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PUVUNGNA

April 9, 2021

IMMIGRATION

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Supporters of Puvungna protest at the main entrance of Cal State University Long Beach advocating for the removal of all the dumped debris and for protection of the sacred land on Feb. 14 of this year.

California Native American Heritage Commission asserts its role to CSU in ongoing dispute involving Puvungna sacred lands in letter to Chancellor Karla M. Enriquez Digital Editor

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n the latest development in the fight to preserve Puvungna, a letter was sent from the State of California’s Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) to California State University Chancellor Dr. Joseph I. Castro, defining the proper role of the Commission in the management of lands that are sacred to Indigenous Californians.

The letter, sent in late March by Justin Freeborn, attorney for the NAHC, claims that Chancellor Castro “mischaracterized” the Commission’s role in the dispute between local Tribal groups and California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) over the management of Puvungna.

Puvungna is a 22-acre parcel of land see PUVUNGNA page 7

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Around 60 people gathered outside Long Beach City Hall on Tuesday, April 6 to protest the proposed conversion of the Long Beach Convention Center into a federally-run emergency shelter site that would hold unaccompanied migrant children who have arrived at the United States’ southern border.

Long Beach Convention Center will be used as temporary housing for unaccompanied migrant children Emma DiMaggio

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n the coming weeks, the Long Beach Convention Center will be used to house unaccompanied migrant children, as unanimously approved by the Long Beach City Council on Tuesday, April 6 during a special meeting.

“We all know that right now, we have a massive humanitarian challenge that is happening across the border,” Mayor Robert Garcia said.

“We also know that these are children, and these are kids. And our focus needs to be to ensure that these kids—that are minors—that are here for a variety of reasons at no fault of their own. They need our help.”

Long Beach received the request last week from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

City officials stressed that the program is temporary, with a firm end date of August 2, 2021.

The goal of the program is family reunification. Federal agencies have already identified family members or sponsors for each child who arrives in Long Beach.

A maximum of 1000 children will be held at the convention center on a rolling basis. The site will be run by a number of collaborating federal agencies. Police Chief Robert Luna said that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

agents will not be present in Long Beach.

Executive Director of Long Beach Forward James Suazo joined together with 41 grassroots and community organizations to submit a statement to affirm the City’s values and denounce the incarceration of children and continued criminalization of migrants. He urged the City to close the center within 90 days and to reunite all children with their families in an expeditious manner.

“We cannot support the expansion of detention facilities, incarceration of children and the continued criminalization of immigrants,” Suazo said. “We must remember that this unfortunate situation is the result of our federal leaders failing to address the root causes of children arriving unaccompanied.”

Over 19,000 unaccompanied migrant children were taken into custody by United States Border Patrol agents just last month, Deputy City Manger Reginald Harrison said.

Last month, NBC News reported that many migrants are sending their children across the border alone to increase their chances of remaining in the country.

“I can’t even begin to imagine the desperation it Kristen Farrah Naeem | Signal Tribune takes for a parent to leave their child,” said CounA protester outside City Hall on April 6 holds a sign cilmember Cindy Allen, her voice shaking. “We calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement must do everything in our power to help. This is (ICE) to be disbanded. Speakers demanded that our moral responsibility. These are children and ICE presence should not be allowed to increase due to the new shelter for migrant youth. see MIGRANT CHILDREN page 2

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LIVES LIVED Robert Hall L 96 Daniel Castaneda 59 William Crowell 65 Jimmy Polk 64 Donnell Terrell 47 Rachel Olson 42 Raquel Vigil 67 Cameron George 92 Esmerela Ramos 72 Stephen Arias 88 Miguel Baltierra 91 Luis Lopez 50 Terrence Sheppard 69 Rebecca Stevens Bosdet 75 Tuncer Cebeci 86 Kenneth Walker 69 Robert Limcaco 61 Librado Gomez 63 Nicholas Greene 68 Sam Newman 83 Chris Linquist 67 Beverly Palmer 81 Helen Phillips 95 Beverly Greeno 88 John Seals 87 Lanelle Bridges 72 Sonsareey Adams 47

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Migrant Children continued from page 1 they did not come here on their own Manager Reginald Harrison. HHS will Mayor Robert Garcia said. volition. We need to get them reunited confirm those relationships and make What’s security going to look like with their families and their caregivers contact with families, many of whom in terms of the Long Beach Conas soon as possible.” live in states across the country. vention Center? Long Beach Police The migrant children that arrive in Does the City of Long Beach Chief Robert Luna said that the police Long Beach will be transferred from a support United States immigration department is still figuring that out. variety of facilities along the southern policy? Vice Mayor Rex Richardson If Long Beach follows the model of border. said that he will work with the Federal other cities, federal agencies will be In the coming days, the City will Legislation Committee to discuss the responsible for securing the interior, set up a web page for community or- topic. He said, “We don’t support child inner perimeter and outer perimeter of ganizations, nonprofits and residents detention.” the building. Local police will only be to lend physical or monetary support.

Are Immigration and Customs involved if there is a call for an emerCommunity organizations are expect- Enforcement (ICE) agents going to gency. ed to play an important role in provid- be present in Long Beach during Is this going to affect conventions ing wraparound services, including this process? Long Beach Police later this year? No. The program has mental health care, medical care and Chief Robert Luna said that, if the City a hard end date of August 2, 2021, as education services. follows the same model as San Diego, conventions have already been booked Representatives from Cal State ICE will have no local involvement in at the convention center. The convenLong Beach, Long Beach City College the process. City officials are looking tion center is currently vacant and and the Long Beach Unified School to San Diego as a model for the pro- available for this use.

District reached out to offer their ser- gram, as they recently opened up a Is this going to cost the city a ton vices to facilitate the educational needs similar facility. of money? No. All of the costs assoof incoming children.

How many children will be housed ciated with the facility are eligible for “The experiences of immigrants and at the Long Beach Convention Cen- reimbursement from the federal govrefugee children are ter? A maximum of ernment. often fraught with 1,000 unaccompaAre my tax dollars being used for Unaccompanied trauma, even if that nied migrant children this? Yes. Councilmember Suzie Price migrant children suffering is hidden or will be housed at the pointed out that, though the children will stay at the Long convention center will be housed in Long Beach, they unacknowledged,” LBUSD Board on a rolling basis, would be housed somewhere whether Beach Convention Member Megan according to Deputy or not Long Beach accepted the federal Center while Kerr said. “When City Manager Regi- government’s proposal to house them federal agents you arrive after a nald Harrison. This in the convention center. connect with their harrowing journey, number will comply Is this basically a prison? The involving weeks, if family members or with Federal Emer- main purpose of this facility is to act not months, or years gency Management as an intermediary location as federal official hosts. of violence, upheavAgency (FEMA) reg- agencies connect unaccompanied mial and marginalizaulations that require grant children with family members tion… and that’s on top of the difficult 60 square feet of space per child and and sponsors. The children will remain circumstances that often prompt deci- one staff member for every eight chil- in the facility for the duration of their sions to migrate in the first place.” dren. stay, Robert Garcia said, where they Who is going to run the facility? will have access to recreation areas and Many questions still The facility will be run by the Feder- educational areas within the space.

What happens now that the counremain about how the al Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the federal department of cil has approved the use of the Long program will play out. Health and Human Services. The two Beach Convention Center to house Here’s what we know. federal agencies will partner with Los unaccompanied migrants? City AtWill the arrival of unaccompanied Angeles County. There will also be op- torney Charles Parkin said that ASM migrant children affect the vacci- portunities for local community groups Global, who runs the convention cennation efforts at the Long Beach to provide services. ter, and federally-run Health and HuConvention Center? No. Vaccination How transparent is this process man Services (HHS) will enter into efforts at the Long Beach Convention going to be? Will we get to see what negotiations to come to an agreement Center will continue as usual, accord- the facility looks on the timeline and ing to Deputy City Manager Reginald like? Assistant City logistics of the plan.

1000 children will Harrison.

Manager Linda How do I help?

When will the unaccompanied Tatum said that the Can I send money be held at the Conmigrant children arrive? Mayor City will assign a or volunteer? The vention Center on Robert Garcia said that things will point person that will City of Long Beach a rolling basis with will release a webmove quickly. Children could arrive at handle all communia hard end date of the convention center as early as next cations regarding the site with information week, though there is no official date facility. City officials August 2. on how residents can yet. referenced that memcontribute physical Will all of these children have bers of the media and or monetary assissponsors or family members identi- local community organizations will tance in the coming days. Community fied before coming to Long Beach? be given tours of the facility before it organizations and nonprofits will be Yes. The children have all identified opens. “We should absolutely ensure able to offer their services to contract family members in the United States that these facilities are quality and are with federal agencies through this or sponsors, according to Deputy City places that are focused on the child,” website as well.

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LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL

Cannabis equity, flavored tobacco bans and honoring Long Beach legacies: Everything you missed at Long Beach City Council Xochilt Andrade Editorial Intern

Council to promote equity in the cannabis industry, support resolution to establish cannabis license deferral and waiver tax credit

The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) allowed for commercial, medicinal and adult-use of cannabis activities but required vendors to operate after undergoing a series of steps.

These include a costly initial application, licensing, and renewal process to operate.

The state licensing authority was required to establish a program on or

prior to January 1, 2021 to aid needsbased applicants who could not afford the fees attached to establishing their business. This program was also conditional on appropriation in the annual budget act.

The council voted in support of Senate Bill 603 which would remove the date limit and funding conditions, providing more equitable opportunities for cannabis business owners—targeting businesses owned by communities of color.

Long Beach bans sale of flavored tobacco, will provide vendors 90 days to adjust

After discussions in past council meetings, an ordinance was passed yesterday to ban all flavored tobacco products that mask the taste of tobacco

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The Long Beach City Council approved a ban on flavored tobacco products, including vape products, at their Tuesday, April 6 meeting. and entice underaged users.

“The bottom line is that flavored tobacco products attract youth, nicotine addicts them, and when you put flavored tobacco together with nicotine, you know you’re setting our youth up for a lifetime of addiction and health problems,” Vice President of Advocacy for the American Heart Association Eric Batch said during public comment.

He continued, “Tobacco use contributes to more deaths and disease than any other product and menthol is the deadliest of all tobacco products.

So, during a time when we’re all being asked to do what we can to protect the health of our communities from

COVID, you know, we can also keep our communities safe and healthy by restricting the sale of all flavored tobacco products.”

Vendors who sell flavored tobacco products, including vapes and flavored tobacco papers, will have 90 days from this decision to make adjustments to their business.

Council set to conduct a series of titular changes to public establishments to honor the legacies of Long Beach residents

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Council approved the recommendation to rename the Houghton Community Center complex “Doris Topsy-Elvord Community Center” in honor of Doris Topsy-Elvord, the first African American woman to serve as harbor commissioner and as vice mayor. She was also the founder of the African American Heritage Society of Long Beach.

Bixby Dog Park will be renamed as the “Dr. Myrna ‘Mickey’ Donahoe Dog Park” and the Long Beach Performing Arts Center as the “Beverly O’Neill Performing Arts Center.”

Dr. Myrna “Mickey” Donahoe advocated for the creation of the Long Beach dog park and contributed to its development. Donahoe advocated for senior volunteer programs, participated with Friends of Bixby Dog Park and volunteered for various community groups.

Beverly O’Neill, who will be turning 91 this year, is the first and only mayor of Long Beach to serve three terms. She is a beloved resident of the Long Beach community and has received notable awards for her service such as Citizen of the Year from the Exchange Club, Woman of Excellence Award from the YWCA and other similar titles.

HOUSING

Nonprofit buys North Long Beach trailer park left seriously damaged by previous owners

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North Long Beach trailer home park with a history of conflict between the previous landlords and tenants was sold in March 2021 to a nonprofit corporation for $11 million.

The sale of the Friendly Village Mobile Home Park will partially fund a $56.4 million settlement won by over 100 families who sued the park’s previous owners, Friendly Village MHP Associates, Sierra Corporate Management and Kort & Scott Financial Group, in Nov. 2019 over neglectful living conditions at the property.

The lawsuit was first filed in 2017, with tenants represented by Brian S. Kabateck and Shant Karnikian with the Los Angeles law firm Kabateck LLP, and Gary Fields with the Long Beach firm FieldsLaw. According to a Nov. 2019 article by the Long Beach Post, the trailer park was built on a former landfill, causing methane to accumulate beneath the ground until it reached dangerous levels despite warnings made to the landlords by the County and State. In 2016, the State of California recommended that the land be dug up so that the trapped gas could escape. However, this recommendation was ignored, and the continued underground buildup of gas caused the land to shift and sink.

According to a press release by Kabateck LLP, the shifting land caused “sewage backups, electrical problems and structural damage to the residents’

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The sign for Friendly Village Mobile Hoem Park in North Long Beach, which was left in disrepair by its previous owners. property.”

Upon in-person observation by the Signal Tribune on April 1, 2021, it was clearly visible that the roads within the Friendly Village Mobile Park are still heavily damaged, making it difficult to drive on the extremely uneven ground.

Every few feet there is a significant bump, dip or crack in the road, with newly laid asphalt scarring the ground throughout the park, where attempts were made to patch up the worst of it.

The 2019 Long Beach Post article also mentions that the park’s previous

owners cut all pest control services.

This is in line with another Nov. 2019 article by ABC7, which reported that residents experienced an infestation of rodent vermin.

After it was sued by the park’s tenants, Friendly Villages MHP Associates filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in Oct. 2018.

As of Monday, March 1, 2021, Friendly Village Mobile Home Park was purchased for $11 million by ACI Friendly Village, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation recently

founded by Affordable Communities, Inc. and affiliated companies, which buy and manage mobile home parks as affordable housing.

The firm Force 10 Partners acted as court appointed financial advisors in the sale of the park, and contacted over 200 potential buyers.

According to a press release by Firm 10 Partners, ACI’s principal, Maurice Priest, told the court that he intends to “manage, operate, and maintain the property, so that families can continue to live there and not lose the invest-

ment they have made in their homes.”

“We knew this unique property required a unique buyer, and we are pleased that ACI, with its excellent track record of restoring dignity to distressed mobile home parks, will help start a new and brighter future,” said Michael VanderLey, a partner at Force 10 also working on the transaction.

District 8 Councilmember Al Austin spoke about the sale of Friendly Village Mobile Home Park during a virtual town hall event he hosted on Zoom and Facebook Live on Tuesday, March 30. Austin said that ACI Friendly Village has begun taking steps to correct the damage done by Friendly Village MHP Associates, Sierra Corporate Management and Kort & Scott Financial Group.

“This new owner of the mobile home park on Paramount [Boulevard] is already working to make improvements to the park and working to restore good faith relations with the residents. As you may recall, many of those residents won a multimillion dollar judgement against the previous owner of the mobile home park due to neglectful conditions at the Friendly Village Mobile Home Park, and so we welcome what looks like will be a responsible new ownership there,” Austin said.

According to the press release by Kabateck LLP, the residents of Friendly Village Mobile Home Park are low income.

“This stabilizes an affordable housing base in the district,” Austin said, “so that’s good news.”

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CANNABIS

These cannabis smokers are debunking the stereotype of the “lazy stoner” one beach cleanup at a time Emma DiMaggio

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annabis users get a lot of flack.

They face the stereotype of the “lazy stoner”or “pothead,” the person who smokes weed and goes into perpetual couch-potato mode.

Johnny Santiago is looking to change that. Owner of the clothing company ‘Inspired by Cannabis,’ he wants to shift the negative perception of cannabis smokers the best way he knows how: through community service.

On the last Saturday of each month, he invites cannabis users and community members alike to pull on a pair of gloves, lift up their masks and pick up trash on the beach.

“I think it’s giving out a great image in terms of the representation of the cannabis consumer,” he said. “It’s no longer that person sitting on the couch doing nothing.”

Santiago believes that, if people see cannabis consumers picking up the beach every month and giving back to the community, they may be able to make incremental changes in the perception of cannabis smokers.

“Not a lot of people are willing to wake up at 10 in the morning on a weekend,” he said. “I think that’s giving out a great image in terms of the representation of what a cannabis consumer is, because it’s no longer that person that’s just sitting on the couch doing nothing.”

Last June, Santiago began to feel the isolation of the pandemic. Without an outlet for social interaction and with an existing passion for cannabis, he gathered a few friends with substantial social media followings and put out an Instagram post.

At their first cleanup, around 12 people came.

“I basically just told my friends, if we keep doing it, and we stay consistent, they’re going to start to come,” he said. “And that’s exactly what happened.”

On Saturday, March 27, approximately 60 people came down to Junipero Beach and picked up 217 pounds of trash. The cleanups are made possible through collaborations with local cannabis businesses like Catalyst, a cannabis dispensary in Long Beach.

“Our big tenant—we want to be good corporate citizens,” Elliot Lewis, CEO of Catalyst, said. “#WeedForThePeople. It’s a hashtag, but I always say it’s more than that. It’s like a movement for us.”

Late last year, the dispensary set up a separate Instagram page from their formal business page, one specifically dedicated to community involvement called @Catalyst.Cares.

“We don’t spend money on marketing, we don’t even have marketing people,” he said. “Community outreach to something we believe in. It’s a culture that we preach: volunteerism.”

With gloves and masks in tow, members of the Catalyst team joined Santi-

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Johnny Santiago (above) hosts beach cleanups for cannabis users and community members alike to shift the negative perception of cannabis smokers. Around 60 people attended his last cleanup (below).

ago and a swath of volunteers to pick up trash and share their mutual love of cannabis.

Smoking weed is not an essential function of the cleanups. In fact, Santiago encourages volunteers not to smoke at the beach, though they’re free to smoke beforehand.

“I like to tell people that cannabis is part of my life, but it’s not my life,” he said. “At the end of the day, it’s just a plant.”

His clothing business Inspired by Cannabis parallels the idea.

“In order for you to change the perspective of something, you have to

change the actual language of it,” Santiago said. “That’s why I say, instead of ‘getting high’ and ‘getting lit,’ or ‘faded,’ why not be inspired? Inspired by cannabis.”

Santiago collaborates with local businesses to host beach cleanups twice a month. Cleanups take place in San Diego on the third Saturday of each month. Beach cleanups in Long Beach take place on the last Saturday of every month.

The next Long Beach beach cleanup will take place on Saturday, April 24 at 10 a.m. at Junipero Beach. Cleanups usually last two hours. For more information on the cleanups, follow @inspiredbycannabisofficial.

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he Downtown Long Beach Lions Club presented a donation of $1,500 to the Early Childhood Education program of the YMCA of Greater Long Beach on Friday, April 2.

The check, which was presented during a Lions Club meeting, was received by the Executive Director of Early Childhood Education Programs Andrea Sulsona.

The donation will be used to purchase 300 books for preschool children to take home, according to the President of Downtown Long Beach Lions Club Kirk Davis.

According to Davis, the Club’s main project has been providing free eye exams and glasses to LBUSD students in need, but because of COVID-19, the program has been on hold.

The club began looking for projects that could support children in Long Beach during the pandemic and chose the Early Childhood Education program of the YMCA of Greater Long Beach.

Davis spoke of the Lions Club’s excitement to partner with the organization during this time.

“We were excited to partner with another organization that makes reading and literacy a part of their work,” Davis told the Signal Tribune. “It is a privilege and a blessing for us to have the ability to make a positive impact on our community.”

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The $1,500 check was presented to Executive Director of Early Childhood Education Programs Andrea Sulsona on April 2 at a Lions Club meeting. The donation will be used to purchase 300 books for preschool children to take home. tionally and locally according to the organization’s website. According to Davis, they organize service projects and activities that emphasize reading as well as address specific needs that relate to illiteracy within their own community.

Working to continue improving its own community, The Downtown Long Beach Lions Club is currently part of food distribution efforts in partnership with Puente Latino Association and Ricardo’s Nursery in North Long Beach.

The food distributions, which have been taking place since June 2020, take place the first and third Saturday of every month and have been possible

thanks to a COVID Relief Grant from the Long Beach Community Foundation and support from the LA Regional Food Bank, according to Davis.

Additionally, the organization recently made a donation to support five children at the Salvation Army Long Beach Citadel for their Distance Learning Program, David added.

“This month our charities committee and board will be considering donations to children’s programs proposed by other Long Beach-based organizations,” he said. “We look forward to getting our student eyeglasses program back on track as schools start meeting in person again.

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EYE ON CRIME CRIMES REPORTED BY THE SIGNAL HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT Thursday, April 1 5:57 a.m., Auto burglary, Molino Ave./E. 19th St. 4:57 a.m., Violate domestic violence court order; misdemeanor, 2700 block Cherry Ave. (suspect arrested) Friday, April 2 11:12 a.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 2400 block Cherry Ave. 9:19 p.m., DUI, Orange Ave./ E. Willow St., (suspect arrested) 9:19 p.m., DUI causing bodily injury (amended); Felony, Orange Ave./E. Willow St. (suspect arrested) Saturday, April 3 N/A

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6411 NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, the Planning Commission of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. via video/ teleconference, to consider the following: ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 21-01 GATEWAY CENTER NORTH (SP-12) SPECIFIC PLAN TO ESTABLISH THE GATEWAY CENTER NORTH (SP-12) SPECIFIC PLAN ZONING DISTRICT FOR A COMMERCIAL CENTER WITH UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR TWO PARCELS AT 950 E. 33RD STREET IN THE COMMERCIAL GENERAL (CG) ZONING DISTRICT AND THE ADJACENT VACANT PARCEL AT 3177 CALIFORNIA AVENUE IN THE FREEWAY SELF-STORAGE (SP-12) SPECIFIC PLAN ZONING DISTRICT TO ALLOW THE FOLLOWING PHASED DEVELOPMENT: • INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING TARGET RETAIL STORE; • CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW THREE-STORY, 177,345 SQUARE-FOOT SELF-STORAGE FACILITY; AND • ADDITION OF 23,500 SQUARE FEET OF NEW COMMERCIAL PADS INCLUDING A 5,000 SQUARE-FOOT DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANT (TO BE BUILT AS TENANTS ARE SECURED).

SITE PLAN AND DESIGN REVIEW 21-03 AN EXTERIOR RENOVATION OF TARGET, WITH NEW TOWER ELEMENT AND NEW TENANT SIGNS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 21-01

Sunday, April 4 1:56 a.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, E. 15th St./Freeman Ave.

TO ALLOW THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR OFF-SITE CONSUMPTION AT TARGET

Monday, April 5 N/A

A NEW 177,345 SQUARE-FOOT SELF-STORAGE FACILITY AND TENANT SIGNS

Tuesday, April 6 5:45 a.m., Felony spousal abuse, 1800 block Temple Ave. 9:01 a.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 2200 block Ohio Ave. 10:40 a.m., Elder abuse, 1800 block Stanley Ave. 10:52 a.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 2900 block E. PCH 12:13 p.m., Forgery, 2900 block Cherry Ave. 4:01 p.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 900 block E. Spring St. 8:43 p.m., Criminal threats, 700 block E. Spring St. Wednesday, April 7 4:46 a.m., Battery on spouse/co-habitant, 1800 block Stanley Ave. (suspect arrested) LBPD reporting area is too extensive to report here.

TST6410 / 2021 056261 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. FASTREBENDER, 2. FASTREBENDER PRACTICE PIPE. 1941 San Anseline Ave., Long Beach, CA 90815. Registrant: FASTBENDER LLC, 1941 San Anseline Ave., Long Beach, CA 90815. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Ramon Dawson, CEO. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of LosAngeles County on March 8, 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: April 2, 9, 16, 23, 2021

TST6402 Case No. 21NWCP00075 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, NORWALK COURTHOUSE, 12720 NORWALK BLVD., NORWALK, CA 90650 PETITION OF: NORMAN WILLIAM HASEMAN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: Norman William Haseman has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: NORMAN WILLIAM HASEMAN to Proposed Name: NORMAN WILLIAM SCHOFIELD. 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: May 5, 2021; 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, March 19, 26 & April 2, 9, 2021 Margaret M. Bernal, Judge

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SITE PLAN AND DESIGN REVIEW 21-04

CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 21-02 TO ALLOW OPERATION OF A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT APPROVAL OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SELF-STORAGE FACILITY Agent: John Clement, VenturePoint Property Owners: E.S. Field, LLC, Signal Fields North, LLC Recommendation: Staff is recommending approval.

ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS are reviewed by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council at a public hearing tenatively set for May 11, 2021. A separate notice will be published prior to the City Council public hearing.

A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION (SCH 2021030665) has been prepared in conjunction with the subject project, based on an initial study finding of potentially significant environmental impacts unless mitigated. Mitigation measures have been included to address Cultural Resources, Tribal Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, and Transportation/Traffic. The City Council will be the approving authority of the Mitigated Negative Declaration. Written comments may be submitted to the Community Development Department regarding the subject Mitigated Negative Declaration during thepublic review period from March 29 to April 27, 2021.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to participate in this 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 encouaged to participate and provide comments during the public hearing in one of the following ways: • Call (408) 638-0968 (audio only) on the date and time of the meeting and enter the meeting ID 860-0994-8336, press # when prompted to provide participant ID, and enter passcode 636831. If you would like to make a public comment, please notify the meeting host by pressing *9 on the telephone keypad; • Visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86009948336 on your desktop compuer or laptop and enter passcode 636831; or • Download the app from the app store if you are using a smart phone and enter meeting ID 860-0994-8336 and passcode 636831 when prompted;​ • You may submit comments prior to the meeting date by email to emccleb@cityofsignalhill.org, or by mail to the attention of Elise McCaleb, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90755. If received prior to the publication of the agenda (on or before April 15, 2021), staff will incorporate the comments into the staff report. If received after the publication date, staff will read the comments aloud into the public record at the workshop.

• The City is not responsible for meeting disruptions or technical difficulties; however, if you are disconnected, please repeat the steps above.

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.

FURTHER INFORMATION and associated documents on this item may be on this item may be obtained from the Community Development Department by calling Elise McCaleb, Project Planner, at (562) 989-7379, or by emailing emccaleb@cityofsignalhill.org.

Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper: Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before: Mailed to affected property owners and occupants within a 300’ radius on or before:

TST6413/Order No: 9639 Auto Lien Sale On 4/27/2021 at 3225 W SUNSET BLVD LOS ANGELES,CA a Lien Sale will be held on a 2017 NISSAN VIN: 3N6CM0KN8HK709349 STATE: CA LIC: 68645F2 at 10 AM

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TST6409 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN PATTERSON

Case No. 20STPB08055 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of PATRICIA ANN PATTERSON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Delia Ross in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Delia Ross 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 on April 22, 2021 at 8:30 AM in Dept.

No. 79 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 DE154) 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: SHANNON L EVANS SBN 147389 EVANS AND ASSOCIATES 2400 S CIMMARON R STE 140 LAS VEGAS NV 89117-7902 CN976401 PATTERSON Apr 2,9,16, 2021

EN ESPAÑOL EN EL SITIO WEB NOTICIAS El Centro de Convenciones de Long Beach se utilizará para albergar a niños inmigrantes que llegan a la frontera de Estados Unidos sin estar acompañados en las próximas semanas. Aquí están las respuestas a sus preguntas candentes.

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Elder-in-training Christopher Diaz lights sage to cleanse participants prior to a ceremonial prayer on Puvungna on Sunday, Feb. 14. Diaz grew up on the land which he now works to protect.

“At no point did NAHC staff state American Heritage Commission canthat its involvement would take the not act as a stand-in for consultation place of tribal consultation, or that the with tribes and have not been empowNAHC would deered to do so by In letter to CSU chanvelop a plan with any tribe, urging cellor, The California CSULB concerning the university Native American Herthe soils,” the letto reach out to itage Commission ter said referring to “culturally affilclarified that its role meetings that took iated tribes that has been to facilitate place with univerare affected by CSULB consultation sity representatives CSULB’s acwith tribes in ongoing and Tribal members tions.”

Puvungna dispute. to “offer technical “The NAHC guidance on constrongly advises ducting tribal consultation.” the California State University system Additionally, the enforcement attor- and CSULB to reach out to the local ney’s letter noted that a statement made tribes as soon as possible and engage in in Castro’s letter stating that CSULB is meaningful tribal consultation,” Freeengaged in a process with the NAHC to born’s letter says. develop a permanent plan for the “soil “I was pleased to see the Native to better integrate it into the surround- American Heritage Commission was ing landscape and to introduce native able to recognize the violations, as well plantings,” is incorrect and a “mischar- as how similar this violent act was, in acterization” of the NAHC’s role. comparison to the 1993 lawsuit,” Joyce Freeborn noted that the Native Perry, Tribal Manager and Cultural Re-

source Director of the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation-Belardes said.

“I’m one of the original plaintiffs with the [1990’s] lawsuit. So, this is just deja vu all over again,” Perry noted in an interview with the Signal Tribune.

Perry is referring to planned development to build a mini mall on Puvungna in the early ‘90s, which is also mentioned in Freeborn’s letter.

“During that time, CSULB used heavy machinery on Puvungna, fenced off a sacred garden on the site, and dumped construction material on the site,” the letter said.

“The similarities to present day actions are of great concern to the NAHC as the Commission has previously taken steps to protect the site against similar CSULB actions.”

“I’m really hoping the university will understand the importance of, […] honoring this place of worship,” Perry said. “And understand the need to preserve this in perpetuity either by donating the land to us, coming up with some sort of legally binding agreement that they will no longer abuse the space.”

Chairman Belardes said in the press release that it was reassuring to have the NAHC’s support.

“It’s reassuring to know the Native American Heritage Commission recognizes that laws were broken, and that local tribes need a legal remedy to secure protections for our sacred lands.”

Perry noted that she believes there can be an agreement on how to preserve and protect Puvungna.

“I cannot emphasize the importance of the university, of making sure they understand the facts and the law, and to sit down with us and work this out,” Perry said. “This isn’t rocket science.

This can be resolved very easily. I’m sure that we can come to some sort of agreement on how to preserve and protect and respect the sacred site of Puvungna.”

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The university dumped soil and debris on Puvungna in 2019, which ultimately resulted in a lawsuit filed in October 2019 by The Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation-Belardes and the California Cultural Resources Preservation Alliance.

According to Freeborn’s letter, the late March response from the enforcement attorney is one in a string of letters that started on March 5 when Matias Belardes, Chairman of Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation-Belardes requested protection of the sacred site of Puvungna in a joint letter addressed to the chancellor.

According to a press release, Chancellor Castro sent a response to Chairman Belardes, on March 11, where he acknowledged that “the campus relocated excavated soil to this site from a nearby student-housing project.”

In the letter Chancellor Castro stated that, “At the time, keeping the soil onsite was the preferred method of managing excavated earth based on counsel the campus received from its Committee on Native American Burial Remains and Cultural Patrimony.”

However, according to the press release, that committee was not empowered to consult the university on the matter.

“Chancellor Castro’s letter overlooks the fact that this committee was not empowered to consult with CSULB on this matter, as it is not connected to the Tribal governments who are required to be consulted by law before any changes are made to Puvungna,” the press release said.

Freeborn’s late March letter to the chancellor clarifies that the Commission’s role has only been to facilitate CSULB consultation with tribes and urges the CSU system and university to reach out to local tribes.

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