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LOS ANGELES CIVIC LEADER
JOHN MACK
DIES AT 81
LOS ANGELES—Funeral services were pending Tuesday for Los Angeles civil-rights leader John Mack, as tributes poured in locally and nationally for a man hailed for improving the lives of people in disenfranchised communities and helping to reshape the direction of the Los Angeles Police Department.
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ACK, 81, died Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to his family. Mack served as president of the Los Angeles Urban League from 1969 until his retirement in 2005, when he was named president of the Board of Police Commissioners of the Los Angeles Police Department. Mack also co-founded Los Angeles
Black Leadership Coalition on Education in 1977 and was later appointed vice president of the United Way Corporation of Council Executives. Mack received awards from numerous institutions, including the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Operation Hope, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the California Afro n Mack, see page 2
CA Advances Biggest U.S. Change to Police Use of Force By Sophia Bollag and Don Thompson SACRAMENTO (AP)— California would lead the U.S. in significantly changing the standard for when police can fire their weapons under legislation that cleared its first hurdle Tuesday after an emotionally charged debate over deadly shootings that have roiled the country. It's time to change a
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“reasonable force” standard that hasn't been updated in California since 1872, making it the nation's oldest unchanged use-of-force law, said Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, a San Diego Democrat who introduced the measure. “It must be guided by the goals of safeguarding human life,” she said. A state Senate committee advanced the legislation that would allow police to use deadly force only in situations where it is necessary to prevent imminent and serious injury or death to the officer or another person. Now, California's standard makes it rare for officers to be charged after a shooting and rarer still for them to be convicted. Frequently it's because of the doctrine of “reasonable fear”: if prosecutors or jurors believe that officers have a reason to fear for their safety, police can use deadly force. Law enforcement lobbyists said the stricter standard could make officers hesitant to approach suspects out of fear their actions could be secondguessed. Democrats on the committee acknowledged that officers have difficult and dangerous jobs but n Advances, see page 8
Trump Advises GOP: Quit Wasting Time On Immigration By Lisa Mascaro and Zeke Miller WASHINGTON (AP)—Just when House Republicans needed Donald Trump's backing the most—on their big immigration overhaul—he dashed off a presidential tweet saying they should quit wasting their time on it. The Friday tweet is hardly the first time the president has abandoned his allies in a moment of need. Over and over, Trump has proven himself a saboteur, willing to walk away from promises and blow up a deal, undermining the GOP agenda in Congress. “You just fear that tweet in the morning,” said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida. The retiring Republican said members of Congress can't help but think, “Oh no, how many policies will you undo by the day's end? Because the day's not over. Heck, it's not even noon yet. How many times could he change his mind?” On Capitol Hill on Friday, the mood was gloomy, particularly among the more centrist Republicans who have been pushing the party's immigration n Immigration, see page 7
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NEWS Fire Captain Shot, Killed at Senior Facility; 77-Year-Old Resident Arrested LONG BEACH—A 77-year-old man is jailed Tuesday for allegedly shooting and killing a veteran fire captain and wounding a second firefighter and a civilian as crews responded to an explosion and fire at a high-rise Long Beach apartment building housing low-income seniors.
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he Long Beach Fire Department firefighters had been sent to Covenant Manor, an 11-story building in the 600 block of East Fourth Street, about 3:50 a.m. Monday in response to a report of a possible explosion at the facility. A fire alarm had been set off, and the sprinkler system had been activated, the LBFD reported. Capt. Dave Rosa, 45, a 17-year veteran with a wife and two children, was fatally wounded, the LBFD reported. The other wounded firefighter -- Ernesto Torres, 35, a 10-year veteran -- suffered a graze wound and was treated at a hospital and released. A third person, a Covenant Manor resident whose name was withheld, was taken to a hospital, where he underwent surgery. He was in critical but stable condition Monday afternoon, according to Long Beach Police Department Chief Robert Luna. Covenant Manor resident Thomas Kim, who was initially detained as a “person of interest,” was later arrested on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and arson, with bail set at $2 million, Luna said. A motive was unclear. Luna said the investigation remains “a
large puzzle that we’re trying to put together and there’s a lot of information that we don’t know yet.” Kim had been arrested “many years ago” on suspicion of auto theft, Luna said. Luna said investigators, including a team from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office that deals with violent crimes against police and firefighters, were looking into the possibility that Kim caused the fire to draw victims into an ambush. “That is a possibility,” Luna said. “That is one option that we’re looking at and that will be investigated because obviously if that’s the case we want to know why and we want to get the information out to our partner agencies to make sure they’re aware of the situation.” A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department bomb squad was sent to examine two suspicious devices which were found at the scene and eventually rendered them safe and
removed gasoline from the premises. A handgun was also recovered, according to Luna. Agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were also assisting in the investigation, agency spokeswoman Ginger Colbrun told the Los Angeles Times. About 80 residents who were evacuated as a precaution were being temporarily accommodated at Silverado Park Community Center at 1545 W. 31st St., according to Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia. Rosa’s body was taken from Saint Mary Medical Center in Long Beach Monday afternoon to the coroner’s facility near downtown Los Angeles in a coroner’s van that was escorted by a procession of fire and law enforcement vehicles. An honor guard was to remain with the body until it is transferred to a funeral home. LBFD Chief Mike Duree, who announced Rosa’s death at a Mon-
day briefing at the hospital, said “initial reports came in that there was some type of explosion” on the third floor of the senior living home. “At 3:51 a.m., occupants reported the smell of ... gasoline,” he said. “Occupants were instructed to shelter in place. As fire units made their way to the reported location, they noticed that windows had been blown out ... in the general vicinity of an affected unit, and that sprinklers had been activated. “At 3:59 a.m., the fire units stated they had knocked down the initial fire. At 4:08 a.m., (there were reports of shots fired) at the location. We had two firefighters that were shot.” The windows were blown out on the building’s second floor, authorities said. A candlelight vigil for Rosa was held at Fire Station 10, where he was assigned. “I can’t make any sense of it,” Rosas’ cousin, Aaron Villareal told ABC7. “I don’t understand why this happened, I don’t get it.” “This tragic and senseless loss is a blow to our whole city,” said Long Beach City Councilman Dee Andrews, whose Sixth District includes Fire Station 10. “My thoughts and prayers are with Captain Rosa’s family and will all the first responders who work hard to protect us every day.” Garcia said Rosa was “wellloved in Long Beach among his peers but also in the community as well.” Garcia said Rosa and other first responders who entered the building and searched for other possible victims even before Kim was apprehended are “heroes who run toward danger every single day, and today was no exception.” Jake Heflin, a fire department spokesman, said Rosa was a mentor to new firefighters and paramedics.
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American Museum. "John Mack's wisdom, integrity and kindness helped transform Los Angeles," Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a statement Friday. "As a civil rights warrior, police commission president and ally to all who love freedom and fairness, John made history with a fierce determination to pursue justice, an unshakable commitment to equality, and an unbreakable bond with the community he worked tirelessly to uplift every day of his remarkable life. He moved both spirits and systems -- by merging his gentle bearing with a fearless resolve to make change that has touched and saved countless lives. "I will always miss John as a friend, advisor, and moral compass," the mayor added. "And like many throughout our city and world, I will forever find inspiration in his extraordinary ability to convene us around tables of understanding, humanity, and peace -- especially in uncertain moments and at times of great strife. My thoughts are with his children, who are close friends to Amy and me, and I grieve with all who loved and admired this incredible man, whose words, deeds, and accomplishments will be felt for years to come and cherished through the ages." Outgoing LAPD Chief Charlie Beck also hailed Mack, saying the city "lost a dedicated public servant today." "Former police commission president John Mack was instrumental in guiding the LAPD towards community-based 21st Century policing. Our department and our city are in a better place because of John's legacy," Beck said. Civil-rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson called Mack "a civil rights giant and freedom fighter.' "Prayers for and condolences to the family of John Mack and the city of Los Angeles for which he worked so hard to make fair and just for all of its residents," Jackson said. Magic Johnson said Mack "changed so many lives in Los Angeles." "He truly delivered on the Urban League mission to provide job training, employment opportunities and education for our youth in order to empower the Black community," Johnson said. "Thank you John Mack for changing my life. May you rest in peace."
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TERTAINMENT Chaos on the Border Inflames
GOP’s Split with Latinos
By Thomas Beaumont and Bill Barrow When more than 1,000 Latino officials—a crop of up-and-coming representatives from a fastgrowing demographic—gathered in Phoenix last week, no one from the Trump administration was there to greet them.
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T marked the first Republicans are warning that time a presidential President Donald Trump's a d m i n i s t r a t i o n racially charged appeals to skipped the annual white voters, on display again conference of the National at a recent rally he held in Association of Latino Elected Minnesota, will doom the Officials in at least 24 years. party's relationship with But the absence was striking minorities. for another reason. As jarring Peter Guzman, a images of severed Central Republican who is the American migrant families president of the Latin played out on television, Chamber of Commerce in the White House chose Nevada, said the president is not to make the case for hurting the GOP's outreach its immigration policy to to Latinos in his state, which these key Trump lost politicians. 2016 Latinos don't just feel in F o r and where misunderstanding control of some, the c h o i c e and meanness from the Senate was more may hinge Republicans. It's evidence this fall. He that the said Trump abject cruelty. relationship damaged between the GOP's Former-Republican Latinos in standing the U.S. Strategist Steve Schmidt a m o n g and the Latinos by GOP is not just fractured, but first showing ambivalence broken—a breach with both to the plight on the border immediate and long-term and then stoking ethnic consequences. stereotypes. GOP strategists are bracing “When you call them for the potential fallout the rapists and say they're all turmoil at the border might criminals, it's bad,” he said. have on November's midterm “When he looks into the elections, where control of camera and marginalizes all the House __ and possibly Hispanics, it's not good for the Senate __ is in play. Some the party.”
Border between Nogales, AZ (l) and Nogales, Sonora.
Others say the administration's approach to the crisis at the border adds to the perception that the nation's top-ranking Republican cares little about Latinos' plight. “Latinos don't just feel misunderstanding and meanness from Republicans. It's abject cruelty,” said former n Chaos, see page 9
PUBLIC REVIEW FOR THE CITY OF COMPTON ONE-YEAR ACTION PLAN (2018-2019) 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), and Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) grant 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 2018-2019 will be made available for public review at the following locations from June 26, 2018 through July 25, 2018: City of Compton Grants Management Division 700 N. Bullis Road Compton, California 90221 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 2:00 p.m. July 25, 2018. Questions and written comments regarding the updated One-Year Action Plan may be addressed to the Grants Division with the City of Compton at 700 N. Bullis Road, Compton, California 90220. You may also call (310) 605-5580 with any questions concerning the above documents. ACCESSIBILITY TO MEETINGS AND DOCUMENTS It is the objective of the City to comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the ADA Amendment Act of 2008, the Fair Housing Act, and the Architectural Barriers Act in all respects. If you require public documents in an accessible format, the City will make reasonable efforts to accommodate your request. If you require a disability-related accommodation to attend or participate in a hearing or meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at least 48 hours prior to the meeting at 310-605-5530. Publish: June 27, 2018
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Trump Officials Pledge to Reunite Families Amid Border Chaos
By Colleen Long
Security. Children have been sent to far-flung shelters around the country, raising alarm that parents might never know where their children can be found. As of last Wednesday, 2,053 minors who were separated at the border were being cared for in HHS-funded facilities, the fact sheet said. The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee hedged Sunday when pressed on whether he was confident the Trump administration knows where all the children are and will be able to reunite them with their parents. “That is what they're claiming,” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said on CNN's “State of the Union.” Since Trump's order,
trying to find or communicate with their children to call a Trump administration hotline staffed 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. officials say the U.S. Monday through Friday. government knows the A parent or guardian trying location of all children in to determine if a child is in its custody after separating the custody of HHS should them from their families at contact the Office of Refugee the border and is working to Resettlement National Call reunite them. Center at 1-800-203-7001, A fact sheet on “zeroor via email information(at) tolerance prosecution and ORRNCC.com. Information family reunification” released will be collected and sent to an Saturday night by the HHS-funded facility where a Department of Homeland minor is located. Security and other agencies But it's unclear whether involved in the separations detained parents have access also says a parent must request to computers to send an email, that their child be deported or how their phone systems with them. In the past, the work to call out. Attorneys agency says, many parents at the border have said they elected to be deported without have been frantically trying their children. That may be to locate information about a reflection of violence or the children on behalf of their persecution they face in their clients. home countries. U.S. Customs and The fact sheet Border Patrol said it had Children have been sent to doesn't state how reunited 522 children shelters around the country, long it might take to and that some were reunite families. The raising alarm that parents might never taken into custody Port Isabel Service never know where their children by Health and Human Processing Center in Services because their can be found. Texas has been set up parents' criminal cases as the staging ground were processed too for the families to be reunited protests have erupted quickly. Officials have said prior to deportation. around the country over the as many as 2,300 children The latest actions come separations and the future of had been separated from the after President Donald families arriving to the U.S. time the policy began until Trump's order last week illegally. June 9. It's not clear if any of to stop separating migrant The fact sheet states that the 2,000 remaining children children from their parents. ICE has: implemented an were taken into custody after The executive order signed identification mechanism June 9. Wednesday immediately to ensure on-going tracking The “zero-tolerance policy” spread confusion along the of linked family members of criminally prosecuting border, with officials sending throughout the detention and anyone caught illegally conflicting signals about the removal process; designated crossing the border remains state of the administration's detention locations for in effect, officials have said, “zero tolerance” policy. Some separated parents and will despite confusion on the parents said they did not even enhance current processes to ground on how to carry know where their children ensure communication with out Trump's order. Justice were. children in HHS custody; Department officials asked a How the government worked closely with foreign federal judge to amend a classwould reunite families has consulates to ensure that travel action settlement that governs been unclear because the documents are issued for both how children are treated in families are first stopped by the parent and child at time immigration custody. Right Customs and Border Patrol, of removal; and coordinated now, children can only be with children taken into with HHS for the reuniting of detained with their families custody by the Department of the child prior to the parents' for 20 days; Trump officials Health and Human Services departure from the U.S. are seeking to detain them and adults detained through As part of the effort, ICE together indefinitely as their Immigration and Customs officials have posted notices cases progress. Advocates say Enforcement, which is under in all its facilities advising family detention does not the Department of Homeland detained parents who are solve the problem.
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OPED This is America in 2018
Black Clergy Jailed and Shackled for Supreme Court Prayer Protest By Julianne Malveaux Faith and prayer have been the backbone of the African American community since we came upon these shores. We have counted on our faith leaders (the roll call would include Revs. Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, James Walker Hood, Martin Luther King, Jr., Wyatt Tee Walker, Jesse L. Jackson, William Barber, Vashti McKenzie, Barbara Williams Skinner and many others) to articulate the justness of our cause and to mobilize us to work for the justice that is called for in the New Testament, especially in Matthew 25: 35-45. Our ministers are revered leaders who often stand in the face of injustice. We are not surprised, and indeed, encouraged, when their firm stands in the face of oppression lead to collisions with the law. Still, when faith leaders are treated harshly, it forces us to examine the injustice in our system. When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote the “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” in 1963, he chided White ministers who made a public statement about his methods, suggesting that segregation should be fought in the courts, not in the streets. His letter moved the White faith community to confront some of the injustices of segregation and to form alliances with the Civil Rights movement. King spent eleven days in the Birmingham jail in extremely harsh conditions. However, the oppressor does not learn from its excesses. On June 12, nine faith leaders were shackled and held for 27 hours after being arrested for praying at the Supreme Court. The multicultural group of men and women are part of
By Charlene Crowell
Rev. William Barber’s Poor People’s these clergies were treated. Yet, but have been exacerbated by Campaign ( A National Call for their actions and those of the Poor the depravity he represents. In a Moral Revival). Their effort is to bring People’s Campaign are writing rousing address that wove humor, attention to the amazing inequality the contemporary letter from statistics, public analysis and a and moral bankruptcy of our nation. the Birmingham jail. Their brief scathing attack on our nation’s Their prayers at the Supreme Court incarceration, in the name of justice, immorality, Barber argued that were extremely timely given the is part of a larger movement to bring “the rejected,” which may comprise court’s recent actions to make it more attention to increasing poverty more than half of our nation, will difficult for people to vote in Ohio, and injustice, even in the face of lead to the revival of our nation. Who would have thought that and given the injustices, this court economic expansion. Like Dr. King’s Poor People’s nine faith leaders would be among continues to perpetuate. Like Dr. King, the nine who campaign, this 21st century Poor the rejected? Who would have were arrested—Poor People’s People’s Campaign, launched fifty thought that Dr. King would have been? But Dr. King eagerly Campaign co-chair the Rev. embraced the status of Liz Theoharis, D.C. clergy To shackle clergy simply for “rejected.” He once preached, the Revs. Jimmie Hawkins, “I choose to identify with Graylan Hagler and William praying is to exhibit a peculiar the underprivileged. I Lamar IV, and the Revs. form of cruelty and inhumanity. choose to identify with the Rob and Hershey Stephens poor. I choose to give my from the Fort Washington Collegiate Church in New York years later, is an attack on poverty, life for the hungry. I choose to give City)—were subjected to extremely racism, and militarism, and also my life for those who have been left harsh conditions. No threat to ecological devastation and our out of the sunlight of opportunity.” Rev. Liz Theoharis told Democracy anyone, they were shackled, placed nation’s “moral devastation.” At the 2018 Rainbow PUSH Now’s Amy Goodman that the in handcuffs and leg irons, confined to roach-infested cells with nothing International convention on June conditions she and fellow clergy to rest their heads on, but a metal 15, Rev. Barber railed against experienced, while uncomfortable, slab. This is the 21st century, but interlocking injustices that did were the same conditions poor you wouldn’t know it by the way not begin with our 45th President, inmates experienced. That’s the
power, in some ways, of the Poor People’s Campaign. Clergy and others are forcing the issue, lifting their voices, making connections, claiming the discomfort and pain of the rejected, embracing the fact that they, too, are among the rejected. To shackle clergy simply for praying is to exhibit a peculiar form of cruelty and inhumanity. Shackling is reminiscent of enslavement; shackling is a method of humiliation; shackling is an attempt to use the harsh lash of unjust law on the backs of those who pray for just law. Rev. William Lamar IV, who has been arrested on three consecutive Mondays for protest action said that the June 12 arrests and treatment were the harshest, he has yet experienced. In Washington, D.C., people who are arrested for protesting are usually given a ticket that requires a court appearance and a likely fine. What did the shackling say about the hallowed sacredness of the “Supreme” Court? Shackling clergy for praying is like condemning the Sun for shining. Unjust law enforcement can shackle arms and legs, but not movements. Harsh treatment of leaders in the Poor People’s Champaign only strengthens resistance against injustice, racism, poverty, and ecological devastation. Julianne Malveaux is an author, economist and founder of Economic Education. Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy” is available to order at Amazon.com and at www. juliannemalveaux.com. Follow Dr. Malveaux on Twitter @drjlastword.
Federal Regulator Ready to Reform CRA but Won’t Say If Discrimination Exists
When the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was enacted in 1977, urban disinvestment, redlining and blockbusting were widespread across the country. Credit was also tight in rural communities where the mortgage needs of rural residents were mostly served by smaller banks. In both types of communities, little oversight paid attention to fair lending. For communities of color, CRA was welcomed with hopes that banking and credit needs would be as fair as they were accessible. Clearly CRA was intended to address lending discrimination aimed at individuals and businesses in low-to-moderate income communities. Years later when the law was amended in 1992, meeting the credit needs of all communities was added to the criteria covered in bank examinations. Investments with minority-owned financial institutions was also added and included Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian-Americans and multi-racially-owned banks. Yet when the Trump-appointed Comptroller of the Currency, Joseph Otting testified in a House Financial Services Committee hearing on June 13, he dodged questions about whether he believed discrimination exists in America. Instead, Otting responded by saying he had never personally observed discrimination but had heard about it from others. Rapid reactions followed Otting’s comments. “While you may be fortunate enough to have never personally
witnessed discrimination, it is alarming that an individual entrusted with regulating institutions that provide critical financial services to a broad range of constituencies appears shockingly unfamiliar with the rationale behind the promulgation of specific regulations aimed to address the problem,” wrote U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus to Otting later that week. “The CRA has done important work to drive financial equity and ensure banks serve all communities where they have a financial footprint,” noted Scott Astrada, Federal Advocacy Director with the Center for Responsible Lending.
“Comptroller Otting’s proposal to radically restructure the law should be closely scrutinized because, given his remarks, he is apparently oblivious to the historic and systemic discrimination that the CRA was enacted to eliminate.” As an independent bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department, OCC regulates, and supervises all 1,300 national banks, federal savings associations and federal branches of foreign banks. An agency staff of 4,000 employees works with the Comptroller who also and concurrently serves as a director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and the Federal Financial
Institutions Examination Council. 55.8 percent. And among White On June 21, OCC released a households, homeownership is report on banking revenues. In greatest – 72.3 percent. just the first quarter of 2018, banks In other words, despite 50 years and federal savings associations of the Fair Housing Act or 40 years reported $8.2 billion, a 62.8 percent since enactment of the CRA, Black increase - $3.2 billion larger than people are still waiting for access the last quarterly report. to safe and affordable loans. And Before Otting’s appointment as we wait for our own American as Comptroller, he had a lengthy Dreams, racial wealth disparities career as a banker, with a series of will continue to worsen. Having positions with major institutions a home remains a solid building like Bank of America, Union Bank block to family wealth. of California, Wit hout and OneWest homeownership And as we wait for Bank, N.A. and its potential So how for equity our own American could financial appreciation, Dreams, racial discrimination every generation be so elusive to of Black wealth disparities Otting? In his Americans will continue to senior executive begins anew the roles, how did quest to climb the worsen. Having a he and his staff economic ladder report CRA home remains a solid to financial compliance? security. At the building block to And if he same time, white family wealth. somehow missed families have the the history of ability to transfer discrimination, perhaps it would wealth from one generation to be helpful for him to glean insights another because our nation’s federal from an important annual report. homeownership policies gave them On June 19 Harvard University’s a head start in wealth building. Joint Center for Housing Studies Reportedly, Comptroller Otting released its annual report, The State has agreed to meet with the of the Nation’s Housing 2018. Congressional Black Caucus. That According to the report, Black meeting should be the beginning consumers are the only racial/ethnic of several others to better attune group that has made no appreciable Otting to the realities of being Black progress in homeownership over in America. the past 30 years. In 1987, 43.1 “I hope he will work collaboratively percent of Blacks owned homes. with civil rights, housing, and In 2017, black homeownership consumer groups on any changes to dropped even lower to 40.4 percent. the law to ensure he accounts for the Latino and Asian-American harsh realities of discrimination that homeownership levels are slightly still plague the financial marketplace,” better respectively at 46.2 and concluded Astrada.
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OPED By Marian Edelman Wright The past week saw a new level of evil and political degradation at the American border with the unbearable images of crying children being taken away from their desperate parents and locked up in “tender age shelters” and warehouses, with some even kept in cages. For many people of faith, the suggestion that the God of the Scriptures would somehow endorse the Trump administration’s callous cruelty towards children and immigrant families is literally beyond belief. The Hebrew Scriptures stress over and over the importance of welcoming the stranger since we were once strangers ourselves. You shall not wrong or oppress a resident alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. You shall not abuse any widow or orphan. If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry... (Exodus 22:21-25) You shall not follow a majority in wrongdoing; when you bear witness in a lawsuit, you shall not side with the majority so as to pervert justice… You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. (Exodus 23:2 and 23:9) When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 19:33) In the New Testament, when Jesus was asked about the law, he taught that the ultimate guiding principle and commandment is love. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 22:36-40)
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Silence encourages the tormentor, In the book of Romans, the Wiesel: passage that immediately precedes I remember he asked his father: never the tormented. Sometimes we one quoted recently by Attorney “Can this be true? This is the must interfere. When human lives General Jeff Sessions describes the twentieth century, not the Middle are endangered, when human dignity marks of a true person of faith – Ages. Who would allow such crimes is in jeopardy, national borders including “extend[ing] hospitality to be committed? How could the and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are to strangers” (Romans 12:13b). And world remain silent?” the following chapter emphasizes And now the boy is turning to me. persecuted because of their race, that the commandment to love one “Tell me,” he asks, “what have you religion, or political views, that place another supersedes any other: done with my future, what have you must – at that moment – become the Owe no one anything, except to done with your life?” And I tell him center of the universe.... What all these victims need love one another; for the one who that I have tried. That I have tried to loves another has fulfilled the law. The keep memory alive, that I have tried above all is to know that they are not alone; that we commandments, are not forgetting “You shall not Every child’s life is sacred and valuable and them, that when commit adultery; their voices are You shall not as worthy of protection as President Trump’s stifled we shall lend murder; You shall children and grandchildren. them ours, that not steal; You shall while their freedom not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed to fight those who would forget. depends on ours, the quality of our up in this word, “Love your neighbor Because if we forget, we are guilty, we freedom depends on theirs. Every child’s life is sacred and as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a are accomplices. neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling And then I explain to him how valuable and as worthy of protection of the law. (Romans 13:8-10) naïve we were, that the world did as President Trump’s children and Every person who knows right know and remained silent. And that grandchildren. His cold human from wrong has a responsibility is why I swore never to be silent indifference to the suffering of to speak out right now and teach whenever wherever human beings innocent children shames our nation. President Trump a lesson about endure suffering and humiliation. No political goal or “war” is worth human decency. Never forget the We must take sides. Neutrality helps the life of even one innocent child. words of Holocaust survivor Elie the oppressor, never the victim. Love and human decency trump
hate. Love and family trump politics. Love and compassion trump unjust treatment of the smallest and most vulnerable among us. The President of the United States has brought shame on America with his reckless disregard of our most vulnerable young children entrusted to our care. While the President’s June 20th Executive Order states it is the policy of this Administration “to maintain family unity,” he fails to clarify how they will keep parents and children together in the future and describe actions they will take to reunite the more than 2,500 children who have been cruelly separated from their parents and in many cases sent to distant states. It should cause us all great concern when we hear they will seek permission from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to modify the Flores settlement, which defines existing standards for appropriate treatment of unaccompanied minors, to allow them to hold these children without their parents longer term and in unlicensed facilities. This immoral tragedy must end with children returned to their parents immediately. And all of us must do everything we can to let these children know that they are not alone, that we are not forgetting them, and we will speak up and take whatever action is required to reunite them with their families and reunite our political leaders and nation with their sense of moral decency and caring for these beleaguered children and parents. A nation that does not stand for children does not stand for anything and will not stand guiltless before the God of history and all great faiths. Marian Wright Edelman is President of the Children's Defense Fund, whose Leave No Child Behind’s mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information, go to www. childrensdefense.org.
NAACP on the Civil Rights Front Lines: Trump’s War against Civil Rights
By Derrick Johnson President/CEO, NAACP
BALTIMORE—Recently, the NAACP, alongside members of the Congressional Black Caucus, gathered on the steps of Capitol Hill to demand a halt of the Trump administration’s continued attempts to force Thomas Farr—a known racist with ties to the late segregationist Senator Jesse Helms— into the federal judgeship of North Carolina. Located in eastern North Carolina, this federal district under this judgeship has one of the highest densities of African American voters than any other part of the state, making Farr one of the worst possible candidates that could be considered. Sadly, instead of representing an anomaly, Farr instead represents the archetype for federal judge nominees put forth by the Trump Administration. Whether it’s nominees that refuse to publicly support the Brown v. Board decision that desegregated our public schools or individuals with ties to known racist organizations, what we are seeing are people whose attitudes reflect norms more associated with the era of Jim Crow than our time. It cannot be ignored that Trump’s White House is engaged in none other than a war against civil rights. Though this is a battle we had hoped to have ended by now, it is not a fight we are afraid of nor is it one we will lose. We have waged war against the foes of civil rights for over 109 years. We fought hard against the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions to the office of Attorney General and we will continue to fight against Trump’s nearly all-white and mostly male federal judge nominees. Mr. Sessions’ redirection of the Department of Justice (DOJ) away from its civil rights commitment under the Obama Administration to an agency that condones police brutality and other racially
based injustices is hardly surprising. We likely be once again undercounted. When knew he would push the DOJ to withdraw this happens, our communities lose out on its support for our legal cases against voter political representation, federal dollars, and suppression and he did. The simple point is resources that are rightfully ours. We’ve also that these moves against civil rights cannot taken the fight to this administration on the be divorced from decision by Secretary of his boss—President Education, Betsy DeVos We’ve extended an Trump. and the Department of Over the past few Education to basically invitation to President months, the NAACP throw civil rights Trump to attend our has sued the Trump under the bus and administration arbitrarily determine convention and once on its failure to that the department again he has declined. no longer has to properly prepare for Census2020. This investigate complaints failure to prepare for the Census means that of discrimination in our schools. We are also communities of color, including wealthy committed to ensuring that DeVos plans communities like Prince Georges County, for privatization, plans that would destroy Maryland, our partner in the lawsuit, will our public-school system, never come to
completion. There is a direct correlation between the racism emanating from the White House and the expansion of attacks on the humanity of persons of color. This is clear not only from Trump’s poisonous rhetoric that disparages people, cultures, and nations, but also in the policies that emanate from his office. The infection of blatant racist speech and behavior began the day after Trump was elected and it has continued to spread, giving inspiration to closet bigots and encouraging implicit and explicit racial biases that pervade from the golf course to the coffee shop and every space in between. During our 109th Annual Convention July 14-18 in San Antonio, Texas, the NAACP will bring together some of our nation’s most brilliant minds, activists, and legislators, as well as powerful voices from the hip-hop community to map out the agenda for moving forward. Our goal is to unite our voices into a powerful symphony that resonates with communities of color and inspires them to join us in standing against government-sponsored hate. This year’s theme is simply “Defeat Hate—Vote.” We’ve extended an invitation to President Trump to attend our convention and once again he has declined. His refusal to address the nation’s premier civil rights organization and its hundreds of thousands of advocates is, by default, a refusal to speak to the entirety of the Black Community. Regardless, we remain “unshook” and “woke,” in terms of the challenges we face and must overcome in this administration and we’re up for the fight. All we ask of you is to join us to “Make Democracy Work.” Pledge to vote by texting NAACP to 40649. Derrick Johnson is the President and CEO of the NAACP. Follow him and the NAACP on Twitter at @DerrickNAACP and @NAACP.
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HEALTH
Koko the Gorilla Used Smarts, Empathy to Help Change Views By Seth Borenstein and Janie Har SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Koko the gorilla, whose remarkable sign-language ability and motherly attachment to pet cats helped change the world's views about the intelligence of animals and their capacity for empathy, has died at 46.
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OKO was taught sign language from an early age as a scientific test subject and eventually learned more than 1,000 words, a vocabulary similar to that of a human toddler. She became a celebrity who played with the likes of William Shatner, Sting, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robin Williams and Mr. Rogers. At her home preserve, where she was treated like a queen, she ran around with Williams' eyeglasses and unzipped Rogers' famous cardigan sweater. In so doing, Koko showed the American public that a giant ape didn't have to be scary but wanted to be tickled and hugged. The Gorilla Foundation said the 280-pound western lowland gorilla died in her sleep at the foundation's preserve in California's Santa Cruz mountains Tuesday. Koko was the not the first animal to learn sign language and communicate, but through books and media appearances she became the most famous. Yet there was debate in the scientific community about how deep and human-like her conversations were. Koko appeared in many documentaries, including a 2015 PBS one, and twice in National Geographic. The gorilla's 1978 National Geographic cover featured a photo that the animal had taken of
herself in a mirror. “Koko the individual was supersmart, like all the apes, and also sensitive, something not everyone expected from a ‘king kong' type animal that movies depict as
dangerous and formidable,” Emory University primate researcher Frans de Waal said in an email Thursday. “It changed the image of apes, and gorillas in particular, for the better,
such as through the children's book ‘Koko's Kitten' that may young people have grown up with. To view apes as nice and caring was new to the public and a big improvement.” Koko watched movies and television, with her handlers saying her favorite book was “The Three Little Kittens,” her favorite movies included the Eddie Murphy version of “Doctor Doolittle” and “Free Willy,” and her favorite TV show was “Wild Kingdom.” For her 25th birthday, she asked for and received a box of rubber
Koko's real name was Hanabi-Ko, Japanese for fireworks child. She was born July 4, 1971, at the San Francisco Zoo. Francine Patterson was working on her doctoral dissertation on the linguistic capabilities of gorillas and in 1972 started to teach Koko sign language. Patterson and biologist Ronald Cohn moved Koko to their newly established preserve in 1974 and kept teaching and studying her, adding a male gorilla in 1979. In 2004, Koko used American Sign Language to communicate that her
snakes. In 1996, she even asked to be a mother. Despite attempts by her keepers to introduce male partners, Koko never became a mother. Instead, she had a series of kittens as pets. The first was named All Ball, a gray and white tail-less kitten, given to Koko for her birthday in 1984. Other cats followed after All Ball's death, but researchers reported that the gorilla kept “mourning” the original cat years later.
mouth hurt and used a pain scale of 1 to 10 to show how badly it hurt. “Koko represents what language may have been 5 million years ago for people,” Cohn said in 1996. “That's the time that gorillas and humans separated in evolution.” Other scientists, such as Herbert Terrace at Columbia University, who raised and taught sign language to a primate named Nim Chimpksy (a play on the name of the linguist
Noam Chomsky), argued in scientific and popular literature that most of Koko's conversations and those of other primates were “not spontaneous but solicited by questions from her teachers and companions.” “Scientists have often complained about possible overinterpretation of Koko's sign language utterances and the lack of proper documentation of what she has said when and how,” deWaal said in an email, adding that “coaching and interpretation by the people around her” may have altered her messages at times. But the science, deWaal said, was “irrelevant to Koko's pop-image. ... Koko's passing is the end of an era, and a genuine loss.” Koko frequently asked to see people's nipples, a habit that led to controversy more than a dozen years ago, when two former caretakers said they were fired for refusing to bare their breasts to the gorilla. The women settled with the foundation in 2005. Video shows Koko grabbing for Williams' chest area and Shatner's groin. Williams, another San Francisco Bay area legend, met Koko in 2001 and called it a “mind-altering experience.” The two held hands and tickled each other in a widely shared video. “We shared something extraordinary: Laughter,” he said. He called it “awesome and unforgettable.” Williams killed himself in 2014. Patterson later said she didn't plan on telling Koko about Williams' death, but the gorilla overheard conversation and then later “mourned” the actor by going silent and sullen. Koko knew about death, primary researcher Patterson said in 2015, relaying in The Atlantic a conversation Koko had with another caretaker: “The caregiver showed Koko a skeleton and asked, ‘Is this alive or dead?' Koko signed, ‘Dead, draped.' ‘Draped' means ‘covered up.' Then the caregiver asked, ‘Where do animals go when they die?' Koko said, ‘A comfortable hole.' Then she gave a kiss goodbye.”
Nearly 400 people Used California Assisted Death Law in 2017
By Don Thompson
House Approves Bill Expanding Treatment for Opioid Abuse By Kevin Freking WASHINGTON (AP)—The House has overwhelmingly approved legislation designed to give health care providers more tools to stem an opioid crisis that is killing more than 115 people in the United States daily. The legislation passed Friday by a vote of 396-14. It incorporates dozens of opioidrelated bills that lawmakers have made a campaign-season priority. In urging the passage of the bill, many lawmakers told personal stories about how opioid abuse has affected constituents, family and friends. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told the story of his press secretary, Erin Perrine, whose brother, Eamon, died of a drug overdose in 2016. McCarthy said she learned of his death just weeks before her wedding. “Let that be a lesson to us all: There is no event so joyful, no place so safe, that it is untouched by the drug crisis,” McCarthy said. The bill passed Friday encourages states to increase coverage of treatment for substance abuse disorders through Medicaid. Foster youth and former prisoners are among the populations targeted for enhanced coverage of their
treatment. The legislation also seeks to expand the use of medications to treat opioid abuse. It would allow more health care providers to treat patients with a drug that reduces risks of overdoses. It adds methadone clinics to the Medicare program. The bill also adds incentive for doctors to use post-surgical injections as a paintreatment alternative to opioids. The Medicare changes are testament to the toll the crisis is taking on the elderly, with 300,000 Medicare patients having been diagnosed with opioid addiction. The White House voiced its support for the House effort, which involved passing dozens of bills in the last two weeks to curb opioid abuse. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders urged the Senate to take the legislation up and “get these lifesaving bills to the president's desk.” She also said the bills represent “the most significant Congressional effort against a single drug crisis in United States history.” Democrats voted overwhelmingly for the legislation, but called for more resources. Democratic Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey said the bill “does not adequately deal with the magnitude of the crisis that this country is facing.”
SACRAMENTO (AP)— California health officials reported Friday that 374 terminally ill people took drugs to end their lives in 2017, the first full year after a law made the option legal. The California Department of Public Health said 577 people received aid-in-dying drugs last year, but not everyone used them. The law allows adults to obtain a prescription for life-ending drugs if a doctor has determined they have six months or less to live. They can self-administer the drugs. Of the 374 who died, about 90 percent were more than 60 years old, about 95 percent were insured and about 83 percent were receiving hospice or similar care. The median age was 74. The figures are more than double those from the first six months after the law went into effect June 9, 2016. In those early months 191 people received life-ending drugs, while 111 people took them and died. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Daniel Ottolia ruled in May that the law is unconstitutional because it was adopted illegally when lawmakers passed it during a special Legislative session called to address health issues. An appeals court last week reinstated the End of Life Option Act, but gave opponents until July 2 to file objections. The law passed in California after 29-year-old Brittany Maynard, who was dying from brain cancer, had to move to Oregon in 2014 so she could end her life. Doctor-assisted deaths are also legal in Colorado, Montana,
Vermont, Washington state and Washington, D.C. Critics argue the law can prompt hasty decisions and misdiagnoses and less use of palliative care, in which dying people can be sedated to relieve suffering. Supporters say it gives people the choice to ease what otherwise might be a lingering and painful death. “The worst case scenarios predicted by opponents to the Act have not come to fruition,” Democratic Sen. Bill Monning of Carmel, who carried the original legislation, said in a statement. “To me, this indicates that physicians are talking to their patients and that their patients are being thoughtful in considering the use of the Act.” Most of the recipients were college educated and receiving hospice or similar care, which “helps to refute some of the claims that were made
by those opposed to the process” that those taking the drugs were uneducated or lacking in other options, said Ashley Cardenas, policy and programs director for the advocacy organization Compassion & Choices. Patients Rights Action Fund, which opposes laws allowing people to take their lives, did not immediately comment. State health officials reported Friday that 632 people, the majority of them with cancer, started to use the law last year by making two verbal requests to their physicians at least 15 days apart. The 374 people who died include 11 people who were prescribed drugs in 2016 but died last year. Another 86 people were prescribed the lethal drugs but died without taking them, while the fate of the remaining 128 people wasn't reported.
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California Privacy Law Passes Committee; Headed to Senate Floor By Sophia Bollag SACRAMENTO (AP) The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday passed comprehensive privacy legislation which is designed to keep a related initiative off the November ballot, and is now on track to be voted on in both the Senate and Assembly Floors on Thursday, June 28.
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HE bill would empower money collecting signatures to put consumers to ask com- an initiative on the ballot that would panies such as Google or do many of the same things as Chau's Facebook what personal bill. Mactaggart said he'll withdraw data they've collected, why it was collected and what categories of third his initiative if Gov. Jerry Brown parties have received it. Consumers signs the legislation by Thursday, could then ask companies to delete the deadline for removing a measure their information and refrain from from the ballot. Tech giants selling it. such as AT&T and Companies Backers of the policy Google oppose the could offer also point to massive initiative. It wasn't discounts to data breaches in immediately clear customers who where they stand allow their data recent years at large on the legislation. to be sold and companies including Opponents of could charge those Target and Equifax as the initiative have who opt out a reasonable amount reasons to strengthen argued it would create different based on how data privacy standards for much the company protections. companies in makes selling the California and information. The bill, AB375 by Assemblyman could limit residents' choices. A Ed Chau, would also bar companies spokesman for the campaign against from selling data from users under the ballot initiative declined to 16 without consent. It would take comment Friday on the legislation. The initiative and bill come amid a effect in 2020. Lawmakers negotiated the national debate over how companies legislation with San Francisco housing handle users' data. Facebook, which developer Alastair Mactaggart, initially gave money to oppose the who has spent millions of his own initiative, has faced intense scrutiny
after news broke that Republicanlinked consulting firm Cambridge Analytica collected data from millions of Facebook users without their knowledge. Backers of the policy also point to massive data breaches in recent years at large companies including Target and Equifax as reasons to strengthen data privacy protections. “Legislators have an obligation to ensure privacy rights for online consumers,” Chau, an Arcadia Democrat, said in a statement. “The agreement reached with the initiative proponents to move forward with a
legislative solution is a significant step in providing California consumers more control over their data.” Assembly and Senate leaders support the bill. Brown's office wouldn't say where he stands. Mactaggart said he's skeptical lawmakers will be able to pass the bill in the short timeframe, especially because tech companies have a very powerful lobbying presence in California. He said he supports both the bill and his initiative. Mactaggart said that compared with his initiative, the bill gives consumers more
access to the actual data collected on them but less information on the companies buying it. His initiative would let consumers sue companies for security breaches even if the consumer can't prove they were harmed as a result. The bill has lower penalties for companies and a more narrow process for consumers to sue. But Mactaggart said both the bill and his initiative accomplish essentially the same thing. “Either one would be a giant step forward for California consumers,” he said. “And as California goes, so goes the nation.”
Officials said the president's haphazard actions seem to have less to do with campaign politics—or even his own standing with voters—than ego. He's frustrated with Congress and the media, particularly after the flop of the GOP's health care overhaul last year, which made him wary of fully embracing legislation before it passes. What is unclear, though, is whether the president realizes the moderate Republicans he is alienating by shunning their immigration overhaul are among those most endangered in the midterm elections. “No one has more to lose in November than the president does
when it comes to the majority in the House, because if this majority flips over to being a Democrat, there will be a big push for impeachment,” said Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Ala., who opposes the immigration bill. House GOP leaders have made it clear they do not expect the immigration bill to pass, but have little choice but to press forward and keep a promise made to moderate Republicans. One leading architect of the bill, Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida, holds out hope that the bill can be revised to gain support. “What we need from the president is for him to sign a good immigration bill, and he and his team have indicated that he will. That's all we need,” Curbelo said. Besides, said Rep. John Faso, R-N.Y., a supporter of the bill, maybe Trump will change his mind again: “Just wait a few hours, the tweet will be different.”
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compromise. That bill would provide $25 billion for Trump's border wall and set new limits on family visas in favor of merit-based entry—but also create a path to citizenship for young “Dreamers.” It seemed to be losing— rather than gaining—support ahead of rescheduled voting next week. Trump had publicly backed the bill earlier in the week. “It's a horrifically chilling signal,” said another retiring Republican, Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina, who recently lost his primary election after frequently criticizing Trump. “What the president just signaled is, ‘I'm not going to be there.' And therefore I think people will take the cue,” Sanford said. “I think it makes immigration reform that much more unlikely.” Republican Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho said lawmakers who are counting on Trump to provide a presidential nudge should reconsider. “He changes so frequently that anybody who depends on that, I think, is in trouble,” he said. Others, particularly conservative Republicans who don't support the immigration deal, said Trump's actions should come as no surprise. He ran on disrupting Washington, aides said, and that's exactly what he's doing. In fact, he does it all the time. Last year, not long after House Republicans stood in the Rose Garden with Trump celebrating passage of their replacement for former President Barack Obama's health care law, he
mocked their legislation as a “mean” bill. After Congress approved a budget deal to end a government shutdown in February, Trump turned on lawmakers and threatened to veto it. At a White House meeting this week with some two dozen wayward Republicans who needed nudging on the immigration bill, one lawmaker directly asked the president if he would reverse course on it the way he did when he threatened to veto the budget deal, according to two Republicans familiar with the private exchange. The president reassured them that would not happen, they said. “Everybody is sensitive to what the president is saying,” said Rep. Paul Cook, R-Calif., who's undecided on the immigration measure. “I think it makes it very, very difficult. ... What he says influences a lot of members.”
The assessment of Trump's changes isn't much different at the White House, where officials were caught off guard by his sudden shifts this week on immigration—including his reversal in signing an executive order to halt the separation of immigrant families at the border. Officials portray a president who increasingly relies on his own counsel, ignoring their advice. They say they follow along with the rest of the country on Twitter to learn what their boss is doing. “Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November,” Trump tweeted early Friday. “Dems are just playing games, have no intention of doing anything to solve this decades old problem. We can pass great legislation after the Red Wave!”
Lynwood Unified to Host Scholastic Literacy Event for Families WHAT:
More than 250 Lynwood Unified students and their families will engage in reading activities and meet with District administrators during the District’s Scholastic Literacy Event.
Clifford the Big Red Dog® will join parents and guardians in encouraging children to bolster their literacy skills. All students will also take home up to three books provided by the District, Scholastic and community partners.
WHEN:
Wednesday, June 27 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m
WHERE:
Lynwood Unified School District Board Room 11321 Bullis Rd. Lynwood, CA
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Scholastic Literacy Events are specially designed to empower families to support their children’s academic achievement through interactive activities – giving them the tools and skills necessary to build a culture of literacy at home.
According to teacher survey data released by Scholastic, 98 percent of teachers said greater “family involvement and support” has a strong impact on academic achievement.
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NEWS Developer Sells Chicago Property, Later Discovers Emmett Till Lived There By Erick Johnson It looks like an ordinary building on the South Side, but its occupants were not. For 121 years, the two-story structure has stood in Chicago’s predominately Black Woodlawn neighborhood. An unassuming edifice built with Chicago’s muscular red brick, it’s a piece of Black history that was recently sold before the owner found out that Mamie Till-Mobley and her son, Emmet Till, once lived there.
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MMETT was a 14-year-old boy whose brutal murder drew global attention and helped spark the Civil Rights Movement. The building was the last Chicago home that Emmett lived in before his life came to a tragic end on August 28, 1955—a time when racial tensions began to boil in the South.
STATEPOINT CROSSWORD THEME: FAMOUS FAMILIES
His mother lived in a building that’s located just four blocks east of the Chicago Crusader office. It’s one of many structures in Woodlawn that have been purchased and rehabbed by Elite Invest, LLC—a development and property management firm in South Shore that’s in the midst of an ambitious plan to restore residential and office buildings that have been long neglected on the South Side. Some of these structures were occupied by prominent Black Chicagoans in sports and politics. This year, the firm has been busy seeking buyers for properties thathave some curb appeal in neighborhoods that were once shunned by investors.
One of them is the building that Emmett and his mother once called home. Based on public records, since 2001, the building at 6427 St. Lawrence Avenue has been sold five times. Decaying from time and neglect, the building was once worth just $23,500; that’s when Elite Invest purchased it from a bank in 2015. Last spring, without knowing the famous occupants, Alex Al-Sabah, principal of Elite Invest, completed an extensive renovation, which included installing a new set of wooden steps for the porch. After the makeover, the building’s value more than tripled to $185,000. “There were squatters there and a big drug raid, so I think
they were running drugs,” AlSabah said in an email to the Crusader. Weeks after closing a deal with a property owner, AlSabah learned that he sold the building where Emmett and his mother lived. “We found out about it later; pretty cool,” Al-Sabah said in an email. “If I would have known sooner, I wouldn’t have sold it.” The new owner of the building has not been disclosed. The building was still boarded up during a visit by a Crusader reporter on July 5. Properties such as this can be a prime target for “flipping” — a practice where owners purchase properties then resell or rent them out.
across California, including Stephon Clark, who was shot this year when Sacramento officers say they mistook his cellphone for a handgun. The shooting sparked protests, and a prosecutor says it may be months before her office decides if police broke the law. It comes as police killings of Black men have stirred upheaval nationwide. David Mastagni, a lobbyist for the California Peace Officers Association, said the proposed language creates “a hindsight, second-guessing game that puts not only the officers at danger but puts the
public at danger as well.” Randy Perry, representing several rank-and-file police unions that encompass 90,000 officers, called it “a radical departure from criminal and constitutional law.” Critics could almost always argue that deadly force wasn't necessary because officers could have considered alternatives such as “tactical repositioning,” which Perry called “a euphemism for retreat.” Republican Sen. Jeff Stone of Temecula, the only senator on the committee who spoke in opposition, said the measure could stop people from becoming police officers and deter officers from responding to calls for help. Democratic Sen. HannahBeth Jackson of Santa Barbara pointed to “troubling” statistics about California's high incidence of police shootings and the disproportionate use of force against Black men. She and fellow Democrat Scott Wiener of San Francisco said they believe the changes clarify when police can use lethal force and adequately address concerns raised by law enforcement opponents. “We all agree that we don't want to put police officers in harm's way, but we also don't want to put the public in harm's way,” Jackson said.
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ACROSS 1. Ankle support, e.g. 6. Talk, talk, talk 9. Shakespeare, e.g. 13. Pretend 14. C.E.O.'s degree 15. Printer cartridge contents 16. Smells 17. 16th birthday gift? 18. Undo laces 19. *Film-makers Francis or Sofia 21. *NFL's Archie, Peyton or Eli 23. Famous T-Rex 24. Bud holder 25. "For ____ a jolly..." 28. Like the White Rabbit 30. This hot! 35. In the middle of 37. Acid gritty-textured apple 39. Star bursts 40. Apple's apple, e.g. 41. Provide with ability 43. *Brangelina partner 44. ____ vs. pathos 46. "CliffsNotes," e.g. 47. Dissenting clique 48. Unquestioning ones 50. College party chant 52. Like a wallflower 53. Whiskey without water 55. Scheduled to arrive 57. *Jermaine, Michael, or LaToya 61. *Bobby or Jack 65. ____ acid 66. *O'Shea Jackson Jr.'s father ____ Cube 68. *Donny and ____ 69. Revolving mechanism 70. mL 71. Cruising 72. Place at an angle 73. "____, drink, and be merry" 74. Required things DOWN 1. Coalition of countries 2. Make over 3. At the summit
4. C in ROTC 5. Imbue with soul 6. "It's fun to stay at the ____" 7. Bar association 8. Deserved consequence 9. Capital of West Germany, 19491989 10. Against, prefix 11. Horse control 12. Fortune-telling coffee remnant 15. Go to NPR, e.g. 20. Renter's paper 22. Pharaoh's cobra 24. Judge's pronouncement 25. *Kunta Kinte's descendant and author 26. Be theatrical 27. Bridge of ____, Venice 29. Chinatown gang 31. *"Blackish" dad's dad 32. Brown, Dartmouth and Yale, e.g.
33. Naturally, in slang 34. *"All the Money in the World" family 36. Gloom partner 38. *Family with two former Presidents 42. Chopin's composition 45. Metal detector, e.g. 49. New, prefix 51. Armed robber, e.g. 54. "Pokémon," e.g. 56. Related on mother's side 57. Jelly holders 58. Every which way 59. Make a reference 60. Be savvy 61. Same as Celt 62. Gaelic 63. Cashed in one's chips 64. Those not opposed 67. Langley, VA agency
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argued the bill would make everyone safer by promoting de-escalation and fostering trust between police and people of color. “It always blows me away when law enforcement only fear for their life only when they're facing Black and brown people,” said Democratic Sen. Steven Bradford of Gardena, who is Black. “We don't have a problem with law enforcement, we've got a problem with racism.” Dozens of advocates lined up to list the names of young men killed by police
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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2018
NEWS Jackson Family Patriarch Joe Jackson Terminally Ill with Cancer By Stacy M. Brown After his own failed musical aspirations, Joseph Jackson help launch his children to international stardom in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E managed the Jackson 5 before the group left Motown and was rebranded as the Jacksons. Ultimately, the patriarch is responsible for the emergence of the biggest star in pop music history, the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. The family has announced that the 89-year-old patriarch is terminally ill following a long battle with cancer. “He’s very frail. It’s any day now,” Jermaine Jackson told reporters recently. Born in 1928 in the onehorse town of Fountain Hill, Arkansas, Joe’s grandfather was a slave and he later described his upbringing as “lonely” and with “few friends,” according to his biography. His parents separated when he was 12 and after a period living with his father in California, he moved to be with his mother and four siblings in a Chicago suburb and pursued his dream of becoming a professional boxer. It was while living with his mother that he met and married a local girl named Katherine Scruse and in 1950 the couple moved to nearby Gary, Indiana, and within eight years had nine children, including twins Marlon and Brandon, the latter of whom died at birth. The pressures of looking after his family meant Jackson had to abandon boxing to
work full-time, though he also played guitar with a blues band named The Falcons. Although he remained frustrated at The Falcons’ lack of success, it was when he caught nine-year-old son Tito playing with his guitar in 1962 that Joe’s fortunes changed. Despite initially threatening Tito with punishment for snapping a string, he urged his son to keep playing. Jackson then encouraged Jermaine and Jackie to join Tito in forming a group, later adding Marlon to it, and eventually Michael. Five years later The Jackson 5 played New York’s Apollo Theatre in Harlem and in 1969 they were signed to Motown Records. Their first single, “I Want You Back,” was released that same year and shot straight to No. 1. The Jackson 5 set a world
record as the first musical act ever to sell 10 million records in 10 months. With Jackson managing his children, they became worldrenown stars. “If I could go back there, to us being those kids in Gary, I’d trade all of this in for that,” Jermaine Jackson said. “Too much has happened, you get lawyers, agents and everyone pulling at you. It wrecks the family.” As the calendar turned to the 1980s, the patriarch began to lose his grip on his sons’ careers, particularly Michael, who under other management would turn out the groundbreaking album, “Off the Wall,” and then the supremely popular and world’s bestselling LP, “Thriller.” Jackson also earned a reputation as a strict disciplinarian who sometimes went over the top when
administering punishment. During a 1993 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jackson described “regurgitating” whenever he’d see his dad. “Yeah, he regurgitates all the way to the bank,” Joseph Jackson said after Michael’s comment. “I taught them to be tough. We raised them in a tough neighborhood, where other kids were in gangs and getting into drugs.” Jackson continued: “I didn’t want them to be soft. I whipped him with a switch and a belt. I never beat him. You beat someone with a stick.” Jackson also managed the careers of his daughters, Latoya and Janet, who first earned fame as “Penny,” an abused foster child, on the 1970s hit television show, “Good Times.” She later appeared on ‘Diff ’rent Strokes,” and “Fame.” Today, Janet is considered one of the world’s biggest music stars and she also has several film credits under her belt, including Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married?” In 2011, Janet reflected on her relationship with her father. “I wish our relationship was different,” she said. “I think my father means well and wants nothing but the best for his kids… but that is not necessarily the right way.” Although Jackson remains married to Katherine, in 1974 he fathered another daughter, Joh’Vonnie, out of wedlock. Earlier this year, Joh’Vonnie described Joseph as a loving father. For his part, Joseph Jackson said he held no regrets. “I’m glad I was tough, because look what I came out with,” he said. “I came out with some kids that everybody loved all over the world.”
Agency Manager Accused of Soliciting Bribes in California SACRAMENTO (AP)—An employee of the California agency that investigates workrelated injuries is accused of soliciting bribes from a construction company in exchange for reducing penalties. State Attorney General Becerra said Friday that Cal/OSHA district manager Richard Fazlollahi was arrested on bribery charges. It wasn't immediately known if he has an attorney. Prosecutors allege Fazlollahi requested, and agreed to receive, a bribe from an unnamed construction firm. In exchange, investigators say, he agreed to reduce penalties the company was facing for workplace safety violations. The investigation was launched when the construction firm alerted law enforcement.
Zsa Zsa, the English Bulldog, Wins World’s Ugliest Dog Title PETALUMA (AP)—A 9-year-old English bulldog was named the winner of the 2018 World's Ugliest Dog contest in the San Francisco Bay Area. Zsa Zsa won the title Saturday night at the Sonoma-Marin SonomaMarin Fairgrounds in Petaluma. The dog's owner Megan Brainard of Anoka, Minnesota, will receive $1,500 for Zsa Zsa's win.
Brainard found Zsa Zsa on a pet-finding site, according to the contest bio. Dogs in the annual competition flaunt their imperfections - some have hairless bodies, others have lolling tongues. The dogs and their handlers walk down a red carpet. The dogs are evaluated by a panel of judges. The contestants included a blackhead-covered Chinese Crested-Dachshund mutt,
a bulldog mix with excess wrinkly skin and a Pekingese named Wild Thang. Last year's winner was a 125-pound (57-kilogram) gentle giant named Martha—a Neopolitan Mastiff with gas and a droopy face. The contest is in its 30th year. It is usually held on Friday nights, but organizers moved the competition to Saturday in an effort to draw a bigger audience.
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Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, who was the senior adviser to 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain. “For the Hispanic community, the Republican brand is gone forever. Kaput. They will never consider voting for a Republican.” Schmidt ended his 30-year relationship with the GOP in the past week, blasting the “complete and total corruption of the Republican Party among its elected officials.” His outrage reflects frustration among some Republicans, particularly those aligned with George W. Bush, about the party's long-term ability to harness the growing segment of Latino voters. Bush was re-elected in 2004 with the support of 44 percent of Latinos. The Trump administration's decision to skip the Latino conference showed how far the GOP has shifted from Bush's “compassionate” conservatism. “There is a great amount of anxiety about what is happening throughout the country facing the Latino community, and it's not just immigration,” said Arturo Vargas, the Latino group's executive director. “Absence of the nation's leadership at such a meeting is a real problem.” Census data released recently showed non-Hispanic whites were the only demographic group whose population decreased from July 1, 2016, to the same date in 2017, declining .02 percent to 197.8 million. The Hispanic population, meanwhile, increased 2.1 percent to 58.9 million during that time period. Even as American demographics shift, there are few incentives for Republican incumbents to abandon Trump __ or his hard-line approach on many cultural issues. Those who have criticized the president, such as GOP Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina, were ousted by primary voters seeking loyalty to Trump. Other Trump critics in Congress, including Republican Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Jeff Flake of Arizona, have decided not to seek re-election rather than face Trump's most fervent supporters during a primary race. And those enthusiastic Trump supporters remain by his side as they have through most of his controversial presidency. “I've got absolute confidence in how this man handles anything,” 68-year-old Pat Shaler of North Scottsdale, Arizona, said in an interview. For his part, the president—and some Republicans—see the immigration hard line as a winning play. Just hours after reversing himself and ending the family separations, Trump promoted hawkish immigration measures at the rally in northern Minnesota. Reminiscent of the 2016 campaign, Trump smiled upon a throng of 8,000 chanting, “Build the wall! Build the wall!” The concentration of the non-white voters in cities has allowed Republicans to maximize their strength among white voters by shaping congressional district maps to help them hold majorities in 32 statehouses and the U.S. House. Exit polls in 2016 showed Trump garnered more than 6 out of 10 white votes and two-thirds of whites without college degrees. “Trump exacerbated the cultural re-alignment of this country to a degree that we didn't think possible,” said Tim Miller, an aide to 2016 GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who promoted a path to citizenship for people in the country illegally. James Aldrete, a Democratic consultant in Texas, says “there is no joy” in watching Trump carry out family separations, which he called “a stupid failed tactic.” But Aldrete said it can only exacerbate Republicans' problems among Latinos. “Does it hit us in the gut? Hell yes,” Aldrete said. Colorado, a perennial political battleground, demonstrates the challenge for the GOP. Republicans competing to win the gubernatorial nomination in Tuesday's primary have united in attacking so-called sanctuary cities. As the border turmoil unfolded, the frontrunner in the race, Walker Stapelton, aired a television ad declaring, “I stand with Trump” on immigration. While such tactics may appeal to the GOP base in a primary, some Republicans said the moves are unhelpful in a state where the Hispanic population has grown almost 40 percent since 2000. Former Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dick Wadhams said candidates should be addressing the economy and education __ issues that attract wide swaths of voters. Messages such as Stapelton's, Wadhams said, “make things very complicated for Republicans in Colorado.”
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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2018
LEGAL NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1017 E El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245. July 11th, 2018 at 4:00 pm. Jason Robert Litten, Household Goods; Jacqueline Benitez, guitar briefcase; Stacey Wills, Household Items; Dawn Brown, Personal Property; Machete, Richard Stoddard, Storing items from business 4 couches, tables, chairs, flat screen tv, 10-15 file cabinets artwork, 10x20 3000 sqft 15 box storages, 30 medium boxes 25 chairs, racks, office equipment; Allen Binder, Household Items. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. CN949952 07-11-18 Jun 20,27, 2018 SchId:71387 AdId:23811 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-17-799554-CL Order No.: 170461546-CAVOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/29/2004. 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 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. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): LOUIS F. MCCARTER AND VIRGINIA MCCARTER Recorded: 11/4/2004 as Instrument No. 042869108 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 7/5/2018 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, in the Vineyard Ballroom Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $86,199.56 The purported property address is: 1206 S CLIVEDEN AV, COMPTON, CA 90220 Assessor's Parcel No.: 6141-009-018 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 800-2802832 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-17-799554-CL. 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 sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's Agent, or the Beneficiary'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. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-6457711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-17-799554-CL IDSPub #0141456 6/13/2018 6/20/2018 6/27/2018 SchId:71447 AdId:23828 CustId:608 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GILBERTO CASTELLONDELGADO CASE NO. 18STPB05036 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of GILBERTO CASTELLONDELGADO. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARICELA CASTELLON, ALEJANDRA CASTELLON BOYCE AND GILBERT CASTELLON, JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARICELA CASTELLON, ALEJANDRA CASTELLON BOYCE AND GILBERT CASTELLON, JR. 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 with limited authority. (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: 06/29/18 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 SIDNEY F. CROFT - SBN 37856 314 TEJON PLACE PALOS VERDES ESTATES CA 90274 6/13, 6/20, 6/27/18 CNS-3141400# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:71459 AdId:23838 CustId:61 -----------T.S. No. 036119-CA APN: 6147-017-001 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/18/2007. 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 7/10/2018 at 10:30 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP., as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 10/25/2007, as Instrument No. 20072416571, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: IDELLA MCDOWELL, AS SURVIVING TRUSTEE OF THE JERRY AND IDELLA MCDOWELL FAMILY TRUST, DATED DEC 08 1999 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: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 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: THE WEST 62 FEET OF THAT PART OF LOT 3 OF THE BRINKERHOFF TRACT, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 2 PAGE 16 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT, 1663.5 FEET; THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT, 236 FEET, FOR THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT, 236.16 FEET TO A POINT IN THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT, 124.14 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT, 236.16 FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT, 124.14 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1636 E 126TH ST COMPTON, CA 90222-1108 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: $481,044.14 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 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 (844) 4777869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.STOXPOSTING.COM, using the file number assigned to
this case 036119-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: (844) 4777869 CLEAR RECON CORP. 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 SchId:71485 AdId:23847 CustId:670 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Recording requested by: TS No. CA17-797018-NJ Order No.: 8719984 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/7/2007. 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 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): LOUISE LIAS, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Recorded: 12/13/2007 as Instrument No. 20072736371 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 8/7 /2018 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: $356,682.48 The purported property address is: 908-910 NORTH TAMARIND AVE., COMPTON, CA 90222 Assessor's Parcel No. : 6166-013-012 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 916-9390772 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-17-797018-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 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-6457711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-17-797018-NJ IDSPub #0141549 6/27/2018 7/4/2018 7/11/2018 SchId:71495 AdId:23851 CustId:608 -----------NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 12714 S. La Cienega Blvd, Hawthorne CA, 90250, 310363-9305, on July 11th, 2018 @ 3:00PM. Account, Description of goods: Wesley Benson, no description; Joslin Ronald, no description; Guzman Maricela, no description; Wesley Benson, no description; E Wanda Artison, n/a; Ronald Joslin, no description; Wesley Benson, no description; Ronald Joslin, no description; Nebil A Josef, household goods, personal belongings; Christine Meeks, boxes, bedroom set, washer, dryer, bins, 10x15 CEN FMF $276; Abraham Carons, books, dining set, tv, chest, fridge, stove; Marlena Price, Boxes; Roderick Goodman, Clothing, desk; Rose Torres, Bags and boxes and 2 refrigerators; Winston Jones, Clothing; Airian Collins, Tv, boxes, monitor. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. CN950167 07-11-18 Jun 20,27, 2018 SchId:71522 AdId:23860 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 3846 W. Century Blvd Inglewood, CA 90303 July 11, 2018 at 1 pm.; 250, Vernethe Ramirez, Furniture, boxes; 78, David Braxton, bedroom set, small couch, head board mattress table; 105, Yevette Wright, boxes, full bed, frame, fridge, stove, clothes, 2 small dressers, 5x10 NEN FMF 140; 220, Renee Colemana fridge and some boxes and love seat; 481, Tamecca Shaw, household items; 507, Tomisha Pinson, clothing, boxes and totes, tv; 130, Patrice Austin, couch, boxes, bags; 148, Christopher Douglas, Clothes; 426, IRIS MARTINEZ, queen bed and boxes, 70, Megan Mollett, full bed 70`` TV, nightstand, 2 barstools; 365, Othon Castro, Ladders, tools, alarm panels; 63, Mike Murphy, Business equipment, office furniture; 4, Edward Gillis, Boxes; 407, Christopher Kingcouch, barber chair, tv, 2 night stand, 469, Duane Brady, dresser, boxes, tv.; Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. CN950244 07-11-18 Jun 27, Jul 4, 2018 SchId:71634 AdId:23881 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF AMBROSIO OLIVEROS DELGADO Case No. 18STPB05212 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of AMBROSIO OLIVEROS DELGADO A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Jaime Cornejo in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Jaime Cornejo 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 July 6, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 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: MARIA N KABAYAN ESQ SBN 315001 JT LEGAL GROUP APC 801 N BRAND BLVD STE 1130 GLENDALE CA 91203 CN950201 DELGADO Jun 20,27, Jul 4, 2018 SchId:71594 AdId:23882 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 12830 Roselle Ave, Hawthorne CA, 90250, July 11th at 2:00 PM. Shirley Goodford, Office equipment, chairs, misc. items; Laurent Hechmati, Boxes of household items, misc.; Joyce Moten, Household Items and Clothes; Jennifer Broady, Boxes of clothing and personal items; James Brown, Home goods; Clara V Hayes, Small furniture, boxes and misc. items; David Matthews, clothes, pressure washer rims; Marie Hovis, Boxes of household and personal items; Maritza Alvarenga, Clothing, shoes, and misc. personal items; Flavio Flores, Clothes, old pictures, and misc. personal items; Lawanda Keaton, Chairs and misc. items; Miranda Parker, Home and personal items; Andrew Edmiston, Clothing, and misc. items; Anthony Graham, Clothing, small furniture, bedroom and personal items; Maria Balmaceda, Boxes, clothing, and bicycles. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. CN950253 07-11-18 Jun 20,27, 2018 SchId:71597 AdId:23883 CustId:65 -----------TSG No.: 170417704 TS No.: CA1700281977 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 0006741831 APN: 6146-011-031 Property Address: 926-928 WEST 131ST STREET COMPTON, CA 90222 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/12/2006. 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 08/02/2018 at 10:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 06/19/2006, as Instrument No. 06 1336636, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. Executed by: Luis Ramon Ruiz Ramirez, a single man, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/ CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 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: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 6146-011-031
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LEGAL The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 926-928 WEST 131ST STREET, COMPTON, CA 90222 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 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created 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 $343,837.31. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned 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 (916)9390772 or visit this Internet Web http:// search.nationwideposting.com/ propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1700281977 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. 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. Date: First American Title Insurance Company 4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011F Irving, TX 75063 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772NPP0334664 To: COMPTON BULLETIN 06/20/2018, 06/27/2018, 07/04/2018 SchId:71616 AdId:23889 CustId:68 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF FERNANDO FERNANDEZ Case No. 18STPB05182 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of FERNANDO FERNANDEZ A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MYRIAM FERNANDEZ ALVARADO in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MYRIAM FERNANDEZ ALVARADO 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 July 5, 2018 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: JEFFREY D GOLD ESQ SBN 19079 LAW OFFICE OF JEFFREY D GOLD 12749 NORWALK BLVD STE 100 NORWALK CA 90650 CN950370 FERNANDEZ Jun 20,27, Jul 4, 2018 SchId:71619 AdId:23890 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE OF WAREHOUSE LIEN SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with California Commercial Code Section 7209 and 7210 and California Civil Code Section 798.56a, notice having been given to all parties believed to claim an interest and the time specified for payment in the notice having expired, the undersigned is entitled to a warehouse lien against that certain mobilehome described as a Manufacturer: Skyline, Tradename: Hillcrest, Model Name: Homette, Decal No.: AAL9994, HUD Label: MH13697, Serial No.: 261229, now situated at Peter Pan Mobile Home Park, 1100 W. Alondra Blvd., Space # A-30, Compton CA, 90220. The parties believed to claim an interest in the mobilehome are: Derek Crites, County of Los AngelesPublic Administrator Operations and Ettie Lee HM Inc. and DOES 1 through 10 inclusive. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to California Commercial Code Sections 7209 and 7210 and California Civil Code Section 798.56a, that on Friday, July 6, 2018 at 10:00 am the mobilehome will be auctioned for sale by Peter Pan Mobile Home Park (Warehouseman) at public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in lawful money of the United States, made payable to Peter Pan Mobile Home Park. The mobilehome will be sold AS IS and WHERE IS, with all faults and defects, known or unknown, with NO COVENANT OR WARRANTY AS TO TITLE, POSSESSION, FINANCING, OR ENCUMBRANCES. The sale will be held as follows: Date: Friday, July 6, 2018, Time: 10:00 am, Place: Rental Office, Peter Pan Mobile Home Park, 1100 W. Alondra Blvd., County of Los Angeles, Compton CA, 90220. The public auction will be made to satisfy the lien for storage of the Property that was deposited by: Derek Crites, County of Los AngelesPublic Administrator Operations and Ettie Lee HM Inc. and DOES 1 through 10 inclusive at Peter Pan Mobile Home Park. This Property may not be left at Peter Pan Mobile Home Park and must be immediately removed subsequent to the sale. The money received from the sale, if any, (after paying the Warehouseman’s costs) will reduce the amount owed by: Derek Crites, County of Los AngelesPublic Administrator Operations and Ettie Lee HM Inc. and DOES 1 through 10 inclusive to the Warehouseman. The total amount due, including estimated costs, expenses and advances as of the date of the public sale, is estimated to be $2,352.20. Additional amounts incurred may be added to this amount, as provided in the California Commercial Code. The auction will be conducted for the purpose of satisfying the lien, together with the cost of the sale. Patricia Quezada, 1100 W. Alondra Blvd., Compton CA, 902203, Authorized Agent for Peter Pan Mobile Home Park. Published in Los Angeles County California, The Bulletin Newspaper, on June 18, 2018 and June 25, 2018.
SchId:71636 AdId:23896 CustId:800 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOANN MARIE STANLEY Case No. 18STPB05390 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOANN MARIE STANLEY A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Michael Scott Misagal in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Michael Scott Misagal 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 July 11, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 5 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: MARK E SWATIK ESQ SBN 269542 BURKLEY BRANDLIN SWATIK AND KEESEY, LLP 21515 HAWTHORNE BLVD. # 820 TORRANCE CA 90503 CN950267 STANLEY Jun 20,21,27, 2018 SchId:71651 AdId:23902 CustId:65 -----------ORDINANCE NO. 2,298 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON AMENDING SECTION 12-9 (PREFERENTIAL PERMIT PARKING PROGRAM) OF THE COMPTON MUNICIPAL CODE IN ITS ENTIRETY. 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 held on the 19th day of June, 2018. That said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERSGalvan, McCoy, Sharif, Brown NOES: Council Members - None ABSTAIN: C O U N C I L MEMBERS - None ABSENT: C O U N C I L MEMBERS - Zurita The full text of this ordinance is available at no charge from the Office of the City Clerk, (310) 605-5530. SchId:71704 AdId:23921 CustId:314 -----------CITY OF COMPTON REQUEST FOR BID (RFB) Bid Advertisement – Wilson Park Gymnasium Renovation Bid Advertisement – Basketball Court and Recreation Center Renovation at Wilson Park, Compton, CA Background and Purpose The City of Compton is seeking to renovate the gymnasium and recreation center at Wilson Park. The indoor basketball court is very popular at this park and is in need of resurfacing, restriping, new basketball goals and backboards, additionally the restrooms need to be brought up to ADA compliance.
The responsible department will be the General Services Department (GSD). Scope of Services to be performed The Contractor shall provide all labor and equipment to perform the work described below at the site. Wilson Park 123 North Rose Ave. Compton, CA 90221 Indoor Basketball Court, Men Public Restroom, Women Public Restroom, Office, Community Room 1 Community Room, 2Kitchen, Storage Closet SEALED BIDS will be received at the office of the City Clerk , City of Compton, 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue, Compton CA 90220 on or before July 19, 2018 at 2:00 PM. Open and read in the City Clerk’s Office, 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. The Bid Package will be available online a www.comptoncity.org beginning Thursday June 28, 2018. If additional information is needed, please contact Elijah Brooks, at (310) 605-5519.
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 or 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 Alita Godwin, CMC mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or City Clerk a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The PUBLISH: JUNE 27, 2018 law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be SchId:71705 AdId:23922 made available to you and to the CustId:314 public, as a courtesy to those not -----------present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has Title Order No. been postponed, and, if applicable, 160022387 Trustee Sale No. the rescheduled time and date for 81437 Loan No. 399104190 the sale of this property, you may call APN 6186-016-022 NOTICE OF 844-477-7869, or visit this internet TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN Web site www.stoxposting.com, DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF using the file number assigned to TRUST DATED 7/8/2015. UNLESS this case T.S.# 81437. Information YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT about postponements that are very YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE short in duration or that occur close SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU in time to the scheduled sale may NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE not immediately be reflected in the NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS telephone information or on the AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD Internet Web site. The best way CONTACT A LAWYER. On to verify postponement information 7/18/2018 at 10:30 AM, is to attend the scheduled sale.” CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS as the duly appointed Trustee Attn: Teri Snyder 8190 East Kaiser under and pursuant to Deed of Blvd. Anaheim Hills, CA 92808 Trust Recorded on 7/17/2015 as Instrument No. 20150866806 in SchId:71709 AdId:23924 book N/A, page N/A of official CustId:670 records in the Office of the -----------Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: ANTONIO NOTICE OF PETITION GONZALES, A SINGLE MAN , as TO ADMINISTER ESTATE Trustor ATHAS CAPITAL GROUP, OF: FOREST L. BROWN, JR. CASE INC. , as Beneficiary WILL SELL NO. 18STPB05733 AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE To all heirs, beneficiaries, HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH creditors, contingent creditors, and (payable at time of sale in lawful persons who may otherwise be money of the United States, by cash, interested in the WILL or estate, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state both of FOREST L. BROWN, JR.. or national bank, a check drawn by A PETITION FOR PROBATE a state or federal credit union, or a has been filed by KIM L. BROWN check drawn by a state or federal AND LESLIE R. BROWN in the savings and loan association, Superior Court of California, County savings association, or savings of LOS ANGELES. bank specified in section 5102 of THE PETITION FOR PROBATE the Financial Code and authorized requests that KIM L. BROWN AND to do business in this state). At: LESLIE R. BROWN be appointed Behind the fountain located in as personal representative to Civic Center Plaza located at 400 administer the estate of the Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA decedent. 91766, NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S THE PETITION requests SALE – continued all right, title and authority to administer the interest conveyed to and now held estate under the Independent by it under said Deed of Trust in the Administration of Estates Act with property situated in said County, limited authority. (This authority will California described the land allow the personal representative to therein: LOT 10 OF TRACT 14970, take many actions without obtaining IN THE CITY OF COMPTON, court approval. Before taking certain COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, very important actions, however, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER the personal representative will MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 394, be required to give notice to PAGE 28 AND 29 OF MAPS IN interested persons unless they have THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY waived notice or consented to the RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. proposed action.) The independent The property heretofore described is administration authority will be being sold “as is”. The street address granted unless an interested person and other common designation, if files an objection to the petition and any, of the real property described shows good cause why the court above is purported to be: 2019 should not grant the authority. NORTH STONEACRE AVENUE A HEARING on the petition will COMPTON, CA 90221. The be held in this court as follows: undersigned Trustee disclaims 07/23/18 at 8:30AM in Dept. 2D any liability for any incorrectness located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS of the street address and other ANGELES, CA 90012 common designation, if any, shown IF YOU OBJECT to the granting herein. Said sale will be made, of the petition, you should appear but without covenant or warranty, at the hearing and state your expressed or implied, regarding objections or file written objections title, possession, or encumbrances, with the court before the hearing. to pay the remaining principal sum Your appearance may be in person of the note(s) secured by said Deed or by your attorney. of Trust, with interest thereon, as IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR provided in said note(s), advances, or a contingent creditor of the if any, under the terms of the Deed decedent, you must file your claim of Trust, estimated fees, charges with the court and mail a copy and expenses of the Trustee and of to the personal representative trusts created by said Deed of Trust, appointed by the court within the towit $253,820.90 (Estimated). later of either (1) four months from Accrued interest and additional the date of first issuance of letters to advances, if any, will increase this a general personal representative, figure prior to sale. The beneficiary as defined in section 58(b) of the under said Deed of Trust heretofore California Probate Code, or (2) 60 executed and delivered to the days from the date of mailing or undersigned a written Declaration personal delivery to you of a notice of Default and Demand for Sale, under section 9052 of the California and a written Notice of Default and Probate Code. Election to Sell. The undersigned Other California statutes and caused said Notice of Default and legal authority may affect your Election of Sell to be recorded in rights as a creditor. You may the county where the real property want to consult with an attorney is located and more than three knowledgeable in California law. months have elapsed since such YOU MAY EXAMINE the file recordation. DATE: 6/20/2018 kept by the court. If you are a person CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST, interested in the estate, you may file as Trustee 8190 EAST KAISER with the court a Request for Special BLVD., ANAHEIM HILLS, CA Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of 92808 PHONE: 714-283-2180 FOR an inventory and appraisal of estate TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION assets or of any petition or account LOG ON TO: www.stoxposting.com as provided in Probate Code section CALL: 844-477-7869 PATRICIO 1250. A Request for Special Notice S. INCE’, VICE PRESIDENT form is available from the court clerk. CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST IS A Attorney for Petitioner DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING DAVID SARAZEN - SBN 242721 TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY LAW OFFICE OF DAVID INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL SARAZEN BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 38180 DEL WEBB BLVD PMB “NOTICE TO POTENTIAL 83 BIDDERS: If you are considering PALM DESERT CA 92211
6/27, 7/4, 7/11/18 CNS-3147353# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:71728 AdId:23930 CustId:61 -----------CITY OF COMPTON MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT NOTICE INVITING BIDS SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the City Clerk, Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220, until 10:00 A.M., on Thursday, July 5, 2018, for the furnishing and delivery of STORE SUPPLIES FOR THE STOCKING OF THE WATER UTILITY DIVISION’S WAREHOUSE, which includes the furnishing of all labor, materials, equipment and services required to complete the project. SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the City Clerk, Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220, until 10:20 A.M. Thursday, July 5, 2018, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud for the FURNISHING AND DELIVERY OF RPM POLYMER CONSTRUCTION METER BOXES AND COVERS, including all labor, materials, equipment and service required for the project. SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the City Clerk, Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220, until 10:10 A.M., Thursday, July 5, 2018, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud for the FURNISHING AND DELIVERY OF LEAD FREE MULTIJET OR POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT WATER METERS, including all labor, materials, equipment and service required for the project. SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the City Clerk, Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220, until 10:15 A.M., Thursday, July 5, 2018 and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud for the REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, TESTING AND CALIBRATING OF LARGE COMPOUND METERS, including all labor, materials, equipment and/or services required for the project. SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the City Clerk, Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220, until 10:05 A.M., Thursday, July 5, 2018 and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud for the FURNISHING AND DELIVERY OF FIRE HYDRANTS AND GATE VALVES, including all labor, materials, equipment and/or services required for the project. Each bid must be submitted on the proposal form furnished by the City of Compton, and each bid must include all the items shown on said form. Bid packets are available for pick up in the Water Utility Division Office, Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA. All prices shall be final price throughout the fiscal year. Midyear price increases will not be honored. Attention of bidders is called to the City of Compton’s regulations requiring contractors to file NonDiscrimination Compliance Report with their bids. The City Council of the City of Compton reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to accept the bid most favorable to the City. The City of Compton desires a fair, equitable, competitive and timely contract award. Therefore, from the time the City issues the Request for Proposal and until the City Council receives City Staff’s recommendation for contract award, all contact with the City shall be through: City of Compton Public Works/Municipal Utilities Department Water Utility Division 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton, CA 90220 KENNETH HOLCOMS INTERM WATER MANAGER During this period of restricted contact, any attempt by a proposing firm, its representative or agent to contact, lobby, or make a representation to a member of the City Council, or any other official, employee, or agent of the City will be grounds for disqualification. ALITA GODWIN, CMC CITY CLERK Publish:
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ENTERTAINMENT
On a Big Night for ‘Panther,’ Boseman Honors Real-Life Hero
Teen Actress Wears ‘I Do Care’ Jacket to Protest First Lady
By Pablo Arauz Peña
SANTA MONICA (AP)—The MTV Movie & TV Awards gave “Black Panther” its first taste of awards glory, with Marvel's blockbuster taking home four honors including two awards for its star, Chadwick Boseman.
LOS ANGELES (AP)—Teen actress Jenna Ortega cares, and says Melania Trump should do the same. Ortega wore a green, hooded military jacket reading “I do care and u should too” on the red carpet at the Radio Disney Music Awards Friday night, countering the “I really don't care, do u?” jacket the first lady wore as she left Washington to visit detained migrant children this week. The 15-year-old, whose credits include “Jane the Virgin” and “Iron Man 3,” told The Associated Press Trump's jacket showed poor judgment, and she couldn't believe her advisers allowed her to wear it. Ortega says she cares about migrant children, “and as first lady of the United States, she should too.” Ortega says she had the jacket made the night before especially for the awards show
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OSEMAN quickly handed off his best hero award to James Shaw Jr., who wrestled an assaultstyle rifle away from a gunman in a Tennessee Waffle House in April. “This is going to live at your house,” Boseman told Shaw, giving him the show's golden popcorn award. The actor said while it was an honor to be recognized for playing a superhero, it was more important to “acknowledge the heroes we have in real life.” Boseman, who starred as T'Challa in “Black Panther,” also won the award for best performance in a movie. Michael B. Jordan, who played the villain Erik Killmonger, won best villain. “Stranger Things” was the top television honoree, winning four awards including a repeat win for best show. The awards were handed out Saturday and were broadcast Monday night. The show is known for bringing fresh talent to light, as well as acknowledging established celebrities in quirkier categories like best kiss and most frightened performance. Host Tiffany Haddish donned a variety of costumes throughout the ceremony, including nods to classic film and TV roles such as Holly Golightly from “Breakfast at Tiffany's” and Starlet from “The Carol Burnett Show.” She kicked off the show with a “Black Panther” skit, foreshadowing the film's big night, noting in her opening monologue that is it the first African-American film to earn more than $1 billion at the box office. Throughout the night, Haddish also parodied other hit films such as “Star Wars: The Last
Han Solo’s Blaster from ‘Return of the Jedi’ Tops Auction
Jedi” and “A Quiet Place.” “Black Panther,” about a king and virtuous superhero of the technologically-advanced nation of Wakanda, broke barriers earlier this year as the first Marvel film to feature a Black lead. Its massive popularity overshadowed competing films like “Wonder Woman” and “Avengers: Infinity War.” Haddish, who also won an award for her breakthrough role in “Girls Trip,” noted that she is the first Black woman to host the awards show, which is in its 27th year. The gay teen comedy “Love, Simon” won for best kiss for a scene between Nick Robinson and Keiynan Lonsdale. While Robinson wasn't there to accept the award, Lonsdale gave some encouraging words to LGBTQ youth. “I just want to say to every kid,” he said. “You can live your dreams and kiss the one that you love no
matter what gender.” In addition to winning best show, kids of “Stranger Things” also won awards for most frightened performance, best musical moment and best performance for Millie Bobby Brown. The actress, who plays Eleven in the series, couldn't make the event because of a broken kneecap. Brown accepted the award for best performance via satellite. Other winners included Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom in “Riverdale” for scene stealer, Gal Gadot for best fight as Wonder Woman and the young cast of “It” for best on-screen team. “Gaga: Fight Foot Two” won the award for best documentary. The Netflix feature followed Lady Gaga during the production of her fifth studio album “Joanne.” Common presented Lena Waithe with the trailblazer award for her activism, writing and “deeply
honest art.” During her acceptance speech, Waithe paid tribute to “Paris is Burning,” the 1990 documentary released about the drag scene in New York during the late ‘80s. She called those documented, many who aren't alive anymore, “the bravest human beings that ever lived” “I'm doing what we as a society should have done a long time ago and give them the glory and shine that they deserve,” she said. Chris Pratt mixed humor and religious messages while accepting the show's generation award, telling the crowd to “breathe. If you don't, you'll suffocate.” He also urged fans to “learn to pray” and accept that they are imperfect. The show also featured musical performances by Nick Jonas and Mustard, as well as rising stars and Beyoncé protégés Chloe x Halle.
LAS VEGAS (AP)—Han Solo's Blaster from the “Return of the Jedi” has sold for $550,000 at a Las Vegas auction. Julien's Auctions says Ripley's Believe It or Not bought the item Saturday. The sci-fi weapon was the top-selling item at the Hollywood Legends auction. The blaster was part of a collection from the U.S. art director on the film, James L. Schoppe. An Imperial Scout Trooper Blaster from the movie sold for $90,625. Julien's says other items at the auction included a full Superman III costume worn by actor Christopher Reeve. It sold for $200,000, well over its original estimate. A black wool dress worn by Marilyn Monroe went for $50,000 to benefit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation. The auction was held at Planet Hollywood casino-resort.
Give Up After Scandals? TV History Shows Otherwise By Mark Kennedy NEW YORK (AP)— Say this about TV creators in 2018—they don't give up easily. Three current shows—“R os e anne,” “Transparent” and “House of Cards”—have been crippled by scandal, but each plans to continue without their disgraced stars. “The bottom line is fundamentally money,” said Karen Tongson, a professor of English, Gender Studies and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. “These crews, these actors, these shows that have audiences, that have critical acclaim, are pushed to continue for those reasons.” The reboot of “Roseanne” had an excellent first season
in the ratings—it also earned an estimated $45 million in advertising revenue for ABC—when its future was thrown into doubt by a racist tweet by star Roseanne Barr. On Thursday, ABC said it ordered 10 episodes of a spinoff called “The Conners” after Barr relinquished any creative or financial participation in it, which the network had said was a condition of such a series. In a statement issued by the show's producer, Barr said she agreed to the settlement to save the jobs of 200 cast and crew members who were idled when “Roseanne” was canceled last month. “I regret the circumstances that have caused me to be removed from ‘Roseanne,' she said, adding, “I wish the best for everyone involved.” A Barr-less “Roseanne”
sitcom might get viewers to tune in but Tongson doesn't believe they'll all hang around. “I think people will be curious to see what they try to do with the exit of its lead. But I'm not sure it will hold necessarily,” she said. “People tuned in largely because of the volatility of Roseanne— the character and also the personality,” she added. “It has the opportunity to gain different audiences and new audiences by centering certain characters, but I think that some of that tension might be removed.” “Roseanne” isn't alone in trying to forge a new TV path without a key member. “House of Cards,” Netflix's first original series and one that's important for its brand, was rocked last October amid sexual misconduct allegations against star Kevin Spacey. Robin Wright, who costarred as wife to Spacey's Francis Underwood, will
be the focus of the new final season. And Amazon Studios has said “Transparent” star Jeffrey Tambor won't be on the series when it returns for its fifth season. Two women—an actress on his show and his assistant— allege sexual misconduct; he has vehemently denied it. Marc Berman, a TV analyst who is the creator of Programming Insider, said any network taking a lead character off a hit show is taking a gamble. But networks are loathe to walk away from a successful show. “To not have the lead character on any of these three shows is certainly a challenge. It's not impossible, but it's a challenge,” he said. “When you do something like this, you have to focus on the ensemble of the show. You have to focus on the other characters.”