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IN THIS ISSUE NEWS Milrad, Uranga debate the issues In heated forum, the 7th-district run-off candidates tackled homelessness, the 710 and crime.

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Long Beach City Council censures Pearce for alleged misconduct Cory Bilicko

Second District councilmember accepts motion as ‘a call to do better.’

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It may mark the end of a chapter in a long and emotional story of one Long Beach councilmember’s alleged wrongdoings and a vocal effort to get her off the city’s governing body.

On Tuesday night, the Long Beach City Council considered Agenda Item 19– a recommendation from Councilmembers Al Austin, Dee Andrews, Suzie Price and Daryl Supernaw– which requested the council to censure 2nd District Councilmember Jeannine Pearce for her conduct as a council member that has reflected poorly on the City of Long Beach and raises questions of potential sexual harassment, conflict of interest and failure to adhere to the City’s code of ethics.

As previously reported in the Signal Tribune, in the early-morning hours of June 3, 2017, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers and eventually the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) discovered both Pearce and her chief-of-staff, Devin Cotter, in a vehicle parked on a median of the 710 Freeway, near the Golden Shore exit. When CHP officers approached the car, they found the two individuals in the midst of what Pearce’s former attorney described as a “heated” argument.

LBPD officers performed a field-sobriety test on Pearce, who had been driving.

According to police, she passed the test and officers separated the two. Of-

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The Long Beach City Council Tuesday night censured 2nd District Long Beach Councilmember Jeannine Pearce (above) for “her conduct as a council member that has reflected poorly on the City of Long Beach and raises questions of potential sexual harassment, conflict of interest and failure to adhere to the City’s code of ethics.”

ficers drove Cotter home, while Pearce was allowed to ask a friend to take her home, according to a statement from the department. However, later that morning, Pearce called police to intervene again. This time, Cotter had confronted the council member outside her home.

Officers discovered that there was an outstanding warrant for Cotter related to a previous charge for a 2014 DUI, and they also arrested him on a charge of public intoxication. Cotter’s attorney said that his client spent only a few hours in jail that day and thereafter

enrolled in the necessary alcohol classes related to his DUI case. The attorney also claimed that Cotter sustained injuries that day.

On May 9, a recall campaign submitted 9,462 unverified signatures to the city clerk’s office for a “Petition for the Recall and Removal of Jeannine Pearce, Holding the Office of 2nd District Councilmember in Long Beach, California.”

The recall effort must have 6,363 valid signatures from 2nd District voters to enact a recall election, possibly on the November ballot. Long Beach City Clerk Monique Delagarza and her staff are still in the process of validating that the group has collected the necessary number of signatures. If a recall election does indeed take place, voters in the district will be asked if Pearce should be recalled and, if so, who should replace her.

On Tuesday night this week, before the eight council members– Pearce excluded– were able to vote on the item, the 2nd District council member read a personal statement about the situation that has kept her in the spotlight for nearly a year.

“I know that this is a difficult night for many, but I want you to know that I understand why we are here,” Pearce said.

“I know many believe the actions and decisions I have made reflect poorly on our city and on our city council. I want to begin by apologizing. I apologize to see PEARCE page 15

Coalition submits petition signatures to get hotel-worker panic buttons on ballot Page 6

SH City Council OKs expansion of LGB’s stormwater capture Water storage will expand by 7 acre-feet with Caltrans $4.25-million grant.

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But is it a tax?

Opponents of Measure M say LB officials are leading voters astray.

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Long Beach Hospitality Alliance alleges signatures are based on falsehoods and should be invalidated.

Cory Bilicko Managing Editor

On Tuesday morning, hours before 2nd District Long Beach Councilmember Jeannine Pearce was censured by her colleagues for her alleged misconduct and inappropriate sexual relationship with her former chief-of-staff, advocates for local hotel workers submitted to the city clerk’s office petitions with what they claim are enough signatures to allow voters in November to decide whether or not hotels should provide their workers with panic buttons– a primary issue that Pearce has championed in her first term.

Unite Here Local 11 and the Long Beach Coalition for Good Jobs and a Healthy Community delivered a doz-

en boxes of petitions with over 46,000 signatures Tuesday to Long Beach City Clerk Monique De La Garza for verification so that this November’s ballot will include an initiative to require hotels with 50 rooms or more to provide room cleaners with panic buttons and give workers other tools to prevent and report sexual assault and other threatening behavior in the workplace. A total of 27,000 verified signatures will be required to include the initiative on the ballot.

Representatives for the organizations say the initiative comes in response to the widespread problem of sexual harassment and assault in Long Beach’s hospitality industry.

In September of 2017, in a 5-4 vote, the Long Beach City Council rejected a similar measure– the Hospitality and Workload Safety Ordinance– designed to provide hotel workers with protections.

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Representatives from Unite Here Local 11 and the Long Beach Coalition for Good Jobs and a Healthy Community deliver a dozen boxes of petitions with over 46,000 signatures Tuesday to the Long Beach City Clerk’s Office for verification so that this November’s ballot will include an initiative to require hotels with 50 rooms or more to provide room cleaners with panic buttons. However, the Long Beach Hospitality Alliance is calling for the signatures to be invalidated, alleging that signature-collectors had been “caught this weekend using false and misleading statements.”

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SH City Council approves expanding stormwater capture at airport Water storage will expand by seven acre-feet with new $4.25 million Caltrans grant.

Anita W. Harris Staff Writer

At its May 22 meeting, the Signal Hill City Council authorized an agreement with Caltrans to utilize a $4.25-million grant to expand the Los Cerritos Channel Sub-basin 4 stormwater-capture project. It also approved the City entering into a new sustainability program, extending a contract for tree trimming and, as successor to the Signal Hill redevelopment agency, selling a property to EDCO.

Cory Bilicko | Signal Tribune

During a forum sponsored by the Los Cerritos Neighborhood Association Wednesday night, the two 7th-district run-off candidates– Jared Milrad, a film-production company owner and animal-rights advocate, and Roberto Uranga, the incumbent who is completing his first term as councilmember– answered questions on topics such as rent control, the airport noise ordinance, city resources, homelessness, Measure M and recreational marijuana.

In heated forum, Milrad and Uranga debate issues on 710, homelessness and city resources

The two run-off candidates were more direct and critical of each other compared to previous forum.

Cory Bilicko Managing Editor

The two individuals still in the running to represent Long Beach’s 7th District squared off Wednesday night in a forum that was markedly more contentious than a previous one in which they had participated with three other candidates leading up to the April primary election. During this week’s forum, sponsored by the Los Cerritos Neighborhood Association (LCNA), the two run-off candi-

dates– Jared Milrad, a film-production company owner and animal-rights advocate, and Roberto Uranga, the incumbent who is completing his first term as councilmember– answered 11 questions on topics such as rent control, the airport noise ordinance, city resources, homelessness, Measure M and recreational marijuana.

Compared to the relatively mild tone of a March 5 7th-district forum the Wrigley Association had hosted– and which also included candidates Oscar Delacruz, Chris Sereno and

Kevin Shin– Wednesday’s event at the Long Beach Petroleum Club was characterized by more direct accusations and criticisms between Milrad and Uranga, with the former criticizing the incumbent for missing 260 votes during his first term on the city council and the latter accusing Milrad of inventing facts to support his “narrative.”

What seemed to fuel the heated temperament of the evening were the see FORUM page 7

Stormwater capture Kelli Tunnicliff, public works director, explained to the council that Caltrans has offered the City a grant of $4.25 million to expand the Los Cerritos Channel Sub-basin 4 stormwater-capture project, which the City leads in cooperation with the City of Long Beach and the Long Beach Airport.

Phase I of the project, creating 14 acre-feet of filtered stormwater storage under the airport, began three years ago with an $11-million Caltrans grant. The new grant allows a second phase of the project to be completed over the next three years, increasing the water storage area by seven acre-feet for a total of 21 acrefeet.

One acre-foot of water is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet or 325,851 gallons.

To take advantage of this opportunity that has no fiscal impact on the City, the council authorized entering into a cooperative-implementation agreement with Caltrans as of this month. About $3.9 million of the grant will go toward changing the

existing design-build agreement with Mike Bubalo Construction Company. The remainder will amend related supporting contracts.

Tunnicliff said she anticipates that the City will also receive an additional grant of $7.5 million from Los Angeles County in the coming months that will allow expanding the facility’s capacity even further by 10 acre-feet.

She said that the State requires the City to have 30 acre-feet of such filtered stormwater storage for the City’s east side.

Vice Mayor Larry Forester explained that this requirement stems from the Clean Water Act and an MS4 (municipal separate storm-sewer systems) requirement to have a separate system for water entering into the channel to minimize pollutants.

“This is a real coup for us,” Forester said of the new grant. He thanked staff for their negotiation work.

Sustainability program In a further effort to help the environment, the council adopted a resolution approving participation in the California Beacon Sustainability Recognition Program.

Scott Charney, community development director, said that the Beacon program is promoted by the nonprofit Institute for Local Government and coordinated by the California Public Utilities Commission with funds from its customers.

Charney said the City’s environmental efforts stem from a 2005 United Nations accord, which prompted the council to create a Sustainable see COUNCIL page 7

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COMMENTARY

How the work rules work for you

By Jackie Zaragoza Social Security public-affairs specialist Retirement doesn’t have the same meaning for everyone. Some people plan to retire and never work again. Some people plan for second careers in occupations that wouldn’t have adequately supported their families, but they do the work for pure enjoyment. Some people, whether by design or desire, choose to work part-time or seasonally to supplement their retirement income.

Retirees (or survivors) who choose to receive Social Security benefits before they reach full retirement age (FRA) and continue to work have an earnings limit. In 2017, the annual earnings limit was $16,920 for those under FRA the entire calendar year. In 2018, it is $17,040. If you earn over the limit, we deduct $1 from your Social Security monthly benefit payment for every $2 you earn above the annual limit.

In the calendar year you reach FRA, which you can check out at socialsecurity.gov/planners/retire/ageincrease.html, you have a higher earnings limit.

Additionally, we will only count earnings for the months prior to FRA. In 2017, the limit was $44,880. In 2018, it is $45,360. In the year of FRA attainment, Social Security deducts $1 in benefits for every $3 you earn above the limit.​ There is a special rule that usually only applies in your first year of receiving retirement benefits.

If you earn more than the annual earnings limit, you may still receive a full Social Security payment for each month you earn less than a monthly limit. In 2018, the monthly limit is $1,420 for those who are below FRA the entire calendar year. The 2018 monthly limit increases to $3,780 in the year of FRA attainment.

Once you reach FRA, you no longer have an earnings limit, and we may recalculate your benefit to credit you for any months we withheld your benefits due to excess earnings. This is because your monthly benefit amount is calculated based on a reduction for each month you receive it before your FRA. So, if you originally filed for benefits 12 months before your FRA, but earned over the limit and had two months of Social Security benefits withheld, we will adjust your ongoing monthly benefit amount to reflect that you received 10 months of benefits before your FRA, and not 12.

Most people understand that if they work while receiving benefits before FRA, their benefit may be reduced. What most people do not consider in their retirement planning is that we recalculate your Social Security monthly benefit at FRA to credit you for Social Security benefit payments withheld due to earnings over the limit. Explaining the earnings limit is another way that Social Security helps secure your today and tomorrow. Understanding both the earnings limit and the possible recalculation of your ongoing Social Security benefits will provide an additional perspective on retirement for you to consider.

Zaragoza is the Social Security public-affairs specialist for the Sierra West area.

LETTERS, EMAILS, WEBSITE COMMENTS AND STATEMENTS Mistaken Members?

Those Members of Congress who just voted to repeal parts of the Dodd-Frank Act have lots of explaining to do to the American people.

During the Great Recession, 8.7 million individuals lost their jobs, and trillions of their hard-earned dollars vanished. This was not a mere coincidence; it was the result of reckless speculation and unabashed greed.

As a Member of Congress, I proudly worked on and voted for the DoddFrank Act in 2010 because I knew we needed to put in place commonsense protections for consumers.

At the California Department of Justice, we will continue doing what is necessary to stand up for our families. And we hope that Washington D.C. will muster up the courage to do so as well. When the history books are written, any attempt to take us back to the Great Recession– such as today’s vote– will go down as a mistake of colossal proportions.

Xavier Becerra Attorney general California

I don’t know very much.

I used to think I did. I thought I knew a few things about this and that, and at one time I considered myself to be a smart guy. I mean, I usually use common sense, I’ve traveled a bit, I’ve met a lot of people and I’ve picked up a few things over time. I was a good student all through high school. I got As in history, English, art and social studies.

I had a steady diet of music, film, theatre and culture from my parents and tried to gain knowledge by osmosis by standing next to all the books on my dad’s shelves.

But once I got to college the perspective of my worldly knowledge immediately changed. And by my second semester I realized that I really didn’t know much at all. About anything.

This epiphany happened when I signed up for my general-education classes (and before suffering through my business school requirements).

Once I started to read each class syllabus, I felt about the size of an ant. I asked myself, “What the heck was all this?” And even more specifically, it was in my astronomy class discussing universes, black holes, brown dwarves, galaxies and gaseous nebulae that I felt the size of one of those metaphorical grains of sand on a beach that represented the number of stars in the sky.

I had the realization of what a micro speck of dust I am in a solar system, on a planet, on a continent, in a state, in a city, at a campus, in a classroom, in a chair.

I got onto that big university campus and felt pretty small. I didn’t know where I was going and the buildings all looked so tall and intimidating. I heard the list of classes other guys in the dorm were taking and thought “How would you even know any of that?”

I spent the following semesters trying to find out who were Moliere, Aristophanes and Herodotus? I suffered through the Hypergeometric Theory in statistics. I had never heard of Abstract Expressionism before college and wondered if Pollock, de Kooning and Rauschenberg was a law firm? My tank was obviously on empty as I tried to fill it with my requirements studying poetry, science, geography, geometry and gentrification. I had never before learned the differences between stratus, cirrus or cumulus clouds. And the Ming Dynasty? I wouldn’t know where to begin.

You see, I operate daily on the fear of not wanting to be the least educated guy around. It’s a big world, and, as a conscious human, I believe that it is critical to learn about the things around us (or before us). There’s an African proverb that says, “Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.” I get it.

There are so many things in the world

to know, and I feel compelled to try to know some things before I reach the finish line. And why wouldn’t I want to know more than the daily bubble I operate in?

Even all these years out of college with work and life experience and the pursuit of our family creed of carpe diem, I still feel like that grain of sand and lacking so much of the “What Everyone Should Know 101.”

Off the top I could easily join Joni Mitchell and agree that I really don’t know much about clouds, love or life at all. I’m not even sure I know the way to San Jose. Sure, I can give you some info on the Civil War, ‘80s music trivia or the plots to episodes of The Twilight Zone and M*A*S*H, but that wouldn’t get me invited to parties in the Upper West Side of Manhattan or a guest-speaking gig at MIT. Maybe, just maybe, Cubberly Elementary would have me come speak at an assembly.

I certainly wish I already memorized everything in the book The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Should Know by E. D. Hirsch, Jr. I’d like to be able to quickly rattle off all the states and capitals or the names of presidents in order. Same goes for all the great empires that have come and gone. In order.

I’d like to impress you with knowledge of who led the league in batting average for the Dodgers in 1977. But I’d also need to learn who was known as the “Yankee Clipper,” “Sultan of Swat,” “Mr. October” and “Hoover”?

Who was the Brown Bomber?

I do know why on Passover we ask, “Why is this night different than all other nights?” but I don’t know why the caged bird sings.

I still need to wrap my head around the difference between the id and the ego.

I wish I could pick out by ear the differences between Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann and Shubert, or Haydn and Heiden.

What’s the hierarchy of the Greek gods?

And someone please explain what was the original sin?

What did e.e. cummings write and what’s with the aversion to capital letters? I’d love to attend an open-mic night and recite T.S. Eliot’s “J. Alfred Prufrock.”

I want to be more cultured and be able to list all the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Leonard Bernstein and Steven Sondheim without a blink.

I think it would be just fine to know a little something about engineering and neuroscience, which would definitely impress some friends.

I better binge on Masterpiece Theatre for some serious viewing and

grammar lessons.

I’d like to understand the time line and details about the Vikings, Vandals and Kubla Khan.

And who was Charlemagne?

I do know who is not buried in Grant’s tomb, though.

I love a Gershwin tune– how about you? But I need to learn more about the music of Cole Porter and Irving Berlin and what distinguishes them. Let me be smart enough to pick out the arrangements by Nelson Riddle and the voice of Nelson Eddy, or the music of Gilbert & Sullivan versus Gilbert O’Sullivan.

I’d like to know the whole Woody Guthrie catalogue.

When was the Suez Canal built? By whom? And why?

I can recite the three branches of government but need to brush up on reciting the Bill of Rights and the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence.

I’d love to impress people at a party by standing up and giving much of the Gettysburg Address (I know who originally gave that one). And these days it appears that I really need to memorize the amendments of the Constitution.

When were the Bronze and Iron Ages, and what’s the difference?

What are the seven wonders of the world?

Where is Myanmar and what was it formerly called?

I remember in college specifically asking, “what is film noir?” I am much more educated on this now and a huge fan of the genre.

What is a “whip” in politics? And who were the Whigs?

Show me how to unfold, fold and read a map. Well, I guess with GPS on our phones it doesn’t really matter that much anymore.

I do know who was funnier between Karl Marx and Groucho Marx.

I want to get a full understanding for all civil-rights movements in the previous century.

It’s really my duty to learn more about the space program. Who were the men of Apollo 1?

I’ve tried to avoid politics most of the time, but I am fascinated and impressed by reporters and pundits who can recite political history, policy and policy makers. Please don’t ask me what James Polk was known for just yet. Hooray for the scholars, writers, readers, doers and history makers.

This list just scratches the surface.

There are lectures, meetings, events, shows, documentaries, magazines, podcasts and a universe of books to read! If I could fill my tank with all of this, then I may feel like I have a good foundation in the universe and could actually make eye contact with the insee CORNER page 7

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SEW WHAT? What Meeting Who Hosted by the Long Beach Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America, Inc. When Friday, May 25 from 10am to 2pm Where Long Beach City College, 1305 E. Pacific Coast Highway More Info David McCaskill, needlework artist, designer and teacher, will discuss his “32 Years of Tips & Tricks.” Email Christa Barry at barrychen99@ gmail.com.

EGGS WITH THE ELKS What Monthly breakfast Who Hosted by Elks Lodge #888 When Sunday, May 27 from 8am to 11:30am Where 16426 Bellflower Blvd.

More Info The cost is $8 per person and includes eggs to order, full breakfast buffet, waffles with toppings, coffee, orange juice and drink specials at the bar.

MUSIC TO THEIR EARS What Breakfast fundraiser Who Hosted by The Rock Club: Music Is The Remedy When Tuesday, May 29 from 8am to 10:30am Where Applebee’s Grill & Bar, 899 E. Spring St. More Info Fifteen percent of each attendee’s bill will benefit The Rock Club: Music Is The Remedy, whose mission is to improve the lives of veterans and at-risk youth through music instruction and education. Visit musicistheremedy.org.

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SUPPORTING EACH OTHER What Meeting and luncheon Who Hosted by the American Association of University Women Long Beach branch When Saturday, June 2 from 9:30am to 12:30am Where Old Ranch Country Club, 3901 Lampson Ave. More Info Co-Presidents Sharon Westafer and Cacilia Kim will announce the 2018 to 2019 elected officers. The pre-reserved luncheon costs $33. Email Lee Tsao at lee.tsao@hotmail.com.

A PAGE-TURNER What Read-aloud Who Hosted by author Steven Deeble When Saturday, June 2 at 11am Where Long Beach Main Library, 101 Pacific Ave. More Info Deeble will read from his novel Persistence of Vision and explain how Long Beach influenced his work. Email Deeble at sdeeble@stevendeeble.com.

A ‘GREAT’ WAY TO SPEND A SUNDAY What 17th annual “Great Homes of Long Beach” tour Who Hosted by Long Beach Heritage When Sunday, June 3 from noon to 5pm Where The Gaytonia, 212 Quincy Ave. More Info Attendees will tour the Belmont Heights, Bluff Park, Los Cerritos, California Heights and Eliot Lane neighborhoods. Tickets cost $40 for non-members and $35 for Long Beach Heritage members and can be purchased through greathomes.eventbrite.com.

TO YOUR HEALTH What Free health fair Who Hosted by the Bazzeni Wellness Center of St. Mary Medical Center When Thursday, May 31 from 9:30am to 1:30pm Where 1055 Linden Ave. More Info Stroke, thyroid, posture analysis, memory screenings and glucose testing will be available. To RSVP, call (888) 478-6279. Lunch will be provided.

RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES What Annual Champions Run For Life Who Hosted by MemorialCare Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Long Beach When Saturday, June 9 from 8:30am to 2pm Where Shoreline Aquatic Park, 200 Aquarium Way More Info The public will have the chance to sponsor a pediatric cancer or blood-disorder patient from the Jonathan Jaques Children’s Cancer Center. The patients will then walk, run or wheel through a oneeighth mile celebratory lap. Visit torchrunonline.org.

WALK THE WALK What 15th Annual Liver Life Walk Who Hosted by the American Liver Foundation When Saturday, June 9 at 9am Where Aldrich Park on the University of California at Irvine campus More Info Money raised will go toward supporting patients with liver disease. Call Farah Douglas at (310) 670-4624.

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Waste and recycling collection services for commercial businesses will be unaffected by the holiday and will be provided on the regularly scheduled service day. EDCO’s customer service office and public disposal site will also remain open on Monday, May 28.

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TOP COPS What Long Beach Police Awards Ceremony SUPPORTING SENIORS Who Hosted by the Long Beach Police Foundation What Grand opening of the Al & Faye Taylor Senior (LBPF) Center When Thursday, June 7 at 3:30pm Who Hosted by the Salvation Army Where Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts When Wednesday, May 30 from 10am to 1pm Center, 6200 E. Atherton St. Where 3000 Long Beach Blvd.

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GET OUT! What Nature walk Who Hosted by Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust When Saturday, June 2 at 8am Where Meet at the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and First Street More Info Ecologists will lead the tour, and walkers will have the chance to observe sea turtles, hawks, rabbits and owls. Email elizabeth@lcwlandtrust.org.

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Zoning, Despite opposition, LB mayor insists Measure M not a tax business regulation The June 5 ballot measure is necessary to fund major services, city officials say, of cannabis in hands but some locals disagree. services. Opponents say city officials posed by a local government.’” of LB City Council Sebastian Echeverry have put this measure on the ballot Richard Anthony, a city deputy atStaff Writer because of “their reckless spending torney, spoke with the Signal Tribune next month LB Planning Commission recommends zoning changes for marijuana; proposed Title 5 modifications to come.

Denny Cristales Online Editor

The Long Beach Planning Commission made recommendations at its May 17 meeting to the Long Beach City Council that suggested changes to the city’s zoning code and allowable land uses regarding recreational marijuana. According to city officials this week, the city council is expected to address and make necessary amendments to the proposals at an undetermined council meeting in late June.

In December, the City of Long Beach declared a moratorium prohibiting adult-use cannabis uses for 180 days, ending in June, and instructed staff to develop recommendations to legalize and regulate adult-use cannabis businesses in the city.

In an interview Monday with the Signal Tribune, Assistant City Attorney Michael Mais said the effort to address the cannabis issue would typically only involve City planning staff, but because this is an “unusual circumstance,” the business-license and city manager staff have both worked together to formulate recommendations.

“So, really, what the planning commission was doing was saying, ‘If we are going to have recreational marijuana in the city, these are the areas where it should take place and these are the types of permits that the operator should have,’” Mais said.

The Long Beach Planning Commission’s purview is the city’s land use and zoning, which is Title 21 of Long Beach’s municipal code. The commission’s recommendations for recreational marijuana were specifically related to the logistics of several types of recreational pot facilities within the city.

However, the Title 21 changes only provide part of the picture of what is being proposed for both medical and adult-use cannabis businesses, according to Ajay Kolluri, cannabis program manager for the City of Long Beach.

In a phone interview Tuesday, he said the recommendations will be updated sometime next month to reflect changes via Title 5 of the city’s municipal code, which is the regulation of businesses, trades and professions.

“What you found with the proposed Title 21 changes with the planning commission were amendments to where adult-use facilities will be able to locate in the future,” Kolluri said.

“However, we do recognize we have medical businesses and medical applications all over the city in industrial areas and commercial areas, and we consider a process for allowing those businesses to convert to adult-use or co-locate with adult-use, but we consider that process through the Title 5 changes. The Title 5 changes were not presented to the planning commission because their purview is only over Title 21, the zoning code. So, for that reason, really, you’re looking at only part of the picture, and I think the full picture will come into view after we present both changes to Title 5 and Title 21 together to the full city council.”

Kolluri added how the Title 21 changes do not factor in medical-use cannabis. Many existing businesses and medical applicants will need to convert to adult-use or provide both services– adult-use and medical. The upcoming Title 5 proposals would attempt to accommodate that need for see MARIJUANA page 11

On March 7, the Long Beach City Council unanimously voted to place Measure M, which is a utility-revenue transfer charter amendment, on the ballot for voters to decide on, according to ballotpedia.com.

Measure M will be the only measure on the June 5 ballot, excluding the 5th and 7th districts– along with the measure, those two districts have to decide run-off elections, respectively.

A “yes” vote on Measure M would authorize the City to transfer revenue from water, sewer and gas utilities to the general fund with a cap of 12 percent of each utility’s annual gross revenue. A “no” vote would be against the aforementioned revenue transfers, according to ballotpedia.com.

Proponents, such as Mayor Robert Garcia, said Measure M will help Long Beach maintain police, fire and other key services like street-repair, park and senior programs and more.

In a phone interview with the Signal Tribune Wednesday, Garcia said the measure would allow the City to use surplus revenue from gas and water utilities to cover the cost of vital services as it has been doing for 60 years.

He claims it is not a tax increase and that it maintains key 9-1-1 emergency

and mismanagement of taxpayers’ money.”

Gerrie Schipske, current attorney and a former Long Beach councilmember, said that she is opposed to Measure M during a phone interview with the Signal Tribune Tuesday.

“It goes against their very own language,” she said. “They passed a resolution putting this on the ballot. In the resolution in March, they refer to it constantly as a tax. They, in fact, indicate that this is a general tax. This is why it has to be put before the voters, yet now they are putting out materials saying that it’s not a tax. It is a tax.”

Schipske sent an email to the city attorney stating that city officials were posting misleading information about the measure on social media.

“The mayor and some members of the city council are tweeting, texting and sending email newsletters in which they tell the readers that, ‘Measure M is not a tax measure,’” the letter reads. “Those of us who have written the ‘arguments in opposition’ to Measure M request that you immediately instruct the mayor, city council and senior staff to stop misleading the voters. The State constitution, as amended with Proposition 26, clearly defines a ‘tax’ to include ‘any levy, charge or extraction of any kind im-

would vote for it.

Garcia said during Wednesday’s interview that the measure will not raise rates from what they’ve “historically been.”

In an email blast earlier this month, the mayor stated that the City’s combined water and sewer rates in 2017 were on average $15 per month lower than Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento and Golden State Water.

“Gas utility rates for residential customers in 2016 and 2017 were on average $0.54 per month lower than those of the Southern California Gas Company,” the email reads.

Long Beach resident Diana Lejins is opposed to the measure and was a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against the City in 2016. The lawsuit claimed officials illegally increased rates while assessing millions of dollars in pipeline permit fees to its own water department.

Lejins spoke about the lawsuit with the Signal Tribune during a phone interview Wednesday evening.

“The lawsuit basically said, ‘What you’re doing is illegal,’” she said.

Lejins claims the City is issuing Measure M to make legal what was ruled illegal in the lawsuit she was involved in. She also mentioned that the City has many sources of tax revenues, however, there is never enough money.

“It’s like no matter what you do, the government tries to suck more blood out of you, and then the taxpayers try to fight it with their propositions,” Le-

during a phone interview on Tuesday about the alleged misleading claims.

He said that the language used in the social-media posts perhaps meant that the measure is not a tax in the way that the public generally thinks of a tax.

“It is not a percentage of, for instance, a ratepayer’s bill,” he said, “which is normally what a tax would be based on.”

Anthony said that some individuals have registered complaints with the City concerning the mayor’s tweet about the measure.

“It’s not clearly wrong to say it’s not a tax,” he said, “but I can see why some people might claim that it is misleading. That is within their rights to do that.”

On Twitter, Garcia’s tweet reads, “[…] Measure M is not a tax increase.

It’s a City Charter amendment to authorize the transfer of surplus utility revenues to support services for Long Beach residents such as paramedics, fire, parks, police and library services.”

Schipske told the Signal Tribune that if newsletters and social-media posts about the amendment mentioned that Measure M is a tax, based off of Proposition 218, then fewer people

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fact that residents sitting in the front of the audience heckled Milrad during his alloted time to speak. Several times, he stopped to say, “Excuse me” to the disruptive individuals, prompting the moderator, LCNA President Bob Gill, to ask those in attendance to respect the candidates’ time frames for responding to questions by not yelling out. Judging by the nature of the shouted remarks, those disruptions appeared to be incited by anger at email blasts from the Milrad for City Council 2018 campaign in recent weeks criticizing Uranga’s voting record.

The first question Gill posed to the two run-off candidates was, “What do you think are the two most important issues facing the 7th District right now, what makes you think that and what do you plan on doing to address them?”

Milrad answered first by saying what is needed is “engagement.”

“So, that means a councilmember who is involved, he’s engaged, he shows up to vote, but also is present in our community,” he said. “So, one thing I want to do, and we have done it in our campaign, is knocking on thousands of doors and listening to thousands of neighbors, but, on the city council, make sure we have a councilmember who we don’t always have to go to, who will come to you and show up at your door and listen to you.”

He added that infrastructure is one of the “top-tier” issues in the district and cited unpaved roads, broken sidewalks, fallen trees and park restrooms with no doors as some of the problems. Milrad said it is important for the 7th-district councilmember to ensure that the taxes that their district’s constituents pay are applied to the issues in their own neighborhoods.

“Number two is our environment,” he said. “And our environment has been neglected, and we do live in one of the most polluted regions in the country. It’s disappointing that my opponent’s taken more than $10,000 from oil companies– 10 different big oil companies’ executives– that’s a fact. What I will do is make sure that, No. 1, we haven’t taken a dime from those companies, and we’re actually investing in our community.”

Milrad added that, instead of widening the 710 Freeway, he would fight for zero-emissions trucks, a dedicated truck lane and a raised barrier on that freeway.

Uranga said the two main issues constituents contact his office about are homelessness and increasing crime rates.

He said the two problems are linked to each other because, as those experiencing homelessness are moved out of areas, such as encampments along the 710, those individuals move into nearby neighborhoods, which leads to an uptick in crimes in those areas.

“So, one of the things that we have to do is try and resolve and try and reduce homelessness,” he said. “I’ve

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been working with our mayor, and I’ve been working with stakeholders about creating more job opportunities, more training programs, providing more services for homeless, providing more opportunities for them to take care of themselves.”

He added that violent crimes are down, but he has been working with the police department to address the minor crimes still occurring in 7th-district neighborhoods.

Milrad then used one of his one-minute rebuttals to respond to Uranga’s response, saying the district needs a councilmember who can be trusted and what Uranga had just stated was not true. He cited statistics from the City from last year that indicated that homelessness in the 7th, 8th and 9th districts has increased.

“What we need is permanent supportive housing,” Milrad said. “And that’s something I’ve been consistently fighting for, and that is leadership I will bring.”

The next question Gill presented to the candidates concerned city resources: Do you think the 7th District– or the west side in general– is receiving its fair share of resource spending by the City, and what positive changes have you made or will you make?

It was Uranga’s turn to answer first, and he mentioned several improvements he has made to the 7th District during his four years in office, including trees that have been trimmed, streets repaired, sidewalks fixed, potholes filled and several improvements to parks.

“And I assure you that the 7th District gets its fair share of all those allocations to make sure that we are on track to improve the 7th District to be where it should be,” he said.

Milrad was quick to question those improvements.

“I really wonder where these improvements are happening, and so do many folks in our district,” he said, eliciting yells from audience members. “We have been all across this district. We have listened to thousands of neighbors, and, if you go to the west side, for example, there are streets that are so cracked, it’s evident. There are sidewalks that are cracked, that are dangerous. There are curbs that are cracked, that are missing.”

He added that, although Long Beach residents pay a 10.25-percent sales tax, 7th-district residents have no representation on the five-member Citizens Advisory Commission.

“On the city council, something I’ll fight for is that we get representation on that commission,” Milrad said, “that we actually have a council member who is engaged, who is involved, who’s going to fight for our fair share of resources, and we are currently not getting it.”

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City Committee (SCC) in 2008 to reach the accord’s goals by 2012 in such areas as recycling and water conservation.

Though the SCC has continued to track the City’s sustainability achievements in its annual Green City Report, it saw the need for a more appropriate tracking tool. The committee chose the Beacon program in February because it allows a uniform framework for evaluating achievements across 130 California cities and counties sharing best practices.

“There are three levels of recognition– silver, gold and platinum,” Charney said. “We were actually notified yesterday afternoon that the City is eligible for an additional award. Based on recently released data, the City, as a public agency, has achieved a six-percent energy reduction rate. Therefore, we’re eligible for a silver-level spotlight award.”

Charney and the SCC chair will serve as designated liaisons with the Beacon program.

Councilmember Lori Woods, who sits on the SCC, said that the awards could bring long-term benefits to the City.

“While this doesn’t necessarily have any fiscal impact,” she said. “it would put us in […] good position for future grants or funds or anything else that would encourage sustainability in energy reduction and water reduction.”

Property sale As successor to the Signal Hill redevelopment agency, council members approved selling a property at 859 E. Patterson St. to EDCO Waste Services, which is currently leasing the property for use as a refuse transfer station.

Elise McCaleb, economic development manager, explained that the property is the site of two abandoned oil wells and its use is limited due to resulting pollutants.

Though the property had been valued at $87,750, that did not account for necessary environmental cleanup of the two wells, estimated to cost a minimum of $150,000 each. EDCO will pay $5,000 for the property, of which the City will receive approximately $335 in property taxes.

As part of the agreement, EDCO will further demolish two buildings on other properties, one on Cherry Avenue and another on 27th Street, and will return the demolished materials to the City.

Signal Hill resident Maria Har-

ris addressed the successor agency, saying that the value of those demolished materials should be reported in the value of the sale. City Manager Charlie Honeycutt explained that the value of that material will be reduced by costs for its environmental treatment, which has yet to be evaluated.

Tree trimming The council agreed to amend a contract with West Coast Arborists (WCA) for citywide tree-trimming services, extending it by three more years for an additional $406,772, totaling $787,159.

The current three-year contract is set to expire at the end of June and covered tree trimming, removal, planting and inspections.

“WCA has been very responsive to all City service requests on a 24-hour basis,” Tunnicliff said.

Presentations Forester and Tunnicliff introduced two new Public Works Department employees: Manny Ramirez, a new maintenance worker, and Jesus Saldana, a new senior engineering technician.

Forester also presented Tunnicliff and her staff with a proclamation recognizing Public Works Week from May 20 to 26. Reading from the proclamation, Forester recognized the many contributions of the Public Works department, including maintaining water, streets, parks, public buildings and refuse collection, as well as environmental programs in recycling, stormwater management and water conservation.

During the meeting’s “small-business spotlight,” Tom Barnes, owner of the recently opened B&B Hardware, spoke about his store.

“We specialize in antique hardware,” he said. “We mostly deal with older homes and we supply hardware and windows and doors […] and install most of them.”

Police database In approving an item on the consent calendar, Councilmember Edward Wilson invited Signal Hill Police Chief Chrisopher Nunley to speak about a newly authorized police database called Coplink that will help the police better identify criminal suspects and victims through public records.

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Several Long Beach services closed for Memorial Day The City of Long Beach has announced the following will be closed or non-operational on Monday, May 28 in honor of Memorial Day. Animal Care Services and spcaLA– Animal-control officers are available to respond to calls for service, and lost pets can be redeemed by appointment only by calling (562) 570-PETS Career Transition Center Center for Working Families City Hall Citizen Police Complaint Commission Code-enforcement services El Dorado Nature Center Fire headquarters, support services, fire prevention and operations, including Marine Safety Administration Health department and health facilities Housing authority Libraries Neighborhood Resource Center Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Center Park offices and community park facilities Police administration Street sweeping Swimming pools

Towing and lien sales Water department– for water or sewer emergencies, residents should call (562) 570-2390 The following will be open/operational on Monday, May 28: Fire stations and lifeguard stations El Dorado Regional Park Main police station front desk Marina offices (Alamitos Bay Marina, Shoreline Marina, Rainbow Harbor) Refuse and recycling collection Gas services dispatch is open 24/7– for emergencies, residents should call (562) 570-2140

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Shore, Burnett, El Dorado and Michelle Obama neighborhood libraries will be open on Sunday, May 27. All libraries are closed on Mondays, per their normal schedule and will reopen

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Refuse/recycling Trash and recycling will be collected as scheduled on Monday, May 28.

Towing and lien sales The Towing Operations & Vehicle Storage Facility at 3111 E. Willow St. will be closed on Monday, May 28.

Libraries All Long Beach public libraries will be closed Saturday, May 26, 2018 for the observance of Memorial Day. Bay

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Theatre review

Flight at Long Beach Playhouse Ava Homa Culture Writer

The captivating play Flight takes place on a plantation outside Georgia in 1858. Five-yearold Jim is separated from his mother when she is sold to a different family. She is being punished for reading to her son, defying the law that wanted the slaves to remain illiterate. Not knowing how else to cope with the trauma, the boy climbs a tree out in the woods and hides between the branches. How can the disempowered community help the stubborn boy who refuses to climb down the tree and help his devastated father who is ready to shed blood in revenge?

The healer Oh Beah, played by the talented Latonya Kitchen, uses the magical power of stories to transform and entertain the family and the rest of the community. The slaves are more than just victims. Their spines are bent under the boots of oppression, but human connections and art help the community to practice resilience. The law has broken up families and has banned reading and writing, but it can never take away the stories from them.

This form of resistance is not unique to slaves. In fact, before Prozac, communal storytelling was a major cure for depression. Like blacks, we stateless Kurds– whose land is divided between Turkey, Iran, Syria, and Iraq– have relied on oral storytelling, music and dance to survive and resist tyranny. Archetypal stories that pass from one generation to the next illuminate conflict so true to humankind that they transcend time and space.

The story-within-a-story Flight, written by Charlayne Woodard, combines slave narra-

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From left: Rayshawn Chism (NATE), Felicia Baxter-Simien (MERCY), Ebonie Marie (ALMA) and David P. Lewis (EZRA) in Long Beach Playhouse’s Flight

tives and African and African-American folktales. The anecdotes, like life itself, include horror and beauty. They help the shocked father and son, as well as the rest of the community members who have suffered from similar events, to understand that life on this planet the way we know it contains both light and dark, pain and joy.

Sets and props are simple and subtle in this no-intermission 90-minute play.

Directed by Rovin Jay at Long Beach Playhouse, Flight does not rely solely on storytelling, mythology and good acting to attract the audience. The production applies dance, fog and haze, pulsing light effects, live drumming and singing to make Flight an experience that

shakes up something inside the viewers.

Flight continues at Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., through June 16, with shows Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $14- $24. For tickets and information, call the box office at (562) 494-1014 or visit lbplayhouse.org.

Theatre review

School of Rock at the Pantages Theatre Anita W. Harris Culture Writer

The Broadway touring production of School of Rock, at the Pantages Theatre through May 27, is like the 2003 film of the same title but “musicalized” with 14 additional arrangements by no less than Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer of such blockbusters as Jesus Christ Superstar and Cats, among others), along with humorous and poignant lyrics by Glenn Slater and story by Julian Fellowes (creator of Downton Abbey).

The result is a richly musical version of the film, exalting its rebellious theme of kid (and adult) empowerment.

The dozen or so child performers actually sing and play instruments here– including electric guitar, bass and drums– along with an insane amount of jumping as only kids can do. Clad in the plaid uniforms of the lofty Horace Green preparatory school, these mostly 10-year-olds cutify the production with their talent, including well-timed humor.

Equally energetic is their leader, irreverent (fake) substitute-teacher Dewey Finn (the very natural Rob Colletti, channeling the film’s Jack Black), a rock-obsessed musician still dreaming of his big break.

While Colletti’s vocals are respectable– gravelly and occasionally resonant– the effortless operatic tones of uptight but latently cool principal Miss Mullins (Lexie Dorsett Sharp) greatly enhance the production. She shines in her soaring self-searching solo “Where did the Rock Go?” while at a dive bar with Dewey.

The kids are also vocally skilled, including quiet Tomika’s (Grier Burke) strong rendition of “Amazing Grace.”

The African-American legacy of this song makes it an interesting choice for a production in which the gospel roots of rock are not otherwise made explicit.

(In a brief reference, Dewey’s history of rock begins with rockabilly in the 1950s.)

The kids’ collective angst, caused by parents who variously don’t hear them, overschedule them and expect them to follow in their footsteps, is best ex-

pressed in their ensemble number, “If Only You Would Listen,” which is the only harmonizing song that is possibly a stretch for their talents.

But otherwise, their bright energy, and that of the two main leads, Colletti and Dorsett Sharp, make School of Rock funny and highly engaging for audiences both young and old. Its timeless message to follow your spirit and “Stick It to the Man,” as the kids exuberantly sing, is as catchy as the music itself.

School of Rock continues at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., L.A., through May 27, with performances Tuesdays through Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm, and Sundays at 1pm and 6:30pm.

Tickets start at $35. For tickets and information, call the theatre at (323) Photo by Matthew Murphy 468-1770 or visit hollywoodpantages.

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Lakewood City Council member named director of LBCC Superintendent-President’s Office Lakewood City Council Member Jeff Wood has been named director of the Superintendent-President’s Office for Long Beach City College (LBCC). He began on May 14.

Under the direction of the superintendent-president, Wood now serves as the chief of staff of the Superintendent-President’s Office, overseeing and coordinating all administrative activities of that office and executive offices.

“Jeff Wood possesses years of experience in so many matters pertaining to Long Beach City College’s goals,” said LBCC Superintendent-President Reagan F. Romali.

“His knowledge and understanding of the legislative process, recruitment, community engagement and budgeting experience really stood out when we searched for the right candidate to become the new director of the Superintendent-President’s Office.”

Wood has served on the Lakewood City Council since 2011 and was mayor 2015–2016. He chaired and served as a member of many standing Lakewood council committees, including park development, intergovernmental relations, environmental management, com-

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munity promotions and economic development.

Prior to joining LBCC, Wood served since 2012 as the director for Risk Management/Environmental Health and Occupational Safety at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Wood holds a bachelor of arts in speech communication from Cal State Long Beach. He is an active volunteer and resident of Lakewood, according to LBCC officials.

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Jesus Saldana, a new senior engineering technician with the Signal Hill Public Works Department, speaks at the Signal Hill City Council meeting on May 22 after being introduced by Vice Mayor Larry Forester and Public Works Director Kelli Tunnicliff. From left: Saldana, Forester, Tunnicliff and Councilmember Edward Wilson

portance of residents calling the police to report potential crimes.

“If it looks like it’s out of place, it probably is,” Nunley said. “Give us a call.

There’s never a call for service that’s too small for us. We’re happy to come out and investigate things to make sure that we have a safe community.”

The next Signal Hill City Council meeting will be a budget workshop on Thursday, May 31, at 6pm. The next regular meeting will take place Tuesday, June 12, at 7pm in the council chamber at 2175 Cherry Ave.

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An impartial analysis from the city attorney’s office states that on July 9, 2015, the lawsuit was filed against the City, alleging that certain revenue transfers from the gas utility to the General Fund accounts were ‘general taxes,’ therefore requiring voter approval under Proposition 26.

On Sept. 30, 2016, another lawsuit was filed against the City alleging certain revenue transfers from the water and sewer utilities to the General Fund were also ‘general taxes’ requiring voter approval under Proposition 218.

The City prevailed at the trial court in the gas-utility revenue case, however, that ruling is being appealed, according to the analysis.

On Nov. 8, 2017, the City settled the water and sewer utility revenue case.

Garcia said that the reason why the City is turning to voters to approve the measure is that the law has changed, and now it is asking officials to host a vote to commit transfers that the City had already been doing for a long time.

“What this does is that it keeps what we’ve been doing for 60 years ongoing, and so it also doesn’t raise utility rates from what they’ve historically been,” Garcia said. “It’s a simple measure that just keeps things the way they are, but we have to go to voters to affirm that.”

The impartial analysis also states that the General Fund pays for general City services such as police, fire and paramedic response, street repair, parks, libraries and senior programs.

City Charter Sections 1407 and 1501 currently authorize the city council or Board of Water Commissioners to transfer revenue from City utility funds to the General Fund if the revenue is not necessary to pay for a utility’s capital improvements, debt service, maintenance, personnel, reserves and other costs, according to the analysis.

Under this authority, the City has, for many years, approved annual transfers of surplus water, sewer and gas utility revenue to the General Fund as part of the budget process.

For the 2016-17 fiscal year, these transfers amounted to approximately $21,000,000 in General Fund revenue, which paid for general City services.

If approved by a majority of Long Beach voters, Measure M would amend Sections 1407 and 1501 of the city charter.

The amendments would reauthorize and affirm the City’s practice of revenue transfers from the water, sewer and gas utilities to the General Fund, as approved by the city council and Board of Water Commissioners, subject to a cap of 12 percent of each utility’s annual gross revenues, as shown by audited financial reports.

Measure M would clarify that all proceeds from utility-revenue transfers to the General Fund shall be used to maintain local General Fund services.

The amendment would also affirm that the city council or Board of Water Commissioners, whichever is applicable, may approve water, sewer and gas rates in an amount sufficient to recover the costs of operating each utility, including city-council- or board-approved utility-revenue transfers to the General Fund.

If Measure M does not pass, utility-revenue transfers to the General Fund and utility rates may be reduced, according to the analysis. In that case, the city council may be required, as part of the budgeting process, to consider eliminating or reducing general City services that the transfers fund.

“Obviously, there are some folks that’ll be against everything, and that’s OK,” Garcia said. “We are proud to have the support from our police officers, our firefighters, many of the members of the city council and teachers. Most of the institutions and organizations in the city are all supporting Measure M.” Schipske said that if Measure M passes, the amendment would continue to be closely monitored to see if it complies with Proposition 218.

[Ed. note: Lejins is an occasional contributing photographer for the Signal Tribune.]

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businesses, he said.

“You have to remember that these are all recommendations for the city council,” he said. “Staff has put together a package as a starting point for city council to then take and amend however they see fit. So, although we may be suggesting a process for conversion for medical businesses, the city council may view it differently.

Although the staff and the planning commission have now recommended zoning changes for adult-use businesses, the city council may view that differently, as well. Until the city council decides what the final shape this ordinance will take, a lot of things are still up in air.”

Mais explained that the Title 21 recommendations would change what the City calls “use tables.” Each zoning district has a commercial zone, or a use table that shows what can be done in that specific zone and what kind of permit is needed. The planning commission analyzed the city’s retail, industrial, manufacturing, institutional, park, port and professional-service areas.

The assistant city attorney provided an example of one proposed change in the planning commission’s recommendations– commercial cultivation.

In this proposed setup, commercial cultivation of marijuana would be permitted in industrial, light-industrial, medium-industrial and heavy-industrial zones, the latter of which could require a conditional-use permit.

Commercial cultivation would be prohibited in port zones.

“They went through the same exercise for dispensaries, manufacturing, distribution and testing,” Mais said.

“The recommendations the staff gave are absolutely consistent with how they would treat other similar types of uses. So, the point that was made at the planning commission meeting by one of the planning commissioners was that we are not treating recreational marijuana any different than you would treat any other kind of commercial use, whether they are going to do cultivation or manufacturing. For instance, if you look at manufacturing, the recommendations this planning commission adopted were basically the same types of restrictions you would have with any kind of manufacturing in the city, whether they are manufacturing, I don’t know, desks or widgets or tires or anything else. So, the recommendations were very much consistent with other similar-type uses in the city.”

Kolluri said opening the city to the adult-use market will have an impact on tax revenues, and an estimate of the impacts will be included in the council letter that will presented with the proposed ordinance in late June. His analysis of the recommended changes were that they keep the long-term outlook of the city in mind, but there is also an understanding that there is currently work to be done to have cannabis businesses qualify and meet the needs of this modified zoning ordinance.

“The zoning revisions are really made with an eye toward the future, recognizing though that we do have a situation currently where not all of the businesses that are going to want to convert are meeting those new requirements and so, therefore, we have to identify specific consideration for them,” Kolluri said. “That’s basically the recommendation from staff, and we’ve done our best to accommodate all interests– the interests of businesses, but also the interests of community members who may want an industrial-like activity in some of their more commercial corridors side-by-side with residents and in areas where they may not be appropriate.”

The full staff report and list of recommendations regarding recreational and medical cannabis use are available at bit.ly/2GJ9zwB.

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TST5680 / 2018 104841 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: J.RAY.SHOTS, 3352 Falcon Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755. Registrant: JEFFREY R. COOPER, 3352 Falcon Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: person signing. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in April, 2018. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 30, 2018.

NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. 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 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

TST5679 / 2018 107234 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: BIXBY KNOLLS WELLNESS CENTER, 4301 Atlantic Ave., #5, Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: ANNA S. PEARL, 4301 Atlantic Ave., #5, Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: an Individual.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Anna S. Pearl. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 2, 2018. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date.

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 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

TST5677 / 2018 105744 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: STRAIGHT LINE TRANSPORT, 2345 Caspian Ave., Long Beach, CA 90810.

Registrant: SLT TRANSPORT, INC., 2345 Caspian Ave., Long Beach, CA 90810. This business is conducted by: a Corporation.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Karen Garza-Pace, Secretary. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name.

The registrant began using this fictitious business name in July, 2001. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 1, 2018. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. 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 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

TST5676 / 2018 104194 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: VELOCITY TRADING GROUP, 709 E. 3rd St. Long Beach, CA 90801. Registrant: DARRIN ABNER, 709 E. 3rd St., Long Beach, CA 90801. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Darrin Abner. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in June, 2013. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 27, 2018.

NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. 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 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

TST5678 / Case No. TS021064 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME,

PUBLIC NOTICES

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT OFFICE, 200 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220.

PETITION OF Morres Lister.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: MORRES LISTER has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: MORRES LISTER, to Proposed Name: SONNY MAURICIO LISTER. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: June 5, 2018; Time: 8:30A M; Dept. A. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018 ___//ss//___ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated May 1, 2018

TST5681 / 2018 097645 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: URBAN RE-LEAF, 409 North Pacific Coast Highway 691, Redondo Beach, CA 90277.

Registrant: DENISE SMITH, 409 North Pacific Coast Hwy 591, Redondo Beach, CA 90277. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: person signing. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 20, 2018. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. 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 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

TST5687 SUMMONS CASE NO. NC061625 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: American Bible Society; Carol Brandt Wilson; W. Patton Wilson, Inc.; United California Bank, successor in interest by merger to First Western Bank and Trust Company, as substitute Trustee of the trust created by W. Patton Wilson and Ella M. Wilson by agreement dated December 23, 1932; Robert C. Troost; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Robert C. Troost, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such Robert C. Troost; Kathleen Leix, Troy Troost; Samantha Spor; Braden Troost; Keri Madrid; Kristina Spor; Heather Troost; Virginia Beilfuss; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Virginia Beilfuss, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such Virginia Beilfuss; Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of American; Mary Ella Carnahan; Clarissa B. Clark; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Clarissa B. Clark, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such Clarissa B. Clark; Ted Irving Sawyer; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Ted Irving Sawyer, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such Ted Irving Sawyer; John Marschall Sawyer; Jennifer Shea; Jennifer A. Sawyer; Jane Sawyer Bickel; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Jane Sawyer Bickel, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such Jane Sawyer Bickel; David Bickel; Nancy Bickel; Linda Bickel; Stephen Bickel; Alexandra Bickel; Loretta Bickel; Valerie Bickel; Eric Lord; Stephanie Bingham; John Bingham; J. Tom Sawyer; the

Testate and Intestate Successors of J. Tom Sawyer, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such J. Tom Sawyer; Jay Sawyer; Damaris Sawyer; Johanna Sawyer; Aaron Sawyer; Leah Sawyer; Matthew Baker; Brindin Sawyer; Donna Hill; Kenneth Hill; Timothy Marschall Sawyer; Barbara Bertling; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Barbara Bertling, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such Barbara Bertling; Barbara Hamilton; Christopher Hamilton; Donald Hamilton; Jonathon Hamilton; David Hamilton; Aimee Hamilton; Elinor G. Barrows; Alice W. Barros; Joan L. Bordner; Dalton W. Bordner and Susan W. Bordner, as Trustee of the Bordner Family Trust dated June 3, 1999; J.T. Bogle; the Testate and Intestate Successors of J.T. Bogle, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such J.T. Bogle; Bonnie Hall; Richard R. Clements & Sons; Helen M. English; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Helen M. English, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such Helen M. English; Mable G. Evers; Clara E. Edgington; Cora U. Edington; Bonnie G. Summar; Joan Nelson Morris, as Trustee of the Thomas Joseph Morris and Joan Nelson Morris Family Revocable Living Trust created under Trust Agreement dated June 11, 1992; John G. Morris, Jr and Elizabeth H. Morris, as Trustees of the Morris Family 2003 Trust created under Declaration of Trust dated June 27, 2003; Lillian Padgitt Morris, as Trustee of Robert S. Morris Marital Trust u/w/o Robert Selig Morris dated December 19, 1986; E.S. Finney; Ettie M. Hinckley; J.H. Hinckley; Blind Children’s Center; Hathaway Children and Family Services; Union Rescue Mission; Shiners Hospital for Children; United Cerebral Palsy/Spastic Children’s Foundation of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties; Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Foundation; Claremont School of Theology; Nelle Brower Hyland and Rosemann Mahoney, as the heirs to the Estate of E.F. Hyland; H.L. Knauss; Mary M. Meeker; Margaret P. Mense; John A. McQuilkin; M.A. McDonnell; Harriet A. McQuilkin; Mark J. McQuilkin; Betty Garfinkel Zucker, also known as Betty Fern Garfinkel; A.L. Garfinkel; Mary R. Garfinkel; Mary R. Garfinkel and Abe Garfinkel, as Trustees of the J.B. Garfinkel Trust No. 1; Elsie Wilkinson; Esther Veatch; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Esther Veatch, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such Esther Veatch; Mary Jo Turnbull; Helen T. Roberts; Virginia Mae Harris; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Virginia Mae Harris, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such Virginia Mae Harris; Judy Albert; Walter William Turnbull, Jr.; Charles Elbert Turnbull; Leslie Mae Turnbull; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Leslie Mae Turnbull, believed to be deceased and all persons claiming by, through or under such Leslie Mae Turnbull; Thomas Eugene Turnbull, Jr.; Thomas Turnbull; Jean Turnbull; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Jean Turnbull, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such Jean Turnbull; Matthew Turnbull; Gloria Barahona; Debra Turnbull; Pamela Freemand; John R. Turnbull; Jane T. Mitchell; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Jane T. Mitchell, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such Jane T. Mitchell; Kenneth Mitchell; Van Harrison Mitchell; John Mitchell; Bradley Mitchell; Robin Briggs; Jeffrey Briggs; Michael Small; Michael Mitchell; Elliott Mitchell; Cathryn Jean Turnbull Mongiat; Susan Turnbull; Sheryl Sandersfeld; Oliver Turnbull; the Testate and Intestate Successors of Oliver Turnbull, be-

lieved to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such Oliver Turnbull; Krisma McInroe; Jeffrey L. Sparks; Jacqueline Sparks; Samuel Sherwood; Thelma Clift Simmons, as heir to the Estate of Rouse Simmons; Sarah Ruth Shambeau; Lulu Sponseller; Polaris Holding Company LTD; Landowners Royalty Company; Helen M. Jenks; James Fraser, as heir to the Estate of Getrude Annie Gorvin; Ian Fraser; Amanda Fraser; David Transky; Joshua Fraser; James Fraser; the Testate and Intestate Successors of James Fraser, believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under such James Fraser; Erin Fraser; Jimmie White; Sharon White; Janet Anderson; Annie Anderson; Jennie Davis; Wallace M. Davis; Lucille Davis; Julia M. Beck; Belle Christenson; John E. Zeihan, also known as Jack E. Zeihan; Mildred Zeihan Parsons; S.D. Roderick; William Sellers; Mattie E. Wunderlin; Board of Foreign Missions of The Presbyterian Church of the United States of America; All Persons Unknown, Claiming Any Legal or Equitable Right, Title, Estate, Lien, or Interest in the Property Described in the Complaint Adverse to Plaintiff’s Title, or Any Cloud On Plaintiff’s Title Thereto; and Does 1 through 2880 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: Signal Hill Petroleum, Inc. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons is 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 typewritten 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, and your wages, money and property may 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 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 SelfHelp 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.

The name and address of the court is: LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT , GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN COURT, 275 Magnolia, Long Beach, CA 90802.

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney is ERNEST J. GUADIANA, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2700, Los Angeles, CA 90067 (310) 746-4425.

This lawsuit pertains to the following subject property: 3090 California Avenue, Signal Hill, California. The property consist of one tax parcel, bearing Assessor Parcel Number 7212-001-049. The property consists of two parcels, namely Parcels A and B, bearing the following legal description: Parcel A: The West 260 feet of Farm Lot 32 and that portion of the East 30 Feet of California Avenue 60 Feet wide, as shown on the map of The American Colony Tract adjoining said land on the West which

May 25, 2018 would pass with a legal conveyance of said land; also that portion of the North 30 feet of Spring Street 60 feet wide, as shown on the map of the American Colony Tract adjoining said land on the South which would pass with a legal conveyance of said land, of the American Colony Tract, in the City of Signal Hill, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per map recorded in Book 19, Pages 89 and 90, Miscellaneous Records of Los Angeles.

Parcel B: The West Half of Farm Lot 32 of the American Colony Tract, in the City of Signal Hill, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per map recorded in Book 19, Pages 89 and 90, Miscellaneous Records of Los Angeles, excepting therefrom that portion of the Southeast Corner thereof conveyed to the Los Angeles Terminal Railway Company by Deed recorded in Book 1382, Page 1, of Deeds, Records of said County, and shown upon map attached to deed recorded in Book 737, Page 117 of said Deed Records.

Date: February 13, 2018. Judicial Officer, Sherri R. Carter, Clerk, E. Carter, Deputy Published in the Signal Tribune Newspaper on May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2018 TST5683 / 2018 111312 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: B&B ANTIQUE HARDWARE, 2650 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90803. Registrant: THOMAS BARNES, 2650 E. Broadway, Long Beach, Ca 90803. This business is conducted by: an Individual.. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Thomas Barnes. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in January, 2005.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 7, 2018 . NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. 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 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 11, 18, 25, & June 1, 2018.

TST5684 / 2018 110007 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: VETERAN EXPRESS, 3835 Olive Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: FRANKLIN ENTERPRISE, LLC, 3835 Olive Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Herbert Wayne Franklin, President. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 4, 2018. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date.

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 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 11, 18, 25, & June 1, 2018.

TST5685 / 2018 091567 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: LB HOLISTIC TREE, 548 West 5th St., Long Beach, CA 90802. Registrant: LB HOLISTIC TREE LLC, 548 West 5TH St., Long Beach, Ca 90802. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Benjamin J. Fisher, President. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in April, 2018. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 13, 2018 . NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. 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 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 11, 18, 25, & June 1, 2018.

PUBLIC NOTICES

May 25, 2018 TST5686 / 2018 110538 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: SOLO SLING, 1590 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite D410, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266.

Registrant: TOKAMAK CORPORATION, 1590 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite D410, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Theodore Lunsford.

The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in May, 2018. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 4, 2018. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. 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 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 11, 18, 25, & June 1, 2018.

TST5688 Case No. 18STPB03172 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: KAY GARWOOD 1. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of KAY GARWOOD 2. A Petition For Probate has been filed by LINDA GARWOOD in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

3. The Petition for Probate requests that Linda Garwood be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: a. June 15, 2018 at 8:30 am in Dept.

2D; located at b. Stanley Mosk Courthouse 111 No Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

Other California statutes and legal

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

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

10: ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: Davis R. Zellmer, Esq. 5150 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Ste 775 Long Beach, CA 90804 562-760-1630 Pub. Signal Tribune, May 18, 25, & June 1, 2018 TST5690 / 2018 115926 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: JUST BECAUSE PHOTO BOOTH, 754 East Sunrise Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90806.

Registrant: BRENDA M. ESTRADA, 754 East Sunrise Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90806.

This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Brenda M. Estrada. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 11, 2018 . NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. 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 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 18, 25, & June 1, 8, 2018.

TST5691 / 2018 114211 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: RABAR FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 5250 Hayter Ave., Lakewood, CA 90712. Registrant: 1. BARBARA LEAKS, 2. Rabin T. Woods, 5250 Hayter Ave., Lakewood, CA 90712. This business is conducted by: Copartners. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Barbara Leaks, Partner. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 9, 2018. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. 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 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 18, 25, & June 1, 8, 2018.

TST5692 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ERIC A. BINNS Case No. 18STPB04500

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ERIC A. BINNS

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

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL

TST5696 NOTICE OF A PUBLIC WORKSHOP May 31, 2018 6:00 PM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an adjourned regular meeting on Thursday, May 31, 2018 the City Council of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a budget workshop at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California.

For further information, contact the Office of the City Clerk at (562) 989-7305.

All interested persons are hereby invited to attend.

Keir Jones City Clerk PublIshed in the Signal Tribune newspaper Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010

to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on June 13, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 29 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person in-

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

Attorney for petitioner: ANDREW M MEINZER ESQ SBN 204366 ANDREW M MEINZER LAW OFFICE 3878 W CARSON STREET SUITE 104 TORRANCE CA 90503 CN949480 BINNS May 25, Jun 1,8, 2018

TST5695 LIEN SALE On 5/25/2018 at 7712 Talbert Ave., Unit C, Huntington Beach, CA a Lien Sale will be held o a 2016 KIA VIS: KNAFX4A66G5595673 STATE: CA LIC: 7UIP327 AT 10 AM Published Sig Trib: 5/25/18 TST5697 / 2018 123388 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: HEAVEN SENT SERVICES, 3700 E. Imperial Highway, Lynwood, Ca 90262. Registrant: KEVERLY JOHNSON, 3700 E. Imperial

EYE ON CRIME Crimes reported by THE Signal Hill Police Department Thursday, May 17 2:51am Burglary 2400 block Brayton Ave.

Sunday, May 20 8:43am Auto burglary 2200 block Molino Ave.

10:08am Indecent exposure 3300 block Gundry Ave.

12:37pm Grand theft– motor vehicle 2300 block Vista Ridge Lane

1:47pm Elder abuse 1900 block Stanley Ave.

1:23pm Grand theft– motor vehicle 2600 block Wall St.

3:39pm Petty theft 900 block E. 33rd St. (suspect arrested)

7:11pm Possessing unlawful paraphernalia; possessing burglary tools 1000 E. Burnett St. (suspect arrested)

4:21pm Battery; misdemeanor warrants Lewis Ave./Burnett St. (suspect arrested) 6:46pm Grant theft 2500 block Cherry Ave. 10:05pm Burglary– retail merchandise less than $950 900 block E. 33rd St. (suspect arrested) Friday, May 18 7:14am Auto burglary 1800 block E. 20th St.

Tuesday, May 22 9:08am Indecent exposure 3300 block Gundry Ave. 10:04am Identity theft 2700 block Walnut Ave. Grand theft– motor vehicle 2600 block Cherry Ave.

3:25pm Grand theft 2200 block E. Willow St. Saturday, May 19 1am DUI Walnut Ave./Creston Ave. (suspect arrested) 3:06pm Auto burglary 2100 block Gundry Ave. 1:24pm Auto burglary 1900 block Raymond Ave. 7pm Possessing unlawful paraphernalia; receiving known stolen property 2800 Walnut Ave. (suspect arrested)

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Highway, Lynwood, CA 90262. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Keverly Johnson. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in May, 2018. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 18, 2018. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. 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 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 25, & June 1, 8, 15, 2018.

TST5693 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR NOTICE OF DIVIDED PUBLICATION

Made pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Section 3381 Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Sections 3381 through 3385, the Notice of Power to Sell Tax-Defaulted Property Subject to the Tax Collector's Power to Sell in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California, has been divided and distributed to various newspapers of general circulation published in the County. A portion of the list appears in each of such newspapers.

NOTICE OF IMPENDING POWER TO SELL TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY Made pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Section 3361 Notice is hereby given that the following parcels listed will become Subject to the Tax Collector's Power to Sell on Sunday, July 1, 2018, at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time, by operation of law.

The real property taxes and assessments on the parcels listed will have been defaulted five or more years, except for: 1. Nonresidential commercial parcels, which will have been defaulted for three or more years, 2. Parcels on which a nuisance abatement lien have been recorded, which will have been defaulted for three or more years, 3. Parcels that can serve the public benefit and a request has been made by the County of Los Angeles, a city within the County of Los Angeles, or nonprofit organization to purchase the parcels through Chapter 8 Agreement Sales, which will have been defaulted for three or more years.

The Tax Collector will record a Notice of Power to Sell unless the property taxes are paid in full or the property owner initiates an installment plan of redemption, as provided by law, prior to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, on Friday, June 29, 2018. The right to initiate an installment plan terminates on Friday, June 29, 2018. Thereafter, the only option to prevent the sale of the property at public auction is to pay the taxes in full.

The right of redemption survives the property becoming Subject to the Tax Collector's Power to Sell, but it terminates at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, on the last business day before the scheduled auction of the property by the Tax Collector.

The Treasurer and Tax Collector's Office will furnish, upon request, information concerning making a payment in full or initiating an installment plan of redemption. For more information, please visit our website at ttc.lacounty.gov.

The amount to redeem the property, in United States dollars and cents, is set forth in the listing opposite each parcel number. This amount includes all defaulted taxes, penalties, and fees that have accrued from the date of tax-default to the date of Friday, June 29, 2018.

I certify, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 4th day of May, 2018.

JOSEPH KELLY TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES STATE OF CALIFORNIA PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLANATION The Assessor's Identification Number, when used to describe property in this list, refers to the Assessor's map book, the map page, the block on the map, if applicable, and the individual parcel on the map page or in the block.

The Assessor's maps and further explanation of the parcel numbering system are available in the Assessor's Office, 500 West Temple Street, Room 225, Los Angeles, California 90012.

The real property that is the subject of this notice is situated in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, and is described as follows: PROPERTY TAX DEFAULTED IN YEAR 2015 FOR TAXES, ASSESSMENT, AND OTHER CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014-2015 2631 $330.60 FOOTE, JULIA E C/O JULIA E FOOTE AIN: 7211-025-013 PROPERTY TAX DEFAULTED IN YEAR 2013 FOR TAXES, ASSESSMENT, AND OTHER CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013 2632 $24,243.60 AARON, ANNIE R TR WILLIE AND ANNIE AARON TRUST SITUS:1698 CRESCENT HEIGHTS ST SIGNAL HILL CA 90755-3602 AIN: 7214-003-020 2633 $11,093.06 GHADERI TAFRESHI, MEHRAN SITUS:2462 TEMPLE AVE SIGNAL HILL CA 90755-4011 AIN: 7217-001-012 CN949222 578 May 25, Jun 1, 2018

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PUBLIC NOTICE by COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 29 OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY of FILING OF A SERVICE CHARGE REPORT; PUBLIC HEARING ON: THE SERVICE CHARGE REPORT The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 29 of Los Angeles County will hold a public hearing on June 12, 2018, at 5:45 p.m., in the Signal Hill City Council Chambers, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill. The purpose of this hearing is to provide the public with an opportunity to make comments regarding the Service Charge Report filed with the District Clerk on April 11, 2018. The boundaries of Sanitation District No. 29 are shown below.

Sanitation District No. 29 provides wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal services.

Residential and commercial users pay for their share of these services through the District’s service charge program. The average daily quantity of sewage flow and strength from one single family home is equal to one sewage unit. All other user categories are assessed proportionately. The service charge rate is $339.75 per year per sewage unit.

The District intends to continue to collect the service charge as a separate line item on the property tax roll as the most cost-effective means of collecting the charges. In order to do so, the California Health and Safety Code requires the filing of and subsequent hearing on a Service Charge Report. Copies of the Report are available on the District’s website (www.lacsd.org) or can be obtained by contacting District’s staff by regular mail at P.O. Box 4998, Whittier, CA 90607-4998; by e-mail at Rates@lacsd.org; or by phone at (855) 240-9506 (toll free).

In addition to providing comments at the public hearing, written comments regarding this matter may also be submitted to the District Clerk at these same addresses. Written comments must be received by 10:30 a.m., June 12, 2018, to allow for processing prior to the hearing.

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Montañez said, adding that the cost of each device, which a worker would wear, is about $10.

Ashley Pagan, communications specialist for LAANE, who was standing nearby, added that the cost is a “small price to pay for the safety and well-being of workers.”

Montañez said her group hopes that all hotel workers will be equipped with the button.

“We want it to apply to everyone,” she said. “We know that most of these roles are not very isolated, so we’ll have sometimes restaurant workers having to deliver food to some of the rooms, depending on how many workers are on the floor. So, we want everyone to be protected. We’re using housekeepers as the main example, just because they’re the most isolated when it comes to their work, but everyone should be protected.

We’re seeing registrars being harassed as well.”

The same day the coalition submitted those signatures, however, the Long Beach Hospitality Alliance called for them to be invalidated. The Alliance is alleging that signature-gatherers had been “caught this weekend using false and misleading statements.”

“The blatant falsehoods that Unite Here’s signature collectors are peddling demonstrate they know that voters would not support their initiative if they

gatherers may have presented, Lopez said that those who did sign the petition were able to read the correct information on the form itself to make an informed decision before signing.

“Those residents have a petition in front of them,” she said. “They read what they sign.” ✦

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In a press release from the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) that publicized the coalition’s success in attaining enough signatures for a ballot measure, Melara explained how, if approved, the new ordinance would work.

“The initiative would mandate that hotel employers provide panic buttons at no cost to the employee, ensure that workers reporting threatening guest conduct will not face retaliation, and require signage about the law in guest rooms,” Melara stated. “The ordinance would also include provisions restricting mandatory overtime and establishing fair compensation for arduous workloads.”

At City Hall Tuesday morning, as the boxes of petitions were being rolled on a cart into the city clerk’s office, Marlene Montañez, community organizer for LAANE, explained that the initiative is intended for hotels with 50-plus rooms because the coalition wants to impact the greatest number of workers possible and hold the larger hotel chains accountable for protecting their employees.

“We want to make sure that we’re impacting the bigger hotels that we can keep accountable versus the smaller ones that can probably not afford to front the cost [of the panic buttons],”

Long Beach is just pathetic.”

Lopez said that, although the Alliance claims to have panic buttons for hotel workers, her coalition wants there to be more precision as to exactly where an assault is taking place so that security can immediately address the situation.

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A photo the Long Beach Hospitality Alliance provided shows what it claims to be false information provided by a signature-collector to garner support for an initiative to provide hotel room cleaners with panic buttons.

used the facts,” said Jeremy Harris, senior vice president of the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and staff liaison to the Alliance. “We call on the city clerk and city prosecutor to fully investigate this violation of state law and invalidate the signatures collected using false and misleading information.”

Representatives of the Alliance claim the proposed initiative has little to do with safety but is instead an attempted power play by Unite Here.

“In fact, that is why the Long Beach City Council rejected their proposal last fall,” states a press release from the Alliance. “Now, union bosses are caught in a photo with wildly false information while attempting to convince voters to sign their petition.”

The photo in question, which the Alliance provided to the Signal Tribune Wednesday, shows a man standing behind a table outside a business. He is speaking to two women. On the table are stacks of clipboards and a sign that reads, “80% of hotel maids in Long Beach have been assaulted. Sign today 4 panic buttons.”

The statement from the Alliance claims that its hotels have a long record of advocating for safety measures on behalf of their employees and guests.

“All the hotels have panic buttons for their employees, including housekeepers,” according to the statement, “and have extensive safety protocols in place.”

Representatives from the Alliance say that only two incidents of assault against hotel workers were reported between Sept. 1, 2016 and Aug. 31, 2017, citing a Sept. 19, 2017 memorandum from Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna to City Manager Patrick West that states one assault was of a sexual nature against a female worker and the other was an assault on a male security guard.

When asked in a phone interview Wednesday to respond to the Alliance’s allegations regarding the misinformation from a signature collector and the hotels’ request for the signatures to be invalidated, Lorena Lopez, organizing director with Unite Here 11, said the signatures speak for themselves.

“We are very confident that about 46,000 residents want protections for women working in the hotel industry,” she said. “The industry’s response to the community effort to protect women in

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the City of Long Beach, to my colleagues on the city council and, most importantly, the constituents of the 2nd District. I am sorry that my actions, which I deeply regret, have taken attention away from the important work of the city and of the dedicated team of people who work here. I take full responsibility for my actions.”

She added that the last two years have been some of the most difficult in her adult and professional life, but that she has “undergone tremendous growth” and believes she is a stronger and better person now because of the experiences.

“For me, part of taking responsibility means self-reflection and taking actions to understand why I made the decisions I did and why I found myself part of the chaos that has characterized my time in office,” she continued. “My traumatic childhood laid the foundation for me to fall prey to narcissistic abuse. At many times I felt trapped. I know today that I am a survivor. I don’t say this to excuse my behavior, but to acknowledge that I am learning and growing– that I know now how better to recognize the pitfalls that led me into an abusive relationship where I put the public’s trust and, frankly, my life, on the line.”

Pearce thanked those who have supported her and assured her constituents that she has never ceased in serving them.

“I am proud of the 2nd District’s accomplishments, of which there are many, but moving forward, I am committed to regaining the trust and support of my colleagues and constituents that I am proud to represent,” she said.

Pearce then expressed her desire for the City to clarify its policies regarding employee conduct, including: requesting that the city auditor conduct a full audit of human-resoureces practices and return with policy recommendations to ensure all staff in the city have the information and training they need; a website for City employees to learn their rights and responsibilities related to discrimination and harassment and where they can file a complaint online; a review of human-resources protocols for the legislative department specifically instituting a robust orientation and onboarding and annual ethics training for all legislative staff regardless of position; establishing an ethics commission with community oversight; and recommending that the City match The California Endowment’s $150,000 investment to support Long Beach’s fully becoming a trauma-informed city.

“I accept and acknowledge this censure as a call to do better,” she said.

“My hope is that once the vote is done tonight, we can move on and move forward. We can put politics behind us and focus on the work ahead. I ask that my supporters in the audience keep things civil. I know this feels very personal to you and the issues you care about. Tonight, I ask that you stand with me in accepting this censure while committing to the real work that lies ahead for us.”

During the public-comment portion for the agenda item, Jonathan Crouch, who said he is a resident of the 2nd District, criticized Pearce for having previously shifted blame to others for her own actions.

“Councilmember Pearce has slowly but surely admitted to many of

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these wrongdoings through the different media interviews that she has had,” he said. “For example, during a recent interview on [the podcast] the Luc & Cammie Show, she stated that on the early morning of June 3, she drove buzzed but was not drunk. Let me explain something to you that is widely known throughout our community: buzzed driving is drunk driving.”

The next speaker was Naida Tushnet, who said she is a 3rd District resident speaking on behalf of the Long Beach Area Peace Network. Tushnet said she was saddened and angry that Pearce was being censured so long after the incidents in question, especially since at least four other Long Beach councilmembers had engaged in questionable behavior, without the council’s formal disapproval, in the 30 years she has called the city home.

“I’m sad because this motion masks what’s really happening: Councilwoman Pearce is being shamed, not

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for the events she says are the worst night of her life [...] but she’s being shamed for standing up for workers, women and other marginalized groups in Long Beach,” Tushnet said. “And the shaming is not protecting the honor of our city, but is due to the work of hotel owners and managers, large developers and others whose concerns are only for their own benefits.”

Tushnet also pointed out the irony of Pearce’s censure occurring the same day that over 40,000 voters’ signatures were delivered to the city clerk’s office to get a measure on the November ballot for residents to vote on whether hotel workers should be given personal panic-call buttons to protect them from abuse. (See story on p. 1.) Tushnet urged the council to vote against censure, claiming that move would be what restores honor to the city.

Another speaker, Sara Angevine, an assistant professor of political science at Whittier College and a 2nd District resident, called the movement against Pearce a smear campaign that she uses as an example in her teaching.

“While it’s clear that this item is more about politics than it is about ethics, it’s time for us to heal as a district in the city and move forward,” she said. “I personally find this smear campaign tasteless and sexist, and I’ve used it in my class.”

Don Sutton, who described himself as a 25-year resident of the 2nd District and owner of a small real-estate company, said that, in the last four months, four different commercial-de-

velopment projects have been “turned down financially because of the instability of this council and the district and the actions of the 2nd District,” costing the city millions of dollars.

“Furthermore, I am also familiar with three different conferences that have backed out of being here in Long Beach,” he said. “That’s tourism dollars that have gone other ways because of the current actions of the individual occupying the 2nd District [council seat].”

Sutton then called for Pearce’s resignation as opposed to censure.

Several other residents shared remarks, with some expressing support for Pearce and others calling for her to resign or to be recalled. One pointed out the hypocrisy of the council members who brought forth the censure for Pearce’s alleged sexual misconduct but who last year declined to vote in favor of protecting hotel workers from sexual abuse. Another said the council should wait a few weeks before deciding on censure, since the city clerk’s office may determine that there are not enough valid signatures from the recent effort to get a recall of Pearce on the ballot. Several of the speakers questioned the timing of the censure.

When it was time to act on the motion, all eight councilmembers voted in favor of censuring Pearce.

Thereafter, Mayor Garcia called for a short break, during which time the other councilmembers walked over to Pearce and hugged her. ✦

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