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Murder suspect charged with Lynwood approves Council fee increases

Hospital acquired by biotech billionaire

shooting LAPD officer

The proposed resolution adds an additional $140,000 to the general fund.

Staff Reports or covering “The city has By been subsidizing murder suspect costs, who” administration COMPTON—The City Council unanimously street permit issuanceAand Director approved street work fee increases at its April 17 interim Public Works allegedly shot John and Strickland wounded scheduleAngeles does not address meeting, moving them beyond their current 1989 said. “The presenta fee Los Police many types of street work permits issued andend adlevels.

Department officer at the The city based its increase on inspection and ministered.” of a pursuit that stretched Public comments increases drew administrative costs it traditionally did not fromabout SouththeLos Angeles to praise from residents hoping for increased revcharge, then compared rates with other cities. the Hawthorne-El Segundo “We compared our rates with Gardenia, Lyn- enue, but the group stood against raising fees afnwood and Torrance,” interim Public Works Di- fecting residents. border has been charged with 19 felony counts, “I know there should be increases, but you the are rector John Strickland said.

Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.

Qasim Knox—who was injured in the June 29 gunfight with police—is charged along

By Cat Keniston with three other men with Two Southland hospitals—St. Vincent Medical Center one count of murder for the and St. Francis Medical Center—have been acquired by March 31 killing of Whitney NantWorks, a group of companies run by biotech billionaire Henry Yorke.

Patrick Soon-Shiong, it was announced Wednesday.

Knox, 25, is also charged NantWorks acquired a controlling stake in Integrity Healthcare, which took over management of the medical centers and four other California hospitals from the nonprofit Daughters of Charity Health System in 2015. The hospital chain goes by the name Verity Health.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“Nothing is more critical than ensuring that hospitals have the ability to treat patients with the utmost care and state of the art science,” Soon- Shiong, a former UCLA transplant surgeon, said in a statement. “Our commitment is to enhance the scope and resources of Verity Health so that, together, we can deliver the breakthrough treatments and cures that save lives, provide better patient outcomes and improve well-being.”

Soon-Shiong said he plans to bring new and improved services to the hospitals, including expanded oncology, transplant, orthopedic and cardiology services.

St. Vincent, located near MacArthur Park, is the oldest hospital in Los Angeles. Located in Lynwood, St. Francis opened a trauma center in January to provide free services for victims of violent crime and families of homicide victims.

Soon-Shiong previously provided a $100 million guarantee to help underwrite the reopening of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South L.A., which replaced the closed King/Drew Medical Center. He also owns a small stake in the Los Angeles Lakers and is the second-largest shareholder in the Los Angeles Times’ parent company, Tronc Inc. The Sibrie Park Braves practice throwing skills on Saturday, April 29.

“Verity and NantWorks said they are committed to working together to ensure that every man, woman and child finds the right care and the right treatment at the right time, with a focus on results,” said Jack Krouskup, chairman of the independent Verity Health System Board of Directors. “We look forward to partnering with NantWorks to further empower our hospitals and strengthen our Medical Foundation to deliver better outcomes for patients today and tomorrow.”

By Chris Frost

Bulletin Staff Writer

placing too many upon the residents,” Lynn chise agreement for the utility.

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117th Street and Avalon rent with agreement, ” City Attorney “I am against residents the felon, twothe counts of unlawful He Craig could appear in a gouging Boulevard in because South ofLos Cornwell said. “The court found that interfering city’s negligence,” Councilwoman Janna Zurita. possession of ammunition downtown ” Los Angeles Angeles, seekingwith fourthe suspects “It is hard to ask for more money condiwith the franchise agreement is unconstitutional. and one count each of courtroom as early as Friday wanted in connection with the Cornwell and Edison representatives created shooting at agreement an inhabited for arraignment.

March 31 homicide, which » See FEES, Page 9A language in the that preserves the frandwelling and shooting at an The officer wounded in Beck said was gang-related. occupied motor vehicle. the gunfight, a 20-plus-year While trying to serve the Two of the attempted LAPD veteran assigned to the warrants, the officers spotted murder and assault charges SWAT unit, was shot in a hip one of the suspects driving name two Los Angeles police and is expected to recover, off in a blue car, prompting officers as the victims, while Chief Charlie Beck said last a chase that ended near three others name Hawthorne week.

El Segundo and Aviation police officers as the victims.

The suspect streamed the boulevards.

Some of those counts include incident on Facebook Live “That pursuit led to this an allegation that the crime and the video, which has been location where the individual was committed “for the taken down, is now part of who was wanted for the

Council interviews candidates for city Water rockets, solar car on display at STE(A)M Academy demo manager

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By Chris Frost

Bulletin Staff Writer

COMPTON—The City Council moved another step forward in the city manager search on Tuesday, April 27, as Council members Willie Jones, Janna Zurita and Yvonne Arceneaux interviewed five candidates during a special meeting.

Mayor Eric J. Perrodin did not attend the meeting because of a conflict involving current interim City Manager Bryan Batiste and Councilwoman Janna Zurita.

Batiste took over for former interim City Manager Lamont Ewell on Jan. 25.

“City Manager Bryan Batiste wrote a memo to City Attorney Craig Cornwell requesting that Bulletin photos by Chris Frost Councilperson Zurita recuse herself from the interview process,” Perrodin said in a written statement. “I will not participate until the Council receives a written opinion from Cornwell about the disagreement.”

Zurita said Batiste is only holding the position until the Council finds a permanent city manager.

“The accusations that everyone is making have no validity to them, and the Council will continue searching for a qualified candidate,” she said. “He knew going in this was only temporary.”

Cornwell said he cannot make Zurita recuse herself.

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By Jocelyn Gecker be open-minded exists, complying with Mr. The squad collected a forfeit on Saturday, April 28, as their Batiste’s wishes has no legal support.” opponents, the Blue Jays, did not show up for the game.

The University of it is still too early to know Zurita said she will not step away from the inFormer San Francisco Giant and current Assistant Coach California said Thursday precise enrollment figures, thanked Cornwell for addressing Jesse Brew led the team through a spirited practice and 39 million in 2016.terviews, than the more than hateand crimes in California since Trump it has offered admission to said Stephen Handel, the By Don Thompson the issue. praised the team’s fast start.

More than half the crimes reported took office in January.

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Hate crimes involving a hate crimes reported in California since second consecutive doublefall, a slight dip from last admissions. Those will be last year, theBrew coaches the defensive portion of the game and sticks members, and he said he will prepare one.

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by Donald Trump at California University, San about one for undergraduate campuses, 2016-17 academic year, UC That equated guys kept this meeting quiet,” she said. cause of diligent, hard work. during the presidential campaign “You Bernardino. according to preliminary accepted more than 71,000 42,000 Californians.

“That is why no one is here tonight, and it is not “They started in the batting cage, but live pitching imregarding potential terror threats from “The By comparison, there timing, were ”1,426 California undergraduates figures released Thursday. on television. ” good news is we have a lower proves the hitters’ he said. “We play small ball (scorMuslims. number of hate crimes than we have reported in 2007, when the Not all students who and enrolled 7,500 new hate crimes City Clerk Alita Godwin and Zurita both reing runs with singles and doubles instead of home runs). If are into no statewide statistics on in the bad news is the trend about million those fewer ground people ball hitsThere are admitted end up California undergraduates. state had they sponded, andpast. said The the meeting notice met the stay3 focused, will turn line The Sibrie Park Braves take advantage of a forfeit on Saturday, » See BRAVES, Page 5A » See MANAGER, Page 9A April 28, and hold an additional practice.

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California hate crimes up; blacks, Jews, gay men targets

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News Music giant Jimmy Iovine in ‘Defiant’ alliance with Dr. Dre

By Frazier Moore “The Defiant Ones,” a new HBO docuseries about two giants in the entertainment world, takes its title from a 1958 film classic about two prison escapees, one black and one white, who are shackled together as they make a break for freedom.

Airing initially Sunday through Wednesday at 9 p.m.

EDT, the docuseries tracks the lives of Dr. Dre, whose upbringing in Compton, California, inspired him to become a pioneer of gangsta rap, and Jimmy Iovine, a working-class kid from Brooklyn, New York, who made his bones as a record producer working with John Lennon, Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen.

This four-part portrait differs markedly from the

original “Defiant Ones,” whose fictional heroes are literally stuck with each other.

The unlikely kindred spirits Dre and Iovine are bonded not by chains but by a mutual passion that cemented their relationship with Iovine’s Interscope Records, which soon after its 1990 launch was swept up in armed warfare between rap rivals, not to mention political and corporate assault.

“I hate to use the word ‘scary,’ but it got really weird,” he says before posing a rhetorical question: “Why did these two guys stay together under the most difficult circumstances in the history of entertainment?”

With remarkable finesse, the film laces back and forth between their wildly different origins, then follows their

implausible association culminating in their 2014 sale of Beats Electronics to Apple for more than $3 billion.

“The biggest challenge was to blend these men, these cultures, these genres,” said Allen Hughes, who directed “The Defiant Ones.”

Hughes said his film is meant to speak to all audiences and musical tastes.

“We want to throw a gangsta party that everyone’s invited to,” he explained by phone from Los Angeles.

“We had a rule in the editing room: ‘If grandma wouldn’t understand it, it’s gotta go.”’

With a bounty of archival footage and scores of new interviews, the film was several years in the making.

“I kept saying, ‘This thing won’t go away,”’ Iovine laughs. “I didn’t think it

would be four episodes, man!

I kept saying, ‘ONE!”’ Arriving for an interview last week, Iovine is sporting a white baseball cap on his shaved head and a designer T-shirt with woodcuts of owls, which might have symbolized his stature, at age 64, as an entertainment wise man, but which he insists just means “I love to shop and I liked the shirt, so I bought it.”

Only days earlier, Iovine previewed “The Defiant Ones,” which, despite eschewing the “he-did-this, he-did-that” biopic structure Iovine loathes, inevitably lays out his career as a halfcentury timeline of popular music.

Along with recalling his triumphs, was there anything that made him squeamish to revisit in the film?

about 24 percent for white students.

The proportion of African American students increased slightly to 5 percent, from 4.9 percent last year.

“UC’s continued efforts to broaden the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of its undergraduate student body is also reflected in the

makeup of the admitted class,” it said in a statement.

Earlier this year, the UC Board of Regents approved its first ever enrollment cap, of 18 percent, on nonresident undergraduates at most UC campuses starting this fall, heeding calls from the public to reserve more spots at its campuses for students from around the state.

The system’s most prestigious campuses, including UC Berkeley and

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “I fear I might get a knock on the door, and the banker will come up with sheriff’s agents talking about, ‘You got to leave now.’”

— Graciano de La Cruz, 70

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The boost was part of a three-year goal of enrolling 10,000 additional California undergrads by fall 2018.

Despite the slight decline this year, the UC is on track to enroll an additional 2,500 California residents this fall, it said in a statement.

For the fourth year in a row, the university also

admitted more Latino students than white students, a reflection of the diverse racial makeup of California where Latino children are a majority of students in public schools.

Latinos represented 33 percent percent of all California freshman admitted, compared to

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UCLA, will be given greater leeway.

The average GPA for students admitted to the UC’s most competitive campuses, including UC Berkeley and UCLA, was “well in excess of 4.0,” said Handel. He noted that GPA was one of 14 factors, albeit an important one, considered in the admissions process.

A state audit delivered last year found that UC had admitted a growing number

of nonresident students, some of whom were less qualified than in-state students, at the expense of residents.

After a newly approved tuition hike, nonresidents will pay $40,644 in tuition and fees, up from $38,976 per year.

Residents will pay $12,630 in tuition and fees, up from $12, 294. The tuition increase approved earlier this year was the first since 2011.

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is up,” he said. “People feel disenfranchised, and there’s a tribalistic tone that has come out.” He speculated that gay men may be seeing a “spillover effect” from the increased prominence of the LGBT community and discussions of same-sex marriages.

Trump has been blamed by many for coarsening the political rhetoric. Those on both sides of the political spectrum agree angry tweets from him and at him could lead some to violence.

Attorney General Xavier Becerra said as much in a statement released with the annual statistics that are submitted to his office by California law enforcement agencies and district attorneys’ offices.

“Words matter, and

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discriminatory rhetoric does not make us stronger but divides us and puts the safety of our communities at risk,” he said.

Racially motivated attacks spurred much of the overall increase last year.

They increased more than 20 percent, from 428 in 2015 to 519. Those targeting whites increased from 34 to 56; those against blacks from 231 to 251.

Nearly two-thirds of all the hate crimes reported last year were violent, while the rest were property crimes.

About 40 percent of crimes categorized as violent involved intimidation and 30 percent simple assault. About a quarter were aggravated assaults. Ninety percent of the property crimes involved

vandalism.

More than 300 hate crime cases were forwarded to county prosecutors last year, and they filed charges in 220 of them.

Of the cases completed by year’s end, more than 80 percent resulted in convictions.

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murder that occurred in Southwest area fled from his vehicle armed with a handgun,” Beck said at the scene.

“A gunfight ensued between the individual and the pursuing officers, resulting in one of our SWAT officers being shot in the hip, and the individual who was wanted for murder ... (sustaining) multiple gunshot wounds.”

Beck described the confrontation as a rolling gun battle, with “three independent shooting” sites.

The wounded officer was taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where he was joined by his wife, who is also an LAPD officer. Beck also visited the officer at the hospital.

On the video of the incident, the suspect is seen holding a handgun and he later says, “They’re about to kill me ... they got me,” before the video ends, according to ABC7.

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News Black homeowners struggle as U.S. housing market recovers

By Janie Har Yul Dorn and his wife raised their son and daughter in a three-bedroom home crammed with family photos, one they bought in a historically AfricanAmerican neighborhood in San Francisco more than two decades ago.

Today, the couple is living in a motel after they were evicted last year, having lost a foreclosure battle. A second home they inherited is also in default.

The Dorns expect to join the growing ranks of AfricanAmericans who do not own their homes, a rate that was nearly 30 percentage points higher than that of whites in 2016, according to a new report.

“The person who bought the house, we lost all of our memories,” said Dorn, a pastor and case manager with the city health department.

“He put the furniture out on the street, and it was just devastating to my family.”

The nation’s homeownership rate appears to be stabilizing as people rebound from the 2007 recession that left millions unemployed and home values underwater, according to the report by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. But it found African-Americans aren’t sharing in the recovery, even as whites, Asian-Americans and Latinos slowly see gains in home-buying. The center said the disparity between whites and blacks is at its highest in 70-plus years of data.

Experts say reasons for the lower homeownership rate range from historic underemployment and low wages to a recession-related foreclosure crisis that hit black communities particularly hard. In 2004, the pinnacle of U.S. homeownership, threequarters of whites and nearly half of blacks owned homes, according to the Harvard study.

By 2016, the AfricanAmerican homeowner rate had fallen to 42.2 percent

and lagged 29.7 percentage points behind whites, nearly a percentage point higher than in 2015.

Now, a lack of affordable housing and stricter lending are making it harder for first-time buyers to obtain what traditionally has been considered an essential part of the American dream and a way to build wealth.

“It has always been historically and systemically harder for blacks, and we were seeing there a little bit of progress, and now we’re back at square one,” said Alanna McCargo, co-director of the Housing Finance Policy Center at the Urban Institute, a think-tank focused on innercity issues that published a similar report .

An AP analysis of U.S. Census Bureau statistics shows some pockets of the Midwest and California had the lowest homeownership rates for African-Americans, while some areas of the South

Photo by Brandon Dill In a March 10, 2016 photo, Tamika Walker, second from right, poses with her daughters, from left, Tamia, 17, Camryn, 8, and Camylle, 1, in their home in the Wolf River Bluffs neighborhood in Memphis, Tenn. After 10 years of discipline to clear up $25,000 in credit card and car-loan debts as well as a credit history that included bankruptcy, Tamika and her husband Clarence Walker bought a house. For the same amount they had been paying in rent, Tamika said. housing experts say. Lenders also targeted minorities, pushing riskier subprime loans even when applicants qualified for lower-interest loans.

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the pick-a-payment loan was about $1,700.

Then her health declined, and he lost his job. In 2014, Wells Fargo, which had purchased World Savings, issued a notice of default. By

Experts say reasons for the lower homeownership rate range from historic underemployment and low wages to a recession-related foreclosure crisis that hit black communities particularly hard. had the highest.

Low inventory adds to the problem, said Jeffrey Hicks, incoming president of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers , which was founded in 1947 to promote fair housing opportunities for minorities. The Atlanta area has only about 30,000 properties for sale through real estate agents, compared with approximately 100,000 about 13 years ago, he said.

“You had subdivisions going up everywhere in terms of newer homes,” Hicks said. “We haven’t seen that resurgence of new housing stock.”

African-Americans snapped up homes at the peak of the housing bubble, lured by generous lending and a glut of affordable properties,

grew up in San Francisco, the child of a Filipino father and an African-American mother. In 1960s, the city condemned his mother’s house for redevelopment in the historically black Fillmore neighborhood.

She was given a housing voucher and became a renter, losing any equity she could have passed to her children.

He and his wife, Buena, who is Filipino-American, must now sell their own home of two decades to pay off a debt that stemmed from a “pick-a-payment” loan with World Savings Bank in August 2006.

They asked for a loan with a fixed rate, but the lender said an adjustable rate package would meet their needs. The initial monthly payment for

then, the monthly payments had mushroomed to roughly $3,000.

“I can’t sleep,” de la Cruz said. “I fear I might get a knock on the door, and the banker will come up with sheriff’s agents talking about, ‘You got to leave now.”’

The pick-a-payment loans drew wide government scrutiny. In 2010, Wells Fargo agreed to pay $24 million to end an investigation by eight states, including California,

into whether lenders later acquired by the bank made unsustainable mortgages without disclosing the terms.

Wells Fargo has vowed to help create more than 250,000 new African-American homeowners to address declining homeownership.

But spokesman Alfredo Padilla said the bank could not find a way to help the couple.

Dorn, the 60-year-old pastor, says Chase misapplied a payment he made in 2008 and then failed to keep proper records. He made several payments on a modified trial loan, which the bank then denied.

In 2015, the home he bought for $168,000 in 1996 was sold for $482,000. In May, the new owner sold it for $850,000.

Chase spokeswoman Suzanne Alexander said foreclosure is always the last option, pursued only when other avenues are exhausted.

Yet there are bright spots in the home-owning front.

The New Haven metro area in Connecticut, for example, reported an increase in black homeownership from 2010 to 2015. Georgia’s Albany area, which is predominantly African-American, saw a 15 percent increase from 2005 to 2015.

In Detroit, a largely African-American city wracked by foreclosures, the mayor last year announced a financing program to make home-buying easier.

Previously, banks couldn’t provide loans for more than a home’s appraised value, which wasn’t enough to cover needed repairs or renovations.

And in Jacksonville, Florida, 32-year-old Natasha Jones recently bought her first home, a three-bedroom listed at $135,000. The single mother of three worked with a member of the nonprofit NeighborWorks America , which supports community development, to clear up her credit and save for a down payment on a Wells Fargofinanced loan.

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THE BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2017

Opinion Tell Congress to stop picking on our most vulnerable children!

By Marian Wright Edelman It is unfathomable to me that week after week I must continue to defend the Medicaid program that for more than 50 years has protected the health and wellbeing of tens of millions of America’s most vulnerable.

We know many of the 37 million children enrolled in Medicaid today are from poor or low-income families and that 40 percent of children with special health care needs benefit from Medicaid.

Among these children are almost half a million foster children, nearly 40 percent of them under age six. These children, invisible to many, are the most vulnerable of the vulnerable.

Most have been abused or neglected, removed from their families and placed in foster care — either a family foster home, group home or child care institution — clinging to hopes of returning to their families or finding a new permanent family through adoption or with a relative guardian. A growing number today are children of parents struggling with opioid addiction or other mental health challenges.

Fortunately, foster children who suffer from physical and mental health conditions at much higher rates than their peers who are not in foster care are eligible for Medicaid to help put them on the path to success. But today Medicaid is facing the biggest threat in its over half a century history.

The House of Representatives has voted to gut it and the Senate is poised to be equally cruel in the misnamed Better Care Reconciliation Act, jeopardizing the health and futures of millions of vulnerable children and families who have counted on Medicaid.

Virtually all children in foster care have suffered trauma in their lives and have greater health and

mental health needs than children not in care. A study by the American Academy of Pediatrics finds children in foster care are twice as likely as their non-foster care peers to have developmental delays, asthma and obesity; are three times more likely to have ADD/ADHD, hearing problems and vision problems; are five times more likely to have anxiety; are six times more likely to have behavioral problems; and are seven times more likely to suffer from depression.

Not only does Medicaid ensure foster children access to basic health care but it gives child welfare agencies the opportunity to connect children to the critical behavioral health services and treatment they need to build a healthier future and enable them to live independently and contribute to society.

Foster children represent 29 percent of Medicaid expenditures for children’s behavioral health services.

Jack and Linda Quirk became foster and then adoptive parents in California for Marissa, now 15; Reuben, 14; and Anna, 10, after their biological children went off to college.

All three suffer from fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and intellectual and behavioral health challenges requiring extensive care.

Reuben, who is on the autism spectrum, has severe behavioral control problems related to attachment disorder and fetal alcohol exposure and is often uncontrollably violent. The family has moved to Illinois to be near a specialized residential facility to remain close to Reuben as he receives needed care.

Without Medicaid the Quirks could not have afforded their adopted children’s extensive specialized care and all three would almost certainly have been in more expensive longterm group care instead of a

loving family.

Medicaid also helps keep children out of foster care by getting parents the treatment and services they need before they come to the attention of the child welfare system. The expansion of Medicaid to 11 million low-income adults in the Affordable Care Act gave many parents and other caregivers — some of them for the very first time — muchneeded access to services to address problems that otherwise might have resulted in removal of children from their care.

Once children are in foster care, Medicaid helps child welfare agencies secure the funding necessary to offer mental health, substance abuse and other specialized treatment to parents to help stabilize families and return children home safely.

Medicaid also helps place nurses and other health specialists inside child welfare agencies.

Without Medicaid to address the special needs of our vulnerable children placed in foster care, children are likely to stay longer in care, to be removed from families who can no longer meet their special needs, and to be placed in more restrictive and costly institutional settings at state expense. Although foster care is supposed to be temporary, the average length of stay is nearly two years. For more than 30 years, many of the children with special needs who exit foster care to adoptive families have been able to continue to receive Medicaid to help their new permanent families care for them.

Missouri mother Lori Ross, President and CEO of Foster/Adopt Connect, and her husband adopted a sibling group of eight from foster care. The children have complex trauma, developmental delays, serious mental health diagnoses, and

very challenging behaviors.

Without Medicaid the family would already have hit its private insurance lifetime cap, which doesn’t begin to cover the costs of their children’s mental health services. The in-home service for children with significant special needs developed with the help of Medicaid has given all of these children a permanent family and saved Medicaid tens of thousands of dollars annually in more expensive treatment options. Their oldest child, now 18, recently graduated from high school and is pursuing employment and independence with his parents’ love and support.

Children placed permanently from foster care with relatives also are eligible for Medicaid. This has been

especially critical as relatives are sought out to care for more and more children impacted by the opioid crisis.

And we cannot forget about the estimated 20,000 children each year who transition out of foster care as they turn 18 without permanent families.

These young people often received Medicaid in foster care for mental health and other health care needs, and can benefit from continued treatment as young adults to help keep them on course as they attend school or begin work. Too often youths aging out of foster care are at increased risk of homelessness, joblessness and incarceration.

When Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enabling young people to stay on their parents’ insurance

until the age of 26, it also required all states to provide continued Medicaid to age 26 for youths transitioning from foster care at age 18 or older who had been in care in the state. The loss of Medicaid for these young adults would dramatically increase their vulnerabilities.

Medicaid’s indispensable services continue to be under unprecedented attack. The House of Representatives has already passed the American Health Care Act that would slash Medicaid funding more than $800 billion and put a severe cap on future spending.

The Senate is planning to vote this month on its misleading Better Care Reconciliation Act that would provide worse care for millions of children.

It would end Medicaid as we know it and slash funding by 26 percent in the first ten years, a cut that would grow to 35 percent in 20 years, with much of the savings created by these cuts and caps going to fund more unneeded tax cuts for America’s wealthiest individuals and corporations.

The contrast is stark and morally reprehensible when you consider the futures of children like the Quirks and the Rosses have lovingly welcomed into their families.

Any of you who are parents, grandparents, foster parents — as my parents were — or have adopted children know there is nothing more crushing than the thought of losing a child. Yet the cruel threats to Medicaid being considered in the Senate make that fear very real for tens of millions. What do we value if we don’t value a family’s love for their child and the honor and commitment they have made to care for them?

No amount of tinkering will make this terrible mean spirited bill safe for children in foster care, those adopted or other vulnerable children.

Please call your Senators today. Call again tomorrow and the next day until they can open their eyes to the human reality that millions of children’s lives and needs for family and stability are more important than tax cuts to powerful rich corporations or individuals. Children deserve nothing less.

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Opinion Do some rights matter more than others?

By Natalia Castro October will bring the Supreme Court to center stage as the Justices take on some of the most controversial cases of our time. The Court’s announcement that they will take up Masterpiece Cake Shop v. Colorado Civil Right Commission indicates that religious liberties will be one of these contentious decisions; while decades of precedent seemed clear, recent decisions have made this issue murky, and now the Supreme Court will provide clarity.

The facts of the case are quite simple; Jack Phillips, a Colorado cake artist, declined to design and create a custom cake honoring a same sex marriage because doing so conflicted with his religious beliefs. For this reason, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled Phillips in violation of discrimination based on sexual orientation under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA).

The American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) has already jumped on this case. LA Times reporter David Savage explains, the ACLU urged the Supreme Court to turn down the appeal in this case because it could open a “gaping hole” in civil rights enforcement if business owners can simply cite their religious beliefs as a reason to deny service to certain customers.

However, Phillips lawyers defend that his denial of services is not an act against the same sex couple, but rather a defense of his religious liberties and ideology.

Phillips lawyers defend in their request for appeal that Phillip will not produce any cakes violating this religious ideology, “This includes cakes with offensive written messages and cakes celebrating events or ideas that violate his beliefs, including cakes celebrating Halloween (a decision that costs him significant revenue), anti-American or anti-family themes, atheism, racism, or indecency. He also will not create cakes with hateful, vulgar, or profane messages, or sell any products containing alcohol.”

This is where the Supreme Court must be careful in

their ruling.

The Free Exercise Clause which Phillips is using to defend his ability to deny the gay couple services, has already been ruled on before, but these ruling provide less clarity rather than more.

In the 1990 Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, the courts ruled that a law may burden the practice of religion as long as it did not serve to punish individuals who practice that religion. In the case, an individual working for rehabilitation organization was fired for ingesting peyote, a drug used for sacramental purposes by the Native American Church.

This ruling was a stark change from the 1963 case Sherbert v. Verner, where the court ruled a woman could not be denied unemployment benefits after being fired for refusing to work on the sabbath; as well as the 1981 case Thomas v. Review Bd. Of Indiana Employment Serv.

Div. where the Supreme Court ruled a man could also not be denied benefits after leaving his job for religious interests.

Congress desperately tried to change the precedent of Smith in favor of Sherbert in 1993 with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, but the Supreme Court ruled against Congress’s authority to do so.

Consistently, the Supreme Court and the federal government have lacked a clear position on religious liberties in the workplace. While they have fiercely defended workers ability to leave positions that do not comply with their religious observance, they have also ruled that the government has some grounds to limit free exercise of religion as long as it does not serve to punish the religion.

But if Phillips does not discriminate against same sex couples at any time besides when it conflicts with his religion, is reprimanding him for his actions not a punishment for his beliefs?

In a similar case to the one the Supreme Court will see in October, a florist refused to create a floral arrangement

for a same sex marriage in Washington State. As Kerri Kupec, a lawyer in the case from the Arizona-based group Alliance Defending Freedom explains, “All Americans should be free to peacefully live and operate consistent with their convictions without threat of government punishment… Under this kind of rationale that’s happening in Washington state, a gay singer could be forced by the government to perform at a religious conference that is promoting marriage as a man-woman union.”

The implications here are the same. Nobody would think to force a priest to perform a wedding ceremony outside of a church, so why must a private citizen be forced to work in a way that conflicts with their religious beliefs? Does the First Amendment not apply to all Americans practicing faith not only to clergy?

As Phillips lawyers make clear in their appeal request, “It is undisputed that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission does not apply CADA to ban an AfricanAmerican cake artist from refusing to create a cake promoting white-supremacism for the Aryan Nation, an Islamic cake artist from refusing to create a cake denigrating the Quran for the Westboro Baptist Church…

Neither should CADA ban Jack Phillips’ polite declining to create a cake celebrating same-sex marriage on religious grounds when he is happy to create other items for gay and lesbian clients.”

This will be new Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s first opportunity to rule on the issue of religious liberties, and hopefully, will create a clear precedent that government cannot violate individuals First Amendment rights. While the ACLU and the left paint this as an opportunity for discrimination, the Court must realize this is a much more critical moment for government intervention into American lives.

Natalia Castro is a contributing editor at Americans for Limited Government.

Congress does little, then goes on vacation to celebrate themselves

By Peter Hong As Americans celebrated the two hundred and fortyfirst anniversary of our nation’s independence, our representatives in Congress celebrated with us – in recess.

That should come as no surprise to anyone who follows the work habits of Congress. According to the calendar put out by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the House of Representatives will be in official session for only 147 days this year. That means your elected representatives will be off for 218 days – about 60% of the year. The average full-time employee may find this particularly outrageous, given that he or she generally puts in 240 days each year.

240 days versus 147 days?

At a minimum annual salary of $174,000? It’s no wonder that Congress’ job approval numbers seldom break 20%.

Of the 218 days Congress is out of session, the bulk of the time Congress is officially in recess. Congress generally schedules weeklong, sometimes two-week recesses around federal holidays and Easter/Passover.

Congress also takes the entire month of August off. While Congress has traditionally broken for the summer since its second session in 1791, August recess was only made official in 1970 when Congress (who

else) passed the “Legislative Reorganization Act” (LRO).

Yes, Congress enshrined its own summer break in federal law.

According to Senate Historian Betty Koed, August recess was created because Congressional sessions, by the early 1960s, had grown from part-time affairs to full-time, year-long assemblies with few scheduled breaks. For example, the Senate in 1962 met from January to October with no recess; the following year, it convened in January and adjourned in December, taking no longer than a three-day weekend off. Yes, there was a day when members of Congress worked – just like you.

Since the statutorily required August recess was first invoked on August 6, 1971, Congress has readily complied, except in rare cases, such as in 2005, when Congress returned mid-recess to pass emergency aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Also, the LRO suspends the recess if “a state of war exists pursuant to a declaration of war by the Congress,” which hasn’t happened since 1941.

Barring war or an act of God, Congress shuts its doors for the summer.

Though recesses are referred to as “district work periods,” lawmakers use them for various purposes: constituent work and meetings, overseas travel, fundraising, and yes – personal vacation.

The five-week August recess is particularly popular for official travel abroad called “Congressional Delegations” (CODELs). While CODELs do involve high-level

might have been placated had Congress actually accomplished something in its first 84 legislative days.

Having already completed 57% of its schedule this year, the top accomplishment of the 115th Congress is the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch – no small victory. Congress also passed about 15 resolutions under the Congressional Review

The budget is in shambles with liberal Republicans refusing to pass needed spending reductions for sacred cow entitlement programs, like Medicaid and food stamps.

Neither tax reform nor infrastructure is even on the launching pad.

And the much-promised wall between the U.S.Mexican border the most tangible, symbolic reminder of the 2016 campaign?

Silence.

W h a t Congress did pass in May was a $1.1 trillion spending bill to keep the government open till September 30th. The bill maintained so many liberal priorities that the Washington Post declared it a “win” for Democrats, enough to give the resistance confidence they can block the Trump agenda.

So, if Republican voters are frustrated and wondering why they voted and are stuck paying for a Congress that hasn’t delivered, they’ve got plenty of evidence to back them up. And with only 63 legislative days scheduled for the rest of the year, a budget left to pass, the debt ceiling set to expire in September, and distractions like North Korea emerging, the prospects aren’t

240 days versus 147 days? At an annual minimum salary of $174,000? It’s no wonder that Congress’ job approval numbers seldom break 20%. meetings with world leaders and some real work, they can be used to mask taxpayerfunded trips under the guise of official business. One particular CODEL to Israel in 2012 generated an FBI probe when it was discovered that after a night of carousing, lawmakers stripped down for a late-night swim in the Sea of Galilee.

Most Americans are dissatisfied – rightly and wrongly — with this Congress, but the frustration of many

Act rescinding various regulations issued in the waning days of the Obama Administration.

Otherwise, the trophy mantle is pretty much empty and rapidly gathering dust.

The House passed its version of Obamacare overhaul, but the Senate left town without taking a single vote. The same goes for defanging the jobkilling Dodd-Frank Act and the Frankenstein monster it created, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

promising. If only Congress could buy some more time.

They can – but it’s going to cost them their cherished August recess.

In June, the House Freedom Caucus called on Speaker Paul Ryan to cancel the August recess “to accomplish the priorities of the American people.” As it became increasingly clear that the Senate would not vote on its health care bill before the July recess, ten senators signed a letter calling for the August recess to be shortened or canceled. Organizations like Americans for Limited Government have pushed lawmakers to cancel their summer break so Congress can “get to work.”

Congressional leaders would be wise to heed these suggestions. Voters entrusted them with power in November to pass an agenda for making America great again; in its first 84 official days, Congress has come up woefully short.

Our elected officials behave much like schoolchildren. Historically, the prospect of losing out on recess time has been the only consistent way to goad them into action. With the clock working against them, lawmakers’ only option for delivering on even part of what they promised may be declaring that this time, school’s not out for summer.

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Bring Your Idea to Life 5 tips for starting your own business

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ike any idea, the great ones come when you formulate a plan and turn that idea into action. Starting your own business can be stressful and demanding, but also both personally and professionally fulfilling.

Getting a business up and running takes planning, smart financial decisionmaking and backing, and stacks of paperwork, but these tips can help guide you through the development stage and help you ready your idea for unveiling.

Create a Business Plan

To get started, create a simple overview of the business you intend to start.

This plan will be your roadmap moving forward and should include a mission statement, a company executive summary, a list of services and/or products offered and their costs, a target market analysis, an organizational structure, financial projections and expected cost of operations. Remember, this is a fluid process, so keeping it simple at the beginning may be beneficial in the long run.

Finance Your Business

Whether you plan on self-funding your business – be it through savings, credit cards or personal loans – or looking for other sources of start-up income, i.e. grants or venture capitalists, you’re going to need funding to get your idea off the ground. If you don’t have the capital to fund the venture yourself, look for investors who share your passion and that you believe you can work with or aid in the form of research grants or small business loans backed by the government.

Determine the Legal Structure

Decide on which form of ownership is best for you: sole proprietorship, partnership, Limited Liability Company, corporation, S corporation, nonprofit or cooperative. Owning your own business comes with federal tax obligations related to the type of business entity you establish. Often, during the infantile stages of your business, it can best serve you to register as a sole proprietor – which comes with less paperwork and upfront expenses. Acting as a sole proprietor does carry personal risks, however, so be sure to consult an attorney prior to finalizing the ownership structure.

Choose a Name and Location

Regardless of whether your business will be brick and mortar or online, deciding on a name that best suits your product or service and appeals to your intended audience is an important step. Once you’ve picked a name, select a location that offers opportunity for growth, proximity to suppliers, accessibility to customers and an acceptable level of competition, then check to see if the domain name is available online and make sure it is usable in your county and state. If it’s available, register it with the county clerk, secure the domain name and register a trademark at both the state and federal levels.

Register for Taxes, Licenses and Permits

When starting your business, you need to account for city licensing, state incorporation, business entity fees and more. Conduct a thorough search beforehand to determine applicable filing fees. In addition to fees, your business will have to pay certain state, local and federal taxes, including income taxes and employment taxes, based on the legal structure of your company. You’ll also need to obtain any licenses or permits, potentially including city or county business permits, liquor licenses or zoning variances.

Find more tips for starting and managing a small business at eLivingToday.com.

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Cultivating Connections How networking can build your business

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usiness is built on relationships. For many entrepreneurs whose small businesses are thriving, successful networking is one of the most common threads.

Making connections and building relationships are among the most beneficial aspects of networking with other small businesses, according to more than half of the respondents in a survey by The UPS Store. This is especially true among younger business owners, who are more likely than their older counterparts to take advantage of networking opportunities with fellow small business owners.

Not only do they crave these connections, 61 percent of small business owners say they want to establish in-person relationships. Attending networking and meetup events is a great way for entrepreneurs to form new relationships, share experiences and celebrate their hard work. In honor of National Small Business Week, The UPS Store will offer several networking events to facilitate small business connections. The following tips can help small business owners make the most of networking events.

Practice your “elevator pitch.” When introducing yourself, be prepared to give a brief explanation of your business, boiled down to a couple of sentences. Be sure to include your business name, the solution you provide and anything that makes you unique. The key is to deliver enough context that others can engage in meaningful

conversation, while keeping it succinct enough that you have plenty of time to listen. If you think your elevator pitch is perfected, submit a 90-second video describing the business or idea to enter The UPS Store national Pitch Off contest at theupsstore.com/pitchoff for a chance to win $10,000.

Embrace the competition. It may feel counterintuitive to forge a relationship with a direct competitor, but there’s some obvious benefit to trading notes with someone who is operating in your market from a similar vantage point. Remember, while neither of you is going to give up proprietary information, a respectful dialogue may get your wheels turning to think about solving a problem in a new way.

Represent your brand well. A networking event is intended to be social, but it shouldn’t be treated casually.

You are every bit the face of your business in this setting as you are within your business walls. Dress the part and present yourself as you would to potential customers.

Make sure you have updated business cards, as 75 percent of survey respondents said they are the most common marketing tool used to promote their business, and any other printed materials such as brochures or fliers that showcase your business.

Find networking opportunities and more ideas to grow your small business at theupsstore.com/smallbizsalute.

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Legal Advertising T.S. No.: 20160 3 4 4 1 - C A A.P.N.:6140-028-015 Property Address: 1207 S Keene Ave , Compton, CA 90220 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本文件包含一个信 息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문 서에 정보 요약서가 있 습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/08/2006.

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. Trustor: Karen K. Brooks, An Unmarried Woman.

Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 11/15/2006 as Instrument No. 06 2525390 in book ---, page--- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 07/24/2017 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 315,906.07 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE TRUSTEE 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, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as: More fully described in said Deed of Trust.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1207 S Keene Ave , Compton, CA 90220 A.P.N.: 6140-028-015 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above.

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 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: $ 315,906.07.

Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt.

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 of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

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

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this 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 (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.altisource. com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices. aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2016-03441CA. 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.

Date: June 14, 2017 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for

beneficiary C/o 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 http:// www.altisource.com/ MortgageServices/ DefaultManagement/ TrusteeServices.aspx ________ Trustee Sale Assistant WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. S c h I d : 6 7 9 4 8 AdId:22623 CustId:600 ----------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 129636 Title No. 160368642 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/15/2006.

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 07/19/2017 at 11:00 AM, The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 12/26/2006, as Instrument No. 06 2860534, in book xx, page xx, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Elmer R. Tarver II, 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), By the fountain located at 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: FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE DEED OF TRUST. APN 6162004-053. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1308 South Wilmington Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. 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, if any, 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: $296,267.56.

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 written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the

real property is located. Dated: 6/21/2017 THE MORTGAGE LAW FIRM, PLC Adriana Durham/Authorized Signature 41689 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH, STE. 228, TEMECULA, CA 92590 (619) 465-8200.

FOR TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727.

The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC. may be attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained may be used for that purpose. 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 (714) 730-2727 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site -www.servicelinkASAP.com- for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case: 129636. 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. A-4624972 0 6 / 2 8 / 2 0 1 7 , 0 7 / 0 5 / 2 0 1 7 , 07/12/2017 S c h I d : 6 8 0 0 0 AdId:22641 CustId:64 ----------------------------TSG No.: 170001938 TS No.: CA1700276936 FHA/ VA/PMI No.: APN: 6155-021-013 Property Address: 2271 E HATCHWAY ST COMPTON , CA 90222 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/29/2006.

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 08/09/2017 at 10:00 A.M., T.D. Service Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 12/08/2006, as Instrument No. 06 2729072, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California.

Executed by: NORMA B CEBALLOS DE TRUJILLO A SINGLE

WOMAN , 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# 6155-021-013 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2271 E HATCHWAY ST, 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 $309,777.43. 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)939-0772 or visit this Internet Web http://search. nationwideposting. com/propertySearch-

Terms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1700276936 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: T.D. Service Company 4000 W. Metropolitan Drive, Ste 400 Orange, CA 92868 T.D. Service 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)9390772NPP0311068 To: COMPTON BULLETIN 06/28/2017, 0 7 / 0 5 / 2 0 1 7 , 07/12/2017 S c h I d : 6 8 0 0 9 AdId:22645 CustId:68 ----------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 17-20015-SPCA Title No. 170005382-CAVOI A.P.N. 6162002-012 ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY IS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTICE PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR ONLY PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE 2923.3 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 08/07/2006.

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. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), 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; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Josephine Durham, a widow Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation Recorded 08/16/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1822412 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Los Angeles County, California. Date of Sale: 07/26/2017 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $351,380.55 Street

Address or other common designation of real property: 700 -700 1/2 West Raymond Street, purported on tax sheet as: 700 W. Raymond St., Compton, CA 90220 A.P.N.: 6162-002-012 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. 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 requirements of California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) were fulfilled when the Notice of Default was recorded. 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 714-730-2727 or visit this Internet Web site www.ndscorp.com/ sales, using the file number assigned to this case 17-20015SPCA. 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. Date: 06/29/2017 National Default Servicing Corporation c/o Tiffany and Bosco, P.A., its agent, 1230 Columbia Street, Suite 680 San Diego, CA 92101 Toll Free Phone: 888-264-4010 Sales Line 714-7302727; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com/ sales Zahara Joyner, Trustee Sales Representative A-4625281 0 7 / 0 5 / 2 0 1 7 , 0 7 / 1 2 / 2 0 1 7 , 07/19/2017 S c h I d : 6 8 0 3 3 AdId:22655 CustId:64 ----------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ANGELA GOINS Case 17STPB05544

No.

To all heirs, beneficia-

ries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ANGELA GOINS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Lawrence McKinney in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Lawrence McKinney 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 24, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 99 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: JENNIFER N SAWDAY ESQ SBN 228320 CAROLINE HUGHES ESQ

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SBN 286403 TREDWAY DAINE &

LUMS-

AIR-

CA

CN939282 GOINS Jul 5,6,12, 2017 S c h I d : 6 8 0 4 6 AdId:22659 CustId:65 ----------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF HOWARD PERRY GOINS aka HOWARD PERRY GOINS, JR. Case 17STPB05537

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Lawrence McKinney be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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 24, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 67 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:

SBN 228320 CAROLINE HUGHES ESQ

STE 240 LONG BEACH 90806-6817

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Lawrence McKinney in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

JENNIFER N SAWDAY ESQ

DOYLE LLP 3900 KILROY PORT WAY

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of HOWARD PERRY GOINS aka HOWARD PERRY GOINS, JR.

No.

K

SBN 286403 TREDWAY DAINE &

LUMS-

DOYLE LLP 3900 KILROY PORT WAY

AIR-

STE 240 LONG BEACH 90806-6817

CA

CN939281 GOINS Jul 5,6,12, 2017 S c h I d : 6 8 0 4 9 AdId:22660 CustId:65

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THE BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2017

Focus on Food Watermelon Caprese Salad with Balsamic Vinegar Reduction

Makes: 6 servings 12 slices watermelon cut into rounds or squares, approximately 3 inches wide and 1/2 inch thick, with seeds removed 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons honey 1/2 pound fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into 12 slices salt, to taste pepper, to taste 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, loosely chopped 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 sprig basil, for garnish Place watermelon slices on paper towels and cover with additional paper towels to absorb excess fluid.

In small saucepan over medium heat, add vinegar and honey. Stir to blend, bring to simmer and reduce heat.

Stir occasionally until mixture is reduced by almost half. (Do not let reduce too far or allow to froth.) Set aside to cool slightly.

On large platter, place watermelon slices and top each with slice of cheese. Add salt and pepper, to taste, then sprinkle basil leaves evenly over top. Drizzle with olive oil, followed by reduced balsamic vinegar.

Garnish with sprig of basil.

Tip: Use red and yellow watermelon for an extra pretty presentation.

Watermelon Rind Slaw

Makes: 4 one-cup servings Dressing: 1/4 cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt 1/4 cup low-fat sour cream 1 1/2 tablespoons stone-ground mustard 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon poppy seeds 2 teaspoons olive oil salt, to taste pepper, to taste Slaw: 4 cups grated watermelon rind (fruit and green peel removed) 1 cup grated carrot 1 1/2 cups diced fresh pineapple In small bowl, blend Greek yogurt, sour cream, mustard, vinegar, lemon juice, sugar, poppy seeds, olive oil, salt and pepper thoroughly. Set aside.

Place watermelon rind on several layers of paper towels to soak up excess fluid.

In medium bowl, place dressing, rind, carrot and pineapple, and toss to thoroughly coat.

Watermelon Caprese Salad with Balsamic Vinegar Reduction

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FAMILY FEATURES

Watermelon Rind Slaw

Watermelon Slice Ice Pops

liced or diced, grilled or blended, there are countless ways to prepare watermelon. With some fruits, half or more is wasted when you throw away the seeds and peel, but you may be surprised to learn that you can use an entire watermelon, including the rind, to make delicious and refreshing dishes.

Most people think of watermelon as a sweet, juicy snack perfect for hot summer days, but with its high water content (92 percent), the fruit is more than just tasty. It’s also an ideal way to keep your body hydrated. What’s more, the ability to use the entire fruit makes watermelon one of the most versatile and value-conscious options in the produce department.

An average watermelon consists of about 70 percent fruit and 30 percent rind. Hollowed out, the rind is an attractive way to serve any number of recipes, but the rind is actually edible, too, and can be stir-fried, stewed or pickled, or even enjoyed raw. This yummy slaw gets its distinctive crunch from the watermelon rind, which is packed with citrulline and arginine, two compounds that may aid in healthy blood flow.

Watermelon is also a flavorful substitute for tomatoes, as shown in this traditional Italian appetizer, and contains higher levels of lycopene than any other fresh fruit or vegetable per serving, according to award-winning nutrition author and registered dietitian Elizabeth Somer.

Additionally, it lends some sweetness to a spicy salsa and a refreshing twist on a summery salad. You can also try blending watermelon with other fresh fruits for a super smoothie or mixing it up with some adult libations (and don’t forget, you can transform the rind into a mini-keg in minutes; just add a pour spout).

Find more ideas for using every bite of fruit, juice and rind at watermelon.org.

Superfood Smoothie

Watermelon Slice Ice Pops

Makes: 5-15 servings 5-15 watermelon slices, cut into triangular wedge shapes, about 1/2 to 1 inch thick, with seeds removed 5-15 ice pop sticks Insert ice pop stick into rind of each slice.

Optional variation: After inserting sticks, freeze ice pops before serving.

Superfood Smoothie

Makes: 3 cups 2 cups cubed and seeded watermelon 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries

1 cup raspberry kefir 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate 2 tablespoons hemp 2 tablespoons agave syrup ice (optional) Place watermelon, raspberries, raspberry kefir, orange juice concentrate, hemp, agave syrup and ice, if desired, in blender and blend until smooth.