WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2018
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SEN. KAMALA HARRIS LEADS KINGDOM DAY PARADE AS GRAND MARSHAL LOS ANGELES—Thousands of people cheered and waved along the route of today’s 33rd annual Kingdom Day Parade in South Los Angeles, billed by organizers as the nation’s biggest celebration of the life and legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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HE parade began at 10 a.m. Monday at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Western Avenue and culminated with a festival at Leimert Park. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, served as grand marshal of the parade, whose theme, “When They Go Low, We Go High,” was inspired by a comment by thenfirst lady Michelle Obama during a speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention about what she told her daughters about how to deal with “someone who is cruel or acts like a bully.” There were more than 150 units in the parade—floats, bands,
equestrian units and dance and martial arts groups—involving more than 3,000 people, according to Adrian Dove, the parade’s president and CEO. “Every year it gets bigger and stronger,” Dove told ABC7 as he rode in the parade. “And this year because of what’s happening in Washington and a lot of places, we are feeling a resurgence of going back to what it was. I was there working with Dr. King back then, registering voters, and I feel that same mood coming back.” Mayor Eric Garcetti also made reference to the nation’s political climate, expressing outrage over vulgar comments about African
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This year because of what’s happening in Washington and a lot of places, we are feeling a resurgence of going back to what it was. I was there working with Dr. King back then, registering voters, and I feel that same mood coming back. Adrian Dove nations allegedly made by President Donald Trump during a White House meeting last week. “This is an awesome parade, and it reminds us that it isn’t just about marking history, we’ve got to make history—ending homelessness, standing up against the sort of racism we saw at the highest levels this week, standing up for our immigrants and including
everybody,” Garcetti told Channel 7. The parade included entries marking last month’s 100th anniversary of the birth of Tom Bradley, Los Angeles’ lone black mayor; the upcoming science fantasy adventure film “A Wrinkle in Time”; the Cathedral City High School Ballet n Parade, see page 2
DEMOCRATS IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S RACE SAY TRUMP IS RACIST
By Michael R. Blood LOS ANGELES—Candidates seeking to become California’s next governor dueled Saturday over deep partisan differences, with Democrats and Republicans breaking sharply on issues from President Donald Trump to health care. The 90-minute forum at the University of Southern California marked an early skirmish in the contest to replace Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat in his final year in office, while mirroring the bitter party divide seen in Sacramento and across the U.S. That gap was highlighted by a discussion of vulgar remarks by the president on Friday. In an Oval Office meeting with a group of senators, Trump had questioned why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and “shithole countries” in Africa as he rejected a bipartisan immigration deal, according to one participant and people briefed on the conversation. Trump has made a partial denial. Asked about the comments, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and former state schools superintendent Delaine Easton called Trump a racist. Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, remarking on news reports, said he was surprised it took people so long to recognize it. Another Democrat, state Treasurer John Chiang, said he would challenge Trump to follow the state’s example and “California is taking a different pathway.” But the Republicans on stage, businessman John Cox of San Diego and Assemblyman Travis Allen of Huntington Beach, suggested that Democrats were trying to avoid discussing state problems. Cox said candidates should focus n Racist, see page 2
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Octavia Spencer, from left, Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monae pose in the press room with the award for outstanding motion picture for “Hidden Figures” at the 48th annual NAACP Image Awards
DuVernay, ‘black-ish,’ ‘Power’ win big at NAACP Awards
By Sandy Cohen LOS ANGELES—A jubilant Ava DuVernay was named entertainer of the year at an NAACP Image Awards ceremony that focused on the black
community’s power to create change. DuVernay, best known for directing “Selma” and “A Wrinkle in Time,” lauded other black artists from n Awards, see page 7
LOOKING TO A POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: BIG DECISIONS AWAIT CONGRESS ON IMMIGRATION
By Andrew Taylor WASHINGTON—Before a potential government shutdown at midnight Friday night, a host of leftover Washington business is bottled up in Congress, waiting on a deal to prevent the deportation of young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children and an agreement on other immigration-related issues, including President Donald Trump’s long-sought U.S.-Mexico border wall. Lawmakers in both major parties are confronted with a consequential week that includes shutdown brinksmanship linked to politically freighted negotiations over immigration. Meanwhile, there are increasingly urgent deadlines for disaster aid and renewal of the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program. A government-wide spending deal, billions of dollars in help for hurricaneslammed Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, and health care financing for 9 million children from low-income families have been on hold for weeks, caught first in a crossfire over taxes and now held up in a standoff on immigration. Lawmakers are angry that their pet priorities are stuck and are getting fed up. That rank-and-file anger has GOP leaders in a bind as they work to deliver a stopgap spending bill to stave off a shutdown. They are privately worried that if there’s no breakthrough on immigration, they could blunder their way into a shutdown that all say they want to avoid. Here are the moving parts in Capitol Hill’s high-wire week: ___ IMMIGRATION Trump has dismissed a bipartisan deal by n Shutdown, see page 7
Black Leaders Say Trump Presidency at Odds With Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy By Errin Haines Whack The first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday of Donald Trump’s presidency is taking place amid a racial firestorm of Trump’s own making. In the same week that he honored King by making a national park out of the ground where King was born and preached until his death, Trump denigrated practically the entire African diaspora, and left many
Americans headed into the civil rights icon’s birthday convinced that the leader of their country is a racist. For African-Americans in particular, this latest insult from Trump felt like whiplash. Barely a year ago, America’s first black president, Barack Obama, marked his final King Day in office with his usual community service; now, his successor is presiding over a racial backlash the country has hardly seen
in more than a generation. Trump has denied being racist, labeling himself the “least racist person there is” during his 2016 campaign. Some of his actions leading up to this year’s federal holiday honoring King’s birth seemed to be an attempt to live up to that. He began last week by designating the historic site around King’s Atlanta birth home as a national
park. By week’s end, Trump was signing a King holiday proclamation with the martyred activist’s nephew at his side. But in between, the president sat in a White House meeting on immigration policy and denigrated much of the African diaspora as “shithole countries” while expressing a preference for immigrants from Norway, a majority white nation. n Legacy, see page 3
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Folklorico Dance Group; and the Korea Eung HWA Dance Company from Seoul, South Korea. Volunteers with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation marched to promote the message that “AIDS Is a Civil Rights Issue” because of the disproportionate amount of black people with HIV or AIDS. Players and coaches from the Los Angeles Dodgers Reviving Baseball In Inner Cities baseball and softball youth development program rode on the team’s float, along with former Dodger infielder-outfielder Derrel Thomas and Dennis Powell, who pitched for the Dodgers in 1985 and 1986. World Boxing Council super middleweight champion David Benavidez was joined by former champions Timothy Bradley Jr. and Mike Weaver and 1984 Olympic gold medalist Henry Tillman on a boxing-themed float. Other elected officials taking part included Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, the 2017 grand marshal, Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson and Los Angeles City Councilmen Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Curren Price. Harris was chosen as grand marshal “because she very quickly in her capacity as a senator has become the embodiment of America’s struggle to regain our sense of constructive compassion and the pursuit of what Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. called the spirit of our better angels,” Dove said. Harris said she was “very honored” to have been chosen as grand marshal. “I think this is pivotal time in our country’s history, and to be able to celebrate the beauty, the diversity of who Los Angeles is in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King at this moment in time is a huge honor,” Harris told City News Service. “I have spent time in the neighborhoods where the parade will take place, with the families that live there, and the businesses that are thriving there. Los Angeles is a great symbol of Dr. King’s dream of who we can be as a country.” Harris said she felt “strongly that the spirit of the parade, the spirit of Dr. King’s leadership and legacy is about remembering that we are all in it together, diverse though we may be, we have so much more in common than what separates us. So this is a moment to remember that, to fight for that, to celebrate that, and march on.”
Report: Poverty, Segregation Persist in U.S. Schools By Maria Danilova Too often, low-income, black and Latino students end up in schools with crumbling walls, old textbooks and unqualified teachers, according to a report released last week by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
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HE commission said inequities are caused by the fact that schools are most funded with state and local tax dollars. More than 92 percent of funding comes from nonfederal sources, according to the Education Department. The resulting imbalance renders “the education available to millions of American public school students profoundly unequal,” the
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on improving schools, roads and the business climate and “not demonize the president.” Allen said Democrats “want to deflect” from problems tied to illegal immigration. “The president is trying to work with everyone in Congress to actually get immigration solved,” Allen said. Trump is likely to be a constant backdrop in the governor’s race, as California clashes with the White House on offshore oil drilling, immigration, legalized
commission said. For instance, the authors said, 33 percent of high schools with high black and Latino enrollment offer calculus, compared with 56 percent of high schools with low black and Latino student populations. Nationwide, 48 percent of schools offer the rigorous math course. On average, school districts spend around $11,000 per student each year, but the highest-poverty districts receive an average of $1,200 less per child than the least-poor districts, while districts serving the largest numbers of minority students get about $2,000 less than those serving the fewest students of color, according the study. The authors called on Congress to create incentives for states to adopt equitable funding systems, to ensure adequate funding for students with disabilities and to increase federal funding to
supplement local dollars for school districts that are underfunded. “The reality is that the United States does not offer the educational opportunity that is consistent with our ideals,” commission chair Catherine Lhamon told the AP. “That’s appalling and it’s dangerous and all of us need for it to change.” Education Department spokeswoman Liz Hill said the commission’s findings underscore the need for reform. Promoting charter schools, voucher programs and other forms of school choice are key goals of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. “This is further proof that too many children, simply because of where they live, are forced to attend schools that do not provide an equitable education,” Hill said in a statement. “Secretary DeVos has made clear her mission is to ensure every child has the opportunity to attend a school
that offers an excellent education that meets their individual needs.” Whether channeling more money to schools in underserved communities will help improve the quality of education is a subject of academic debate. “Money matters. If you don’t have it, you cannot spend it,” said Bruce Baker, a professor of education at Rutgers University. Baker said that states should do a better job in raising education funding and in equalizing spending among school districts. He also called for a greater federal role in making sure that less affluent states that need additional education funding get it. “Having federal money can help states that cannot help themselves and federal pressure can encourage states to do the right thing, to raise enough resources and put them where they are needed.”
marijuana and a tax overhaul that is projected to boost payments for many in the state. Trump is unpopular in the Golden State: He was crushed by over 4 million votes in California by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential contest. His presence will present a tricky calculus for Republican candidates for governor, who need to energize the GOP base at the same time they try to lure support from voters who might look askance at the president. Democrats are favored to keep control of the governor’s chair, in
a state where the party holds every statewide office and controls both chambers of the Legislature by hefty margins. Democrats also count a 3.7 million edge in voter registrations. The GOP field expanded earlier this month, when former U.S. Rep. Doug Ose filed paperwork to run. He represented the Sacramento area in Congress from 1999 to 2005. The forum, which was streamed online, gave the candidates a chance to introduce themselves to a wider audience, but the timing of the event
on a holiday weekend almost guaranteed it would go largely unnoticed. The primary election is in June. The next governor will inherit a state with a muscular economy but deep, unresolved problems, including a homeless crisis that has turned streets into tent cities, a vast wage gap between the rich and poor and a multibilliondollar pension debt for public workers that is forcing some communities to cut back services. Through much of the event, the candidates split largely along party lines.
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NEWS Poor Peoples’ Campaign Exhibit Opens at National Black History Museum in D.C. FEATURES NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN IMAGES FROM PHOTOGRAPHERS ROLAND FREEMAN, JILL FREEDMAN, ROBERT HOUSTON, LAURA JONES, CLARA WATKINS AND ERNEST WITHERS The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture commemorates the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s final human rights crusade in a new exhibition on the “Poor People’s Campaign,” a multicultural coalition that began in 1968 to end poverty. The exhibition, “City of Hope: Resurrection City & the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign,” features rare archival film and new oral histories with people who helped organize the campaign including Marian Wright Edelman and Andrew Young.
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T also features wooden tent panels, lapel buttons, placards and murals created by and used by some of the nearly 8,000 people who occupied the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for nearly six weeks to call the nation’s attention to the crippling effects of poverty for minorities, children and the elderly. The museum’s exhibition is housed in its gallery at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History as a partner to the exhibition, “American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith,” which explores the history of citizen participation, debate and compromise from the nation’s formation to today. Launching its celebration of King’s birthday, the museum, hosted a media briefing and guided tours of the new exhibition bringing in people who played key roles in building and documenting Resurrection City. “With new and recently discovered film and audio footage, images and objects, this exhibition provides a rare look inside the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign and commemorates the legacy of Dr. King’s final campaign for economic justice,” said Lonnie G. Bunch III, founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. “This
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This is the type of thing, activists, religious leaders and scholars say, that puts Trump’s presidency in direct conflict with the legacy of King, who was assassinated April 4, 1968 while trying to make America a more inclusive society. Much of Trump’s first year as president has been marked by racial controversy. Last February, Trump kicked off Black History Month by praising long-dead abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the present tense, as if Douglass were still alive. He referred to NFL players protesting systemic racism as “sons of bitches” and suggested they should be benched or fired for their refusal to stand during the national anthem. During a speech to African leaders last fall, he referred to the non-existent country of “Nambia” when attempting to discuss Namibia. In June, he said Nigerian immigrants would “never go back to their huts” after coming to the U.S. King’s son, Martin Luther King III, met with Trump on the last King holiday, four days before Trump took office. He spoke to the then-presidentelect about the importance of voting rights—only to see Trump establish a now-defunct commission to investigate voter fraud, which some saw as a move to intimidate minority voters. “I would like to believe that the president’s intentions are not to be divisive, but much of what he says
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The National Museum of African American History and Culture recently opened the “City of Hope” Exhibition to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Poor People’s Campaign.”
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exhibition reminds us that despite the unprecedented economic growth in America over the past five decades, there are still many Americans living below the poverty line. Although the Poor People’s Campaign did not achieve its goal of eradicating poverty, it spawned a multiethnic and multiracial movement for economic fairness whose belief in helping America live up to its ideals still inspires to this day. The stories of those who sacrificed so much are found in ‘City of Hope: Resurrection City
and the Poor People’s Campaign.’” Original sound recordings of musical performances and conversations among campaign participants have been provided by the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. The recordings, along with neverseen film produced by the Hearst Corp., show how people lived during the six-week occupation at Resurrection City. Among the film highlights is footage of people traveling in a caravan of muledrawn wagons from Marks, Miss., to Memphis, Tenn., for King’s memorial service and then on to Washington to participate in the Poor People’s Campaign. Background on Poor People’s Campaign and Resurrection City In the 1960s, as the United States emerged as a global model of wealth and democracy, an estimated 25 million Americans lived in poverty. From the elderly and underemployed to children and persons with disabilities, poverty affected people of every race, age, and religion. In
seems or feels to be divisive,” King III told AP in an interview. “It would be wonderful to have a president who talked about bringing America together and exhibited that, who was involved in doing a social project ... that would show humility.” Civil rights leaders said Friday the president’s comments are not new, but are the most recent and glaring proof of Trump’s racist views, and shocking to the point that congressional leaders and Americans can no longer ignore his bigotry. “The Trump era ... is a direct assault on the legacy of Dr. King,” said the Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer, where King preached for the last eight years of his life. “The conversation about who we are as Americans has shifted and given in to a kind of xenophobia that makes it difficult to discuss issues
that affect all Americans.” During the civil rights movement, King directly confronted and exposed the ills of racism, and led a movement that pressured the American government to end legalized segregation. He spent the last year of his life condemning what he called the “triple evils” of racism, poverty and war. Bernice King, who serves as chief executive officer of The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, said the lesson of nonviolence is to focus on defeating injustice, not individuals. She said her father’s life and work should be applied to the current moment, where racism has again come out into the open. “Trump’s election could be a blessing in disguise,” Bernice King said. “This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.”
Launching its celebration of King’s birthday, the museum, hosted a media briefing and guided tours of the new exhibition bringing in people who played key roles in building and documenting Resurrection City.
TRUMP SIGNS BILL EXPANDING PARK HONORING KING
President Donald Trump has signed a bill to create a national historic park in Atlanta honoring Martin Luther King Jr. The new law expands an existing historic site commemorating King to include the Prince Hall Masonic Temple. The temple served as the headquarters of an organization once headed by King, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The site currently includes King’s childhood home and a church where he was a pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church. Trump signed the legislation aboard Air Force One after arriving in Georgia to attend a college football championship game. He was joined by King’s niece Alveda King. White House spokesman Hogan Gidley says King made America “more just and free.”
response, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led by King and Ralph David Abernathy, organized the Poor People’s Campaign as a national human rights issue. As a multiethnic movement that included African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Puerto Ricans, Asians and poor whites from Appalachia and rural communities, the six-week,
live-in demonstration in Washington attracted protestors nationwide. The campaign leaders presented demands to Congress, including jobs, living wages and access to land, capital and health care. It was the first large-scale, nationally organized demonstration after King’s death. The campaign, the final vision of King’s life, has come to be known as his most ambitious dream.
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The State of America’s Children Demands Your Action Right Now! By Marian Wright Edelman It is a national disgrace that children are the poorest Americans. The Children’s Defense Fund’s new report The State of America’s Children® 2017 details the immoral, costly and preventable poverty, homelessness, hunger, health problems, poor education and violence plaguing children who are America’s responsibility and future. The U.S. has 73.6 million children. Nearly 1 in 5 are poor—more than 13.2 million. Children of color, who will be a majority of our children by 2020, are disproportionately poor. About 1 in 3 Black, 1 in 3 American Indian/Alaskan Native and 1 in 4 Hispanic children are poor compared to 1 in 9 White children. Nearly 70 percent of poor children are non-White. Imagine a young girl—let’s call her Janie—who is one of those millions of poor children. Maybe she lives in California or Texas, the states with the biggest numbers of poor children, or in New Mexico, Mississippi, Louisiana, or Kentucky, the states with the highest child poverty rates. What else do we know about what Janie’s life may be like? Janie may be one of the 3.9 million children who still lack health coverage or one of the nearly 9 million children at risk of losing coverage because of Congress’s shameful inaction in funding the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). She might be one of the nearly 1 in 5 children—14.8 million— who live in food-insecure households and don’t have enough to eat. As a poor child she probably didn’t get the best chance to start school ready to learn because less than half of poor children are ready for school at age 5 compared with 75 percent of their wealthier peers. Only 5 percent of eligible infants and toddlers are in Early Head Start and 54 percent of eligible 3- and 4-year-olds are in Head Start. As she grows up, Janie may never catch up: The majority of all public school fourth and eighth graders cannot read at grade level and more than 75 percent of lowerincome fourth and eighth grade public school students could not read or compute at grade level compared with less than 55 percent
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By Oscar H. Blayton Most Black folk might get offended if it is suggested that they are enablers to white supremacists. Yet, this enabling takes place every day. In 1966, I was a 20-year-old Marine Corps draftee-recruit at Parris Island. I also was applying to get into the Marine Corps’ aviation program similar to what was depicted in the film “An Officer and a Gentleman.” As a part of the application process, I had to be interviewed by a Marine colonel. At one point, the white colonel, who was seated behind his desk, asked me “Who do you admire more, Jackie Robinson or Cassius Clay?” A Black master sergeant, who was standing behind the seated colonel, gave me the “Don’t be a fool” look. That look made me know what answer the white man wanted to hear, so I loudly affirmed, “Jackie Robinson, sir.” Having lived most of my life in the segregated South, I knew danger lay in making white people feel uncomfortable, particularly a white man with power over my future.
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Growing up poor means [a child] is more likely to be involved in the child welfare system—every 47 seconds a child is abused or neglected … and the number of children in foster care is increasing rapidly as the opioid crisis spins out of control. of higher-income students. Growing up poor means Janie is more likely to be involved in the child welfare system—every 47 seconds a child is abused or neglected, the majority of them victims of neglect, and the number of children in foster care is increasing rapidly as the opioid crisis spins out of control. She may even be one of the more than 1.2 million public school children who are homeless. She also would be more likely to be involved in the juvenile justice system, one of the 2,805 children arrested every day. Finally, growing up in America puts her at risk of the very
American scourge of gun violence. Although the U.S. accounts for less than 5 percent of the global population, our civilians own 35-50 percent of civilian–owned guns in the world, most recently estimated as high as 310 million guns. In contrast, U.S. military and law enforcement combined owned only 4 million guns. Eight children and teens are killed with guns every day and gun violence is the leading cause of death for Black children and teens. How are the leaders of our wealthy nation addressing the grim child survival needs of children like Janie across the country? Making
them worse. It is a disgrace. What kind of leaders and people cut essential food and health care from babies and children to give massive tax cuts to billionaires and corporations? This is one of the scariest times America’s children have faced in the struggle to level the playing field as the last 50 years of progress in child health coverage, nutrition, education, and other child and family programs are ravaged. We should be building on what we know works and moving forward, not backwards, to improve the odds for children who need our protection. We urge the American public to stand up and stop this savage war on children. The White House and Republican members now celebrating the massive and morally obscene tax cuts are expected to add to the outrageous injustice by slashing Medicaid, SNAP, education, housing and other crucial child investments to pay for welfare for nonneedy millionaires, billionaires and corporations. We can and must do better – and need to follow up on proven solutions
that work to improve the odds for America’s children at the same time that we fight all efforts to take away the gains we’ve already made after laborious work over a half century. The State of America’s Children® 2017 is a critical tool for everyone who cares about whether children are treated fairly and our nation’s future. It provides a comprehensive overview of children’s status nationally and in each state. The report also addresses the especially dire needs facing children in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands even before last year’s hurricanes, which worsened them; offers a portrait of immigrant children; and describes how poorly we rank among rich countries for investing in children. Despite our great wealth, the U.S. lags behind other industrialized nations in investing in our children and consistently ranks among the worst on key child outcomes. We should be ashamed. Addressing our moral poverty and preparation of our young for fruitful lives should be our priority. We must persist but we need your help. We ask you to use the data in The State of America’s Children® 2017 along with stories of children you know or work with and share them with your Members of Congress and with us. Download The State of America’s Children® 2017 and a volume of one-page factsheets summarizing children’s status in your individual states, the District of Columbia and nationwide and use our interactive map to see how children in your state are faring. Ask your Representative and Senators whether they would deprive their own children of the health care, food, and education they need. Please rev up your engines of outrage and courage in 2018 and make sure we keep moving forward with persistence to protect our children’s futures and the future of our nation and world. Marian Wright Edelman is President of the Children’s Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information go to www. childrensdefense.org.
Stop Enabling White Supremacy A year later, I was a freshly minted lieutenant receiving flight training in Pensacola, Fla., and I never gave any thought to the fact that I had enabled that white colonel in maintaining his sense of racial superiority. Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful to that Black master sergeant for keeping me from falling into a white superiority trap. The wrong answer would have sent me to Vietnam as an infantryman. This little drama took place almost 52 years ago, but there are times today when people of color feel the need to play the white superiority game for the sake of survival. Moving forward in the world as it exists, Black folks must develop strategies that tear down notions of white supremacy so there no longer will be a need to tell white people only what they want to hear. We must yank white people out of their comfort zones by emphatically and unapologetically making them feel uncomfortable. Many Black folks are in positions where they can do this and still survive. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback
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White supremacy and racial micro-aggressions intrude into the lives of people of color every day and we must begin to push back. Colin Kaepernick is doing it. And while he is paying a high price, he still survives. White supremacy and racial microaggressions intrude into the lives of people of color every day and we must begin to push back. It is important to push back even if we cannot do it in as visible a fashion as Colin Kaepernick. Particularly,
these assaults can be challenged successfully in private settings and in one-on-one interactions with our white “friends” because they often do not realize that their actions are based upon notions of white supremacy as well as implicit bias. In this era of Trump, America is growing uglier and white supremacy is resurging. If people of color do not push back, we will lose our
opportunity to ever speak freely and live freely in this country. We can’t afford to delude ourselves into believing people of color have the freedom to speak and live freely in America. I knew I did not have those freedoms in 1966 when it was clear that I could not correct that white colonel and answer his question by saying, “His name is Muhammad Ali.”
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Never Forget Why Martin Luther King, Jr. Was in Memphis By Julianne Malveaux Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. didn’t plan to get involved in the Memphis garbage worker’s strike. He hadn’t planned to be there on the fateful day when he was shot on April 4, 1968. King was pressured to go the first time and found the garbage worker’s strike compelling. He promised to return, and felt it important to keep his word, despite a packed schedule. Memphis was so very important, because the 1,300 Black men who worked in the city’s sanitation department were treated despicably. Two workers had been crushed in a garbage compactor in 1964, but the faulty equipment had not been replaced. On February 1, 1968, two more men, Echol Cole, 36, and Robert Walker, 30, were crushed in the compactor. The two men were contract workers, so they did not qualify for workmen’s compensation, and had no life insurance. The city of Memphis paid $500 plus one month’s pay for their funeral expenses. Robert Walker’s wife, Earline, was pregnant at the time of his death. Memphis garbage workers were notoriously ill-treated. They were poorly paid, at $1.60 (the minimum wage) to $1.90 per hour. They were not paid overtime, even though they were often required to work more than 8 hours a day. Their pay was so low that many held second jobs, or received public assistance. They were not paid to work when there was inclement weather, like rain or snow. And their supervisors, mostly White, were much better paid, no matter what the weather. After the deaths of Echol Cole and Robert Walker, garbage workers demanded better wages, better working conditions,
and union recognition. The city council agreed, but the racist, indifferent mayor, Henry Loeb, vetoed the city council’s action. The men went on strike on February 11, 1968, and stayed out 64 days, until April 12. Have we forgotten the poignant pictures of grown men carrying hand-lettered signs that said “I Am A Man,” and the irony of these hardworking men having to declare that which should have been perfectly obvious? Memphis Black garbage workers were not treated as men, but as disposable beings considered only useful for dealing with other people’s rubbish. They weren’t the
LA Times to L.A. County Supervisors: Stop Naming Things After Yourselves! From the LA Times Hey, here’s an idea: Let’s rename the L.A. Convention Center for Mayor Eric Garcetti. Right now. And how about a magnet school for L.A. Unified board member Kelly Gonez, now in her seventh month of service? And Doug Jones, that new U.S. senator from Alabama — he ought to get at least a library or a garage or something. Well, why not? That’s how it’s done, right? You get elected to public office and you name stuff after yourself. This isn’t like the old days when such honors went to politicians only after they died, or the not-quite-so-old days when they at least had to leave office first. No, this is an era full of selfaggrandizement and devoid of shame or decorum. All the old rules go out the window. And so we have Item 21 on Tuesday’s Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agenda: Name a new mental health center in the city of San Fernando for Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. This is different from all those regional parks like Bonelli, Schabarum and Debs, or the John Anson Ford Theatres or the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, named by previous boards as going-away presents for retiring supervisors after long and distinguished (or in some cases just long) tenures. Kuehl may have a long and distinguished record as an activist, attorney, lawmaker, performer and ceiling shatterer, but that’s hardly the point. This is no parting gift. For heaven’s sake, Kuehl hasn’t even completed her first term as a supervisor. She is raising money for reelection. She just assumed the board chairmanship a few weeks ago. Since when do boards of supervisors name things after members who just got there? The only thing more absurd would be to, say, erect a statue to Supervisor Hilda Solis. And that, by the way, would be Item 13 on Tuesday’s agenda: “Authorize the Acting Executive Director of the Arts Commission to accept a donation of a sculpture of Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and civil rights leader, Dolores Huerta, by artist José Sacal..” Seriously. A statue. Members of the Arts Commission, by the way, are appointed by the Board of Supervisors. That outdoes even Michael D. Antonovich, who takes the legacy prize for greatest number of public assets bearing his name — a courthouse, a wilderness area, a park, a trail, etc. Yes, many of those things were named for him while he was still in office (he served 36 years). But that’s a singular pattern that ought to have been term-limited along with the supervisor himself. Instead of a motion to name a building for Kuehl or to accept a statue of Solis, the item that ought to be coming before the board Tuesday is a policy against ever doing such things, at least until a successor has been elected. Metro had such a policy until 2014 — when it abandoned the prohibition in order to name stations after departing Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky and Gloria Molina.
only ones. Many Black people, even after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, received unequal pay, and thoroughly unacceptable terms and conditions of work. The city of Memphis was violating national labor laws, but, because the people they were abusing were Black, nobody cared, and nobody noticed until the garbage workers went on strike. The Association of Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the union that the Memphis garbage workers were affiliated with. They have developed a campaign called “I AM 2018,” that is focused on organizing and on a
series of events to commemorate the strike, to honor the memories of Cole and Walker, and to focus on the dignity of work. The “I AM 2018” campaign is needed now, more than ever, as worker dignity is continues to be assailed. The U.S. Department of Labor seems to be on a campaign to rescind Obama-era rules that improve life for workers. For example, an Obama rule would require employers to pay four hours of wages to workers who are “on call” whether they are used or not. Why? Because, if the workers are on call, they are tethered to the telephone and need to be paid for their time. Since “45,” was elected,
though, many companies have lined up to ask the Department of Labor to rescind the proposed rule. They say that the rule is too costly for corporations and businesses and that it will cost the nation jobs. New York State Senator Chris Jacobs says the proposed rule will be a “devastating blow” to business. In this aggressively and myopically pro-business climate, who wants to bet that the proposed rule will be rescinded? Just as King stood with Memphis garbage workers, he would now stand with the “I AM 2018” campaign, and with the “on call” workers who can’t get respect or compensation for their availability. We are still not finished with the work Dr. King started, not finished with the struggle for economic justice. We have not attained equality or developed an economic agenda for shared prosperity, for workplace dignity and for human rights. We must remember Echol Cole and Robert Walker, who were killed because Memphis just didn’t care enough to have working equipment for their garbage workers. We must remember the audacity that Black men had to strike and a time when they might lose their jobs for simply talking back; And we must reclaim audacity and resist the current administration’s attempts to dehumanize all of us. The struggle for justice clearly must continue. Julianne Malveaux is an author, economist and founder of Economic Education. Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy” is available to order at Amazon.com and at www. juliannemalveaux.com. Follow Dr. Malveaux on Twitter @drjlastword.
How the ACLU Plans to Engage in the 2018 Midterm Elections By Faiz Shakir ACLU National Political Director Earlier this week, former Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that he plans to run for U.S. Senate from Arizona. The ACLU has aggressively and successfully sued Arpaio for denying incarcerated women access to abortion, victimizing people with disabilities, and racially profiling Latinos. Now, sadly, he thinks that record of illegal and inhumane conduct qualifies him to be a senator. And in Kansas, Secretary of State Kris Kobach is running for governor, campaigning on his platform of cruelty to undocumented immigrants and false claims about voter fraud. Across the country, there are countless politicians of both parties who are standing for election in spite of terrible civil rights and civil liberties records. If you ever wondered whether elections really matter, the agenda of these candidates should remove any doubt. So what are we going to do about it? This year, the ACLU plans to do electoral work in a serious way for the first time. We’re getting involved in elections because the stakes are incredibly high for civil rights and civil liberties issues in America. The ACLU aims to educate voters about the civil liberties and civil rights records of candidates and build a base of voters who will factor those records into how they will vote. At the same time, we’ll be mobilizing ACLU volunteers to ensure that Americans around the
country understand the potential consequences of these elections. The ACLU takes its nonpartisan status very seriously. We are not nonpartisan merely out of tradition or to protect our tax status; we are nonpartisan because our commitment to civil rights and civil liberties drives everything we do. We are nonpartisan because we have had allies from all political stripes and all political parties – and opponents, also. Rather than judge politicians based on their party affiliation, we judge them on their records on civil liberties and civil rights. When we engage in a race, we do so to highlight the issues we care about. Success for us is infusing a discussion of key civil liberties issues into the elections and into a voter’s calculus when casting that vote. We would welcome candidates with poor records to alter or renounce their positions as a result of our advocacy. We’re trying to change hearts and minds on civil liberties issues, and therefore we have long-term goals. For instance, an anticivil liberties candidate may very well win despite our best efforts to educate voters about that race, but we will nevertheless have fulfilled our mission there if we’re able to increase voters’ understanding and awareness of civil liberties issues. We, therefore, make the following commitments about our electoral work going forward: RESCIND THE MUSLIM BAN IMMEDIATELY
TAKE ACTION NOWThe ACLU will not endorse or oppose specific candidates for elected office. Our goal is to ensure that voters are educated about the potential consequences of an election, not to support specific candidates. Therefore, you will not see the ACLU setting up a PAC or independent expenditure arm. The ACLU will not tell people to vote for particular candidates. Educated voters can make their own decisions. The ACLU’s job is to provide voters with the information they need to know about what is at stake. The ACLU will not coordinate with any partisan organization. While the ACLU believes deeply in working in coalition with other nonprofits, we have no interest in partisan coordination. Our aims are different from those of a political party, and are driven by issue-based goals. (We know, for instance, gerrymandered political maps that disenfranchise voters have been drawn by both Republicans and Democrats.) We welcome coordination with any and all groups who share our goals and our desire to engage in issue advocacy. The ACLU will let civil rights and civil liberties issues drive its electoral work. The ACLU is not doing electoral work to affect the balance of political power, but to drive concrete policy outcomes that matter for people’s lives. We will choose to engage in electoral races where important civil rights and civil liberties issues are at
stake. And we aim to establish a mandate for politicians to enact policies that expand rights and freedoms for all. The ACLU will aim to educate voters about the consequences of specific elections. This could include issuing scorecards, hosting ACLU-sponsored issue-based town hall meetings, doing issue-focused radio ads or TV, mailers, or window and yard signs. The goal is to infuse a discussion of civil rights and civil liberties into a political race and to communicate to the public how the choice of elected officials leads to differences in policies and impacts on people’s lives. The ACLU will urge voters to go to the polls. It does not matter how much voters understand about an election if they do not vote — in the end, the choices that people make on Election Day have great consequences. The ACLU will encourage voters to make their voices heard. We’ll also campaign hard to pass ballot initiatives that would expand the right to vote, and we’ll look to defeat ballot initiatives that encroach on individual liberties. Electoral work like this is a new and exciting venture for the ACLU, but in many ways it is a natural extension of the work we have been doing for almost 100 years. The ACLU has never shied away from a fight when civil liberties were at stake, whether that fight was in a court room, Congress, or a state legislature. In 2018, we add one more venue. We ask you to join us in this important endeavor.
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Trump Work Requirement Rewrites Health Care Rules for Poor By Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar Rewriting the rules on health care for the poor, the Trump administration said last Thursday it will allow states to require “able-bodied” Medicaid recipients to work, a hotly debated first in the program’s half-century history.
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EEMA Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said requiring work or community involvement can make a positive difference in people’s lives and in their health. The goal is to help people move from public assistance into jobs that provide health insurance. “We see people moving off of Medicaid as a good outcome,” she said. But advocates said work requirements will become one more hoop for low-income people to jump through, and many could be denied needed coverage because of technicalities and challenging new paperwork. Lawsuits are expected as individual states roll out work requirements. “All of this on paper may sound reasonable, but if you think about the people who are affected, you can see people will fall through the cracks,” said Judy Solomon of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which advocates for the poor. Created in 1965 for families on welfare and low-income seniors, Medicaid now covers more than 70 million people, or about 1 in 5 Americans. The federal-state collaboration has become the nation’s largest health insurance program. Beneficiaries range from pregnant women and newborns to elderly nursing home residents. Medicaid was expanded under former President Barack Obama, with an option allowing states to cover millions more low-income adults. Many of them have jobs that don’t provide health insurance. People are not legally required to hold a job to be on Medicaid, but states traditionally can seek federal
waivers to test new ideas for the program. Verma stressed that the administration is providing an option for states to require work, not making it mandatory across the country. Her agency spelled out safeguards that states should put in place to get federal approval for their waivers. States can also require alternatives to work, including volunteering, caregiving, education, job training and even treatment for a substance abuse problem. The administration said 10 states have applied for waivers involving work requirements or community involvement. They are: Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Utah and Wisconsin. Advocates for low-income people say they expect Kentucky’s waiver to be approved shortly. In Kentucky, which expanded Medicaid, Republican state Sen. Damon Thayer said work requirements could lessen the program’s impact on the state budget. They also hearken back to the program’s original intent, he added, “as temporary assistance to try to help people get back on their feet, not a permanent subsidy for someone’s lifestyle, if they’re capable of working.” But congressional Democrats said the Trump administration is moving in the wrong direction. “Health care is a right that shouldn’t be contingent on the ideological agendas of politicians,” said Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees Medicaid. The debate about work requirements doesn’t break neatly along liberal-conservative lines. A poll last year from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation found that 70 percent of the public supported allowing states to require Medicaid recipients to work, even as most Americans opposed deep Medicaid cuts sought by congressional Republicans and the Trump administration. Another Kaiser study found that most working-age adults on Medicaid are already employed. Nearly 60 percent work either full time or part time, mainly for employers that don’t
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Feds OK First Drug Aimed at Women with Inherited Breast Cancer By Linda A. Johnson U.S. regulators have approved the first drug aimed at women with advanced breast cancer caused by•an inherited flawed gene. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved AstraZeneca PLC’s Lynparza for patients with inherited BRCA gene mutations who have undergone chemotherapy. The drug has been on the market since 2014 for ovarian cancer, and is the first in a new class of medicines called PARP inhibitors to be approved for breast cancer. PARP inhibitors prevent cancer cells from fixing problems in their DNA. Lynparza will cost $13,886 per month without insurance, according to AstraZeneca. The company is offering patients financial assistance. “While there is currently no cure for metastatic breast cancer, today’s approval offers a new, targeted option that may help to delay disease progression for these patients,” Dr. Susan M. Domchek at the University of Pennsylvania’s
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About 250,000 people each year are diagnosed with breast cancer and just over 40,000 die from it, according to the National Cancer Institute. Abramson Cancer Center said in a statement. Until recently, cancer medicines targeted the disease based on where in the body it occurs. This is a new approach to “target the underlying genetic causes of a cancer,” the FDA’s Dr. Richard Pazdur said in a statement. The agency also approved a companion blood test from Myriad Genetic Laboratories Inc. for detecting BRCA mutations and determining which patients likely would benefit from Lynparza. About 250,000 people each year are diagnosed with breast cancer and just over 40,000 die from it, according to the National Cancer Institute. About 20
percent to 25 percent of patients with hereditary breast cancers have a BRCA mutation. BRCArelated breast cancer often strikes younger people and is harder to treat than other breast cancers. The latest approval was based on a study of 302 women with cancers that have spread beyond the breast and who had a BRCA gene mutation. Lynparza modestly delayed the time until cancer worsened—7 months versus 4 months for women given one of three commonly used chemotherapies. About half the study participants responded to Lynparza compared with about a quarter of those only treated with chemotherapy. It’s unknown whether treatment increases survival. Possible side effects are less severe than for chemotherapy, but serious problems can include blood and bone marrow cancers. Common side effects include nausea, fatigue, respiratory infections and blood count problems. Lynparza is marketed jointly by UK-based AstraZeneca and Merck & Co., which is based in Kenilworth, New Jersey.
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Some Medicaid recipients say the coverage has enabled them to get healthy enough to return to work. Thursday’s administration guidance spells out safeguards that states should consider in seeking work requirements. These include: • Exempting pregnant women, disabled people and the elderly. • Taking into account hardships for people in areas with high unemployment, or for people caring for children or elderly relatives. • Allowing people under treatment for substance abuse to have their care counted as “community engagement” for purposes of meeting a requirement. The administration said states must fully comply with federal disability and civil rights laws to accommodate disabled people and prevent those who are medically frail from being denied coverage. States should try to align their Medicaid work requirements with similar conditions in other programs, such as food stamps and
cash assistance. The National Association of Medicaid Directors, a nonpartisan group representing state officials, said in a statement there’s no consensus on whether work requirements are the right approach. “This is a very complex issue that will require thoughtful and nuanced approaches,” said the group. Trump’s new direction can be reversed by a future administration. Although waivers can have lasting impact they don’t amount to a permanent change in the program. They’re considered “demonstration programs” to test ideas. The administration says the impact will be closely evaluated. “We know that Republicans tend to think of Medicaid more as a welfare program, while Democrats tend to think of it as more of a health insurance program,” said Diane Rowland, the Kaiser foundation’s leading expert on the program. “It will be interesting to see how states are going to make this work for people.”
Ex-California Hospital Owner Sentenced for $600M Fraud Plan The former owner of Pacific Hospital in Long Beach was sentenced to federal prison on Friday for running a $600 million workers compensation fraud scheme. Michael Drobot, 73, was sentenced Friday to 63 months in prison and fined $500,000. Earlier this week, he was ordered to forfeit $10 million to the government and to liquidate assets that include real estate along with a 1965 Aston Martin, a 1958 Porsche and a 1971 Mercedes Benz. Prosecutors said that for at least 15 years, Drobot paid more than $40 million to dozens of doctors, chiropractors and other medical professionals in return for referring thousands of patients to his hospital for spinal surgeries. Some of the patients lived hundreds of miles from the hospital. Drobot filed some $600 million in bills for the surgeries with state and federal workers compensation
insurance systems. The bills included the cost of medical hardware implanted into patients that were sold by Drobot’s own company. He exploited a now-repealed California law that permitted hospitals to pass the full cost of medical devices implanted in spinal surgeries to workers compensation insurers, prosecutors said. A former state senator, Ronald Calderon, is serving a federal prison sentence for accepting bribes, including some from Drobot in exchange for making efforts to preserve the law. Drobot pleaded guilty in 2014 to conspiracy and paying illegal kickbacks. U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton, who sentenced Drobot, said he ``introduced greed into the doctor-patient relationship.’’ Seven other people, including Drobot’s son Michael, also have pleaded guilty in connection with the scheme and await sentencing.
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the stage as she accepted her award Monday night, naming writers and directors such as Shonda Rhimes, Gina PrinceBythewood, Kenya Barris and “Black Panther” Ryan Coogler. “This is our time,” DuVernay said. “We can say we were here when all this gorgeous art was happening, and that we supported it — that we lifted each other up, that we did as Dr. King said we would do: Live the dream. We’re the dream.”
Anthony Anderson hosted the ceremony at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, on what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.’s 89th birthday. While his politically tinged monologue poked fun at the presidential administration and Omarosa Manigault, others used their time onstage to encourage more civic involvement and the fight for social justice. Producer Will Packer took a dig at President Donald
Trump’s recent comments about immigration as the producer accepted an award for “Girls Trip,” which won for outstanding film. “Sisters, especially the ones from Haiti and Africa, we love you as your brothers,” he said. Kerry Washington, Tracee Ellis Ross, Laverne Cox, Jurnee Smollet-Bell, Lena Waithe and Angela Robinson set the tone for the evening when they emerged onstage holding hands to dramatically issue a get-out-
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the-vote call. The six women declared support for the Time’s Up initiative to stop sexual harassment and gender discrimination and urged viewers to speak up at the polls as well. “The midterms are a perfect moment for us to use our voices,” Robinson said. “If we can take back a senate seat in Alabama...” “Then we have the ability to shift the imbalance of power,” Smollet-Bell said. Barris’ show “black-ish” was the night’s big winner. The ABC hit was named best comedy series and took acting honors for stars Ross and Anderson. “It’s an extraordinary thing to be able to show what a beautiful black family looks like on television,” Ross said as the cast accepted the comedy series honor. “Power” was named best drama series, and star Omari Hardwick won for dramatic actor. Other winners included “Gifted” actress Octavia Spencer and “Empire” star Taraji P. Henson, who were both absent, and Daniel Kaluuya, who won for his leading role in “Get Out.” The British actor was clearly delighted at his victory. “I don’t think you’re allowed to beat Denzel Washington
in acting competitions,” said Kaluuya, who bested Washington for the prize. The 28-year-old actor thanked his mom and “Get Out” writerdirector Jordan Peele. “So many people didn’t believe in me, and you did, and you made all of us feel included,” Kaluuya said. “Thank you so much for letting us be seen.” NAACP president Derrik Johnson asked viewers to text in their pledge to vote in 2018 before presenting the President’s Award to Danny Glover. Glover was recognized for his professional and philanthropic contributions, particularly his work with the United Nations and his advocacy for labor unions. Glover spoke specifically of a Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, where 80 percent of employees are black, that has yet to organize. “Civil rights and labor rights have always been one and the same,” he said. The special awards provided some of the night’s most poignant moments. Halle Berry talked about the significance of presenting the NAACP Image Awards on Martin Luther King Jr. day. “We need to take heed to his eloquent words: ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about the things that matter,’” she said. “Today is an affirmation that we will never ever, ever, ever be silent again.” She presented the Music Makes a Difference award to Charlie Wilson, who talked about his road from addiction and homelessness to musical success and philanthropy. He said he prayed and promised that if he could survive the streets, he would return to serve others. Wilson said Monday that he has been sober for 22 years and is focused on helping homeless addicts. Labor organizer William Lucy received the Chairman’s Award for his more than 40 years of service. Beyond his union leadership, Lucy was also an activist who fought apartheid in South Africa. He dedicated his award to the Memphis sanitation workers who went on strike in 1968, several of whom were in the audience at the Image Awards. King spoke to the striking employees the night before he was assassinated. Another arresting moment in the show came during singer Andra Day’s chilling performance of Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit.” Rapper Common joined her for their song “Stand Up for Something,” and the whole audience rose to its feet.
government shutdown after that. In a shutdown, vital government services like law enforcement and air traffic control would continue, as would benefit programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. But national parks would close, and many federal bureaucrats would be sent home. No one says they want a government shutdown, though House Democrats — whose votes may be needed for another stopgap spending bill — opposed two stopgap spending bills last month. House GOP leaders overcame the obstacle then but aren’t so sure they can produce the votes now. Democrats are demanding real progress on immigration to vote to stave off a shutdown. But what happens if the pressure is really cranked up isn’t necessarily clear — either for GOP holdouts or House Democrats. It’s more than likely that if a stopgap bill passes the House, it would again glide through the Senate. ___ BUDGET CAPS Both sides say they want a deal to increase spending caps that
limit money for both the military and domestic programs. A 2015 budget agreement negotiated by then-Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has expired, bringing the return of stringent limits imposed by a 2011 fiscal deal. Talks to increase these caps have proceeded behind the scenes toward a two-year deal that could increase spending by more than $200 billion over that span when compared with the legal cap. An agreement could snap into place quickly once immigration is resolved, but GOP defense hawks are increasingly anxious. A caps agreement is a prerequisite for smooth completion of the more than $1.1 trillion budget for annual agency operations. ___ DISASTER AID An $81 billion disaster aid bill that passed in the House has stalled in the Senate, where leaders have been hoping to add it to other legislation such as the broader budget agreement. Lawmakers from hurricaneslammed states such as Texas and Florida and the territory of Puerto Rico are increasingly anxious over the delays. ___ CHILDREN’S HEALTH Because of the recently passed GOP tax bill, which eliminates the individual mandate to purchase health insurance in “Obamacare” in 2019, the Congressional Budget Office has found that it doesn’t cost money to renew the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. It pays for health care for 9 million children from low-income families, and authorization for it expired Oct. 1. States have been limping along on unused funds and prior short-term fixes. Several states are at risk of running out of CHIP money soon, and it’s looking as though a multiyear extension of the program may be added to the stopgap funding bill.
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10. River-dwelling phlebotomist 11. Absurd 12. Lazybones 18. *Team with most Super Bowl appearances 20. “Cheers” regular 24. Itty-bitty bit 25. Sonia Sotomayor’s garb 26. Heavenly glow 27. a.k.a. The Islamic State 28. *Team with most Super Bowl wins 29. *Justin’s “Wardrobe Malfunction” partner 30. Drug abuser 33. Sounds of amazement 35. Little cave 36. Et alibi 37. Birth ____ or mortality ____ 39. Pestilence pest 44. Moonfish 47. Impassioned 49. Author’s co-worker 50. Broadcast in progress 51. From this time 52. Old hat 53. r in d = rt 56. Sandwich cookie 57. *Like Super Bowl broadcast 58. Cote d’Azur locale 59. Pouches 63. Poe’s Morgue 64. *Former Ravens owner or HOFer Donovan
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Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., that would pair protections for the young immigrants with border security money and other measures. Instead, Republicans are invested in a rival bipartisan group led by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California. Four issues are the focus of the talks: protection for the young immigrants, limits on family migration for their parents, border security, and elimination of a diversity visa lottery system. But there are huge obstacles to a deal, considering intense political pressure from both the right and the left, Trump’s erratic and impulsive behavior, months of hard feelings, and suspicion of bad faith harbored on both sides. On the other hand, pressure is intense for an agreement because, without one, much of the rest of Washington’s agenda is on hold. ___ STOPGAP SPENDING The government is financed through Friday, and another temporary spending bill is needed to prevent a partial
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ith tax season in full swing, take time to consider how to get the most out of your tax return, which includes finding all the credits and deductions available to you. While many taxpayers claim common deductions, such as home mortgage interest and self-employment expenses, there are additional tax deductions that can lessen your final tax bill or increase your refund. These often-overlooked tax breaks could potentially save you hundreds – maybe even thousands – of dollars if you itemize deductions. To start, get to know the difference between tax credits and tax deductions. Tax credits reduce the amount you owe in taxes. In some circumstances, tax credits allow a refundable credit, meaning you may not only reduce the amount you owe to $0, but you can also get money back. Deductions, on the other hand, simply reduce your taxable income. Both can have a potentially significant impact on your taxes and are often worth the extra effort to include on your return. Some commonly overlooked credits include: 1. Child and Dependent Care Credit You can claim a credit of up to $2,100 for day care for your dependents so you and your spouse can work. Qualifying dependents include children under 13 and parents who are no longer able to care for themselves. 2. Earned Income Tax Credit The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a federal tax credit based on your income and the number of qualifying children living with you. Nearly 1 in 5 people who qualify fail to claim the credit, worth up to $6,318. Just because you didn’t qualify last year doesn’t mean you won’t this year; one-third of the EITC-eligible population changes each year based on marital, parental and financial status. 3. Saver’s Credit or the Retirement Savings Contributions Credit Make sure you “pay yourself first.” Even if it is only $20 each pay cycle, make sure you are putting some money into a retirement fund. If your company offers a retirement savings plan, like a 401(k), it is usually in your best interest
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LEGAL NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS CITY OF COMPTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT “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, January 18, 2017 at 10:00 AM, opened and read in the City Clerk’s Office, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. The bid package will be available online at www.comptoncity.org on December 21, 2017. 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: “STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT CDBG #13-01” DO NOT OPEN WITH REGULAR MAIL
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: Install Asphalt Concrete (AC), install ADA compliant curb ramps, curb, gutter and sidewalk improvements, driveway improvements, striping and traffic loop replacement, street sign replacement, and other minor associated work. A Prebid Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 4 , 2018 at 2:00 pm at Compton City Hall (second floor), 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90221. Plans, Special Provisions and Proposal Forms will be available by December 21, 2017, at 10:00 am and can only be obtained by prospective bidders as follows: 1 CD of Plans and Specifications: No Charge 1 Hard Copy of 11x17 Plans and
Specs: (duplication fee apply) City’s website at www.comptoncity. org If you need additional information, please call John Strickland, Project Manager at (310) 605-5505. ALITA GODWIN CITY CLERK PUBLISH: December 20, 2017 December 27, 2017 January 03, 2018 January 10, 2018 January 17, 2018 SchId:69359 AdId:23114 CustId:314 -----------------------------T.S. No.: 9948-0098 TSG Order No.: 730-1706852-70 A.P.N.: 6179008-009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/14/2006. 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. Affinia Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 11/21/2006 as Document No.: 20062580960, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: WILLIAM MORELAND AND RHONDA MORELAND, HUSBAND AND WIFE 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: 02/01/2018 at 09:00 AM Sale Location: Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, Vineyard Ballroom, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 512 SOUTH CHESTER AVENUE, COMPTON, CA 90221 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: $379,713.42 (Estimated). 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
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LEGAL 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, 1-800280-2832 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, T.S.# 9948-0098. 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. Affinia Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 833-290-7452 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www. auction.com or Call: 1-800-280-2832. Affinia 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. NPP0323094 To: COMPTON BULLETIN 01/10/2018, 01/17/2018, 01/24/2018 SchId:69611 AdId:23204 CustId:68 -----------------------------T.S. No. 17-47974 013-015
APN: 6154-
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/9/2015. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by 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: RONNIE CESAR SALAZAR, A SINGLE MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 12/23/2015 as Instrument No. 20151616711 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:1/31/2018 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: $237,605.94 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 2417 EAST HATCHWAY STREET COMPTON, California 90222 Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust. A.P.N #.: 6154-013-015 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 17-47974. 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: 1/4/2018 Z i e v e , 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) 8489272 www.elitepostandpub.com _______________________________ Christine O’Brien, Trustee Sale Officer THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE EPP 24180 Pub Dates 01/10, 01/17, 01/24/2018 SchId:69614 AdId:23205 CustId:108 -----------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MARIE ANDERSON Case No. 17STPB11491 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MARIE ANDERSON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Paula Smith in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Paula Smith 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 January 30, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 79 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: LARRY D LEWELLYN ESQ SBN 141687 LAW OFFICES OF LARRY D LEWELLYN 3255 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 1024 LOS ANGELES CA 90010 CN944794 ANDERSON Jan 10,17,24, 2018 SchId:69617 AdId:23206 CustId:65 -----------------------------T.S. No. 17-47974 013-015
APN: 6154-
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/9/2015. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by 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: RONNIE CESAR SALAZAR, A SINGLE MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 12/23/2015 as Instrument No. 20151616711 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:1/31/2018 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: $237,605.94 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 2417 EAST HATCHWAY STREET COMPTON, California 90222 Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust. A.P.N #.: 6154-013-015 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 17-47974. 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: 1/4/2018 Z i e v e , 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) 8489272 www.elitepostandpub.com ______________________________ ___ Christine O’Brien, Trustee Sale Officer THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE EPP 24180 Pub Dates 01/10, 01/17, 01/24/2018 SchId:69623 AdId:23208 CustId:108 -----------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: EARNEST T. MCCOY CASE NO. 17STPB09399 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of EARNEST T. MCCOY. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by VIRGINIA MCCOY in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that VIRGINIA MCCOY 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 in this court as follows: 03/06/18 at 8:30AM in Dept. 57 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 MATTHEW C. YU - SBN 256235 LAW OFFICE OF MATTHEW C. YU 3620 PACIFIC COAST HWY STE 200 TORRANCE CA 90505 1/10, 1/17, 1/24/18 CNS-3087332# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:69626 AdId:23209 CustId:61 -----------------------------APN: 6139-019-011 TS No: CA01000138-17 TO No: 95311562 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED November 9, 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On February 5, 2018 at 09:00 AM, near the fountain located in the Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, Special Default Services, Inc., as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on November 29, 2006 as Instrument No. 06 2638987 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by VICTOR M. ESTRELLA, A SINGLE MAN AND JAVIER ESTRELLA, A SINGLE MAN AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for HOME LOAN SPECIALISTS, INC. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 15402 SOUTH TARRANT AVENUE, COMPTON AREA, 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 without covenant or warranty, express 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. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $120,879.93 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. 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. 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 In Source Logic AT 702-6597766 for information regarding the Special Default Services, Inc. or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA0100013817. 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: January 8, 2018 Special Default
Services, Inc. TS No. CA0100013817 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 (949) 225-5945 TDD: 866660-4288 Lisa Welch, Trustee Sales Officer SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www. insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702659-7766 SPECIAL DEFAULT SERVICES, INC. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ISL Number 36572, Pub Dates: 01/10/2018, 01/17/2018, 01/24/2018, THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:69639 AdId:23214 CustId:669 -----------------------------T.S. No. 17-47741 007-023
APN: 4142-
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/8/2011. 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: GARY G REEDER, GARY G. REEDER Trustee of the GARY GEORGE REEDER LIVING TRUST, UTD MARCH 23, 2006 Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 12/23/2011 as Instrument No. 20111746805 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:1/26/2018 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: $139,089.77 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 5020 W 124TH ST HAWTHORNE, California 90250 Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust. A.P.N #.: 4142-007-023 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 17-47741. 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: 12/28/2017 Z i e v e , 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) 8489272 www.elitepostandpub.com Christine O’Brien, Trustee Sale Officer THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. EPP #24137, 1/3, 1/10, 1/17/18 SchId:69684 AdId:23228 CustId:108 -----------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF QUINCY T. BARNETT Case No. 17STPB09065 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of QUINCY T. BARNETT A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Cheryl Barnett in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Cheryl Barnett 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 Feb. 5, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 9 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: L’TANYA M BUTLER ESQ SBN 157939 LAW OFFICES OF L’TANYA M BUTLER 6101 W CENTINELA AVE SUITE 392 CULVER CITY CA 90230 CN945222 BARNETT Jan 17,18,24, 2018 SchId:69702 AdId:23235 CustId:65 -----------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF WILLIAM R. CRAWFORD aka WILLIAM RALPH CRAWFORD Case No. 18STPB00213 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of WILLIAM R. CRAWFORD aka WILLIAM RALPH CRAWFORD A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Juan Crawford in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Juan Crawford 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 Feb. 9, 2018 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: ROBERT A WADDELL ESQ SBN 73036 22930 CRENSHAW BLVD STE E
TORRANCE CA 90505-3048 CN945254 CRAWFORD Jan 17, 2018, Jan 24, 2017, Jan 31, 2018 SchId:69706 AdId:23237 CustId:65 -----------------------------APN: 6150-002-029 TS No: CA07001211-16-2 TO No: 8708942 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d) (1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED April 1, 1998. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On February 15, 2018 at 09:00 AM, Vineyard Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on April 10, 1998 as Instrument No. 98 591927, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by DARRYL L. WEAVER, A SINGLE MAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of MARINA MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2160 EAST 124TH STREET, COMPTON, CA 90222 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express 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. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $84,379.59 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. 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. 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 Auction.com at 800.280.2832 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address www.Auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA07001211-16-2. 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: December 29, 2017 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA0700121116-2 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone:949-252-8300 TDD: 866660-4288 Myron Ravelo, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www. Auction.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auction.com at 800.280.2832 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.ISL Number 36695, Pub Dates: 01/17/2018, 01/24/2018, 01/31/2018, THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:69715 AdId:23240 CustId:669
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ENTERTAINMENT Elgin Baylor Honored with Staples Center Statue
Kobe Bryant to Host, Write and Produce ESPN Series PASADENA—Retired Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant will host, write and produce “Detail,” a basketball analysis show on ESPN aimed at young athletes, current NBA players and coaches looking for deeper analysis of an athlete’s in-game execution, the network announced today. According to ESPN, “viewers will experience unparalleled game observations from Bryant as if he were one of the players featured in an ESPN game played the day before. Bryant will provide a perspective aimed at helping young athletes, players and coaches see the game in a different way.’’ “Detail” will premiere in March and run through the NBA Finals. ESPN has ordered 15 episodes. “Studying game film is how the best get better,” Bryant said. “It’s the university for a master’s degree in basketball. I learned how to study film from the best coaches of all time—Phil Jackson and Tex Winter. ‘Detail’ provides an opportunity to teach that skill to the next generation on large platform with ESPN.” “Detail” is the third project from Bryant’s Granity Studios for ESPN. He provided content for ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” show during the 2016-17 season and has provided short packages to the network this season titled “MuseCage Basketball Network.”
LOS ANGELES (CNS)—Lakers legend Elgin Baylor will be honored with a statue in Star Plaza outside Staples Center, the team announced today, honoring a hall-offame career that stretched 14 years between both Minneapolis and Los Angeles. “I am thrilled that 60 years after the Minneapolis Lakers drafted Elgin, we are able to celebrate and honor him with a statue,” Lakers CEO and Controlling Owner Jeanie Buss said. “Not only is Elgin a part of the Lakers family, his contributions to the game of basketball earned him a place in the Hall of Fame. His list of accomplishments are unparalleled and I can’t wait to see his statue at Star Plaza alongside the other Lakers legends.” The statue will be unveiled during an April 6 ceremony prior to the Lakers game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Baylor, now 83, was drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers in 1958, earning rookie-of-the-year honors to set the stage for a stellar career, which saw him average 27.4 points, 13.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists. He was named an NBA All-Star 11 times, and he was a 10-time first-team All-NBA selection. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1977, and the Lakers retired his #22 jersey in 1983. Baylor’s statue will join those of other sports luminaries outside Staples Center -former Lakers Jerry West, Kareem AbdulJabbar, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal and former Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn, boxer Oscar De La Hoya, former Los Angeles Kings Luc Robitaille and Wayne Gretzy and Kings broadcaster Bob Miller, whose statue was unveiled last Saturday.
What Will the #MeToo Movement Mean for Cosby’s Next Trial?
By Kristin DeGroot Jurors couldn’t agree the first time around whether to accept a woman’s story that “America’s Dad,” Bill Cosby, sexually assaulted her over a decade ago. Now he faces a retrial in less than 90 days in a vastly different cultural climate, one in which powerful men from Hollywood to the U.S. Senate are being toppled by allegations of sexual misconduct. The jury in Cosby’s case was deadlocked on charges he drugged and molested a woman in 2004, and the judge declared a mistrial in June. But that was before the revelations about movie producer Harvey Weinstein and the (hash) MeToo movement burst into the public sphere. The shift is clearly on Cosby’s mind. He quipped to a reporter after shaking her hand last Wednesday outside a Philadelphia restaurant: “Please don’t put me on MeToo.” Legal experts say the seismic change in believing and supporting victims of sexual harassment and assault—and the nearimmediate ramifications for so many famous men—will surely trickle into the Cosby retrial, slated to begin April 2. “Given the split last time, the challenge is going to
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Diane Rosenfeld, a lecturer and director of a gender violence program at Harvard Law School, believes the floodgates of victim support opened after the Weinstein allegations and not after Cosby’s accusers came forward for two reasons: perceived credibility of the victims and the likability of the accused. be in jury selection,” said Los Angeles lawyer Mark Geragos, who is not involved in the Cosby case but whose clients have included Michael Jackson. “Almost all cases are won and lost in jury selection, this case in particular.” In Cosby’s first trial, jury selection was moved to Pittsburgh over defense fears that widespread publicity could make it difficult to find unbiased jurors in the Philadelphia area. Cosby has a new legal team, and its strategy may be very different. The star of “The Cosby Show” is charged with knocking out accuser Andrea
Constand with pills and sexually assaulting her at his home near Philadelphia. He has said Constand, a former executive with Temple University’s women’s basketball program, consented to their sexual encounter. “This is about whether you believe the victim or not, and the events of the last year certainly make the case harder for Cosby,” said Philadelphia criminal lawyer Alan J. Tauber, who isn’t involved in the case. “Ordinary people are seeing people they respect and trust undermined by terrible accusations.” Calls and emails seeking comment from Cosby’s lawyers weren’t returned. During his first trial, the comedian’s lawyers portrayed Cosby and Constand as lovers who had enjoyed secret “romantic interludes” and
tried to sow doubt about her claims. The lawyers reminded jurors she waited a year to contact the authorities and suggested her story evolved during interviews with police. They also noted Constand made dozens of telephone calls to Cosby, who was a member of Temple’s board, after the alleged assault. “This isn’t talking to a trustee. This is talking to a lover,” former Cosby lawyer Brian McMonagle said of one call that lasted 49 minutes. “Why are we running from the truth of this case—this relationship? Why?” In a case like Cosby’s, in which the evidence is primarily testimonial and not physical, credibility is key. Diane Rosenfeld, a lecturer and director of a gender violence program at Harvard
Law School, believes the floodgates of victim support opened after the Weinstein allegations and not after Cosby’s accusers came forward for two reasons: perceived credibility of the victims and the likability of the accused. “Bill Cosby had been such a treasured American hero, giving us this friendly, accessible view of a successful African-American family,” she said. “He was such a loveable public presence, his accusers didn’t have as much power collectively or public notoriety as victims in the Weinstein case.” As the (hash)MeToo movement gained momentum, the accused lost jobs, TV shows, book deals and a Senate seat. Kevin Spacey was even erased from a completed movie. “I think the shift is here to stay,” said Carol Tracy, executive director of the Women’s Law Project in Philadelphia. “It might not be on the front page next year, but I do think it will have a significant impact going forward in the criminal justice system and on how jurors view these cases.” Constand’s lawyer said she was floored to hear Cosby’s comment about the (hash) MeToo movement.
“Apparently Mr. Cosby still believes sexual assault is a laughing matter,” said attorney Dolores Troiani. “You have to hope he is alone in that opinion.” The Associated Press does not typically identify people alleging sexual assault unless they grant permission, which Constand had done. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele, who is retrying Cosby, said in a statement he hopes one of the positive outcomes of the trial is that sexual assault victims feel they can be heard. “And for a number of reasons,” he said, “that seems to be happening now across the country.” Geragos said the cultural shift might make it easier to get a jury from a defense perspective, because a lot of people who might have been pro-prosecution will selfdisqualify by saying they can’t be fair in the current climate. Some people feel the pendulum has swung too far in targeting men, he said, and those are the types of jurors the defense needs to tap into. It will be difficult to find 12 people to acquit Cosby in the current climate, predicted Tauber, the Philadelphia criminal lawyer. “Victory,” he said, “might just be another hung jury.”