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Local man faces attempted murder charges after Pico Blvd stabbing KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer

Police arrested a 32-year-old Santa Monica man on attempted murder charges Saturday after responding to a stabbing at 26th Street and Pico Boulevard. Jail records show Christopher Cosgrove is being held on $1 million bail and is due in court for his arraignment Tuesday.

Police say the victim was stabbed in the neck. Paramedics

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took the victim to a nearby hospital where he or she underwent surgery and remains in stable condition.

Officers located Cosgrove two blocks away and took him into custody. Cosgrove could not be reached for comment. Records show he is currently being held at the Inmate Reception Center at the County’s Central Jail.

Police said they would release more information Tuesday. kate@smdp.com

One-party rule?

Planning California Commission to Democrats look walk the walk on to expand power the Promenade

KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer

The community came together Saturday to break ground on a new $41.2 million firestation to serve downtown Santa Monica. The new stateof-the-art facility at 1337 7th Street is scheduled to be finished in 2020 and will replace a seismically unsafe 1950s-era station down the street.

City officials and elected leaders lined up to hold golden shovels Saturday while parents and small children lined up for hot dogs at the free community event. The groundbreaking ceremony capped a decades long effort to build the 28,000 square-foot station, which required a land swap with local developer NMS Properties. A 2007 study found the current wood frame and stucco fire station in desperate need of improvements to come up to code and withstand a major earthquake. “It’s a little surreal for a lot of people because it’s been so long,� said Chief Bill Walker. “A lot of people, I don’t think they totally believed it would happen.�

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Is California, home to one in eight Americans, becoming the nation's best example of one-party rule?

Tuesday's primary election will set the stage for November races for governor, Congress and the Legislature, but it will also test whether the state's vanishing Republicans have enough remaining influence to avoid another shutout at the statewide polls.

After all, Democrats in California hold every statewide office and dominate both chambers of the Legislature, while counting a 3.6-million edge in voter registrations and a 39-14 advantage in U.S. House seats.

The outcome Tuesday will impact how the state handles a litany of problems, from homelessness to a public pension crisis.

For California, the election

The Planning Commission spends most of its time inside the confines of City Hall but this week, the group will take a more hands (or perhaps feet) on approach with a walking tour of the Promenade.

The future of the City’s economy and specifically the downtown retail environment have occupied significant recourses recently including a series of workshops organized by Downtown Santa Monica Inc. and one included a small walking tour of the Promenade.

Mackenzie Carter, Director of Marketing & Communication for DTSM said the street’s economics remain strong but there are some physical infrastructure needs that are best experienced from an inperson visit.

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Wildfire erupts in rural northern Los Angeles County Crews with air support are battling a smoky wildfire that is threatening structures in a rural area northeast of Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department says the blaze just north of State Route 14 grew to 200 acres in less than an hour Monday.

A few ranches and other properties are under evacuation orders. Firefighters are trying to keep flames from racing through dry brush and down hillsides into populated areas near Aqua Dulce.

Several helicopters and a plane are dropping water and retardant.

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Lawmakers pass bill to set standards for hate crime policies The California Legislature has sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that sets minimum standards for local law enforcement agencies updating or adopting hate crime policies.

The bill passed 67-0 Monday would require those agencies to include in their policies that officers work to prevent, respond to and report hate crimes.

The lawmakers' action comes after state auditors announced California is underreporting hate crimes to the FBI, the Legislature and the public.

An audit released Thursday said local law enforcement agencies lack adequate policies and training. Auditors found agencies they reviewed underreported hate crimes by about 14 percent.

Reported hate crimes in California increased by over 20 percent from 2014 to 2016.

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Firefighters are patrolling for hotspots in the aftermath of a Southern California wildfire that forced the evacuation of about 2,000 homes over the weekend.

Authorities say there are no visible flames Monday morning. Firefighters have completed containment lines around 55 percent of the 150-acre (61-hectare) blaze near Aliso Viejo and Laguna Beach.

No homes were damaged, and the last evacuation orders were lifted Sunday evening.

In San Diego, crews watched for hotspots overnight after a fire forced evacuation of about 80 homes Sunday.

The fire was held to 38 acres (15 hectares) with the help of air drops. Police say the cause is under investigation.

A number of other small fires were stopped around the state, including one that burned two trailers at Lake Nacimiento in San Luis Obispo County.

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Voting Is Important – Even In Primaries YOU NEED TO VOTE TODAY. I KNOW, IT’S

‘just a primary’–who cares? Well, as we learned in the 2016 elections–it matters.

Primaries matter.

Voting is a tremendous benefit of being an American and we should all vote every chance we get. Even if you hate all the choices (not like that ever happens!) you need to be involved in the system and expressing an opinion.

Because there is more on the ballot and more at risk than simply the headliners like Gavin versus Antonio. This year there are issues on the ballot that need your attention, like tax issues for homeowners and a water bond that is a precursor to another one we’re slated to have in November. There is a whole slew of judges to be approved for an overburdened, underfunded judiciary.

And there’s the Governor’s battle between Antonio, Gavin, John, and Jeffrey. Pick one or the other but we need to have votes counted to decide who’ll be the candidate.

In the most interesting race this time current Senator Feinstein is being opposed by state Sen. Kevin De Leon – so yes it is possible that we could have an exciting Senate race if De Leon manages to grab the nomination.

Primaries are generally boring and usually not big draws for the voters – and I grant you that there is not a lot of sexy on this year’s ballot except for the Governor’s race which has several well qualified individuals running in what is pretty much a North/South matchup between former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and for San Francisco Mayor and current Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, there are others in the race but those are the two big draws this year.

I don’t have recommendations for anything this election– other than you should vote. Thousands of men and women have fought and died for the right to go stand in a box with maybe a flimsy curtain to state their choice for the government leadership – and I don’t think it’s proper that we throw

away that right.

We live in a state where there is little to no voter suppression; in other states it clearly happens – mostly to suppress a minority (read African-American) vote. We are lucky in Santa Monica to have access to safe polls, to a system that allows our voices to be heard. Speak up.

In our little burg, we have some issues that are making the rounds for the November ballot: Term Limits is a big one and it could have a huge effect upon the future of the city. Much like the issue of whether or not we have at large voting for our councilmembers. That’s to be decided in a pending court case, but how we elect people is crucial to how long we allow them to stay in office.

Term limits are important for a rotation of power and leadership. Personally I am a big believer in changing leaders after a reasonable amount of time for them to feather nests. There is no greater argument in favor of this to me than the current President.

Much as he may like the idea of being President for Life, I’m not. We need to nourish new ideas, let others have a shot at leading and shake things up. I don’t agree with the idea of being a blind party voter. I’ve voted on both sides of the aisle because I believe that we need to have ideas from all quarters. The power of voting is not that you will always be on the winning side, it’s that you participated, and the rest of the community participated to come to a consensus.

The system only works if you participate, otherwise, the other guy wins by default.

And we see where that got us.

DAVID PISARRA is a Los Angeles Divorce and Child Custody Lawyer specializing in Father’s and Men’s Rights with the Santa Monica firm of Pisarra & Grist. He welcomes your questions and comments. He can be reached at dpisarra@pisarra.com or 310/664-9969.You can follow him on Twitter @davidpisarra

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“The Third Street Promenade provides an exciting experience with countless sights and sounds to take in while you walk down the street,” she said. “This lively atmosphere can be diverting and you might not notice the aging infrastructure or mismatched pavement. Being in the space and focusing on all the physical elements on the street provides a different perspective of the place.

We are thrilled that the Planning Commission is taking the time to tour the Promenade and hope it provides the commissioners with a better understanding of the street’s current needs.”

Commissioner Richard McKinnon said the efforts are needed to formulate a swift response to what could become a serious problem.

“Retail is in a state of collapse, the model that has served us over the last 30-40 years is going away,” he said. “The smartphone has brought about the demise of retail and that was predictable but this is just the moment that it’s gone over the cliff.”

He said walking the street will give staff

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and the commission a fresh perspective as the city approaches the first anniversary of the area’s zoning document, the Downtown Community Plan. For McKinnon, the problems extend beyond physical repairs and mirrors the larger problems facing retail hubs nationwide.

“You can get scale of problem,” he said.

“From Arizona up it’s almost a wasteland at times where it used to be lively. It’s just desolate in a lot of cases and that’s going to happen right down the Promenade.”

McKinnon said developing plans for the Promenade needs to be a high priority if the area is to evolve quickly enough to save itself.

“We need rapidly to move on this and everyone needs to be engaged,” he said.

Staff said the commission will be given some questions to serve as prompts and maps highlighting the Promenade’s infrastructure but the tour doesn’t have a specific goal.

The Commission will walk the Promenade at 6 p.m. Following the walk, the Commission will reconvene inside City Hall (1685 Main St.) for their regular business no earlier than 7:30 p.m. editor@smdp.com

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The key marker will be the race for governor , in which Republican John Cox has the backing of President Donald Trump in his bid to qualify for a two-person runoff this fall. Under California's unusual primary system — sometimes called the jungle primary — only the top two vote-getters, regardless of party, advance to the general election.

Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to easily top the field, but former Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa and state Treasurer John Chiang are among the Democrats hoping to box out Cox and make it a one-party showdown in November for the state's highest office.

That's already the case in the race for U.S. Senate, where the GOP failed to field a credible candidate and Sen. Dianne Feinstein is expected to face another Democrat in November, state Sen. Kevin de Leon. The same thing happened in 2016, when only two Democrats were on the Senate ballot in the fall, Sen. Kamala Harris and then-Rep. Loretta Sanchez.

In a worst-case scenario for the GOP, voters would see only Democrats in November in races for governor and U.S. Senate.

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A TRANSFORMED CALIFORNIA

California is, by itself, the world's fifth largest economy. But the humming economic engine masks widespread problems with homelessness, soaring housing costs and a growing gap between rich and poor that will be inherited by the next governor.

The plight of the GOP in the state has been long documented, as a surge in immigrants transformed California and its voting patterns. Once a reliably Republican state in presidential elections, California became more Democratic as it became more diverse.

Most of the state's new voters are Latino and Asian and tend to lean Democratic.

Only about one in four voters in the state is a Republican. You'd have to go back to 1988 to find a Republican who carried the state in a presidential election, George H.W. Bush. And the last Republican win in a statewide race was in 2006.

The party suffered another indignity this election season: independents — those voters registered to no political party at all — surpassed Republicans in registration numbers Friday, reducing the GOP to third-party status.

What that all means for Cox: even if he manages to get into the runoff, he would be a longshot against a Democrat in November.

Even so, Republicans are hoping his presence on the fall ballot, if he makes it, would energize Republicans, driving turnout and helping GOP candidates down the ballot.

Without him or a candidate for U.S. Senate, it could be a disaster.

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Guests, including Chief Walker, took virtual reality tours of the future station, which will have bathrooms and dormitories for both male and female firefighters and a publicly accessible community room. Plans also call for solar panels to cut down on energy costs.

“It’s such a nice facility and it’s been so well thought out,” Walker said. “It’s a huge investment. We’re proud to have it and we’re going to take care of it.”

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completely or partly in Orange County , once known as a Republican fortress. For decades, white, suburban homeowners delivered winning margins for GOP candidates. But the county's population has grown more diverse, creating inroads for Democrats.

Republicans could deliver some surprises.

In some of the districts, it's possible that a large number of Democratic candidates could dilute the party's vote, in effect elevating two Republicans to the runoff.

ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

A looming presence will be Trump, who lost California by over 4 million votes in 2016.

While the president is unpopular California — a state regarded as a fulcrum in the so-called Trump resistance — Cox is hoping his endorsement will help unite conservatives behind him and help fend off a scrappy challenge from fellow Republican Travis Allen on Tuesday.

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to see fire engines and crews through four retractable glass bay doors on the first floor.

The current Station 1 will remain operational through construction. The station currently houses Engine 1, Engine 6, a 100-foot ladder truck with a five person crew, an air rescue unit and a command vehicle for a battalion chief.

There are no current plans for the old city-owned property once it becomes vacant in 2020.

Earlier this year, the City Council approved a $26.5 million contract with Bernards Bros. construction to build the new facility. kate@smdp.com

When it comes to Trump, voters will have an easy choice between the parties' candidates. Cox and Allen are enthusiastic supporters of the president, while Democrats uniformly loathe his policies.

END OF AN ERA

It's an unusual election for Gov. Jerry Brown.

He isn't running — for anything.

The 80-year-old Democrat is wrapping up his final term as governor. It's actually his second act — he first held the job from 1975 to 1983.Along the way he's also been attorney general, secretary of state and mayor of Oakland.

His family is as close as California has to a political dynasty.

Political scientist Jack Pitney, who teaches at Claremont McKenna College, notes that between 1946 and 2014 there were 18 midterm elections and a member of the Brown family was on the California statewide ballot in 15 of them, either Jerry Brown, his father, former Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, or his sister, Kathleen Brown.

“It really is the end of an era,” Pitney said in an email.

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Loud music 1600 block California 12:01 a.m.

Trespassing 600 block Broadway 12:46 a.m.

Petty theft 1300 block 3rd St Prom 1:11 a.m.

Petty theft 1500 block Ocean 1:38 a.m.

Trespassing 1500 block 6th 1:59 a.m.

Fight 1300 block 5th 3:03 a.m.

Battery 1400 block 15th 3:05 a.m.

Burglar alarm 1400 block Ocean 3:32 a.m.

Injured person 300 block Santa Monica Pier 4:23 a.m.

Indecent exposure 1000 block Wilshire 7:26 a.m.

Grand theft 3200 block Wilshire 7:44 a.m.

Burglar alarm 500 block Wilshire 8:55 a.m.

Expired registration 1500 block PCH 9:01 a.m.

Hit and run 11th / Pacific 9:09 a.m.

Indecent exposure 2nd / Colorado 9:23 a.m.

Trespassing 700 block Ozone 9:43 a.m.

Petty theft 1400 block Ocean 9:48 a.m.

Petty theft 1400 block Ocean 9:49 a.m.

Battery 1400 block 3rd St Prom 9:56 a.m.

Petty theft 1300 block 3rd St Prom 10:05 a.m.

Expired registration 2000 block Main

DAILY FIRE LOG

The Santa Monica Fire Department Responded To 49 Calls For Service On Jun. 3.

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Burglar alarm 1500 block Wilshire 11:15 a.m.

Identity theft 2900 block 3rd 11:39 a.m.

Burglar alarm 1100 block Stanford 11:42 a.m.

Person down 1400 block PCH 11:51 a.m.

Burglar alarm 3000 block 3Rrd 11:52 a.m.

Traffic collision 1100 block PCH 12:17 p.m.

Construction noise 1200 block Franklin 12:37 p.m.

Burglar alarm 3300 block Olympic 12:39 p.m.

Petty theft 1400 block Ocean 12:52 p.m.

Loud music 2000 block Ocean 12:56 p.m.

Burglar alarm 3300 block Olympic 1:28 p.m.

Burglar alarm 1700 block Santa Monica 1:54 p.m.

Trespassing 300 block Bay 2:29 p.m.

Fire 200 block Santa Monica Pier 3:11 p.m.

Traffic collision Ocean / California 3:14 p.m.

Battery 300 block Santa Monica 3:34 p.m.

Loud music 2400 block 34th 4:28 p.m.

Drunk driving Ocean / Montana 4:29 p.m.

Trespassing 2300 block 28th 4:30 p.m.

Drunk driving 2nd / Santa Monica 4:48 p.m.

Fight Ocean / Colorado 4:54 p.m.

Fight 3rd St Prom / Arizona 4:59 p.m.

Public intoxication 1300 block California 5:12 p.m.

Traffic collision 100 block Washington 5:15 p.m.

Grand theft auto 500 block Bay 5:58 p.m.

Battery 1300 block 20th 5:59 p.m.

Burglary 1400 block Lincoln 7:34 p.m.

Bike theft 2900 block Exposition 10:29 p.m.

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Emergency medical service 1300 block 17th 1:01 a.m.

EMS 1000 block 7th 1:03 a.m.

EMS 1100 block 2nd 1:08 a.m.

EMS 300 block Santa Monica 4:20 a.m.

EMS 1700 block 18th 6:14 a.m.

EMS 2200 block 5th 7:02 a.m.

EMS 2700 block Main 7:09 a.m.

EMS 300 block California 7:29 a.m.

EMS 800 block 2nd 8:44 a.m.

EMS 2200 block Main 8:52 a.m.

Public assist 1500 block 15th 9:04 a.m.

EMS 1100 block 19th 9:56 a.m.

EMS 500 block Olympic 9:59 a.m.

EMS 1400 block 3rd St Prom 10:00 a.m.

EMS Main / Hill 10:12 a.m.

EMS 800 block 11th 11:25 a.m.

EMS 1400 block Ocean Front Walk 11:51 a.m.

EMS 2000 block Navy 12:14 p.m.

EMS 1000 block PCH 12:15 p.m.

EMS 300 block Santa Monica Pl 1:02 p.m.

EMS 1700 block Ocean 1:25 p.m.

EMS 1300 block Euclid 1:58 p.m.

EMS 1600 block Ocean Front Walk 2:08 p.m.

EMS 1500 block 4th 2:26 p.m.

Structure fire 1200 block Berkeley 2:43 p.m.

EMS Ocean / California 3:15 p.m.

EMS 2300 block Ocean 3:19 p.m.

EMS 2400 block Ocean Front Walk 3:22 p.m.

EMS 2400 block Ocean Front Walk 3:25 p.m.

EMS 1100 block 7th 4:02 p.m.

EMS 1400 block 17th 4:32 p.m.

EMS Ocean / Colorado 4:59 p.m.

Traffic collision 100 block Washington 5:15 p.m.

Structure fire 2600 block 4th 5:42 p.m.

EMS 1700 block Cloverfield 5:45 p.m.

Public assist 1000 block PCH 6:13 p.m.

Hydrant shear Lincoln / Wilson 6:51 p.m.

Automatic alarm 2600 block 33rd 7:30 p.m.

EMS 500 block Colorado 8:01 p.m.

EMS 1100 block Princeton 8:23 p.m.

EMS Ocean / California 8:51 p.m.

EMS 900 block Michigan 9:07 p.m.

EMS 700 block Broadway 9:42 p.m.

EMS 400 block Expo Line 9:44 p.m.

EMS 2400 block California 9:45 p.m.

Automatic alarm 1400 block 4th 10:52 p.m.

Automatic alarm 300 block Santa Monica Pl 11:42 p.m.

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TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (June 5)

By PETER GALLAGHER

Strange Brew

By JOHN DEERING

This will be a year that sizzles with excitement. It starts with a brilliant plan based both on history and your gut instincts, which are particularly keen over the next three months. October shows you doubling up on friends and money. In November you'll finally get the chance to experience what you've long wondered about. Aquarius and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 4, 33, 48 and 15.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)

In this Jenga game of life, what seems like a perfectly stable arrangement can be knocked down in a blink with the right kind of jostle.

This knowledge makes you simultaneously tougher and tenderer about it all.

The representation of a thing is always different from the lived experience of it. You've always known that at some point you'd have to decide which version you wanted more. The point of decision is fast approaching.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21)

Sometimes people don't know what to ask for until they see others get it. Mostly it's a feeling we're going for, not an item, though it can be difficult to tell when it's the item that seems to be making us happy, if only momentarily.

Intimidating characters pepper this group you want to join, but don't let that deter you. Once inside you'll find allies, and you'll also find out that people are friendlier than they seem from the outside.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

At the start of something, the tendency will be to judge every movement as if it were a sign about whether or not to continue. But once you get to the middle, all the trepidation will disappear into your desire to get it accomplished.

Friends will meet success. Your time is coming!

You may have to swallow jealous tinges to be truly supportive, but this will be relatively easy for you when you focus on the good luck that is coming your way.

CANCER (June 22-July 22)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Slowing down isn't giving up, but it's not showing full commitment and enthusiasm, either.

You'll be in a highly visible position today, and others will take their social and professional cues from you.

Those people trying terribly hard to be good (and making a big show of it, at that!) are quite possibly compensating for something else.

Keep your eyes open, and be slow to align yourself.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

You'll help people by connecting with them through a shared activity. It really doesn't matter what the activity is. What matters is your approach to it — serious but not solemn, playful but not irreverent.

The first requirement for effective action is to make sure you're really behind it. Determine what you really believe, and then get on your own side. If you're not on your side, figure out why and change it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Removing your expectations from a relationship is not only wise; it's kind. It allows people to be who they really are, and it allows you to understand who that is — a knowledge that will enhance your life.

You're likely to take the action that most people would take — the thing that seems like the best and easiest choice. So give yourself easy options that will make you proud. It will take some planning.

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Opposition of Venus and Pluto The human maturation cycle includes a phase of unreasonable, irrational and self-centered behavior that all pass through and most circle back to periodically. Some get stuck there. Since it's an intrinsic and inevitable part of our nature, hopefully we can be tolerant of one another when we see it during this VenusPluto opposition.

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New Facebook privacy furor: What's at stake?

BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer

Facebook is at the center of another privacy furor, this one over its sharing of user data with device makers such as Apple,Amazon, Samsung and others over the past decade The social network acknowledges the data sharing deals, which it says it's — according to a New York Times report — it has struck with at least 60 device makers since 2007. But it says there's nothing scandalous about them.

The arrangements raise a number of questions, among them whether Facebook failed to get the explicit consent of users before sharing their data. If so, that could place it in violation of a 2011 consent decree with the Federal Trade Commission. Facebook denies it shared user data without consent.

These device-maker deals could raise concerns similar to those in Facebook's recent Cambridge Analytica scandal. That's where a Trump-connected political consulting firm used data derived from as many as

87 million Facebook profiles in order to sway election results.

In this case, however, it's not clear how the device makers could have abused Facebook even if they wanted to. So far there's no evidence that phone and tablet makers used Facebook data improperly, in sharp contrast to Cambridge Analytica consultants. Apple, for instance, said it has worked with Facebook for years to let its users share things on Facebook through iPhone and Mac apps.

But the report taps into continuing anxiety about the information users give up — and to whom — when they use Facebook.

The Times report says device makers received users' own information, such as email addresses, phone numbers and relationship statuses, as well as data from their friends, sometimes without their explicit consent.

A similar practice involving third-party apps on Facebook landed CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg before Congress during the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Facebook's 2011 FTC agreement requires it to obtain “affirmative express consent “

before making changes that override users' privacy preferences.

“Sure looks like Zuckerberg lied to Congress about whether users have 'complete control' over who sees our data on Facebook,” Rep. David Cicillene, a Rhode Island Democrat, wrote on Twitter . “This needs to be investigated and the people responsible need to be held accountable.”

Facebook said it granted smartphone access to this data well before mobile apps became popular, as a way of making its service work on a broad range of devices. Device makers could then build their own software that incorporated Facebook functions. User would log into their Facebook accounts, allowing the phone software to pull in data from Facebook itself.

Apple said it used data pulled in from Facebook to let people post photos and other items on Facebook without opening the Facebook app. It ended that practice on the iPhone last September, although similar features persist on Mac computers.

In a blog post Monday , Facebook VP Ime Archibong wrote that the company worked

closely with device makers to ensure that they only used the data to “recreate Facebook-like experiences” on their phones.

He denied that users' information was shared without their consent.

The company recently said it will end these data-sharing agreements as part of a broader review of its privacy practices sparked by the Cambridge Analytica scandal. So far, it's ended just 22.

Facebook, however, hasn't fully explained why these deals were still in place as of this year, and it's unclear whether they would have been wound down were it not for the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Zuckerberg has recently apologized for the fact that Facebook often didn't always protect user privacy and didn't consider how its service could be misused by malicious actors until it was too late.

Archibong also said the data agreements allowed phone makers to offer Facebook features on their phones before app stores were popular. Apple's App Store launched in 2008, as did Google's app store, then called Android Market.

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