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The Status-Shaming and Criminalization of Homeless People

By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

Isn’t It Time to Take Him Seriously?

By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor

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wealth and income inequality—are publicly quite popular, even with many Republicans. The democratic socialist, who is wildly popular in his home state, raised $1.5 million in the first day of his campaign. That’s twice as much as Rand Paul, and more than what any other candidate has reported.

“Within days of announcing, he raised almost $5 million and he did it with an average contribution of $43,” said Diane [See Sanders, page 7]

The campaign of Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders is gaining traction. File photo.

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hen Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his campaign for president, much of the media responded by downplaying, or ignoring it, or even treating it like a joke.

They never stopped to consider that his positions—expanding Social Security, reforming Wall Street, raising wages, rebuilding infrastructure, free pre-K and public college for all, aggressively fighting climate change, and reversing excessive

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On May 28, Random Lengths News followed up on a tip that homeless people were regularly being refused access to the public restrooms at the Anderson Park Senior Citizen’s Center on 9th and Mesa streets.

On that day, we asked a man pushing a shopping cart near the center if he was allowed to use the bathroom there. It turned out he didn’t know the facility has restrooms.

The man then parked his cart filled with blankets and boxes, and went inside. He asked the first person he saw in an administrative office about the restrooms.

“I’m sorry, sir. The restrooms are out of order,” a silver-haired lady politely replied.

The restrooms were only a few paces beyond the administrative offices and there was no sign indicating they were out of order.

The park’s site manager, Art Jackson, told Random Lengths that he couldn’t speak to the press without permission from his supervisor, Serena Fiss-Ward.

Fiss-Ward ultimately directed Random Lengths’ questions further up the bureaucratic food chain to the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Park’s director of public information.

Rose Watson, the spokeswoman for the department, had not responded by presstime.

Among the questions sent to the department: • How has Los Angeles Recreation and Parks staff been coping with complaints with homeless people on park grounds?

• Is there an official policy that prohibits homeless people from using the restrooms at Anderson Senior Center?

• How was the community notified about the formation of a park advisory board?

Later, staff posted a notice that the restrooms were only for patrons of the senior center, though the word “patron” was left open for interpretation.

This past April, the Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council asked the department to form a park advisory board for Anderson Park. The application period ends June 30.

On June 3, Random Lengths News asked Jackson about the application. He responded that it already closed.

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Recreation and Parks staff ultimately determines the board makeup after an applicant passes all fingerprinting and background checks.

Applicants also must be stakeholders in the community of a park.

At a June 9 Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council meeting, a Recreation and Parks official, Craig Raines, noted that department staff members aren’t required to explain their decisions, but would do so if asked.

The stream of anecdotal reports on staff attitudes toward the homeless and their use of public facilities worries homeless advocates, like Karen Ceaser, a member of the Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council.

“One gentleman who was homeless told me that...he used to go in there to charge his phone.

He has since found housing, but a few weeks ago he sat down [in the center] and started charging his phone. The new director told him, ‘Get your stuff and get out here. You can’t be here.’ And, that’s how they’re treated,” she said.

Ceaser, speaking only for herself in the context of this story, said that the gentleman didn’t look like a homeless person.

In many ways, the increasing amount of status-shaming of homeless people on social media aims to accomplish what local legislation can’t officially do: force homeless people out of town rather than solving the problem of homelessness.

Social media chatter on homeless people has intensified in recent months as more homeless people have become increasingly more visible.

This past May, Gerald Robinson and his comrades were livid after they were apparently forced to move from the park en masse one morning.

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Gerald Desmond Bridge Closure

SAN PEDRO—The Gerald Desmond Bridge, which connects Long Beach to Terminal Island, will be closed to traffic in both directions from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 14. The Port of Long Beach is performing safety repair works.

Motorists can use Pacific Coast Highway or Anaheim Street to travel east and west between San Pedro, Wilmington and Long Beach. Pacific Coast Highway can also be used to access the CA 103 to reach Terminal Island.

Follow posted traffic signs accordingly.

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On June 11, the Long Beach Ministers Alliance will host the second Police and Community town hall meeting with Bishop W. Todd Ervin moderating.

The event begins at 7 p.m. The timing of this Town Hall meeting falls on the heels of the second officerinvolved shooting death of Feras Morad on May 27 and Hector Morejon on April 23.

“Although police use of force will be a critical component of the conversation, the forum will also include discussions on overall community safety, police complaint processes, police hiring and firing policies, gang violence suppression efforts, crime statistics in each division, as well as staffing and critical department updates,” said Gregory Sanders, senior pastor of The ROCK Christian Fellowship and president of the Long Beach Ministers Alliance.

Venue: Church One, 700 E. 70th St., Long Beach

Homeless people frequently take shelter beneath the awnings on the Mesa Street side of Anderson Park. This photo was taken during a break in the rains on June 10. Right, Los Angeles Recreation and Parks staff posted a notice for applications to join the new Park Advisory Board for the Anderson Park Senior Center. Photos by Terelle Jerricks.

Many in this group were expelled from the encampments at Plaza Park, Antes Restaurant and the Beacon Street Post Office by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Bureau of Street Services this past April.

“I got two sides. They won’t like my bad side,” Robinson fumed. Stories abound of residents filming and taking pictures of homeless people and posting them on Facebook neighborhood watch pages.

“I was here when boats were still ferrying

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people to Terminal Island,” said Robinson, a local San Pedran.

Robinson was one of those featured in the Random Lengths story about the encampments in front of the closed Antes Restaurant this past April.

Encampment residents were frequently ticketed at the park before signs prohibiting camping at the Plaza Park were put up, due to local outcries on Facebook.

The UC Berkeley School of Law released a policy paper this past February that highlighted the growing number of anti-homeless laws in California. In Los Angeles alone, only 22 percent of homeless people had a shelter bed in 2013.

That number grew to 30 percent in 2015, leaving nearly three-quarters of homeless people in Los Angeles County living outside full time.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Los Angeles municipal law that prohibited sitting, lying or sleeping in public places, saying it violated homeless people’s Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.

“When laws prohibiting sleeping or camping in public become an enforcement priority, the resulting arrest campaigns may restrict the right of homeless people to move freely,” the Berkeley report noted In November 2014, the Los Angeles City Council asked the city attorney’s office to draft an ordinance that would make it easier and faster for city workers to clean up and impound the [See Homeless, page 3]

The Southern California Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health is accepting applications for one health and safety peer leader and trainer. This is a part time, temporary position starting immediately and lasting until Sept. 30.

The health and safety peer leader will provide direct training to young, low-wage, immigrant and temporary workers on health and safety issues.

She or he will be based in downtown Los Angeles, and provide direct training throughout Los Angeles County.

Members of underrepresented communities are encouraged to apply. Candidates must meet the following criteria to be considered: • Must be between the ages of 14 and 18 • Must be excellent at leading educational activities for groups • Must be a strong communicator, writer and listener • Must be bilingual in English and Spanish, or English and an Asian Pacific Islander language • Must be proficient in social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Plus and Google Hangouts • Must be able to maintain a flexible schedule, including weekends and evenings • Must be self-motivated and responsible

For details email a copy of your resume and cover letter with the headline “Peer Leader” to: Socalcoshcoordinator@gmail.com or mail application materials to: SoCalCOSH, 1000 N. Alameda St., Suite 240, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

‘Let’s Talk Port’ Forum in Wrigley on June 15

Learn about Port of Long Beach projects, jobs, environmental issues and more at a free “Let’s Talk Port” community forum on June 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Veterans Park Community Center, 101 E. 28th St., Long Beach.

Presented in partnership with the Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance, the program will feature a short presentation followed by a Q-and-A and a chance to talk with port representatives. This will be the first “Let’s Talk Port” to feature Port Chief Executive Officer Jon Slangerup.

Food and beverages will be served, and a variety of port displays will be featured. Veteran Long Beach maritime journalists George and Carmela Cunningham, who will talk about their new history book, Port Town: How the People of Long Beach Built, Defended and Profited From Their Harbor will also be at the event.

Arian Beckons Winds of Change in Goods Movement

By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

Harbor Commission Vice President Dave Arian sounded a wakeup call and blew the winds of change in a speech June 4, at the Grand Annex in San Pedro.

His comments focused on the emergence of larger ships and shipping alliances, and how they will affect the future of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Arian took his time to explain the importance of the port’s leadership. He praised the appointment of Gene Seroka to lead the Port of Los Angeles into the future. The previous executive director, Geraldine Knatz, who has a background in biology and environmental engineering, helped successfully navigate the port through a period marked by environmental litigation.

“We have a really good leader in Gene Seroka, a man who really understands the industry and understands how the port has to change,” Arian said. “The port is a landlord port…We make our money by renting each acre of land to each individual company. And, there’s a formula that [Homeless, from page 2]

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is used to determine how much each acre costs.

That’s problematic. Our average is approximately $150,000 to $170,000 an acre. That’s where our living comes from. In the past, all we had to do was collect rent.”

Arian said his thinking about the ports changed following a visit to a trade association in Hong Kong. He noted that in years past, the former British protectorate was an export powerhouse.

Today, Hong Kong is a shadow of those days.

He asked how the association managed to stay in existence. Their reply was that they added value to each process, or as Arian deftly explained, “They understood Eastern production but were tied into Western capital.”

Arian segued by explaining Seroka’s idea of creating a “hybrid port,” with the Hong Kong trade association example in mind. The idea is to create a model that adds value to the goods movement chain, allowing all parties to benefit from the big box carriers to the ILWU. “Our job [now] as a port is to help coordinate the logistical chain from beginning to end and do it where we can,” Arian said. “We’ve been talking about the investment in infrastructure.

Essentially, what we were talking about was building facilities.”

Arian noted that this change is a direct result of terminal operators divesting themselves from their chassis fleets, creating another class of players in the goods movement chain for the independent chassis owners.

This past March, ILWU Local 13 President Bobby Olvera alluded to these changes in the goods movement industry that now sounds a bit revelatory for both the twin ports and the union.

“If you only have four or five cans on a ship, it really doesn’t matter,” he said back in March, while the union and the Pacific Maritime Association were still closing on a tentative agreement.

“When you’re bringing 150 to 200 cans and they’re kind of scattered,” he said. “That means that they are going to be scattered throughout

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belongings of homeless people.

The proposal would reduce the time required to post notice requiring removal of bulky items from sidewalks from 72 to 24 hours.

The belongings of homeless people that can fit into 60-gallon drums are taken to a facility in downtown Los Angeles and held for about 90 days or until retrieved by the owners. Depending on where the items were collected, those belongings are as good as gone. Sometimes they include documents needed to get into housing.

That’s what happened to Robinson when his encampment was cleared in April. A day before the cleanup, Robinson had to be hospitalized for shortness of breath and other issues. He was released three days later.

Fortunately, despite his belongings being taken 26 miles away, he has received his Section 8 housing voucher and is close to finding housing.

Meanwhile, there are local efforts underway by homeless advocates to provide transitional housing for those with Section 8 vouchers looking for permanent housing.

Harbor Commission Vice President Dave Arian delivered a presentation on the future of the ports and goods movement on June 4 at the Grand Annex. Photo by Robin Doyno.

the yard.

“We have 25,000 cans in the yard. Having them scattered here, there and everywhere doesn’t make for an efficient operation. So, when we talk about peeling cans off, there’s a step before we can even get to that. The big box carriers, the marine terminal operators and all the other stakeholders need to reach out to the shipping lines overseas and have them stow the cargo basically in groups.”

Arian spent a few minutes discussing his opposition to the Mechanization and Modernization Agreement as a younger man, believing that the union’s founder Harry Bridges had essentially cut the union’s throat.

It was only with time that he was able to see that the union extended its longevity by expanding its jurisdiction from the ship to the gate.

“We went from 17,000 longshore jobs to 8,000 longshore jobs on the West Coast in 1993, to 14,000 today,” Arian explained. “That came from volume and the expansion of jurisdiction.”

From a labor standpoint, Arian suggested that the next frontier is extending the union’s jurisdiction from gate to the distribution warehouses in the Inland Empire.

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New Fort MacArthur Discovery a Bittersweet Find

By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, Army troops in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego were on heightened alert, afraid the Japanese would strike again. The military carved into the hillside as part of a defense system in case of another attack.

The hillside trenches and tunnels were designed by Robert Rose, an enlistee who volunteered for service during World War II when the war broke out, according to a Fort MacArthur Museum newsletter published in 2000.

Steve Nelson, the executive director of the museum, knew the military had secrets—he just didn’t know where to dig them up. This past May, amid work to make the Gaffey Street Pool compliant with the American Disabilities Act, the trench was discovered.

Nelson says the discovery is bittersweet, considering there is no way to preserve the findings and also renovate the pool.

“We knew we were going to discover stuff,” Nelson said. “We didn’t know we were going to discover this. This is a victory and tragedy all combined into one.”

Originally from Syracuse, Ind., Rose’s preArmy experience included work at a lumber mill.

When the Army learned of his time there, they assigned him to work on an underground bomb shelter, known today as the earthen tunnel system through the upper reservation system.

Rose cut wood pilings for use as supports in the tunnel system. He also helped install the supports at its Paseo del Mar entrance.

Nelson is saving much of the wood piles with the hope of someday creating a replica of the trenches.

To watch Nelson discuss his discovery at Fort MacArthur, visit www.randomlengthsnews.com.

Fort MacArthur Executive Director Steve Nelson stands next to an excavation site of a World War II trench adjacent to the Gaffey Street pool renovation site. Photo by Terelle Jerricks.

Marchers Demand Justice for Feras Morad Morad Family Supporters Confront Police

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By Crystal Niebla, Contributing Writer

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Armed with signs, megaphones and solidarity, more than 100 protesters marched to the Long Beach Police Department June 4, demanding justice for the killing of 20-year-old Feras Morad.

Morad was killed May 27 by 12-year veteran Officer Matthew Hernandez, whose identity had been kept from the public until June 8.

“I don’t know how I’m standing up here right now, but I know my brother is giving me power,” said Ghada Morad, Feras Morad’s 16year-old sister, said to a crowd in front of the LBPD headquarters. “And, I know we cannot put up with this anymore.”

LBPD officers responded to a report that a man, who was later identified as Morad, had fallen from a two-story window near an alley on the 4600 block of 15th Street. Morad was reportedly intoxicated with hallucinogenic mushrooms and acting violently. Police officials said that Morad was bloodily injured but aggressive when police

offered medical assistance.

On June 4, the LBPD released transcripts of the caller who the incident, in which the caller indicated to the dispatcher that Morad was acting violently, but was unarmed.

Michael Brown, one of the four co-founders of Black Lives Matter in Long Beach said he believes that self-organization and mobilization by the community is essential to end such police shootings.

“The transcripts just came out showing that the officer knew he was unarmed,” Brown said.

“So, there was no reason to go into that situation to kill him. This is them acting with impunity again and killing like they’ve always done, and they know that they’re going to get a slap on the wrist or no penalty at all.”

Hernandez has been removed from field duty while the case is being reviewed by LBPD Chief Luna and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office.

Ghada Morad, left, the sister of slain Feras Morad, cries into the arms of a friend outside the Long Beach Police Department June 4. Photo by Krystal Nieblo.

Hilton Unofficial Winner of Special Election Decisions on Council Vacancies Delayed

By Lyn Jensen, Carson Reporter

The unofficial election returns show Jawane Hilton, pastor of City on the Hill Church, has won the Carson City Council seat left vacant when Mike Gipson was elected to the state assembly.

To fill the vacancy, the city hosted a special election on June 2, with six candidates on the ballot. However, the margin of votes between Hilton and second-place finisher Jesus Alex Cainglet was close.

The city clerk is delaying the certification of the election and will announce the date of when the winner will be sworn in.

Some provisional ballots still need to be counted. The clerk’s office made no further comment on the reason for the delay and the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder also refused to comment on why a count of provisional ballots might be subject to delay.

Special Election Results The city clerk’s office gave this unofficial tally: • Jawane Hilton, 2135 votes, 36.7 percent • Jesus Alex Cainglet, 1994 votes, 34.2 percent • Rita Boggs, 799 votes, 13.7 percent • Stephen John Randle, 356 votes, 6.1 percent • Emanuel Chuma Obiora, 320 votes, 5.5 percent • Joseph Gordon, 221 votes, 3.8 percent

Rancho/Plains All American Highlights Decades of Regulatory Failure

By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor

In the wake of the Plains All American aspects of Plains’ business, where a Agency which involved a civil penalty of Pipeline oil spill in Santa Barbara County, similar pattern has been evident, as retired $260,000 (far less than could have been the corporate parent behind Rancho LPG is oil industry consultant Connie Rutter assessed). The regulatory failures which allowed the facility to be built in the first coming under widespread scrutiny for the underscored.

“With the information about various place have never been revisited, much first time. Reporters have focused attention on Plains’ record of rapid acquisitions of problems and resulting oil spills, Plains less dealt with.

That EPA enforcement action, in turn, older pipelines at a speed far outstripping its has had in the past with its pipelines, as shed light on a broader problem with evidenced recently by the Santa Barbara ability to upgrade the acquisitions to maintain spill, Plains’ company culture seems to be, the systemic oversight system, which safe operations.

Since 2006, Plains’ subsidiaries have had ‘Cut corners wherever possible,’” Rutter seriously under-protects the public.

“What the facility did do, before it 206 violations, totaling $26.8 million. This said. “That philosophy also seems to apply information is listed by in the Hazardous to its subsidiary, Rancho LLC (which was bought by Plains, was to influence Materials Safety Administration in its online stands for ‘limited liability’). But, actually, the Environmental Protection Agency LPG is so dangerous, that there is little that through the American Petroleum Institute database—almost one every two weeks. to allow the risk to be reduced greatly The most common causes were corrosion, can be done to make it safe.” in scope,” Rutter said, “so that the blast Plains acquired Rancho from Amerigas, followed by material and/or equipment failure.

The average of more than 21 spills per year but only acted to correct its deficient radius could be claimed to be ‘only’ half safety plans following an enforcement a mile, rather than the previous rule’s amounts to almost one every two weeks.

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Candidates’ Support and Finances Although Carson council elections are nonpartisan, Hilton received support from many Democratic leaders including Gipson, Rep. Janice Hahn, Sen. Isadore Hall III and Council member Lula Davis-Holmes. His campaign was highly visible, well-financed and relied heavily on mailings and phone banks in the days immediately before the election.

Campaign financial records show that labor organizations, along with two Democratic candidates’ organizations, supported Hilton, while mostly ignoring other candidates. Gipson for Assembly 2016 donated $10,000 and Steven Bradford for Senate 2016 contributed $1,500. Various labor organizations contributed a combined $6,000. In addition, Watson Land kicked in $2,500.

Cainglet, the candidate with the second-best funding, also got $2,500 from Watson Land. However, the region’s Democratic leadership ignored him. The remaining candidates were self-funded or operated with much smaller contributions from individuals.

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Decision Delay on Filling 5th Council Seat Besides the council seat being contested in the June 2 special election, there’s the vacancy that opened up when James Dear was elected city clerk and Albert Robles became mayor this past April. While the council considered whether to appoint someone to that seat or call a special election, it called for letters of interest to be submitted by May 14.

Fourteen people submitted letters of interest by the deadline: Charlotte Brimmer, Vera Robles DeWitt, Donesia Gause, Michael Mitoma, Glyn Owens, Denice C. Price, Paul Randall, Charles Thomas, five candidates in the June 2 election (Boggs, Obiora, Randle, Hilton, Cainglet) and Lyn Jensen (this writer).

Apparently, the sitting three council members, Robles, Elito Santarina, and Lula Davis-Holmes, have failed to reach consensus on an appointment, or on a special election. Instead of taking action at the June 3 meeting, they continued the item until June 16. If they still can’t come to an agreement by then, the county will schedule a special election in November.

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dictate of 3 miles.”

Rutter has spent several years prying loose bits of information about how this process unfolded, but much remains shrouded in secrecy.

Still, what’s known is damning enough.

On June 20, 1996, the EPA published a “final rule” in the Federal Record, “Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under Clean Air Act Section 112(r) (7)” which applied to facilities like Rancho, and required a risk management plan as well as an analysis of a worst-case scenario.

Although it clearly stated, “The rule is effective August 19, 1996,” under a section titled “Applicability,” it said that owners or operators “must comply with these requirements no later than June 21, 1999.”

But, on May 26, 1999, the EPA published a radical revised “direct final rule” in the Federal Record, with the same June 21, 1999 effective date. That, essentially accepted the oil industry’s view of regulation based on secret negotiations, which have still not been fully revealed.

The result in terms of a worst-case explosion at Rancho is staggering, as Rutter noted above.

Reducing the worst-case scenario blast radius from 3 miles to half a mile produced a blast area one-thirty-sixth of what EPA originally required—less than 3 percent.

The American Petroleum Institute sued the EPA over the rule. Minimal correspondence between the two which has been released indicate that negotiations to settle that suit dominated EPA’s thinking at the time. There is no evidence of public interest representation in the process.

The original 1996 final rule required a relatively realistic assessment of the worst-case scenario (the formula Rutter referred to—though it did not include an explosion involving more than one tank). It also included an assessment of “alternative release scenarios,” stating that “EPA

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believes sources should have flexibility to select non-worst-case scenarios that are the most useful for communication with the public and first responders and for emergency response preparedness and planning.”

Thus, originally the EPA clearly recognized both the need for a realistic worstcase assessment and the need for focusing the most attention on the most likely accident scenarios. API apparently focused years of effort on eliminating the EPA’s actual worstcase concerns, arguing that the logic guiding alternative release scenarios should govern all government action. Hence, in an Oct. 29, 1996 communication to Craig Matthiessen, director of the EPA’s Chemical Accident Prevention Staff, both the cover letter and the unsigned main document argued against the proposed worst-case scenario formula invoking the logic of the alternative scenarios. Leonard wrote: WCS results will be confusing to the public and the community planners, and a source of ongoing discredit to the rule itself, striking at the intent of open and trusting dialogue between industry, the public and community planners.

However, the EPA’s 1996 final rule made it quite clear that it initially took a very different view of things. The agency existed to protect the environment and the public, and its rules and regulations shared that purpose.

Hence, its summary began: “The Clean Air Act requires EPA to promulgate regulations to prevent accidental releases of regulated substances and reduce the severity of those releases that do occur.”

That was how the rule’s purpose was framed. The last sentence of the summary did mention dialogue, though not as the “very purpose and intent” and not on industrydictated terms: These regulations will encourage sources to reduce the probability of accidental releases of substances that have the potential to cause immediate harm to public health and the environment and will stimulate the dialogue between industry and the public to improve accident prevention and emergency response practices.

API’s main template in this struggle was the pre-existing regulation of toxins, which are quite similar from industry’s materialhandling point of view, but which differ dramatically in terms of how emergencies affect the public: toxic substances don’t explode. It clearly makes sense to carry over some of the thinking about toxics—the aspects that relate to material-handling—but

that just as clearly does not apply to the risk-analysis side.

To show how completely API brainwashed the EPA, the first paragraph of the 1999 direct final rule read as if it was drafted by the API itself: EPA is issuing these revisions so that the regulated community can treat regulated flammable substances in the same manner as regulated toxic substances for determining the quantity released when conducting a worst-case release scenario analysis. EPA is taking this direct final action pursuant to a settlement agreement with the American Petroleum Institute.

Neither scientists nor the public were involved in this complete about-face between the 1996 final rule and the 1999 direct final rule. Indeed, the EPA adopted API’s line that there had been no basic change, only ‘technical adjustments:’ EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because we view this as consistent with the original rule as promulgated and as a noncontroversial amendment. No adverse comment is anticipated.

Normally, there is a prolonged public comment process before a federal agency issues a rule. There had been such a process with this rule in 1996, but there was no such process when it was changed fundamentally at the last minute in 1999. This underscores the fundamental Orwellian nature of API’s concern for “open and trusting dialogue” as well as for sowing confusion.

“The purpose of any rule immediately becomes confusing because it’s shaped by company lobbyists, not by the public,” Rutter said. “So, it depends on the lawmakers’ honesty and understanding to resist the affected industry lobbyists and write laws that actually do what they are supposed to do.”

The EPA clearly failed entirely in 1999. But there is at least a tiny sliver of hope that things can change, according to Rutter, the retired oil industry consultant.

On Aug. 1, 2013, President Barack Obama issued Executive Order 13650 “Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security,” which, among other things, directs the federal government to modernize policies, regulations and standards, and work with stakeholders to identify best practices.

This offers the chance to make real progress, Rutter said.

She’s been in communication with Daniel Meer, Assistant Director of EPA’s Superfund Division, and her correspondence has been shared with EPA head Gina McCarthy. She’s encouraged as never before, and urges others to join her.

Harbor Commissioners Adopt POLB Budget

LONG BEACH — On June 2, the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners approved an $829 million budget for the Harbor Department’s next fiscal year, including more than half a billion dollars for capital improvements at the Port of Long Beach.

The budget, which will be presented to the Long Beach City Council for consideration, designates $555 million for capital investments including the port’s major terminal redevelopment and bridge replacement projects.

For the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, the budget anticipates a 6.1 percent increase in operating revenue over this fiscal year’s income. The Harbor Department generates revenue from goods movement through the Port of Long Beach and receives no taxpayer revenue to operate.

Also, the newly approved budget includes the anticipated transfer of $17.74 million to Long Beach’s Tidelands Operating Fund, which is used for beachfront improvements in Long Beach.

The biggest pieces of the capital improvement budget are the ongoing Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project and the Middle Harbor Redevelopment. Other improvements include sewer and street projects, dredging and rail improvements.

The budget also includes funds for planning activities for the port’s “Energy Island” concept of enhancing energy security and sustainability, and for ongoing improvements as part of the critical “supply chain optimization” efforts to boost efficiency at the San Pedro Bay ports.

Groper Assaulting Women in Long Beach

LONG BEACH—The Long Beach Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying the man suspected of assaulting four women within the past week.

On May 27, between 8 and 11 p.m., four women in three separate incidents were groped on the buttocks while walking down the street, by a male suspect on foot, near Redondo Avenue between Ocean Boulevard and 1st Street.

On June 5, at about 1:30 a.m., a fifth female was walking near Florida Street and Hermosa Avenue when she was approached from behind and also groped on the buttocks by a male on foot.

After each incident, the suspect immediately walked away or ran off. Based on the physical description provided by the victims, the manner in which the crimes were carried out, the location where the incidents occurred, and the age of the victims (all in their 20s), investigators believe one person may be responsible for committing these assaults.

The suspect is described as a male Hispanic, between 25 and 35 years old, about 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8 inches tall, between 160 to 180 pounds, with a stocky build, black or brown hair, brown eyes and is clean shaven.

Anyone who has any information regarding these incidents is urged to call (562) 570-7368 or (562) 570-6711. Anonymous tips may be submitted at www. lacrimestoppers.org.

Below are personal safety tips the LBPD is encouraging residents to practice: • Keep your cell phone in an easily accessible location • Always be alert to your surroundings and the people around you • Report suspicious activity immediately by calling 9-1-1 • Be aware of locations and situations which could make you vulnerable, such as alleys, dark parking lots and dim walkways • Paying too much attention to an electronic device (cell phone, iPod, etc.) can make you a target • Wearing earbuds prevents you from hearing what is happening around you • Whenever possible, travel with a friend • Stay in well-lighted areas whenever possible • Avoid doorways, bushes and alleys where someone can hide • Walk confidently and at a steady pace, and make eye contact with people • Keep your keys in your hand when walking to your vehicle • If you feel you are being followed, get to a public place as quickly as possible or get other peoples’ attention

It’s Time to Take Sanders Seriously

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Middleton, local labor lawyer, philanthropist and a strong Sanders supporter. “That shows that people are going to get behind him.”

Sanders followed that up with a series of campaign events that brought out much larger crowds than expected. National polls show more support for him than for any of the GOP candidates, which indicates the sustained disconnect between media elites and the people. So it wasn’t surprising when Sanders told a conference call of activists on June 4, “The campaign is going well beyond our best expectations. What we have been doing in a kind of old-fashioned way—nothing fancy about it— is just laying out an agenda that speaks to the

people, and not to a handful of billionaires, their Super-PACs and their lobbyists.”

Brothers and sisters, now is not the time for thinking small. Now is not the time for the same-old-same-old establishment politics and stale inside-the-beltway ideas.

Sanders went on to say: Here is my promise to you for this campaign: Not only will I fight to protect the working families of this country, but we’re going to build a movement of millions of Americans who are prepared to stand up and fight back.

Then, this past weekend, Sanders scored 41 percent in a straw poll vote at the Wisconsin Democratic Party convention, holding Hillary Clinton below a majority with 49 percent. Both Vice President Joe Biden and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who announced his candidacy late this past month, trailed far behind, each receiving 3 percent of the vote.

In his kick-off speech, Sanders drew a sharp contrast between his agenda and that of the GOP. At a time when millions of Americans are struggling desperately, the Republican budget proposal would only make things worse, he said: If you can believe it, the Republican budget throws 27 million Americans off health insurance, makes drastic cuts in Medicare, throws millions of low-income Americans, including pregnant women, off of nutrition programs, and makes it harder for workingclass families to afford college or put their kids in the Head Start program. And then, to add insult to injury, they provide huge tax breaks for the very wealthiest families in this country while they raise taxes on working families.

As Franklin Delano Roosevelt reminded us, a nation’s greatness is judged not by what it provides to the most well-off, but how it treats the people most in need. And, that’s the kind of nation we must become.

On the subject of college for all, Sanders called it, “insane and counter-productive to the best interests of our country that hundreds of thousands of bright young people cannot afford to go to college, and that millions of others leave school with a mountain of debt that burdens them for decades.”

His solution: free tuition in public colleges [See Sanders, page 10]

Sanders then said that he respectfully disagrees with their approach and offered the following alternative: Instead of cutting Social Security, we’re going to expand Social Security benefits.

Instead of cutting Head Start and child care, we are going to move to a universal pre-K system for all the children of this country.

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The days that followed showed that he’d already begun. The next day, Sanders spoke to three overflow crowds in New Hampshire, topped by 700 in Portsmouth, before flying to Iowa, where he drew another 700 people in Davenport the next day.

“He became a serious player in the Iowa caucus last night,” Davenport Mayor Bill Gluba told reporters after that event.

Two days later, Sanders drew 1,100 in Iowa City—400 more than the venue could hold. The next day, an event in Minneapolis originally scheduled as “almost an afterthought” for about 200 people, instead drew 3,700 to the rescheduled venue—leaving hundreds outside who couldn’t get in.

A late May Quinnipiac poll found five Republicans tied at the top of the Republican field with 10 percent: Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Ben Carson and Mike Huckabee.

Other media favorites fared even worse: Rand Paul (7 percent), Ted Cruz (6 percent), and Carly Fiorina (2 percent). Bernie Sanders lead them all easily with 15 percent. He was far behind Hillary Clinton’s 57 percent, but was still the second most popular candidate by a 50 percent margin, and had yet to become well-known to many potential voters.

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needs of working Americans.”

This involves some very basic but often overlooked questions, which Sanders never shies away from. “The American people want to know how it happened that, despite an explosion of technology and increased worker productivity, millions of workers are working longer hours for lower wages, unable to afford to send their kids to college, deeply worried about what happens to them when they get old or when they retire,” Sanders said. “And, they understand that something is profoundly wrong when we have more wealth and income inequality today than at any time since 1929, and worse than any other major industrial country on Earth… No one can defend the fact that 99 percent of all new income generated today goes to the top 1 percent, and no one can defend the fact that the top 1 out of 10 of 1 percent now owns as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.”

The Sanders kick-off campaign event in Burlington, Vt. May 26, drew 5,500 people to the waterfront park that Sanders helped to create while he was mayor in the 1980s. He spoke about a broad range of issues, all within the framework of a bold call to action: Today, we stand here and say loudly and clearly that: “Enough is enough. This great nation and its government belong to all of the

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The Changing of the Guard Change is inevitable but does it really mean we’re moving forward?

By James Preston Allen, Publisher

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It seems the more citizens clamor and agitate for more transparency in government and other civic institutions, the more opaque things become. Legal employee protection rules shield nonprofit officials from accountability. Real estate transactions of institutions working for the public benefit are hidden from prying eyes. All of the above works toward preventing leaders of these nonprofits from being held publicly accountable.

The most blatant examples can be seen in the hiring and firing of executive directors—a significant number of which we have seen in past two years. Shall I list a few ?

• Debra Lewis, director of Angels Gate Cultural Center, left barely waving goodbye; • Betsy Cheek, president and CEO of the San Pedro Chamber, resigned and was replaced

by Elise Swanson, formerly the district director of Rep. Janice Hahn’s office (under curious circumstance); • Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Geraldine Knatz resigned after a $200 million cost overrun of a project to fully automate the TraPac terminal came under Mayor Eric Garcetti’s scrutiny. And I won’t forget to mention the expensive price tag on the port’s upgraded environment-friendly yacht, The Angelina; Of course, all of these changes in management are never fully explained publicly.

More recently, the resignations of Port of Los Angeles High School Executive Director, Jim Cross, and Executive Director Rachel Etherington of AltaSea (a marine science nonprofit organization that is backed by POLA and the Annenberg Foundation) caught many by surprise. What led to the change in leadership was far from transparent.

I recently interviewed Camilla Townsend who was involved in the creation of both of these organizations. Though she is now chairwoman of AltaSea’s board of directors and is a POLAHS trustee, there was little that she could reveal about the dismissal of either of these popular directors.

In Cross’ case, he left amid allegations that he misspent funds following an internal investigation. However, I was told the money that was misspent was a relatively small amount. That called for him to simply reimbursed the school, and for the school to reimbursed Cross for purchases he made for the school from his own personal funds. This

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canceled out the debt.

In both cases, Townsend wasconsidered the only one with the skill to act as a first responder for a nonprofit in crisis and “fix” the situation.

My interview with her will be in an upcoming issue of this paper.

The most recent resignation to make the news is that of Dr. Michael Brophy, the president of Marymount College. He was invited by some visionary local leaders to bring that campus into the downtown San Pedro area, and was convinced of its importance to the community and business leaders.

By all appearances, he succeeded. Yet along the way, grumblings have grown louder about the slow pace of opening the Klaus Art Center and soundness of Brophy’s strategy of opening a remote Northern California satellite campus in Lake County. His resignation comes on the heels of his being reelected to the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce and the San Pedro Business Improvement District, both of which will have to find replacements come August.

Obviously, this wasn’t a planned changing of the guard, even though Brophy announced he’ll be assuming the leadership of Benedictine University in Illinois after serving 10 years at Marymount.

These changes may just be coincidental. Or I may just be reading something more into this.

Regardless of what these changes mean for each of these institutions individually, I think the resignations and new hires collectively hold a greater meaning.

This period of change in San Pedro’s civic life relates directly to the work of crafting our future. I read into this a faltering of the collective vision of that future, or rather, of us collectively questioning the direction we have taken.

This moment is one of trepidation and reassessment of whether something more fundamental has changed.

This comes in part because of the changes in political leadership that loom on the horizon.

Rep. Hahn is running for Los Angeles County Supervisor in 2016 and State Sen. Isadore Hall will run to replace her in Congress. Add to that the challenge offered by Hermosa Beach Councilwoman Nanette Barragan running as an anti-corporate, pro-environment alternative, who’s arguably much more in tune with the district’s needs and values.

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board membership connections between many of the institutions listed above reflects a certain narrowing of leadership. I question the wisdom of such self-serving and limited decision making.

Clearly, in the case of most nonprofits, board leadership equates to the amount of their contributions based on dollars rather than vision, wisdom or sense for the collective good. From my perspective, the changing guard of executive directors will make about as much difference as changing one’s shirt. What’s needed is some new blood on these boards and leaders who can actually envision a future that benefits the many, not just the few.

This moment also has to do with the challenges of dealing with the global trade at our two ports as Harbor Commissioner Dave Arian spoke about recently--a development that foretells the fate of tens of thousands of jobs in the goods movement industry.

More importantly, it speaks to the Harbor Area leadership’s lack of a cohesive vision.

In other words, there is no single leader or group that has taken up the visionary silver chalice to explain where all of this is heading and who has enough buy-in from the institutions involved to lead anywhere except in circles.

This is odd, since many of the seats on the boards of directors of these nonprofit groups are occupied by the same people. The cross-

Misplaced Power of the MilitaryIndustrial Complex Weakens America

By Peter Mathews, Professor of Political Science In his Jan. 17, 1961 farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower warned that “in the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence…by the military-industrial complex…” and the disastrous rise of misplaced power. Most American leaders have ignored his warning and have allowed the military-industrial juggernaut to influence crucial policies in defense spending and foreign policy. As a result, the United States spends $1 trillion annually on its military defense- related programs. This is equal to the rest of the world’s countries combined. It is five times as much as the world’s second-largest military spender,

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China. Military defense spending makes up 55 percent of the discretionary federal budget for 2015, while education spending is 6 percent, and spending on science is 3 percent. It costs the American taxpayers $250 billion annually to maintain 1000 American military bases in 150 countries, which is 75 percent of the world’s nations. Additionally, the United States is the world’s No. 1 exporter of weapons.

The “military-industrial-congressional” complex, as it was called in a draft of Eisenhower’s speech, consists of the Pentagon, large defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, [See Power, page 9]

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I was born in Havana, Cuba, raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, traveled the world and presently am a 12-year resident of Long Beach.

I was a candidate for assemblyman and I’m actively involved in the California political arena. I’ve been there, done that, lived through the horror of fleeing my homeland as a child and was engaged in the American Airlines encounters during 9/11. Many years ago my three sisters were part of the Peter Pan program in Cuba. A plan created by the Catholic Church to save the children of Cuba from the horrors of the Castro brothers’ Communism. Children were separated from their families and sent to Russia and America. My father and uncle openly opposed the new Communist Cuban Party and their compulsory policies. Both did not turn over their business or properties. They defiantly opposed the immoralities imposed on the Cuban people by the Castro brothers and were imprisoned as political prisoners for 10 years.

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Minimum Wage Hike in L.A.

The Los Angeles City Council just passed an ordinance to impose a higher minimum wage on citywide employees and businesses.

I am certain that progressive cheerleaders, from San Pedro to Chatsworth, were jumping with joy.

This cynical ploy will curry favor with the loud crowds of young, unemployment residents,

and buy votes from influential labor unions, but nothing else.

In a predictable 14-to-1 vote, the council voted to force businesses to make hard decisions, whether to raise the cost of their goods, lay off workers or delay raises for higher ranking, more experienced employees, or close up shop and move their operations to another city.

Los Angeles follows the same liberal folly of big, “progressive” cities like Oakland, San Francisco, and more notably Seattle, where forced minimum wage hikes, at the behest of an openly socialist council member, have forced otherwise long-standing restaurants to close

down. Those Seattle residents now earning $15 an hour have discovered that more money in their paychecks does not translate into more wealth in their lives.

Hotel workers with the artificial pay raise now have to pay for their own parking. Hotel patrons no longer leave tips, since they pay higher room fees. (In L.A. restaurants, owners are now taking tips to pay for the pay increases).

Proprietors have cut many perks to offset the forced wage hike.

Free market advocates, entrepreneurs, and conservatives warned about these consequences, yet “people power” prevailed in [See Letters, page 10]

Correction

In the story “The Secret that Never Was” in the May 28 edition of Random Lengths, we erroneously ran a photo of the San Pedro Fish Market.

Random Lengths News regrets the confusion it caused. deemed to be overpayment.

For example, after two tours of combat duty that left him with traumatic brain injury, severe PTSD, chronic pain, and a hip injury, Army medic Shawn Aiken went through hell and back in order to recover the money the military had taken from him, which was the result of accounting and other errors by the Pentagon, and should have been his to keep in the first place.(Reuters, July 10, 2013) To stop the militaryindustrial-congressional complex from bankrupting America and hurting Americans like Shawn Aiken, we must not only end the “unwarranted influence…of the militaryindustrial complex” that President Eisenhower warned us of, we must end the buying of Congress and our politicians

by Big Corporations, their lobbyists, and their superwealthy owners! Then, as we beat some of our unnecessary “swords into plowshares,” the United States of America will have a streamlined, efficient, and adequate defense. This will include only necessary military hardware and personnel, civilian economic vitality, as well as “soft power,” the power and influence of our ideas and culture in the world. As we become a leading partner with other nations in helping develop the full potential of humankind, we will also be much safer.

Peter Mathews is a radio and TV political analyst. as well as a political science professor at Cypress College. He co-founded Rescue Education California.

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men in uniform, and sapping their morale. Because it has not been subject to full audit, the Pentagon has allowed its main accounting agency, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DEFAS) to “(fudge) the accounts with false entries....”

[Reuters, Nov. 18, 2013].

The Pentagon relies on 2,200 disparate, obsolete, and largely incompatible accounting and business management systems.

Many of these were built in the 1970s and use ancient computer languages such as COBOL on old mainframes, which is why the Pentagon can’t keep track of its money-- how much it has, how much it pays out and how much is stolen or wasted. This has produced disastrous results in two critical areas. First, in paycheck errors for the women and men in uniform, burdening them with financial hardship, sapping their morale, and detracting from their focus on mission. Second, the Pentagon has difficulty managing its finances, human resources, logistics, property, and weapons acquisitions, which makes it harder to deploy men and women in times of war. And causes it to waste millions of taxpayer dollars on extra sets of spare parts that it already has.

Because of the inaccurate Pentagon accounting and computer systems, many of our women and men in uniform suffer mental anguish when their paychecks are less than agreed to, or when they’re forced to pay back money through reduced paychecks;,money that was accurately or inaccurately

stimulating educational program or an engaging cultural event.

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and Northrop Grumman, and powerful members of Congress who are lobbied and funded by them. Between 2007 and 2012 these top-five defense contractors spent $409.2 million in lobbying and campaign contributions for federal politicians, and received $629.8 billion in contracts and $480 million in other federal support, which means they received $1,540 from the government for every dollar they spent influencing the government” (Project On Government Oversight, POGO. org). In addition, there is a revolving door, through which many former high-ranking government officials and retired military leaders become highly paid lobbyists for the weapons industry.

This legalized corruption has produced a bloated, inefficient, and overly expensive military defense system in which taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars are squandered on many unneeded, overly expensive, inefficient weapons. For example, the boondoggle $337 million F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (Navy version), which researchers for the RAND think tank say, “can’t turn, can’t climb, can’t run,” the $7,600 coffee maker for the Air Force, and the $604 toilet seat for the Navy.

In addition to this waste, fraud and abuse in the militaryindustrial-congressional is hurting many of our women and

Jan. 1, 1959, Marxist Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara and Cuban Revolutionera Castro brothers secured power and executed (literally) horrific acts upon the people of Cuba.

The Che hunted Black Cubans for sport! In Camagüey, gay men and women were stripped naked and buried alive in dirt and left for ants to eat them alive. Within months of securing their power, these so-called leaders executed all Army men and imprisoned anyone who opposed their practices. This included members of my family.

Time has not healed old wounds and history repeats itself as the Castro’s impose inhuman treatment on its people. Today, Cuba remains one of the poorest nations on Earth. The working class is paid only $20 per month. In Cuba, ALL monies from business are paid to the government. They in turn dispense salaries as they see fit. And, $20 is all they deem needed for survival. The media dismisses the continued evils imposed on the Cuban people and only misinformation is sent to us.

My insight is factual, given to me

by family members who presently live in Cuba.

Why you ask, am I sharing this information with you? Because I am greatly saddened and angered to learn that this Saturday, June 6 to Aug. 2, the Museum of Latin America Art in Long Beach is presenting an exhibit on the Cuban Revolution and portraying evil and immorality as a wonderful time in history with leaders to revere in today’s world.

I call upon Robert Garcia, the Mayor of Long Beach and a proud gay man, to speak out and admonish MOOLA [sic] for their poor taste; this is NOT a welcome art form for the tourists and residents of Long Beach. I ask that each of you acknowledge this misstep of the MOOLA [sic] staff. The exhibit is NOT as noted in their mission statement, a

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Los Angeles, and people will have to suffer the consequences.

Of the 14 council members who endorsed this blatantly foolish ordinance, only Councilman Mitchell Englander of the San Fernando Valley, and the only Republican on the council, voted for working Angelenos, whether employees or employers.

The Los Angeles Times quoted him: Councilman Mitchell Englander, the council’s only Republican, cast the lone opposing vote. In a statement, he said the council action could ‘make it impossible for entire industries to do business in Los Angeles.

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If businesses cannot thrive, then workers will find it much harder to survive, if they choose to stay in L.A. To add insult to the injury (despite the ILWU’s claims that every union member suffers when one suffers), L.A. area labor unions are already asking for exemptions from this forced ordinance.

This labored hypocrisy should surprise no one, since minimum wage hikes are just a temporary feel-good, P.R. ploy which protects labor leaders, political elites, yet costs everyone else.

Arthur Christopher Schaper Torrance

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Dear Mr. Schaper, As much as I support the raising of the standard of living for workers in America, I have some reservations about this blanket raise in the minimum wage that doesn’t take into account tips, commissions or other benefits going to employees. As it was passed today, this doesn’t consider that trainees, entry level jobs for youths or others doing onthe-job training will be paid the same as those who have been employed longer.

The minimum wage should be raised in a way that actually recognizes the total compensation employees are being paid including tips, commissions and employer contributions to benefits. Even so, this will not be enough to deal with the income inequality either here in Los Angeles or nationwide. As this goes to press, the biggest banks are taking back their “free” checking accounts, raising fees wherever they can and the price of gas fluctuates at the whims of the oil industry. The best way to deal with the inequality would be to tax Wall Street for every transaction, forgive student loan debt for anyone who currently makes less than $50,000 a year and give grants to anyone looking to earn a college degree.

Thank you, James Preston Allen Publisher

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and universities, along with substantially lower interest rates on student loans.

“The minimum wage must become a living wage, which means raising it to $15 an hour over the next few years­—which is exactly what Los Angeles recently did—and I applaud them for doing that.”

He went on to say, “We must establish pay equity for women workers,” calling it “unconscionable” that women earn just 78 cents on the dollar compared to men doing the same work.

He also addressed other antifamily aspects of how workers are commonly exploited.

“We must also end the scandal in which millions of American employees, often earning less than $30,000 a year, work 50 or 60 hours a week—and earn no overtime,” Sanders said. “And we need paid sick leave and guaranteed vacation time for all,” which are enjoyed by workers in every other advanced industrial nation.

“The reason I’m supporting

Bernie Sanders is because of his program. He stands for principles that I’ve supported all my life,” said Diane Middleton, the local labor lawyer. “One of the things he’s saying is he wants to end government for the billionaires.

And, that’s what I think we need to do…

Name any issue and Sanders has an answer that’s much better than anything we’re doing now…He’s been in favor of universal health care for years...

Everything he stands for will benefit the majority of people in America, including San Pedro: put more people to work, get better health care, stop killing our young people in senseless capitalist wars for oil, educate people, clean up the environment—all of these issues.

Why wouldn’t we vote for him?”

In his Burlington speech, Sanders not only questioned basic Beltway consensus on issues, he also called into question the process: Let’s be clear. This campaign is not about Bernie Sanders. It is not about Hillary Clinton. It is not about Jeb Bush or anyone else. This campaign is about the needs of the American people, and the ideas and proposals that effectively address those needs. As someone who has never run a negative political ad in his life, my campaign will be driven by issues and serious debate; not political gossip, not reckless personal attacks or character assassination.

This is what I believe the American people want and deserve. I hope other candidates agree and I hope the media allows that to happen.

Politics in a democratic society should not be treated like a baseball game, a game show or a soap opera.

The times are too serious for that.

Since that speech, Sanders has suggested that presidential primary debates should include candidates of both parties in the same forum, a further step toward more serious engagement with the issues.

As he moved toward the end of his Burlington speech, Sanders addressed those who felt despair about restoring the promise of America, which Sanders said was reflected in his own life story.

“My parents would have never dreamed that their son would be a U.S. senator, let alone run for president,” he said. “And, to those who say we cannot restore the dream, I say just look where we are standing. This beautiful place was once an unsightly rail yard that served no public purpose and was an eyesore.

As mayor, I worked with the people of Burlington to help turn this waterfront into the beautiful people-oriented public space it is today. We took the fight to the courts, to the legislature and to the people. And, we won.

“The lesson to be learned is that when people stand together and are prepared to fight back, there is nothing that can’t be accomplished.”

That’s not an idle boast. Before becoming the longest-serving independent in the history of Congress, Sanders served four terms as Burlington’s mayor, catalyzing a dramatic transformation of the city, which was summarized in a recent article

in The Nation by Peter Dreier and Pierre Clavel. Sanders’s approach to governing was multifaceted. “[H]e encouraged grassroots organizing, adopted local laws to protect the vulnerable, challenged the city’s business power brokers and worked collaboratively with other politicians to create a more livable city,” The Nation reported.

The results were impressive: Thanks to the enduring influence of the progressive climate that Sanders and his allies helped to create in Burlington, the city’s largest housing development is now residentowned, its largest supermarket is a consumer-owned cooperative, one of its largest private employers is worker-owned, and most of its people-oriented waterfront is publicly owned. Its publicly owned utility, the Burlington Electric Department, recently announced that Burlington is the first American city of any decent size to run entirely on renewable electricity.

“Bernie wanted to make sure that it was a place with plenty of open space and public access, where ordinary people could rent a rowboat and buy a hot dog,” explained local planner Michael Monte, regarding the waterfront. “That wasn’t just for the elite. It was Bernie who set the tone that the waterfront wasn’t for sale.”

The results were communityfriendly in the extreme.

Thanks to Sanders, the Burlington waterfront now has a community boathouse and other facilities for small boats. There’s also a sailing center and science center, a fishing pier, an 8-mile bike path, acres of parkland and public beaches. The commercial development is modest and small-scale.

There’s another important facet to the story Dreier and Clavel tell: the evolving relationship between Sanders and Tony Pomerleau, a wealthy local developer, whose upscale commercial waterfront development plan Sanders ran against and blocked. The day after Sanders won, Pomerleau knocked on his door.

“I said, ‘You’re the mayor, but it’s still my town,’” he recalled. But Pomerleau ended up voting for Sanders the next three times he ran for mayor, and for 35 years now, Sanders has never missed the annual Christmas party for underprivileged children that Pomerleau throws. This thread of the story concludes: “If more rich people were like me,” Pomerleau said, “Bernie would feel better about the wealthy.”

But like Franklin Delano Roosevelt before him, what Sanders is really up to is encouraging more rich people to be like that—to be like most workingclass people imagine they would be, if they ever became wealthy themselves.

There’s a fundamental decency and lack of personal animosity at Bernie Sanders’ core that’s a key part of his appeal as a candidate, as well as a key part of his long-time success in building unlikely and enduring coalitions. It’s an unjust system he’s making war against and everyone is welcome to become an ally.

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South Side Slime shares his story. Photo by Phillip Cooke

stage, an open-mic and a willing ear are the most important elements to developing talent — particularly when it comes to the blues.

It is in these settings that experienced players pass on to younger players what they’ve learned, and younger players pay homage to the ones that preceded them.

An interview with bluesman South Side Slim is reminiscent of this exchange. During that interview he often referenced the blues artists that mentored, guided and played with him, particularly at the Barnyard Juke Joint and Babe’s and Ricky’s in South Los Angeles.

He performed at the Seabird Lounge, playing a variety of songs from his discography, including his 2008 album South Side All Stars Doing Barnyard Hits and his 2009 follow-up, Life Under Pressure.

“I think it’s a historic CD [South Side All Stars] because it’s got all those guys on it that have never been documented,” South Side Slim said. “They are blues legacies. If I’m lucky to live long enough, it would be a miracle if someone could take everything in my head and materialize it.”

South Side Slim, who has been steadily recording and releasing music since 1999, plays a Chicago-style brand of blues. His electric guitar play is reminiscent of other greats like Guitar Shorty and Bo Diddley. As a vocalist, he’s like Johnny Guitar Watson, only smoother.

He was a regular at Babe’s and Ricky’s on 53rd and Central, which he calls “Mama Laura’s place” (for Laura May Gross). He called it, “the last real blues club on Central Avenue.”

“That is where all the blues players came, black and white, to get the real deal,” he said. “It was like a portal because I met everyone through there.”

South Side Slim has a knack for connecting with people and it has opened doors for him. It’s because of this ability that his fortune as an artist has been trending upward over the past couple of years.

In 2013, South Side Slim’s friend, Willie McNeil, recommended him to audition to play in Paul McCartney’s music video for Early Days, a single from McCartney’s album New. Slim was ultimately hired, along with other Los Angeles-based artists Roy Gaines, Dale Atkins, Motown Maurice, Lil’ Poochie, Misha Lindes and Al Williams.

Williams, who is a founder of the Jazz Safari, Birdland West and Long Beach Jazz Festival, hired South Side Slim to perform at the 2014 Long Beach Bayou Festival.

This past April, Harris performed at the KJazz Indie Blues Showcase with Gary Wagman at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach.

South Side Slim even published his memoir, called, Sweetback Blues: The Twelve Bar Tale of South Side Slim, with the help of local blues enthusiast Kari Fretham. Written in seven stanzas in a 12-bar musical structure, the book recalls his childhood, his introduction to drugs, both as a consumer and a seller, brushes with love, death and homelessness.

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Bo Beau Kitchen + Roof Tap: A Hot Spot for Happy Hour in Long Beach

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he restaurant scene in downtown Long Beach is competitive. You can find yourself walking into one restaurant, giving it the onceover, and, if it doesn’t suit your fancy, there’s another establishment right next door, ready and waiting for your business.

I appreciate this sort of healthy competition; it keeps people on their toes. BO Beaux Kitchen + Roof Tap in Long Beach thrives off of that sort of competitive edge.

Open just a little over a year, they have already gained quite a notable reputation for being the new “It” place in downtown Long Beach. They’ve certainly earned it.

Here’s what you need to know about Bo Beau Kitchen + Roof Tap: The service is unparalleled, the ambiance is killer and their happy hour game is on point.

The Cohn Restaurant Group, responsible for this relatively new jaunt, has been family-owned and operated for more than 33 years. They now own 21 restaurants that span from Southern California to Maui. Much of their success can be attributed to their “obsession with hospitality,” and let me tell you – it shows. The entire staff was so friendly and accommodating that I felt compelled to call the operations manager, James Stephenson and tell him about my experience.

The service was probably the best I’ve had in Long Beach in a while.

Bo Beau Kitchen + Roof Tap is essentially two restaurants in one; it’s a fine dining restaurant and a rooftop bar.

The downstairs restaurant features a massive open-air kitchen that gives patrons the chance to witness the artful precision and finesse that goes into crafting fine entrees and appetizers.

All restaurant kitchens should be open to curious onlookers. Don’t shy away from the good stuff — I want to see what you’re working with in there. And truth be told, presentation is everything. We eat first with our eyes.

Adjacent to the kitchen is the expansive dining room, providing the perfect ambiance for a night out. The juxtaposition of rustic metalwork pairs nicely with the luxurious, plush red sofas, adding a sort of erotic elegance that one might find in the French Quarter or an old parlor.

Roof Tap, the upstairs bar, is an open-air patio, with incredible views of Long Beach and a more relaxed atmosphere, and communal-style seating.

Happy hour at the Roof Tap is everything I want after a long day. I want to sit outside, watch the sunset, drink perfectly crafted cocktails and maybe even play pingpong—yes, there is a table in the back and also an incredible stash of nostalgic board games to play at your leisure.

With 50 craft beers on draft and a martini bar with more than 100 different vodkas, there is seriously a beverage for any and all. They will even craft you something off the menu.

Bar snacks are an intricate part of the happy hour process. After about 30 minutes of sipping on a cocktail, I want snacks—not crackers—nuts, or the ubiquitous cheese plate. I want good food. BO serves sophisticated California-French comfort food, and they do it well. The roasted Brussels sprouts are served sprawling over a

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tomato broth with fragrant fennel and saffron.

Of the bistro plates, try the braised beef short rib, which is served with gnocchi and garnished with a couple of onion rings. I know that sounds like an indulgent carb-on-carb crime, but it was oddly comforting.

Lastly, save room for dessert. They make all of their desserts in-house. Even the ice cream is made from scratch.

Gina Ruccione is a self-proclaimed food critic, who has traveled all over Europe and Asia, and has lived in almost every nook of Los Angeles County. Visit her blog at http://www. foodfashionfoolishfornication.com.

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wooden chopping block, covered with shaved Parmesan and thick chunks of bacon. For those of you who don’t eat Brussels sprouts, this dish will make you a believer.

After happy hour, you should probably try the other menu items that Roof Tap has to offer.

I typically shy away from anything called, “Sausage Fest,” as it just doesn’t roll off the tongue nicely, but that is one of the more popular dishes. It came highly recommended. The Leek Fondue Mac ‘n’ Cheese is also a fan favorite and comes with pancetta or lobster.

In the downstairs restaurant, I would suggest ordering any of the steaming pots of mussels; it is a French restaurant after all. I particularly liked the Mussels Molina, severed in a piping hot

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Big Nick’s Pizza Tradition, variety and fast delivery; you get it all at Big Nick’s Pizza.

The best selection of Italian specialties include hearty calzones, an array of pastas and of course, our amazing selection of signature pizzas, each piled high with the freshest toppings. Like wings or greens? We also offer an excellent selection of appetizers, salads, beer and wine.

Call for fast delivery. Hours: 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sun.Thurs., 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat. Big Nick’s Pizza • 1110 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 732-5800 • www.facebook.com/BigNicks

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Buono’s Authentic Pizzeria A San Pedro landmark for over 40 years, famous fo r exc e p t i o n a l award-winning pizza baked in brick ovens. Buono’s also offers classic Italian dishes and sauces based on tried-and-true family recipes and hand-selected ingredients that are prepared fresh. You can dine-in or take-out. Delivery and catering are also provided. Additionally, there are two locations in Long Beach. Hours: Sun.-Thurs.

11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. • Buono’s Pizzeria • 1432 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 547-0655 • www.buonospizza.com Happy Diner The Happy Diner isn’t your average diner.

If you pay attention to its special menu on blackboards, it’s almost a cer tainty you’re going to find something new each week. The cuisine runs the gamut of Italian and Mexican to American continental. The Happy Diner chefs are always creating something new.

They believe that if an item is good, its reputation will get around by word of mouth. You can even find items normally found at curbside lunch trucks. You can take your pick of grilled salmon over pasta or tilapia and vegetables, prepared any way you like. Try their chicken enchiladas soup made from scratch. Happy Diner • (310) 241-0917 • 617 S. Centre St., San Pedro Nazelie’s Lebanese Cafe Nazelie’s Lebanese Cafe is a favorite of the neighborhood for the terrific kabobs, beef or chicken shawarma, lamb dishes and falafel.

Nazelie’s chicken and rice soup with lemon is like a warm embrace—it takes chicken soup to a whole new level. Nazelie uses a recipe handed

Waterfront Dining

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Casual 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

down in her family for generations, starting with homemade chicken broth, and adding a refreshing touch of lemon for taste and nutrients.

Nazelie’s Lebanese Café, 1919 S. Pacific Avenue, San Pedro. (310) 519-1919 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 PecorinoRomano 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 San Pedro Brewing Company A m i c ro b r ewe r y a n d American grill, SPBC features handcraf ted award-winning ales and lagers served with creative pastas, bbq, sandwiches, salads and burgers. A full bar with made-fromscratch margaritas and a martini menu all add fun to the warm and friendly atmosphere. Wi-Fi bar connected for Web surfing and email—bring your laptop. Live music on Saturdays. Hours: From 11:30 a.m., daily. San Pedro Brewing Company • 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro • (310) 831-5663 • www.sanpedrobrewing.com

dinner with fresh egg dishes, omelettes and griddlecakes. Both restaurants have a fine selection of wines and beers that complement the dishes. Sonny’s Bistro • 1420 W. 25th St., San Pedro. Hours: Mon-Fri, 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Sat and Sun. from 4 p.m. • (310) 548-4797.

Think Café • 302 W. 5th St., San Pedro • Hours: Mon-Sat. 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. • (310) 519-3662.

Tally’s Sandwiches One of San Pedro’s newest dining spots, Tally’s offers a fresh take on American homemade cuisine. Everything, from the hamburgers, ground in-house, to the macaroni salad is made fresh daily. Open for lunch and dinner; enjoy one of the specials as you dine in this unassuming, centrally located sandwich shop. Feeling adventurous?

Try the Thursday Thanksgiving sandwich special with homemade stuffing. Tally’s Sandwiches • Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. • 1438 S. Pacific Ave. San Pedro • (310) 974-0728.

The Whale & Ale San Pedro’s British gastro pub of fer s comfortable 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. Frequent live music. First Thursdays live band & special fixed price menu.

Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri. 11:30 a.m.-midnight Sat. & Sun. 1-10 p.m. Bar open late.

The Whale & Ale • 327 W. 7th St., San Pedro • (310) 832-0363 • www.whaleandale.com

Sonny’s Café and Think Bistro Sonny and Carly Ramirez are the husband and wife team behind Sonny’s Bistro and Think Café. They operate both establishments: Sonny works in the kitchens and Carly attends the front of the house. The handson attention to detail makes their restaurants so successful, in both quality of food and service. Sonny’s Bistro’s lunch and dinner menus feature dishes made from locally sourced and hand–selected meats, seafood and seasonal vegetables. Try the $10 lunch menu served Mon. through Friday. Think Café serves breakfast in addition to lunch and PORTS O’ CALL WATERFRONT DINING S i n c e 1 9 61 t h e y ’ v e extended a hear ty welcome to visitors from every corner of the globe.

Delight in an awe-inspiring view of the dynamic L.A. Harbor while enjoying exquisite coastal California cuisine and varietals.

Relax in the plank bar or outdoor patio for the best happy hour on the waterfront. With 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

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Complete with all you need to relax and enjoy while the majesty of the harbor slips by.

Their three yachts and seasoned staff provide an exquisite excursion every time, and all-inclusive pricing makes party planning easy! Dinner cruise features a three course meal, full bar, unlimited cocktails and starlight dancing. Offering 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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In addition to the narrative nonfiction, Fretham produced the documentary film, Hot Love on Me So Strong: The Blues of South L.A. “South Side Slim impressed me the first time I heard him with the emotional authenticity of his original lyrics, his confident, yet humble, stage presence and his stellar guitar playing,” Fretham said.

“I was delighted when he invited me to accompany him to the treasure trove of blues juke joints in South Los Angeles. The result of the documentary on his namesake’s blues culture makes it possible for anyone to experience the heartfelt blues for which South Side Slim dedicates his life.”

South Side Slim brought Fretham to the blues scene and introduced her to everyone. He had a lot of input on the film and much of Slims’ music is included in it. After his story came out, Slim started gaining recognition and gigs.

The Beginning Born in Oakland and reared during the 1960s and ‘70s, South Side Slim’s early musical tastes didn’t include the blues. His musical palate ranged from rock to soul music, and from classical music to jazz.

“I was digging Jeff Beck, John Coltrane, Jon Luc Ponte and Parliament Funkadelic,” South Side Slim said. “It still wasn’t blues yet.

“Then, I heard Jimmy Hendrix and it just freaked me out, Hendrix inspired me because he was a great guitar player and he was outspoken.”

South Side Slim got his first guitar when he turned 18, as a gift from his father. Sheer love for music and determination to learn is how he mastered the instrument. He played the chords he found in music books for beginners, and queried musicians in his neighborhood. But never had a teacher or formal lessons yet, after learning a lot of bits and pieces on guitar, he realized he had talent.

After a while, Slim was able to play the music of his favorite artists. In his memoir, he noted that family and friends didn’t initially take him seriously when he spoke of becoming a serious artist.

South Side Slim came to Los Angeles in the mid-1980s to pursue his dreams in music. He frequented the blues spots in town playing his guitar. But by 1990, he had gotten completely turned around, with no job or placed to go. His father, who owned a trucking company, wouldn’t give him a job. Instead, Slim asked if he could live in his van in his dad’s truck yard.

“I told him, ‘Just leave me alone, dad. Let me stay here and just let me practice and I won’t bother anyone’” He practiced five hours a day and sought the mentorship of local blues musicians. He credits his perseverance to his faith as a Christian.

“No one was looking for me; no one gave a damn about me,” Slim said. “I practiced and was able to let the spirit come and do that work with my life. My inspiration was the fact God gave me a gift and I loved music. I was never able to get that [gift] nourished. It was all these years later before I came around. I was 40 by the time I started getting recognition.

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Entertainment June 12

Tim Weisberg Band Weisberg is considered one of the pioneers in rock-jazz fusion.

Time: 8 p.m. June 12 Cost: $25 Details: (800) 403-3447; www.alvasshowroom.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

June 13

Hollywood Stones Sure, these guys look like the Stones, but they’ve got the sound down too. You don’t want to miss this full-tilt classic rock, danceable tribute to Mick, Keith and the boys.

Time: 8 p.m. June 13 Cost: $25 to $35 Details: www.grandvision.org Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro Allen Ginsberg and Phillip Glass’ Hydrogen Jukebox was recently performed at Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo Credit: Keith Ian Polakoff

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Long Beach Opera’s dark, unsettling journey into a neon American apocalypse

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Brad Dutz 4tet The Brad Dutz 4tet returns to bring a thoroughly original instrumental palette to its blend of 21st century acoustic chamber music, improvisation and free jazz.

Time: 4 p.m. June 14 Cost: $25 Details: (800) 403-3447; www.alvasshowroom.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro Sunday Jams Social Lineup includes Jake Loban and the Benders, Dec, Ted 2 and the Wranglers. Admission limited to guests 21 and older; two-drink minimum.

Time: 6 p.m. June 14 Cost: Free Details: (562) 239-3700; http://longbeach.harvelles.com Venue: Harvelle’s, 201 E. Broadway, Long Beach

June 19

Tribute to the King of Pop Tej’ai Sullivan from Chicago has thrilled audiences with his show-stopping extravaganza that covers a string of hits throughout Michael Jackson’s legendary career, as well as features songs from Jackson’s album Xscape.

Time: 6 p.m. June 19 Cost: $10 to $25 Details: (310) 327-4384 ext. 401 Venue: Alpine Restaurant Bierhall, 833 W. Torrance Blvd, Torrance The Gaslamp Killer Experience Straight from Coachella, the Los Angeles-based DJ and producer’s signature dubstep, world music, left-field hip hop and psychedelic sound is accompanied by a crushing 10-piece band.

Time: 8 to 10:30 p.m. June 19 Cost: Free Details: grandperformances.org Venue: Grand Performances, 350 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles Gabriel Johnson Heads Lineup Horn player Gabriel Johnson has recorded with a variety of musicians, including Blood Sweat and Tears, Gladys Knight, David Foster, Jill Scott, Diddy, Skylar Grey and Faith Evans.

Time: 8 p.m. June 19 Cost: $25 Details: (800) 403-3447; www.alvasshowroom.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

June 24

Kristeen Young, Fea, and Guest Young has released seven studio albums with the latest entitled The Knife Shift.

Time: 9 p.m. June 24 Cost: $5 Details: www.alexsbar.com Venue: Alex’s Bar, 2913 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

June 27

Downtown Funk by the Sea The Funkalicious Band, OG Dj “Looney Tunes” and Funk Fellas on the Wheels of Steel will perform at this event. The Downtown Funk by the Sea also will include a ‘70s costume contest. .

Time: 7:30 p.m. June 27 Cost: $25 to $45 Details: (310) 883-8933 Venue: The Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Commuity/Family June 13

Juneteenth Celebration The annual Juneteenth Celebration in Long Beach will showcase performances by local rhythm and blues, and funk bands. It will also host free hamburgers and hot dogs, an annual domino tournament and youth soccer tournaments. Juneteenth is memorialized as the end of slavery in the United States.

Time: 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. June 13 Cost: Free Details: (562) 570-6816 Venue: Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 1950 Lemon Ave., Long Beach

June 13

Bird Walk on the Rancho San Pedro Explore avian beauty on the museum grounds as you look for the variety of birds that live on the grounds. This is an informal walk so birders, expert and new, can explore the grounds at their leisure.

Time: 8:30 to 10 a.m. June 13 Cost: Free Details: (310) 603-0088; dominguezrancho.org Venue: Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum, 18127 S. Alameda St., Rancho Dominguez

June 13

Catalina Island Summer Concert Series Enjoy music with beer and a wine garden.

Time: 7 to 10 p.m. June 13 Cost: Free Details: (310) 510-1520; www.CatalinaChamber.com Venue: Wrigley Plaza Stage, Bay Front, Catalina Island.

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surrounds the flat space in which the characters perform.

The character of the poet, modeled after Ginsberg, is wheeled around in an aluminum shelf, while the singers and dancers—half of whom are dressed in black uniforms, the others dressed in Eastern robes—jump into and push around a wheeled wooden crate. During the performance, both props looked like something borrowed from inside the warehouse.

The performers, sometimes acting as crazy, little abstract figures, moved around the stage, sometimes pointing and making weird faces at the audience. They handed audience members tiny sheets of paper, with printed poetry— like a souvenir from a crazy dream.

While much of it is unsettling, accompanied

by Glass’ signature drone of repetitive notes, it’s contrasted with moments of beauty. A transcendent, gospel-like interpretation of “Wichita Vortex Sutra” simultaneously captured the tragedy of the status quo and a hope for future change.

The effort of interpreting Ginsberg’s poetry in both Glass’ composition and the Long Beach Opera’s production was potent enough to alter perceptions. The grand voices of these performers not only reflected against the wall, but left an impression on them. As the neon shapes ran across the floor, it definitely made one re-think the way Ginsberg’s poetry — with all its madness and destruction — is visualized.

Hydrogen Jukebox operates like one of those black lights: You turn it on and then all the unusual and nasty stuff begins to glow. Suddenly, it becomes a moral choice for you to decide whether or not it was ever there.

June 14

Gekko Project The Gekko Project brings together four phenomenal progressive rock and blues artists with Peter Matuchniak on guitar, Vance Gloster on keyboards, Rick Meadows on bass and Alan Smith on drums.

Time: 8 p.m. June 20 Cost: $25 Details: (800) 403-3447; www.alvasshowroom.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

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ydrogen Jukebox, which closed June 7 after a weeklong run in San Pedro, was staged in the rear of the same space that houses Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles. It was an appropriate setting for the American wistfulness wrought

by Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg, who penned the opera. Warehouse 10, with its exposed ceiling and concrete floor, echoes our history of blue-collar working people and mechanical production.

The composition is the result of a late— 1980s collaboration between composer Philip Glass and Ginsberg. It shares a few themes with another of Glass’ operas, Einstein on the Beach; as a contemporary opera, it examines the postWorld War II American identity. It also looks ahead to the future and asks moral questions.

However, Hydrogen Jukebox is heavily darkened by the shadow of Vietnam. It shows the nation in desperate need of soul-searching.

It calls us out on present, and questionable, American values that could drag us again onto a destructive path.

The show is a loud, frightening and colorful 90-minute neon odyssey into Ginsberg’s headspace—a harrowing psychedelic revue of more than a dozen poems, performed as songs with operatic, apocalyptic bravado. It pushes its audience to look at the present conflicts in the Middle East and our current foreign policy failures, as words are projected in large type on a wall.

As each song closes, the opera becomes more stoned, delving deeper into a vast desert of the poet’s frustrations with sexuality, mortality and spirituality, peaking with an excerpt of Ginsberg’s poetic opus Howl, crying “Moloch!”

Everything in this play feels retrofitted.

There is no real stage; instead, the audience

Wally World Few drummers playing today have combined the rich history of Latin, Afro-Cuban and world percussion with the drum set the way Walfredo Reyes Jr. has. Check Reyes out with bandmates Michael O’Neill on guitar, Oskar Cartaya on bass, David Witham on keyboards and Ray Yslas on percussion.

Time: 8 p.m. June 13 Cost: $20 Details: (800) 403-3447; www.alvasshowroom.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

June 20

WattsStax Revisited Taking place on the 50th anniversary of the events that inspired the original concert, WattsStax Revisited revives the funk, soul, dancing, and comedic fun with a signature array of dynamic performers and dancers, striking visuals and special guests.

Time: 8 to 10:30 p.m. June 20 Cost: Free Details: grandperformances.org Venue: Grand Performances, 350 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles

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Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 14 Cost: Free Details: (818) 734-2701; www.lafoodfestivals.com Venue: To be determined Non-Denominational Church Service Come all with your prayers and praise on the Waterfront.

Time: 9 a.m. June 14 Cost: Free Details: (877) 446-9261; www.LABattleship.com Venue: Battleship Iowa, 250 S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro

June 20

Concert on the LA Waterfront The free concert on the water in Wilmington features fun family activities, plus live music from your favorite Mariachi Divas with entertainment provided by Ballet Folklorico Sol de México.

Time: 6 to 9:30 p.m. June 20 Cost: Free Details: (310) 732-3508; lawaterfront.org Venue: Banning’s Landing Community Center, 100 E. Water St., Wilmington Celebrate Father’s Day at Terranea Resort Terranea Resort, a destination hotel, will give guests a chance to thank dad with special activity offerings and celebratory dining options. The weekend specials will include dining, golf and shopping.

Time: June 20 and 21 Cost: Varies Details: (310) 265-2800 Venue: Terranea Resort, 100 Terranea Way, Rancho Palos Verdes

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Catalina Above and Below The Cabrillo Marine Aquarium will sponsor an observation and collecting expedition to Catalina Island aboard the 93-foot vessel, First String, departing Los Angeles Harbor sportfishing landing in Ports O’ Call Village. See firsthand the methods used by aquarium staff to capture marine specimens.

Time: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 20 Cost: $95 Details:(310)548-7562; www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org Venue: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 3720 Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro LA Brewers Beer Week Kickoff The Los Angeles County Brewers Guild, organizers of L.A. Beer Week, moved the party up to June to a new and bigger location: the south lawn of Exposition Park. This year’s event features 75plus craft breweries, 200-plus beers, two stages for live music and educational panels, and a new VIP area with specialty tappings.

Time: 12 to 5 p.m. June 20 Cost: $45 to $65 Details: http://labeerweek.com/tickets Venue: Exposition Park, 701 State Drive, Los Angeles

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Private Lives Follow divorced couple Elyot and Amanda who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Neil Coward’s plot-perfect marital farce is sparklingly witty and wickedly vicious.

Time: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays, through July 16 Cost: $22 Details: www.littlefishtheatre.org Venue: Little Fish Theatre, 777 S. Centre St., San Pedro

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Inside Llewyn Davis The film follows a week in the life of a young folk singer in Greenwich Village in 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the cold New York winter, he struggles to make it over tough obstacles.

Time: 7 p.m. June 12 Cost: $10 to $12 Details: (310) 833-4813 Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro

June 13

Renoir at the Warner Grand Take part in the Beauty of Nature Film Series feature that showcases a portrait of the pleinair painter.

Time: 7:30 p.m. June 13 Cost: $10 Details: www.PVPlc.org Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro Cock It doesn’t mean what you think. In 2009, British playwright Michael Bartlett received the prestigious Lawrence Olivier award for his play entitled Cock. In the play, John, having taken a break from his relationship with his somewhat controlling boyfriend, has managed to fall in love with someone else... a woman.

The work examines relationships, sexual identity, commitment, self-knowledge and family obligations in a brand new way.

Time: June 13 through July 11 Cost: $12 to $24 Details: (562) 494-1014; www.lbplayhouse.org Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

June 17

The Heir Apparent The Heir Apparent takes French classical comedy to new heights with this story of mistaken identities.

Time: 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; 2 p.m.

Sundays, through July 12 Cost: $29 to $34 Details: http://ictlongbeach.org, http://tinyurl. com/lyamefr Venue: ICT at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, 330 E. Seaside Way, Long Beach

The 29th Annual Long Beach Bayou Festival, June 20-21

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he Long Beach Bayou Festival is like a big’ole picnic with live music and line dancing.

Between the authentic Cajun and Creole cuisine and the top notch blues, zydeco and Cajun artists on two stages, it’s hard tell which the greater draw is.

This year, Grammy-nominated bands Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys and the Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie are performing.

Also in the lineup is Grammy-winner Joel Savoy and Cajun-Hall-of-Famer, Jesse Legé backed by the band Cajun Country Revival, On the blues stage, the multiple awardwinning Zac Harmon will hook up with the Stony B Blues Band. Harmon has crafted songs for the O’Jays, The Whispers and Karyn Hill, before

returning to his blues roots in 2002.

Stony B has played behind such legends as Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor and others.

Corney Mim’s band The Knowitallz will also be there. Their famed bass player and leader has played with the likes of Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Natalie Cole, Snoop Dogg, George Michael and several others. Mims will bring Barbara Morrison & Rodz Kids from the Roderick D. Jones Foundation to the stage.

Also on the blues lineup: soulful blues-rock singer Tracy Niles Seville, blues and jazz singer Charlie Jené and the finger poppin’ picking style of blues guitarist Bernie Pearl.

Each day of the Bayou Festival, a costumed Mardi Gras parade will be led by the New Orleans [See Bayou, page 17]

June 20

Les Miserables Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical telling of prerevolutionary France.

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Cost: $35 to $55 Details: www.grandvision.org Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro Death of a Salesman It is the first time the Long Beach Playhouse has ever done the play, which centers on the life of a traveling salesman who is past his prime, and struggling to remain relevant as his life crumbles around him.

Time: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m.

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Portraying Popular Heroes Join Jessica Kim, assistant professor of history at California State University Northridge, and Museum of Latin American Art curator of education, Gabriela Martínez, as they discuss the visual representation of popular Latin American heroes in art from colonial to contemporary times.

Time: 7 p.m.

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June 13

Entropy in the Reflective Age Entropy is the inevitable and steady deterioration of a system or society. This exhibition, Forgetting the Future—Entropy in the Reflective Age, examines new ideas of entropy in a technologydriven age. Featuring artists Anna Bae, Nancy Baker Cahill, Brandon Barr, Brian Cooper, Salvador Dali, Gracie Devito, Helga Griffiths, Alexis Harding, Valerie Hegarty, Connie DK Lane, Kohl King, David Maisel, Christian Mayer, Robert Minervini, and Analia Saban Bijan Yashar.

Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, through July 25.

Cost: Free Details: www.torranceartmuseum.com Venue: Torrance Art Museum

Ric Rowland of Sky Valley, Calif., died

on March 25 in Rancho Mirage, Calif. of complications from lung cancer.

Born Sept. 17, 1950 to Richard Rowland and Mona Clever in Tarentum, Penn., Ric married Elin Holmberg on June 10, 1982 in Cannon Beach, Ore. After many years of various professions that included being an exotic wood dealer and a substance abuse counselor, he settled enthusiastically into being a self-employed artist for his last 25 years “Never, for a moment, as far back as I can remember, did I doubt that art was my life,” Ric would say. “My interest focused on cultural and spiritually-based art of mythological or tribal styles of sculpture and painting.”

The following words were written by his wife, Elin: Ric loved San Pedro and rented his first studio on 7th Street in 1992. The artistic community was still a little underground and he loved the free spirit and underlying possibilities of the place.

He found kindred spirits already there to connect with and they inspired his dream of coexisting in a community of artists. The grit of San Pedro seemed to mirror the grit of those early souls — all rebels and misfits in their own right. He then moved his studio to Angels Gate, despite his struggle with fibromyalgia. His spirit and purpose was buoyed by being immersed again in an artistic community.

His residence at Angels Gate was at a time in which the facility was struggling and his devotion to its success sometimes swept him away by the turbulence. That was a prime operator in Ric in those days; he was either swept away by something or shut off — no middle ground!

His next move to 369 7th Street began his involvement in the first Thursday’s activities, opening his 369 Goose Drank Wine Gallery and

reveling in the wanderings of like-minded souls on those dizzy nights. For being a non-joiner, this was one activity he delighted in: art, music and laughter rolled into one.

These years of artistic fellowship in San Pedro were Ric’s training ground for his next move to his beloved studio in the desert: The Number Nine. His dream was to make it available as a short-term residence for artists to use in planning, implementing, or finishing a project.

His health did not permit that dream to be fulfilled though he spent much time refurbishing the place with that in mind. I am hopeful I will be able to make the dream come true.

One of my favorite memories of Ric in San Pedro is of him proudly representing Angels Gate in the Christmas parade as the Blue Angel.

He dyed his hair blue, wore his blue painting overalls, rode a blue bike and strapped on a pair of fabulous wings at Robyn Hinchcliffe’s calling. He also started walking his two cats around the block each night and as time went on accumulated a flock of cats that joined him — something neither of us could explain.

My final great memory of him in San Pedro was his discourses on first Thursdays in his studio about his work, trying to awaken in interested visitors an appreciation of the material and spiritual aspects of the creative process. San Pedro was perfect ground for Ric to develop his artistic dream and it will always hold a warm place in my heart for having supported a community of disparate souls on the same artistic path amidst contention and cooperation. May the artist’s spirit of San Pedro live forever.

With great gratitude for all who loved and appreciated Ric, — Elin Holmberg Rowland

The 29th Annual Long Beach Bayou Festival is set for June 20 and 21. Zac Harmon will be playing from 5:30 to 7 p.m. June 21. Courtesy Photo.

[Bayou, from page 16]

Traditional Jazz Band.

As for the food, a colorful French Quarter marketplace will be complete with gumbo, crawfish étouffée, jambalaya, hush puppies and other Cajun and Creole delicacies. As for desserts, there will be loads of sweet potato pie, beignets and an array of cobblers for as far as the eye can see.

And, if you think you’re a champion eater, sign up for the popular crawfish and watermelon eating contests for a prize.

The children aren’t forgotten. The festival’s Kids’ Corner will have extensive children’s activities including costume, masks and umbrella making for the Mardi Gras Parade and other arts and crafts. There will also be storytelling, magic demonstrations, sing-alongs, and other shows.

ACE: Arts • Cuisine • Entertainment

[Blues, from page 14]

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wasn’t really homeless. I was living on my dad’s property which was basically mine and I loved it.

“My biggest inspiration was belief in myself and that the spirit had a different reason for me to be there,” he said. “I didn’t consider myself as this great guitar player. I had an idea that was nourished by my belief and hope that eventually I end up in the right places and here I am.”

South Side Slim will perform June 26 at the Seabird Lounge in Long Beach.

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DBA/LEGAL filings Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2015129210 The following person is doing business as: (1) Advantage Duramed, (2) Park Social Services,302 W. 5th Street., San Pedro, Ca 90731, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Arun Mahtani, 850 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, Ca 90802. This Business is conducted by an individual.

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The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/.

Arun Mahtani, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on May 14, 2015. Notice--In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920.

A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920. were to expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a

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to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Kim Kromas, General Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 2, 2015. Notice-In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920. were to expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 06/11/2015, 06/25/2015,

change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 05/28/15, 06/11/2015,

06/25/2015, 07/09/2015

Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2015122352 The following person is doing business as: Boyd Inspection Services, 1134 W. 22nd St., #7, San Pedro, Ca 90731., Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Nathan Boyd, 1134 W. 22nd St., #7, San Pedro, Ca 90731.

This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 05/01/2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/.

Arun Mahtani, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on May 07, 2015. Notice--In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920. were to expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 05/28/15, 06/11/2015,

Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2015146162 The following person is doing business as: (1) Pacific Hardware, 1135 S. Pacific Avenue., San pedro Ca 90731. Los Angeles County.

Registered owners: Vincent S. Perazzola, 2429 Denison Avenue, San Pedro, Ca 90731 Rosalie M. Perazzola, 2429 Denison Avenue, San Pedro, Ca 90731. This Business is conducted by a married couple. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above 1974. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Arun Mahtani, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 2, 2015. Notice--In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920. were to expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 06/11/2015, 06/25/2015,

07/09/2015, 07/23/2015

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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2015149020 The following person is doing business as: (1) L.A. Harbor Dragonboat Club, 3000 Shoshonean Road, San Pedro, Ca 9073.

Los Angeles County. Registered owners:(1) Kim Kromas, 1723 Ortega Place, San Pedro, Ca 90732.(2) Paul Puskar, 29431 N. Enrose Ave., Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca 90275 (3) Helol Puskar, 29431 N. Enrose Ave., Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca 90275(4) Bernice Browning, 765 W. 26th Street, #605, San Pedro, Ca 90731. This Business is conducted by an unincorporated association other than a partnership. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above N/A.

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Quick Delivery Available 354 W. 6th St.

Best Burgers in Town 362 W. 6th St.

Beer Good Coldest in Town Fellas 356 W. 6 St. th

Women’s Unique & Exotic Wear 319 W. 6th St. Union War’s Little Brother 321 W. 6th St.

(310) 519-1442 Aveda Salon 360 W. 6th St. Computer Repair 620 Mesa St.

Design Studio and Art Gallery 387 W. 6th St.

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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2015149019 The following person is doing business as: (1) San Pedro Girls Volleyball Team, 1723 Ortega Place, San Pedro, Ca 90732. Los Angeles County. Registered owners:(1) Kim Kromas, 1723 Ortega Place, San Pedro, Ca 90732.(2) Francis Ramirez 881 W. 21st St., San Pedro, Ca 90731. This Business is conducted by an unincorporated association other than a partnership. The date registrant started

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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2015129212 The following person is doing business as: (1) Hospice Medical, (2) Discount Pharmacy Delivery, 302 W. 5th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731.., Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Rajat Bhattachanya, 4309 Mesa St., Torrance, Ca 90505. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 05/01/2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/.

Rajat Bhattachanya, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on May 14, 2015. Notice--In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920. were to expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of

06/25/2015, 07/09/2015

Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 20151466320 The following person is doing business as: (1) Carlitas Childcare, 18329 Mettler, Carson, Ca 90746.

Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Roberta Carla Gonzalez Padilla,18329 Mettler, Carson, Ca 90746. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Roberta Carla Gonzalez Padilla Carlitas Childcare, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 2, 2015.

Notice--In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920. were to expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 06/11/2015, 06/25/2015,

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a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 05/28/15, 06/11/2015,

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/.

Kim Kromas, General Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 2, 2015. Notice--In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920. were to expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 06/11/2015, 06/25/2015,

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