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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019

‘Voices of Compton’ Literary and Arts Journal Highlights Creative Talents of Compton College Students

Michelle Chambers

Emma Sharif

Photos by Dennis J Freeman for The Bulletin

In a Flip of the April Primary, Both Council Races Reverse Results Jessica Barajas’ “Self Portrait” is the featured cover art for this year’s Voices of Compton

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OMPTON—For art Each spring, Compton juries, judging the College students are invited to works of local art- share their artistic and literary ists, Jessica Barajas’ work completed during the artistic endeavors have always academic year in the annual stood out. While her creativity of Voices of Compton, a fine jumps off the canvas or what- arts and literary journal pubever medilished by the um she em“I’m inspired by the college. The ploys, what 11th annual complexities and remained edition feahidden be- function of nature. I tures student neath was a submissions certain shy- couldn’t live without representing ness. artistic art; I see life itself as the “I have and literary a work of art.” a l w a y s creativity of struggled to the Compton Compton College Art show confiCollege comdence in the munity. The Student Ivan Mendez things I do, majority of but I found that if I never let this year’s submissions focus people see what I can do, I will on art pieces; there are also never truly know what I’m ca- two literary pieces and two popable of,” she said. “At Comp- ems written by students. ton College, I’ve had many The front cover of the great instructors who have all 2018-2019 Voices of Comphelped me when I needed it. ton features Jessica Barajas’ The most important thing I painting titled “Self Portrait.” learned is that I can always do Barajas nurtured her passion better.” n Voices, see page 5

COMPTON—The Compton City Council will welcome back both an incumbent and a newcomer, but the results are the complete opposite of those of the April Primary.

District 4 Councilwoman Emma Sharif has been elected to a second term after finishing a distant second to young, little known challenger Justin A. Blakely in April.

In the District 1 race, Councilwom-

mainder of the term for the State Senate seat of the 33rd District, Long Beach City Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez trounced Cudahy Councilman Jack Guerrero, receiving just under 70% of the vote. The seat had been held by former Sen. Ricardo Lara who was elected the California Commissioner of Insurance last November.

The 33rd District includes Lynwood and a large portion of Long Beach.

Former Lennox School Superintendent Found Dead

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Paper sculpture by Compton College student Patricia Medrano titled “Moon Lotus.”

an Janna Zurita was denied a third term, after handily winning the April Primary, but failing to gain the needed 50% of the vote in a crowded field in order to prevent this run-off.

Long time legislative aide Michelle Chambers will be seated in District 1.

Chambers earned two-thirds of the vote after trailing Zurita by 15% in the primary.

In the Special Election to fill the re-

LENNOX—Kent Taylor, who suddenly stepped down as the Superintendent of the Lennox School District only 2 months ago, was found dead in his home on Sunday.

Taylor lived in the San Bernadino community of Grand Terrace and the local sheriff ’s department, while confirming responding to a call at the home, have not yet released a cause of death, pending the coroner’s determination. Several news outlets have reported there was a single gunshot wound in what is a suspected suicide.

Taylor stepped down in early April from the position he’d held since 2013, following a brief 2-month stewardship of his original hometown, Inglewood School District.

There are questions regarding the financial solvency of the Lennox District and Taylor’s tenure was not without controversy. But he also garnered much support.

Assemblywoman Autumn Taylor, who represents Lennox wrote on Facebook, “I am heartbroken at the loss of my friend and educator Kent Taylor. Our differences should be fully embraced, not destroyed. Lennox has lost a true leader.

Fontana School Board member Mars Serna also expressed his sympathies on Facebook. “So sorry to hear this tragic news of Mr. Taylor. My deepest condolences to all who are mourning this loss. Keeping his entire family in prayer.”

Mr. Taylor, 54, is survived by his wife and three children.

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NEWS Arraignment Postponed for Man Accused of Selling Sick Puppies

LOS ANGELES (CNS)—A Downey man facing more than 50 criminal charges stemming from the sale of 28 puppies— most of which prosecutors say subsequently died—appeared in a downtown courtroom Monday but his arraignment was postponed to next month.

Gustavo Gonzalez, 26, is charged with 28 felony counts of cruelty to an animal, along with one felony count each of first-degree residential burglary and grand theft. He is also charged with 22 misdemeanor counts of petty theft.

Gonzalez did not enter a

plea and was ordered to return that he is presumed innocent currently set at $740,000. to court on July 18 for arraign- and we plan on entering a not Gonzalez is accused of ment and a bail review hear- guilty plea. We plan on very selling the puppies to 25 faming. carefully evaluating the eviilies throughout Following Southern California the brief hearing, “I told him I was gonna get him, between February Gonzalez’ new2018 and April 2019, and we got him, finally.” ly hired defense according to the attorney, RobWoman who purchased 2 dogs that died Los Angeles County ert Ernenwein, District Attorney’s told reporters he Office. The puppies, hopes the public can keep an dence in this case and reaching which were sold through the open mind and wait for the ev- a just conclusion, ultimatewebsite craigslist, included a idence to unfold. ly, whatever that might be,” French bulldog, a chocolate “I would remind everyone Ernenwein said. lab and a beagle, according to that although these are very The defense lawyer said Ricardo Santiago of the Disserious and very difficult alle- he also planned to fight for a trict Attorney’s Office. Most gations to even comprehend, “significant” reduction in bail, of the puppies died after being sold, according to prosecutors.

Gonzalez was taken into custody Thursday by Downey police, Santiago said. He could face up to 36 years behind bars if convicted as charged.

Fox11 questioned Gonzalez at least four times during a two-year investigation about selling sick puppies out of his car after advertising the animals on craigslist. A woman who bought two dogs from Gonzalez—both of which n Sick Puppies, see page 3

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Planned Strike at Kaiser Facilities Canceled by Union

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LOS ANGELES (CNS)—It was business as usual Tuesday at Kaiser Permanente heath facilities across the state, with the union representing thousands of workers calling off what had been announced as an open-ended strike. The National Union of Healthcare Workers had announced plans to strike at Kaiser facilities throughout California beginning Tuesday.

But on Sunday, the union cited “progress at the bargaining table” and canceled the job action.

“Kaiser’s last offer is better than before our members authorized an open-ended strike last month,” NUHW President Sal Rosselli said in a statement. “Kaiser has finally acknowledged to its clinicians that its system is in crisis. That progress is reflected in its latest proposals, which include the framework for a six-month collaborative process to reform Kaiser’s system with everything open for discussion, including insourcing the tens of thousands of patients currently forced to find non-Kaiser therapists.” In a statement issued late Sunday, Kaiser officials hailed the union’s decision.

“As we have communicated to our employees and others, we have addressed the key issues raised by labor and management,” according to Kaiser.

“We are pleased that the NUHW strike has been called off. It was the responsible thing to do. We credit this decision to our therapists, who have been providing leadership at the table and representing the voice of our employees in all these discussions.”

NUHW officials said earlier that 4,000 mental-health workers would take part in the job action, reiterating its claim that some Kaiser patients must wait a month or more for appointments. Kaiser countered that the strike was a poorly conceived bargaining tactic, called at a time when progress was being made toward a contract agreement.

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NEWS “I have focused on the experiences of Latino undocuactivists, which I define as undocumented immigrant young adult activists who no longer live in the shadows.”

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CSU Dominguez Hills Professor Joanna Perez Named Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fellow

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ARSON—California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Assistant Professor of Sociology Joanna Perez has been named a Career Enhancement Fellow by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Perez is the first CSUDH faculty member to receive this prestigious award.

Funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Career Enhancement Fellowship creates career development opportunities for selected faculty fellows with promising research projects.

In addition to a $30,000 grant, the award includes a stipend for research and travel or a publication. The program also provides mentoring to the recipient and participation in a late summer professional development retreat.

Perez is one of 32 fellows selected nationwide for this

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died—told the station Friday that she “promised both of them that I would get him.”

“I told him I was gonna get him, and we got him, finally,” she said.

Fox11 reported that several dogs were found inside Gonzalez’s home when he was arrested, some of them dead.

The station’s probe eventually spurred the involvement of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs, the District Attorney’s Office’s Bureau of Investigation and the Downey Police Department.

“Families expect years of joy and great memories when they purchase a puppy. The last thing they should expect is to see their companion suffer pain or early death,” Joseph M. Nicchitta, director of the county’s Department of Consumer and Business Affairs, said in a statement. “No business model should profit by exploiting unsuspecting families.”

Anyone who bought a dog from Gonzalez that had unexpected health issues or experienced premature death was asked to contact a Department of Consumer and Business Affairs consumer counselor by telephone at 800-593-8222 or by e-mail at info@dcba.lacounty.gov.

year’s grant and one of 10 junior faculty members who received 12-month fellowships.

“For over 10 years, I have focused on the experiences of Latino undocuactivists, which I define as undocumented immigrant young adult activists who no longer live in the shadows due to their lack of legal status and fight for immigrant rights by actively challenging structural inequality and oppressive social relations. This fellowship now gives me the opportunity to bridge the research that I

have been doing both before I started teaching at Dominguez Hills and currently at the university,” said Perez, who joined the CSUDH Department of Sociology in 2016.

The Career Enhancement Fellowship seeks particularly to increase the presence of junior faculty members who are underrepresented in their fields, as well as other faculty members committed to eradicating racial disparities in core fields in the arts and humanities. The fellowship provides pre-ten-

ured faculty, like Perez, with a sabbatical and the resources to publish research, which will advance their careers. One of the projects Perez will be working on is a book.

“My research focuses on the ways that undocumented young adults use activism to contest their illegality both during the Obama and Trump era,” said Perez about her proposed book.

“While there is a vast amount of literature documenting the educational experiences

of Latino and undocumented students, particularly Dreamers—those who would benefit from the Dream Act—there is limited research on the ways that Latino undocuactivists use their agency to push legal boundaries, reimagine a sense of belonging, and create social change despite living in an anti-immigrant landscape.”

Perez is an avid mentor for current CSUDH students. As a Latina, daughter of immigrants, and first-generation student/ professor, she strives to use her

positionality to address the needs of her students, many of whom share similar backgrounds.

“When there is approximately 1 percent Latino faculty in the nation, getting this fellowship is not only significant for my career, but also serves to diversify the faculty who have a greater chance of achieving tenure and promotion. My hope is that through this fellowship, I will publish research that is driven by social justice, as I strive to create social change.”

Drew University Delivers Future Healthcare Workforce at 35th Commencement WILLOWBROOK— Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) held its 35th annual commencement ceremony at the Dignity Health Sports Park, conferring 320 degrees and certificates upon the Class of 2019. The numerical breakdown for this year’s class was 38 graduates from the College of Medicine, 102 graduates from the College of Science and Health and 179 graduates from the Mervyn M. Dymally School of Nursing. Noted attorney, philanthropist and media personality Areva Martin, Esq., delivered an inspiring keynote address, sharing her journey of how she catapulted herself from humble beginnings in urban St. Louis, Mo., to becoming a respected force in law, entertainment and special needs advocacy.

“Our graduates have been trained to become leaders in health that embark upon careers where their passion to achieve equity in health and wellness drives them more than their desires for personal material gain,” said CDU President/CEO Dr. David Carlisle. “In other words, they are now equipped to be agents of change in their chosen professions, just like the University’s legendary namesake Dr. Charles R. Drew.”

Mirion P. Bowers, MD and Fred D. Parrott, MD, were each awarded the President’s Medal, which recognizes extraordinary service to CDU by a member of the University community who has performed with excellence in their profession.

In introducing the honorees to the audience Dr. Carlisle referred to them as “two pioneering African-American physicians whose work inspires us, and whose careers and community commitment and involvement leave us an aspira-

With over 80 percent of its students from communities of color, CDU graduates healthcare practitioners poised to address California’s healthcare workforce shortage and changing demographics.

Martin, Esq., delivered the keynote address during CDU’s commencement.

tional path to follow, if we have the courage to do so.”

Cornelius Hopper, MD, received an honorary doctoral degree from the University, and was selected for his demonstrated intellectual and humane values that are consistent with CDU’s mission and the highest ideas of his field. “Dr. Hopper’s passion and commitment to education, social justice and improving the health of people locally, nationally and internationally is inextricably linked to our Mission,” said Dr. Carlisle.

“For this reason, we are honored to bestow the honorary

doctoral degree upon him.”

The ceremony was also marked by a donation of $50,000 to the University by President Medal honoree Dr. Fred Parrott, a long-time supporter of CDU. He is the founder of the Real Men Cook Foundation, an organization whose mission is to increase the number of minority health providers by awarding scholarships to HBCU medical students in the United States. Throughout the tenure of Dr. Parrott’s relationship with CDU, he has donated over $250,000 to the University.

USC: Exposure to Violent Racial Videos Could Spur Mental Health Issues LOS ANGELES (CNS)—Exposure to Hispanic adolescents ages 11-19. Black racial violence in online videos may have and Hispanic participants were asked harmful effects on the mental health of about police shootings, immigrants being young members of the same communi- detained by federal agents, and beatings. ties as the victims Study particin such posts, ac- “Increased exposure to such ipants reported cording to a USC the frequency of posts, whether they involve their exposure to study published Monday. traumatic events members of one’s own Previous reonline, depressive search has linked racial-ethnic group or those symptoms, PTSD exposure to viosymptoms and lent media with of other racial-ethnic groups, other demographtrauma, and othare related to poor mental ic information, acer research has cording to USC. health outcomes.” connected actual Though not police killings in establishing cauBrendesha Tynes, Study Author a given region sality, the reto poor mental searchers’ findhealth in same-race communities. But the ings showed that Hispanic participants USC study—published in the current issue reported significantly more depressive of Journal of Adolescent Health—is appar- symptoms than Black participants. Feently the first to explore the relationship male participants reported significantly between mental health and repeated youth more depressive and PTSD symptoms exposure to traumatic events online. than male participants. This was true for “Increased exposure to such posts, teens that viewed violence involving both whether they involve members of one’s Black and Hispanic people. own racial-ethnic group or those of other “The videos of these injustices racial-ethnic groups, are related to poor should be public and people mental health outcomes,” said lead author should continue to record and Brendesha Tynes, an associate professor post them,” Tynes said. “The of education and psychology at the USC findings show that mental Rossier School of Education. health problems are exacData was collected from a nationally erbated with exposure, so representative sample of 302 Black and viewers should be mindful

of their viewing practices, auto-play settings and how they think about the event after they’ve seen it. They should exhaust all technological, personal and community resources to protect themselves and thrive in the face of these seemingly ubiquitous events.”

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NEWS THIS AFTERNOON – JUNE 12TH

WEDNESDAY’S THROUGH AUGUST 28TH

Common Comes to Eso Won Books

Common—the Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Golden Globe–winning musician, actor, and activist—follows up his New York Times bestselling memoir One Day It’ll All Make Sense with this inspiring exploration of how love and mindfulness can build communities and allow you to take better control of your life through actions and words.

Common believes that the phrase “let love have the last word” is not just a declaration; it is a statement of purpose, a daily promise. Love is the most powerful force on the planet and ultimately, the way you love determines who you are and how you experience life.

Courageous, insightful, brave, and characteristically authentic, Let Love Have the Last Word shares Common’s own unique and personal stories of the people and experiences that have led to a greater understandTOMORROW – JUNE ing of love and all it has to offer. It is Each year Parkside EDC awards over $20,000 in scholarships to high school graduates, among 13TH a powerful call to action for a new many other community services and outreach efforts. The Wednesday Night Jazz Cool Down is one generation of open hearts and minds, of the events that makes it possible. Please come out to support a good cause and enjoy great music! one that is sure to resonate for years to come.

7 pm to 9 pm 1 pm to 2:30pm LA Third Church, 4323 Leimert Blvd, Los Angeles Eso Won Books, 4327 Degnan Blvd, Los Angeles https://www.parksideedc.org/events/ https://www.esowonbookstore.com/book/9781501133152 323-296-6694 323-290-1048 $25 ea/ 3 for $60

Wednesday Night Summer Jazz Cool Down

TOMORROW – JUNE 13TH

FRIDAY JUNE 14TH

Marvin arvin Gaye aye-Oke ke

Get ready for a Marvin Gaye–themed karaoke night celebrating the music of Marvin Gaye and the life and work of the late artist Ernie Barnes, led by soul singer Torrénce Brannon-Reese!

This night of song is presented in conjunction with Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective , which includes Barnes’s famous painting The Sugar Shack, which was featured on the cover of

Gaye’s “I Want You” album.

Bring your best Motown moves and sing with soul; every willing singer is welcome!

7 pm to 9pm California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Los Angeles https://tinyurl.com/y4w4jymn Free/Must RSVP

FRIDAY – JUNE 14TH

Dave Chappelle’s Block Party Hosted by Blackout Cinema

Natural-WE Community Juneteenth Celebration 2019 at Dollarhide Natural-WE invites you to celebrateJuneteenth, the celebration of enslaved Africans learning of their emancipation from chattel slavery in the United States. This celebration will fea-

ture the Natural-WE Community Choir, spoken word artists, the talented band Conscious Rebels, vendors and more.

COME CELEBRATE WE! This event is free and open to

the public.

Natural-WE provides services, and puts on programs and events to empower, progress, heal and celebrate Black/ African peoples.

7 pm to 9:30 pm Douglas F. Dollarhide Community Center, 301 N. Tamarind Ave., Compton https://www.facebook.com/events/1571476126317726/ (424) 653-0893 Free, Family Friendly

SATURDAY – SUNDAY, JUNE 15TH & 16TH

10th Annual Juneteenth Heritage Festival Join Black Arts LA for our 10th year celebrating one of the greatest Join the Blackout Cinema family for a special moment in time when Dave Chappelle presents a Brooklyn neighborhood with its very own once-in-a-lifetime free block party. In addition to Chappelle, the roster of artists includes Kanye West, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Dead Prez, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, the Roots, Cody ChesnuTT, Big Daddy Kane, and – reunited for their first performance in over seven years – the Fugees.

events in American history! The Juneteenth Heritage Festival is an annual African American celebration that dates back to June 19th, 1865 when the enslaved people in Texas and other southern states learned that they were “free.”

Bring family and friends to enjoy the 2-day FREE outdoor festival showcasing outstanding work from fine artists, fashion & jewelry designers and food artists as well as enjoy great music. Be sure to visit our History/ Inventors area, Health Village, and Technology Tent. Fun for the whole family!

8 pm to 10pm Hot and Cool Cafe, 4331 Degnan Boulevard, Los Angeles http://www.blackoutcinema.com 213-935-0575 $10

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NEWS ‘Pushed Out, Priced Out, Locked Out’ Report Calls for Stronger Renter-Protection Laws

By Staff Reports

LOS ANGELES (CNS)—The lack of a robust rent-control ordinance to control rising housing costs and provide legal protections for tenants is a major factor contributing to Los Angeles County’s rising homeless population, according to a report released Monday.

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This report, coupled with 3 percent a year and placed rethe Los Angeles County strictions on tenant evictions. homeless count, makes The ordinance was extended in clear that our county is April until the end of the year, in crisis,” said Pamela Agustin, but the group’s behind the new an organizer with the Eastside report say the move doesn’t go Leadership for Equitable and far enough.

Accountable Development “While thousands of famiStrategies coalition. “The sta- lies have been able to breathe tus quo that has prioritized a little easier because of the corporate landlords’ thirst for temporary rent freeze, to feel ever-higher profits over the truly secure, they need longlives of tenants isn’t working term protections that only a are vital to making rent stabiliand is tearing at the very fabric permanent rent stabilization zation work, along with strong of our communities.” ordinance can bring,” Agustin efforts to enforce the law. The The report, titled “Pushed said. document noted that of tenOut, Priced Out, Locked Out,” In addition to Eastside ants currently facing eviction, said the 12% increase in the LEADS, other groups behind 90% do not have adequate lecounty’s homeless gal representation. population docu“The status quo that has prioritized Speaking to mented in the most reporters in a concorporate landlords’ thirst for recent count could ference call, one be slowed signifiever-higher profits over the lives tenant described cantly through the having rent raised of tenants isn’t working and is implementation of dramatically for permanent renttearing at the very fabric of our her and her famer-protection laws. ily, only to be ulcommunities. ” A strong rent-contimately evicted trol ordinance in Pamela Agustin, Community Organizer when the landlord the county would decided to sell the provide protection for more the report include the Unin- property. than 403,000 renters, accord- corporated Tenants United co“We were unable to find afing to the report. alition, the Community Eco- fordable housing,” she said. “...

The Los Angeles County nomic Development Clinic at It was either because the size Board of Supervisors in De- UCLA School of Law and the of our family or because of the cember adopted a temporary nonprofit Public Counsel. pets, and it was too expensive rent stabilization ordinance According to the report, to move. We spent $600 just in that limited rent increases to tenant outreach and education

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for the arts and honed her talents while in high school. She received many awards for her artwork while attending Mayfair High School in Lakewood, including a first place recognition for advanced painting and drawing, and she ranked as a finalist in a district-wide art contest. At Compton College, Barajas has completed drawing, painting, and design courses in pursuit of her associate degree in art. She is also pursuing a certificate in jewelry design at El Camino College.

A Student Art Exhibition was held this year featuring the student artwork published in the 2018-2019 Voices of Compton. The exhibition showcased the talent of student artists at Compton College in a variety of media, including acrylic and oil painting; drawing with ink, charcoal, and graphite; cardboard, metal, and plaster sculptures; and digital artwork.

Also featured within the journal are two sculptures by Ivan Mendez: “Relic,” made from carved plaster, and “Tower,” made from cardboard. Mendez says he takes his inspiration from the environment and his surroundings. “I’m inspired by the complexities and function of nature,” he said. “I couldn’t live without art; I see life itself as a work of art.”

Patricia Med r a n o’s featured sculpture, “ M o o n Lotus,” is made completely out of paper.

While Medrano is passionate about

art, she was hesitant to commit seriously because her parents voiced fears that it might not be the most beneficial path for her future. However, there came a time when she could no longer deny her passion and dedicated herself to developing her talent.

At Compton College, she met an inspirational instructor who pushed her to do better. Medrano learned to master different mediums in art, using her education and skills to grow as artist. She prefers to work with pastel, ink, watercolor, oil paint, and 3D design. “My parents now recognize my talent and have expressed their pride in my accomplishments,” said Medrano.

The artwork on the back cover of the journal is a sculpture by Stephanie Gonzalez.

It is a carved plaster piece titled “Whipped Cream.”

Gonzalez says her goal is to continue to improve her skills and be recognized within the art community. This year, she had the opportunity to show her artwork at the Student Art Exhibition, as well as the Compton Art Walk, a quarterly festival that offers a platform for artists and businesses to collaborate, network and showcase their talents, while driving economic support to the city of Compton.

application fees just to apply for housing.”

Eventually, she was able to find a housing solution, but said she initially had to sleep in her car or bunk with friends.

The report also called on the county to support state laws that further protect tenants and strengthen rent controls.

“In addition to an en-

hanced code enforcement program, the county should consider expanding programs to assist low-income landlords with building maintenance and energy efficiency improvements,” the report stated.

“Such programs would help low-income landlords comply with code requirements and improve living conditions for tenants.”

The report used data from 2010-2017 and stated within that time, more than 500,000 eviction lawsuits had been filed throughout the entire county.

Representatives of the organizations said they plan to present the information and full report to each county supervisor, along with data specific to each of their districts.

California Lawmakers Agree to Health Benefits for Immigrants

By Adam Beam

SACRAMENTO (AP)— California will become the first state to pay for some adults living in the country illegally to have full health benefits as the solidly liberal bastion continues to distance itself from President Donald Trump’s administration.

Democrats in the state Legislature reached an agreement Sunday afternoon as part of a broader plan to spend $213 billion of state and federal tax money over the next year. The legislature is expected to approve the deal this week. The agreement means low-income adults between the ages of 19 and 25 living in California illegally would be eligible for California’s Medicaid program, the joint state and federal health insurance program for the poor and disabled.

Not everyone in that age group would get the health benefits, but only those whose incomes are low enough to qualify for the program. State officials estimate that will be about 90,000 people at a cost of $98 million per year.

The move is part of a larger effort to make sure everyone in California has health insurance. The proposal also makes California the first state in the country to help middle income families pay their monthly health insurance premiums. It means a family of four earning as much as six times the federal poverty level - or more than $150,000 a year - would be eligible to get about $100 a month from the government to help pay their monthly health insurance premiums.

But to pay for part of it, the state will begin taxing people who don’t have health insurance. It’s a revival of the individual mandate penalty that had been law nationwide under former President Barack Obama’s health care law until Republicans in Congress eliminated it as part of the 2017 overhaul to the tax code.

The budget agreement still must be approved by the full

state Legislature. State law requires lawmakers to enact a budget by midnight on June 15. If they don’t, lawmakers would lose their pay.

The health care proposals are a win for first-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who proposed both of them.

Several lawmakers in the Democratic-dominated state legislature wanted to go further by offering health coverage to all adults living in California illegally. But Newsom opposed that, noting it would cost $3.4 billion.

But the legislature did not include the tax changes in its version of the budget proposal.

Instead, lawmakers said they hope to reach a tax agreement outside of the budget process

by July 1.

PUBLIC REVIEW FOR THE CITY OF COMPTON ONE-YEAR ACTION PLAN (2019-2020) BACKGROUND The Annual Action Plan is part of the City’s grant application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The plan establishes a framework of specific programs and projects that fall under the City’s housing, community and economic development priorities for Compton’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs over the next year. These programs and projects will benefit low- and moderate-income residents.

PUBLIC COMMENT Copies of the draft Annual Action Plan for FY 2019-2020 will be made available for public review at the following locations from June 12, 2019 through July 15, 2019: City of Compton Grants Division 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton, California 90220 City of Compton Clerk’s Office 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue Compton, California 90220 Compton Public Library 240 W. Compton Boulevard Compton, California 90220 In addition, the document will be made available on the City’s website at www.comptoncity.org .The public is invited to submit written comments on the housing, community and economic development needs of the City and the proposed programs and projects to address those needs. All comments relative to the documents mentioned above should be submitted to the City of Compton Grants Division no later than 5:00 p.m. July 15, 2019.

Questions and written comments regarding the updated One-Year Action Plan may be addressed to the Grants Division with the City of Compton at 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220. You may also call (310) 605-5580 with any questions concerning the above documents.

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Cardboard sculpture

by Compton College student Ivan Mendez titled “Tower.”

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BULLETIN | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019

OP-ED Study Finds Most of the World Failing at Gender Equality

By Stacy M. Brown

Nearly 40 percent of the world’s girls and women live in countries that are failing on gender equality, according to information compiled

by Equal Measures 2030 and its partners.

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ccording to the website for the project, “The 2019 SDG Gender Index measures the state of gender equality aligned to 14 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 129 countries and 51 issues ranging from health, gender-based violence, climate change, decent work and others. The 2019 SDG Gender Index provides a snapshot of where the world stands, right now, linked to the vision of gender equality set forth by the 2030 Agenda.”

The index reveals that 1.4 billion girls and women are living in countries that get a “very poor” or failing grade on gender equality.

The SDG Gender Index is considered the most comprehensive tool available to measure the state of gender equality when compared to defined SDGs. The average score across the 129 countries—which represent 95 percent of the world’s girls and women—is 65.7 out of 100, which translates to a “poor” rating based upon the index’s scoring system).

No single country is the world’s best performer—or

even among the world’s top ten performers—across all goals or all issues.

In 2015, world leaders from the participating countries committed to achieve gender equality by 2030 for every girl and every woman when they signed on to the ambitious goals and targets of the SDGs. “With just 11 years to go, our index finds that not a single one of the 129 countries is fully transforming their laws, policies or public budget decisions on the scale needed to reach gender equality by 2030,” Alison Holder, the director of Equal Measures 2030 said in a news release.

“We are failing to deliver on the promises of gender equality for literally billions of girls and women,” Holder said.

Overall, the world is furthest behind on gender equality issues related to public finance and better gender data (SDG 17), climate change (SDG 13), gender equality in industry and innovation (SDG 9) and—worryingly—the standalone ‘gender equality’ goal (SDG 5).

Denmark tops the index, followed closely by Finland, Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands.

The countries with the lowest scores in the index— Niger, Yemen, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Chad—have all faced conflict and fragility in recent years.

“We are failing to deliver on the promises of gender equality for literally billions of girls and women.”

Alison Holder, Director of Equal Measures 2030 Altogether, 2.8 billion girls and women live in countries that get either a “very poor” (59 and below) or “poor” score (60—69) on gender equality.

Just 8 percent of the world’s population of girls and women live in countries that received a “good” gender equality score (80—89) and no country achieved an “excellent” overall score of 90 or above.

The 129 countries featured in the index cover five re-

gions—Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.

“It’s clear that even the most gender-equal countries need to improve on issues like climate change, gender budgeting and public services, equal representation in powerful positions, gender pay gaps, and gender-based vio-

lence,” Holder said.

The index also shows that countries with far fewer resources are still able to tackle key gender inequalities.

Senegal, for example, has a higher percentage of women in parliament (42 percent) than Denmark (37 percent), despite Denmark’s GDP per capita being 56 times higher than that of Senegal.

Kenya has very high rates of women who use digital banking (75 percent)— higher rates than three quarters of the world’s countries.

Colombia has better coverage of social assistance (81 percent) amongst its poorest people than the United States (65 percent), a higher-income country.

“This report should serve as a wakeup call to the world.

We won’t meet the SDGs with 40% of girls and women living in countries that are failing on gender equality,” said Melinda Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

“But the SDG Gender Index also shows that progress is possible. Many countries with the most limited resources are making huge strides in removing the barriers for girls and women across economies, politics and society—demonstrating that when it comes to gender equality, governments shouldn’t have excuses for inaction,” Gates said.

Officials said it’s also imperative that the global com-

munity provides investment and support to fragile and conflict-affected countries—those with the lowest scores in the Index, such as Yemen, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo and Chad.

“As advocates for gender equality in Africa, we can no longer operate on presumptions and approximations,” said Memory Kachambwa, the executive director of the African Women’s Development and Communication Network—or FEMNET. “Gaps of inequalities must be marked, counted and recorded so that the trail of implementation is clear and decision makers are held to account. The SDG Gender Index will help to ensure that Africa’s girls and women are counted and accounted for,” Kachambwa said.

While some issues are lagging far behind, dedicated international efforts appear to have made a difference on other issues.

Overall, countries have performed best on issues where coordinated and concerted policy focus and funding has been directed over the past 10-20 years, including on hunger and nutrition (SDG 2), water and sanitation (SDG 6), health (SDG 3) and education (SDG 4).

“With 8,000 decision-makers, advocates, and influencers gathered in Vancouver as part of the Women Deliver Conference, and over 100,000 participating around the world, we have the collective power to drive real progress on these gender equality scores and create real impact for girls and women,” said Katja Iversen, the president and CEO of Women Deliver.

Reparations Must Include the Costs of Predatory Lending

By Charlene Crowell

In recent years, the spate of homicides linked to questionable uses of deadly weapons and/or force, have prompted many activist organizations to call for racial reparations. From Trayvon Martin’s death in Florida, to Michael Brown’s in Missouri, Eric Garner’s in New York and many other deaths—a chorus of calls for reparations has mounted, even attracting interest among presidential candidates.

While no amount of money could ever compensate for the loss of Black lives to violent deaths, a growing body of research is delving into the underlying causes for high poverty, low academic performance and— lost wealth. Public policy institutes as well as university-based research from the University of California at Berkeley and Duke University are connecting America’s racial wealth gap to remaining discriminatory policies and predatory lending.

This unfortunate combination has plagued Black America over multiple decades. And a large part of that financial exploitation is due to more than 70 years of documented discriminatory housing.

The Road Not Taken: Housing and Criminal Justice 50 Years After the Kerner Commission Report, returns to the findings of the now-famous report commissioned by President Lyndon Johnson. In the summer of 1967, over 150 race-related riots occurred.

After reviewing the 1968 report’s recommendations and comparing them to how few were ever enacted, the Haas Institute tracks the consequences of recommendations that were either ignored, diluted, or in a few cases pursued. Published by Berkeley’s Haas Institute for Fair and Inclusive Communities, it weaves connections between education, housing, criminal justice—or the lack thereof.

“Although in some respects racial equality has improved in the intervening years,” states the report, “in other respects today’s Black citizens remain sharply disadvantaged in the criminal justice system, as well as in

neighborhood resources, employment, and chased “on contract” came with high down education, in ways that seem barely distin- payments and higher interest rates than guishable from those of 1968.” those in the general market. The result for In 1968, the Kerner Commission report many of these families was an eventual infound that in cities where riots occurred, ability to make both the repairs and the nearly 40% of high monthnon-white resly cost of the A growing body of research is idents lived in contract. One delving into the underlying housing that late or missed was substanpayment led to causes for high poverty, low dard, someevictions that academic performance times without again further full plumbing. drained dollars and—lost wealth.

Further, befrom consumcause Black families were not allowed to ers due to a lack of home equity. For the live wherever they could afford, financial absentee owner, however, the property was exploitation occurred whether families were free to sell again, as another round of predrenting or buying a home. atory lending. As the exploitive costs conAs many banks and insurance compa- tinued, the only difference in a subsequent nies redlined Black neighborhoods, access sale would be a home in even worse physical

to federally-insured mortgages were extremely limited. At the same time, few banks loaned mortgages to Blacks either. This lack of access to credit created a ripe market for investors to sell or rent properties to Black families, usually in need of multiple needed repairs. Even so, the costs of these homes came at highly inflated prices.

In nearly all instances, home sales pur-

condition.

The Plunder of Black Wealth in Chicago: New Findings on the Lasting Toll of Predatory Housing Contracts, also published this May, substantiates recent calls for reparations, as it focuses on predatory housing contracts in Illinois’ largest city. Published

by Duke University’s Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, this report ana-

lyzed over 50,000 documents of contract home sales on the Windy City’s South and West Sides and found disturbing costs of discriminatory housing in one of the nation’s largest cities, as well as one of the largest Black population centers in the nation.

Among its key findings: • During the 1950s and 1960s, 75-95% of Black families bought homes on contract; • These families paid an average contract price that was 84% more than the homes were worth; • Consumers purchasing these homes paid an additional $587 each month above the home’s fair market value; • Lost Black Chicago wealth, due to this predatory lending ranged between $3.2-$4 billion.

“The curse of contract sales still reverberates through Chicago’s Black neighborhoods (and their urban counterparts nationwide,” states the Duke report, “and helps explain the vast wealth divide between Blacks and Whites.”

Now fast forward to the additional $2.2 trillion of lost wealth associated with the spillover costs from the foreclosure crisis of 2007-2012. During these years, 12.5 million homes went into foreclosure. Black consumers were often targeted for high-cost, unsustainable mortgages even when they qualified for cheaper ones. With mortgage characteristics like prepayment penalties and low teaser interest rates that later ballooned to frequent and eventually unaffordable adjustable interest rates, a second and even worse housing financial exploitation occurred.

A 2013 policy brief by the Center for Responsible Lending, found that consumers of color—mostly Black and Latinx—lost half of that figure, $1.1 trillion in home equity during the foreclosure crisis. These monies include households who managed to keep their homes but lost value due to nearby foreclosures. Households who lost their homes to foreclosures also suffered from plummeting credit scores that made n Lending, see page 7

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BULLETIN | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019

OP-ED

The List of Black and Missing Continues to Grow

By Stacy M. Brown

Tawny Reed

T Womenon20’s.org

U.S. Attempt to Erase Harriet Tubman ing, but did she falter?

Did she not refuse to kneel to any man or any With uniquely American hypocrisy, the king? Did she not fight Trump Treasury Department has pushed for freedom against overwhelming odds? back the 2016 plan to put escaped slave Are these not the qualand Underground Railroad heroine Harriities we hold dear in our American heroes? et Tubman on the $20 bill. Tubman would Instead, Tubman is be the first African-American woman feaerased.

Instead, our current tured on U.S. currency. administration embraces the slave owner, the mass he $20 currently features ordered the death murderer, the white sua former president, An- march of thousands premacist—and calls him drew Jackson, who not of Native Ameria hero. only owned slaves, but cans.

EuphemistiFor a psychiatric pacally called “Indian tient—in this case, white Removal,” the Trail America—the reality of of Tears made way for LENDING racism, misogyny and opwhite settlers to claim continued from page 6 pression is incompatible millions of acres of with their self-identity as southern land. future credit more costly. And lovers of freedom and deThe attempted families who managed to hold fenders of equality. erasure of Tubman on to their homes lost equity But instead of taking represents yet anothand became upside down on the painful but therapeuer move in the Trump their mortgages—owing more tic steps to achieve reconplaybook to disconthan the property is worth. ciliation and closure, the nect racial reality Both types of experiences were patient has from white widespread in neighborhoods opted instead fantasy. of color.

Harriet Tubman should be a to self-medIn the In terms of lost household icate, and respected and lauded icon for fantasy of wealth, nationally foreclosures m a i n t a in white sutook $23,150. people of every race and ethnicity. the delusion p r e m a c y , But for families of color, of white suDid she not personify American traitors like the household loss was nearly premacy at Jefferson double—$40,297. ideals, at the risk of her own life? all costs.

Davis and CRL’s policy brief also Jackson, other Constates. “We do not include in And currently, the coga president who authored federates are memoriour estimate the total loss in nitive dissonance in Amerone of the cruelest and alized for being freehome equity that has resulted ica has reached a new, critmost brutal acts in Amerdom fighters —

t he from the crisis (estimated at $7 ican history, is a Trump freedom of whites to ical level of psychosis. trillion), the negative impact As a nation we exalt in- hero, which is perfectly own Black human beon local governments (in the ings and work them dependence, freedom and logical — t hey share a deep, form of lost tax revenue and to death — w hile a equality—we boast of our entitled belief in the supeincreased costs of managing riority of white men, and a woman who risked shining city on the hill. vacant and abandoned properYet our shining city was world order in which Manher life time and ties) or the non-financial spillbuilt on genocide of the ifest Destiny is not a just again to free enslaved over costs, such as increased native peoples, enslavedoctrine but a divine right. people is simply discrime, reduced school perment of Africans and exJackson should never be missed. formance and neighborhood ploitation of immigrants. forgotten.

Ignored. blight.”

Without a doubt, every He should be rememErased.

Charlene Crowell is the people and every culture bered always as an example In the fantasy of Communications Deputy Dion Earth have had to deal of what kind of horrors our white supremacy, rector with the Center for Rewith unpleasant facts of its leaders can inflict when white people are alsponsible Lending. history—America is not their values and morals are ways justified in killAs reparation proposals special in that regard. wildly askew. ing unarmed Black are discussed and debated, Where most of white Trump will be rememmen, women and the sum of these financial tolls children, either with America goes off the rails bered in the same light— i f should rightly be a key part. their own guns or by is in completely denying enough of us survive to tell While the Kerner Commisaiming the unques- and minimizing the facts the story. sion recommendations remain And despite their best tioned power of the of racial oppression. viable even in 2019, it will take This erasure makes raefforts, the legacy of Harpolice. an enormous display of public cial reconciliation—and riet Tubman can never be No act is too rewill for them to be embraced true equality—impossible erased. pugnant, even those and put into action.

She embodies the spirresulting in the sex- to achieve.

“The Kerner Report was In 2019, Harriet Tub- it of everything our nation ual abuse or death of the ‘road not taken’, but the immigrant children man should be a respected claims to stand for, and road is still there,” noted John in American custody, and lauded icon for people each one of us — e very race, A. Powell, the Hass Institute’s if it can be framed as of every race and ethnici- every gender — s hould be Director. proud to call her our fellow a defense of white su- ty.

Did she not personiAmerican. periority.

Charlene Crowell is the fy American ideals, at the In the fantasy of Center for Responsible A. Scott Bolden is the white supremacy, the risk of her own life?

Lending’s Deputy ComAs a Black woman in current Managing PartFBI spent millions in munications Director. She time and treasure to antebellum times, she ner of the Washington, can be reached atCharlene. plant false evidence was vulnerable to capture, D.C., office or Reed crowell@responsiblelendof Communist in- prison, assault or lynch- Smith ing.org.

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fluence on Martin Luther King — w hile in reality, Russians today are using the racial tension in American to incite violence and paralyze our society, while they work towards global dominance.

By erasing Tubman, the Trump forces again deploy their most effective weapon in the quest to maintain power— t he unholy alliance of racism and misogyny.

Because in America, it seems, freedom is for whites only, and more specifically, for white men.

To be sure, Trump has ordered his own digital Trail of Tears, as he rolls back civil rights protections for people of color, for women, for immigrants fleeing starvation or oppressive regimes, for LGBTQ people, for the poor and the voiceless.

ype the name Tawny Reed in the Google search engine and click on “News.”

In doing so, one will find among the results, an obscure 1960s Welsh singer named Tawny Reed and even a headline from the Telegraph newspaper in the United Kingdom that reads, “The beautiful Tawny Reed Turkish wonder you’ve probahuman trafficking. bly never heard of.”

“I interviewed professionWhat you won’t find is als from the University of TexTawny Reed, the missing as at Austin about how there 14-year-old Black girl from are an estimated 79,000 child Reno, Nevada who was last sex trafficking victims in Texas seen on May 1. alone, ” Jeneault said.

It’s a recurring theme: An “Houston is known to be a African American female goes hub for trafficking and is unmissing and there’s no radar fortunately where Black womtoo low that she won’t fly been and girls are roped into the neath. trade, ” she said.

The National Center for It’s really quite prophetic Missing & Exploited Chilthat so many African Amerdren—or NCMEC—said the icans have gone missing and number of reports of missing are forgotten [by society], said children made to law enforcePhyllis G. Williams, the coment in the United States now host of Living the Principles totals more than 424,000.

Tawny stands five feet tall Onward. Of course, they will and weighs about 130 pounds never be forgotten by their and authorities haven’t de- friends and loved ones.

“Malcolm X said the most scribed what she was doing at disrespected person in Amerthe time of her disappearance ica is the Black woman. The or what she may have been most unprotected person in wearing.

America is the Black woman Less than two weeks before and the most neglected person Tawny disappeared, Aneein America is the Black womsa Reed also went missing in an, ” Williams said.

Reno.

“This Aneesa It’s a recurring theme: was stat[no reported ed 57 years relation to An African American ago and Tawny] is 16 female goes missing sadly the and authorwords still ities said and there’s no radar ring true. she’s fivefeet and four too low that she won’t Our lack of prote c t ion inches tall fly beneath. mixed with and weighs constant 110 pounds. disrespect and neglect conShe was last seen on April 26. tributes to little effort in being Across the state in Las Vegas, Ashantay Jones, 17, also found when we are missing,” she said. disappeared.

“Many Americans are subThe five-feet and 11 inchconsciously programmed to es tall, Ashantay reportedly view Black women and girls weighs about 135 pounds. as promiscuous, angry, and Like Tawny, Aneesa and of little overall value, which Ashantay, a Google search of Keaisha Hayes-Prater, yields leads law enforcement, menothing about the missing dia and others to reason that Black teen in the news section. there’s little need to exhaust The 13-year-old, who’s the system for someone others listed at five feet tall and 148 believe lack wholesomeness,” pounds, disappeared on May said Williams, whose family has endured its own unsolved 3 in Columbus, Ohio.

Authorities believe she disappearance.

“My aunt Doll Crooks has may still be in the local area, been missing since the midbut they’re unsure what may 1980s and, after more than 30 have happened to her. years, it appears she’s just anThe alarming number of other cold case,” Williams said. missing Black females counts “I can’t help but wonder if for a large chunk of disappearmy aunt Doll had blonde hair ances nationwide. and blue eyes, while living in Yet, as the crisis continues, an upper-middle class neighmedia attention remains largeborhood, [if] there would ly diverted. have been more detective work “I worked in Texas as a [done to find her], ” she said news anchor and the statistics Anyone with information there are shocking,” said Liz about the disappearance of Jeneault, an Emmy-nominatTawny Reed or Aneesa Reed ed former TV news anchor call the Reno Police Departwho once hosted a public afment at 1-775-334-2121. For fairs show called, “In Focus,” Ashantay Jones, call the Las in Texas.

Vegas Police Department at Jeneault, who now works as 1-702-828-3111.

For Keaisha vice president of marketing for Hayes-Prater, call the CoFaveable.com, said she believes lumbus Police Department at some girls have fallen victim to 1-614-645-4545.

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HEALTH FDA: ‘Influencers’ Promoted Vaping Without Suitable Warnings

By Matthew Perrone

WASHINGTON (AP)—U.S. regulators moved to discipline vaping companies for inappropriately promoting their flavored nicotine formulas through so-called influencers on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites.

The Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters Friday to four companies that used paid social media influencers to pitch nicotine solutions to their online followers, including flavors like Watermelon Patch and Strawberry Kiwi.

The posts didn’t include a mandatory warning that the vaping liquids contain nicotine, which is addictive.

The FDA, joined by the Federal Trade Commission, sent the letters to Solace Vapor, Hype City Vapors, Humble Juice Co. and Artist Liquid Labs.

The companies did not immediately return calls and emails seeking comment Friday morning.

Facebook prohibits e-cigarette ads even with warnings and the FTC has been pressuring influencers— people with many social media followers who promote products and services—to disclose when they are being paid to endorse something.

The action comes as the FDA and other government agencies struggle to reverse what they call an epidemic of underage e-cigarette use. Researchers have linked the trend to a surge in online videos, photos and other posts about vaping, some of them generated by companies, advertising agencies and paid influencers.

Government figures showed a nearly 80 percent jump in vaping by teens last year, with 1 in 5 high school students reporting that they used the devices in the previous month.

E-cigarettes typically heat a flavored nicotine solution into an inhalable aerosol. They are largely viewed as less harmful than traditional paper-and-tobacco cigarettes and some adult smokers use them as an alternative source of nicotine. But health experts warn that nicotine can harm developing brains and recent research shows many teenagers are unaware they are consuming the addictive chemical when they vape.

“It’s critical we ensure manufacturers, retailers and others are including the required health warning about nicotine’s addictive properties on packages and advertisements— especially on social media platforms popular with kids,” acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless said in a statement.

The FDA letters do not mention Juul, which dominates the U.S. e-cigarette market. The Silicon Valley

startup is widely credited with helping trigger an explosion in vaping with its early viral marketing, which included paid posts and referrals by social media influencers.

After coming under intense scrutiny last year, Juul shuttered its Facebook and Instagram accounts in November. Since then, the company has reworked its marketing to focus on older adult smokers who are interested in quitting cigarettes.

In response to written questions from Senate lawmakers, Juul said in April it does not currently use paid social media influencers.

Health experts warn that nicotine can harm developing brains and recent research shows many teenagers are unaware they are consuming the addictive chemical when they vape.

Children, Teens Face Significant Pressures That Could Affect Mental Health

Understanding early signs and a willingness to listen are keys to successful treatment

By Staff Reports

PASADENA—When it comes to today’s youth, many are overwhelmed with social, school, athletic and cultural pressures.

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owever, too much stress and worrying can be problematic for children and teens. That’s especially true when anxiety starts to get in the way of everyday life, and begins to affect a child’s mental health.

Anabel Basulto, a licensed marriage and family therapist with Kaiser Permanente Southern California, says while progress has been made in reducing the stigma of mental health conditions, it can be especially challenging for children and teens to open up about depression, anxiety or other mental health conditions.

The increased exposure to technology has contributed to the stress children and teens face today,” Basulto said. Social media websites that provide information on real time about activities and self-image serve as a means to measure if you are accepted. Acceptance is an important part of adolescent development, and to be left out can be a symbol of rejection. As a result, children and teens internalize this as rejection, which leads to depres-

s i o n ize and “While conversations around a n d seek the a n x i - mental health conditions continue p e r f e c t ety. o o k . to increase as there’s less stigma, lThere I n has a d d i - these issues can still be challenging been an tion, increase B a - to address, especially for a parent.” of depressulto sion, anxAnabel Basulto, added iety and Kaiser Permanente Southern California the ineating discreased order due use of filters and photoshop leads to to the inability to match of what social an unrealistic way of how one should media defines as beautiful. This can look. For example, the use of celebri- result in changes in mood, increased ty social media and taking the perfect irritability and issues with self-esteem. “selfie” make children and teens idol“Periodic bad moods or mood

Perk Up: California Says Coffee Cancer Risk Insignificant

By Brian Melley

LOS ANGELES (AP)—California officially gave its blessing to coffee Monday, declaring the beverage does not pose a “significant” cancer risk.

The rule, proposed a year ago by regulators, means coffee won’t have to carry ominous warnings that the beverage may be bad for you.

The state took the rare move after a Los Angeles judge found Starbucks Corp. and other companies failed to show that benefits from drinking coffee outweighed risks from a byproduct of the roasting process.

That ruling put the industry in jeopardy of hefty civil penalties and in the position of either developing a process to remove the chemical or warning consumers about the risk of cancer.

The chemical in question, acrylamide, is on a list that California says causes cancer, though other groups classify it as a “probable” carcinogen.

Under a law passed more than three decades ago by California voters, products that contain chemicals that cause cancer or birth defects must

warn consumers about those risks.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, which implements the law, concluded there was no significant risk after a World Health Organization review of more than 1,000 studies and found inadequate evidence that coffee causes cancer. Further, it concluded coffee reduces the risk

“The overall effect of coffee consumption is not associated with any significant cancer risk.”

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment of some types of cancer.

“Coffee is a complex mixture of hundreds of chemicals that includes both carcinogens and anti-carcinogens,” said Sam Delson, a spokesman for the agency. “The overall effect of coffee consumption is not associated with any significant cancer

risk.” It was the first time the state has declared such a brew of chemicals safe despite the presence of carcinogens, Delson said.

The coffee industry cheered the rule.

“This is a great day for science and coffee lovers,” said William Murray, president and chief executive of the National Coffee Association USA. “With this news, coffee drinkers around the world can wake up and enjoy the smell and taste of their coffee without hesitation.”

The Council for Education and Research on Toxics, which successfully sued the coffee industry in a case that has dragged on more than eight years in Los Angeles Superior Court, will challenge the validity of the state’s regulation in court, said attorney Raphael Metzger.

Metzger, who represents the small nonprofit in its lawsuit against Starbucks and about 90 coffee companies, said the regulation was adopted in violation of state law and disregards the statutes the agency is supposed to implement. He said the regulation can’t be applied retroactively to nullify the judge’s ruling.

swings can be normal in kids, especially teens,” Basulto explained. “When it goes beyond a temporary phase or an occasional event, it can be a sign of something more serious, such as a mental health condition that requires attention.”

According to a recent Pew Research study, seven in 10 teens say anxiety and depression are major problems among their peers. Half of all chronic mental health conditions begins by age 14, including three-quarters by age 24. Reaching them early and providing interventions is critical to improving the mental health of children.

“While conversations around mental health conditions continue to increase as there’s less stigma, these issues can still be challenging to address, especially for a parent,” Basulto said.

Basulto provided these helpful tips for parents and/or loved ones to start a conversation with their children regarding mental health issues: • Speak with your child or teen on their level based on their age. Let him or her know you are concerned and then just listen. Ask questions based on what they say and listen some more.

• Be present. Sometimes just being in the same room sends a message that you are available if they need to talk. If they start to talk, put down what you are doing to signal you want to hear what they have to say.

• Empathize. Don’t dismiss what they are feeling. Show them you understand what they are going through and that you are there to help. Remain respectful and offer hope.

• Assess how they are doing at home, school and socially. While problems in any one of these areas may be cause for concern, problems in two or more may indicate that it’s time to get some professional help.

• Talk to your pediatrician. If necessary, seek a diagnosis and discuss an appropriate care plan. Treatment can vary based on severity of symptoms, but can include counseling, behavioral therapy, support groups and/or medication.

“Whether a child is dealing with depression or anxiety — or both — it’s important to let them know they’re not alone, and that help is available,” Basulto said. “This can help encourage children to talk about what they’re experiencing in order to ensure they receive effective treatment.”

As part of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest integrated health plan, is offering tips and advice to parents on how to identify and have a conversation about mental health issues with their children. The Find Your Words and Encuentra que decir websites aim to help reduce the stigma around depression and motivate people to talk openly about mental health conditions.

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5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/19 CNS-3255864# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:75970 AdId:25338 CustId:61 -----------T.S. No. 077973-CA APN: 6181-004-004 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 5/15/2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 7/5/2019 at 9:00 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 5/22/2007, as Instrument No. 20071239516, , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: JESUS MELENDEZ, A MARRIED MAN WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: VINEYARD BALLROOM, DOUBLETREE HOTEL LOS ANGELES - NORWALK, 13111 SYCAMORE DRIVE, NORWALK, CA 90650 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 514 S BULLIS RD COMPTON, CA 90221-4004 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is:

$225,744.24 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell.

The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.

If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site WWW. AUCTION.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 077973-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (800) 280-2832 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 SchId:75975 AdId:25340 CustId:670 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ANNA C. WALKER CASE NO. 19STPB04611 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ANNA C. WALKER. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by BARBARA ANN DUNN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that BARBARA ANN DUNN 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 con-

sented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/19/19 at 8:30AM in Dept.

29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner C. TRACY KAYSER - SBN 230022 KAYSER LAW GROUP, APC 1407 N BATAVIA STREET, SUITE 103 ORANGE CA 92867 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/19 CNS-3257111# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:75982 AdId:25342 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Recording requested by: TS No. CA-18-847709-NJ Order No.: 180610158-CAVOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/15/2016.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the accrued principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

BENEFICIARY MAY BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): VERDELL WYCOFF, AN UNMARRIED

MAN Recorded: 4/21/2016 as Instrument No. 20160449663 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 7/16/2019 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of accrued balance and other charges: $302,907.10 The purported property address is: 915 S Kemp Avenue, Compton, CA 90220 Assessor’s Parcel No. : 6141-013-015 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the trustee: CA-18-847709-NJ. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein.

If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the mortgagor, the mortgagee, or the mortgagee’s attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-6457711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-9390772 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-18-847709-NJ IDSPub

#0153315 5/29/2019 6/5/2019 6/12/2019 SchId:75994 AdId:25345 CustId:608 -----------T.S. No. 19-55450 APN: 6157-015-007 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/6/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: ROSA L. MOCTEZUMA, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN AND JULIO MOCTEZUMA, A SINGLE MAN AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 9/6/2007, as Instrument No. 20072071602, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:6/19/2019 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $144,944.08 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.

auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 848-9272 or visit this Internet Web site www.elitepostandpub. com, using the file number assigned to this case 19-55450.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Dated: 5/22/2019 Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 For NonAutomated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920 For Sale Information: (714) 848-9272 www.elitepostandpub.com ______ Michael Busby, Trustee Sale Officer This office is enforcing a security interest of your creditor. To the extent that your obligation has been discharged by a bankruptcy court or is subject to an automatic stay of bankruptcy, this notice is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a demand for payment or any attempt to collect such obligation EPP 29024 Pub Dates 05/29, 06/05, 06/12/2019 SchId:76003 AdId:25348 CustId:108 ------------

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 418 NORTH CULVER AVE

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

COMPTON, California 90220

CASE NO. 19STPB04831

Described as follows:

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of LUCILLE VIRGINIA WEBB.

As more fully described on said Deed of Trust.

A.P.N #.: 6157-015-007 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee

LUCILLE VIRGINIA WEBB

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by HARVEY L. PUGH in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that HARVEY L. PUGH 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

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LEGALS to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/24/19 at 8:30AM in Dept.

2D located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner DEVANAND J. SINGH - SBN 270248 SINGH LAW GROUP 100 N. CITRUS SUITE 600

STREET,

WEST COVINA CA 91791 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/19 CNS-3258218# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:76022 AdId:25355 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Recording requested by: TS No. CA-18-845741-NJ Order No.: 180570617-CAVOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/26/2015. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the accrued principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY BID LESS THAN

THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor (s): SYLVIA BASS A SINGLE WOMAN Recorded: 11/6/2015 as Instrument No. 20151361073 and rerecorded on 2/17/2016 as Instrument Number 20160169874 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 7/16/2019 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of accrued balance and other charges: $250,797.37 The purported property address is: 1028 W 136th Street, Compton, CA 90222 Assessor’s Parcel No. : 6144-014-012 Legal Description: Please be advised that the legal description set forth on the Deed of Trust is in error. The legal description of the property secured by the Deed of Trust is more properly set forth and made part of Exhibit “A” as attached hereto. LOT 31, TRACT 14125, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 352, PAGES 43 AND 44 OF MAPS RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. EXCEPTING FROM PAID REAL PROPERTY ALL OIL, OTHER HYDROCARBONSM GAS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SUBSTANCES AND MINERALS, IN, UNDER, AND/OR THAT MAY BE PRODUCED FROM ANY PORTION OF SAID REAL PROPERTY LYING BELOW A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 100 FEET BELOW THE PRESENT SURFACE THEREOF, SAID PORTION OF REAL PROPERTY LYING BELOW A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 100 FEET BELOW THE PRESENT SURFACE THEREOF IS HEREINAFTER FOR CONVENIENCE REFERRED TO AS RESERVED LAND. RESERVING UNTO THE GRANTORS HEREIN, THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, EXCLUSIVELY, ALL RIGHTS AND EASEMENTS NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSPECTING AND DRILLING IN AND OR THROUGH SAID RESERVED LAND FOR OIL, OTHER HYDROCARBONS, GAS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SUBSTANCES, AND/OR MINERALS, AND OF PRODUCING TAKING AND REMOVING SUCH SUBSTANCES THEREFROM AND/OR MINERALS, AND OF PRODUCING, TAKING AND REMOVING SUCH SUBSTANCES THEREFROM AND/OR FROM REAL PROPERTY OTHER THAN THE REAL PROPERTY CONVEYED BY THIS DEED, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NEITHER THE FOREGOING EXCEPTIONS NOR ANY OF THE FOREGOING RESERVATIONS SHALL ENTITLE GRANTORS, THEIR SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS, TO ANY RIGHTS IN OR TO, OR TO ENTER UPON OR TO USE THE SURFACE OF THE REAL PROPERTY CONVEYED BY THIS DEED OR AN OF SAID REAL PROPERTY LYING ABOVE A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 100 FEET BELOW THE PRESENT SURFACE THEREOF. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene-

ficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the trustee: CA-18-845741-NJ. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the mortgagor, the mortgagee, or the mortgagee’s attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-6457711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-9390772 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-18-845741-NJ IDSPub #0153260 5/29/2019 6/5/2019 6/12/2019 SchId:76035 AdId:25360 CustId:608 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF THELMA EASON Case No. 18STPB03708 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of THELMA EASON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Danielle Brown in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Danielle Brown 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 June 13, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 9 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: LARRY D LEWELLYN ESQ SBN 141687 LAW OFFICES OF LARRY D LEWELLYN 2305 TORRANCE BLVD TORRANCE CA 90501 CN960341 EASON May 29, Jun 5,12, 2019 SchId:76044 AdId:25363 CustId:65 -----------T.S. No. 18-53998 APN: 6139-030-027 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/22/2014. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: MELODY MONIQUE MCCOY, AN UNMARRIED

WOMAN AND ALICE HARRIS, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP De ed of Trust recorded 7/25/2014, as Instrument No. 20140771296, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:6/26/2019 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: B E H I N D THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $408,034.25 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 15614 SOUTH VISALIA AVENUE COMPTON, CA 90220 Described as follows: As more fully described in the Deed of Trust A.P.N #.: 6139-030-027 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (888) 632-4482 or visit this Internet Web site www.realtybid.com, using the file number assigned to this case 18-53998. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Dated: 5/24/2019 Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450

Irvine, CA 92606 For NonAutomated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920 For Sale Information: (888) 632-4482 www.realtybid.com __________ Michael Busby, Trustee Sale Officer This office is enforcing a security interest of your creditor.

To the extent that your obligation has been discharged by a bankruptcy court or is subject to an automatic stay of bankruptcy, this notice is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a demand for payment or any attempt to collect such obligation EPP 29057 Pub Dates 06/05, 06/12, 06/19/2019 SchId:76046 AdId:25364 CustId:108 -----------T.S. No. 18-54519 APN: 6178-006-002 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/20/2017. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: DELMA J. DIXON, A SINGLE WOMAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 6/23/2017, as Instrument No. 20170701349, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:7/5/2019 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: V i n e y a r d Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $379,827.75 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 816 EAST PALMER STREET COMPTON, California 90221 Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust.

A.P.N #.: 6178-006-002 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-

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LEGALS rectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case 18-54519. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Dated: 5/28/2019 Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 For NonAutomated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920 For Sale Information: (800) 280-2832 www.auction.com _____________ Michael Busby, Trustee Sale Officer This office is enforcing a security interest of your creditor.

To the extent that your obligation has been discharged by a bankruptcy court or is subject to an automatic stay of bankruptcy, this notice is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a demand for payment or any attempt to collect such obligation EPP 29064 Pub Dates 06/05, 06/12, 06/19/2019 SchId:76060 AdId:25369 CustId:108 -----------NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON Proposed Increases to Charges for Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials Handling Services And Tax Roll Billing for 2019-20 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 18, 2019, at 5:35 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, the City Council of the City of Compton will hold a public hearing in the Compton City Council

Chambers located at 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220 to consider the matters described below.

Proposed Increases to the Charges for Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials Handling Services. The City Council proposes to approve rate increases effective July 1, 2019, to pay for (i) increases in costs over last year for providing existing services, such as increased fuel prices, (ii) the cost of providing enhanced bulky items/cleanup services, and (iii) the cost of providing enhanced commercial solid waste and organic waste recycling programs. The City Council intends to allow its franchise hauler, Republic Services, Inc., to take over billing for multifamily accounts (with bin service) and commercial accounts, and temporary bin and roll off services starting on or after August 1, 2019, and the Council proposes to approve rate increases effective August 1, 2019, to pay for Republic’s cost of billing.

Singlefamily properties will not be subject to the rate increases for the recycling programs or billing costs.

The Council also proposes to approve automatic rate increases effective July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022 based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index (but not to exceed 3.5% in any year).

Tax Roll Billing for 2019-20.

The City bills the charges for singlefamily properties that do not receive water service from the City on the tax roll. The City has prepared a written report (“Report”) that describes these parcels and the charges to be collected on the 2019-20 tax roll. The Report is on file in the office of the City Clerk.

Protests. Any owners of parcels subject to the proposed rate increases and any tenants of such parcels who are directly responsible for paying the charges may protest the proposed rate increases. Any owners of parcels identified in the Report may protest the collection of the charges on the 2019-20 tax roll.

All written protests must be submitted to the City Clerk prior to the conclusion of the public hearing. Written protests may be delivered to the City Clerk at the public hearing or may be mailed or delivered to the City Clerk at Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220.

Protests that are mailed or delivered to City Hall must arrive before 5:00 p.m. on June 18, 2019. Emailed and faxed protests will not be accepted.

All written protests must (i) clearly state the signer’s opposition to the proposed rate increases or to the collection of the charge on the 2019-20 tax roll, or both, as applicable, (ii) identify the parcel for which the protest is being submitted, and (iii) include an original signature of the owner or tenant submitting the protest.

Determining a Majority Protest.

At the conclusion of the public hearing, if written protests against the proposed rate increases have been submitted (and not withdrawn) by the owners of a majority of the parcels subject to the proposed increases or by tenants of such parcels who are directly responsible for paying the charges, then a majority protest against the proposed rate increases will exist.

One written protest per parcel shall be counted in determining the existence of a majority protest. The City Council cannot adopt the proposed increases if there is a majority protest.

At the conclusion of the public hearing, if oral or written protests have been submitted (and not withdrawn) by the owners of a majority of separate parcels described in the Report, then a majority protest against the tax roll billing exits. One protest per parcel shall be counted in determining the existence of a majority protest. The City Council cannot collect the charges on the tax roll for 201920 if there is a majority protest.

Instead, the City must bill the charges by invoice.

A table setting forth the pro-

posed rate increases, the Report, and the City Council’s procedures for conducting the public hearing are available in the City Clerk’s office and on the City’s website at www. comptoncity.org.

Alita Godwin, MMC City Clerk Publish: June 5 & 12, 2019 SchId:76098 AdId:25379 CustId:314 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF RUDOLPH W. COLLINS, JR. Case No. 19STPB01688 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of RUDOLPH W. COLLINS, JR. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Michele Collins in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Elliott Bradley 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 June 28, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 4 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: Michele Collins MICHELE COLLINS 1139 WEBSTER ST REDLANDS CA 92374 CN960912 COLLINS 5,12,19, 2019

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APN 6156-006-024 U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development Notice Of Default And Foreclosure Sale Recorded in accordance with 12 USCA 3764 (c) Whereas, on 1/6/2005, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by Joseph H. Berry and Bernice Berry, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants as trustor in favor of Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, A Subsidiary of Indymac Bank, F S.B. as beneficiary, and Alliance Title, CA as trustee, and was recorded on 1/12/2005, as Instrument No. 05 0082284, in the Office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California; and Whereas, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and Whereas, the beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an Assignment of Deed of Trust dated 7/14/2011, recorded on 8/15/2011, as instrument number 20111096950, in the Office of the County Recorder, Los Angeles County, California; and Whereas, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that the payment due on 2/4/2016, was not made and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this notice, and no payment has been made sufficient to restore the loan to currency; and Whereas, the entire amount delinquent as of 6/26/2019 is $329,469.50; and Whereas, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable; Now Therefore, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of Total Lender Solutions, Inc. as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on 12/28/2018 as instrument number 20181313015, notice is hereby given that on 6/26/2019 at 11:00 AM local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: Legal Description: Lots 41 And 42 In Block 5 Of Tract No. 5627, In The City Of Compton, County Of Los Angeles, State Of California, As Per Map Recorded In Book 60 Pages 17 To 19 Inclusive, Of Maps, In The Office Of The County Recorder Of Said County. Commonly known as: 815 W. Maple St, Compton, CA 90220 The sale will be held at Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid an estimate of $329,469.50. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling $32,946.95 [10% of the Secretary’s bid] in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of $32,946.95 must be presented before the bidding is closed.

The deposit is nonrefundable.

The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyancing fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title.

At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for

15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit or, at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD Field Office representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure.

The commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD field office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein. HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant.

The amount that must be paid if the Mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $329,469.50, as of 6/25/2019, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary outofpocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. Date: 5/16/2019 Total Lender Solutions, Inc. U.S. Dept. of HUD Foreclosure Commissioner By: /s/ Rachel Seropian 10951 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 2F San Diego, CA, 92121 Phone: 866-535-3736 Fax: 866-2428599 A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State Of Ca County Of San Diego On 5/16/2019 before me, Chelcey Savanah Romeril, a notary public personally appeared, Rachel Seropian who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/ are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under Penalty Of Perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. Witness my hand and official seal. /s/ Chelcey Savanah Romeril (Seal) SchId:76168 AdId:25400 CustId:621 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: TERESA MONTOYA CASE NO. 19STPB04396 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of TERESA MONTOYA. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JUAN CARLOS FAUSTO in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JUAN CARLOS FAUSTO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 07/01/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner GEORGINA 273315

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THE LEPE LAW FIRM, APC 1000 W. FOOTHILL BLVD. STE A CLAREMONT CA 91711 6/12, 6/19, 6/26/19 CNS-3261002# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:76170 AdId:25401 CustId:61 -----------ORDINANCE NO. 2,307 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON LEVYING A MUNICIPAL TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020 I Alita Godwin, City Clerk of the City of Compton, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted by the City Council, signed by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting thereof helf on the 5th day of June, 2019.

That said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - GALVAN, MCCOY, SHARIF, BROWN NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS - NONE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - ZURITA The full text of this ordinance is available at no charge from the Office of the City Clerk (310) 605-5530.

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Julia Roberts, Spike Lee Toast Denzel Washington’s Lifetime of Achievement

ut when he finally took the stage to accept the honor he did something unexpected: At his own award ceremony, Washington turned the spotlight away from himself and gave his wife of 40 years, Pauletta

By Lindsey Bahr

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Denzel Washington was the man of the hour Thursday night with everyone from Julia Roberts to Spike Lee turning out to celebrate him as this year’s recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award.

Photo courtesy Washington, herAFI own standing ovation.

The crowd of multigenerational Hollywood A-listers, from Michael B. Jordan and Mahershalaseal Aliuntil to after Cicely a motion to keep them under Tyson andunfairly Morgan trial, arguing that their release could Freeman, readily prejudice the public against Holder and taint obliged. potential jurors.

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Judge: Nipsey Hussle Documents Will Stay Sealed for Now

By Andrew Dalton

LOS ANGELES (AP)—A Los Angeles judge ruled Wednesday that grand jury transcripts in a murder case over the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle will remain sealed, for now.

Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry ordered that that the publicity is the documents, likely to be so perwhich would give vasive that it would the first glimpse of not be possible to the prosecution’s find 12 unbiased evidence against jurors,” Wilcox defendant Eric said.

Ronald Holder, “I’m not perwill remain under Illustration by @kingjediah suaded by that,” wraps for at least three more weeks while Holder’s lawyer ex- the judge said, adding that three weeks of pands her argument that they should be kept “breathing room” for all involved was perfectly acceptable. secret in the interest of a fair trial.

The judge The grand “I can’t imagine that the publicity also raised the jury returned that an indictment is likely to be so pervasive that it possibility the unsealing May 9 charging could jeoparHolder with would not be possible to find dize public safethe murder, at12 unbiased jurors.” ty. tempted mur“I underder, and other Rochelle L. Wilcox, LA Times attorney stand it was a felonies. He has pleaded not guilty. Transcripts of the pro- near-riotous situation the day of the shootceedings, under California law, would have ing,” said Perry, referring to a spontaneous become public May 31, and The Associated memorial that temporarily turned into a Press and other media outlets sought copies. stampede when gunshots were heard, leavBut Holder’s lawyer Lowynn Young filed ing nearly 20 people injured.

a surprise Beyonce appearance (there briefly to present an honor to director Melina Matsoukas) and an earth shattering rendition of Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” by Jennifer Hudson that brought Washington to his feet, but he managed to do it.

As Roberts, Tyson and others attested throughout the evening, two-time Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington is a family man first. Seated alongside Pauletta Washington, his son Malcolm Washington, Lee, Tyson and directors Carl Franklin and Ed Zwick, the 64-year-old was for two hours taken on an emotional tour through his storied career in Hollywood—from eager newcomer to movie star to acclaimed director—by those who were by his side.

“We’re all here because we love Denzel,” said Lee, who has directed Washington in four movies (“Mo’ Better Blues,” “He Got Game,” “Malcolm X” and “Inside Man”). “Denzel represents our Black manhood.”

Lee, the final speaker of the evening, likened Washington to other “G.O.A.Ts” (greatest of all time) like Michael Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis.

“That’s the rarefied air that Denzel Washington lives and breathes in,” Lee said.

Lee also said that, al-

Serena Williams, Stephen Curry, James Harden Top Kids Choice Sports Nominees SANTA MONICA (CNS)—Tennis star and Compton native Serena Williams and NBA allstars Stephen Curry and James Harden each collected a leading four nominations Thursday for Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Sports awards, which will be presented next month in Santa Monica.

Curry was among the nominees for favorite male athlete, and he will compete with Lakers superstar LeBron James, soccer icon Lionel Messi, golfer Tiger Woods, Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper and multiple-Super Bowl champ Tom Brady.

Williams will compete for favorite female athlete honors against soccer star Alex Morgan, snowboarder Chloe Kim, skiier Lindsey Vonn, tennis pro Naomi Osaka and gymnast Simone Biles.

Voting for the awards began Thursday at www.NickPlay.com and on the Screens Up App. The awards will be presented July 11 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The ceremony will be aired Aug. 10 on Nickelodeon.

Former NFL defensive lineman-turned-TV host Michael Strahan will return to host the event.

though he might be biased, “Malcolm X is the greatest performance ever committed to celluloid.”

And others were just as effusive. Roberts recalled that working with him on “The Pelican Brief ” was like “working with the Beatles.”

He is, as Jamie Foxx put it, “someone who is just better than everybody else ... when it comes to acting!”

“Even Leonardo DiCaprio is like, ‘I am really frightened of Denzel,”’ Foxx added.

The American Film Institute brought out a host of the next generation’s brightest talents to talk about Washington’s impact on them, too.

“Mr. Washington’s arrival was a seismic moment for my generation.

You paved the way,” Ali said. “Your influence, your reach transcends race without ever denying it.”

Michael B. Jordan said he was inspired by the story that while filming “Glory,” Washington kept wearing his fake scars in a scene where he had his shirt on. Jordan employed the same technique for his “Black Panther” character.

Chadwick Boseman even went so far as to say, “There is no ‘Black Panther’ without Denzel Washington.”

Issa Rae brought Washington to tears of laughter as she recounted

the very adult noises she remembers her mom and aunt making while watching his movies when she was a little girl. She came to understand it, she said, when she watched “Devil in A Blue Dress” when she was a little older.

Washington stayed alert and amused throughout the evening, laughing heartily when Jodie Foster said that they were all there to, “kiss your Black a--,” and yelling “Let it out, Morgan!” when Freeman took a long pause after announcing with an expletive how jealous he was. H e and Lee were as playful as schoolboys during the “hoodwinked and bamboozled” speech from “Malcolm X,” reciting the lines along with the reel, and he accepted a long line of well-wishers during the dinner break.

And when it finally came time for him to speak, in addition to thanking his wife for “40 years of sacrifice and 40 years of forgiveness,” Washington used his moment on stage to talk about God and those who have helped him along the way.

“If nothing else I’m living proof of the power of God,” Washington said. “I like acting. I like making movies ... But my love for God is stronger than anything else.”

The ceremony will be broadcast on TNT at 10 p.m. on June 20.

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