. The difference is that Sanders’ supporters are more educated and that Sanders’ attacks are specifically directed at the Wall Street banks, the big pharmaceutical corporations and the resulting decline of the American middle class. Sanders does this without demonizing Mexican immigrants and everybody else Trump has accused of making this nation less than great. Sadly, this is not the first time this country has faced off with its own nativist form of fascism. The American author Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) wrote It Can’t Happen Here in 1935, a novel about the election of a fascist to the American presidency. This was a controversial book at the time of its printing and was a cautionary tale in light of what was rising up in Germany and Italy at the time. It was a thinly veiled critique of American politics of the Depression era. Its hould be used today by history and English professors to explain Trump’s rise as a populist. Sanders’ win in Michigan comes as no surprise. His fortunes in Wisconsin on April 5 could go the same way considering the strong Robert LaFollette progressive tradition there. However, if the California primary still holds sway come June 7, one might want to revisit the campaign of the other Sinclair—Upton Sinclair, whose End Poverty In California campaign set the historical precedent in 1934. Like Sanders, Sinclair was also a socialist turned Democrat and he ran on a platform that is almost uncanny in similarity to this one. The battle lines have been drawn. The best contest would be one that gives the American people the choice of Democratic Socialism or national Corporate Capitalism. I fear that Clinton, with all of her baggage, will pull off the Democratic nomination and take the middle path, leaving loyal Republicans with the choice of voting for their party and a candidate who would do more harm than good or voting for the one person (Hillary) they’d rather indict in lieu of not voting at all. In the end the battle between Sanders and Trump would most clearly define the issues and the sides of the current political debate. That would be one debate worth watching.

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‘It’s Enough for the Triumph of Evil that Good People Do Nothing’

By Connie Rutter, retired oil industry environmental consultant That was a quote Robert Kennedy used, butane and propane (look them up, if you don’t) and it will certainly apply now if people don’t you know both very rapidly revert to gases, respond to the lame but lengthy proposed rule and leave the basin as they increase more than on Hazardous Materials (40 CFR 68) that the 200 times in volume. Propane vaporizes almost Federal Environmental Protection Agency instantly, and butane vaporizes rapidly as it has just published in the Federal Register warms from 28 F to 31 F, its boiling point. The rate of vaporization of butane is such (federalregister.gov). It’s a tiny, ineffective bunch of new practices that the EPA has proposed in that Rancho’s 12.5 million gallons of butane response to President Barack Obama’s Executive from one tank will be converted to vapor Order 13650, after a West Texas fertilizer plant within an hour, if they’ve done their calculation blew up in 2014. It took the EPA almost two correctly. It would take much less than an hour, if this vapor mixes with air at its boundaries, years to come up with this bunch of junk. It’s junk because it does little to actually finds a source of ignition and adds that heat of improve the rule’s effectiveness at keeping people combustion to rapidly vaporize any liquid butane safe from hazardous facilities in their areas. still left. So it’s pretty obvious that the impound “Hazardous” is defined as toxic or flammable basin is ineffective to hold LPG. The only thing (think explosive). One of the most dangerous in it might do is to allow the people on site to climb the area is the Rancho LLC LPG facility on N. the hill behind the tanks and hope for the best, Gaffey Street, opposite Home Depot. The rule before the fiery explosion occurs. Pretending that proposes some changes in record-keeping and an impound basin makes a facility safe hardly reporting, the use of a third party “expert” to qualifies the API as safety experts. One thing the EPA could have done and witness the validity of the emergency procedures, and using Trade Associations, like the American didn’t (for whatever reason) is correct a mistake Petroleum Institute, API, to determine safety it made in 1999, weeks before the rule took procedures. But there are no changes proposed effect. The API was behind this effort also. for the ‘meat’ of the rule, the Risk Management Documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act chronicle the arguments that Plan. Naming the API as one of the safety expert API representatives made to the head of the organizations is especially ironic, since the API Office of Emergency Services at the time. API in its 2510 Standard “Design and Construction of said that since EPA had allowed refrigerated LPG Installations” requires, with a straight face, toxic sources with impound basins to assume the an impound basin to contain the liquid volume release is stopped after 10 minutes LPG sources of the largest tank. If you know the properties of [See Ineffective, page 9]

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RANDOMLetters RE: Evading the Holes in the Safety Net

I read with interest your recent story, “Evading the Holes in the Safety Net” published in RLn March 3, 2016, in which you referenced Harbor Interfaith and quoted me. When you asked to speak with me, you never disclosed that you were writing about a family we serve. Instead, you affirmatively led me to believe your story was something different. Had you been more forthright and allowed me an opportunity to respond to the matter you were investigating, I would have been more than happy to help you avoid the misinformation and misstatements that appeared in your article. I have already called attention to misquotes attributed to me. We certainly regret that the family featured in your article encountered frustration with systems designed to help homeless persons find housing. While we do not agree with statements that appear in your article suggesting that our agency or members of our staff were non-responsive or unsympathetic to the needs of this family, we are in agreement that there are insufficient resources available to meet a crushing need in our community to house the homeless and aid the working poor. As I explained to you when we met, Harbor Interfaith is a nonprofit organization serving South Bay communities. Our mission is

to empower the homeless and working poor to achieve selfsufficiency by providing support services including shelter, transitional housing, food, job placement, advocacy, child care, education and life skills training. We are extremely proud of the work we do. In 2014, we assisted more than 31,000 homeless and working poor by providing the comprehensive services they need to lift themselves out of poverty and onto the road of self-sufficiency. This is the remarkable success of our agency that your article never mentions. This doesn’t mean that we can’t do better. Doing better is something that we are always striving to do. During the past two years we’ve been privileged to lead a program known as the Coordinated Entry System in the South Bay/Harbor Area. The purpose of this program is to help match the chronically homeless with agencies and others that can best help them locate permanent housing in the city they consider “home.” This program is working, but it takes a combined effort from local government, property owners, the community as a whole, and of course, the persons the program is intended to benefit. They must work collectively with us to make their individual situations a success. It also takes time to process persons who may qualify for assistance under the program, but we are working hard to improve the speed and efficiency of what we are doing. This is the program I

understood you to be interested in when we spoke. At the same time, Harbor Interfaith also operates a Family Shelter program, which provides rent-free private, furnished housing units for 90 days to persons with transitional housing needs. Through this program we are able to help 120 families (approximately 450 people) on an annual basis. During their period of occupancy, we assist these families with food, personal hygiene items and transportation at no cost to them. The objective of this program is to provide families in need with breathing room to secure more permanent housing, while at the same time searching for/maintaining employment or pursuing education. We do ask families to set aside 80 percent of any income they receive so that they will have funds available at the end of 90 days to make a deposit or pay rent for more permanent housing. This is carefully explained to all families before they are permitted to move in. We understand, of course, that families may have unique needs and we work with them to the extent we are able to do so, but always keeping in mind the key components of this very special program and the community need it is designed to meet. In the case of the family mentioned in your article, we were able to offer them temporary housing in this program, and when a vacancy opened in another of our programs, we were able to provide a more permanent housing solution. Our objective with this family,and all the individuals and families

we serve is the same: to provide safe low-cost or no cost housing to persons in need. We do this with a dedicated staff made up of persons committed to our mission, volunteers, and the generous support of our community. Tahia Hayslet Executive Director of Harbor Interfaith Services Thank you for writing. Read the follow up story, “A Balancing Act” on pg. 4 Terelle Jerricks Managing Editor

So Who Appointed These Schumcks?

I see articles about the new right wing appointees to the Coastal Commission and the AQMD in the Breeze and elsewhere. However, none of the accounts seem to be willing to say just WHO appointed these right-wingnuts. THAT is where the real problem lies and where the lightning needs to strike. They have to run for office again eventually. Do you happen to know who did it? Whatever happened to the “liberal media?” John Mattson San Pedro

The South Coast Air Quality Management District, or SCAQMD, governing board is comprised of 13 representatives consisting of three appointees (one each by the governor, speaker of the Assembly and Senate Rules Committee) and 10 elected officials from the counties and cities of the South Coast Air Basin. One of them just happens to be Joe Buscaino our councilman from District 15. The Republicans who can’t get elected to statewide office have chosen to capture smaller cities and then gain majorities by appointment on the SCAQMD board. James Preston Allen, Publisher [See Letters, page 10]

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Ineffective Rules

formula in the Rule Guidance. (One half mile is bad enough, though, and affecting 700 some residents does not sound benign.) The argument is about how to estimate how much butane vapor there is before it ignites. API is right in calling 10 minutes ‘arbitrary.’ But the EPA Guidance has already settled that question, because in the formula, it uses 10 percent of the tank’s liquid weight. By allowing a 10-minute limit,

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the location of Lydia House was incorrect. It is located in Long Beach. Also, Harbor Interfaith Executive Director Tahia Hayslet identified the large backlog of applications as the culprit behind the sometimes long process time of getting into a 90-day program. Read the follow up story, “A Balance Act,” on page 4 for details. Random Lengths News thank all who write to correct our reporting. —The Editors

A story published in the Feb. 18 edition of Random Lengths News titled, “The Decision,” included a quote that was incorrectly attributed. It was Donesia Gause who said: “Carson’s elected officials are the face of our city. If the behavior of a public servant is that of a child’s tantrum, that becomes a negative perception for the City of Carson.” In a story published in the March 3 edition of Random Lengths, “Evading the Holes of the Safety Net,” Tisha Dolby’s last name was misspelled and

it allows LPG facilities are allowed to double-dip, taking 10 percent of a 10-minute vaporization. This error is still part of the rule. Because this leads to the impression that the inmates are running the asylum, please strike a blow for reason, and write to the EPA about the defects in their proposed rule. To do that you must use the docket number, EPA-HQOEM-2015-0725. They prefer that you email your comments to www,regulations.gov, but you can also mail them to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, EPA-HQ-OEM-2015-0725, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., WA, D.C. 20460. You must write by May 13, 2016 to have your comments considered. But earlier is better. One aspect they are seeking comments on is siting, that is, should there be something in the rules that limits hazardous materials sites next to schools and hospitals? There are more suggestions for comments on www.hazardsbegone.com.

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similarly qualified, should also be allowed to account for only the first 10 minutes. Although API did admit the 10 minutes was ‘arbitrary.’ (It’s worse than arbitrary, it’s stupid. If it hasn’t ignited within the first 10 minutes, it will certainly ignite very soon, because there are five sources of ignition on site.) The advantage of claiming the 10 minutes is that Rancho can report a half-mile blast radius in its RMP, rather than 3 miles, based on the required EPA

RANDOMLetters [Letters, from page 9]

RE: LAHC Department Chairman Invests in Former Students

I’m writing to congratulate Zamná Ávila on his fine piece on Michael Song, Chairman of the Los Angeles Harbor College Architecture Department [RLn March 3, 2016]. As a faculty colleague, I have witnessed first-hand his commitment and dedication to his students and the practice of architecture. Features like this serve to inform the

community of the value of their support for LAHC—a must-read for those who appreciate the largely unsung efforts of dedicated teachers on behalf of their students. And, thanks to arts writer Andrea Serna for defending the hard working artists and gallerists producing San Pedro’s First Thursday Art Walk. On this monthly event parking is at a premium and streets are packed— hardly the time or place for political events that compromise access and engagement with our arts offering. No more “crashing the art walk!” Ron Linden San Pedro

We Can Do It

I was born and raised in Pedro and I remember when I was nine, my cousins and I walked the breakwater all the way to the lighthouse. It was an exciting trip on a path with nothing but water all around you. It felt like you were in the middle of the ocean on a path. People would fish off of it too. You would walk on it at your own risk, just like when you cross the street. Now there’s a fence that blocks the way onto it. I used to be able to go from Point Fermin Park to Sunken City, but now there’s a fence there that prevents you from going down there. I like the idea of being able

to go down there at your own risk. You can’t keep people from going down there, even with the fence being there. Another thing us Pedro people miss is the great cruise we had along Paseo. I personally loved taking my grandchildren on a cruise along the coast. Now I can’t. How long does it take to fix it? Even the clock on the old ferry building doesn’t work. It’s right in the middle of town and it’s embarrassing. San Pedro gets nothing: no jail, no court house, etc. More reason San Pedro should be its own city. We don’t need the harbor. LA Harbor Department is good on its own. Joe is a good policeman but he can’t fight big city. San Pedro

and Watts in the same district? They’re like two different worlds. It doesn’t make sense. Our mayor and councilmen would make top dollar. Gas allowance no taxpayer SUV. And driver. No unlimited credit card. We can do it! Someone must know how to start the movement. Maybe get a petition going, just San Pedro, not the valley or anyone else like last time. Let’s do it. Mike Puliselich San Pedro I hear you, the city is good at taking things away but not putting them back. It is also good at letting things like the sidewalks or the water system to go into disrepair until it becomes a billion dollar

fix. I’m not sure that secession is the right response at this point but speaking out for your neighborhood is a good place to start. Tell the city council office what you want and get the fences taken down. It all starts with one person talking to their neighbors to get the ball rolling. James Preston Allen, Publisher Send Letters to the Editor to: letters @randomlengthsnews.com. To be considered for publication, all Letters to the Editor must include your name with address and phone number included (these will not be published, but are for verification only) and be kept to about 250 words.

[PortTech, from page 3]

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Chief Technology Officer Edan Cain demonstrated a drone launch from Cheetah Logistics Technology, at PortTechEXPO. Cheetah specializes in shipment tracking and logistics. Photo by Taso Papadakis.

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of cap and trade,” O’Donnell said. “Those dollars were intended to address emissions and dollars paid by those creating the emissions, so those dollars should go to their intended source. Many of the 119 legislators … some of them just want parks. And that’s not what Cap-and-Trade is supposed to be about.” President and CEO of TransPower, Michael Simon, spoke on the importance of public funding to help bridge what he calls the “valley of debt” for new technologies. That valley is essentially that space between the creation of new technology and the development of that new technology to the point that it’s viable in the marketplace. Speaking directly about clean trucks since the 2006 Clean Air Action Plan, Simon noted that current funding environment is more conducive to that kind of support. TransPower offers a broad range of energy related products and services related to advanced clean transportation and energy storage. They’re particularly known for their advanced electric propulsion system for large heavy duty vehicles including transit buses and port yard tractors. The final panel discussion was comprised of a startup company launched with venture capital, a seed venture capital firm and a large institutional venture capital firm. The panel discussed from every stage what it took to get venture capital funding, what venture capitalist are looking to fund and why. The institutional venture capital firm was represented by Canaan Partners, which along with seed capital

Chief Technology Officer Jatomis Stevenson promoted the KIGT electric car battery that has 6 kilowatts of power and can charge a Chevy Volt in about two and a half hours. The start-up company is based in Rancho Cucamonga. The batteries start at $800. Photo by Mike Botica.

firm, TYLT Ventures, funded the on-demand laundry service, Washio and Cargomatic. Hrach Simonian of Canaan Partners and Shamin Rostami of TYLT Ventures noted that the venture capital will be conservative in their investments, despite being flushed with cash. They see drones, self-driving cars and other logistics and transportation related areas where venture capitalist will shift their monies. Following the labor negotiations between the ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association this past year there was much discussion about how the movement, stowing and tracking of cargo will have to change. This year’s PortTech Expo shows that many of the solutions to yesteryear’s problems are here today.

By Melina Paris, Music Columnist

Harold Greene from the band Switch Off. Photo by Terelle Jerricks

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arold Greene’s talents expand beyond creating one-of-a-kind furniture, for which he has been featured over the years in Random Lengths News. Greene also builds and creates music. “Unlike furniture making, which is an art that takes a lot of pre-planning, careful technique and execution of a piece of furniture—sometimes over a long period of time— music is performed in the moment,” Greene said. “That’s what I like about it. It’s different than what I normally do. There is room for improvisation and spontaneity.” Greene is part of a duo called Switch Off. He plays the cajon, backing Freddie Schreuders on guitar. Switch Off has been performing at Sirens in San Pedro for just over a month. The duo’s funky, head bopping grooves and easy vibe, coupled with Sirens whimsical mermaid theme, will set your weekend right. Energetic? Absolutely. You feel Switch Off. It’s a groove thing. The duo brings its own creative touch, adding surprising beats and rhythms to classic rock songs and some rhythm and blues. Greene met Schreuders this past year. The guitarist was helping Greene with a big project for the Port of Los Angeles. “I had instruments down there in Warehouse 57,” Greene said. “It’s an unbelievable warehouse, 50,000 square feet and the acoustics are like the Sistine Chapel. Freddie heard me playing the cajon there, so just recently he asked me to back him up. He can throw out any beat, Latin, reggae or bossa nova and I can just play it because I know all the beats and rhythms and how they interact.”

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Harold Greene Art For Work and Play Greene said their show is paired down. Sometimes he has just a cajon, a cymbal or shakers, but it’s energetic. Both players have such a deep level of skill and intuitiveness that as they play, the music inhabits you. Greene describes his part in this duo. “When I listen to music I really listen to drums and bass and how the player attacks the drums,” Greene said. “There’s a big difference between a digital drum track and an actual live drummer. You can almost feel the drummer breathe and you can feel that each hit is different than the last, so that’s what I try to emulate when I play the cajon.” Harold Greene’s handmade bass.

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Performing is a time of play for this artist, who works 50-plus hours weekly at his furniture craft. But Greene takes music seriously and speaks attentively about structure and sound. He should, because a few decades ago Greene was a member of the band Magnum with one of his brothers and six other players. They produced a successful, highly collectible album titled Fully Loaded. “It was a really big group with a really big sound,” Greene said. “A few years ago I saw the album go in Europe for the equivalent of $800 (U.S.). I even still hear some of its tracks played on the radio.” Greene said his recent pairing with Schreuders is different for him because he’s never backed a guitar player with percussion. But he always experimented with different percussion instruments going all the way back to his Magnum days. “Freddie is a drummer as well, so he will switch to percussion and I will play guitar, bass or Chapman Stick, or, through the magic of modern electronics, all three at the same time through a loop pedal” Greene said. “Since we are switching roles our group is called Switch Off. Growing up in musical family, percussion instruments were around his house. One of six children, all took classical piano lessons plus at least one more instrument. Reared in a small house, they somehow fit a baby grand piano in the living room. At 15, Greene’s mother brought home a guitar she intended to learn. He picked it up, liked its sound and began learning. “My friend brought an electric guitar

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One of downtown San Pedro’s signature restaurants features a full Italian menu, huge selection of pizzas, Greek specialties and a beer and wine bar featuring a wide selection of beers on tap and by the bottle. Watch sporting events on plasma TV screens throughout the restaurant. Delivery service to all of San Pedro, Port locations and hotels. 399 W. 6th St., San Pedro (at the corner of Mesa and 6th sts.) • (310) 241-1400

PHILIE B’S ON SIXTH

Owner Philie Buscemi welcomes you to Philie B’s on Sixth, where New York–style pizza, Sicilian rice balls and pizza by-the-slice are the specialties. Fresh hot or cold sandwiches, gourmet pizzas and fresh salads are also served. Try the “white pizza” with smooth ricotta, mozzarella and sharp Pecorino-Romano cheeses topped with torn fresh basil. Extended hours accommodate San Pedro’s unique lifestyle and work schedules. Catering and fast, free local delivery ($15 min.) available. Philie B’s On Sixth • 347 W. 6th Street, San Pedro (310) 514-2500 www.philiebsonsixth.com

PIROZZI’S ITALIAN DELI

Walk into Pirozzi’s Italian Deli at Weymouth Corners and discover an ample selection of fine imported cheeses and salami, as well as a great assortment of imported prosciutto, pastas, sauces, olive oils and vinegars—all carefully selected by proprietor Vince Pirozzi. Best known for making fine homemade Italian sausages in five distinct flavors, Pirozzi’s also carries freshly prepared and frozen entrées and sauces available for take-out. Pirozzi’s Deli offers a full catering menu, made-to-order deli sandwiches, homemade Italian cookies and desserts. Open: Mon.-Fri. 10am-6pm; Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Sun. 10 am-2 pm. Pirozzi’s Italian Deli • 1453 W. 8th St., San Pedro (310) 548-0000 www.pirozzisdeli.com

San Pedro Brewing Company

A microbrewery and American grill, SPBC features handcrafted award-winning ales and lagers served with creative pastas, bbq, sandwiches, salads and burgers. A full bar with made-from-scratch margaritas and a martini menu all add fun to the warm and friendly atmosphere. Live music. Open: From 11:30 a.m., daily. San Pedro Brewing Company • 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro • (310) 8315663 • www.sanpedrobrewing.com

Stripe Café

Stripe Café Executive Chef Brett Hickey’s focus is on plantbased, farm-totable options. Thefood is fresh and organic. Everything is made in-house and reasonably priced. Hickey’s menu is full of surprises: salmon smoked each day, Nutella latte, lavender-infused olive oil cake topped with lemon curd, and daily fresh soups. The café is open for lunch, but pop-up dinners have already become highly anticipated special events. Stripe Café • 5504 Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes • Mon-Sat 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., • (310) 541.2479

The Whale & Ale

San Pedro’s British gastro pub offers dining in an oak–paneled setting, featuring English fish & chips, roast prime rib, sea bass, rack of lamb, beef Wellington, meat pies, salmon, swordfish & vegetarian dishes. Open for lunch & dinner, 7days/ wk; great selection of wines; 14 British tap ales, & full bar. First Thursdays live band & special fixed

price menu. Open: Mon.Thu. 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri. 11:30 a.m.midnight Sat. & Sun. 1-10 p.m. The Whale & Ale • 327 W. 7th St., San Pedro • (310) 8320363 • www.whaleandale.com

Waterfront Dining

Boardwalk Grill

C a s u a l waterfront dining at its finest! Famous for slabs of Chicago-style baby back ribs, fish-nchips, rich clam chowder, cold beer on tap and wine. Full lunch menu also includes salads, sandwiches and burgers. Indoor and outdoor patio dining available. Proudly pouring Starbucks coffee. Open 7 days a week. Free parking. Boardwalk Grill • 1199 Nagoya Way, LA Harbor - Berth 77, San Pedro • (310) 519-7551

PORTS O’ CALL RESTAURANT

Since 1961 this landmark restaurant has extended a hearty welcome to visitors from around the globe. Delight in an aweinspiring view of the dynamic LA Harbor while enjoying fresh California cuisine and varietals. Relax in the bar or patio for the best happy hour on the waterfront. With each purchase of the awardwinning Sunday Champagne Brunch, receive the first Spirit Cruises harbor cruise of the day free. Open 7 days, lunch and dinner. Free parking. Ports O’Call Waterfront Dining • 1199 Nagoya Way, LA Harbor - Berth 76, San Pedro • (310) 833-3553 www.portsocalldining.com

SPIRIT CRUISES

An instant party— complete with all you need to relax and enjoy while the majesty of the harbor slips by. Dinner cruise features a 3-course meal, full bar, unlimited cocktails and starlight dancing—the ultimate excursion for any occasion. Free parking. Spirit Cruises • 1199 Nagoya Way, LA Harbor - Berth 77, San Pedro • (310) 548-8080, (562) 495-5884 • www. spiritmarine.com

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f you are a true foodie like I am, then you have running list of restaurants ready to take on at a moment’s notice. My current list is so long, it’s exhausting. I actually slip into a food coma just looking at it. Truth be told, I could eat out every day for the rest of my life and still not cross every “t” and dot every “i” on my list. There’s simply not enough time in one’s lifetime, let alone my own. I know what you’re thinking: “Oh, please— spare me. This woman is young. She has plenty of time.” Fine. But hear me out. Age argument aside, I’d like to think that I’m pragmatic. I know better than anyone that eating out can be costly and even more time consuming.

Babouch Moroccan Restaurant

Celebrates 38 Years By Gina Ruccione, Restaurant and Cuisine Writer

And with regards to beating the clock, well — let’s just say, when it comes to both my relationships with restaurants or me, I don’t fear commitment. I fear wasting time. My job as a food writer is to inform, entertain, but I also need to

After 38 years, Babouch still offer some of the best cuisine and excellent entertainment. Pictured are beef tri tip kabobs on skewers with couscous.

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be somewhat discerning. I choose my time out wisely. Taking into account the opportunity cost of every dining experience leads me to this conclusion: every eatery serves a different purpose. If you’re looking for a lively evening with plenty of food and entertainment then you need to go to Babouch in San Pedro. I’ve driven past the place on a weekly basis, but hadn’t been inside in more than 25 years. If you’ve never been, you need to go. If you haven’t been for a while, here’s why you should go back. Babouch is the full package—not just dinner, but an experience. The Moroccan

eatery resembles a movie set. The low tables and fabulous rugs seem to glow in the dim lighting, under a tent-like canopy. Before dining, rosewater is brought to the tables for guests to wash their hands. And what would dinner be like without the belly dancers and tarot card readings? Well, it probably wouldn’t be as fun. April marks Babouch’s 38th anniversary, and time has brought some changes. Don’t worry, your favorites are still on the menu. But that menu now boasts craft beer and wine, interesting cocktails and artisanal bread. Most importantly, the prices are lower. Come with group of friends. Come prepared to hang out for awhile. Come hungry. Make reservations and make a night of it. Order several appetizers, especially the spicy “cigars,” which basically consist of sautéed beef, onions and peppers, minced and wrapped in light, flaky filo dough. Have your fill of those, then move on to the prix fixe menu. There are six courses, which allow you to navigate through several options. If you like sweets, the lamb entrée with honey and roasted almonds would most definitely suit your fancy. If you’re like me and tend to veer away from sweets, I recommend the beef tri tip kabobs. Six courses later, driving home felt like a Lamaze class; I ate so much, I had to learn how to breathe again. But did I dance with the belly dancer? Absofuckin-lutely. Details: (310) 831-0246 Venue: Babouch Restaurant, 810 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro

Gina Ruccione has traveled all over Europe and Asia and has lived in almost every nook of Los Angeles County. You can visit her website at www.foodfashionfoolishfornication.com.

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After St. Patrick’s Day:

Shamrock ’n’ Roll Aboard a Queen By Lyn Jensen, Reporter

Paddy’s Pig

March 18

Formed at the curly-tailed end of the 20th century, Southern California-based Paddy’s Pig performs lively, acoustic renditions of traditional and pseudo-traditional Irish and Celtic music. Their repertoire includes songs, reels, jigs, ballads and drinking and rebel songs. Lyons Academy of Irish Dance will open the show. Time: 8 p.m. March 18 Cost: $20 and $25 Details: (310) 833-4813 Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Shamrock ‘n’ Roll

Celebrate the revelry, the tradition and the spirit of Ireland aboard the legendary Queen Mary with a rocking St. Patrick’s Day Celebration unlike any other. Shamrock ‘n’ Roll, an annual Queen Mary event, features an amazing lineup of live entertainment sure to make you dance a jig all night long. Time: 6 p.m. March 18 Cost: $15 Details:www.queenmary.com Venue: Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach

Johnny Camello Trio

The rock band, Johnny Camello Trio, is playing. Time:10 p.m. March 18 Cost: $3 Details: www.sanpedrobrewing.com Venue: San Pedro Brewing, 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro

March 19

Deke Dickerson

Veteran rockabilly singer, songwriter and guitarist Deke Dickerson will perform at Godmothers. He will be headlining a bill that includes local band Lazy Lance & the Longhorns. Time: 8 p.m., March 19 Cost: $10 Details: www.dekedickerson.com Venue: Godmothers Saloon, 302 W. 7th St., San Pedro

American Horror Story Burlesque

Burlesque meets the American Horror Story television show. Enjoy a fun and sexy modern cabaret fused with classic burlesque and exciting circus elements. Enter the den of delicious dames, tantalizing gentlemen and acrobatic aerialists. Time: 9 and 10:30 p.m., March 19 Cost: $15 to $20 Details: http://longbeach.harvelles.com Venue: Harvelle’s, 201 E. Broadway, Long Beach

March 23

Sierra Hull Hull came to bluegrass as a teen prodigy. Now, at age 22, Sierra Hull has already played the White House, Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. She became the first bluegrass musician to receive a presidential scholarship at the Berklee College of Music. Time: 8 p.m. March 23 Cost: $20 to $30 Details: www.grandvision.org Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro

COMMUNITY

Come and learn about bicycle safety while exploring the Los Angeles Waterfront. The event includes free bicycle safety check and minor repair. Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. March 19 Cost: Free Details: lawaterfront.org

March 22

Envisioning Transformation The academic symposium, “Envisioning Transformation,” honors the impact and legacy of the 1965 Watts Rebellion by exploring and examining how communities can create futures of social justice and harmony. Time: 8 a.m. March 22 and 10 a.m. March 23 Cost: Free Details: www4.csudh.edu/watts/schedule/ spring-symposium Venue: Cal State Dominguez Hills, Loker Student Union, 2nd Floor, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson

March 24

Queen Mary Free After 3 This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Queen Mary’s Maiden Voyage. The celebration will kick off with a free entry to the ship after 3 p.m. Other anniversary discounts include $5 ship tours all evening; $5 4-D theater experience; $10 flat rate parking after 3 p.m. *Free admission to the ship does not include a seat at the screening. RSVP is required for admission to the screening. Time: 3 p.m., March 24 Cost: Free Details: www.queenmary.com Venue: Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach

March 26

Norooz Celebration Join the celebration of the Persian New Year, Norooz. This year’s celebration includes a live performance by Rana Mansour and her band, a Persian-style dinner, appetizers and pastries, and traditional folkloric Persian dance performances, and, of course, dancing. Time: 6 to 11:30 p.m. Cost: $30 Details: www.facebook.com/groups/csulbpsa Venue: CSULB, University Student Union, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach

San Pedro Chamber Honors Women’s History Month

Join the San Pedro Chamber in honoring women who have made outstanding contributions to their community. The event will be at the DoubleTree by Hilton in the Madeo Room. Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 31 Cost: $30 Venue: DoubleTree Hotel, 2800 Cabrillo Marina, San Pedro

March 31

16th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival The “Dr. Nadine Ishitani Hata Memorial Cherry Blossom Festival” is named after El Camino College’s former vice president of academic affairs, who died in 2005. Dr. Hata was instrumental in bringing the cherry trees to the campus 15 years ago. Taiko drummers from the Taiko Center of Los Angeles will perform and creative writing students will read original haiku compositions. Time: 1 to 2 p.m. March 31 Cost: Free Details: (310) 660-3593, ext. 3316 Venue: El Camino College, 6007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance

April 2

PVPLC First Saturday Family Hike Take the family on a guided morning walk the at George F Canyon. Time: 9 a.m. April 2 Cost: Free Details: (310) 547-0862. Venue: George F Canyon, 27305 Palos Verdes Drive East, Rolling Hills Estates

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March 19

LA Waterfront Bike Rodeo

Venue:Cabrillo Marina Plaza Parking Lot Via Cabrillo Marina at Shoshonean Road, San Pedro

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If you don’t get enough partying done on of Celtic, bluegrass, country, rock and punk St. Patrick’s Day, you can continue late into the into their shows. Their album, Per Ardua, is on next night —that’s March 18—with Shamrock iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and similar sites. See ’n’ Roll aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach www.themckintreeboys.com for more details. harbor. • Also performing will be the California Get in touch with your inner Irish at this Celts, Belles of Bedlam (a girl group) and the 21-and-older party that will fill two stages and McNulty Irish Dancers. three bars with Irishflavored music and dancing, from 6 p.m. til 1 a.m. Saturday. Here’s the line-up: • Hoist the Colors: These headliners are five guys from the El Segundo area who play folk-influenced punk. They got together in 2007, and have toured extensively on both coasts. They have two full-length albums Second City and Miles To Go Before We Craic Haus brings their brand of “shamrockabilly” to the Queen Mary on the day Sleep, both available after St. Patrick’s Day. on iTunes. They’re • Shamrock ‘n’ Roll requires a separate finishing up their third full length album, passport from other Queen Mary attractions. Mourners. See www.hoistthecolors.com for (Aboard the ship, tickets are called passports.) details.. Purchase them in advance for $15 or at the door • Craic Haus: These three guys from Claremont bill themselves as “shamrockabilly,” for $20. Remember to bring enough cash for parking as well as drinking and tipping. but they’ve got a punk streak too. Their first show was in 2004. “Since then we’ve Details: www.queenmary.com/events/shamrockperformed almost 2,000 shows, made a ton n-roll of amazing friends, toured Europe and a lot Venue: Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach of the United States, made it to the bottom of many Guinness’ in Ireland, released 5 full length CDs, broke a few bones, lost a lot of good friends, RIP, shared the stage with so many great bands, and made our passion our living.” The craichause.com site will tell you more. • Radio Domingo: Long Beach is where these guys are based and, according to their Facebook page, they play 70s, 80s, 90s, new, old across several genres. • The McKintree Boys: They call themselves “trad-Irish rock.” This foursome fill their sets with plenty of traditional folk songs, which they give their own spin to. Their originals focus the Irish and Scottish immigrant experience in America. They blend elements

ENTERTAINMENT

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April 8

Fantasea: Magic Festival

Get up close and personal with roaming magicians ready to captivate you with their artful deception. Learn a trick or two from expert performers, sample phenomenal concoctions made by wizards of the mixology world and enjoy entertaining parlor performances at the Hocus Pocus Parlor & Pub. Time: 7 p.m. April 8, and 10 a.m. April 9 and 10 Cost: $25 Details: www.queenmary.com Venue: Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach

Film/Theatre March 18

Choosing Us at Evolve Theatre

Choosing Us was inspired by the tragic suicide of transgender teenager Leelah Alcorn just over a year ago. In her suicide letter, Leelah asked readers to “fix society. Please.” The development of this play was Evolve Theatre’s artistic response to Leelah’s heartfelt plea for action. Media events in 2015 increased the visibility of the transgender community, but transgender people remain 10 times more likely to commit suicide, and they account for 40 percent of all LGBT hate murders in the United States. Choosing Us explores the journey of someone in transition, and the ways in which family, gender, and identity are fluid and complex. Time: 8 p.m. March 18, 19, 25 and 26 Cost: $10 and $15 Details: http://evolvetheatre.org Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

March 19

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April 6

14th Annual Indian Film Festival

The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles will present a diverse and prestigious lineup of narrative and documentary features, short films, and galas at ArcLight Hollywood. Opening the festival on April 6 is the U.S. premiere of the ensemble powerhouse Angry Indian Goddesses, from filmmaker and fourtime IFFLA alum Pan Nalin. Anu Menon’s poignant Waiting, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Kalki Koechlin, closes the festival on April 10. Time: 7 p.m. April 6 through 10 Cost: March 18 Details: www.indianfilmfestival.org Venue: ArcLight Hollywood, 6360 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles

ARTS

April 23

LAHC Faculty Exhibition

Nite at the Puppet Asylum

Harold Greene at the Art Affaire

March 20

Nite at the Puppet Asylum explores the outer edges of puppetry with inventive, absurdly funny and wicked acts of puppetry independently produced for an adult only audience. Due to adult subject material, no one under the age of 18 will be admitted. Time: 4 p.m. March 20 Cost: $12 Details: www.alvasshowroom.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

March 24

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Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party by teaching her to assume a veneer of gentility, the most important element of which, he believes, is impeccable speech. The play is a sharp lampoon of the rigid British class system of the day and a commentary on women’s independence. Time: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays through March 26 Cost: $10 Details: www.lbplayhouse.org/show/ pygmalion Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

Domestic Tranquility is about a nice family who live in a nice home in a nice suburb during the nice 1950s until their lives are turned upside down by three escaped convicts with bad table manners. Join the creative team for a 10- to 15minute post-show discussion at 2 p.m. March 20. Time: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, through April 2. Cost: $25 to $27 Details: www.littlefishtheatre.org Venue: 777 W. Centre St., San Pedro

The HUMP! Film Festival

By Mike Botica, Editorial Intern

Pygmalion

Los Angeles Harbor College Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of recent works by Studio Art Faculty. Joshua Abarbanel, Craig Antrim, Tony Beauvy, Ron Linden, Victoria Loschuk and Jay McCafferty are among the featured faculty artists whose work is on display. Harbor Studio Faculty runs through April 23. Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, through April 23 Cost: Free Details: (310) 600-4873 Venue: LAHC, 1111 Figueroa Place, Wilmington

Domestic Tranquility

The HUMP! Film Festival has been bringing audiences a new kind of porn since 2005. The festival features short dirty movies–each less than five minutes-all created by people who aren’t porn stars but wanted to be one for a weekend. The filmmakers and stars show us what they think is hot and sexy, creative and kinky, their ultimate turn-ons and their craziest fantasies. Time: 7 and 9:30 p.m. March 24 Cost: $18 Details:https://humptour.boldtypetickets.com Venue: Art Theatre, 2025 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA 90814

Hump! Film Festival Returns to Los Angeles

May 20

Renown for his hand-crafted wooden furniture, Harold Greene’s work is known throughout the world. This is a fundraising art event. All fees collected will be entirely donate to the scholarship Time: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., May 20; 10 a.m to 6 p.m.May 21 Cost: $10 Details: http://tinyurl.com/HGreeneSkirballCenter Venue: Skirball Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles

May 29

Salvaged and Found Objects

Harold Greene is participating in a group show with the L.A. Box Collective, primarily comprised of furniture makers based in Los Angeles. They have coalesced to promote furniture making, woodworking and high end craft in Los Angeles. The show’s theme is furniture and objects found from salvaged material. Greene built a chaise lounge for this event from Cedar of Lebanon—wood he collected after windstorm in December 2011. Time: May 29 through Sept. 4 Cost: $5 and $7 Details: http://www.cafam.org/ Venue: Craft and Folk Art Museum, 5814 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles

On its third international tour, the festival sexual fantasies. He also shouts out Mike will make a pit stop in Long Beach, on March Huckabee’s masterpiece. 24 at the Arts Theatre. Video game fans will have a soft spot for Hosted by Dan Savage, Hump! will feature Level Up. The main protagonist has to fight 22 short films by amateurs of all genders, cat-calling bros and predatory surgeons with a races and sexualities. Together, the films are a surprising ending that will be hard to predict. combination of funny, stupid and intimate. While Yet many of the most memorable films this the films may be uncomfortable for some people, year aren’t comedic. Some of them are intense they also may push audiences to explore their portrayals of sexual and self-exploration. own sexuality. Expect plenty of references to Blown will be hard to forget if you’re not Mike Huckabee’s infamous book, God, Guns, Grits & Gravy, if you’re into that. Hysterical Bullshit opens with a woman sitting at a desk, the camera shooting her from the desk up, dressed in a librarian outfit. Reading passages from God, Guns, Grits & Gravy, she slowly starts breathing heavily, squirming and giggling periodically. At one point, she clutches the table edges with both hands while reading a passage about The Andy Griffith Show and southerners. The Hump Festival at the Art Theatre is for one night only on March 24. She finishes with a natural File photo climax, and finally, one last sigh before shutting the book. expecting its subject matter. It may be hard to tell The Collector follows Harold, a “normal 31- what you are watching for the first few minutes. year-old American” who collects “cum” in jars You probably won’t see many other films this and containers around his house. His girlfriend year about transgenders stimulating each other’s is not amused. Some memorably awkward clitorises for five minutes. scenes ensue with plenty of pop culture There are so many different types of films to references to go around. watch. Audiences will surely have something to Let’s Try to Fuck parodies old ‘50s talk about with their friends and lovers. educational videos shot in black and white. Visit https://humptour.boldtypetickets.com It follows our protagonist through numerous for details, timing and tickets to Hump! [Greene, from page 12]

Harold Greene

and a Jimi Hendrix album over one day, that really blew my mind,” Greene said. “I got into electric guitar and played all through high school with a band called Titanic.” He switched from guitar to fretless bass when Magnum formed because there were no bass players around. In the early 2000s Greene also took percussion ensemble class at Los Angeles Harbor College. He said it was an almost academic approach to percussion. “We had to read charts and learn parts on lots of different percussion instruments,” Greene said. “That was a challenge. We learned African, Latin, Indian percussion – or at least the spoken rhythms of Indian music. Percussion included marimbas, xylophone, all of the struck toned instruments and orchestra bells. I also sometimes filled in on electric bass.” Greene has recorded different instruments, either bongos, wood blocks or instruments similar to tavlas. He’s also been building musical instruments, primarily basses, for almost 40 years. Greene made his cajon from wood scraps in his shop. The inside is strung with guitar strings to get that snare sound. He is a long time player of the Chapman Stick, a 10-or-12 string

instrument, designed by Emmet Chapman, which is played by tapping. It has five treble and five bass strings and a six octave range. Greene learned to play the stick on his own, wanting to develop his own musical style on it. “It’s great because you can play it like a piano,” Greene said. “You can play the bass lines and cords with your left hand and chords and melodies with your right hand. It’s more similar to piano than it is to guitar or bass. It goes much deeper than a normal bass.” Greene will soon bring his Chapman Stick, electric bass and a guitar to Sirens so they will have a full rig to perform with. Greene said he has not had to think commercially with music. But when there is money, it’s nice. He stressed one thing he does not do is play for free. That would undercut musicians who do play for a living. “If you give music away for free it’s less likely someone will hire a musician and pay them,” Greene said. “It’s hard for bands to make a name for themselves.” Switch Off performs at Sirens, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday or Saturday. You can walk in and grab a great cup of coffee or tea and relax immediately upon hearing this duo’s groove. View Greene’s handmade furniture at www.instagram.com/contemporarycraftsmarket and antiquesofthefuture.net

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AQMD’s Wallerstein Ousted amendments,” said Elizabeth Warren of Future Ports in defending the December decision, “The board was dutiful and reasoned in its authority and responsibility to make a decision on this policy.” Those two false claims were echoed repeatedly by other business groups. “The plan that was ultimately adopted by the board was not the result of a three-year process, it was something that was introduced the day of the board vote,” Natural Resources Defense Council lawyer Morgan Wyenn pointed out. Earthjustice attorney Adrian Martinez agreed. “The AQMD at the last minute adopted a Western States Petroleum Association plan for their pollution program, which was not supported by the extensive record before the agency,” he told Random Lengths. On March 9, Earthjustice and NRDC filed suit to block the plan, representing three other groups as well. “This suit challenges the failure of the air district to deliver on the most important smog fighting regulation in the agency’s jurisdiction in the last decade,” Martinez said. The suit’s claims involve the plan’s substantive shortcomings, in violation of state law, as well as the flawed procedure, calling for a declaration that “the approval of the industry proposal was arbitrary and capricious.” The suit was only filed after the reconsideration vote failed. That vote, in turn, reflected pressure from the State Senate, as well as the California Air Resources Board, which underscored the

inadequacy of the Western States Petroleum Association plan. On January 7, Air Resources Board’s Executive Officer Richard Corey wrote the AQMD to inform them that “ARB’s preliminary staff assessment is that the amendments would result in an air quality management plan (AQMP) we cannot approve,” and he went on cite several different provisions of California state law which the plan appears to violate. The RECLAIM program began in 1993, replacing specific existing and planned regulations with a “cap-and-trade” system that allowed polluters to choose their methods of compliance — including the purchase of credits from others to offset their own pollution. In theory, it’s supposed to produce the most economically efficient means of reducing pollution. By law it’s supposed to produce the same amount of reductions as would be achieved by requiring the use of the “best available retrofit control technology” [BACRT]. However, the program has been plagued by an excess of credits, making them far too cheap, crippling the incentive to cut pollution. “Certain industries have just hoarded or bought a lot of credits rather than installing pollution control equipment,” Martinez said. “The best example of that is the refineries where they’ve saved hundreds of millions of dollars since 2007 by not installing equipment on their stacks and the various things they own and operate, and what the end result is they’re still responsible for a lot of emissions.” Adjustments have been made before, but

Dr. Barry Wallerstein, right, at a South Coast AQMD meeting. File Photo

they’ve fallen far short. The recent 3-year process resulted in a plan to “shave” the outstanding credits by 14 tons per day (tpd) from 2016 through 2022, starting with 4 tpd in 2016. The staff plan also called for removing credits from the market when the facility holding those credits shuts down. The Western States Petroleum Association plan called for 12 tpd reduction, starting very slowly, only reaching its first 4 tons cut by 2019, and deferring the shutdown credit proposal for further study. But the Earthjustice/NRDC lawsuit points out that the BARCT-based standard should have required an even sharper cut—17 tpd—in order to comply with California law. As things stand now, there’s deep uncertainty about what lies ahead. The secretive moves of the past few months portend even more to come.

“All these things are connected, and they’re all happening behind closed doors, and were just getting glimpses of them as things are coming to the public,” like Wallerstein’s firing, Wyenn said. “It really just feels like a major foreshadowing of what’s to come, given that we know that right around the corner in the summer is the AQMP for ozone, so it’s kind of like this ominous foreshadowing situation.” The RECLAIM decision will directly impact the ozone AQMP—just one of the reasons guiding AQMD staff, which the board chose to ignore. At the same time, community environmental justice activists are more knowledgeable than ever in fighting back. Jesse Marquez, founder of Communities for a Safe Environment, epitomizes [See AQMD, page 19]

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Texas, responded by contending the law was about “abortion safety,” and that “all the Texas metropolitan areas that have abortion clinics today will have open clinics if the court affirms.” Ginsberg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Breyer and even Kennedy questioned Keller closely regarding how the law would affect women outside those metropolitan areas and if the law might actually increase risks. Kennedy asked if the number of surgical abortions would go up and if that was “medically wise.” The court’s conservatives appeared to be focusing on technicalities. At one point Kennedy

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would have been their 60th wedding anniversary. In 1960, their family was complete when daughter Sharon was born. Along with his wife Carol and daughter Sharon he leaves behind his grandchildren Devin and

Lauren Christiansen, his sister Lydia Albertoni, his Albertoni and Hamilton nieces and nephews, his Barra and Miretti family, as well as many friends and co-workers.

Community Mourns Loss of The Center Founder Ray Lowen

Lowen was a strong supporter of arts education. He founded the Olympic Art Guild, was treasurer for the Society of Graphic Designers, and hosted a drawing club on his rooftop patio in Belmont Shore before helping to found The Center. A Southern California native, Lowen graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles and enlisted in the Army shortly after. He was honorably discharged in 1947 and graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute in 1954. He spent his professional career as a designer for several major firms, including his own studio, Mintz, Lowen, and Associates. In the 1960s and 1970s he also supported himself as a working artist, creating paintings, sculptures and jewelry and hosting art receptions. Lowen is survived by his nieces Valerie Tate and Jannine Lowen. He was bid farewell during a memorial service and celebration of life on March 6, at The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach.

suggested remanding the case to the lower courts for more evidence. On the SCOTUSblog site, Lyle Denniston suggested that if the court wanted to remand the case to back to the lower court, or if the vote was 4-4, an announcement would likely be made days after the hearing. As of press time no such announcement has been made. Barring such action, the third possibility is that the female justices, joined by Breyer and Kennedy, will strike down the Texas TRAP law. A tie vote would allow the Fifth Circuit ruling to stand but be challenged again.

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this development. In his comments before the vote to fire Wallerstein, he spoke directly to new board members regarding “violations of environmental, public health, safety and welfare laws.” Communities for a Safe Environment did some legal research into the different laws that the board seemed to have ignored in its RECLAIM vote. “The protection and care of the environment, public health safety and welfare are rights granted and regulated under state and federal law,” Marquez said. But “private business and industry have no rights under any state or federal law to violate the protection and care of the environment public health and safety and welfare,” and the board has no authority to violate those laws. “The board has no authority under any state or federal law to use employment, the economy, or cost as the sole basis for rejecting limiting, canceling, or denying existing air pollution rules and regulations, or new proposed stricter rules and regulations and programs,” he noted. Afterwards, Marquez explained his intent to Random Lengths. Board members are often appointed with no background in the body of laws and regulations governing the realm of responsibilities they’ve been given. And, there’s no special training they’re given to get up to speed. “So, I wanted to remind them that they’re under certain legal mandates,” he said. Also, that the public knows about those mandates, and has the capacity to do its own research, and/or to gain expert advice, when needed. “I may not have a PhD physicist on staff, but

Councilman Joe Buscaino represents the City of Los Angeles on the AQMD Board. He voted in support of oil indutsries’ replacement motion. File photo

I know several PhDs I can call to give advice, and that’s what we do,” he said. “Something has changed over the years, so 15 to 20 years ago, we, the public, my parents, grandparents were not very knowledgeable about applicable rules and regulations that are out there, under various California laws and regulatory agencies. But my generation, and my sons have grown up with me knowing that there are specific laws, rules and regulations, that we are familiar with, and that when we give an opinion, or we present information, or facts, we are fully capable of doing excellent research.” So, on the one side, there’s a phalanx of business interests repeating a well-manicured set of talking points that just don’t square with the public record, with public health research, with economic analysis, or with the body of existing law. Acting in the shadows, they’ve temporarily managed to gain control of the AQMD, but they’re fighting an increasingly aroused public, as well as the laws of nature, California and the United States. The coup may be over. But the battle has only just begun.

Raymond Lowen, instrumental in the founding of The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach, died Feb. 19, 2016, at the age of 88. Lowen’s involvement with The Center influenced many aspects of the organization, from his years of service on its board of directors to the thousands of stones he painted with hearts and inspirational messages and sold in the community to raise funds for The Center and local efforts to combat HIV/AIDS. Lowen received numerous commendations for his contributions to the LGBTQ community through The Center and his work with the Long Beach Lambda Democratic Club. He was chosen grand marshal of the Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade, recognized with a Center Icon Award, and honored with the James Lampkin Memorial Service Award at the 1984 Lambda Human Rights Banquet. In 2012, Lowen was among the first group of one inductees into Equality Plaza in Harvey Milk Promenade Park.

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Domenick Louis Miretti, a familiar and forceful presence on the local waterfront for most of the 20th century, was 83 years old when he died on Feb. 17, 2016, after a brief battle with cancer. Miretti was born into a farming family on the Palos Verdes Rancho on Sep. 12, 1932, and he continued to live on ranches in Chino and El Segundo until his family settled in Harbor City, where he lived for the rest of his life. Miretti was still a child when his family began to drift away from agriculture and toward the docks, where they became longshoremen and joined the ILWU. In 1951, he followed in the footsteps of his father and uncle by joining Local 13. Several years of watching ships coming and going with cargo he loaded and unloaded fueled a desire in Miretti to learn more about other countries and the world, prompting him to seek a college education in geography. Miretti began his studies at Harbor College, where he earned an AA degree, then moved on to Long Beach State for a bachelor’s and master’s degree. Then he attended UCLA, where he earned his Doctorate degree. Throughout, Miretti always continued working as a longshoreman. He left Local 13 for Local 63 to become a marine clerk. He began teaching geography at Dodson Junior High from 1965 to 1970, then became a professor of geography at East Los Angeles College, where he taught from 1970 until the time of his death. While at East LA College, he developed the International Trade Program. He melded his two careers together by being involved with Metrans and CITT with CSULB and USC. As a young man, Domenick attended Narbonne High School, where he met Carol Hamilton in the ninth grade. They dated and were married in 1956. This May

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