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Council moves forward with anti-tenant harassment ordinance Councilmembers split in a 5-3 vote in favor of the creation of the ordinance Emma DiMaggio Production Manager

After nearly two hours of discussion, the Long Beach City Council split in a 5-3 vote in favor of creating an ordinance to combat tenant harassment on Tuesday, Oct. 20.

Tenant harassment has been an issue in Long Beach long before the pandemic began.

“I can imagine that circumstances that make this policy sadly necessary are unimaginable to most Long Beach residents,” Councilmember Mary Zendejas said. “But me? Each week I hear from my residents on how they are being harassed by their landlords, mostly because they don’t either speak the language or they don’t know the law.”

This isn’t the first time the council has considered an ordinance to deter tenant harassment. Similar agenda items have come to the council twice before, the last of which was removed from the council agenda before their Sept. 1 meeting.

This week’s item was brought forth by Vice Mayor Dee Andrews and Councilmember Roberto Uranga in response to ongoing cases of tenant harassment in their districts.

In the past month, tenants at apartment complexes on 436 Daisy Ave. and 1454 Orange Ave. have unionized against their landlord, Bradley Johnson.

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A young protester holds a sign in Cesar Chavez park on Aug. 22 that reads “Stop Tenant Harassment.” Protesters demanded that the City of Long Beach adopt a strong anti-tenant harassment policy.

“When you have residents come to your door at 8 p.m. on a cold evening because their security lighting on the second story apartment complex is removed, you must take action,” Andrews said.

Tenants at these complexes have

faced illegal rent hikes. Elsewhere, tenants have been served illegal 60-day eviction notices, death threats and utility shutoffs, according to Andrew Mandujano, a community organizer with Long Beach Forward.

The ordinance hopes to address a

slew of other forms of harassment.

“Imagine your safety fences being removed and retaliation for not signing a lease that increases your rent by $800. Worse than that, being threatened to be evicted if you do not sign a document not in your native language or having no idea what you are signing,” Andrews said. “These kinds of actions are the ones we are facing in the Sixth District.”

By outlining definitions of tenant harassment, the local ordinance would allow renters to take their landlords to civil court for damages.

Tenant protections exist, but they’re not exhaustive The State of California already boasts a slew of tenant protections, many thanks to the Tenant Protection Act of 2019.

Deputy City Attorney Rich Anthony pointed out that, while the state does have anti-retaliation provisions, it does not have any provisions to address harassment.

Cities like San Francisco, Oakland and Berkely all have varying levels of anti-tenant harassment policies.

Some even have the infrastructure to streamline administrative hearings to offset the lengthy and expensive proceedings of traditional civil court cases.

While Anthony said it would take “a heavier lift” and “a lot more changes” to be able to achieve this kind of infrastructure, the ordinance would nonetheless give tenants valid cause to challenge harassment from landlords.

Both Councilmembers Stacy Mungo and Rex Richardson pointed see LB CITY COUNCIL page 7

ACTIVISM

Anakbayan Long Beach lobbies CSULB student government to endorse Phillipine Human Rights Act Kristen Farrah Naeem Staff Writer

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Anakbayan members protest outside the Philippine Consulate in Koreatown during the summer of 2020.

Students and activists have urged Cal State Long Beach’s student government, Associated Students Incorporated (ASI), to endorse the Philippine Human Rights Act (PHRA) during the student body’s last three weekly meetings.

The PHRA would stop US funding of Phillipine military and police until human rights conditions improve in the country. Human Rights Watch found that President Rodrigo Duterte’s War on Drugs has caused the deaths of over 12,000 Filipinos, and his new Anti-Terror Act puts an extremely broad definition of terrorism in place that allows government dissenters to be denied due process. Activists and members of the media are often “red-tagged,” accused of being communists and singled out for violence and harassment. see HUMAN RIGHTS page 7

October 23, 2020 MEET THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

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Cinthia Parada, owner of Cinply Essentials, a vegan non-toxic skincare line, hosted the Little Pumpkin Pop Up Shop on Sunday, Oct. 18 at Pretty Lil Things in Lakewood Village.

Little Pumpkin Pop-Up Shop celebrates small businesses run by Latinx women Karla Enriquez Online Editor

Protected from the warm Sunday weather were attendees of the Little Pumpkin Pop-Up Shop hosted by vegan non-toxic skincare business, Cinply Essentials, and Pretty Lil Things studio in Lakewood Village.

The pop-up focused on small businesses owned by Latinx women, with most featuring products that bring comfort and relaxation.

Products ranged from soy candles to coffee to a slime station for children.

Some of the vendors included: Jackie’s Art, featuring original stickers, Esse Ojo, offering eclectic jewelry and Leon y Luna, providing eco-conscious artisanal printed masks and mask straps.

Host, Cinthia Parada of Cinply Essentials, organized this pop-up with the community and other small businesses in mind. “[The goal was] to provide a space for families to enjoy their Sunday afternoon while supporting small businesses,” Parada said. “Originally, I was going to be the only vendor and have it feature me however I asked the owner if I can invite other small businesses to vend as well because when I make money I want my fellow small business Latinas to make money too and have a chance to promote our creations.”

Pretty Lil Things, a boutique floral and event design studio, owned by Celia Morales Milla served as the whimsical backdrop as customers browsed through products and traveled to the back lot where they found a crepe station, pastries, snacks, see SMALL BUSINESS page 5

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Both Long Beach Residents Empowered (LiBRE) and the Long Beach Tenants Union organize to adovcate for tenants’ rights.

IT’S PAST TIME TO STOP TENANT HARASSMENT FROM UNSCRUPULOUS LANDLORDS Norberto Lopez, Project Director of Long Beach Residents Empowered (LiBRE) Andrew Mandujano, Organizer with the Long Beach Tenants Union The Signal Tribune provides a space for those wanting to submit an op-ed on issues affecting the communities of Long Beach and Signal Hill. Op-eds do not necessarily reflect the views of the Signal Tribune.

Imagine: in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, on top of the many stresses you’re dealing with—income loss, online schooling for your kids, elderly parent care—you also have to endure water leaks, black mold, and a rat infestation in your home. You’ve asked your landlord to fix these problems, but instead, the landlord illegally doubles your rent and threatens you with eviction and other lawsuits if you don’t pay.

We don’t have to go far to see this exact scenario in real life. For months, 12 families in an apartment building at 5th and Daisy in Council District 1 have faced harassment from their landlord, Bradley Johnson of Trusted Real Estate Advisors, and Harbor Associates. Johnson has refused to make building repairs in clear violation of health and safety codes, barged into tenants’ units without notice, and tried to force illegal rent increases ranging from 66% to 90%, threatening the tenants with eviction if they can’t pay.

Johnson owns another apartment building at 15th and Orange in Council District 6, and when tenants started organizing against their illegal rent increases, he retaliated by removing the building’s security gates and outdoor security lights. Now the building is pitch dark at night.

Johnson is not an outlier in his conduct.

Ruthless and coercive harassment by landlords against tenants is happening all across our renter-majority city. This is by no means a new problem, but it’s especially despicable during the pandemic. As housing rights organizers, we know first-hand of countless families experiencing harassment from their landlords, including unlawful eviction attempts and lockouts, verbal and physical intimidation and threats, failure to make timely repairs, entry into homes without

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notice, and intentional distribution of false information about COVID-19 emergency housing policies.

Here is just a sampling of the cases we are dealing with: In Council District 1, 12 families have faced illegal rent increases, physical intimidation, and eviction threats. On Saturday, October 10 several families received no-fault eviction notices for “substantial remodeling,” even though Los Angeles County’s eviction moratorium prohibits all no-fault evictions.

In Council District 2, a single mother has been illegally locked out of her storage twice.

A Black veteran with PTSD has been harassed multiple times. Five tenants at Ocean and Cherry endure unnecessary construction hazards like workers without PPE, dust, and water shutoffs. And a single mother on Freeman Ave has faced constant harassment including just last week when the landlord cut off her internet while her kids were doing virtual schooling.

In Council District 3, a family received a voicemail from their landlord threatening them with gun violence.

In Council District 4, a woman who lost her wages due to COVID has black mold in her bedroom, but instead of making repairs, the landlord has harassed her for rent payment and threatened to evict her.

In Council District 6, eight families have faced illegal rent increases and unscrupulous retaliation from their landlord, Bradley Johnson described above.

In Council District 9, one tenant was locked out of their unit illegally, and 16 families at 64th and Linden, who have been resisting their vicious corporate landlord WestStar since last year, now face needless water shutoffs. WestStar is the same company harassing tenants in the District 2 building on Ocean.

And these are just some of the cases we know about, with potentially many more that haven’t come to our attention.

We can’t legislate a cure for horrible people, but we can legislate protection from abuse. The City Council must immediately adopt a commonsense Tenant Anti-Harassment Urgency Ordinance to give tenants real legal options when they suffer landlord harassment. When a tenant behaves badly or violates their lease, the landlord can evict or take other legal action—but when a landlord behaves badly and harasses a tenant, the

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tenant can’t do anything about it because they’ll just be handed an eviction notice or be told, “If you don’t like it here, you can leave.”

Critics say that California state law already prohibits harassment of tenants. But the state laws in place are toothless, limited in scope, and do not actually deter abusive behavior from landlords. For instance, a landlord who repeatedly pounds on a tenant’s door at 2 AM won’t face any consequences unless the tenant can prove the landlord’s motive is to force them out of their unit. The only recourse for an abused tenant, apart from a month-long civil lawsuit, is to call the police, which is problematic because oftentimes landlords have the upper hand, and there is longstanding distrust between communities of color and police. In District 1, for example, the landlord of a building on Parade Street has called the police on a tenant family with completely false accusations. The police said it was fine for the landlord to record a video of the tenant’s young children through their bedroom window. This harassment is borderline stalking and must be stopped.

Long Beach needs a local Tenant Anti-Harassment Urgency Ordinance—such as those adopted by Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Oakland, San Francisco, and Berkeley—that will create real, substantial penalties for specific abuses without requiring tenants to prove landlords’ motives or move out first and sue later. This is a matter of basic human decency. Everyone deserves the safe, quiet enjoyment of their home, especially during a pandemic. If you are a kind, decent landlord, you have nothing to worry about; this ordinance will not impact you. If you are a landlord who harasses and intimidates to squeeze your tenants, then your opposition to this ordinance is more a reflection of your shameful character than anything else.

We call on the City Council to adopt a Tenant Anti-Harassment Urgency Ordinance at a special meeting on or before October 27, 2020. After mid-October, the Council is not scheduled to meet again until November 17.

Long Beach families are suffering now and deserve justice without delay.

If you are experiencing any type of harassment from your landlord, please feel free to share your story with us at contact.lbre@ gmail.com or info@housinglb.org.

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VIRTUAL THEATRE

International City Theatre streams potent political play in time for election Anita W. Harris Senior Writer

Imagine a world where a Democrat and Republican are vying fiercely to be president while Blackrights protests shake the country and Russia poses an existential threat.

That might be 2020, but it also describes 1964, when Civil Rights protests, the Russian nuclear threat, the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy and even a looming conflict in Vietnam all felt destabilizing, perhaps akin to how we feel now.

The International City Theatre (ICT) is offering a streaming version of Sean Devine’s award-winning play “Daisy” which captures that feeling. Set in 1964, the play dramatizes the creation of the first negative political advertisement that was so devastating to viewers it only aired once on television.

The play’s characters are based on real members of the Madison Avenue agency that produced the controversial one-minute ad, commissioned by incumbent Democratic candidate Lyndon Johnson’s presidential campaign.

The ad – still viewable through the Library of Congress– doesn’t mention Republican opponent Barry Goldwater by name. Instead, it plugs directly into the 1964 public’s fear of nuclear war, showing a small girl plucking daisy petals followed by images of mushroom-cloud explosions.

“We must either love each other or we must die,” Johnson’s voiceover states during the bombing images.

At the end of the commercial, a narrator asks viewers to vote for Johnson on Nov. 3 because “the stakes are too high for you to stay home.” Sound familiar?

ICT had planned to stage the play this past spring, but that plan was

derailed when COVID-19 restrictions shut down theatres and other performance venues.

Producer and director caryn desai (sic), told the Signal Tribune in a phone interview that though ICT decided to postpone three other scheduled productions, she wanted to produce “Daisy” during this presidential-election year.

“This was a play that had so much to say, and was so relevant right now,” she said. “I wanted to tell this story.”

Rather than being overtly about politics, part of the appeal of “Daisy” is that it focuses on creation of the ad and its psychology, desai said.​ “I didn’t want a play that was going to bash one side or the other,” she said. “That’s not how you bring people together for understanding.”

As restrictions to public gatherings kept getting extended from spring into summer and then into fall, ICT had to keep postponing the play, each time having to request different dates from the licensing house in New York.

Finally, desai requested the streaming rights, to which the playwright agreed.

“We were so hopeful that we were going to tell it on stage before people started voting so they could think,” she said. “Because elections have consequences.”

But streaming the play wasn’t as simple as filming a staged version, desai said. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG), whom desai contacted about filming, specified strict protocols.

During rehearsals and filming, ICT would have had to ensure the presence of a medical professional, conduct regular COVID-19 testing and quarantine the actors and crew, all of which would have proved expensive.

Instead, the six-person cast, scattered all over the LA area, rehearsed

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Still image from a televised 1964 political ad, the focus of ICT’s upcoming streaming production of “Daisy.” via Zoom video-conferencing, and the play– not just a reading of it– was produced online by video editor Mike Bradecich.

ICT costume designer Kim DeShazo had to create costumes based on measurements the actors sent her and then deliver them to their homes for fitting, desai described.

Props also had to be delivered to the actors, including green-screens for backgrounds on which set locations could later be projected.

“I can’t tell you how sad it makes me that we could not do this play on stage because these actors are amazing,” she said. “We had to jump in and do whatever we could do.”

Set more than a half century ago, the play highlights the relevance of history and shows how people have

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ICT’s streaming production of “Daisy” will be available for on-demand viewing from Saturday, Oct. 24 through Nov. 7. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at ictlongbeach. org or call (562) 436-4610.

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entertaining and thought-provoking productions such as “Daisy.”

“This is the role theatre plays in society– trying to bring relevant ideas and make people think,” she said. “Creating dialogue sometimes is not just dialogue with another person. Sometimes it’s a dialogue within yourself– what you think, what you believe.”

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gotten through major crises such as those we face today, desai noted. It also says something about those who demanded banning the ad as unacceptable back then and invites us to consider who we are now.

“It begs the question, who do we want to be in the future?” desai asked. “Can we do better for each other and our world?”

The ad is also still studied today, as is one of its creators, Tony Schwartz, whom ICT describes as a “legendary communications guru […], the man behind the commercial that may have fundamentally changed how we elect our leaders.”

While desai said she doesn’t know what 2021 will bring in terms of live or virtual theatre, ICT will continue serving the community with

As businesses like gyms struggle with reopening guidelines, or the lack thereof, Councilmember Suzie Price proposed an informational item directing city staff to report back on the legislative power of the council at their Tuesday, Oct. 20 meeting.

“We have been told since day one of this pandemic in mid-March that the city council really has no standing to weigh in on the issues regarding the openings and closures of our small businesses,” Price said, noting the guidelines for openings, closures and mask-wearing.

So far, she said, councilmembers have been advised that the City’s Health Department has the final sayso on reopening.

As neighboring Orange County begins to reopen more segments of the economy, councilmembers are curious to figure out how much power the city council can wield in terms of reopening The report back from the city attorney will be an “informational item” that will help guide councilmembers’ decision-making and explain the scope of their power.

This week, gym owners joined the conversation. Many haven’t been open since March 17, the last day of a three-week reopening that was quickly shuttered by the state health mandate.

During public comment, multiple gym owners from Naples enumerated their grievances about the closures. All voiced support of the item in hopes that the findings of the

report will allow gyms to reopen.

“The loss of business revenue, personal income, payroll and jobs due to this shutdown in our industry are irreparable,” Lisa Kammel, co-owner of Executive Fitness in Naples, said.

“One mile away from my brick and mortar studio, fitness facilities are open,” she said. “Orange County is repairing the benefits financially due to this demise.”

Other gym owners expressed hope that the report from the city attorney will help answer questions about the council’s authority and potentially pave the way to reopening.

The item was passed unanimously by the council.

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continued from page 1 Cindy Hernandez (top left) of Crafting with Cin displayed her plants and plaint containers as well as macrame.

D&Y Sweet Creations (bottom left) specializes in customized cakes and cookies and party arrangements such as backdrops and decor.

Some of the products (bottom right) offered by Cinply Essentials include body oils, such as the Sage Body Oil. Photos by Karla Enriquez | Signal Tribune

plants and more, all while the familiar scent of Casita De Piña candles lingered in the air.

Casita de Piña The Chicana owned handcrafted soy candle business, started by Christian Piña, started as a hobby.

“It was more like therapy after a while, so it was something that I couldn’t stop making,” Piña said. “I love making them. I love recreating scents from my childhood. I like recreating scents that remind me of a past time or a certain family member.”

Casita de Piña’s candles are 100% soy and feature a hemp wick. Some of the scents include champurrado (a warm and sweet chocolate-based beverage made of ground corn flour found in Latin America) and “Como La Flor,” a flower-infused candle referencing the late Mexican American singer Selena.

Piña’s business has been thriving during the pandemic, something that has kept her busy during the ongoing quarantine.

“Luckily, we have a really supportive community, whether it’s family-based or it is previous clients, it’s been booming,” Piña said.

Crafting with Cin Just outside, Cindy Hernandez, of Crafting with Cin displayed a selection of plants and drop paint plant containers.

“It’s a crafting business, but we also work with plants,” Hernandez said. “I grow and cultivate all of the

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succulents and [cacti], I make all of the plant containers.”

Among her products were pastel macrame holding succulents and mini pumpkins.

“I made the macrame myself,” Hernandez said. “We do believe in eco-friendly and cost-effective products so that people can have affordable plants in their homes.”

Crafting with Cin has grown during the pandemic, having Hernandez put the event planning and balloons aspect of her business on hold because she has been busy with the other growing facets.

Hernandez also hosts workshops, private events, and paint nights for those interested in painting pots for their plants, complete with snacks and wine.

D&Y Sweet Creations & ChiliChurri Express Also in the event industry, D&Y Sweet Creations and ChiliChurri Express displayed a plethora of sweet and sour creations, respectively.

As D&Y Sweet Creations, Daisy Vasquez and Yadira Silva, offer treats such as elaborate customized cakes and cookies and party arrangements such as backdrops and decor.

According to Silva, because of the pandemic, they just started Chilichurri Express, which offers treats and refreshments that can be delivered and also offer catering.

“It has helped us a lot and we’re grateful to be here,” Silva said.

Although the main attraction is

the refreshing Chilichurri snack consisting of jicama, cucumber, cueritos (pork rind), peanuts, ChacaChaca (tamarind candy), Japanese peanuts, churritos (corn sticks) and a prepared clamato sauce, Chilichurri Express also offers ceviche and aguachile.

Ceviche is a dish typically made with raw fish containing fresh citrus juices and spice and other seasonings while aguachile is a dish made of shrimp drenched in lime and chili pepper seasoning also containing salt, cilantro cucumber and onion.

Because patrons enjoyed the Chilichurri mix so much, micheladas have also been added to the menu.

Krazy Crepes Just across the way, Krazy Crepes, owned by Maria Elena Castaneda, offered a crepe station ready to bring any crepe desire to life.

Castaneda, who said her business took a hit during the pandemic, has been trying to help other vendors who are going through a similar fate.

“I know that’s their main income and this was like a side business for me so I just want to help out other vendors as well and just get more traffic.”

Slime Gets Lit To help ease stress, Katie Gonzales, of Slime Gets Lit offered a selection of therapeutic slime. A tower of Halloween themed slime such as the textured fluorescent purple slime titled, “Trick or Treat” or the bright orange “Pumpkin Guts” glistened in the October sun. To keep with the

theme, Gonzales also displayed her Nightmare Before Christmas slime series.

“I’m actually doing my first slime session today, like at a pop-up,” Gonzales said. “It was pretty fun, the kids had fun.” Gonzales regularly offers slime parties, stations and classes.

A Lunar Gem Upon entering Pretty Lil Things studio, home-made natural self-care business, A Lunar Gem, offered a variety of essential oils and smudge sprays.

“I started because I am a very anxious person so I dove into essential oils and how they help you and how different ones help you basically calm down and stay present,” Athenea Hernandez said. “I also reiki (positive energy that helps with feeling) infuse my oils.”

Athenea Hernandez started Lunar Gem during the pandemic when she found herself out of work for six months.

“I was like ‘okay this is the perfect time I would want to do this,’ so I ventured out into doing it and it’s been actually really good for a starting business. I sold out my first two batches and it’s been really great. I’m really excited to expand, you know slowly.”

As patrons left Pretty Lil Things, the aroma of coffee from small-batch coffee roasters, Always Coffee, accompanied them to their cars.

LBUSD Board deems student access to textbooks and electronic equipment ‘sufficient’ Anita W. Harris Senior Writer

During its Wednesday, Oct. 21 meeting, the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution that students have “sufficient” access to textbooks and other instructional materials– including computers and internet connectivity.

Nevertheless, Superintendent Dr. Jill Baker said that LBUSD is waiting on 2,000 additional internet-access hot-spots to help students connect.

The board’s resolution follows the passing of Senate Bill 820 in September that amends a previous law on children’s access to learning materials by including electronic equipment, such as laptops and connection devices.

That equipment is now critical for students to access their classes and learning materials during COVID-19 restrictions that have shut LBUSD schools since spring.

Most students have been taking classes entirely online since Sept.

1. LBUSD’s target date to reopen schools and resume classroom learning is Jan. 28.

Dr. Kristi Kahl, LBUSD’s assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction and professional development, said that in September, the board had approved a new method for documenting “sufficiency” in an online context.

“How can you ensure that everybody has a textbook if we can’t ensure that they have an internet connection?” she asked.

This school year, teachers at each school certified that each student had access to required core instructional materials online, Kahl said.

“We can say we do not have any insufficiencies,” Kahl said.

Kahl acknowledged that some students may have lost that access in the past month or two.

“Circumstances change,” Kahl said. “But we were able to establish at one point in time every student had it.”

District 3 representative Dr. Juan Benitez asked Kahl to clarify whether “sufficiency” meant access to online materials or a textbook.

“It could be either,” Kahl said.

“All of our core instructional materials that have been embedded into our unit documents, [and] provide all the resources that students need and those have been posted online for the students.”

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EYE ON CRIME CRIMES REPORTED BY THE SIGNAL HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT Thursday, October 15 7:07 a.m., Grand theft, 3200 block E. 19th St. 11:16 p.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 700 block E. Spring St. Friday, October 16 12:05 a.m., Prowler, 3300 block Cerritos Ave. 9:15 a.m., Auto burglary, 700 block E. Spring St. 1:43 p.m., Auto burglary, 2900 block E. 19th St. 4:06 p.m., Elder abuse, 2100 block Gundry Ave. Saturday, October 17 8:55 a.m., Auto burglary, 3000 block California Ave. 9:06 a.m., Indecent exposure, 900 block E. 27th St. 9:41 p.m., Indecent exposure, 2400 block Gaviota Ave. Sunday, October 18 10:17 p.m., Battery, Junipero Ave./E. PCH Monday, October 19 7:11 a.m., Elder abuse, 1800 block Stanley Ave. 7:38 p.m., Arson, 3000 block California Ave. (suspect arrested) 8:59 p.m., Assault with a deadly weapon, E. 21st St./Walnut Ave. 9:07 p.m., DUI, 800 block E. Spring St. (suspect arrested) Tuesday, October 20 9:46 a.m., Identity theft, 2500 block Cherry Ave. 11:05 a.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 1800 block Stanley Ave. Wednesday, October 21 N/A

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TST6320 Case No. 20NWCP00239 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, NOWALK COURTHOUSE, 12720 NORWALK BLVD., NORWALK, CA 90650 PETITION OF: MARCUS KEVIN JOSE DOMINGUEZ. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: KEVIN MOISES DOMINGUEZ AND ANDREA BEATRICE JOSE have filed a petition with this court for a decree changing their son, Marcus Kevin Jose Dominguez’s, name as follows: Present Name: MARCUS KEVIN JOSE-DOMINGUEZ to Proposed Name: MARCUS KEVIN DOMINGUEZ-JOSE. 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: December 4, 2020; Time: 10:30a.m., Dept. C, Room 312. 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, October 9, 16, 23, & November 6, 2020.

Margaret M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: October 7, 2020 TST6317 / 2020 136961 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: POLISH FILM FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES, 117 Linden Ave., Long Beach, CA 90802. Registrant: 1. MAREK DZIDA, 1912 E. Bermuda Str Unit #16, Long Beach, CA 90802, 2. VLADEK JUSZKIEWICZ, 8159 Church Str, Yucca Valley, CA 92284. This business is conducted by: Copartners. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Marek Dzida, 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 September 10, 2020.

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: October 2, 9, 16, 23, 2020.

TST6315 Case No. 20LBCP00219 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, LONG BEACH COURTHOUSE, 275 MAGNOLIA AVE., 1ST FLOOR, LONG BEACH, CA. 90802 PETITION OF: Sonia Vanessa Arias TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: SONIA VANESSA ARIAS has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: SONIA VANESSA ARIAS to Proposed Name: VANESSA ELISE ARIAS 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: November 5, 2020; 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, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 2020.

Michael P. Vicencia, Judge of the Superior Court, Dated September 24, 2020 TST6321 / 2020 154143 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: SELF-STABLE FOODS, 4242 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: STATESIDE CRAFTS. LLC, 4242 Atlantic 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: Dawn Nadeau, Managing Member. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name.

The registrant began using this fictitious business name in December, 2015. This statement was filed with the county clerk

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of Los Angeles County on October 5, 2020. 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: October 16, 23, 30 & November 6, 2020.

TST6322 / 2020 150207 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: C & L TRANSPORTATION, 208 W. Caldwell St., Compton, CA 90220.

Registrant: LAURA CASTRO, 5614 Orange Ave., Long Beach, CA 90805. This business is conducted by: an Individual.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Laura Castro. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 29, 2020. 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: October 16, 23, 30 & November 6, 2020.

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CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6325 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND CEQA DETERMINATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 , the City Council of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. via video/teleconference to consider testimony and adoption of the following proposed Ordinance No. 2020-10-1514: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 15.08 REPEALING THE 2017 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FIRE CODE AND REPLACING IT WITH THE 2020 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FIRE CODE BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2019 CALIFORNIA STATE FIRE CODE AND PORTIONS OF THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE

THE SIGNAL HILL CITY COUNCIL introduced this ordinance at its October 13, 2020 meeting. The Fire Code being considered for adoption by reference is online at https://library.municode.com/ca/los_angeles_county/codes/ code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT32FICO and is open to public inspection.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to attend the public hearing to present written information, express their opinions or otherwise present evidence on the above matter.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20 to “stay at home” to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus, you are encouraged to participate and provide comments during the public hearing in one of the following ways: • You may participate via teleconference by calling (408) 638-0968 on the date and time of the meeting using the meeting number 8149971-0444 and password 676342 ; • You may participate via www.Zoom.us by entering the following meeting number: 814-9971-0444 and password 676342; or • You may submit comments prior to the meeting date by email to comdev@cityofsignalhill.org, or by mail to the attention of Community Development, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90755. If received prior to publication of the agenda (on or before November 5, 2020), staff will incorporate the comments into the staff report. If received after the publish​date, staff will read the comments into the public record at the public hearing. You are encouraged to provide written comments in advance of the publication of the agenda as well as participating during the meeting, to ensure that the City Council has ample time to consider your comments.

IF YOU WISH TO LEGALLY challenge any action taken by the City on the above matter, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City prior to or at the public hearing.

THIS PROJECT IS EXEMPT from requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of CEQA Guidelines in that it is not a project which has the potential to cause a significant effect on the environment.

FURTHER INFORMATION on this item may be obtained from the Community Development Department by calling (562) 989-7340 or by emailing ComDev@CityofSignalHill.org.

Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper per Gov’t Code §65091(a)(4): October 23, 2020, and October 30, 2020.

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Human Rights The resolution will now be sent to the ASI President, Omar Prudencio Gonzalez. If accepted, an endorsement of the PHRA will be posted on the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, according to Paula Abad of Anakbayan Long Beach.

The PHRA would stop the US from providing â&#x20AC;&#x153;security assistance,â&#x20AC;? to the Philippines, a program that provides funding, training and equipment to the military and police forces of allied nations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We recognize the role that our US tax dollars play in being sent to the Philippine military and police in creating these conditions to terrorize and impact peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives negatively thereâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; everything from the drug war, to the exercises that they use to train Philippine military, to the arrests and red tagging of multiple activists,â&#x20AC;?

Abad said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And so we really want everyone on every level, starting from the schools, to really take that into consideration and help us gather momentum for this bill. And so, for our end, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been lobbying ASI.â&#x20AC;?

A similar effort to get Cal State Dominguez Hills and the California State Student Association (CSSA) to endorse the act is also ongoing.

The first representative to champion the bill was Representative Susan Wild of Pennsylvania, according to Abad. The bill quickly found other supporters in Congress, including Congressman Alan Lowenthal who represents Long Beach. Although Lowenthal is already co-sponsoring the bill, activists are asking him â&#x20AC;&#x153;to go above and beyond,â&#x20AC;? and call for special hearings on the human rights abuses that have occured in the Philippines due to his positions on both the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the Foreign Relations Commission, according to Abad.

If the PHRA were to pass through Congress, the Philippine government would have to meet the following standards before their US funding is reinstated: (1) Investigate and successfully prosecute members of military and police forces who have violated human rights, ensuring that the military and police cooperated in such cases, and affirm that such violations have ceased; (2) Withdraw the military from involvement in domestic policing activities, in accordance with the Philippine Constitution and ensure that all domestic police functions are separated from the military chain of command and are instead directly responsible to civilian authorities; (3) Establish that it effectively protects the rights of trade unionists, journalists, human rights defenders, critics of the government, and other civil society activists to operate without interference; (4) Take effective steps to guarantee a judicial system that is capable of investigating, prosecuting, and bringing to justice members of the police and military who have committed human rights abuses; and (5) Fully complied with domestic and United States audits and investigations regarding the improper use of prior security assistance.

Anakbayan Long Beach is the local chapter of the progressive youth and student organization, Anakbayan, which began in the Philippines over two decades ago.

The Long Beach chapter was started in 2014, and is frequently involved in organizing on CSULBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus, with many of its members being students and alums of the university.

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Fred Sutton, from the California Apartment Association, expressed concerns that stakeholders were not contacted to give input on the process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do not tolerate any forms of harassment. It is our members who house Long Beach,â&#x20AC;? Sutton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The motion does not display a single point of data communications received which would justify the fast-tracked nature of this proposal.

The best way to resolve disputes is through communication.â&#x20AC;?

Other commenters, like Elsa Tung, a research and policy analyst for Long Beach Forward, said that â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you are a kind, decent landlord, you have nothing to worry about. This ordinance will not impact you.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if you are a landlord who harasses and intimidates to squeeze your tenants, then your opposition to this ordinance is more a reflection of your shameful character.â&#x20AC;?

Final changes to the proposed ordinance During questioning by the deputy city attorney, councilmembers agreed to the following changes: â&#x20AC;˘The ordinance will not apply to commercial properties. â&#x20AC;˘Landlords are allowed to request a social security number from their tenants before signing a lease. â&#x20AC;˘Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acceptable for a landlord to reject payment of rent if the three days have already expired on a valid notice to pay or quit. â&#x20AC;˘Landlords are not required to provide an online payment option.

â&#x20AC;˘The city will not have an enforcement mechanism for the ordinance.

Rather, tenants will be able to take landlords to civil court for damages if a landlord violates the ordinance. â&#x20AC;˘The ordinance will include requirements to provide a lease in the renterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s native language if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal to do so.

There was some disagreement about when the ordinance should come back for final approval. Since itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being written as an urgency ordinance, the item could be approved the next time it comes to council, as long as councilmembers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make any substantive changes to the policy at the next meeting.

If they do make changes, the ordinance will have to come back for another first reading, further delaying its implementation.

During public comment, many residents urged the council to bring the item back next week on Tuesday, Oct. 27. However, city attorneys pointed out that they would not be able to finish the ordinance in just one week.

With meetings canceled during the first weeks of November, councilmembers eventually compromised by agreeing to a special meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 2.

The final vote was 5-3 in favor of creating the ordinance, with Councilmembers Suzie Price, Stacy Mungo and Daryl Supernaw opposing due to additional questions about the scope of the ordinance.

The next city council meeting is expected to take place on Tuesday, Nov. 2 during a special meeting.

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out that the ordinance would not be able to fully address the root causes and challenges that come along with tenant harassment.

Things like substantial rent hikes and some evictions are already illegal under state law, but civil proceedings can be costly and time-consuming. Mungo suggested the creation of an administrative position to conduct hearings with more expediency and ease.

Both landlords and tenants can be unfamiliar with the most up-to-date housing laws. Richardson pointed out that the conversation was integrally tied with their consideration of a Rental Housing Division within the City.

Both conversations were put on hold to address the problem at handâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the proposed ordinance on the floor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A policy like this would limit the ability of continuing the harassment of our tenants. Unfortunately, there is only so much we can do as a councilperson to defend the most vulnerable among us,â&#x20AC;? Zendejas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s times when I just break down in tears hearing the stories of my tenants.â&#x20AC;?

During public comment, Maria Lopez, a community organizer with Housing Long Beach, said that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d seen over 600 cases of tenants â&#x20AC;&#x153;varying in different amounts of harassment, micro-management and just complete degradation of personaâ&#x20AC;? in the past four years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We tell the tenants to go ahead and detail in a tenant journal,â&#x20AC;? Lopez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even with all that evidence, there is still fear of losing oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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The Filipino people here and abroad are under a dangerous form of leadership, with not only the people here being doxxed, but with people in the Philippines being killed for their political beliefs as well. We ask that Cal State Long Beach pass a resolution in support of the Philippine Human Rights Act, cutting all US tax dollars towards militarization in the Philippines that harms the urban poor, the working class and activists until the Duterte administration is held accountable.â&#x20AC;?

The resolution to endorse the PHRA was passed by the ASI Senate, with all 19 senate members voting in favor of the resolution.

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