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Council approves fee increases Ex-Mayor of Compton found guilty of corruption for misusing public money proposed resolution adds an additional later. His voided The conviction

By Chris Fred Frost Shuster to the general fund.

Bulletin Writer mayor of in 2012 allowed $140,000 him to twice TheStaffformer “The city Compton was found guilty unsuccessfully run for mayorhas been subsidizing or covering COMPTON—The Councilagain. unanimously street permit issuance and administration costs,” Friday of corruptionCity charges approved street work fee increases at its April 17 interim Public Works Director John Strickland Bradley a for using about $4,000 said. faces “The present fee schedule does not address meeting, moving them beyondintheir current 1989 now lifetime ban on holding taxpayer funds to pay for many types of street work permits issued and adlevels. public office. served personal expenses. ministered. ” The city based its increase on inspection and Bradley as mayor from 1993 After the guilty verdicts Publicuntil comments about the increases drew administrative costs it traditionally did not 2001.cities. on twothen felony countsrates were praise from residents hoping for increased revcharge, compared with other enue, buttrial, the group stood against raising fees af“Wealoud, compared our rates with Gardenia, LynDuring the two-week read Omar Bradley residents. nwoodboth and Torrance, ” interim Worksattorney Di- fecting Bradley’s argued that raised arms skyward andPublic “I know his there should be increases, but you are rectorsat John Strickland said. the former mayor believed then looking downwards, shaking his head from side to expenditures—for clothing, golf fees and hotel rooms— side. His wife sobbed.

He declined comment as were legal because they were he left the courthouse with for city business. Prosecutors had not proven that Bradley family members.

Judge George Lomeli set knew the $4,000 he spent was unlawful, attorney Robert J. sentencing for Aug. 30.

Bradley, 59, was charged Hill told the jury.

But Deputy District with misappropriating public funds by “double- dipping”— Attorney Ana Lopez alleged using a city credit card and that Bradley’s spending was cash advances for travel. It “purely personal” and offered was his second trial in the “no public benefit,” and that he clearly understood the case.

In 2004, Bradley was rules.

She conceded, however, found guilty of the charges, accountability for but the conviction was tossed that became “very out on appeal eight years spending

Oversight commission to LA County Sheriff: No more drones

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

Council members opposed fees affecting resiBoone said. “Maybe someone should go over LOS ANGELES—A Losparty Angeles dents, including adiscovered. $50 jump inThe block perthese.” majority of Los Angeles Police mits, and a handicap curbDepartment fee increase toacquired $150 for Utility companies are exempt from any fee inthe pole sign andtwo installation, then a $20 creases because of a lawsuit between Edison and County Sheriff Civilian drones in 2014 butcharge never annually. Residential Alhambra California in 2011. refuse them bins were Oversight commissioners launched afterscheduled protests “The utility company had a franchise agree- want to increase from about $5 and potential $40 for small and large say they Sheriff surveillance ment, and the city adopted an ordinance bins,to to $25 and $75, Jim concurMcDonnell stop uses.respectively. rent with the agreement,” City Attorney “I aminagainst because of the flying aCraig drone used law gouging Fourresidents of the eight members Cornwell said. “The court found that interfering city’s negligence,” Councilwoman Janna Zurita. enforcement”operations. present the monthly public “It is hard to ask for more at money with the condiwith the franchise agreement is unconstitutional.

The aircraft was unveiled meeting Thursday of the Cornwell and Edison representatives created by the Department Sheriff »Civilian See FEES,Oversight Page 9A language in the agreement that preserves theSheriff’s franin January and has been Commission voted against deployed four times, mostly authorizing a set of strict in search-and-rescue recommendations that would missions. The department have spelled out how the has said the 20-inch-long department should manage unmanned aircraft system, its drone program, the Los which cost $10,000, would Angeles Times reported. strictly be used in highOne of the risk tactical operations— recommendations was for fires, bomb detection and McDonnell to “explicitly and hostage situations—but unequivocally state” he would not surveillance. not allow the drone to be Activists, however, have armed, and other suggestions warned of possible “mission called for precise reporting creep,” expressing fears the on the use of the device, drone could be used for according to The Times. spying and could one day be The four members voting armed or be deployed as a against the recommendations weapon. prepared by an ad-hoc group In 2012, the sheriff’s of commissioners who spent department used a plane to weeks studying the matter » See BRADLEY, Pg 2 secretly shoot video footage said at the meeting and of Compton streets to catch

By Chris Frost afterward that they oppose the Bulletin Staff Writer department’s use of drones criminals. T he operation was widely altogether. A fifth member City Council moved ancriticized once COMPTON—The it was was absent. other step forward in the city manager search on Tuesday, April 27, as Council members Willie

By John Rogers “I would guess that there Jones, Janna Zurita and Yvonne Arceneaux inLOS ANGELES—When terviewed five candidates during a special meetis some message that got ing.

O.J. Simpson told a Nevada through to him, a deterrence Mayor Eric J. Perrodin did not attend the parole board last week that message about having to take meeting because of a conflict involving current he’s led a “conflict-free life,” the criminal justice system interim City Manager Bryan Batiste and Counhe seemed to overlook a few seriously,” said Loyola Law COMPTON—The sheriff’s Tuesday identified cilwoman Jannadepartment Zurita. episodes that had him cycling School professor Laurie Batiste took overinfor former with interim City a suspect who allegedly struck a man Compton a vehicle in and out of courtrooms and Levenson.

Manager Lamont Ewell on Jan. 25. Mazen III, following a fight, causing fatal injuries, as Frankie jail cells for nearly 20 years “But you know, staying “City Manager Bryan Batiste wrote a memo who is wanted for questioning. before the Las Vegas hotelon the right path is difficult to City Attorney Craig Cornwell that Bulletin photos by Chris Frost Melbourne Jr. Mario of Long Beach was requesting fatally injured room heist that sent him to for anybody who gets out of Councilperson Zurita recuse herself from the inabout 10:55 p.m. Monday in the area of Cypress and Crane The Sibrie Park Braves practice throwing skills on Saturday, April 29. prison in 2008. prison,” added Levenson, a terview process,” Perrodin said in a written statestreets, authorities said.“I will not participate until the Council There was a wife-beating ment. former federal prosecutor.

Melbourne’s friends told NBC4opinion he wasfrom working his security receives a written Cornwell about charge in 1989 that he pleaded “And for O.J., who there is job and they were there to visit him. the disagreement. ” no contest to, a road-rage going to be a tremendous The suspect, whom the Batiste friendsis only claimholding was athefriend of Zurita said position charge he was acquitted of in amount of public spotlight Melbourne, drove to group, exited his vehicle, and began until the Council finds a permanent city man2001 and a contempt-of-court on, it may be particularly arguing with theager. victim, Deputy Kelvin Moody of the Sheriff’s citation in 2008 that put him challenging.”

“The thatled everyone is making Information Bureau said.accusations The argument to a fist fight. in jail for five days.

The moment he slips up, have no validity to them, and thetoCouncil will The suspect re-entered his vehicle and began drive away There was also, of course, she said, there will be an army continue searching for a qualified candidate, but then made a U-turn and struck Melbourne, Moody said.” the 1994 murder of his ex-wife of people waiting to push said. “He going in this only temThe suspect fled she eastbound onknew Cypress Street in was a gray BMW, Nicole Brown Simpson and the record button on their porary.” which was recovered a short said distance away, make Moody said. recuse her friend Ronald Goldman.

Cornwell he cannot Zurita cellphones. And he could end Anyone with information regarding Mazen’s whereabouts herself.

Acquitted by a criminal jury up getting sent back to prison. or on the case in general was urged to call thehas Sheriff’s Homicide “Every Council member the right to parin 1995, the football hero and One of the most valuable Bureau at (323) 890-5500. ticipate in properly noticed City Council matBy Chris Frost Hollywood star was found things he learned behind ters,” he said. “According to the charter, the city Bulletin Staff Writer liable for the killings in civil bars, Simpson said at his manager serves at the will of the Council and court two years later and parole hearing, came in an nothing short of a legally defined conflict of inCOMPTON—The Sibrie Park Braves are continuing their ordered to pay the victims’ “Alternative to four Violence” terest, a situation that precludes the member 2011 success in 2012 as the team has won of its first five families $33.5 million. class that taught him “how from attending, or a belief the he or she cannot games.

“The idea that he believes talk on toSaturday, people instead be open-minded exists, complying with Mr. The squad collected ato forfeit April 28,ofas their that he’s led a conflict-free Batiste’s wishes has no legal support.” opponents, the Blue Jays,fighting.” did not show up for the game. life shows a certain delusion Thatandseemingly would Zurita said she will not step away from the inFormer San Francisco Giant current Assistant Coach you that he’s been very noted for screaming, “He’s going to kill conflict-free terviews, and thanked Cornwell for addressing Jesselife, Brew ledknow,” the team through a spirited practice have been useful when he and got LOS ANGELES— plate and having illegally the issue. praised team’s fast start. lit up the social media throughout his career,” said me!” They said she had a cut the remark into that road-rage dispute The Police Commission tinted windows.

Councilwoman “They have surprised me so far, ” he said.

“I am especially Arceneaux asked Cornwell veteran Hollywood crisis lip, a swollen and blackened with derision and disbelief. in Florida with a driver who unanimously ruled Tuesday After pursuing pleased by our play at shortstop and pitcher. ” for a written legal opinion directed to Watkins Council left eye and cheek, and a “A conflict-free life,” Ron accused him of trying to publicist Michael Levine. that an officer was justified in while still on the motorcycle, Brew coaches the defensive members, and he said he will prepare one. portion of the game and sticks In the wife-beating case, handprint still visible on her Goldman’s father, Fred, asked snatch the glasses off his face. fatally shooting anPublic 18-yearUrias that process the young comments onreported the selection fato theSaturday. fundamentals. incredulously “This Simpson was accused of neck. denied trying vored Batiste.

“You keep your handsSimpson in front, step and aim at theto chestold of man who allegedly pulled man pulled two guns out of She called 911 again, eight is who hethe is. He’s a sociopath, attacking Nicole Brown take to, the” he glasses, testifying his “The man doeshis a good job,” resident Carolyn person you are throwing said. “We have sound out two guns after a traffic waistband so he fired two liar, a murderer, Simpson on New Year’s Day months before she was killed, a narcissistic fingerprints must said.

“If you fire Batiste all of you haveAt to fundamentals, but I know the team can do have better.gotten ” stop last August Stokes in South Los rounds in self-defense. a robber.

1989, angrily telling police it to report Simpson had broken a thug, a kidnapper, on them when he accidentally deal with me. Notleast justone one of of the you,bullets all of you. ” One of the cornerstones of team success is positive atti-Angeles. struck on.” was a “family matter.” Then, down a door to get into her The list goes as both were She asked the Council if they understood her tudes, Brew said, and hebumped deals withhim problems immediately.

Kenney Watkins was Watkins.

Of course all a babysitter those shouting fearing he would be arrested, home and was threatening to twice, and Arceneaux acknowledged her.

“I am not and do not tolerate hardheads,” he at each other. killed block of a lawsuit confiled “This is serious, Resident LorraineAccording Cervantesto expressed aboutgot baseball. ” near the 400 occurred before and I am he fled in his Rolls-Royce, beat her. He could be heard conflicts said.

In teaching 2002 hethem nearly West Century Boulevard last December by Watkins’ cern about the publicity the meeting received.

The team is turning the corner offensively, Brew said, bescreaming angrily in the Simpson had nine years locked up when he pleaded according to police. about 3:30 p.m. on“You Aug. guys 16. keptmother, Prescious her this meeting quiet,Sasser, ” she said. of diligent, hard work. in prisoncause to realize he was Officers reported they background. not guilty to speeding his According to a report son was unarmed and was not “That is why no one is here tonight, and it is not started the batting cage, butone liveofpitching imWhen the 70-year-old not above “They the law.

Willinhe arrived at Simpson’s Los boat through Florida’s prepared by LAPD Chief” a threat to the officer. She is on television. hitters’ timing,” he said. “We play small ball (scorthat the after he gets Angeles home before dawn to Simpson told his parole board rememberproves manatee-protected zones, City Clerk Alita Godwin and Zuritadamages both reing runs with singles and doubles instead of home runs). Charlie If Beck, Watkins bailed seeking unspecified find Nicole Brown Simpson Thursday, “I’ve basically had a out in October? didn’t upturn in court. meeting notice met the they stay focused, those then ground ball show hits will into lineout of a van andsponded, took offand on said onthe allegations of wrongful foot after motorcycle Officer death, negligence, assault, The Sibrie Park Braves take advantage of a forfeit on Saturday, » See BRAVES, PageEvan 5A Urias pulled the vehicle battery, » See negligent MANAGER, Pageand 9A April 28, and hold an additional practice. hiring » See SIMPSON, Pg 2 over for lacking a front license civil rights violations.

Council interviews candidates for city manager

O.J. Simpson had a ‘conflict-free life’? Not really

Compton police seek suspect in alleged vehicle homicide

Braves enjoy early-season success

Police Commission clears officer in shooting death

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News Discrimination suit against CNN, Turner dismissed by judge

By Kathleen Foody ATLANTA (AP)—A federal judge has dismissed a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit filed by current and former black employees of Time Warner, owner of Turner networks including CNN, TNT and TBS. U.S. District Court Judge William Duffey of the Northern District of Georgia wrote in Tuesday’s dismissal order that the two employees named in the suit failed to show that intentional

discrimination based on their race occurred.

The lawsuit filed in December claimed a pattern of discrimination against black employees, particularly men, in evaluations, pay and promotions.

The suit relied heavily on an internal company report on diversity at Turner and CNN, but Duffey said the statistics in the report could be explained by “non-discriminatory factors” and didn’t support the claims of intentional and widespread discrimination.

Duffey also criticized the original complaint as “fraught with conclusory claims, unsupported by factual allegations sufficient to support the inferences” of discrimination.

An attorney who represented the networks referred The Associated Press to a company spokeswoman on Wednesday. That person didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.

The judge also refused a request that the plaintiffs be allowed to file an amended

complaint. He said the changes were “only cosmetic amendments” and didn’t fix the larger issues with the claim.

Daniel Meachum, an attorney for the employees, called Duffey’s decision disappointing.

Meachum said 190 current and former employees are participating in the class-action suit and he plans to refile the case with different employees named as lead plaintiffs.

“Black people are still being discriminated at CNN and Turner and Time Warner and this order does not put an end to that discrimination,” Meachum said in a statement.

“So we will endeavor to get our clients their day in court.

Our heads may be bloodied but unbowed.”

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Staying on the right path is difficult for anybody who gets out of prison, and for O.J. … it may be particularly challenging.”

—Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson

Black women picking up firearms for self-defense

By Lisa Marie Pane LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.——Sitting in a classroom above a gun range, a woman hesitantly says she isn’t sure she could ever shoot and kill someone, even to protect herself. Couldn’t she just aim for their leg and try to maim them?

Her instructor says self-defense is not about killing someone, but is instead about eliminating a threat.

If the gun gets taken away by a bad guy, the instructor says, “I promise you they’re not going to be having any sympathy or going through the thought process you are.”

Gently she adds that if the student isn’t comfortable with the lethal potential of the gun, buying one might not be for her. Marchelle Tigner is on a mission: to train at least 1 million women how to shoot a firearm. She had spent no time around guns before joining the National Guard. Now, as a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault, she wants to give other women of color the training she hadn’t had.

“It’s important, especially for black women, to learn how to shoot,” Tigner said, noting that black women are more likely to be victims of domestic violence. “We need to learn how to defend ourselves.”

It’s hard to find definitive statistics on gun ownership, but a study by the Pew Research Center released this month indicated that just 16 percent of “non-white women” identified themselves as gun owners, compared with about 25 percent of white women. Other Pew surveys in recent years have shown a growing acceptance of firearms among African-Americans: In 2012, one found that less than a third of black households viewed gun ownership as positive; three years later, that number had jumped. By then, 59 percent of black families saw owning guns as a necessity.

A recent study by gun-rights advocate and researcher John Lott showed that black women outpaced other races and genders in securing concealed carry permits between 2000 and 2016 in Texas, one of the few states that keep detailed demographic information.

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After a judge issued a warrant for his arrest, he paid the fine.

He didn’t fare as well in 2008 after he sent an angry, expletive-filled message to one of his co-defendants in the hotel-room robbery after the judge specifically ordered him not to contact any codefendants. He jailed Simpson for five days until a hearing, at which Simpson promised not to do it again.

Simpson has argued all along—and repeated on Thursday—that he was only trying to retrieve some of his mementos when he and five others barged into that Las Vegas hotel room in 2007 and robbed two sports memorabilia dealers.

Levine, the crisis publicist, said that his best advice to Simpson would be to stay out of sight after he gets out and, when someone tries to goad him into an argument, turn the other cheek.

“If he doesn’t,” Levine said, “he’s hours away from being back in license-platemaking school.”

BRADLEY Continued from page 1

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relaxed” in Compton after the city council approved a resolution authorizing the issuance of city credit cards to council members without any public comment on the issue.

During two days on the stand, the ex-mayor testified that he had played golf with officials in order to discuss several city projects, and bought golf clothing to look the part.

Following the first trial, Bradley was sentenced in 2004 to three years in prison, but he was later moved to a halfway house.

Bradley—who was born and raised in Compton and also served as a city councilman from 19911993— lost a run-off election in June against incumbent Mayor Aja Brown.

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News U.S. Muslims see friendly neighbors, but a foe in White House

By Rachel Zoll NEW YORK—U.S. Muslims say they have experienced widespread suspicion about their faith in the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency, but also have received more support from individual Americans, and remain hopeful they can eventually be fully accepted in American society, a new survey finds.

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. Muslims view Trump as unfriendly to them, according to a Pew Research Center report released Wednesday.

Sixty-two percent say Americans do not view Islam as part of the mainstream after a presidential election that saw a surge in hostility toward Muslims and immigrants.

At the same time, nearly half of Muslims said they had received expressions of encouragement from nonMuslims in the past year, an increase over past polls. And Muslims remain optimistic about their future. Seventy percent believe hard work can bring success in America, a figure largely unchanged for a decade.

“There’s a sense among the American Muslim population that others are beginning to understand them and beginning to sympathize with them,”’ said Amaney Jamal, a Princeton University political scientist and adviser to Pew researchers. Prejudice against Muslims has “pushed the average American to say, ‘This

is really not fair. I’m going to knock on my neighbor’s door to see if they’re all right,” Jamal said.

The Pew survey is its third on American Muslims since 2007, and its first since Trump took office Jan. 20. He promised to fight terrorism through “extreme vetting” of refugees and had a plan to temporarily ban travelers from six Muslim-majority countries.

The latest poll of 1,001 adults was conducted by phone, both landline and

cellphones, between Jan. 23 and May 2, in English, Arabic, Farsi and Urdu, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 5.8 percentage points.

The last several months have seen an uptick in reports of anti-Muslim harassment, including arson and vandalism at mosques and bullying at schools. In the Pew survey, nearly half of U.S. Muslims say they have faced some discrimination in the last year, such as being treated with distrust, threatened or called an offensive name.

That percentage is only a slight increase over previous surveys.

However, the figure is much higher for respondents who said they were more visibly identified as Muslim, for example by a head covering, or hijab, for women. Sixty-four percent of those with a more distinct Muslim identity said they had recently faced some type of discrimination.

Still, the survey found evidence of a growing sense of Muslim belonging in

the United States. Eightynine percent said they were proud be both Muslim and American and nearly twothirds said there was no conflict between Islam and democracy. A larger share of American Muslims told Pew they had registered to vote and actually voted. Forty-four percent of Muslims eligible to vote cast ballots in last year’s presidential election, compared to 37 percent in 2007. Those numbers on Muslim voting are compared to 60 percent of eligible voters

Tracy Morgan relishes post-crash chance to be ‘better man’

By Lynn Elber BEVERLY HILLS—Tracy Morgan has a ready answer when asked about getting a second chance after his near-fatal crash three years ago.

“Thank God. That’s all I’ve gotta say,” Morgan told a TV critics’ meeting Thursday, where he was promoting his new TBS comedy “The Last O.G.” In 2014, the former “30 Rock” and “Saturday Night Live” star suffered severe head trauma when a truck slammed into the back of the limo van he was riding in. Comedian James

McNair, his friend and collaborator, was killed.

Morgan said his brush with death had a profound effect on him. That includes the kind of sitcom he’s doing. In “The Last O.G.,” Morgan plays an ex-con, Tray, who finds the life and the Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood he left behind is gone.

Morgan has surrounded himself with a strong cast, including “Girls Trip” breakout star Tiffany Haddish and Cedric the Entertainer.

Why didn’t he just go with a “Tracy Morgan

Show” that gave him all the laughs?

“Maybe I’m just a better man since the accident. Maybe I’m just a better man,” he said.

“It ain’t about me. It’s bigger than me.”

He indicated the physical effects of the crash may not be entirely in the past, saying people around him on set makes sure he takes regular breaks during the workday.

“The Last O.G.” co-stars Haddish as Tray’s ex-girlfriend, Shay, the mother of twins he didn’t know he had.

overall who cast ballots in 2016.”

American Muslim leaders, alarmed by anti-Muslim rhetoric in the campaign, made an unprecedented push to register voters in mosques and at community events.

Turnout overall was higher after the highly contested 2016 campaign.

Muslims overwhelmingly backed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who drew 78 percent of their vote compared to 8 percent for Trump.

Following a trend found in other American faith groups, a slight majority of U.S. Muslims now accept homosexuality, a dramatic reversal from a decade ago when 61 percent said samesex relationships should be discouraged.

Pew researchers estimate the number of U.S. Muslims has been growing by 100,000 per year, reaching 3.35 million, or 1 percent of the American population. Just over half of U.S. Muslims identify as Sunni, while 16 percent say they are Shiite. Nearly six in 10 adult American Muslims were born outside the U.S. The largest share of immigrants come from South Asian countries such as Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, while others have come from Iraq, Iran, subSaharan Africa and Europe.

American-born blacks comprise about 13 percent of all Muslims in America, but their share is shrinking.

Overall, eight in 10 are U.S. citizens, according to the survey.

Eight in 10 American Muslims said they were concerned about Islamic extremism, and more than 70 percent said they were very or somewhat concerned about Islamic extremism in the U.S. However, three of 10 said that most of those arrested recently on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack had been tricked by law enforcement authorities and did not represent a real threat.

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Opinion Single-payer: Coming soon to a theater near you?

By Sally C. Pipes Hollywood loves a sequel. This summer, studios are releasing a fifth Pirates of the Caribbean, a third edition of the Despicable Me franchise, and another Spider-Man. But warmed-over ideas are not the sole province of the film industry. Progressive lawmakers are launching a reboot of their own -- Single-Payer Health Care: A Future We Can Believe In. The trailer promises a futuristic, universal healthcare system without premiums, deductibles, or copays. But this feature is sure to flop. Single-payer’s previous runs have been horror shows, with billions of dollars in cost overruns and patients waiting helplessly for necessary care.

Lawmakers across the country are vying to be the first to establish a singlepayer system.

The California state Senate passed a bill that would abolish private health coverage and enroll all residents in a single-payer system. The state Assembly shelved the measure for now -- but may consider it next year. Washington state senator Maralyn Chase is drafting a similar proposal.

In May, New York’s state Assembly approved a bill that would establish a single-payer system in the Empire State.

And in June, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed legislation that would have allowed any state resident to sign up for the state’s Medicaid program.

At the national level, a single-payer plan introduced by U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has over 100 cosponsors.

These bills would destroy the healthcare system and the economy.

Consider the California bill. The state Senate’s Appropriations Committee found that the measure would cost $400 billion annually. That’s more than three times the state’s annual budget.

The state would fund its plan by raiding taxpayers’ wallets. The Appropriations Committee calculated that it would take a new 15 percent payroll tax to come up with half that tab.

In New York, single-payer could cost $226 billion in 2019 and destroy 175,000 local jobs, as companies flee to other states.

Those crippling taxes are among the reasons that even liberal voters have panned previous attempts to impose single-payer.

Colorado voters rejected a singlepayer proposal last November by an 80-20 margin. The plan would have subjected residents to an additional 10 percent payroll tax. Even Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper didn’t back it.

Vermont’s dalliance with single-payer was also short-lived. In 2011, the state legislature approved a single-payer plan.

It would have cost $4.3 billion annually -- requiring an 11.5 percent payroll tax and an additional 9 percent individual income tax. Former Governor Peter Shumlin scrapped the plan, deeming it too expensive.

Single-payer systems also deliver atrocious care. In Canada’s single-payer system, the median patient waited 20 weeks in 2016 between referral from a general practitioner and receipt of treatment from a specialist. A 2014 study of 11 industrialized countries ranked Canada dead last in timeliness of care.

Many Canadians leave the country to get the care they need. In 2015, more than 45,500 Canadians received non-emergency medical treatment outside of Canada. In recent years, local health officials have authorized over $100 million in spending to send Ontario patients waiting for critical transplants to U.S. hospitals.

In the United Kingdom’s governmentrun system, patients aren’t faring any better. In 2015, over 130,000 patients did not receive timely cancer care.

Single-payer systems have consistently received poor reviews from those trapped in them. Once American audiences realize that, they’ll give pitches for single-payer a big thumbs-down.

Sally C. Pipes is President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute. Her latest book is The Way Out of Obamacare (Encounter 2016). Follow her on Twitter @ sallypipes.

Sessions should clarify scope of recusal —by hiring more special prosecutors

By Robert Romano On March 2, Attorney General Jeff Sessions broadly recused himself from “any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States.”

This left then-Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente ostensibly in charge of the supposed Russian 2016 election interference investigation, which passed to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who then handed it off to Special Counsel Robert Mueller in May. Since that time, Mueller’s investigation has reportedly veered into matters unrelated to the 2016 election campaign— Trump’s real estate dealings, the Miss Universe pageant, and other unconnected business deals as well as targeting the President’s children—and therefore far beyond the scope of Sessions’ original recusal.

As a result, the investigation has gained the appearance of an unconstitutional general warrant—a blank check for Mueller to perpetually probe Trump associates until he finds some criminality somewhere, even if it is completely unrelated to the original charge of Russian interference in the 2016 election. A runaway investigation desperately in

search of a crime.

This led Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning to call for Sessions to “bind the Special Counsel to only pursuing matters for which Sessions has recused himself from overseeing as the nation’s top cop.”

But how? One tactic Sessions might consider is clarifying the scope of his original recusal on “any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States” — by appointing more special prosecutors to cover other matters that would be beyond the scope of Mueller’s mandate on the Russia investigation, but still invariably involve presidential campaigns.

A similar call was made by the House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and committee Republicans in a July 27 letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, calling for a second special counsel to be appointed to look at issues separate from the Russia investigation yet still tied to the presidential campaigns and thus to Attorney General Sessions’ recusal. They wrote, “The unbalanced, uncertain, and seemingly unlimited focus of the special counsel’s

investigation has led many of our constituents to see a dual standard of justice that benefits only the powerful and politically well-connected.

For this reason, we call on you to appoint a second special counsel to investigate a plethora of matters connected to the 2016 election and its aftermath, including actions taken by previously public figures like Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James Comey, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.”

Here, I’ll take a slightly different tact, and suggest that there should be a separate special counsel for each one of these investigations.

Specifically, a separate special prosecutor should be named by Sessions to look at former Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s handling of the Hillary Clinton private email server containing classified information scandal during the election campaign. Lynch urged then-FBI Director James Comey to call the Clinton investigation a “matter” instead of what it was, a criminal investigation, and Comey complied with the request.

Comey also confronted Lynch about her June 2016 meeting with former President Bill Clinton days before his wife

was to be interviewed by the FBI, and three days prior to Comey clearing Clinton of any wrongdoing. Finally, Comey brought an email to Lynch’s attention obtained by the FBI involving U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schulz that purported to show that Lynch wouldn’t let the Clinton investigation “go too far.”

Additionally, another special counsel is needed to look into the former National Security Rice Susan Rice and other former Obama administration officials who were responsible for unmasking U.S. citizens from intelligence intercepts, including members of the 2016 Trump campaign and then transition. The investigation would also look at why the FBI was relying on third parties, including the slanderous Christopher Steele dossier and who paid for it via Fusion GPS. Then there is also the Crowdstrike analysis of the Democratic National Committee’s to facilitate its witch hunt into all things Russia. It would also look into the leaking of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s name to the Washington Post from an intelligence intercept from December when Flynn had a conversation with former Russian Ambassador Sergey

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International medical graduates fill need for U.S. hospitals

By Fred M. Jacobs Medical schools outside the United States have become critical to our nation’s healthcare system. One-quarter of the physicians currently practicing in America received their degrees abroad.

Yet a number of domestic medical schools are pushing to restrict physicians educated in foreign countries, including many who are U.S. citizens, from securing residencies at American hospitals.

That makes little sense. Shutting out doctors educated abroad -- especially given America’s looming shortage of physicians -- would be counterproductive.

The effort to block these doctors begins with a mismatch. U.S. medical schools are graduating more doctors, but the number of residency slots isn’t increasing proportionally. That imbalance has led some to conclude that foreign-trained doctors are taking Americans’ spots.

But that conclusion is misguided.

Thousands of doctors educated abroad and now practicing in the United States are American citizens.

It would be unfair to restrict U.S. citizens’ access to residency programs in their own country just because they did their medical studies abroad.

In addition, the number of residency slots available outstrips the number of new doctors from U.S. schools. The New England Journal of Medicine projects

that by 2023-24, there will be 4,500 more residency slots available annually than new U.S. medical graduates.

Most important is America’s need for doctors. By 2030, the United States could be short nearly 105,000 physicians. Over 40 percent of that burden could be in primary care.

Yet U.S.-educated physicians tend to gravitate toward specialty care, thanks to its higher earning potential. Last year, fourth-year students at U.S. medical schools filled fewer than half the residency slots in internal medicine. Of the 3,238 first-year residencies filled in family medicine, meanwhile, American-trained physicians accounted for a mere 1,393.

By contrast, U.S. graduates filled over 90 percent of residencies in orthopaedics.

American-educated doctors’ reluctance to enter primary care has left the field open for international medical graduates, or IMGs. The latter comprise nearly 30 percent of all primary care doctors in the United States.

More than half of the 870 medicalschool graduates of St. George’s University, the school where I work, took residencies in either internal or family medicine in 2016.

IMGs are more likely to work with patients who are underserved by the U.S. health system. IMGs treat more minority, foreign-born, and Medicaid patients than

their U.S.-educated peers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. IMGs’ preference for primary care is due in part to how they are trained.

Schools like St. George’s place more emphasis on teaching how to provide essential, everyday care.

This difference in emphasis does not mean lower standards. To qualify for an American residency, IMGs must demonstrate that their qualifications are equivalent to U.S. medical graduates by passing three sections of the United States Medical Licensing Exam. In 2015, 96 percent of St. George’s medical students who took the USMLE Step One for the first time passed.

IMGs must also pass an English proficiency test and have their clinical skills assessed. This qualification system ensures that there are no differences in clinical outcomes between foreign-trained and U.S. graduates.

Doctors educated outside the United States are essential for delivering care inside the United States. Restricting their access to U.S. residencies would be a mistake.

Fred M. Jacobs, M.D., J.D., is Executive Vice President of St. George’s University (www.sgu.edu). He is the former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.

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Opinion McCain opens door for ‘bipartisan’ bailout of insurance companies as Senate GOP bid to replace Obamacare falters

By Robert Romano Shortly after Sen. John McCain’s hero’s return to the U.S. Senate, where he cast a decisive vote on the motion to proceed to the Housepassed Obamacare repeal and replace legislation after being diagnosed with life-threatening brain cancer, McCain then took to the floor to trash the entire process.

In a floor speech, McCain touted a “bipartisan” route to replacing the health care law and a “return to regular order,” drawing cheers from the chamber’s Democrats. He also blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for attempting to, in McCain’s words, “force the legislation past a unified opposition.”

“I don’t think that’s going to work in the end, and probably shouldn’t,” McCain said, adding, “We’re getting nothing done.”

In doing so, McCain all but invited Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to rewrite the nation’s health care law by making the standard for it to pass be that some Democrats support it — even as he bemoaned the fact that Obamacare was enacted without a single Republican supporting it.

“This means Senate Republicans abandoning budget reconciliation as a vehicle for repealing and replacing Obamacare and its 51-vote threshold and instead turning the Senate over to Schumer,” Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning noted in statement.

Ironically, the one accomplishment touted by McCain — confirming Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court — required Senate Republicans to abolish the judicial filibuster once and for all by lowering the threshold to confirm to 51 votes.

Senate Leadership sources have told conservative leaders

that the only way to get a bipartisan bill would be if it were restricted to being nothing more than a bailout for insurance companies without ending the individual and employer mandates, Medicaid expansion or the insurance regulations.

Of course, Obamacare itself was a bailout for insurance companies in the first place.

Employer provided coverage has not grown at all since 2007, when 158 million were covered by employerprovided insurance, according to data compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation. 156 million had such coverage in 2015.

Employer coverage fell from 53 percent of the population to 49 percent amid the recession and dropping employment population ratios for working age adults, accounting for 10 million people who would have had employer-based health insurance had the rate remained the same.

In the meantime, the individual insurance market grew from 14.5 million in 2007 to 21.8 million today, per Kaiser. This change occurred as employers laid off workers in the recession and after Obamacare became law, stopped providing employer-provided coverage at the same rate, forcing millions more into individual markets via the individual mandate and taxpayer subsidies. That was the bailout. Obamacare was just a way to give insurers a way to force the American people to buy their product. Even still, there are states where there are almost no alternative options available on insurance markets.

Why would we want to do that all over again?

In embracing a “bipartisan,” “regular order” approach to addressing this broken government mandated insurance system — apparently requiring a 60-vote threshold if it were occur outside the budget reconciliation process — McCain wants to reward

Democrats with another shot at writing health care law rather than restoring competition and bringing down premiums with market-based solutions.

If there is a silver lining, it is that now that we are on the legislation finally, once there are GOP-offered amendments that are voted down one-by-one

by Democrats, it will be clear that the only bipartisanship supported by Democrats are votes on their preferred amendments.

Leaving but two options.

Keeping Obamacare, with the support of Democrats, or leaving it behind, without them.

Unfortunately, Senate Republicans’ first bid to replace Obamacare, the Better Care Act, as McCain predicted, lacked the votes, failing 43 to 57, with nine Republicans voting no.

For what it’s worth, McCain voted yes; he’s not even the biggest problem. The proposal included an amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that would have allowed insurers to sell lower-cost plans to the American people. Didn’t Republicans campaign on bringing down premiums? The Cruz amendment would have given consumers more options on insurance markets. Perhaps those nine senators have a better plan to bring down premiums.

It should be noted that the House struggled similarly, and eventually came to a consensus that enjoyed support from all sides of the Republican Conference. Other amendments will include the 2015 Obamacare partial repeal that passed both houses of Congress and was vetoed by former President Barack Obama, but that is thought to lack the votes as well.

We are on the bill but now what? Without an apparent consensus for a replacement bill or even repeal, the Senate looks lost in its efforts to find a health care answer.

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Kislyak. Overall, investigators should be looking at who had a political interest in pushing the Trump-Russia narrative and was in a position to leak the bad intelligence.

Yet another special counsel could be appointed to look at the Clinton Foundation’s pay for play racket when Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State.

As the Associated Press reported in August 2016, more than half of Clinton’s non-governmental visitors as Secretary of State were Clinton Foundation donors. Were there any quid pro quos? Might it have had something to do with Clinton’s years-long campaign to become President? There’s only one way to find out. There should be an investigation led by a special counsel.

Of course, there is the IRS scandal targeting tea party and other 501(c)(4) organizations that were applying for tax exempt status. Starting in 2010, the IRS slow-walked these applications, asking invasive questions and discriminating solely on the basis of ideology. Then-managing director at the D.C.-based technical office Holly Paz has since testified that in Feb. 2010 “a case was identified where there was potential for political campaign activity, and that was when they reached out to Washington and the case was transferred to Washington.” Paz said she then forwarded it to agency tax specialist and attorney Carter Hull, who developed many of the invasive follow-up questions that attempted to probe just how political groups intended to be. Michael Seto, the head of Hull’s unit said it was Exempt Organization head Lois Lerner who ordered that the tea party applications be subjected to special scrutiny. In 2013, Lerner pleaded the Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself.

Perhaps a fresh look at this scandal is needed to root out any potential criminal wrongdoing. Was this a part of the Obama administration’s push to suppress tea party groups for his own reelection campaign? There should have been a special counsel then, so why not one now?

Then was the Fast and Furious gun-running scandal from 2009 to 2011

by Justice Department officials whose actions got a Border Patrol agent and hundreds of Mexicans killed. The White House was so concerned that it claimed executive privilege over documents related to the operation, whose guns were turning up at crime scenes on both sides of the border. This might not have had anything to do with presidential campaigns, per se, but surely the cover-up was intended to help Obama’s reelection campaign in 2012 and was certainly politically motivated. Either way, this was another where there should have been a special prosecutor, but Obama’s then-Attorney General Eric Holder did not appoint one. Finally, there is Ukraine’s alleged interference in the 2016 election to attempt to help the Hillary Clinton campaign win, broken by Politico in January. If the Russia interference gets a special prosecutor, why not Ukraine, whose civil war threatens to destabilize the entire region? We need to know what ties Ukraine had to the Clintons and if any U.S. officials were involved during Obama’s term of office. Were they all working together? Who knows? It might shed more light on other aspects of the Russia investigation, which we all want to get to the bottom of, right?

That should be enough to keep the Justice Department busy for quite a while, and politically might create a mutually assured destruction scenario for both Democrats and Republicans. If the standard now is we need special prosecutors to investigate politically charged allegations — where merely the allegations are enough to get the special counsel appointed — to see if any crimes were committed, let’s have at it. You don’t even need a warrant. Just an Attorney General or his designee who is willing to create the prosecuting offices to pursue criminal charges even if you don’t initially know what the crime was.

Sure that’s not what the regulations say, as noted by the National Review’s Andrew McCarthy.

But if we’re going to pervert the Justice Department to becoming a political animal to destroy political enemies such as via the Mueller investigation with general warrants in search of crimes, it might as well become a bipartisan affair.

Robert Romano is the Vice President of Public Policy of Americans for Limited Government.

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Back to School

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FAMILY FEATURES

he leisurely days of summer are over and it’s time to re-establish healthy habits and back-to-school routines. In addition to dental checkups and annual physicals, pediatric medical specialists recommend adding a scoliosis screening to back-to-school checklists.

Scoliosis, a musculoskeletal disorder that causes an abnormal curvature of the spine or backbone (sometimes resembling an “S” or “C”), is the most common deformity of the spine, affecting an estimated 6-9 million people in the United States.

Certain conditions can cause scoliosis, including muscle diseases, birth defects or injuries, but the most common scoliosis is idiopathic, which means the cause is unknown. Scoliosis is most commonly diagnosed between 10-15 years of age, during periods of rapid growth. Although 10 percent of adolescents may have the condition, not all will need care.

“Because most causes are unknown, early detection through routine screenings is key to providing the best possible outcome,” said Amer Samdani, M.D.,

chief of surgery for Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Philadelphia.

Signs of scoliosis

Scoliosis can be hereditary and it is recommended that a child who has a relative with the condition receive regular checkups for early detection as they are 20 percent more likely to develop the condition. Pediatric medical experts recommend females be screened at least twice at ages 10 and 12 and males at either age 13 or 14.

Children and teens with scoliosis rarely exhibit symptoms and sometimes the condition is not obvious until the curvature of the spine becomes severe.

In some cases, your child’s spine may appear crooked or his or her ribs may protrude. Some other markers to watch for in a child who has scoliosis are: n Clothes not fitting correctly or hems not hanging evenly n Uneven shoulders, shoulder blades, ribs, hips or waist n Entire body leaning to one side n Appearance or texture of ribs sticking up on one side when bending forward n Head not properly centered over the body

Diagnosing scoliosis

When confirming a diagnosis of scolio­ sis, a doctor will confer with you and your child while also reviewing your child’s medical history; conducting a full examination of your child’s back, chest, feet, legs, pelvis and skin; taking a series of X-rays; measuring curves; locating the apex of the curve and identifying the pattern of the curve.

Treatment of scoliosis

According to Samdani, there’s no onesize­fits­all treatment for scoliosis.

“Some cases will just need to be watched; others will need physical therapy, bracing or surgical procedures to stop the curve from progressing,” he said. “At Shriners Hospitals, we offer the whole spectrum of treatments under one roof, all working together to get the best possible outcome for each child. We also treat children regardless of the families’ ability to pay, so that often provides a huge relief to parents.”

For more information on scoliosis screenings, care and treatment, visit shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/scoliosis.

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A LIFE-CHANGING DISCOVERY

F

or competitive swimmer Katie Lyons, a love for the sport began at 7 months old when her toes touched the pool’s water for the first time. At age 4, Katie swam in her first meet. Weeks before she turned 10, her coach observed a rib cage protrusion that looked similar to another teammate who had been diagnosed with scoliosis during routine stretching exercises in practice, and contacted her parents.

The next day, her pediatrician confirmed the life­changing discovery: she had scoliosis.

Within a week of being diagnosed, Katie traveled to Shriners Hospitals for Children — Greenville, where she began

treatment for an “S” curvature of her spine and was given a 98 percent chance of needing surgery.

She was fitted for a brace, which she wore 20 hours a day and only took off for swim practice and bathing.

Now on her fourth brace, she has been removed from the surgical list and hopes to continue to avoid surgery as she goes through her adolescent growth spurts; which for many scoliosis patients, can send their curves into fast-forward.

Early detection gave Katie a wider range of options for the treatment of her scoliosis. The strength of her core and daily stretching from swimming has helped manage and lower her double curves.

App Helps Parents Detect Signs of Scoliosis You can also check your child’s spine for scoliosis with the help of your smartphone through the SpineScreen app – available for free in the iTunes and Google Play stores. For more information on the app and the importance of routine screening, visit shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/ scoliosis.

To be used as an initial at-home check, the app can detect abnormal curves when the phone is moved along a child’s spine and determine if a follow-up visit with a doctor is necessary to confirm a potential diagnosis. If your child has scoliosis or any other orthopaedic condition, Shriners Hospitals for Children has 20 locations in the United States, Mexico and Canada that provide expert care.

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Legal Advertising NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000005392832 Title Order No.: 8569253 FHA/ VA/PMI No.: ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/07/2007. 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. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 02/15/2007 as Instrument No. 20070330981 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: ELOYCE FLEMINGS, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 08/18/2017 TIME OF SALE: 11:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 . STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4108 WEST 122ND STREET, HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA 90250 APN#: 4046011-017 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 $503,387.59.

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SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the City Clerk, Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220, until 11:05 A.M., Wednesday, August 09, 2017 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. A mandatory prebid meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 02, 2017, 10:00 A.M. at 322 South Alameda Street, Compton, CA (310) 6055690.

SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the City Clerk, Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220, until 11:10 A.M., Wednesday, August 09, 2017 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. A mandatory prebid meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 02, 2017, 10:00 A.M. at 322 South Alameda Street, Compton, CA (310) 605-5690. PLEASE BRING A SAMPLE METER. SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the City Clerk, Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220, until 11:15 A.M., Wednesday, August 09, 2017 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. A mandatory prebid meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 02, 2017, 10:00 A.M. at 322 South Alameda Street, Compton, CA (310) 605-5690.

SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the City Clerk, Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220, until 11:20 A.M., Wednesday, August 09, 2017 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. A mandatory prebid meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 02, 2017, 10:00 A.M. at 322 South Alameda Street, Compton, CA (310) 6055690.

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----------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 130596 Title No. 170013974 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/02/2007. 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 08/31/2017 at 9:00 AM, The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 01/10/2007, as Instrument No. 20070050780** and Modified by Modification Recorded 2/18/2011 by Instrument No. 20110271697**, in book

xx, page xx, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Mohammad A. Bhatti, a Married 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), Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 - Vineyard Ballroom. 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 4071-004-030. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 14902 Kornblum Avenue, Hawthorne, CA 90250.

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: $507,519.63. 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: 7/26/2017 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 (800) 280-2832.

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 (800) 280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site -www.

Auction.com- for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case: 130596. 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.

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----------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: AARON TAYLOR MANLY CASE NO. 17STPB06381 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-

tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of AARON TAYLOR MANLY.

specifications. Submittals will be in the form of a lump sum bid.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JOHNNY H. MANLY in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

• August 1, 2017 Bid Notification Opens

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JOHNNY H. MANLY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

• August 17, 2017 Submittal of all questions

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.

Plans, Special Provisions and Proposal Forms will be passed out at mandatory job walk scheduled for August 10, 2017 and can only be obtained by prospective bidders as follows:

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 08/18/17 at 8:30AM in Dept. 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 GARY A. FARWELL, ESQ. - SBN 154935 LAW OFFICE OF GARY A. FARWELL, ESQ. 6060 W. MANCHESTER BLVD. STE 310 LOS ANGELES CA 90045 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/17 CNS-3036160# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:68145 CustId:61

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----------------------------------CITY OF COMPTON PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT 2017 Sibrie Park Improvement Project “NOTICE INVITING BIDS” SEALED BIDS will be received at the office of the City Clerk, City of Compton, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220 on or before , Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 10:00 AM, opened and read in the City Clerk’s Office, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220.

All Bids shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to: City Clerk, City of Compton 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton CA 90220 And marked outside with: “2017 Sibrie Parks Improvement Project” The proposed work shall be performed in accordance with the plans, specifications and other contract documents as specified herein and shall consist of the following general work descriptions: demolition of various materials, rubberized surfacing, clearing, grading, purchase and install of play area equipment, exercise equipment, site furnishings, installation of concrete headers, decomposed granite walking trail, prefabricated outdoor restroom, picnic shade shelters, landscape planting, irrigation system modifications. The work to be performed shall include, but not be limited to, the items described. All work shall include the furnishings of labor, services, tools, equipment, materials, appurtenances and incidents necessary to install and complete the work indicated per the plans and

Schedule Timeline:

• August 10, 2017 Pre – bid meeting and site walk (10am @ Sibrie Park)

• September 7, 2017 Bids due (10:00am @ City Clerks Office)

1 emailed set of Plans and Specifications: No Charge If you need additional information, please call Marvin Hunt (310) 761-1448.

The Agency reserves the right, after opening bids, to reject any or all bids, or to make award to the lowest responsible bidder and reject all other bids; to waive any informality in the bidding; and to accept any bid or portion thereof; and to take all bids under advisement for a period of Ninety (90) calendar days.

Bids will be compared on the basis of the Project Manager’s estimate of the quantities of the several items of work as shown on the Bid Sheets. Only such plans, specifications, and items of work as are appropriate shall apply to the work as bid.

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----------------------------------T.S. No.: 9551-4253 TSG Order No.: 8634369 A.P.N.: 6143-013-031 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/08/2007.

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. NBS Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 05/15/2007 as Document No.: 20071176708, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: JEWELINE LYLES, A SINGLE WOMAN AND GERTIE LYLES, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by 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).

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, and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Date & Time: 08/23/2017 at 10:00 AM Sale Location: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1434 W PALMER ST, 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 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit: $298,165.54 (Estimated) as of 08/15/2017.

Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county

recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www. nationwideposting.com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9551-4253.

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 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.

NBS Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd.

Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800-766-7751 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www. nationwideposting.com or Call: 916-939-0772. NBS Default Services, LLC, Omar Solorzano, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

However, if you have received a discharge of the debt referenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt. In the event you have received a bankruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only. NPP0313098 To: COMPTON BULLETIN 08/02/2017, 08/09/2017, 08/16/2017 SchId:68152 CustId:68

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----------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST Loan No.: L16-0204-01 / SANDERS RESS Order No.: 76116 A.P. NUMBER 4017-034-029 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/26/2016, UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on 08/23/2017, at 10:00AM of said day, Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766, RESS Financial Corporation, a California corporation, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in that certain Deed of Trust executed by SAMANTHA SANDERS, A SINGLE WOMAN recorded on 08/03/2016, in Book N/A of Official Records of LOS ANGELES County, at page N/A, Recorder’s Instrument No. 201609145854, by reason of a breach or default in payment or performance of the obligations secured thereby, including that breach or default, Notice of which was recorded 02/01/2017 as Recorder’s Instrument No. 20170135390, in Book n/a, at page n/a, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, lawful money of the United States, evidenced by a Cashier’s Check drawn on a state or national bank, or the equivalent thereof drawn on any other financial institution specified in section 5102 of the California Financial Code, authorized to do business in the State of California, ALL PAYABLE AT THE TIME OF SALE, all right, title and interest held by it as Trustee, in that real property situated in said County and State, described as follows: Portion of Lot 188, Tract 652, per Book 15, page 137, of Maps The street address or other common designation of the real property hereinabove described is purported to be: 640 HILL STREET, INGLEWOOD, CA 90302. The undersigned disclaims all liability for any incorrectness in said street address or other common designation. Said sale will be made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or other encumbrances, to satisfy the unpaid obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest and other sums as provided therein; plus advances, if any, thereunder and interest thereon; and plus fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of said obligations at the time of initial publication of this Notice is

$890,437.32. In the event that the deed of trust described in this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is secured by real property containing from one to four singlefamily residences, the following notices are provided pursuant to the provisions of Civil Code section 2924f: 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’s 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 site www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 76116. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not be immediately reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Dated: 07/25/2017 RESS Financial Corporation, a California corporation, as Trustee By: BRUCE R. BEASLEY, PRESIDENT 1780 Town and Country Drive, Suite 105, Norco, CA 928603618 (SEAL) Tel.: (951) 270-0164 or (800)3437377 FAX: (951)270-2673 Trustee’s Sale Information: (916) 939-0772 or www.nationwideposting. com NPP0313179 To: INGLEWOOD TRIBUNE 08/02/2017, 08/09/2017, 08/16/2017 SchId:68155 CustId:68

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----------------------------------T.S. No. 17-47413 APN: 6134-024-012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/28/2008.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: DOROTHY MAE TYISKA, A WIDOW Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 2/5/2008 as Instrument No. 20080212472 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:8/23/2017 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: $356,465.14 Note: Because the Benefi-

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

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 2600 W 134TH ST COMPTON, 3610

CA

90059-

Described as follows: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST A.P.N #.: 6134-024-012 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.

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) 848-9272 or visit this Internet Web site www.elitepostandpub. com, using the file number assigned to this case 1747413. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Dated: 7/26/2017 Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 For NonAutomated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920 For Sale Information: (714) 848-9272 www.elitepostandpub.com _________ Ashley Walker, Sale Assistant

Trustee

THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. EPP 22906 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/17 SchId:68158 CustId:108

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----------------------------------ORDINANCE NO. 2289 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON LEVYING A MUNICIPAL TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 I, Alita Godwin, City Clerk of the City of Compton, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted by the City Council of the City of Compton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting thereof held on this 25th day of July, 2017.

That said Ordinance is adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERSZURITA, GALVAN, MCCOY, SHARIF, BROWN NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERSNONE ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERSNONE ABSENT: C O U N C I L MEMBERSNONE The full text of this ordinance is available at no charge from the Office of the City Clerk, SchId:68161 CustId:314

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