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San Clemente residents visit the beach near the municipal pier on Sunday afternoon, April 26. San Clemente’s beaches were reopened for active-use only beginning Saturday, April 25, ending a roughly two-week-long closure to stem the spread of coronavirus. Photo: Shawn Raymundo

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Five things San Clemente should know this week City to Draft Plan to Reopen Local Parks THE LATEST: The city council directed staff on Tuesday, April 28, to draw up a plan to begin lifting restrictions at San Clemente’s parks, as well as call on the support of neighboring cities to send a joint letter to the governor urging him to reopen businesses.

Councilors voted unanimously in favor of having staff draft a comprehensive plan to reopen San Clemente’s active and recreational parks to the public. That plan will be presented to the council at the next regular meeting on Tuesday, May 5.

The council had convened the special meeting via teleconference to discuss a proposal to reopen the parks on Friday, May 1, while also to consider the letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and potentially reopen beach parking lots and the pier.

At the outset of Tuesday afternoon’s meeting, Councilmember Chris Hamm proposed eliminating the discussions related to the reopening of the San Clemente Pier and beach parking lots, and the lifting of recently imposed active-use restrictions at the beaches—all proposals acting Mayor Laura Ferguson had requested.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the city had closed off access to many of San Clemente’s active parks that are primarily used for recreational and organized sports, including the Vista Hermosa Sports Park, as well specialty facilities such as Ralphs Skate Court and the Ole Hanson Beach Club, interim City Manager Robert Dunek explained.

“One of the issues that led to the closures was entire teams of soccer players were going down to the parks to play pickup games,” Dunek said.

While the city has also restricted access to playground equipment, and tennis and basketball courts, passive parks and neighborhood parks have remained open throughout the health crisis, according to Dunek.

During deliberations, Councilmember Gene James proposed that instead of reopening the active parks ahead of this weekend, they be reopened the following week on May 8.

Ferguson said that she was hoping to see the parks reopen this week, as residents “have been bursting at the seams” to get outdoors.

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The city council voted on Tuesday, April 28, to have city staff draw up a plan to reopen San Clemente’s parks. That plan will be presented to the council on May 5. Photo: Shawn Raymundo

ful,” she said, adding: “I’d love to see it done this week.”

While James agreed with her sentiment, he asked Dunek for his insight on the matter.

“In my conversations with staff, similar facilities will take us longer than May 1 to open,” Dunek responded. “For example, the playground equipment at our parks have been modified to make sure there’s no use. . . . We could benefit from additional time.”

Ferguson then asked if some parks could reopen by May 1, suggesting a phased approach, while also inquiring about the readiness of the skate park, which the city had recently filled with 37 tons of sand to deter skaters who were violating no-trespassing signs.

Dunek had previously said that nothing precludes the city from reopening the skate park, but noted that managing social distancing “might be more difficult, at least given the way that it’s used.”

One measure the city could impose is an occupancy limit similar to the Sunday Farmer’s Market, where only 50 people at a time are allowed entry, he said. Such an endeavor, Dunek added, would require more than a few days to set up before May 1.

As for reopening the active parks on a rolling basis, Dunek said that is doable.

Later, Hamm proposed that the city come up with a comprehensive plan to begin reopening the parks and then present it to the council at the May 5 meeting.

Additionally, the council also discussed sending a letter to Gov. Newsom and the county, imploring the officials to allow businesses to reopen on May 1 with safety guidelines. The draft letter states that local businesses are on the verge of failing and that unless immediate action is taken, shop owners could resort to creating “an underground economy.”

“If action is not taken very soon, business owners and restaurateurs will no longer fear losing their business, liquor and/ or food service licenses; they will create an underground economy of products and services being delivered and rendered without any regulation or collection of tax revenue,” the draft letter states.

Before agreeing to send the letter, the council instead voted unanimously in favor of reaching out to neighboring cities such as Dana Point and San Juan Capistrano to see if they would like to be included, showing a united coalition of South County cities.

WHAT’S NEXT: The next council meeting is scheduled for May 5 at 6 p.m. The meeting can be live-streamed through the city’s YouTube channel.—Shawn Raymundo

Sonny’s Celebrates 40 Years in San Clemente THE LATEST: Friday, May 1, was supposed to mark the 40th anniversary celebration of Sonny’s Pizza & Pasta.

There were to be bands performing live music, beer and wine flowing, and the restaurant’s spaghetti dish priced at $2.99 a plate—a call back to when Sonny Genovese and his daughter, Julie Ragenovich, first opened the restaurant’s doors in 1980.

“We wanted to thank the community for all their support over all these years,” Ragenovich told San Clemente Times this week.

“We were going to close our parking lot and restaurant for the day . . . thank all the customers and invite them for free music and beer and wine,” she said. “Unfortunately, I don’t see that happening this year.”

Instead, Ragenovich said, the restaurant will carry on as usual—as much as

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can be—during this unprecedented time, when a global pandemic has hindered economic activity.

“It’s a shame after all these years we can’t celebrate,” Ragenovich said.

Since mid-March, when Gov. Gavin Newsom issued his stay-at-home mandate to encourage social distancing and slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, restaurants have had to operate with limited staff on a takeout- and delivery-only basis.

She said about half of her staff has been able to stay on and continue working at about half their normal working hours.

“We’re just trying to rotate who we have.

They’re working at about half the normal income,” Ragenovich said. “It’s been hard, but we’re making ends meet, thanks to the support of the community.”

Though the community has been really supportive by continuing to visit the eatery and tipping staff generously, Ragenovich said the economic hardship is reaching a point where businesses need to be able to reopen.

“This whole virus has just devastated our economy, and we really need to get back to work, slowly and cautiously, but it needs to open,” she said.

Expounding further, Ragenovich said that even when stay-at-home orders are relaxed or lifted, takeout and delivery operations will continue to be a primary means of food service for restaurants, as customers will likely want to continue social distancing.

She added that when restaurants are allowed to offer dine-in services again, Sonny’s will maintain social distancing practices by keeping tables separated and continue curbside pickups on food orders.

“And, of course, obviously, we have taken steps for cleaning purposes, having sanitizer available for customers, (staff) wearing gloves,” she said. “Things like that, to make people feel safe; so our employees are safe, our customers are safe and they feel safe.”

Under normal circumstances, Genovese, much like Ragenovich, would come into the restaurant every day to prep much of the food, including the sauces, pizzas and pastas. But amidst the growing concern over the spread of the virus, Ragenovich said her father has been in isolation and eager to return to work.

“He’s been in isolation for his safety for the past four weeks, which has been extremely hard on him, because he (normally) comes to work every single day,” she said, adding: “I’m sure he’s going to come back very soon. He can’t handle the isolation.”

Ragenovich and Genovese represent generations of restaurateurs. Genovese’s parents first opened a restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard in 1947. Twenty-five years later, they moved to San Clemente, where they opened Ernesto’s Italian Villa in North Beach.

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EYE ON SC (Cont. from page 3) it’s remained a family-operated establishment and the oldest-running business in San Clemente, Ragenovich said.

“It’s been such a blessing to work alongside of him, because we get along so well,” she gushed. “Usually people, families don’t get along very well or see eye-to-eye, but we get along very well. I’m a lucky daughter.”

For the past 40 years, Sonny’s has been able to grow and earn a reputation as a local favorite, because it’s a place where San Clemente residents and visitors can enjoy home cooking, comfort food, Ragenovich said.

“It’s consistent, the portions are large, the prices are reasonable, it’s a family atmosphere, it’s quaint, it’s charming,” she said. “It’s a totally Southern California, but in Italian home-style cooking.”

WHAT’S NEXT: While the current health crisis continues to paint an uncertain picture of the future, Ragenovich said she’s hopeful the business will be able to continue growing for future generations.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future with what’s going on, but hopefully we can continue for generations to come; with the same growth and people loving our food,” she said.—SR

Newsom Discusses Schools, Businesses Possibly Reopening THE LATEST: Gov. Gavin Newsom said schools could reopen by late July or early August during an announcement on Tuesday, April 28, though no definitive decisions have been made.

“We recognize there’s been a learning loss because of this disruption,” Newsom said. “We’re concerned about that learning loss into the summer, and so we are considering the prospect of an even earlier school year into the fall.”

Preparation should be made for the physical and environmental changes in the schools to “advance that conversation,” Newsom said. Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) had transitioned starting in March to distance learning, or online instruction, after statewide campus closures.

CUSD officials are considering a “do no harm” approach to grading in which students would not be penalized for adverse effects from the pandemic, and have not yet made a decision on graduation due to physical distancing guidelines and rapidly changing circumstances from the crisis.

Some parents have called for schools to reopen and graduation ceremonies to take place.

Newsom discussed general aspects of businesses and the state economy gradually reopening, saying numerous benchmarks have to be met, including with coronavirus testing.

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Southern California Edison is preparing to ship off its Unit 1 reactor pressure vessel, pictured here, offsite to Clive, Utah. Photo: Courtesy of Southern California Edison

“We’ve made real progress in that space—not nearly where we want to go and need to be, but real progress we are seeing in this space,” Newsom said.

Newsom had issued a statewide stayat-home order in March, with people generally encouraged to only venture out for food or other essential services.

Some people in South Orange County have called for businesses and other aspects of society to reopen.—Collin Breaux

SoCal Edison’s Traffic Measures Near SONGS Reroute Entrance to State Beach THE LATEST: Southern California Edison this week initiated some traffic control measures outside the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) as it prepares to ship out the last remaining piece of the plant’s dismantled Unit 1 reactor.

The measures will temporarily reroute any traffic to the entrance of San Onofre State Park, which is currently closed to the public amid the coronavirus pandemic.

But should the state reopen the park while Edison works to relocate its 770-ton reactor pressure vessel onto its rail line nearby, surfers will still have access to the beach.

“We have not stopped access to the beach. Public access will be maintained during this work,” said Ron Pontes, Edison’s manager of environmental decommissioning strategy. “What we did need to do was close one particular egress point . . . block it off and reroute traffic another way.”

According to Edison’s traffic control plan, the unnamed road that allows motorists traveling along Old Pacific Highway to get onto Beach Club Road and the state park entrance, will be closed.

Old Pacific Highway does offer an entry to Beach Club Road through a one-way access point, but only for motorists traveling southbound, as existing traffic barriers line the median of the highway.

That unnamed road is what beachgoers typically use to exit the state park, according to John Dobken, Edison’s media relations manager for SONGS. To provide an exit, the stretch of Beach Club Road that

meets with Old Pacific Highway has been converted to allow for two-way traffic.

Both Edison officials also explained that beachgoers would normally use that unnamed road to line up their cars when the state beach parking lot was full. During the work to transport the vessel, Edison is opening a section of its northernmost lot, Parking Lot 4, for visitors to use.

Transporting the reactor vessel off-site to Clive, Utah, where it will become a relic of the decommissioned power plant and buried, is the latest step in Edison’s ongoing plan to dismantle SONGS. Since the Unit 1 reactor was retired in 1992, all of the above grade material, with the exception of the pressure vessel, has been removed off-site. The reactor pressure vessel, Edison explained, was the component used to hold the nuclear fuel when the plant was operational.

According to SCE, the package is considered low-level waste, and classified as Class A, meaning “the least hazardous of the radioactive waste classifications as defined by the (Nuclear Regulatory Commission).”

Pontes said the radiation level of the vessel is “remarkably low” and that the contact dose rate is 0.1 millirem per hour.

He further noted that 0.1 millirem is 500 times less than the Department of Transportation’s limit for radioactive shipments.

“Like all activities, we focus on safety and the environment,” Pontes said. “We’re going to make sure we do everything properly and safely, so it doesn’t cause any problems. We’re very committed to that.”

WHAT’S NEXT: Dobken said the traffic control measures will remain in place until the vessel is off-site. However, he couldn’t disclose a time frame of when that will be, leaving it open-ended for safety reasons.—SR

City Settles Lawsuit with Vacation Rental Owners THE LATEST: The coalition of vacation rental owners and environmentalists who challenged San Clemente’s authority to regulate short-term lodging (STLU) within the coastal zone reached a settlement with the city last week.

In a unanimous decision, the city coun-

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cil voted on Tuesday, April 21, in favor of settling the lawsuit that the San Clemente Coastal Access Alliance and the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation had filed in November 2018.

The lawsuit alleged that the city didn’t have the authority to enforce its ordinances that govern STLUs within the coastal zone without first having the California Coastal Commission’s approval to do so.

The council had briefly discussed the settlement at its previous meeting on April 7 before deciding to postpone the vote until the next meeting.

During the April 21 meeting, outgoing Mayor Dan Bane said that the settlement “does the most to protect the community from catastrophic results, which is effectively opening up the coastal area to (short-term lodging) units.”

Under the terms of the settlement, the city will pay the groups $125,000—$25,000 to the Foundation and $100,000 to the Alliance—for attorney’s fees.

The city would also agree to extend an amortization period to certain STLU operators who previously held licenses and were in good standing when the ordinance went into effect in the spring of 2018.

In return, the Access Alliance and the Rights Foundation would dismiss the suit and also agree not to sue the city again “except to enforce the terms of this Agreement.”

Livia Borak Beaudin, attorney for the Alliance, submitted a public comment to the council at the April 21 meeting, acknowledging that while there are some vacation rental owners who “have been less than ideal,” her clients look forward to working with the city.

“My clients endeavor to be good stewards of our precious coastal resources and neighbors,” her comment stated and which was read aloud during the meeting.

According to the city, about 25 to 30 licensees could qualify for the amortization hardship extension. Such qualifying licensees are STLU operators who had active licenses and were in good standing when the ordinances were put in place in 2018.

The amortization period would extend to May 17, 2026, or until the property is sold or transferred—whichever comes first.

While casting his vote in favor of the settlement, Councilmember Chris Hamm said he was doing it “begrudgingly,” as he wasn’t happy with the outcome.

“But in regards to protecting the rest of the coastal area in the city of San Clemente, I think ultimately it’s the right decision,” he said.

Had the council not agreed to settle the lawsuit, the city estimated that ongoing litigation could have cost the city approximately as much as $350,000 if it had lost.

Mayor Pro Tem Laura Ferguson said she was glad to see the city bring the lawsuit to a conclusion before noting that she was not in favor of moving forward with the case last year. She had also pointed out that, aside from the $125,000 settlement, the city’s total legal cost to defend against the suit is $97,225.—SR sanclementetimes.com

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Food, Retail Workers Required to Wear Masks in OC A new countywide directive that went into effect on Friday, April 24, requires all employees of any grocery store, gas station, convenience store or food preparation establishment to wear a cloth face mask or covering while at work.

The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved a directive on Tuesday, April 21, from Vice Chairman Andrew Do, who represents the county’s First District, to require employees of grocery stores, pharmacies, drug stores, convenience stores, gas stations, restaurants, food preparation establishments or retail stores in Orange County to wear masks.

The directive, reportedly in pursuant to Government Code section 8665, went into effect at midnight on April 23. However, the regulation does not apply to customers. County health officials are still advising residents to wear masks, anyway.

“Residents can make their own face coverings at home from a variety of materials and should refrain from purchasing personal protective equipment that is critical and in short supply for our health care workers, such as N95 and surgical masks,” said Dr. Nichole Quick, an OC Health Care Agency officer.

If a city has a more restrictive rule regarding face coverings, the more restrictive rule will apply to their jurisdiction.

Boys & Girls Club Delivers Meals to Kids in Need During Pandemic With students spending the remainder of the school year at home during the coronavirus pandemic, the Boys & Girls Club of the South Coast Area is working to provide families in need with healthy meals and activity packs for their kids.

Since mid-March, when schools began instructing students to stay at home and out of

During the public health crisis, the Boys & Girls Club of South Coast Area has delivered to kids of families in need, including Koa Morgan, a secondgrader and a member of the club, pictured here.

Photo: Courtesy of the Boys & Girls Club of South Coast Area

the classrooms to stem the spread of the virus, the nonprofit group has partnered with several local organizations, corporations and civic groups to provide more than 5,000 meals and hundreds of care packages.

Those care packages contain fruits and vegetables, pasta fixings and more, as well as activity packs including arts and crafts projects the kids can work on and stay busy.

Koa Morgan, a second-grader and a member of the club, has been receiving meals and care packages for several weeks. Koa’s mom, Giselle Martinez, says he enjoys when the club staff makes their drop-off, as he’s able to interact with them.

“He gets to see them and misses the club. I’m thankful for an organization that cares deeply about their members,” she said in a prepared statement shared with the San Clemente Times. “They’re always providing amazing resources for families.

Not only are they providing daily food and groceries, they are keeping normal activities going for their members.”

Martinez added that Koa is continuing his reading program virtually and loves the weekly art projects the club sends to him.

The meals program was initially started to help families who are already members, but the club has since expanded to any family in need, according to Development

In this delicate climate of safe social distancing, how do you put together a big birthday party designed to involve all 165 elderly residents of a luxury four-story assisted-living abode?

The staff at San Clemente Villas met that challenge on April 21 to celebrate what would have been the 93rd birthday of Paul Brazeau, who designed and built San Clemente Villas in 2002. He operated it until his passing on May 7, 2019.

To set up an event like none other at San Clemente Villas, residents and staff united “as best they could,” reported Barbara Corrigan, activities and HR director, to sing in unison the San Clemente Villas founder’s favorite song, “O Danny Boy.” “Residents stood outside their rooms to sing during this challenging time of ‘no congregating.’ The managers, wearing masks, gathered around the PA system microphone, and the song rang out over four floors,” Corrigan said, describing the scene.

“After that, it was open mic day for whoever had some special words to say about Paul. A Birthday in Heaven poem was read. The Lord’s Prayer was said. Original resident Jessie Strike wrote a touching tribute, and it was read over the PA.” For lunch, residents were served Brazeau’s favorite meal, Cornish game hen, and apple pie, his favorite dessert, in their rooms.

Joining in for the celebration were Paul Brazeau’s son Dan and daughter Leslie.

Brazeau was remembered as an entrepreneur who worked his way up from electrician to builder of shopping centers, who invested in other properties, and whose ultimate dream was to build and operate a luxury assisted-living residence, San Clemente Villas.

“He was a highly respected and beloved father, husband and employer to many hundreds of employees,” Corrigan recalled.

Community Meetings SATURDAY, MAY 2

CHALLENGING CANCER 10-11:30 a.m. The Challenging Cancer group that would regularly meet at Heritage Christian Fellowship in San Clemente is conducting weekly meetings through Zoom. The meetings are open to caregivers, persons who have a compromised immune system and people dealing with cancer.

To join, email donnavigil2@gmail.com or linda_crdv@yahoo.com. heritagesc.org.

TUESDAY, MAY 5

CITY COUNCIL 6 p.m. The San Clemente City Council will conduct its regularly scheduled meeting.

100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente.

949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU (BILY) 6:30-8:30 p.m. The organization Because I Love You (BILY), which helps parents navigate through whatever parenting challenges they may be facing (e.g., failure to launch, drug abuse, disrespect), will continue conducting its weekly meetings on Tuesdays via video conference. BILY’s video conference will be held through Zoom. For detailed instructions on how to participate, email bilysanclemente@gmail.com.

SAN CLEMENTE TOASTMASTERS 7-8:40 p.m. The San Clemente Toastmasters will continue to meet every Tuesday online through Zoom. Email fardad. fs@gmail.com to receive a link to join.

858.900.6175. sanclementetoastmasters. toastmastersclubs.org.

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Letters to The Editor HUMAN CAPITAL CORD BAUER, San Clemente

The entire world has become a human petri dish, and it seems that none of us knows how the experiment will turn out.

While this happens, there are interesting developments that are taking place. These things may not be visible unless we take a step back and look at the big picture.

The first is “crowd sourcing.” Once upon a time, the greatest minds got together in New Mexico to work on the atom bomb. It was a huge undertaking that required tens of thousands of people.

But think of this: we no longer need to put the greatest minds in a single room to solve a problem. Problem solving can take place all over the world simultaneously, with hundreds, thousands, and even millions of people helping.

Big problems are now regularly split up into many groups so they can be “reassembled” with answers much faster than ever before. The old adage of “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time” has turned into “How many people can we get to eat this elephant?”

Have you ever asked a question on social media? You’re asking the “crowd” for an answer, and you choose the one that works for you.

Next, there’s what I call the theory of “warm bodies.” After WWII, there were about 2.5 billion people in the world. Now there are over 7 billion. When a problem pops up, one of the most powerful tools we have to solve it is the massive brainpower at the world’s disposal.

Given the need, the world has the cumulative brainpower to find the answers.

You see this concept in capitalism every day, where problems are solved and, in the process, new solutions, new markets, and new millionaires are created.

Finally, if we look at the space race, another unique aspect of our human species emerges. In short, there can be many different methods to solve the same problems. Elon Musk uses a completely different way to get to space than Jeff Bezos’s Blue Horizon, or Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson. And they all work.

For these reasons, I’m optimistic about our future. It’s why we’ll get through this national crisis faster than people think.

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The author of the recent Letter to the Editor in the San Clemente Times is

seriously ignorant of what Democratic Socialism is.

It is not handing out free stuff to anyone who refuses to assist in solving their own problems. It is not “cookie cutter rewards” given to people regardless of effort. We live in a county that is blessed with abundance beyond belief.

The majority of people are working hard to achieve the “American Dream,” or at least a life of abundance, good health and happiness. Unfortunately, others are working to accumulate vast sums of money by whatever means they can, even if it means robbing Peters (the middle class Americans) to pay Pauls (the billionaires). That statement requires a separate letter.

Still others are living the good life that they have worked hard to achieve. But somehow, they believe that is the only way a person is entitled to have a good life.

They point to “safety nets” for those less fortunate, like the disabled or mentally ill.

Are those people the only ones whom they deem to be “less fortunate”? What about those who have lost homes due to floods, fires or earthquakes? What about those who have lost jobs through no fault of their own?

Democratic Socialism is not about handouts or rewards. Providing educational opportunities to all results in young people acquiring the knowledge and skills needed to make contributions that can, and most often do, result in better technology, better living conditions, better health and so much more.

Providing health care to all creates a nation of healthy people and, in turn, a healthy nation. A pandemic like we are seeing today likely would never happen.

If Democratic Socialism is handing out free stuff, then Republican Socialism must be what we are living now, with our Government handing out money to everyone to help them pay their bills and giving vital safety equipment to hospitals in need of them to save lives.

We are a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

A RESPONSE TO PAUL BLANCH TED QUINN, Member of the SONGS Community Engagement Panel

As someone who does live in the community near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), I take issue with the characterizations by Connecticut’s Paul Blanch in a recent letter to the San Clemente Times.

I served as a past president of the American Nuclear Society, and for the past six years as a volunteer on the SONGS Community Engagement Panel. Southern California Edison has gone above and beyond regulatory requirements by installing this net radiation monitoring system—only the second nuclear plant site in the country to

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do so. That was done to give the public more information, not less.

Mr. Blanch wrote that “the monitor depicted in the Edison photo appears to be aimed skyward.” That’s not a monitor; it’s a solar panel, and it’s aimed skyward to catch the sun’s rays. The new radiation monitors on the spent fuel storage installation measure the area’s gamma dose rates and show, because of the robust shielding, they aren’t much above normal background levels of radiation we encounter in our everyday lives, even in Connecticut.

That should make us all feel safe.

Other Nuclear Regulatory Commissionmandated radiation monitors at SONGS provide additional information that is reported annually to the agency.

Further, Mr. Blanch seems to suggest the monitors are incapable of detecting Cesium-137. The increase in dose levels as the transfer cask passes on its route to be placed in storage is primarily due to gamma radiation emitted by Cs-137 (actually emitted by the daughter of Cs-137, Ba-137m) inside the dry storage canister.

On a more personal note, for the record, I verified that Mr. Blanch is not a member of American Nuclear Society or contributing anything to the policy or standards on radiation protection. I am on the Public Policy Committee for radiation protection for ANS, and as past president of the 11,000-member ANS, I take offense to his characterizing his background with this credit.

But perhaps most disappointing in Mr. Blanch’s letter is the cavalier attitude toward reducing radiation dose for nuclear plant workers. As Low as Reasonably Achievable, or ALARA, is an important concept to promote radiation safety and should not be dismissed with a “so, what?” After all, isn’t radiation safety the whole point of Mr. Blanch’s letter?

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SC GETTING OUT San Clemente

YOUR SEVEN-DAY EVENT PLANNER

Back to the Beach City Reopens Beaches for Surfing and Exercise

BY SHAWN RAYMUNDO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

San Clemente residents wasted no time heading back to the beaches and coastal trails to get in some surfing and exercise this past weekend, as the city loosened its closures to allow for active use only, meaning no lounging or loitering.

After a roughly two-week moratorium imposed at San Clemente beaches to prevent overcrowding and to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the city lifted the closure on Saturday, April 25, with the caveat that visitors would only be allowed to run, jog, swim, surf and kayak, among other activities.

The opening of the beaches for active use coincided with a heat wave that rolled into Southern California, enticing residents to cool off while also offering a brief reprieve from isolation amid the state’s stay-at-home order.

Assistant City Manager Erik Sund said

San Clemente residents visit the beach near the municipal pier and T-street, as well as walk the beach trail on Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26. Photos: Shawn Raymundo

city officials were cautiously optimistic going into the weekend, noting that the heat wave was likely to invite large crowds to the coastal cities where beaches were open.

Newport Beach, in particular, saw huge crowds—roughly 40,000 on Friday and Saturday, city officials there have reportedly

estimated.

“I think from the city of San Clemente’s standpoint, we weren’t as congested as Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, probably because the beach spaces there are larger compared to here,” he said.

To continue encouraging social distanc-

ing and prevent overcrowding, the city is keeping parking lots to the beaches closed, as well as the San Clemente Pier. The limited parking availability, the city has stated, will ideally deter non-San Clemente residents from flocking to the city’s beaches.

With the beaches now reopened, the goal of the city, Sund said, is to communicate to the community the need for continued social distancing and that bringing coolers, chairs and other items to lounge on the beach are not allowed.

While the current active-use restriction is in place, loitering and gatherings of 10 or more people will not be allowed at the beaches, nor will picnics. That also includes settling in place, so no setting up chairs, beach towels and blankets to relax. The volleyball courts, picnic pavilions and the fire rings for barbecues and bonfires will also stay closed.

Individuals found violating the city’s directive are subject to citations from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Marine Safety, Code Enforcement, and Park Rangers, all of whom will continue to patrol and monitor the beach and trail, according to the city.

Sund said that about six individuals were issued citations over the weekend for not complying with the active-use restrictions.

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SC SC LIVING San Clemente

PROFILES OF OUR COMMUNITY

CoastLines by Fred Swegles

nounced correctly.”

“Es-tray-ya.”

“My granddad, who was from Oklahoma, owned property on Calle Valle. Of course, he always pronounced it, ‘Calley Valley.’ Hahah!”

Everyone Has a Street Name Story

FAKE WORDS?

I

had no idea what I was unleashing when I wrote last week’s column, making fun of some of San Clemente’s Spanish street names—asking readers, for starters, if they really knew how to pronounce Via Ballena.

Oh, did the responses flow in! And one thing led to another. It was fun.

Let’s join in on some select conversations (lightly edited):

ABOUT VIA BALLENA “If you sound it out in English it would be like this: VIA = Vee ah. BALLENA = Ba yay nah, although I hear it pronounced like Bi yay nah sometimes. It means Whale. You could call it Whale Way, I guess.”

“One-quart bottles of Pacifico (Mexican beer) were called Ballenas! Pronounced By-yay-nus!”

THE LONG & SHORT OF IT “I submit that Calle Precipicio is the shortest street in San Clemente (no verification, just a hunch). It’s all of about 10 yards long.

It’s a short connector …”

“Let me guess … Do people pronounce it Pres-ih-PISS-ee-oh? Ha!” “Naturally!”

“Well, then pronouncing it correctly, Presih-PEE-see-oh shouldn’t be difficult. Ha!” “How many of us grew up pronouncing San Clemente as San Cle-minnie?”

MEANWHILE, IN TEXAS “In Austin, we have some streets with Spanish names, like Guadalupe. Austinites pronounce it Guadaloop. There are a few

This “Spanish” street name seems a little odd. Shouldn’t it be Madeira, a Portuguese word? Madeira is a tourist island, noted for its wines. In San Clemente’s Riviera District, other streets have names such as Monaco, Majorca and Capri. Madeira would fit. Not Madiera. Photo: Fred Swegles

others that are butchered also, but that is the worst one. There is an electric co-op named Pedernales, and it is pronounced Perdinalez.

Hey, it’s Texas; who cares where the letters are?”

“Don’t they also say Sayn Ayntone?”

“Back in the 1960s, I remember Camp Pendleton Marines saying ‘Sayn COASTLINES ONO-free.’ I heard so many

By Fred Swegles Marines say it that I figured that was the Camp Pendleton pronunciation for Camp San Onofre and the beach.”

“We’ve always said Cal-i-FEE-ah, but I hear it pronounced Cuh-LAW-fee-uhh all the time.

Cañada Street was always Kun-yada, Spanishstyle, but I’ve heard Can-i-duh like the country.”

WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

“On the phone, I have to say ‘Camino San Clemente in the city of San Clemente,’ because the street and city are the same.

Otherwise, I get stuff sent to ### Camino, San Clemente, CA 92672.”

“And there is Camino De Estrella, where Kmart used to be, and Avenida de la Estrella, where San Clemente Presbyterian Church is. The church receptionist would get calls from out-of-towners coming to a memorial service, etc., saying, ‘We’re on Estrella at Kmart but don’t see the church.’ ” “I don’t think I’ve ever heard Estrella pro-

“Did you know Patero de Oro street means Street of Gold?”

“Actually, path, if my rusty Spanish is serving me OK.” “Sendero means path. Patero means boot licker or brown nose. Boot Licker of Gold?”

“In San Pedro, it’s pronounced Peedro.”

“Let’s go pee in San PEEdro!”

“I use to live on Avenida Junipero, and we knew better but would pronounce it Junipero instead of Who-ni-pero, just so people could spell it.”

WHERE, OH WHERE?

“The street above us was Calle Cahones, or maybe it was Calle Cajones. After a couple years of being the butt of humor, they had it changed to Calle Vida.”

“Residents complained it sounded like Testicle Street. I believe the street sign was spelled cajones. The true spelling for ‘balls’ is cojones. ‘No tienes cojones!’ means ‘you got no balls!’ El Cajon, if spelled Cojon, would be the City of One Testicle.”

PORTUGUESE VILLAGE

BY THE SEA? “I live on Avenida Lobeiro, which I’ve learned is Portuguese for wolf hunter. I wonder why they didn’t go with the Spanish Lobero?”

“On spanishdict.com, lobero comes up as wolfhound. A lobo is a wolf. I, too, wonder why the city approved a Portuguese street name.”

Fred Swegles is a longtime San Clemente resident with nearly five decades of reporting experience in the city. Fred can be reached at fswegles@picketfencemedia.com. SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SC Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared. The opinions expressed in these columns are entirely those of the columnist alone and do not reflect those of the SC Times or Picket Fence Media. If you would like to respond to this column, please email us at editorial@sanclementetimes.com

BY MYLES MELLOR

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9.

Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult. Level: Medium Last week’s solution:

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“No one butchers San Clemente street names more than the Google maps lady.

LOL. ‘Head south to Ave Puh-LIZ-i-duh,’ huh? You mean Pal-i-ZAA-da?”

“My GPS voice lady can’t make up her mind. She pronounces Pal-IZ-i-duh, approaching the off ramp, then Pal-I-ZAH-duh at the traffic signal.”

TESTICLE STREET?

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“My family lives on Aqua Del Caballete. We asked our Spanish-speaking friends the meaning of it. Some said it was similar to a word, but not exactly. Bottom line is, we were told it was likely just a made-up name that sounded Spanish.”

“On first glance, it would seem to be bastardization of the word caballero (meaning horseman, or gentleman). But there actually is such a word. Spanishdict.com defines caballete as ‘easel.’ Water of the easel?”

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SC LIVING GUEST OPINION: Wellness & Prevention by Lauren Gallegos

COVID-19 and Mental Health

I

t feels as if overnight the coronavirus changed the way we live.

It has been a little over a month since we started sheltering in place, but it feels like a lifetime since I was last living my usual life outside of my home. Since that ominous Friday the 13th, I have been in survival mode, trying to balance working from home while caring for my baby, helping my two teenage kids navigate distance learning and social isolation, and grappling with this “new normal.”

We are living in a time of uncertainty and increased stress. While we know the importance of social distancing, isolation can have serious impacts on our mental health. Those with the diseases of mental health and substance misuse may find this even more challenging.

This new normal also has a huge impact on our teens, who are missing transitional life events and social experiences, extracurricular activities, and the in-person support they get from peers and school professionals.

Ronald W. Manderscheid, an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, states, “One of the lessons of managing all crises—wars, pandemics, terror attacks, natural disasters—is that our ability to respond will be predicated upon our ability to keep large populations in good mental health and to mitigate panic while we all ride out the storm.”

If we are able to maintain good mental health and find ways to support one another through this public health crisis, our community can come out of this more resilient and stronger than before.

Research following the 2003 SARS outbreak (which had little impact in the U.S., but similar impacts in other countries) found that while the WELLNESS AND epidemic was traumatic, PREVENTION many people experienced

By Lauren Gallegos positive changes, including improvements in family relationships and social supports.

I have seen many positive posts about how this pandemic is bringing families and friends closer together. Many people are finding time to focus on their families and themselves and to improve their mental health hygiene.

Mental well-being is particularly important when we are trying to support friends and family.

TIPS TO SUPPORT MENTAL WELL-BEING: • Limit your time reading or watching the news—While it’s important to stay informed, try to focus more time on activities you enjoy.

• Connect with your community—Facetime, Zoom, and Google hangouts are all great ways to connect through video to your friends and family. Many people are having virtual happy hours, concerts, and dinners.

My relatives introduced me to Jackbox.tv, and we spent several hours playing games through a shared screen.

• Take care of your mind and body—Get fresh air when possible, exercise and eat well, practice meditation and mindfulness.

There are many free apps for meditation, including Headspace, Insight Timer, Mindfulness, Breathe and Calm.

• Give and accept help—If you know of a family struggling, offer support. If you are struggling, don’t be afraid to ask for help. Recognize signs and symptoms (trouble sleeping, loss of appetite, recurring headaches and stomachaches) in yourself and others.

• Seek outside help, if needed—Call your doctor, get connected to resources at 211.org, or mental-wellness.bewelloc.org.

• The Wellness & Prevention Center is offering no-fee telehealth services to adults

and youth. Email info to wpc-oc.org or call 949.680.0516.

As mentioned above, youth are suffering from grief and loss at this time. The lack of social connectedness and cancellation of important events in their lives puts their mental well-being at risk.

The Wellness & Prevention Center is proud to be a part of Project Pandemic Override, a series of Zoom classes hosted by Community Outreach Alliance to engage youth in creativity, exercise and social connection.

Weekly classes include origami, baking, physical fitness, Dungeons and Dragons, art and more. Youth also have the opportunity to hear from professionals about drug and alcohol prevention, coping with anxiety, and building healthy relationships.

For schedule information, please email communityoutreachalliancesc@gmail.com.

For up-to-date information on activities and support of teens, join our Facebook group ParentingSouthOCTeens.

Lauren Gallegos, ACSW, is the Community Prevention Director at the Wellness & Prevention Center. She leads the Wellness & Prevention Coalition and cares deeply about the mental health of fellow community members.

You can reach Lauren at lauren@wpc-oc.org.

SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SC Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared. The opinions expressed in these columns are entirely those of the columnist alone and do not reflect those of the SC Times or Picket Fence Media. If you would like to respond to this column, please email us at editorial@sanclementetimes.com

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1698 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE AMENDING SECTION 8.12.090 OF THE SAN CLEMENTE MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCLUDE VIOLATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS AS CITABLE OFFENSES AND AMENDING SECTION 9.24.030 TO PROHIBIT TRESPASS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY WHEREAS, international, national, state, and local health and governmental authorities are responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus, abbreviated COVID-19 (“COVID-19”); and WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020 and March 19, 2020, the Governor of the State of California declared a state of emergency to make additional resources available, formalize emergency actions already underway across multiple stage agencies and departments, and to help the state prepare for broader spread of COVID-19, and on March 18, 2020, the Orange County Health Officer issued Amended Health Order and Guidance, and on March 13, 2020, the President of the United States declared a state of national emergency; and WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, the City Council of the City of San Clemente proclaimed the existence of a local emergency; and WHEREAS, Section 8.12.090 of Chapter 8.12 of Title 8 of the San Clemente Municipal Code provides that it shall be unlawful for any person during an emergency to do any act forbidden by lawful rules or regulations issued pursuant to that chapter, if such act is of such a nature to give or be likely to imperil the lives or property of inhabitants of this City or to prevent, hinder, or delay the defense or protection thereof; and WHEREAS, this amendment to Section 8.12.090 will make it clear that violations of state, or local health orders are citable offenses; and WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 36937 empowers cities to adopt, by four-fifths vote, an urgency ordinance, which is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety; and WHEREAS, for the reasons enumerated above, the adoption and immediate enactment of this ordinance is immediately necessary for the avoidance of additional damage to public facilities, the preservation of the public health, safety, and the prevention of greater health, welfare, and safety risks to people in San Clemente.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does ordain as follows: Section 1. The recitals above are each incorporated by reference and adopted as findings by the City Council.

Section 2. Section 8.12.090 of the Clemente Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: “8.12.090 - Prohibited acts.

It shall be unlawful for any person during an emergency: A. To willfully obstruct, hinder or delay any member of the Emergency Services Organization in the enforcement of any lawful rules or regulation issued pursuant to this chapter, or in the performance of any duty imposed upon him or her by virtue of this chapter; B. To do any act forbidden by any lawful rules or regulations issued pursuant to this chapter, if such act is of such a nature as to give or be likely San Clemente Times April 30–May 6, 2020

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to give assistance to the enemy, to imperil the lives or property of inhabitants of this City or to prevent, hinder or delay the defense or protection thereof, or to violate any state, county, or local heath order; C. To wear, carry or display, without authority, any means of identification specified by the emergency services agency of the state.”

Section 3. San Clemente Municipal Code Section 9.24.030 is hereby amended to read as follows: “9.24.030 - Trespass Upon Private Property Prohibited A. No person shall remain upon any public or private property not open to the public or upon business premises, after being requested to leave by the owner, owner’s agent, lessee, person in lawful possession, or by a peace officer acting at the request of the owner, owner’s agent, lessee or person in lawful possession, and upon being informed by the peace officer that he or she is acting at the request of the owner, owner’s agent, lessee or person in lawful possession.

1. The owner, owner’s agent, lessee or person in lawful possession shall make a separate request to the peace officer on each occasion when the peace officer’s assistance in dealing with a trespass is requested; or 2. A single written request for a peace officer’s assistance may be made (1) to cover a limited period of time not to exceed 30 days and identified by specific dates during which there is a fire hazard or the owner, owner’s agent, lessee or person in lawful possession is absent from the property or business premises, or (2) for a period not to exceed 12 months when the premises or property is closed to the public and posted as being closed. The request for assistance shall expire upon transfer of ownership of the property or upon a change in the person in lawful possession.

B. No person shall enter upon business premises for the purpose of injuring any property or property rights or with the intention of interfering with, obstructing, or injuring any lawful business, use or occupation carried on by the owner of the land, the owner’s agent, or by the person in lawful possession.

C. No person shall enter or remain upon posted private property without the permission, expressed or implied, of the owner, owner’s agent, lessee or person in lawful possession of such posted property or premises.

D. No person shall willfully enter or remain in, on or across any public property, building or other facility or structure owned or controlled by the city after having been ordered not to enter or remain on such property, either by posting of the premises or upon receipt of a written or oral order from an authorized city representative, including the city manager, assistant city manager, city attorney, department director or any peace officer or other enforcement officer. Any order to enter or remain on city property may be limited to certain times (e.g., days or hours) as the authorized city representative shall find reasonably necessary for the conduct of city business and affairs, for the protection or preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or to avoid personal injury or property damage.”

Section 4. The City Council hereby enacts this urgency ordinance under section 36937, subdivision (b) of the California Government Code, which allows the City to adopt an urgency ordinance by not less than a four-fifths vote for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, subject to the findings herein.

Section 5. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase added by this Ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases are declared unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this 21st day of April, 2020.

Section 6. This ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”).

An activity does not require environmental review under CEQA unless the activity has potential to cause a significant effect on the environment.

(State CEQA Guidelines, § 15061(b)(3).). A project is thus exempt from CEQA where “it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” (State CEQA Guidelines, § 15061(b)(3).) Here, the City’s adoption of this Urgency Ordinance is not subject to CEQA because there is no possibility that the adoption of this Ordinance ay have a significant effect on the environment (State CEQA Guidelines, § 15061(b)(3).). In particular, the City’s adoption of this Ordinance merely empowers code enforcement officers during the COVID-19 crisis. This Ordinance does not authorize the construction of any project or any other activity that could potentially cause a significant effect on the environment.

ORDINANCE NO. 1699

Furthermore, the City’s adoption of this Urgency Ordinance is statutorily exempt from CEQA as it constitutes a “specific action necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency.” (Pub. Res. Code, § 21980(b)(4); State CEQA Guidelines, § 15269.)

Here, as discussed above, the adoption and immediate enactment of this ordinance is immediately necessary to avoid additional damage to public facilities, preserve health and safety, and prevent damage to life, health, and property.

Section 7. This urgency Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Government Code Section 36937 for the immediate projection of the public peace, health and safety. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.

Section 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause the same to be posted as required by law.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of April, 2020.

ATTEST: /s/ Joanne Baade City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California

/s/ Dan Bane Mayor of the City of San Clemente, California

Urgency Ordinance No. 1698 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE

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I, JOANNE BAADE, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, hereby certify that Urgency Ordinance No. 1698, the reading in full thereof waived, was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 21st day of April, 2020, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT:

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HAMM, JAMES, WARD, MAYOR BANE FERGUSON NONE

/s/ Joanne Baade CITY CLERK of the City of San Clemente, California APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ Scott Smith CITY ATTORNEY PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Clemente, at its meeting of April 21, 2020, introduced the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 1699 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE AMENDING SECTION 8.12.090 OF THE SAN CLEMENTE MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCLUDE VIOLATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS AS CITABLE OFFENSES AND AMENDING SECTION 9.24.030 TO PROHIBIT TRESPASS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. A full copy of the aforementioned Ordinance is available for review in the City Clerk’s Office, located at 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, California (949) 361-8301.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Clemente will consider adopting the aforementioned Ordinance at its meeting of May 5, 2020 at 6:00 p.m., which will be held via teleconference.

JOANNE BAADE City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Council PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE INVITING BIDS ANNUAL TREE MAINTENANCE SERVICES 1. Notice. Public notice is hereby given that the City of San Clemente (“City”) will receive sealed bids for the following project: Annual Tree Maintenance Services.

2. Bid Opening Date. Electronic bids must be submitted prior to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, 2020, on the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal, at which time or thereafter bids will be opened and made available online. Bids received after this time will be considered non-responsive. Prospective bidders must first register as a vendor and then bid on this project via the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor portal website at www.san-clemente.org/vendorbids.

3. Project Scope of Work. The project consists of providing services to maintain City-owned trees, primarily trimming about 3,500 trees annually and providing appropriate clean up and recycling and/or disposal of generated green waste.

Other as-needed services include tree removal and planting, root pruning and root barrier installation, tree and stump removal, tree inventory and management, emergency on-call tree services and Certified Tree Arborist services.

4. Contract Time: This project consists of annual tree maintenance services. The City intends to award a five-year contract for this work.

5. License and Registration Requirements.

5.1. State License. Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 3300, the City has determined that the Contractor shall possess a valid California contractor’s license sanclementetimes.com

PUBLIC NOTICES for the following classification: C-61/D49 Limited Specialty—Tree Service. Failure to possess the specified valid license at the time of bid opening shall render the bid as non-responsive and shall act as a bar to award the contract to that non-responsive bidder.

5.2. Department of Industrial Relations Registration. Pursuant to California Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”). No bid will be accepted nor any contract entered into without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the DIR to perform public work. If awarded a contract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with the DIR for the duration of the Project.

5.3. City Business License. Prior to the Notice to Proceed for this contract, the Contractor shall possess a valid City of San Clemente business license.

6. Contract Documents. Bid documents, including information for bidders, bidder proposal form, and specifications (not including other documents incorporated by reference) may be downloaded, at no cost, from the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal website at www. san-clemente.org/vendorbids. Bidders must first register as a vendor on the City of San Clemente PlanetBids system to view and download the Contract Documents, to be added to the prospective bidders list, and to receive addendum notifications when issued.

7. Bid Proposal and Security.

7.1. Bid Proposal Form. No bid will be received unless it is made on a proposal form furnished by the City.

7.2. Bid Security. Each bid proposal must be accompanied by security in the form of cash, certified check, cashier’s check, or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid amount. Personal checks or company checks are not acceptable forms of bid security. All certified and cashier’s checks must be drawn on a responsible bank doing business in the United States and shall be made payable to THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE. Bid bonds must be issued by a surety company licensed to do business in the State of California and must be made payable to THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE. Bids not accompanied by the required bid security will be rejected. For electronic submittal of bids, the bid security must be received at the City of San Clemente Public Works office, 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, CA 92673 no later than the bid opening date and time. The bid security must be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing the name and address of the bidder, and the outside of the envelope must read as follows: OFFICIAL BID SECURITY DO NOT OPEN Project Name: Tree Maintenance Services Bid Opening Date: May 14, 2020 The bid security shall serve as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into a contract.

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8. Prevailing Wage Requirements.

8.1. General. This project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

8.2. Rates. Prevailing rates are available online at www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR and also available at the City of San Clemente Public Works Department Office at 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, CA 92673. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

8.3. Compliance Monitoring. Pursuant to California Labor Code Section 1771.4, all bidders are hereby notified that this project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the California Department of Industrial Relations. In bidding on this project, it shall be the Bidder’s sole responsibility to evaluate and include the cost of complying with all labor compliance requirements under this contract and applicable law in its bid.

9. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder, simultaneously with execution of the contract, will be required to provide Faithful Performance and Labor and Material (Payment) Bonds in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the total bid amount. The bonds must be secured from a surety that meets all of the State of California bonding requirements, as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, and is admitted by the State of California.

10. Pre-Bid Meeting. A pre-bid meeting will not be held for this bid solicitation. Refer to the Information for Bidders section on how to submit any pre-bid questions.

11. Information for Bidders. Additional and more detailed information is provided in the Information for Bidders, which should be carefully reviewed by all bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.

12. Questions. All questions related to this bid solicitation must be submitted through the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal per the information provided in the Information to Bidders. Any other contact to City staff regarding this bid solicitation will be referred back to the PlanetBids system.

THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS, TO AWARD ALL OR ANY INDIVIDUAL PART/ITEM OF THE BID, AND TO WAIVE ANY INFORMALITIES, IRREGULARITIES OR TECHNICAL DEFECTS IN SUCH BIDS OR IN THE BIDDING PROCESS. ANY CONTRACT AWARDED WILL BE LET TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AS DETERMINED FROM THE GRAND TOTAL BID PRICE. Issued at San Clemente, California on this 30th day of April, 2020.

City of San Clemente Public Works Department 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, CA 92673 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20206571682 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SUGAR BLOSSOM BAKE SHOP LLC 204 AVENIDA DEL MAR, STE. F SAN CLEMENTE CA 92672 Full Name of Registrant(s): SUGAR BLOSSOM BAKE SHOP LLC 132 AVENIDA VICTORIA SAN CLEMENTE CA 92672 This business is conducted by a CA limited liability company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A /s/SUGAR BLOSSOM BAKE SHOP LLC/TRACY ROGERS, MANAGING MEMBER/MANAGER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 04/01/2020.

Published in: San Clemente Times Apr 23, 30, May 7, 14, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20206572695 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MIKAYLA DALE 434 CALLE GOMEZ SAN CLEMENTE CA 92672 Full Name of Registrant(s): KIMBERLY BENNETT 434 CALLE GOMEZ SAN CLEMENTE CA 92672 This business is conducted by an individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A /s/KIMBERLY BENNETT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 04/02/2020.

Published in: San Clemente Times Apr 23, 30, May 7, 14, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): PHOENIX AIR CONDITIONING, INC. a corporation; DUSTIN CHRISTENSEN aka DUSTIN LANE CHRISTENSEN, an individual; Does 1 through 20, inclusive.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may

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be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen.

Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.

Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil.

Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): 18STCV075956 Judge Serena R. Murillo The name and address of the court is: (El Nombre y direccion de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Los Angeles (Central District) 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff ’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del obogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Dana Sykulski, CSB #228210 Post Office Box 10426, Burbank, CA 91510 Phone: (818)783-8500 DATE: (Fecha) 12/07/2018 Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk, by (Secretario) Glorietta Robinson Deputy Clerk(Adjunto) Published: San Clemente Times April 23, 30, May 7, 14, 2020 sanclementetimes.com

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20206569852 1A. 20186526194 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BRANOV CUSTOM HOMES 1B. BRANOV HOMES 1C. SHANGO PARTNERS 120 TUSTIN AVE #C NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92663 Full Name of Registrant(s): BRANOV INC. 120 TUSTIN AVE #C NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92663 This business is conducted by a CA corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/31/2000.

BRANOV INC. /s/ BRYAN NICKEL, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 03/03/2020.

Published in: San Clemente Times April 9, 16, 23, 30 , 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20206572492 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FASTSIGNS OF FULLERTON 1133 S. PLACENTIA AVE. FULLERTON CA 92831 Full Name of Registrant(s): RGMZBK LLC

1133 S. PLACENTIA AVE. FULLERTON CA 92831 This business is conducted by a CA limited liability company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/01/2016. /s/RGMZBK LLC/GABRIELLE MULLINAX/ CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 4/20/2020.

Published in: San Clemente Times April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20206572386 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CONVUENT 57 CALLE AKELIA SAN CLEMENTE CA 92673 Full Name of Registrant(s): JEFFREY FOSTER 57 CALLE AKELIA SAN CLEMENTE CA 92673 This business is conducted by an individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/07/2020. /s/JEFFREY FOSTER/JEFFREY FOSTER, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 04/17/2020.

Published in: San Clemente Times APRIL 30, MAY 7, 14, 21, 2020

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SPORTS & OUTDOORS

STORIES, SCORES, SCHEDULES AND MORE

Tees Are Open

SC Municipal, Shorecliffs, Talega to Reopen with County Safety Guidelines

BY ZACH CAVANAGH, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

Amid pushbacks and protests against stayat-home orders across the country, Orange County opened a small door to normalcy and outside activity.

The OC Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday, April 21 to allow county golf courses to reopen in a limited capacity by following “industry best practices for implementation” of social distancing and other safety guidelines “to provide the opportunity to recreate on the course.”

Some courses around South Orange County seized that opportunity immediately, with San Juan Hills Golf Club in San Juan Capistrano reopening to annual members only on Wednesday, April 22; Monarch Beach Golf Links in Dana Point reopening to the public on Thursday, April 23; and Bella Collina San Clemente, a private club, reopening to members only on Friday, April 24.

“Our plan is to follow those recommendations to the best of our understanding,” Bella Collina general manager Jay Pesicka said. “As of (April 24), we’re allowing walkers only, members only.

We want to do what’s for everyone’s safety first.”

Shorecliffs Golf Club, a public course in San Clemente, reopened its driving range on Saturday, April 25, and will open its back nine holes on Friday, May 1. Shorecliffs’ front nine is currently under renovation.

According to Assistant City Manager Erik Sund, the San Clemente Municipal Golf Course will reopen on Saturday, May 2, with added guidelines from the county, such as requiring tee times to be booked and purchased online.

An official announcement is forthcoming this week, Sund told the city council during a special meeting on Tuesday, April 28.

On Monday, April 27, Talega Golf Club in San Clemente announced it would reopen on Friday, May 1.

Also as of press time, the website for the American Golf Corporation, the parent company of Marbella Country Club, a private club in San Juan Capistrano, said the course remained closed until further notice.

In a copy of the county guidance to the courses obtained by the San Clemente Times, the OC Board of Supervisors identified a list of health and safety standards to protect golfers.

These standards include that courses “should” be walking-only, with social distancing enforced by course marshals. During the Supervisors meeting, there was some discussion over that word “should,” allowing leeway Page 12

for courses that deemed motorized golf carts as necessary to get around the course. And if motorized carts were allowed, the Supervisors expected the carts to be cleaned and sanitized after each use.

San Juan Hills and Bella Collina each said their courses would be walking-only. Monarch Beach will provide individual carts for golfers. Most courses using motorized carts are limiting use to one golfer only, to maintain social distance guidelines.

The guidance also called for the elimination of all “touch points” on the course, including removing flagsticks and bunker rakes and closing self-service areas such as restrooms, where social distancing cannot be enforced. The guidance also asked for the cups to be inverted on the greens, and ball washers to be covered.

Groups should also be limited to four or fewer players, and tee times should be staggered. Guidelines for tee time staggering—the length of time between groups—were not given explicit limits by the county, allowing individual courses to do what suits their layout best.

Clubhouses, pro shops, snack bars, sitdown restaurants and other amenities are still to remain closed at the golf courses, to minimize face-to-face contact between golfers and course employees.

“This is not reopening golf courses,” Fifth District Supervisor Lisa Bartlett said in the April 21 county meeting. “This is basically allowing the golf course owners and managers to put in place a certain policy to allow the golfers to recreate. We’re not open for business, for golf course or any other nonessential business. It’s strictly allowing individuals to recreate on their course. It’s not open for business, come one, come all.”

Bartlett, whose district includes Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente, introduced the guidance directive to the OC Board of Supervisors at the April 21 meeting. While there was some pushback from other Supervisors to approving the guidance, Bartlett was adamant about putting out the guidance as soon as possible.

“Time is of the essence,” Bartlett said on April 21. “We have people that are getting totally stir-crazy at home.”

Her latest stance was a bit of a turnaround for Bartlett, who had advocated for closing of golf courses in an earlier Board of Supervisors meeting on March 31. While other courses had closed at the time, Shorecliffs had remained open, and Bartlett had voiced her concerns then about keeping clubs open.

San Clemente Municipal has been closed since March 16. Monarch Beach, San Juan Hills and Marbella had closed their courses on March 20, the same day Gov. Gavin Newsom issued California’s stay-at-home order.

Talega and Bella Collina had closed on March 22. Shorecliffs closed on April 1.

City editor Shawn Raymundo contributed to this story. SC sanclementetimes.com

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SCOOP ON THE LOCAL SURF COMMUNITY

Possible Lease Extension for San Onofre

GROM OF THE WEEK

REX HOFFMAN

Camp Pendleton Expresses Support for 3-year extension to lease at San Onofre State Beach

Rex Hoffman. Photo: Courtesy of the Hoffman family

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

G

ood news is at a premium these days, and last week all the surfers who live for those long, sunny days at San Onofre enjoyed a ray of sunshine.

The U.S. Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton announced it is in support of a short-term extension to the state’s lease of San Onofre State Park.

The current lease is set to expire on August 31, 2021, but this new option would extend that period through August of 2024.

“The Department of the Navy is carefully considering the state’s request and working cooperatively with the state on how to move forward. To support this cooperation and future collaboration, Marine Corps Installations West-Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton supports a three-year extension of the current lease to give the Department of the Navy an opportunity to complete the work necessary to execute any succeeding lease, including updating existing surveys,” Camp Pendleton states in a press release dated April 24.

Obviously, this is a big deal for local surfers. San Onofre State Beach is one of the most utilized beaches in all of California, with generations of surfers being raised on its cobblestone shore.

The Department of the Navy owns the land on which Camp Pendleton sits, including San Onofre State Beach. The area that’s

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

San Onofre Trails looking fun and empty before the COVID-19 lockdown. Photo: Jake Howard

currently being leased goes from San Mateo Point (Cottons) all the way through Trail 6 at the Bluffs Campground and is made up of nearly 2,000 acres of land in Orange and San Diego counties.

“This is only an interim solution, but it will provide the Department of the Navy with additional time to work towards a longer, more comprehensive lease agreement for the future,” San Onofre Parks Foundation says in a press release.

Surfrider Foundation, which has been a staunch advocate for preserving this unique coastal environment, is also in support of the Navy extending the lease for another three years.

“Surfrider believes a lease extension will provide the Department of the Navy (DON), which owns the Camp Pendleton property, with a path towards planning for a long-term lease renewal of San Onofre. The timing of the park lease extension would coincide with the decommissioning and dismantlement of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). In 2024, an easement between Camp Pendleton and SONGS’ operators is set to expire. Surfrider believes a park lease extension will provide the DON

with additional time to collectively analyze the issues regarding the park and SONGS leases,” explains Surfrider’s Stefanie SekichQuinn.

At present, the decommissioning process at SONGS has been curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will affect the costs and timelines of the project.

There are undoubtedly serious issues ahead for San Onofre and how surfers will be able to enjoy the sacred space in the future. The long-term lease with the Navy and the decommissioning of SONGS are two things that won’t be solved overnight, but with an extra three years to breathe and make the best decisions possible, this latest development definitely falls into the “good news” category.

Jake Howard is local surfer and freelance writer who lives in San Clemente. A former editor at Surfer Magazine, The Surfer’s Journal and ESPN, today he writes for a number of publications, including the San Clemente Times, Dana Point Times, Surfline and the World Surf League. He also works with philanthropic organizations such as the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center and the Positive Vibe Warriors Foundation. SC

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nly 5 years young and already frothed out, it’s hard to imagine there’s anyone around town these days having more fun than Rex Hoffman.

If you were wondering how to pass the time during some of these slow, lockdown days, look no further than the little goofy-footer for inspiration. Having a ball in the micro surf we’ve had on offer lately, his surf game is getting strong at spots such as Salt Creek and Capo Beach.

But maybe it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise given his DNA. His older sister, Indie, is already on her way. Sponsored by Sistrevolution, she’s a stylist on any board and has been putting her time in learning how to shape from Josh Martin.

And then there’s the whole Hoffman legacy, including true originals Walter and Flippy Hoffman, and barrier-smashing Joyce Hoffman.

Before the world went on lockdown, Rex posted a big win at the Surf for the Sea in the Micro Groms 6-and-under division. And when he’s not absolutely shredding in the water, Rex keeps himself busy on a snowboard, skateboard or dirt bike, or even by snagging fish.

It’s a grom’s life, and Rex is living the dream. SC

SURF FORECAST Water Temperature: 64-66 Degrees F

Dana Point Surf Club Steps Up for Seniors Hosting food drive for seniors this Saturday, DPSC makes giving back a priority

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

“W

e had to do something; it was time,” says Eric Diamond, president of the Dana Point

Surf Club.

This Saturday, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Dana Point Community Center, the surf club will be hosting a food drive for seniors in the community.

Partnering with Rubicon and the city of Dana Point, the club is rallying to help the San Clemente Times April 30-May 6, 2020

older friends in our community make sure that even through these challenging times, they’ve got enough to eat.

“As we are beginning to hopefully see a little light ahead in the tunnel with these uncertain times, we have decided it was time to get out of our heads for a moment and give back to the community, and most importantly, be of service locally,” says Diamond. “When we set out to create this club, these were the things I felt we could

rise up and make a difference, more than just surf-centric endeavors; this is one of those moments.”

Members of the Dana Point Surf Club will be collecting dried, canned and nonperishable goods to keep the pantries of our seniors in need stocked and stoked.

On Saturday, they will be at the Community Center wearing their protective personal equipment, taking the utmost caution, as they collect donations. SC Page 14

Water Visibility and Conditions: 8-12’ Thursday: Small combination of Northwest swell and easing South/southeast swell for waves in the thigh-waist high zone, (2-3’). Calm wind early, followed by 6-10kt westerly onshores in the afternoon.

Outlook: New Northwest swell moves in Friday as old South/southeast swell drops, setting up waiststomach high surf, (2-3’+), as light onshore winds in the morning rise to light+/moderate westerly flow for the afternoon. Blend of Northwest and Southwest swells maintain waist-stomach high waves, (2-3’+) through the weekend. Light+ southerly winds in the mornings, shift to 6-10kt+ westerly afternoon flow on Saturday and Sunday.

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