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City failed to build enough affordable housing for third year in a row BY KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer
A new report shows the City of Santa Monica is struggling to meet its affordable housing quota, a ratio set by voters back in 1990 when they passed Proposition R, according to a new report released by the City. During the 2016 fiscal year, developers built seven new apartment buildings in the City. Prop R requires thirty percent of all new multi-family housing go to middle or lowincome households. With 175 brand new apartments open for rent in 2016, only 34 of them were below market-rate, or just 19 percent. This
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WHALE OF A TIME: Heal The Bay will celebrate Gray Whales this weekend.
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Love is all around the Santa Monica Pier. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium will celebrate the love of the Pacific gray whale
this weekend. Heal the Bay is an environmental non-profit, dedicated to making the coastal waters of Greater Los Angeles safe, healthy and clean. “We are all about protecting the wildlife, especially when they are in the ocean,” said Heal the Bay Outreach Manager, Randi Parent. Heal the Bay Aquarium’s annual Whale of a Weekend takes place Feb. 11 and Feb. 12. This will be the twelfth year that the organization will host whale related activities that will be ongoing on both Sat. and Sun. from 12:30 - 5 p.m. Each winter Pacific gray whales complete one of the largest migrations of any species, traveling 10,000 to 14,000 miles round trip between the Artic seas and the warm lagoons of Baja California in Mexico. The migration takes the whales past the Santa Monica Pier, sometimes within viewing distance from the Pier’s west end observation deck. These whales can reach a length of 50 feet SEE LOVE PAGE 7
is the third year in a row the City has failed to meet the benchmark. Low-income is defined as someone making less than $48,650 a year. Moderate-income is defined as a single person making less than $54,450 per year. Developers have four options when constructing new buildings to help the City meet those goals. They may reserve units in new buildings for low-income households, build affordable housing somewhere else, pay a fee, or dedicate or sell land to the City or nonprofit housing providers. SEE HOUSING PAGE 3
California lawmakers Carbon tax push from introduce bills to former GOP officials help refugees faces uphill slog BY SOPHIA BOLLAG
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Amid nationwide legal battles over the president’s temporary refugee ban, California lawmakers are taking steps to make their state more welcoming to people fleeing war, persecution or disasters in their home countries. Assembly Democrats announced bills Wednesday to grant refugees in-state tuition at public colleges and provide money to school districts with large child refugee populations. The bills would also give refugees with Special Immigrant Visas who served the U.S. Armed Forces or State Department in Iraq or Afghanistan priority enrollment in public colleges and help them
A push by a group of senior Republican statesmen for a tax on carbon to help lessen the effects of climate change is already meeting entrenched opposition from within their own party. Former Secretary of State Jim Baker went to the White House on Wednesday to gain Trump administration support for the plan, which would place a new tax on oil, natural gas and coal and then use the proceeds to pay quarterly dividends to American taxpayers. They said the payments would amount to about $2,000 total each year for families.
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French Army Captain Antares Bonassieu and his squad are assigned to monitor a remote valley of Wakhan, Afghanistan on the border of Pakistan. Negotiating control of the region between local shepherds and possible Taliban sympathizers grows more and more tenuous for them as men from all sides start mysteriously disappearing. Unable to explain this eerie phenomenon, the soldiers find themselves embroiled in an existential nightmare, desperate for their own safety (104 min). Montana Avenue Branch Library, 1704 Montana Ave., 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
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Kids in Planes Day The Santa Monica Airport Association will host Kids in Planes Day, from 10 a.m. to Noon. The event will be at the public observation deck. Free parking in the Airport Administration parking lot: 3223 Donald Douglas Loop South. Bring your kids out to sit in an airplane. This is free event is appropriate for children ages 3 to 9. They will get to sit in an airplane and get their picture taken (sorry, no flying involved at this event). Registration is necessary but free. Please go to the Eventbrite link and register. www.eventbrite.com/e/kids-inplanes-at-santa-monica-airport-tickets-31548434216
Dramatic reading In celebration of Black History Month, Actor Arnold Weiss will perform a dramatic reading of Mark Weston’s play, “The LIfe and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth,� at the Kaufman Brentwood Branch Library, 11820 San Vicente Blvd at 2 p.m. Beckwourth (1798-1866) was a fur trader, mountaineer, scout, author and explorer. Admission is free. For information, call (310) 575-8273.
Friday, February 10 Feng Shui Workshop Laura Cerrano, founder of Feng Shui Manhattan in New York, discusses how “environmental psychology� can be used to lower stress, while increasing vitality, by altering a person’s surroundings. Montana Avenue Branch Library, 1704 Montana Ave., 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Writing & Revision Strategies with Jennifer Caloyeras It’s post NaNoWriMo and you’ve written a draft of your novel. Now what? Come learn about revision strategies from novelist and short fiction writer (and former Annenberg artist-in-residence) Jennifer Caloyeras. She will guide you through the revision process from line edits to overall tone, as well as the next steps in the writing process: querying agents and publishers. Participants will leave with a roadmap for revising their drafts. Cost: $10. 1450 Ocean, 12 – 1:30 p.m. Register at https://apm.activecommunities.com/santamonicarecreation/Ac tivity_Search/55064 or call (310) 458-2239.
Saturday, February 11 How to Be Happy: The Art and Science of Turning Blahs into Ahhs Join Santa Monica psychologist Dr. Jackson Varady as he discusses science-backed practical techniques to brighten your mood, lower stress, strengthen relationships, cultivate joy, and foster life-long happiness. Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., 3 – 4:30 p.m.
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Youth basketball The Santa Monica YMCA has opened registration for its Spring 2017 youth basketball league. with registration running until March 8 on line at ymcasm.org and in person at the YMCA, located at 6th Street and Santa Monica Blvd. (free underground parking.) The league is for ages 5 through players not yet in high school, and is divided into four, skill based co-ed divisions in which teams play nine games between march and mid-June. Evert player receives a uniform they can keep, there are awards at a pizza party for everyone at season’s end and all teams practice and play in the Y’s indoor gym. All players not currently playing in the winter league must be evaluated on March 6, 7 or 8 in order to be placed on a team, but everyone makes a team, and no one is turned away for inability to pay. The league emphasizes sportsmanship, fundamentals and competition under trained coaches and referees. Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer coach or paid game referee (ages 18+ please) should contact league Director Peter Arbogast at (310) 393-2721 or at ysports@ymcasm.org.
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Most developers are opting to pay the fee, according to the data complied by the City’s director of housing and economic development. “If a developer is allowed to pay a fee, those fees are typically not equivalent to the cost to build affordable housing so the number of homes that are created, tend to be lower when a fee is paid,” Director Andy Agle said in an interview with the Daily Press. Proving on-site housing for low-income families also allows those people to get into neighborhoods they can’t otherwise afford. Last year, only two for-profit developers provided onsite, or inclusionary, housing. Three developers opted to pay the fee, totaling $481,232. That money will go into a fund to pay for affordable housing developments in the future. The final development, Step Up on Colorado, was subsidized by City housing trust funds and provided 32 affordable apartments, making up more than 90 percent of the increase in affordable housing stock. City staff report they are struggling to keep up with the benchmark since the state legislature eliminated redevelopment funds in 2012. In the past, those funds went into
loans for non-profits to build affordable housing. Back in 1996, for example, City funding resulted in 98 affordable units, versus only 10 market-rate apartments built that year. Overall, redevelopment funds accounted for more than 80 percent of funding for affordable housing. So what happens now? In the event the thirty percent threshold is missed, the proposition simply dictates, “the City Council shall take such action as is necessary to ensure that the provisions will be met in the future.” The City Council did take action in 2016 by placing a measure on the November ballot to raise the money. Voters increased the local sales tax by one-half percent. That increase combined with loan repayments and property taxes may help restore affordable housing funding, although it may take years to see projects come down the pipeline. The new funding has Agle feeling more optimistic. “We anticipate going forward that we’ll be able to increase the number of loans we’re making for affordable housing,” Agle said. Progress will take time. This year, thirteen new developments will put 126 new apartments on Santa Monica’s rental market. Only fifteen of those are slated to be affordable. kate@smdp.com
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LES 7 DOIGTS: Cuisine and Confessions, by The 7 Fingers at The Broad Stage THERE ARE SOME AMAZING PERFORMANCE
events taking place in Santa Monica and around town this week and beyond. Not the usual stage dramas but rather dance, music, spectacle, acrobatics and more. Let’s start with The 7 Fingers (Les 7 doigts), whose “Cuisine and Confessions” will dazzle the Broad Stage in Santa Monica with four performances only, Feb. 16 – 18. Music will be played. Food will be prepared. Whisks and bowls will be employed. Flour will be tossed in the air, as will performers. Aerial and acrobatic artists will leap through the air, tumbling through high frames and dancers will kick up their heels on the table. Please, kids, do not try this at home!! This Montreal-based company is an offshoot of Cirque du Soleil. Described as circus built on a human scale, their name translates literally as “the 7 fingers of the hand,” describing distinct parts, united tightly, moving in coordination toward a common goal. The show is about storytelling through food, and life happens in the kitchen. All individuals are composed of ingredients, a unique recipe of blood memories. “Cuisine & Confessions” weaves the performers’ first person memories about the comestibles that are a part of their lives with The 7 Fingers’ dazzling circus skills. And at the close, the audience leaves the theatre nibbling the banana bread that has been cooking all evening. Real cooking, real food, and you’ll really be wowed. Call (310) 434-3200 or visit www.thebroadstage.com quickly before tickets sell out. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 16-18 at 7:30 p.m. with one matinee on Saturday at 2 p.m. Not to be missed! WONDROUS AT THE WALLIS
If you were among those lucky enough to see the magical “Brief Encounter” by Kneehigh Theatre, it was an inventive, ingenious and enchanting production that received raves everywhere. Quite literally, you walked into a living movie onstage; both visually and emotionally, it blew me away. I saw it at The Wallis Annenberg Performing Arts Center in Beverly Hills in 2014. The UK-based Kneehigh returns to the
Wallis for a preview tonight, opening tomorrow night through March 5 with another of its masterful, family-oriented but adultengaging stage productions, “946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips.” It’s a homecoming for Kneehigh’s former Executive Producer, Paul Crewes, who is now Artistic Director of The Wallis, so it’s sure to be special to everyone involved. Live music, puppetry, dance and visual sorcery highlight every theatrical event that Kneehigh stages. This one is an adaptation by Emma Rice, Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe, of a novel by author Michael Morpurgo (“War Horse”), based on the true story of British townsfolk in a small seaside village far from the warfront, and the African-American soldiers sent there to rehearse the Normandy invasion from their shores, as seen through the eyes of a little girl and her beloved cat. With its live swing band, its energetic dancing, singing and leave-your-seatwhistling tunes, the kids will love the action while the grown-ups will be touched by the ultimately life-affirming story of love, war and prejudice that spans generations, geography and time. Performances take place Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., Sundays at 7 p.m. with matinees at 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. You’ll find tickets online at www.thewallis.org or by calling (310) 7464000. Bring the family. The Wallis is located at 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Check it out on YouTube. PARADISE LOST
Remember this line? “The mind is its own place, and in itself/Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.” Well, English majors – rejoice! It may not be a movie adaptation, but you are going to want to see Not Man Apart’s production “Paradise Lost: Reclaiming Destiny,” a new interpretation of John Milton’s epic 17th century poem which many of us struggled through in our undergraduate years. Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble was founded by John FarmaneshBocca, who brought us those memorable SEE CULTURE PAGE 5
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Shakespeare Santa Monica productions of the Bard’s classics presented in such unlikely venues as the tennis court at Christine Reed Memorial Park. He now serves as Director Emeritus of Not Man Apart (NMA) which specializes in re-examining the classics of literature and elevating them through athletics and dance into a visceral interpretation. Paradise Lost tells the Biblical story of the fall of man, the temptation of Adam and Eve by Satan and their expulsion from The Garden of Eden in Milton’s words, “to justify the ways of God to men.” And the words, they are many: written in twelve books, there are nearly 10,000 lines of blank verse, all of which the blind poet dictated. And while this isn’t the Cliff notes edition, NMA’s Paradise Lost will feature dance,
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ter was being referred to and why. The theme of the film was, in fact, rejection — multiple rejections of the main character (when I finally figured out who she was) by everyone from the duck she made a pet of after her father had shot it down to the erstwhile boyfriend who awkwardly and unsuccessfully attempted to make love to her. “The Daughter” is an adaptation of the 1884 play “The Wild Duck” by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. “The Daughter,” like “The Wild Duck,” deals with a dysfunctional family and a host of interrelated characters, a destructive lie that some of them know but have never revealed, and the inevitable alienation and desolation that engulfs the individual members of the family in the end. But although Simon’s film has fewer characters and fewer extraneous subplots than Ibsen’s play, it still winds up as a complicated and confusing tale, even though it has some lovely photography, a suitably grim musical score, and the always wonderful presence of Geoffrey Rush. “The Daughter” opened in West Los Angeles at the Laemmle Royal Theatre, 11523 Santa Monica Blvd. on Feb. 3.
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acrobatics, bodies flying across the stage on harness and chains, digital animation and video installations. While the ensemble battles as angels and demons, visual images images of the creation of the universe and the Garden of Eden will be projected live on stage to weave an emotional tale surrounded by evocative original music and costumes. The production takes place at one of L.A.’s lovelier small venues, the Greenway Court Theatre, 544 N. Fairfax Ave., and you have plenty of time to get tickets. Performances take place Friday — Sunday, March 3 – 26. Tickets at (323) 673-0544 or www.greenwaycourttheatre.org. SARAH A. SPITZ is an award-winning public radio producer, now retired from KCRW, where she also produced arts stories for NPR. She writes features and reviews for various print and online publications. Contact her at culturewatch@smdp.com.
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GIRLS WIN The Santa Monica High School girls basketball team hosted Culver City in an Ocean League basketball game and won 39-33 to improve their record to 6-3 in league play and 14-12 overall on Feb. 7. Pictured are Culver City’s Angel Morris blocking the layup of Lily Auerbach, Aylin Fernandez shooting over Morris, Dawny Mahfouz Tiffany Minney and Aylin Fernandez celebrating, Fernandez dribbling down the court and Auerback jumping for a layup.
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In addition to Baker, former Secretary of State George Shultz and other former officials from the Reagan and Bush administrations support the effort, billed as the Climate Leadership Council. Republicans, the group argued, need to take a leadership role on fighting climate change, a problem for which they said the evidence is growing too compelling to ignore. A delegation led by Baker met Wednesday with White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway and Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council. Baker also spoke briefly with Vice President Mike Pence. A his daily briefing on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer declined to comment on whether Trump might consider supporting of such a plan. “We have nothing to announce on that,” Spicer said. Speaking to reporters prior to the meeting, Baker conceded the group faces long odds for political success. “This makes such good sense from a conservative, limited government, free market, pro-competitive approach, that at the very least we hope they’ll take a look at it,” Baker
said. “But we know we have an uphill slog to get the Republicans interested in this.” Within hours of their announcement, influential conservative anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist took to Twitter to suggest any proposal that includes a carbon tax is dead on arrival at Capitol Hill. “Now that the GOP can repeal all the anti-energy, anti-job regs--the Left offers to trade those regs for a carbon tax,” tweeted Norquist, president of the group Americans for Tax Reform. “Nice try. No.” Congressional Republicans have repeatedly beaten back proposals for instituting a carbon tax, which would raise the cost of fossil fuels to discourage consumption. In June, the GOP-lead House voted overwhelmingly in support of a resolution opposing carbon taxes, which Republican leaders have said would be “detrimental to the United States economy” and lead to skyrocketing costs for food, gasoline and heating oil. Senate Leader Mitch McConnell’s office declined to comment. The office of House Speaker Paul Ryan did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Baker and Shultz are pinning their hopes on the political appeal to conservatives of sending out regular dividend checks to taxpayers. According to an outline of the plan, the group is calling for a gradually-increasing
carbon tax that “might begin at $40 a ton and increase steadily over time.” They estimate it would raise $200 billion to $300 billion annually, which would be redistributed back to taxpayers. With the “carbon dividends” potentially reaching about $2,000 annually for a family of four, the group estimates that about twothirds of Americans would receive more money back than they would pay in increased fuel costs. That would provide an economic incentive to embrace more fuel efficient cars and greener sources of electricity. As part of the proposal, the group also recommends repealing nearly all carbon emissions regulations approved under President Barack Obama, including the Clean Power Plan. So far, Trump has sent mixed signals on whether or how he will try to slow Earth’s warming temperatures and rising sea levels. He has called global warming a “hoax” and has pledged to reverse Obama’s efforts to curb emissions from coal-fired power plants. But the president also recently met with prominent climate activists Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio. Ivanka Trump, a close adviser to her father, has indicated interest in working on the issue. The overwhelming majority of peerreviewed studies and climate scientists agree the planet is warming, mostly due to man-
made sources. Under Obama, the U.S. has dramatically ramped up production of renewable energy from sources like solar, in part through Energy Department grants. Some environmentalists support a tax on emissions to help transition off fossil fuels. Sen. Bernie Sanders advocated for a carbon tax as part of his bid for the Democratic nomination last year. Trump’s secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, was the longtime chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil, an oil company that long lobbied to defeat efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. But under Tillerson’s leadership, Exxon had started planning for climate change and even voiced support for a carbon tax. Ted Halstead, president of the Climate Leadership Council, said the group said that sooner or later Republicans will have to support some sort of action to reduce carbon emissions. “The climate problem is not going away. It will only get worse,” said Halstead, who attended Tuesday’s meeting at the White House. But, he added: “To be blunt, in this political environment I don’t think this moves unless it has White House support.” Associated Press White House correspondent Julie Pace contributed.
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BIG FUN: The aquarium under the Santa Monica Pier will be organizing whale themed activities.
On Saturday, there will be a Wildlife Observation Station on the West End of Pier from 1 - 4 p.m. There will also be a Whale of a Tale Story Time for the little ones at 2 p.m. Tables and tents will be set up on the Pier with staff to talk and explain about the wildlife that surrounds Santa Monica. There will also be binoculars available to catch a glimpse of the dolphins, sea lions and maybe even a calf. On Sunday, the Aquarium will host a Shark Feeding activity along with a presentation at 3:30 p.m. To be part of this lovely devotion to the gray whales visit the Aquarium at 1600 Ocean Front Walk. Beach level beneath the Pier’s Merry Go Round. Admission is free for children 12 and under, and for all others admission is $5. For more information call (310) 393-6149.
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and weigh nearly 40 short tons. “The whales past by Santa Monica Bay twice each year,” said Parent.“They travel north during the summer and during late Fall, early Winter, they travel back down to Baja, California. Because they recently had their baby they typically stay closer to shore this time around, which gives us an opportunity to see them.” Visitors at this event can explore the 100+ species within the aquarium and be able to feel the heft of a whale rib, and have the opportunity to try on a layer of simulated whale blubber for warmth. “It is always neat to see a kid learn where his rib is and then compare it to a whales rib,” said Parent. The aquarium will also be offering face painting, and a crafts station.
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refugee populations. Cost estimates of the other proposals are not yet available. McCarty said he does not expect the cost of providing in-state tuition to refugees to be “insurmountable,” particularly because refugees already become eligible for in-state tuition after living in the state for a year. He said he expects the bill would apply mostly to community colleges. California took in nearly 8,000 refugees last year, McCarty said. President Donald Trump signed the executive order on immigration and refugees Jan. 27. A week later, a federal judge in Seattle ordered a halt to enforcement of the ban, which the federal government is appealing. That filing is currently playing out in a San Francisco federal appeals court. A refugee himself, Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, D-Los Angeles, immigrated to the U.S. from Iran as a child. “That’s who we’re closing our doors on right now,” Nazarian said. “I’m not going to stand for that, and I’m glad to see that my colleagues also will not stand for that.”
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apply foreign work experience toward a professional license. “These SIV individuals pretty much are veterans,” said Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento. “They served alongside our vets on the front line and so we want to honor and recognize their service.” The announcement comes as the federal government is fighting in court to reinstate a temporary suspension of the country’s refugee program and a 90-day travel ban on residents of seven Muslim-majority countries. “We’re not taking part in this fear mongering and this hatred, and in fact we’re going to do the opposite,” said Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, D-San Diego. “We’re going to open our arms. We’re going to continue to find ways to support them and say, ‘You are welcome.’” The plan would also provide $5 million dollars to school districts with large child
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ON FEBRUARY 2, AT ABOUT 3:35 P.M. Officers responded to Sephora-1244 3rd Street Promenade regarding a theft that just occurred with two suspects detained by Loss Prevention. Officers arrived and met with Loss Prevention Staff. Officers determined the suspects were monitored by Loss Prevention as they selected several items from the sales floor. One of the suspects secreted the merchandise in his pants. The suspects exited the store without paying for any items. The suspects were followed out by Loss Prevention and contacted at 3rd Street and Arizona Avenue. The suspects were taken into custody without incident. Approximately $521 worth of cosmetics was recovered. A search of the suspects yielded the recovery of several burglary tools. Randall Matthew Gentner, 26, from La Puente was arrested for burglary and possession of burglary tools. Bail was set at $20,000. Brianna Lynn Eddington, 29, from La Puente was arrested for burglary and possession of burglary tools. Bail was set at Bail $20,000.
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CITY OF SANTA MONICA NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Santa Monica invites Contractors to complete and submit sealed bids for the: CDBG Undergrounding and Excavation UUC1006 The City of Santa Monica is soliciting bids for construction quotes for a multi-phased project with incremental utility undergrounding and excavation for a term not to exceed two (2) years. Parties shall submit one construction cost proposal with line item costs for each phase specified in the bidding instructions. Bids shall be delivered to the City of Santa Monica, Office of the City Clerk, Room 102, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, California, 90401, not later than 2:30 p.m. on Monday, March 27, 2017, to be publicly opened and read aloud after 3:00 p.m. on said date in City Hall Council Chambers. Each Bid shall be in accordance with the Request for Bids. MANDATORY PRE-BID JOB WALK: Bidders must meet City staff at the Northwest Corner of 17th Street and Pico Blvd Santa Monica, CA on February 23, 2017 at 8:00 am for the mandatory pre-bid job walk. City staff will take all those in attendance to all locations mentioned in the bidding documents. Submission of the Bid by the Bidder shall be conclusive evidence that the undersigned has made such examinations and included all costs associated with preparing the Sites for the intended Work. The engineering drawings for the Work show conditions as they are supposed or believed to exist. The conditions shown do not constitute a representation or warranty express or implied by the City or its officers that such conditions actually exist. Parking will not be supplied or validated by City staff. Community Development Block Grant (Federally Funded) Project PROJECT ESTIMATE: $2,000,000.00 CONTRACT DAYS: #730 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES: $500.00 Per Day COMPENSABLE DELAY: $500.00 Per Day Bidding Documents may be obtained by logging onto the City’s bidding website at: http://www.smgov.net/planetbids/. The Contractor is required to have a General “A” and Class C-10 Electrical Contractor license at the time of bid submission. license at the time of bid submission. Contractors wishing to be considered must submit Bids containing all information required pursuant to the City’s Request for Bids.
Petty theft 500 block of Santa Monica Pier 3:56 a.m. Encampment 2000 block of the beach 5:37 a.m. Missing person 2500 block of Pico 6:11 a.m. Vandalism 1500 block of Euclid 6:35 a.m. Burglary 3400 block of Airport 6:44 a.m. Encampment 1400 block of Olympic 8:36 a.m. Public intoxication 1400 block of Wilshire 8:44 a.m. Person down 4th/Civic Center 8:49 a.m. Panhandling 2600 block of Main 9:20 a.m. Auto burglary 1500 block of 19th 9:28 a.m. Grand theft auto 1000 block of 4th 9:46 a.m. Encampment 1900 block of 18th 9:52 a.m. Vehicle with excessive tickets 700 block of San Vicente 10:22 a.m. Burglary 1300 block of 26th 10:34 a.m. Identity theft 1700 block of Oak 10:34 a.m. Auto burglary 900 block of 5th 11:06 a.m. Hit and run Centinela/Pico 11:16 a.m. Child endangerment 2200 block of Santa Monica 11:39 a.m. Burglary 2900 block of 2nd 11:39 a.m. Fraud 800 block of 18th 11:42 a.m. Strongarm robbery Stewart/Delaware
11:44 a.m. Identity theft 2800 block of Main 11:45 a.m. Traffic collision 18th/Wilshire 11:47 a.m. Bike theft 2500 block of Virginia 11:47 a.m. Battery Main/Hollister 12:06 p.m. Auto burglary 1300 block of 19th 12:09 p.m. Kidnap 2500 block of Crenshaw 12:16 p.m. Fraud 1300 block of 4th 12:29 p.m. Auto burglary 400 block of 20th 12:46 p.m. Domestic violence 7th/Colorado 12:55 p.m. Battery 1300 block of 17th 1:03 p.m. Burglary 3400 block of Airport 1:30 p.m. Bike theft 900 block of 5th 2:30 p.m. Auto burglary 1800 block of Hill 3:04 p.m. Encampment 300 block of Wilshire 3:10 p.m. Traffic collision 2900 block of Wilshire 3:19 p.m. Bike theft 1600 block of Cloverfield 3:23 p.m. Person down 300 block of Broadway 4:11 p.m. Burglary 600 block of Pico 4:16 p.m. Battery 2300 block of 3rd 4:18 p.m. Petty theft 1200 block of 3rd Street Prom 4:20 p.m. Vandalism 700 block of Santa Monica 4:30 p.m. Auto burglary 1300 block of 19th 4:36 p.m. Identity theft 2000 block of Pearl 4:53 p.m. Child abuse 700 block of Broadway 7:03 p.m. Runaway 1200 block of 11th 7:05 p.m. Traffic/vehicle stop 1200 block of Alta 7:47 p.m. Found senile person 100 block of California 7:58 p.m. Encampment 3000 block of Pennsylvania 8:50 p.m.
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The Santa Monica Fire Department responded to 44 calls for service on Feb. 7. HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE CALLS CHOSEN BY THE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF. Emergency 1700 block of Delaware 1:58 a.m. Emergency 500 block of Colorado 3:11 a.m. Emergency 2100 block of Ocean 5:49 a.m. Emergency 2000 block of Arizona 5:58 a.m. Emergency of 4th/Civic Center 8:50 a.m. Wires down of 4th/Hill 8:57 a.m. Automatic alarm 200 block of Montana 9:15 a.m. Emergency 1700 block of Main 9:25 a.m. Emergency 1300 block of 15th 9:31 a.m. Automatic alarm 2400 block of La Mesa 9:36 a.m. Automatic alarm 600 block of Pico 9:44 a.m. Elevator rescue 1300 block of 4th 9:48 a.m. Automatic alarm 1300 block of Pico 10:06 a.m. Automatic alarm 300 block of Civic Center 10:19 a.m.
Emergency 1400 block of 3rd Street Prom 10:20 a.m. Automatic alarm 1500 block of Ocean Park 10:51 a.m. Emergency 1400 block of 18th 11:09 a.m. Emergency of 18th/Wilshire 11:47 a.m. Emergency 3300 block of Barnard 12:00 p.m. Emergency 700 block of Wilshire 12:07 p.m. Structure fire 800 block of 9th 12:36 p.m. Emergency 2000 block of 19th 12:37 p.m. Emergency 1500 block of Ocean 1:44 p.m. Emergency 200 block of Arizona 1:53 p.m. Emergency 1300 block of 15th 2:45 p.m. Emergency 1700 block of Ocean Front Walk 3:11 p.m. Automatic alarm 1400 block of Stanford 3:45 p.m. Emergency 2400 block of Wilshire 4:06 p.m. Emergency 300 block of Broadway 4:11 p.m. Emergency 2900 block of 31st 4:30 p.m. Emergency 1200 block of 6th 4:36 p.m. Emergency of Cloverfield/26th 4:47 p.m. Emergency 1300 block of Wilshire 5:24 p.m. Automatic alarm 1400 block of 6th 6:08 p.m. Emergency 1300 block of 20th 7:42 p.m. Emergency 400 block of Expo Line 8:29 p.m.
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$1.5M settlement reached in LAPD killing of black man BY MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press
The City of Los Angeles agreed Wednesday to pay $1.5 million to the family of a mentally ill black man who was shot and killed in 2014 by Los Angeles police during a struggle over an officer’s gun. The settlement in a civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of Ezell Ford, 25, came two weeks after prosecutors said the two Los Angeles Police Department officers acted lawfully and in self-defense when they shot and killed Ford in August 2014. More than a year ago, a police oversight board found the officers had no legal reason to stop Ford, violating department policy. The Los Angeles City Council approved the settlement with Ford’s family on Wednesday with a 10-2 vote. An attorney for
Ford’s family did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Los Angeles prosecutors said Officers Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas were in fear for their lives when they shot Ford on Aug. 11, 2014, as Ford struggled with Wampler over the officer’s holstered gun. The shooting happened days after that of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and led to a series of Black Lives Matter protests in Los Angeles. Authorities said the officers had approached Ford, whose family has said he struggled with an array of mental illnesses, after seeing him in a known gang area, but said Ford walked away and the officers believed he was trying to discard an illegal substance. Prosecutors said Wampler had placed his hands on Ford’s shoulders before Ford spun around and grabbed the officer at the waist.
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Ford fell to the ground with the officer and the two started tussling as Ford tried to grab Wampler’s gun from the holster on his waist, prosecutors said. Villegas shot Ford twice during the struggle, but Ford continued to fight with Wampler, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said last month. Wampler was eventually able to retrieve his backup weapon, which was affixed to his bulletproof vest, reached around Ford’s body and shot him once in the back, she said. After prosecutors reached their determination in the case, Ford’s mother, Tritobia Ford, told reporters there would “be no justice” for her son. She said the officers “just got away with murder.” The officers’ union decried the city council’s decision to settle the case, arguing the city should have fought the “base-
less civil suit.” “This fiscally irresponsible pattern of settling civil claims, in spite of legal and investigative findings supporting police officers’ actions, is sending the wrong message to trial lawyers that the city’s treasury is nothing more than an ATM,” said Craig Lally, the president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League. The Los Angeles Police Commission ruled in June 2015 that the officers had no reason to stop and question Ford, and that violation of department policy led to an altercation that ended with Ford’s death. The commission found that Wampler was unjustified in shooting Ford and Villegas was wrong to draw his weapon but acted appropriately in firing it because he believed Wampler’s life was in danger. The officers have been on administrative duty since the shooting.
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You can be subtle and sly when you need to be, and you’ll maneuver a situation that requires diplomacy. You’ll advance through the politics of a scene and become quite powerful. March and June offer a different kind of work and the chance at big money. A special friendship will send you on a July adventure. Scorpio and Aries adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 9, 25, 34 and 19.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
Your journey in the world of commerce may have a few bumps. Handle business, however inconvenient it may be. The customer is not always right, though it behooves the merchant to lend the benefit of the doubt.
If love is a game, this will be a prize winning round. Hand on the buzzer, you’re ready to come up with the right answer. Make your move. Don’t wait to be sure.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Take up space and command attention with your communication style. You’ll gain the support of authority figures and the approval of those who see you as an authority.
Your close friends and loved ones will want to know what you think, but beyond that there is little to gain (and much to lose) from discussing personal and political views with the general public today.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
There are many ways to say it. Because of your desire to leave people with a good feeling, you’ll give thought to how you’re going to relay information from important news to the simplest of salutations.
You’re probably feeling nostalgic for another time. It was no better or worse than this time really, but it was lovely and inspiring in its own way. Channel the energy of the past into today’s work.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Artistic expression is stress relief. A regular creative practice ensures that you’ll be not only calmer and more centered but also quite masterful at the craft of your choice.
Driven people do not find it difficult to push themselves hard. The real challenge for an overachiever is in setting limits that will lead to optimum gains over the long term.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
You’ll have your choice of a few different investments. It will be better to invest in a person than it will in an object or commodity. Tonight: Fortune favors you when you express your love in actions instead of words.
You never know who is hurting inside. When in doubt, reach out. Your handshakes and hugs are healing. You won’t regret being a little more friendly or affectionate than was really necessary.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
People will have a strong need to categorize you today, only because they’re trying to figure out where you fit into their lives. Just don’t let them define you. You define you; and that definition is ever-evolving.
Without regular injections of fun and excitement, relationships get stale. Brainstorm on the subject, because the answer will be out of the ordinary.
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Reqs AT&T postpaid svc on elig. plan (excl. Lifeline & Residential Wireless) on a smartphone or phone (excl. Wireless Home Phone). Svcs: Svc addresses must match. To be elig. for 2nd-yr price guarantee both services must remain active & in good standing during 2nd year. Price Guarantee: TV pkg only. After 24 mos. Or loss of eligibility, then-prevailing monthly rate for All-Included TV Pkg applies, unless customer calls to cancel/change service prior to the end of 24 mos. Price excludes taxes, equipment upgrades/add-ons and other chrgs. Some offers may not be available through all channels and in select areas. See att.com/directv. DIRECTV SVC TERMS: Subject to Equipment Lease & Customer Agreements. Must maintain a min. base TV pkg of $29.99/mo. Add’l Fees & Terms: $19.95 Handling & Delivery fee may apply. Programming, pricing, terms and conditions subject to change at any time. Visit directv.com/legal or call for details. PREMIUM MOVIES OFFER: After 3 mos., then-prevailing rate for all four (4) premium movie pkgs applies (currently $53.99/mo.) unless canceled or changed by customer prior to end of the promotional period.
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