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The City of Long Beach is gathering community feedback through the end of June to decide whether it should allow delivery-only cannabis businesses to open.

While state law allows Long Beach residents to buy from delivery-only cannabis businesses in other cities, the City currently doesn’t allow this type of business within its borders.

“We cannot restrict delivery businesses from delivering in our jurisdiction or our delivery businesses delivering to a neighboring jurisdiction,” Emily Armstrong, manager of Long Beach’s Cannabis Social Equity Program, said.

Currently all Long Beach based cannabis delivery services are tied to brick-and-mortar cannabis dispensaries. But because delivery-only cannabis businesses are usually much cheaper to open than a dispensary storefront, which can cost over $1 million, the City is considering them as a more affordable and equitable path to business ownership.

During a virtual town hall meeting to discuss the topic on June 16, around 42% of participants were applicants to the City’s cannabis social equity program.

“This program seeks to increase business ownership and employment opportunities of individuals that were impacted by the War on Drugs in Long Beach,” Armstrong said.

At one point, 25% of incarcerated people in the county were serving time for drug law violations, according to a March 2019 report by County of see CANNABIS DELIVERY page 2

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long with the rest of California, Signal Hill needs to start recycling organic waste by Jan. 1, 2022, per Senate Bill (SB) 1383. The bill, passed in 2016, was designed to help combat disasters caused by climate change, such as wildfires, extreme drought and rising sea levels.

“Scientists tell us that greenhouse gasses released by human activities, like landfilling food and yard waste, cause climate change,” the State’s CalRecycle regulatory program says on its website. “To respond to this climate crisis, California is implementing statewide organic-waste recycling and surplus-food recovery.”

Californians dispose of about 27 million tons of organic waste per year—including food, paper and lumber—representing two-thirds of all trash, Public Works Director Kelli Tunnicliff told the Signal Hill City Council during its June 22 meeting.

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Californians dispose of about 27 million tons of organic waste per year— including food, paper and lumber— representing two-thirds of all trash.

The cost of collecting and processing that organic waste to divert it from landfills—which CalRecycle estimates to be $330 million statewide—may be passed on to Signal Hill residents through a 40% to 70% hike on their trash bills, Tunnicliff said.

The City Council will conduct two public hearings— during its Aug. 24 and Sept. 14 meetings— before deciding on the rate increases. If approved, the rate hikes would go into effect on Oct. 14.

The City is mailing residents and businesses notice of the

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Residents make their way across Ocean Boulevard with a police escort on Sunday, June 20 to protest the end of the State’s eviction moratorium, which was extended just two days later.

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Signal Hill residents could see a hike of 40% to 70% on their trash bills in order to implement the City’s plans for organics recycling.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on Tuesday, June 22 to extend a local eviction moratorium through Sept. 30, while warning that such protections will begin to be phased out.

Supervisor Sheila Kuehl recommended the extension—which she said is protecting tens of thousands of residents from eviction—and also acknowledged that small landlords are struggling and need assistance.

“No one should be made homeless by this crisis,” Kuehl said, promising a “thoughtful phase-out in a way that doesn’t jeopardize the success we’ve had.”

The local moratorium applies where it does not overlap with state protections for residential tenants unable to pay rent due to COVID-19-related financial stress. It covers commercial evictions, no-fault evictions and prohibits ousting tenants for unauthorized occupants, pets and other nuisances.

Supervisor Janice Hahn said she had considered an amendment limiting the moratorium to tenants who had applied for state and local rent relief, but said she didn’t believe such a motion would pass. see MORATORIUM page 4

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coalition of Long Beach residents and organizations presented their annual People’s Budget Tuesday, June 22, calling for divestment from police and investment into marginalized communities.

“The city is barely beginning the process to reverse the entrenched historic pattern of disinvesting from our communities that have suffered from inequity because of race and class,” said Dawn Modkins, a member of the multi-racial and multi-faith organizing group LA Voice. “Today, we are at a critical juncture in our city’s history and our nation’s history.”

The 2021 People’s Budget parallels many of the same asks from last year’s proposal: a reinvestment in youth and seniors, comprehensive language access, universal legal representation for immigrants and a right-to-counsel program for renters.

“Budgets are moral documents and they must represent the priorities of our community,” said Jamilet Ochoa, a community organizer with the Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition (LBRIC).

Many of the coalition’s demands come with renewed vigor in the face of a global health crisis that has exacerbated inequities across racial and socioeconomic lines.

The budget has both multiracial and multigenerational support. Organiza-

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A senior resident sits atop a motorized scooter holding a sign that says “We Deserve Better!” at the unveiling of the 2021 People’s Budget on Tuesday, June 22.

tions like the Long Beach Gray Panthers, the Housing Justice Coalition, Black Lives Matter Long Beach and LBRIC threw their support behind the proposal during a press conference.

Supporters of the budget stood beside speakers at Long Beach City Hall holding signs donning phrases like “Less Oppression More Resources,” “Care Not Cops” and “Together We Do Great Things.”

During the press conference, organizers demanded a “deep” investment in community land trusts—a form of housing that centers on community ownership—and a reallocation of cannabis tax revenue back into communities that have long suffered from the prior criminalization of cannabis.

“We are demanding the righting of wrongs,” said Audrena Redmond, founder of the Long Beach chapter of Black Lives Matter.

Although funds like Measure US and Measure M have been allocated towards the coalition’s past goals, Redmond demanded the community-centered allocation of “growth dollars” like cannabis tax revenue, which brought in over $10 million last year.

“Whether it is police over criminalizing and committing direct violence against Black and brown bodies, or greedy developers gentrifying our neighborhood, our families, displacing them in our communities, it’s enough,” Modkins said.

The Long Beach City Council will deliberate on the fiscal year 2022 budget later this year.

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According to data by the City of Long Beach, although Black residents only made up 13% of the city’s total population from 2010 to 2016, they accounted for 44% of cannabis related arrests during this time.

In comparison, white residents made up 27% of the city’s total population at the time, but accounted for 17% of cannabis arrests.

Now that cannabis is legal in California, the City’s Cannabis Social Equity program aims to make up for the damage done to marginalized communities during its prohibition.

However, the current social equity program cannot be called a success by any stretch of the imagination.

As of June 24, only one out of 117 social equity applicants had opened a cannabis business. Armstrong admitted that the City had fallen short when initially creating many of its cannabis policies.

“Over the years, the City has been working on increasing equity in various policies and programs,” Armstrong said. “It was clear that there was a lack of community engagement and transparency when developing City policies and programs and cannabis was no exception.”

City staff identified delivery-only cannabis businesses as a way to increase opportunities for equitable ownership in a memo to the City Council on Aug. 5, 2020.

On Jan. 5, 2021, the City Council asked the Office of Cannabis Oversight to put together a study on the feasibility of licensing and regulating delivery-only cannabis businesses.

During the June 16 town hall, Adam Hijazi of the Long Beach Collective Association said that social equity applicants should be given priority when it comes to future delivery-only licenses.

“Licenses should be available for

social equity applicants,” Hijazi said.

“I don’t think this is a question of opening up other deliveries for other applicants. I think that should be the first priority to be looked at and really the real intent of the study.”

In an effort to include the entire community in its upcoming consideration of delivery-only cannabis businesses in Long Beach, the City is asking people to take a short survey on the topic, which can be taken until June 30.

After reviewing all the community feedback it has received, the Office of Cannabis Oversight will conclude the feasibility study and present the findings to the City Council in July.

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James Collins wheels two dozen boxes of assorted cheese to his van for the Help Me Help You food pantry on June 22, 2021.

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Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints purchases 48,000 pounds of food to distribute to those in need

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A young man takes a break from loading food onto a truck to sit atop boxes of rice on June 22, 2021.

n the morning of Tuesday, June 22 and for the second time this year, a big rig full of 48,000 pounds of food arrived at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Long Beach.

The food—which includes more than 7,000 pounds of meat, 6,000 pounds of cheese and 400 gallons of milk—will be distributed to more than two dozen food banks, nonprofits, neighborhood associations and other religious groups.

“We are part of the community and, like many churches helping address community needs, we want to share love and support in this difficult year we’ve all experienced,” said city auditor and longtime churchgoer Laura Doud.

The truckload of food is estimated to feed 1,400 people for a week, organizing committee member Staci Loveridge said.

“We did this three months ago and it’s already time to restock the shelves again, so there’s a serious need,” she said, noting that perishables like meats, produce and dairy products are in high demand.

The philanthropic distribution was made possible due to tithes and offerings of churchgoers during the pandemic.

“I believe today as a city we are working together to feed not only those who are homeless, but the working poor,” said Torie Russell, pastor at Long Beach’s Temple Baptist Church. “It is our daily goal to defray the cost of living. Folks are struggling to make it through.”

Lisa Gillet, a case manager for Lutheran Social Services, was among volunteers unloading cardboard boxes full of produce from the truck.

“This donation is huge for us. It means that we are able to support the families in our community in Long Beach,” she said. “We’re going to be able to feed probably about 150 families with this donation alone. It’s such an awesome blessing.”

increases and public hearings during the first week of July, Tunnicliff said.

Single-family residences, which now pay $16.50 per month, would see a net increase of $6.65 per month with the addition of organics recycling—a 40% increase. The new rate of $23.15 will fall to $22.30 after the first year, however, due to a small initial program adjustment that goes away.

Steve South, president and CEO of Signal Hill’s disposal service EDCO, said residents can have at least one but as many as three 64-gallon organic-waste bins per household, or 32-gallon bins if there are space issues.

People who now pay for a second trash bin can potentially eliminate that charge in favor of an extra organics bin at no additional charge, South said.

For multifamily residences like apartment buildings, the monthly rate would increase by an average of 73%—from $128.49 to $222.10—Tunnicliff said. The new rate will reduce by $6.68 after the first year.

“There are opportunities in the multifamily, though, for neighbors to work together to reduce the trash—diverting more of their trash to organics—and thereby reducing the cost of the trash service to help offset the organics cost,” she said.

Commercial rates would also increase on average by about 40%, or $70.54 per month, with the implementation of organic-waste collection.

Councilmember Tina Hansen, who served on the City’s SB 1383 implementation subcommittee, said she wanted to give Signal Hill residents and businesses time to prepare for the two public hearings.

“We want to make sure that this is as transparent and up-front as we can make it so that people have a chance to come and get all the clarification that they need,” Hansen said.

In addition to supplying residents and businesses with a third disposal container in the fall, the City will build a new infrastructure and system to collect and sort organic waste to divert it from landfills.

By 2025, SB 1383 also requires 20% more edible food to be salvaged from local retailers that they would otherwise trash, Tunnicliff said.

Signal Hill will implement an edible-food recovery program for its Costco, Food 4 Less, Mother’s Market and Target retailers by Jan. 1, 2022, and Applebee’s restaurant by Jan. 1, 2024, Tunnicliff said.

Mayor Edward Wilson commented that diverting organic waste from landfills presents a challenge, and not just economically.

“It will require individuals and households to change their disposal habits,” he said.

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n Monday, June 22, the tenth annual People’s State of the City celebrated the community’s empowerment to bring about change.

The address, usually given to a packed house, was given virtually this year by Long Beach Forward Executive Director James Suazo and former

councilmember Tonia Reyes Uranga.

“People have become empowered.

They have become educated and engaged in building a movement that rejects racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, capitalism and all types of oppression toward our community,” Uranga said.

In his address, Suazo noted that the pandemic exacerbated issues such as mental health and job loss in Long Beach.

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“While many of us have been harmed by the economic and social consequences of the pandemic, each community has been hit differently,” Suazo said.

Suazo highlighted the need for mental and emotional support for youth of color who navigated distance learning while being caretakers and at times breadwinners to help their families.

He also uplifted the struggle of workers in the service industry, grocery workers and port truck drivers who are asking for workplace protections and healthcare.

“As the pandemic has continued month after month, many of us have intimately felt the impact of what happens when there is no safety net,” Suazo said. “As we face these dilemmas, it has been our neighbors, our community and the people who have stepped up to take care of one another.”

Both Suazo and Uranga asked that as people move forward, they push decision-makers to take bold actions in order to address inequities, including divestment from police and reallocation of funds for housing, healthcare and other resources.

Expanding on these systemic chang-

es and more, community leaders and organizations invited the public to join their cause during the “community fair” portion of the program.

Organizations such as the Long Beach Immigrants Rights Coalition, Long Beach Gray Panthers, Black Lives Matter Long Beach and Long Beach Residents Empowered (LiBRE) shared their current missions.

Norberto Lopez, project director at LiBRE, shared that the organization was working to extend renter protections until September and needed the people’s support.

Eviction protections were set to expire at the end of the month. However, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday, June 22 to extend the eviction moratorium through Sept. 30.

At the root of each message from the organizations was the same goal: to get people involved.

“What we know is true throughout every People’s State of the City address that we’ve delivered,” Suazo said, “Is that the power of overcoming fear, overcoming loneliness and coming together to actually work together, to actually change our world and our community for the better, it starts by us taking that step.”

continued from page 1 “There are two sides to this equation,” Hahn said, adding that she wanted to “make sure that our mom-andpop landlords do get the rent they’re owed.”

The motion was ultimately passed with multiple amendments, including a call for county lawyers and staffers to report back on the ability to make protections conditional on good-faith efforts to apply for rent relief.

Supervisor Kathryn Barger underscored landlords’ concerns.

“The moratorium has now been in place for almost a year and a half.

Throughout that time, small property owners, folks who have saved their whole lives to buy a rental unit, elderly persons who use rental income to pay for their current care … have faced a lot of significant challenges,” Barger said. “It is incumbent that we find a way to phase out the eviction moratorium, but based on what I’m hearing, now is not the time.”

Kuehl acknowledged that the state is focused on providing rent relief to ease the burden of both tenants and landlords, but said the application process is overly complicated.

The state is working to improve the process, but Kuehl said those changes could take some time.

Supervisor Holly Mitchell was more direct in her criticism.

“I don’t think that we as a county should wait for the state to figure it out,” Mitchell said, urging support for continuing local protections for both landlords and tenants.

Mitchell also warned that the local housing crisis existed before the pandemic and would not end anytime soon.

“Many communities will continue to struggle for years,” Mitchell said.

The board’s vote lifts a prohibition on evictions in the case of landlords or family members moving back into a single-family home, subject to certain conditions. Such evictions will require at least 60 days notice and will only be allowed when the renter is able to pay rent and has not been impacted financially by COVID-19.

They will also only apply in cases in which the profile of the owner or family member matches that of the existing tenant—elderly tenants may only be evicted if the landlord or incoming family member is also elderly and low-income tenants may only be evicted if the landlord or incoming family member is also low-income, for example. The same requirement applies for disabled tenants.

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EYE ON CRIME CRIMES REPORTED BY THE SIGNAL HILL POLICE Thursday, June 17

4:31 p.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 3200 block E. PCH

Friday, June 18

12:23 p.m., Robbery, 2400 block Cherry Ave. 2:37 p.m., Auto burglary, 2600 block Wall St. 5:24 p.m., Criminal threats, 2100 block E. Spring St. 5:40 p.m., Grand theft, 2400 block Cherry Ave. 10:56 p.m., Stolen vehicle–recovered; Grand theft-motor vehicle; possessing controlled substance; 3100 block E. PCH (suspect arrested) 11:36 p.m., Criminal threats, 2100 block Gaviota Ave.

Saturday, June 19

3:19 a.m., Misdemeanor warrants, 2400 block Cherry Ave. (suspect arrested) 2:43 p.m., Felony spousal abuse, 3500 block E. PCH 3:30 p.m., Battery, 2400 block California Ave.

Sunday, June 20

12:13 a.m., Assault with deadly weapon, not a firearm; vandalism; false identification to Peace Officer; Resisting/obstructing Police Office, E. 32nd St./California Ave. (suspect arrested) 4:06 a.m., Possessing burglary tools; tamper with vehicle; Grand theft-property; receive stolen property, California Ave./E. Burnett St. (suspect arrested) 7:54 a.m., Auto burglary, 1900 block Temple Ave. 10:12 p.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 1900 block Junipero Ave.

Monday, June 21

3:43 a.m., Vehicle tampering; violate parole; misdemeanor warrant; 2100 block E. 21st St. (suspect arrested) 10:33 a.m., Stolen vehicle – recovered, 2700 block Gundry Ave. 2:57 p.m., Burglary, 2900 block E. PCH 6:55 p.m., Stolen vehicle – recovered, 3300 block E. 19th St. 9:55 p.m., Stolen vehicle – recovered, Freeman Ave. north of E. PCH

Tuesday, June 22

6:38pm, Grand theft – motor vehicle, Gaviota Ave./E. 28th St., 8:32pm, Loitering, 2 felony warrants, Gladys Ave./Ellis Ave., (suspect arrested)

Wednesday, June 23

4:38 a.m., Under the influence of controlled substance, 2300 block Dawson Ave., (suspect arrested) 10:25 a.m., Intoxicated person on drugs, 3300 block E. 19th St. 4:15 p.m., Grand theft, 3100 block E. Willow St. 8:20 p.m., Petty theft; possessing paraphernalia, driving while license suspended, 900 block E. 33rd St. (2 suspects arrested) LBPD reporting area is too extensive to report here.

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TST6453/ 2021 111842 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. MED ART, 2. NEXUS ENTERPRISES, 4432 Montair Ave., Long Beach, CA 90808. Registrant: CAROL A. BECKERMAN, 4432 Montair Ave., Long Beach, CA 90808. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Carol A. Beckerman. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name.

The registrant began using this fictitious business name in March, 2021. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 17, 2021.

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: June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021 TST6454 Case No. 21LBCP00153 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN COURTHOUSE, 275 MAGNOLIA, LONG BEACH, CA. 90803 PETITION OF: IRIS CRISSMAN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: IRIS CRISSMAN has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:Present Name: VINCE NEIL CAVALIDA to Proposed Name: VINCE NEIL CRISSMAN. Present Name: VANNESSA LOVE FLORES to Proposed Name: VANNESSA LOVE CRISSMAN 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: July 14, 2021; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept. 26.. 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, 1860 Obispo Ave., Ste. F, Signal Hill, CA 90755, June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021 _________ Michael P. Vicencia, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: June 2, 2021 TST6459 / 2021 124857 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: WONDERBRETT, 314 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036. Mailing address: 3030 Walnut Ave., Suite 160, Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: 314 LA BREA, LLC, 314 N La Brea Ave., 314, Los Angeles, CA 90036. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: David Judaken, 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 June 3, 2021.

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: June 11, 18, 25 & July 2, 2021 TST6460 / 2021 109181 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: MONE’S DAYCARE, 4142 Mendez Ave. Unit 429, Long Beach, CA 90815. Registrant: BEVERLY NELSON, 4142 E. Mendez Ave., Unit 429, Long Beach, CA 90815. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Beverly M. Nelson. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in April, 2021.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 12, 2021. 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: June 11, 18, 25 & July 2, 2021

TST6452 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DIEN THI HOANG AKA DIEN T. HOANG AKA DIEN HOANG CASE NO. 21STPB05339 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DIEN THI HOANG AKA DIEN T. HOANG AKA DIEN HOANG. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed

by AN BUI in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that AN BUI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 07/02/21 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner THOMAS W. DOMINICK - SBN 120525 FULLERTON LEMANN SCHAEFER & DOMINICK 215 NORTH “D” STREET, FIRST FLOOR SAN BERNARDINO CA 92401-1712 6/11, 6/18, 6/25/21 CNS-3478305# THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE

TST6463/Order No: 9281 Auto Lien Sale On 7/7/2021 at 2121 ROSEMEAD BLVD SOUTH EL MONTE,CA a Lien Sale will be held on a 2017 TOYOTA VIN: 4T1BF1FK4HU722772 STATE: CA LIC: 7XVE219

TST6461 Case No. 21CMCP00077 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT, 200 W. COMPTON BLVD., COMPTON, CA 90220 PETITION OF: CORRINA INEZ GONZALES TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: CORRINA INEZ GONZALES has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: CORRINA INEZ GONZALES to Proposed Name: LILITH GONZALES. 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: August 19, 2021; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept. A, Room 904. 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, 1860 Obispo Ave., Ste. F, Signal Hill, CA 90755, June 18, 25 & July 2, 9, 2021 __________ Kristin S. Escalante, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: June 9, 2021 TST6464 / 2021 132045 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: EVERYDAY DELIGHTS, 1267 Willis St. Ste 200, Redding, CA 96001. Mailing address: 2644 E. 4th St., Apt 3, Long Beach, CA 90814. Registrant: ACCELER WIRELESS LLC, 1267 Willis St., Ste 200, Redding, CA 96001. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Sean Westfall, Owner-member. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in May, 2021. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on June 11, 2021. 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: June 25 & July 2, 9, 16, 2021

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CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6467 NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION Ordinance No. 2021-06-1523 was introduced by the Signal Hill City Council at their meeting of Tuesday, June 22, 2021. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN HEALTH BENEFITS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND RATIFYING PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BENEFITS The ordinance was introduced by the following vote:

AYES: MAYOR EDWARD H.J. WILSON, VICE MAYOR KEIR

JONES, COUNCIL MEMBERS ROBERT D. COPELAND,

TINA L. HANSEN, LORI Y. WOODS

NOES: NONE

ABSENT: NONE

ABSTAIN: NONE

A copy of the full text of the ordinance is available in the City Clerk’s Office and on the City’s website: www.cityofsignalhill.org _______________________ Carmen R. Brooks City Clerk Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper on June 25, 2021.

Posted at City Hall, Discovery Well Park, Reservoir Park, and the Signal Hill Library on or before June 25, 2021.

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NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION Ordinance No. 2021-06-1524 was introduced by the Signal Hill City Council at their meeting of Tuesday, June 22, 2021. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE CITY’S PURCHASING ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN TITLE 3 OF THE SIGNAL HILL MUNICIPAL CODE The ordinance was introduced by the following vote:

AYES: MAYOR EDWARD H.J. WILSON, VICE MAYOR KEIR

JONES, COUNCIL MEMBERS ROBERT D. COPELAND,

TINA L. HANSEN, LORI Y. WOODS

NOES: NONE

ABSENT: NONE

ABSTAIN: NONE

A copy of the full text of the ordinance is available in the City Clerk’s Office and on the City’s website: www.cityofsignalhill.org _______________________ Carmen R. Brooks City Clerk Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper on June 25, 2021.

Posted at City Hall, Discovery Well Park, Reservoir Park, and the Signal Hill Library on or before June 25, 2021.

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6466 NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION Ordinance No. 2021-06-1522 was introduced by the Signal Hill City Council at their meeting of Tuesday, June 22, 2021. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, ADJUSTING COMPENSATION FOR CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASURER IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW The ordinance was introduced by the following vote:

AYES: MAYOR EDWARD H.J. WILSON, VICE MAYOR KEIR

JONES, COUNCIL MEMBERS ROBERT D. COPELAND,

TINA L. HANSEN, LORI Y. WOODS

NOES: NONE

ABSENT: NONE

ABSTAIN: NONE

A copy of the full text of the ordinance is available in the City Clerk’s Office and on the City’s website: www.cityofsignalhill.org _______________________ Carmen R. Brooks City Clerk Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper on June 25, 2021.

Posted at City Hall, Discovery Well Park, Reservoir Park, and the Signal Hill Library on or before June 25, 2021.

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6465 NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION Ordinance No. 2021-06-1521 was introduced by the Signal Hill City Council at their meeting of Tuesday, June 22, 2021. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL,CALIFORNIA, ADJUSTING COMPENSATION FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW The ordinance was introduced by the following vote:

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Long Beach Unified School District’s Alvarado Elementary School, 1900 E. 21st St., Signal Hill March 29, 2021.

LBUSD Board approves $1.1 billion budget and learning plans for 2021-2022 academic year Anita W. Harris

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uring its June 23 meeting, the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) Board of Education voted unanimously to approve LBUSD’s 2021-2022 budget of $1.1 billion and related learning plans following months of review.

Most of LBUSD’s funding comes from local and state sources, with about 15% from federal sources. Most of its expenditures—about 75%—go toward compensating teachers, school staff and administrators.

Yumi Takahashi, LBUSD chief business and financial officer, said the State funding portion of the 2021-2022 budget is higher than expected following the pandemic. The budget also includes about $150 million of one-time COVID-19 related grants.

She also said that since California’s legislature and governor haven’t yet finalized the state’s budget, there may yet be changes in store for LBUSD’s budget, even though it is approved.

“That budget will need to be revised when the full revenue picture is known,” Takahashi said, adding that LBUSD has 45 days to submit revisions to the State if needed.

LBUSD’s declining enrollment of roughly 2% per year leaves it “vulnerable” to future budget deficits since part of LBUSD’s regular funding is tied to its number of students, Takahashi said.

Enrollment has fallen from about 86,000 students in 2008 to about 68,000 this year, Takahashi showed on a graph, adding that LBUSD needs to make “aggressive efforts” to get families to enroll their students.

Besides the budget, the board approved two learning plans—a State-required Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and LBUSD’s own

Learning and Acceleration Support Plan (LASP) that it developed earlier this year to address its schools’ post-pandemic needs.

Robert Tagorda, executive director of equity, access and college & career readiness, said the LCAP reflects LBUSD’s strategic goals of ensuring equity, a safe place for rigorous learning, academic growth and college and career readiness.

LBUSD must submit its LCAP to the California Department of Education by July 1.

Superintendent Dr. Jill Baker said that contrary to the LCAP, the district’s new LASP is not required by the State but instead provides a coherent learning plan for the district, especially in a post-pandemic environment.

LASP is meant to promote student success through four “pillars”: academic acceleration and support, social and emotional learning and wellness, engagement and voice, and infrastructure for the future, Baker said.

Baker noted that the fourth pillar of infrastructure investment includes not just enhancing the physical classroom but increasing teacher diversity, evaluating programs better, and improving technology through redesigning LBUSD’s website and bolstering online teaching tools.

LASP will be published and presented to the board on July 19 and posted to LBUSD’s website on Aug. 1, Baker said. In the interest of transparency, LASP will also feature an online budget “tracker” updated quarterly, she added.

Public budget engagement is a yearround process, Baker said, allowing for additions and changes.

“Our budget reflects, in the most intentional way, how important community voice is in helping to make decisions over that $1.1 billion,” Board Member Dr. Juan Benitez said.

AYES: MAYOR EDWARD H.J. WILSON, VICE MAYOR KEIR

JONES, COUNCIL MEMBERS ROBERT D. COPELAND,

TINA L. HANSEN, LORI Y. WOODS

NOES: NONE

ABSENT: NONE

ABSTAIN: NONE

A copy of the full text of the ordinance is available in the City Clerk’s Office and on the City’s website: www.cityofsignalhill.org _______________________ Carmen R. Brooks City Clerk Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper on June 25, 2021.

Posted at City Hall, Discovery Well Park, Reservoir Park, and the Signal Hill Library on or before June 25, 2021.

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