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TRICOUNTY COUNTY TRI VOL. XXVI NO. 20 | FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020

Inside This Issue:

Assemblymember Limón Introduces COVID-19 Consumer Relief n See page 8

Local Love Project Pop Up Food Distribution event helps COVID-19 victims

By Chris Frost

chris@tricountysentry.com

VENTURA—It was a busy afternoon at the Winchester Grill-Ventura, May 16, as the Weekly Local Love Project Pop-Up Food Distribution Project was out in full force, helping people in Ventura County care for each other because of COVID-19.

Volunteers staffed tables full of supplies and loaded car-after-car with goodies for people in the hospitality industry and musicians who got laid off or experienced lost wages because of COVID-19. Recipients were all smiles and left happy that people are willing to step up.

Attendees also received an essential home bag filled with toilet paper, paper towels, laundry soap, fabric softeners, candles, Girl Scout Cookies, and other items along with produce boxes.

Local Love Project Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Totally Local VC Kat Merrick organized the giveaway and began two days after the Thomas Fire ravaged the county.

The group, a 501c3 non-profit, immediately activated and started providing items like clothing, home essentials, and anything else they needed.

The group got sponsors and started to grow.

“In 2018, we distributed $1.5 million in brand new products for our community, and in 2019, we distributed $789,000 of brand new products,” she said. “From January 1 to March 1, we n Local Love, see page 7

Finance and Governance approves enterprise fund loan

By Chris Frost

chris@tricountysentry.com

CFO Kevin Riper. (File photo)

OXNARD—The Finance and Governance Committee, May 12, recommended authorizing City Manager Alex Nguyen to borrow on behalf of the general fund up to $10 million each from the water, wastewater, and environmental resources funds through June 30, 2021 for the public health emergency caused by COVID-19.

The action supports the city’s cash flow needs and establishes a 10-year re-

payment schedule with interest charged at the city treasurer’s pooled cash portfolio earnings rate.

Chief Financial Officer Kevin Riper presented the item to the committee, and he said the key phrase in the recommendation is that it supports cash flow needs.

The recommendation does not have any appropriation request, budget adjustment, or effect on the income statement, except for a little interest in the future.

“This is a balance sheet transaction, and it’s required because the general fund n Loan, see page 9

City projects tax increase because of COVID-19 budget woes

City Manager Alex Nguyen (Courtesy photo)

By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com

OXNARD—As the City kicks off its fiscal year 2020-2021 budget season, the COVID-19 global pandemic means a sales tax increase in Oxnard if the voters approve the measure.

The city had its preliminary fiscal year 2020-2021 budget preview during the Finance and Governance Committee Meeting, Feb. 12, and the news was not good.

City Manager Alex Nguyen introduced the preview and said as estimates come in about the economy, the numbers may change.

During the fiscal year 20192020, the city plotted a course of action to make the city fiscally sustainable, but that will only happen when the city’s revenue outperforms its expenses.

That includes having a fully staffed public safety department and keeps up with maintaining the city’s medians strips and trees and maintain parks at a level people deserve.

“We will be assured that our 911 response times will be at national standards, our roads will be maintained quicker, and we’d have the ability to respond to disasters, whether man-made or natural,” he said. n Budget, see page 4

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TRI-COUNTY SENTRY, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2020

FROM THE EDITOR

Frosted Thoughts Is the EDD out of money?

By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com

Oxnard-- It looks like the EDD (Employment Development Department) in California has stolen a page from China’s playbook and will not answer any questions about what is going on within the department.

The Tri County Sentry reached out to the media relations department at EDD and asked the following questions, based on the experiences encountered by employees seeking relief: 1. Alternate Base Period (ABP) program requires the Employment Development Department (EDD) to use more recently earned wages to calculate monetary eligibility for new Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims for unemployed individuals that do not qualify for a UI claim using the Standard Base Period. A) Is the current base standard the quarter ending Dec.31, 2019? B) If so, why does it not include the quarter from Jan. 1-March 31? C) If a company only employed an employee during the last quarter, Jan. 1-March 31, would EDD not use the alternative base period instead of denying the claim?

2. Many who filed for unemployment and have been denied, have filed appeals. What is the turnaround time for a determination? If an applicant requests a hearing before an administra-

tive law judge, what is that timeframe?

3.

Many who have been denied benefits or have not had their claims processed have no source of income. Some have been out of work since early April. Families are desperate for money for necessary living expenses. What can EDD do, if anything, to expedite these claims? Addi- Chris Frost tionally, I have seen a determination letter that says you’ve been awarded no money, with no explanation as to why. The whole idea behind an appeal is pointing out to the reviewing body why the original decision was in error. If you don’t know the facts on which the decision was based, it’s virtually impossible to provide evidence as to why the decision was incorrect.

4. On Tuesday, April 28, the EDD indicated that those not eligible for tra-

ditional unemployment might qualify for PUA and opened the application process.

The website indicated that claims would be processed within 24-48 hours.

To date, we’ve spoken to numerous people who applied on the 28th, yet still have not received a response. What is the actual time frame?

5. During an April 13, Town Hall, Senator Henry Stern encouraged his constituents to use the “Ask EDD” feature on the website. He assured that inquiries would be responded to quickly. The Tri County Sentry submitted a question the same day (not as media but as an employer who has laid off staff and had a legitimate inquiry). To date, nearly two weeks later, there’s been no response. Is EDD responding to questions received through the link? If so, what is the timeframe for responses? If not, why not remove it?

6. During the same Town Hall, Senator Stern indicated that EDD’s working hours had been increased to a full 8

hours a day. Yet, callers are instructed that the hours of operation are only until noon. Have regular operating hours resumed, and if not, when is that expected?

Since the EDD refused to answer those questions, let me guess at their answers.

Oh damn, did you look at these questions? We can’t answer these. Let’s just ignore them, and maybe it will go away. We only answer questions that make us look good.

Well, they don’t seem to understand how the Tri County Sentry works. Perhaps an attorney will help with this little problem.

So, I reached out to Assembly Member Monique Limoń, and a staff member sent me a piece of the budget attached to the EDD department.

According to the State of California 2019-2020 budget, the state appropriated approximately $6,269,938 for unemployment insurance this year. Oops, the world dropped a plague on us, and we need a lot more money.

Meanwhile, at the statehouse, the legislative body has taken no action to remedy this problem. Still, Jorge Salinas from Limońs office said, “he heard they have applied to get a loan from the federal government.”

So, let’s ask a question here. When do you need more money? Do you borrow when you’re flush with cash, or do you borrow when you’re out of money?

If you’re at the EDD and thinking n Frosted, see page 7

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POLICE BLOTTER Gang member and prohibited person arrested for firearm possession OXNARD—On May 7, at 9:05 p.m., Officers from the Oxnard Police Department Special Enforcement Unit (gang unit) conducted a traffic stop of a Silver Kia Soul for a vehicle code violation at the intersection of Bard Road and Simpson Drive. The Driver, Jessie Cortez (32yrs), and passenger, Gustavo Meza (32yrs), were contacted in the vehicle. Both Cortez and Meza are known criminal street gang members in the City of Oxnard and are on probation in the County of Ventura. Cortez is also a prohibited person from possession of firearms or ammunition.

During a search of Cortez’ person, a loaded Ruger 9mm semi-auto handgun was found concealed in his waist-

band. The firearm was found to be unregistered in the state of California. Cortez was arrested for various firearms-related charges.

Meza was found in possession of controlled substance paraphernalia and was arrested for narcotics charges.

The Oxnard Police Department’s Special Enforcement Unit is committed to reducing gang crimes and gun violence in the City of Oxnard through the strict enforcement of laws specifically targeting known, active gang members residing in the city. Anyone with information regarding this case or other criminal activity is encouraged to contact the Oxnard Police Department at 805-385-7600 or online via oxnardpd.org .

all photos courtesy photos

Jessie Cortez

Gustavo Meza

Confidential report: Molina violated city policies

“By a preponderance of the evidence, the Investigator finds that Mr. Molina engaged in OXNARD—The city’s “keyboard warfare” by confidential report about using misleading emails City Treasurer Phil Molithat were blind copied to na and his actions while various individuals, inon the job continues with cluding members of the Jorge Luna of Atkinson, public, and that were deAndelson, Loya & Romo, signed to enhance his imasking if Molina acted age at the Public Works improperly about a perDepartment’s expense. ceived parking shortfall “A preponderance at the Dallas Cowboys City Treasurer Phil Molina of the evidence further training camp in 2019.

Luna found that Molina did accuse shows that, by engaging in this conduct, and improperly investigate City Man- Mr. Molina violated the City’s Personager Employee number 1 for theft in nel Rules and Regulations, specifically connection with the perceived shortage those related to anti-bullying,” Luna and violated the city’s rules and regula- wrote. “The allegation was substantiated.” tions.

The confidential report outlined “By a preponderance of the evidence, the Investigator also finds that a confidential report between Molina Mr. Molina’s conduct related to this in- and the human resources department cident fell outside his duties as outlined about Voya, a new third party for reby the City Attorney’s Office,” Luna tirement programs. The city selected wrote. “The City prohibits any form of the firm after discussions with various intimidating or bullying in the work- unions.

In an email between Molina and a place or elsewhere, like at offsite events sitting city council member, he wrote, or workplaces.”

The report asked if Mr. Molina en- “I’ve been told you are ordered to not gaged in “keyboard warfare” by using communicate with me, and I regret misleading emails that were blind cop- that you have been drawn into this.”

The council member replied: “I was ied to various individuals, including members of the public, that were de- NEVER TOLD not to communicate signed to enhance his image at the Pub- with you. I hope you verify the inforlic Works Department’s expense? n Report, see page 5

By Chris Frost

chris@tricountysentry.com

One adult, one teen arrested for possession of loaded firearms

OXNARD—On May 3, 2020, at about 7 p.m., a patrol officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle, for a traffic infraction, at the intersection of Rose Avenue and South Oxnard Boulevard.

There were two occupants in the vehicle.

The driver was identified as Jesus Aguilar (age 35), and the passenger was a 17-year-old male. A record check showed Aguilar had a suspended driver’s license. During a search of the interior of the vehicle, officers located two loaded handguns with high capacity magazines, in addition to a small quantity of heroin.

Aguilar is a convicted felon and prohibited

from possessing a firearm. He was arrested multiple felonies, including felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle, possession of a controlled substance with a firearm, and possession of a large-capacity magazine. Aguilar was booked at Ventura Jesus Aguilar County Jail.

Officers arrested 805-385-7600, or onthe juvenile for carry- line via oxnardpd.org ing a loaded firearm in and clicking on Report a vehicle and lodged in Suspicious Activity. Any Ventura County Juve- witness can also remain nile Hall. anonymous by calling Anyone with infor- the Ventura County mation regarding this Crime Stoppers at 800case or other criminal 222-8477 or visiting activity is encouraged venturacountycrimesto contact the Oxnard toppers.org to submit a Police Department at tip via text or email.

Michael Cardenas arrested by Oxnard Police OXNARD—On May 7, at 4:20 p.m., Officers from the Oxnard Police Department Special Enforcement Unit (gang unit) conducted a traffic stop of a white Nissan Kick for a vehicle code violation at the 2800 block of Saviers Road.

As the vehicle yielded, the right front passenger fled on foot from the Nissan.

The right-front passenger, identified as Michael Cardenas (18 yrs), was contacted a short

distance away.

Cardenas is a known criminal street gang member within the City of Oxnard, and due to prior felony convictions. Cardenas is a prohibited person from possession of a firearm or ammunition.

When Cardenas was contacted, he was Michael Cardenas found in possession of a concealed and The firearm was also loaded semi-auto .22 found to be unregiscaliber handgun. tered.

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NEWS BUDGET continued from page 1

In the fiscal year 2019-2020, Oxnard faced a $9.2 million structural deficit but worked through the problem and made some difficult choices and cut $5.3 million from its regular budget. They were still in the hole, but Oxnard was starting to come back to fiscal sustainability.

At mid-year 2019-2020, the city was down to a $2.0 million operating deficit, he said, and the city was on target to have a status quo budget for the fiscal year 2020-2021 that assured no cuts to programs, services, or programs.

Then, COVID-19 happened, which added this to the city’s existing problems and knocked the city off the ladder toward fiscal solvency.

“Frankly put, the coronavirus, this global pandemic, has knocked us on our ass,” Nguyen said. “We are in the midst of a recession, and our revenues, just like everyone else, has cratered. A lot of the good progress we’ve been making has been halted. That applies to every sector across the economy.”

During the fiscal year 2019-2020, Oxnard has seen its revenue decline, and Nguyen believes that means an $8.7 million revenue drop because of COVID-19.

That comes from a drastic sales tax decline, hotel tax decline, and other revenues.

Nguyen said the city remains stuck in a “pancession” and Oxnard had underlying conditions before the pandemic.

“Most cities, not only in Calif but across the nation, are going to suffer severely from this pancession,” he said. “A small handful of cities will be able to ride this out, especially if the recession ends sooner than later. A small handful of cities have built up a healthy reserve.

Like most cities, Oxnard is not one of those cities.”

The city will use its general fund reserve, most of it, and this is why Oxnard has a general fund reserve for emergencies like this.

Looking ahead to the fiscal year 2020-2021, Nguyen said the best estimate is that the city faces a $9 million revenue decrease, and the city must get back on the rope to climb out.

“We can’t call a timeout; we can’t forfeit, or suspend the season,” Nguyen said. “We

have to continue day-after-day.

Now, we’re further down in this hole than we were four or five months ago, and it’s a long way back up.”

Chief Financial Officer Kevin Riper outlined the tools Oxnard has to address the collapse of the general fund revenue and said the city would burn through $8.7 million of its general fund reserve in four months.

“That’s an annual rate of $26 million in reserves per year if it was extended over 12 months,” he said. “At that rate, the reserves could be essentially gone by the end of the 2020-2021 fiscal year. “We have asked the bargaining units to freeze all increases of previous compensation in the city’s contribution to health insurance. If the bargaining units respond favorably to that, it means a savings of $3.5 million.”

The city also froze hiring additional employees, but he noted they couldn’t freeze every position.

“Some positions are mandated, and there is an urgent need to fill some positions,” he said. “So, maybe we’ll get $1 million per year from a hiring freeze. We already had substantial vacancies coming into this pandemic-induced recession, and we were counting on significant savings for the general fund because of the vacancies.

This is a relatively small saving because of the hiring freeze.”

The city already laid off all its part-time employees and canceled its fire academy, Riper said, which saved several hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Other cities have furloughed employees, but that means lower service levels, and the city already has a low workforce for its service level provision.

The city reduced a lot of programs a year ago, Riper said, and they don’t want to do that again because there is “not much left to eliminate.”

The finance department sits at a 50 percent confidence level, which Riper called a middle of the road estimate, which means the chances are 50 percent the forecast is too high and 50 percent the forecast is too low.

“In the finance department, we are deliberatively trying not to be over-conservative or overly liberal,” he said. “It’s a policy decision for the city manager to

present to the council. It’s not up to the finance department to be conservative or aggressive in forecasting revenues and expenditures.”

During the current fiscal year, the city plans no change in spending as the city feels the fire department’s relationship with FEMA will offset the COVID 19 response costs.

During the fiscal year 20202021, various operating divisions in the city has proposed reductions totaling $3.3 million.

In the current fiscal year, the city expects to spend $11 million more than it takes in, which represents the hit on the city’s reserves.

“We’re already going to spend $2 million more than we projected we are going to take in as the city manager showed in his pandemic timeline graph,” he said. “If you add the $8.7 million in lost revenue, you get the 10.8 million operating deficit this fiscal year.

With a projected $9 million revenue loss in the fiscal year 2020-2021, minus using $3.3 less because the operating departments reduced its spending, the city will use $5.8 million of its reserves.

For the fiscal year 20192020, the general fund reserves sit at $8.9 million, or 6.2 percent of expenditures. The city council’s policy target is 12 percent. Before the fiscal year 2019-2020, the target was 18 percent.

After the fiscal year 20202021, the reserve will be down to $3 million, or 2 percent of expenditures.

During public comments, Ray Blattel asked why the city hired 56 new employees after making so many budget cuts?

He discounted the city’s aversion to furloughs because it is already running lean.

“Really,” he said. “How so, when the city has hired 56 more people as of mid-year 20192020,” he said. “Some options not included are to request the unions to relinquish their recent MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) for health benefits. The concessions for public safety will cost the taxpayers of $20 million alone over the next three years, and the cost will continue beyond the third year.”

He also proposed eliminating some deputy and assistant

positions in the city.

“Some senior staff members have assistants and deputies,” he said. “Senior staff is already handsomely compensated and should be able to do without one or the other. Yes, some senior staff has already accepted pay cuts, but there are more layers to peel on that onion.”

Jim Lavery appreciates all the work the staff did, but he doesn’t understand the schedules and feels the numbers were taken out of context.

“We need to see schedules that have fund balances, revenues, and expenditures, so we can see the different components of what the changes are,” he said. “That’s what’s missing.

Another thing is that we need to know what assumptions are in the budget. What are the salary savings?”

Nguyen addressed the new hires in the city and said once they settled on the cuts for the current budget, it didn’t mean the city froze in time.

“We still have work to do, and things still occur,” he said.

“During that budget, although it seemed counter-intuitive, while we were forced to cut positions, we needed to add some positions, and indeed we did add some of those positions,” he said. “One example is in the finance department, and it contributed greatly to what was lacking and needed, and in our audit this year, we ended up for the first time since 2015 with no findings of material weakness.”

Blattel also suggested getting rid of certain assistants and deputies, and Nguyen said, “in a city this size, it needs an appropriate number of managers.

“That’s one of the reasons why this city got in a lot of trouble in the past because it was not properly managed,” he said. “You’re not going to have an organization without management. To think the managers can do all the work up and down the organization is not sensible.”

Nguyen reminded Lavery that the details about the budget are coming, and this meeting just gave a preview.

During committee comments, Vianey Lopez said she appreciates seeing the information so they can understand and process what is ahead.

She wanted to know how much the city will collect from the delayed sales tax?

“The governor’s sales tax deferral will defer millions of dollars in sales tax we would have received,” Riper said. “If every business that has sales tax-deferred under the governors’ order can pay it, then we will get all that money. However, those businesses whose sales tax is deferred, and they don’t make it; we won’t get that revenue.”

Committee Member Bert Perello said the numbers are staggering, but he appreciates the middle of the road budget.

“I’m getting calls from people saying why aren’t these cuts made, and they must have been hiding under a rock,” he said.

“Mr. Riper, you bring a lot to the table as far as putting information out, making it understandable, and I appreciate it.”

Committee Chairman Tim Flynn commented that the general fund projected a $2 million loss before the pandemic hit, and there is a revenue loss of $8.7 million in revenue loss in the current year. If you combine those two, that means an $11 million loss.

“How are we dealing with that shortfall just in this current fiscal year,” he asked.

“We’re dealing with that by eating through our reserves,” Riper said.

From there, Flynn brought up the fiscal year 2020-2021 and went through the projected cuts to make up the $9 million revenue loss because of the virus.

“There will be $3.5 million by freezing the increases and freezing most hiring positions, that will be $4.5 million, so that’s half of the $9 million shortfall for next year,” he said.

“How, Mr. Riper, are we making up the other half for the next fiscal year?”

Riper said there is $3.3 million in department revenue reductions, and the unions haven’t agreed to their portion of the reduction.

Nguyen interjected that none of the scenarios are good.

“We’re doing our best to minimize this, but all of those scenarios still leave us in a big hole,” he said. “To get out of this hole, we need to increase our sales tax revenue. I am going to present to you, along with the budget, a sales tax increase initiative.”

The next budget meeting update will be in two weeks.

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NEWS Molina accuses Nguyen of being a dictator and Nguyen unloads on Molina

By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com

OXNARD—The story about City Treasurer Phil Molina losing most of his duties within the city government continues with City Attorney Stephen Fischer, who said other cities have taken such an action.

The Oxnard City Council voted to remove all administrative functions from City Treasurer Phil Molina after a dramatic report of his actions while in charge of the treasurers’ office, May 5.

Fischer cited a grand jury report from the County of Salana and attachment of an ordinance from the City of Benicia in the year 2011, where they transferred all the administrative functions of the city treasurers to other administrative officials in the city.

Molina said it would be nice if he got copies of what the city manager was going to read.

“If he was honest, fair, and an American justice person, he would let the accused respond to these allegations,” he said.

“He claims he is reading from a witness report, but that’s what the entire report is about. They take witness information and comments; they put them together and identify them as harassment.”

Molina said the concept of harassment is a reasonable person’s approach the courts will take to accept a claim of harassment.

“To be actionable, a harassment complaint must be an objectionable environment and both subjectively and objectively offensive that a reasonable person would find it hostile and abusive,” he said. “One that the person perceived to be so. This means if a reasonable person in the same circumstances did not share the same perception, it fails.”

Molina asked for a copy of what Nguyen read, and he said it’s in the investigation report.

“You put me on trial in the public, and you’re not giving me the chance to defend myself,” Molina said.

“It’s not a trial,” Nguyen replied.

Mayor Tim Flynn intervened, and he said it’s not a trial.

“You have the right to speak

for the lice are in- troubled by the decision. amount of volved, and “Let us not forget that Mr. time that’s they tried Molina, when he was an embeen allotto find out ployee of the City of Oxnard, ted,” he said. where that had a run-in as the CFO Chief “You do not information Financial Officer, which resulthave time came from,” ed in him suing the city and to question Molina said. winning the settlement,” he people like “Had a trea- said. “As a result of that settleyou’re an atsurer who is ment, he clearly displayed his torney in a a p p o i n t e d dislike and vendetta towards courtroom.” by you, not the city. Even after being electM o l i having the ed, he would send out daily na said he i n d e p e n - emails to the public and try to commente d dence of an catch the city in a gotcha moon people’s elected group ment. It is troubling when you shoes, shirts, ap p o i nt i n g hear the report from the city Alexander Nguyen ties while at City Treasurer Phil Molina him, might manager and read the VC Star port, all work, and this not have felt article from the city’s reporter of them said Molina said to tell comfortable asking the elected about some of the allegations was found by the reporter to be the truth.” harassment. mayor about sending out the of intimidation commenting Molina said if the city’s instructions.

“If you ask the employees, that an employee looked like they said, yea, they are nice,” investigator harasser bully’s The report raised a ques- an actress and should be home he said. “He looked at my shirt, them, he will get them (his em- tion about confidentiality, and cooking for their significant and he said it was nice. You ployees) a lawyer.

Molina said that police talked other.”

“Why would I do that, ex- to him about confidential secu(pointing to Nguyen) looked He considers it laughable at my leather jacket and said cept that I am trying to protect rity matters. because the city manager made it was nice. Is that harassment, my city employees from an in“What you may not know a joke about Molina uses an sir? You also claim that I in- terrogator that was not good, is that I got the names of those abacus. terviewed 16 of my employees in my opinion,” he said. two companies from the police “Officials are held to a high In the four hours the inves- chief because we were both standard,” he said. “The only after the city attorney’s attorney brought them sealed enve- tigator spoke with Molina, he concerned about the security one who showed time and time lopes, and I did. Shortly before said less than 30 minutes per- at the Treasurer’s Department,” again that he had a vendetta that, you had fired 20 people on tained to harassment. he said. “You’ve got your bul- against the city was Mr. Moli“You only had one case, let-resistant glass on the fourth na. For whatever reason that false pretenses. You pretended there was a shortfall in the gen- and it was determined that it floor. Human resources have may be, it is unclear. I would eral fund, and there wasn’t any. was not harassment,” he said. bullet-resistant glass on the like to know what the terms of You know that, or you should “When you identify these is- first floor, and here you have that settlement were. It was my have known that. That’s what sues, it upsets me. You’re hav- employees dealing with a sub- understanding that Mr. Molina my so-called; keyboard warfare ing fun, and you need to knock stantial bunch of money with could not work as a city emwas all about. I kept informing someone off the pedestal to no glass. That says something. ployee because of that settleyou and the finance director scare all the other employees We had to fight to get an armed ment agreement.” about the $5.9 million loan and say see what I can do to an guard in, and you’ve taken him Chavez supports the decithat had not been booked and elected official. If you don’t step away again.” sion to strip Molina of his extra the fact that we were violating in line, Gestapo-wise, that’s During public comments, duties.

GASB (Government Account- what I can do for you. That’s Daniel Chavez Jr. said he’s n Dictator, see, page 7 ing and Standards Bureau) 64 not good management and and 54 that requires you to in- the kind of management they clude all those special accounts teach in the military schools of REPORT continued from page 5 that you were separating out of America. That’s a dictatorship.

That’s what you are, sir.

The the general fund. If you’d done mation you claim to have. Again, I was never told not to commuthat, you could have generat- people in the public are com- nicate with the City Treasurer for the City of Oxnard, Mr. Phillip ed another $20 million. You ing to realize that. I’m sorry, Molina, in the past, present, or future. It did not happen. I did ask wouldn’t have used that as an but that’s a fact.”

He recently received an why your email was cut off, and I feel it would be in your best inexcuse for firing people.” terest to explain that yourself. Phillip, I request you share this with Molina said he didn’t scare email from Flynn asking him all those you sent your claimed information out to as it implies people, and when employees to pay a $25,700 invoice, and things IN MY SPECIFIC CASE that is not true; the use of words is got a sealed envelope, they Flynn wanted the passwords a skill that can inform or confuse, innuendo is not a tool to inform didn’t know what it was about. and codes to wire out city and only casts doubt on the supplier of such. I have cc[‘d] parties “I was told a few minutes funds in another email.

“If I was prevented from I feel need my statement, avoided a Brown Act issue by including later that you were giving this on two other Council members and for anyone requesting a copy complaint, and we’re going to reviewing any of the informa- I have included the elected Oxnard City Clerk as she would not hand this stuff out,” he said. tion, I guess I would have to need to request this information as it will be in her [possession].”

“You did not tell me in advance, send the money,” Molina said.

The document shows Mr. Molina misrepresenting facts to supyou did not let me schedule my “I asked him (Flynn) if he sent port his position. However, in this case, his efforts to mislead were staff, so I’d know what’s going this email.”

The email came from Fly- called out by the councilmember, who not only confronted Mr. on. I talked to them and broke Molina regarding his misinformation but recommended that he them up into groups of three so nn, and the mayor said it was correct his error by circulating the correct information to everyno one individual could claim his personal email address, one he had sent the initial email. that I was harassing them or but he didn’t send Molina the bullying them. In your own re- email.

“Now the FBI and city po- This story will conclude on May 22.

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SENIOR

White House recommends tests for all nursing home residents WASHINGTON (AP)— With deaths mounting at the nation’s nursing homes, the White House strongly recommended to governors Monday that all residents and staff at such facilities be tested for the coronavirus in the next two weeks.

Why the government is not ordering testing at the the nation’s more than 15,000 nursing homes was unclear.

Nor was it clear why it is being recommended now, more than two months after the nation’s first major outbreak at a nursing home outside of Seattle that eventually killed 43 people.

Vice President Mike Pence, who leads the White House coronavirus task force, told governors on a video conference call that it’s the federal government’s strong recommendation that such testing be done.

“We really believe that all 1 million nursing home residents need to be tested within next two weeks as well as the staff,” added Dr. Deborah Birx, the task force coordinator, according to a recording of the call obtained by The Associated Press.

More than 26,000 residents and staff have died from outbreaks of the virus at the nation’s nursing homes and long-term care facilities, according to an AP tally based on state health departments and media reports.

That is about a third of all 76,000 deaths in the U.S. that have been attributed to the virus.

Nursing home operators have said the lack of testing has left them nearly powerless to stop the virus from entering their facilities because they haven’t been able to identity silent spreaders among already sick residents and staff not showing symptoms.

COVID survivors’ blood plasma is a sought-after new commodity

By JoNel Aleccia khn.org

NEW YORK, NY—Diana Berrent learned she had tested positive for COVID-19 on a Wednesday in mid-March. Within a day, she had received 30 emails from people urging her to donate blood.

Friends and acquaintances, aware of her diagnosis, passed along a pressing request from New York’s Mount Sinai Health System, one of the first centers to seek plasma, a blood component, to be used in a therapy that might fight the deadly disease. Berrent, 45, said she immediately recognized the need for the precious plasma—and the demand that would follow.

“When I saw that email going around, I saw what was going to happen in the landscape,” said Berrent, a photographer and mother of two who lives on Long Island. She went on to found Survivor Corps, a grassroots clearinghouse that connects people who have recovered from COVID-19 with organizations eager to collect their blood.

“What I saw was going to emerge was a free market where survivors were a commodity.”

Nearly two months later, Berrent’s prediction is coming true. The coronavirus has infected more than 1.2 million people in the U.S., and now government scientists, academic researchers and for-profit pharmaceutical firms all are scrambling for blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors in hopes of developing a range of potential treatments.

In Minnesota, a program coordinated by the Mayo Clinic has collected plasma from more than 12,000 COVID survivors for transfusion into more than 7,000 gravely ill patients, the result of a massive public appeal led by government leaders and nonprofit groups like the Red Cross.

Meanwhile, for-profit companies that typically pay $50 per donation of plasma used in other lifesaving therapies are advertising aggressively—and significantly bumping up their rates for COVID donors.

In Utah, John and Melanie Haering, who contracted COVID-19 aboard the ill-fated Diamond Princess cruise ship, received gift cards worth $800 after making two donations apiece at a Takeda Pharmaceuticals BioLife Plasma Services center. BioLife runs several of the more than 800 paid-plasma collection sites in the U.S., part of an industry that produces plasma protein therapies used to treat rare, chronic conditions such as hemophilia and in medical emergencies.

John and Melanie Haering contracted COVID-19 aboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess. BioLife, a paid plasma collection site, gave the Haerings gift cards totaling $800 for donations of their blood plasma—to be used for possible therapy for those battling the disease.(COURTESY OF THE HAERINGS) “Given the urgency and importance of collecting convalescent plasma from the small population of recovered COVID-19 patients, BioLife is currently offering an added incentive for the first two donations from recovered COVID-19 patients,” Takeda spokesperson Julia Ellwanger said in an email.

The money was “a nice surprise” for the Haerings, though they said they were motivated more by the opportunity to prevent others from suffering.

“If we could help anybody, we’d go every day,” said John Haering, 63, a retired railroad manager who spent two weeks in a hospital in Japan after testing positive for the virus.

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distributed $300,000 in gift cards to wildfire survivors.”

The group thought it would get a break, and just like that, the coronavirus hit Ventura County, along with the nation and the world. Merrick was back in action, no questions asked.

“We activated again and started bringing in products,” she said. “We partnered with Food Forward and started bringing in produce. As of last month, we’ve provided produce boxes, home-essential items, and other food items to over 20,000 households.”

The group also gathers at the Avenue Thrift Store each Sunday at 3 p.m., and they work with 21 different organizations that do weekly pickups.

“Those packages go out to homebound disabled, the elderly, quarantined, and low-income people who are homebound,” Merrick said.

Totally Local VC specializes in agriculture education.

“We educate from field to fork and field to career,” she

said. “We include the restaurant “It’s been nothing but a heal- back on their feet.” industry because it’s the most ing process being able to do this Driver Christopher Pryor vital link between our farmers and give back,” she said. was helping direct traffic and and when it hits your fork. We She hasn’t been able to re- said the event is an amazing enhave 1,200 boxes a week go- build. deavor. ing straight to the field workers “We’re still dealing with the “I’ve worked with Kat in difwhen they come out of the fields. county and permitting and all ferent areas for many years, and This is a thank you, not a helping that fun stuff, like the other 1,100 I have been with her and Local hand; this is a fill the tip jar.” people are,” she said. “We’re ag- Love since the Thomas Fires,” Firestone Walker donated land, and you’d think that would he said. “I’ve been blessed in my over 5,000 boxes, life, and anything she said, that the The group also gathers at the Avenue that affects this group put them town affects me.

Thrift Store each Sunday at 3 p.m., and If I can help be a to good use and packed them with influence they work with 21 different organiza- positive produce. in my town, then I She loves givam going to help.” tions that do weekly pickups. ing back to the He has a big community and working with all be a little easier, but it’s not.” truck license and loves helping the different organizations that She thinks the impact will out. want to help. take a long time to heal.

“It went from one day a week “It’s locals helping locals “You think about these small to three or four days a week, and and grassroots,” she said. “It’s a businesses, they are not going I go to Los Angeles and get food,” massive impact done by every- to come back with a full staff,” he said. “I also go to the ports body volunteering and coming she said. “Think of a restaurant and get fruits and vegetables together to make it happen,” she and the spacing. You make your from them, and I get to come said. “That’s the feel-good in it.” money by having your tables full here and the Avenue Thrift Store Merrick also called the event and turning those tables in the on Saturday and Sunday.” part of her healing process as she amount of space you have. That’s The thank-you and looks of lost everything in the Thomas not going to happen. It’s going to gratitude he gets from all the Fire. be a long haul before people get people make the day worthwhile.

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“Because of this chaos, I recommend that Mr. Molina resign from this position immediately,” Chavez said.

Lawrence Stein said he had a lot of concerns with the former city treasurer.

“We need to maintain the structure in place because they’ve been violated by the former city manager, CFO, and staff members,” he said. “Mr. Molina has that control and saved the city millions of dollars.”

Manuel Gonzales said it’s disappointing to watch the council on television.

“You’re looking at a vendetta because this man came in and exposed all the corruption that happened prior to the new city manager,” he said. “Tim (Flynn) you endorsed Nyhoff all the way to the bank with all your consulting fees, and we spent millions. Now we’re back here with this gentleman, and I don’t understand what due process we are guaranteed. Okay, you can bring all these charges and everything else, but now you’re trying to limit the new treasurer that we elect from running the city and having transparent government and have the city manager run and dictate the financial end of this.”

Attorney Barbara Macri Ortiz supports the action, and she said Molina is not on trial.

“I have been appalled by Mr. Molina’s actions for the last two years,” Macri Ortiz said.

“I have received no less than 568 emails from Mr. Molina in the last two years. Every piece of city business that he puts out there, things that are totally appropriate, I had email conversations explaining why certain things should not be out there in the public, but he goes on-and-on.”

Nguyen said it’s not every day that a city manager is accused in open session of being a dictator.

“That’s what I knew would happen,” he said. “Mr. Molina believes that everyone else in the administration is off, and he is the only one who is doing the right job. In my observation, he believes that he is the only one who can save Oxnard. He wants us to believe that he alone is the honest person, and he alone is looking out for the people of Oxnard, and he alone is ethical. The rest of us, me, the city attorney, the CFO, even the mayor and the council, who he refers to as the pretty girls and boys on the dais, are somehow not as ethical, or in my case, a crooked dictator.”

Molina will write anything to make his argument, Nguyen said, including doctoring an article.

Late last year, he sent an article about the duties of a treasurer of a government organization published by a law firm in the bay area.

Nguyen called them and found out that’s not the article they published.

“This article was doctored and written for non-profits,” he said. “Somehow, Mr. Molina sent it out as if it was written about government entities and city treasurers. I have a copy of what he sent out and a copy of the actual article as it was published by the law firm. He doctored the article to make an argument that he was in favor of. Is that ethical? Who wants to trust that?”

Nguyen said Molina continues to lie about the 2014 lease revenue bonds and

tried to incite the labor unions during the last budget to make it seem like the city either was hiding money or didn’t know about having extra money.

“That money cannot be used for the general fund,” he said. “To put the message out there to the staff during layoffs that there was some motive I had as a new city manager to the city and I hid money is a lie. I can’t trust this person.”

Nguyen said Molina asked to purchase investments for himself and his friends while making purchases for the city during a city transaction.

Mr. Molina was successful in the court years ago, Nguyen said, and he was fine with that because he prevailed in a court of law and received over $800,000.

“Then he went to the state’s public pension board and tried to spike his pension,” he said. “He tried to get them to calculate his pension for the rest of his life based on his $800,000 payment. They said no, thank goodness, so what did he do? He took them to court, but the court said no.”

Nguyen said there is a published opinion about Molina’s request.

“At the time, I believe his pension was $64,000 a year,” he said. “He attempted, via litigation, to get the state’s public employees’ pension board to spike his pension $574, 000 a year for the rest of his life. That’s taxpayer dollars.”

“You don’t know what you’re saying,” Molina said.

“There you have the real Phil Molina, the ethics,” Nguyen said.

“I had to go to a food bank when I first moved back here, was unemployed and lived in my car,” he said. “To be able to give back without any questions is a good feeling. Everybody can do something. This is something I like to do and want to do.”

Musician Michael Dominguez loves volunteering with all the amazing people in the community.

“I think there are a lot of people in need right now, and this is a way that I can contribute safely,” he said. “Since I am a local musician, I am impacted by everything being closed and not being able to perform. This is a nice way to give back to the community, I feel.”

He plays bass guitar in a band called, “50 Sticks of Dynamite.” It’s a high energy blues rock band fronted by a banjo player who sounds like Jimi Hendrix.

The group performs locally in Ventura and the surrounding area.

“We’re all kind of stuck at home jamming online, which is the new thing,” he said. “It’s fun doing that.”

For more information, visit totallylocalvc. com.

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this is pure bunk, please feel free to contact me at the email address at the top of this article or call me at my office phone, it was in the email you deleted, and set me straight.

If you call, please feel free to be ready to answer the question: “Give me one real reason why Governor Gavin Newsome shouldn’t get rid of the whole bunch of you and hire a group of people who are transparent?

Silence is confirmation.

Keep that in mind, and I will keep at this until you are the most hated agency in California.

Go ahead and call.

I’m waiting.

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NEWS Assembly member Limón Introduces COVID-19 Consumer Relief Act SACRAMENTO– Assembly member Monique Limón (D – Santa Barbara) introduced Assembly Bill 2501, the COVID-19 Consumer Relief Act. The bill provides payment relief on a range of credit products to help California families who are experiencing financial hardships during these times.

AB 2501 provides

Californians with the right to request a temporary postponement of payments during the COVID-19 pandemic on a mortgage, car loan, payday loan, or PACE assessment contract. After the forbearance period, the bill requires lenders to evaluate a borrower for a loan modification or repayment plan that avoids lump sum repayments.

The bill does not cancel or forgive any amounts owed; instead, it shifts the timing of payments to a period after the emergency ends.

“Many Californians are scared right now, and not just about the virus.

They fear how they are going to pay their bills and meet their financial obligations after losing a job or having their hours cut. This bill is a product of what I hear from constituents across the state, either directly or through their state legislators who have brought the concerns to my at-

tention”, said Limón. “In California, we must take steps to help consumers; we cannot rely solely on the federal government.

It is upon us, as elected representatives, to identify and use the resources available to use to lessen the economic impact on families.”

Nearly four million workers filed for unemployment benefits in the seven weeks leading up to May 1. While unemployment and stimulus checks provide temporary relief for some Californians, these funds will not be sufficient for many families to meet the basic needs of housing, transportation, food, and healthcare.

“As legislators, we must take appropriate ac-

tion as we struggle with persistently high unemployment rates.

It is our responsibility to mitigate the difficult financial cha l lenges that so many families will face,” said Limón.

“We will start to see a sharp increase in foreclosure and repossession activity that will exacerbate the consequences of the

downturn and prolong the path to economic recovery.” n Relief Act, see page 9

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22. Language family, includes Turkic and Mongolian 25. Indian spice mix, pl.

29. Bachelor’s last words 30. Baby Ruth component 33. One of the Earnhardts 34. She goes by Lo? 36. Actors’ grp.

37. Mister in Madrid 38. Colossal 39. With no effort 41. American cuckoo 42. Leave hastily, two words 44. *Commissioned officer of the

lowest rank 46. “____, drink, and be merry” 47. *Omaha ____ 49. Baby whale 51. *It’s a wall to a civilian 54. Hands, to #12 Down 55. Check out 56. Cambodian money 58. Welcoming sign 59. Went down slippery slope 60. *Date of Allied landing 61. *Opposite of stern 62. “For ____ a jolly good..”

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18. Pittsburgh Steelers’ ____

Field 21. Dojo turf 22. Was sick 23. Parkinson’s disease drug 24. African antelope, pl.

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28. European finch 31. *”Excellent in all we do” org.

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NEWS

Californians can hike, shop, golf as virus restrictions ease

LOS ANGELES es,” Nicole Mooradian, businesses can open (AP)—Hiking to the Hol- spokeswoman for the with restrictions. lywood sign and hitting county Department of Weekend shoppers the links is being allowed Beaches and Harbors, can visit bookstores, Saturday as the Califor- told the Los Angeles as well as stores for nia county hardest hit by the coronavirus cautiously reopened The city of Los Angeles announced some sites to recreit also was reopening some public ation-starved stay-athomers. spaces, including sprawling Griffith Los Angeles County permitted the re- Park, which includes popular paths opening of trails and to the Hollywood sign. golf courses but with social distancing restrictions. For those in- Times. “Right now we’re jewelry, toys, clothing, terested in retail therapy, planning for Wednesday.” shoes, home supplies there was even better Los Angeles Coun- and furnishing, sportnews as Gov. Gavin New- ty, the state’s largest with ing goods, antiques som on Friday allowed 10 million residents, has and music. People tens of thousands of more than half Califor- can’t browse but must stores to reopen, includ- nia’s roughly 2,700 virus pick up purchases ing florist shops, just in deaths and has seen doz- curbside. Car dealertime for Mother’s Day. ens of new deaths daily. ships also got the nod, The city of Los Ange- Public Health Director with some showroom les announced it also was Barbara Ferrer acknowlreopening some public edged the risk that easing RELIEF spaces, including sprawl- restrictions could lead to continued from page 8 ing Griffith Park, which a new spike in infections.

AB 2501 takes a includes popular paths to “There is a lot at the Hollywood sign. stake,” Ferrer said. “Re- proactive step in proBut mounted po- opening our county, even tecting families and from lice and park rangers slowly, only works if we’re communities devastating would be keeping hikers all really committed to specific economic effects of to small, distant groups being careful.” wearing face coverings.

But pressure has been the pandemic. These Mayor Eric Garcetti building to reopen the measures are tempourged “good judgment” state, seven weeks after rary and apply during and said the city would Newsom’s stay-at-home the emergency perirely on education and en- order shut down non- od and for a limited immediately couragement rather than essential businesses and time, heavy-handed enforce- told 40 million residents after. In times of ecoment. to stay mainly in their nomic uncertainty and with a public health It was “not our vision homes. to make this like a junior More than 4 million emergency, there is high school dance with people have filed for un- heighten importance people standing too close employment benefits. The to stabilize housing, to each other,” he said.

California Department of transportation, and a County beaches could Finance is projecting an family’s overall finanreopen next week with unemployment rate of cial well-being.

“This is a starting restrictions designed to 18%, or 46% higher than point, I am open and keep people from throng- the peak of the Great Redetermined to begin ing the shore and possibly cession a decade ago. conversations and spreading COVID-19.

On Friday, Newsom “We don’t want a eased the order and said gather multiple perstampede to the beach- roughly 70% of the state’s spectives on the best

restrictions.

“There’s a slow trickle of customers, nothing compared to pre-pandemic numbers but it’s a little something,” said Gigi Garcia, who began offering curbside shopping Friday in front of her kids clothing store It Takes A Village in Montrose, a foothill community 15 miles (24 kilometers) north of downtown Los Angeles.

She said business won’t pick up until people can dine in the restaurants surrounding her shop again.

“You have no idea how much business the restaurants bring in for us,” she said.

comprehensive plan to set California and the economic health of consumers on the right path to recovery,” concluded Limón.

Monique Limón represents the 37th Assembly District, which includes Santa Barbara, Ventura, Goleta, Carpinteria, Ojai, Santa Paula, Fillmore, Buellton, Solvang, Summerland, Isla Vista, Montecito and parts of Oxnard.

She currently serves as Chair of the Assembly Banking and Finance Committee.

She currently serves as Chair of the Assembly Banking and Finance Committee and Vice Chair of the Legislative Women’s Caucus.

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can’t go negative at the end of the fiscal year with cash,” he said. “We just spent the last 45 minutes discussing the collapse in general fund revenue, and that’s hurting the general fund’s cash position. Member Vianey Lopez asked about the governor’s sales tax deferral, and that’s also hurting the general fund’s cash position.”

If the city gets all the money back from the businesses with deferred sales tax, Riper said they’ll still have the revenue the city expects on an accrual, accounting, and budgetary basis, but they won’t have the cash.

“There’s a risk that the general fund can go negative on cash, so the general fund needs a temporary source of cash,” he said. “I don’t expect it to go negative this fiscal year. We’ve got seven weeks to go, and there is $10 million in cash in the general fund as of yesterday.”

Riper said with the department of billing and licensing revenue, it should squeak by this fiscal year.

“Next year is a different story because of the wide range of uncertainty,” he said. “If this recession is long and deep, and the revenue I projected is too optimistic, the fund could run out of cash during the next fiscal year.

If the sales tax deferral leads to significant non-payment, the general fund could run out of cash next fiscal year.”

Senior management agrees that it makes sense to borrow internally instead of externally.

“If you borrow internally, the general fund is repaying another part of the city,” he said. If you borrow externally, through a tax revenue and anticipation note, the general fund is paying interest to bond holders or a bank.”

The 10-year repayment schedule is the worst-case scenario because of the uncertainty surrounding the forecast, and Riper said the city prefers to pay it back sooner.

“Especially if the sales tax comes in,” he said. “Because of the length and depth of the recession because the global pandemic is unknown, I am putting the worst case as the recommendation.”

The city treasurers’ actual pooled cash portfolio earnings rate will be the interest rate for the loan, he said, so they earn the same amount from the general fund as they would from the pooled cash earnings rate.

“There is no pre-payment penalty because the hope is to repay the loan much earlier than 10 years,” he said.

The enterprise fund will have the same amount, as it changes one asset, cash, for a loan payable fund, which is another asset.

“It’s not a license to spend more money,” he said.

“There’s no effect on budget appropriations, and there is no request to spend more money.”

City Manager Alex Nguyen added that it’s not revenue.

During public comments, Ray Blattel said the loan is risky, but they have to make a move.

“Maybe you ought to consider late payment fees,” he said. “You probably think the taxpayers and ratepayers are paying for it anyway, wouldn’t you be biting yourself in the rear end? The same can be said for the interest. Just make sure it doesn’t fall through the cracks.”

All the speakers commented that the enterprise fund has lots of cash, and they should only have a 25 percent reserve.

Committee Chairman asked Nguyen to comment on the reason why.

“They have healthy reserves because we worked to have healthy reserves,” Nguyen said. “We have improvements and renovations that are programmed and planned. We just received a report about all the renovations and improvements made at the sewer treatment plant. There’s progress, and we’re fortunate that we have that reserve right now.”

The item passed unanimously and moves forward to the full city council.

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LEGAL File No.: 20200414-10005951-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Handymanny 9350 Feather ST. Ventura, CA 93004 Ventura COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Sandra Dorado 9350 Feather St. Ventura, CA 93004 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Sandra Dorado NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF Ventura ON 4/20/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:79691 AdId:26615 CustId:1312 -----------File No.: 20200420100060630 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. My Mobile Notary 2. Ventura County Apostille 3. Thousand Oaks Notary 2998 dogwood circle Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 Ventura COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Karen Stevens 2998 dogwood circle Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 02/01/2004.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Karen Stevens NOTICE - In accordance with

subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF Ventura ON 4/20/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:79708 AdId:26623 CustId:1313 -----------File No.: 20200421100061070 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Whanau Nursing Services 5344 Gibson Place Oxnard, CA 93033 Ventura COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Ira Mae Nunag 5344 Gibson Place Oxnard, CA 93033 2. Benniefredo Sagad II 5344 Gibson Place Oxnard, CA 93033 This Business is conducted by: MARRIED COUPLE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/27/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Ira Mae Nunag NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF Ventura ON 4/25/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:79718 AdId:26626 CustId:1314 -----------File No.: 20200421-10006086-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Heirtofunds.org 4330 Adam Rd. Simi Valley, CA 93063 Ventura COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Randall Eric Johnson 4330 Adam Rd. Simi Valley, CA 93063 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/21/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Randall Eric Johnson NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF Ventura ON 4/21/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:79725 AdId:26628 CustId:1315 -----------STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 20200414-10005944-0 The following person(s) has (have) abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name: 1.

Families Counseling 2. Families Counseling Center 3. Families 4. Simi Valley Family Magazine, 1633 Erringer Road Suite 204, Simi Valley, CA 93065.

The Fictitious Business Name referred to above was filed in Ventura County on January 15, 1993.

FILE NO. 20170929-100192400.

Full name of Registrant: 1. Deborah Tucker, 802 Devore Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93065..

This business is conducted by a corporation. /s/ DEBORAH TUCKER, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on APRIL 14, 2020.

SchId:79733 AdId:26631 CustId:693 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000008794802 Title Order No.: 200003111 FHA/VA/PMI

No.: ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/29/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 05/14/2007 as Instrument No. 2007051400097733-0 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of VENTURA County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: PIERRE KIRK AND ANNI KIRK, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 06/02/2020 TIME OF SALE: 11:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER HALL OF JUSTICE, 800 SOUTH VICTORIA AVENUE, VENTURA, CA 93003. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 11800 PRADERA ROAD, SANTA ROSA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 93012 APN#: 516-0-181-155 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $344,630.42. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

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

erty itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.servicelinkASAP.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000008794802. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AGENCY SALES and POSTING 714-7302727 www.servicelinkASAP. com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 3990 E. Concours Street, Suite 350 Ontario, CA 91764 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 04/28/2020 A-4723702 05/08/2020, 05/15/2020, 05/22/2020 SchId:79746 AdId:26636 CustId:64 -----------File No.: 20200501-10006498-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Marc my Words 2. Marc Words 6645 Thille St, Apt 179 Ventura, CA 93003 Ventura COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Marc Anthony Matthias Catchpole 6645 Thille St, Apt 179 Ventura, CA 93003 This Business is conducted by:

INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/22/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Marc A. M. Catchpole NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF Ventura ON 5/4/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:79755 AdId:26641 CustId:1316 -----------Title Order No. 05940764 Trustee Sale No. 84258 Loan No. 399217569 APN: 850-0-106075 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/26/2018. 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 6/10/2020 at 11:00 AM, CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 11/2/2018 as Instrument No. 2018110200123747-0 in book N/A, page N/A of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Ventura County, California, executed by: JANA, LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY , as Trustor EASY FINANCIAL, LLC, A NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY , as Beneficiary WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, 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). At: At the Main front entrance to the County Government Center Hall of Justice located at 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA

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LEGAL 93003, NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE – continued all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California described the land therein: LOT 194, OF TRACT NO. 2008-2, IN THE COUNTY OF VENTURA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 51, PAGE(S) 33 AND 34 MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM THE MINERALS, OIL, GAS AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES LYING BELOW THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND. 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: 10 STAGECOACH ROAD BELL CANYON, CA 91307. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit $1,335,937.93 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election of Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. DATE: 5/6/2020 CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST, as Trustee 8190 EAST KAISER BLVD., ANAHEIM HILLS, CA 92808 PHONE: 714-283-2180 FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION LOG ON TO: www. stoxposting.com CALL: 844477-7869 PATRICIO S. INCE’, VICE PRESIDENT CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. “NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are

encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed or trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 844-4777869, or visit this internet Web site www.stoxposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case T.S.# 84258. 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.”

CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS Attn: Patricio S. Ince’ 8190 East Kaiser Blvd. Anaheim Hills, CA 92808 SchId:79764 AdId:26646 CustId:670 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MICHAEL A. OWEN Case No. 56-2020-00541251-PR-PWOXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MICHAEL A. OWEN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Jennifer Warriner in the Superior Court of California, County of Ventura.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Jennifer Warriner 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 6/18/2020 at 9:00 AM in Department J6 located at 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, California 93036.

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.

Gregory R.Gose (SBN 89743) Law Offices of Gose and Lechman 1200 Paseo Camarillo Suite 295 Camarillo CA 93010 Phone: 805-389-7374 Fax: 805389-7375 SchId:79767 AdId:26647 CustId:724 -----------T.S. No. 071195-CA APN: 6163019-029 NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 1/9/2014. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 5/9/2019 at 9:00 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 1/16/2014, as Instrument No. 20140050681, , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: LOIDA BARRAGAN, A SINGLE WOMAN. WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIERS CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN

BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: VINEYARD BALLROOM, DOU-

BLETREE HOTEL LOS ANGELES - NORWALK, 13111 SYCAMORE DRIVE, NORWALK, CA 90650 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1201 SOUTH TAMARIND AVENUE COMPTON, CALIFORNIA 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 held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $180,549.92 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the SchId:79779 AdId:26654 CustId:517

-----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CLEOTA IRENE DAVIS Case No. 18STPB10191 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CLEOTA IRENE DAVIS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Lavenya Robinson in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Lavenya Robinson 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 7/17/2020 at 8:30 AM in Department 9 located at 111 North Hill Street. 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.

Lavenya Robinson Lavenya Robinson (PRO-PER) 16614 S, Harris Ave Compton CA 90221 Phone: 310-748-0710 Fax: SchId:79792 AdId:26659 CustId:1317 -----------File No.: 20200506-10006633-1 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Chaz Distributing 2. Chaz Distributing 2568 Channel Drive Suite C Ventura, CA 93003 Ventura COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. brigette chasmar 5007 sealane way Oxnard, CA 930351968 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 8/1993.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/brigette chasmar NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF Ventura ON 5/13/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:79795 AdId:26660 CustId:1318

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NEWS

Select DMV field offices reopen to public

25 facilities to serve customers with appointments and transactions that must be done in person Customers reminded to use online and expanded virtual services, alternative service

S AC R A M E N T O — The California Department of Motor Vehicles will reopen select field offices across the state on Friday, May 8, to assist customers with appointments and with transactions that require an in-person visit to a field office during the COVID-19 pandemic. The DMV continues to encourage customers to use online services, its expanded virtual services and other service channels to complete transactions, including driver license and vehicle registration renewals.

Beginning Friday, the following 25 field offices will open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the exception of opening at 9 a.m. Wednesday:

To safeguard the health of employees and customers, the DMV temporarily

business centers to process in- person business-related transactions. Behind-the-

because of registration-related issues · Reinstating a sus-

endorsement to a driver license · Verifying a transit

closed all public offices March 27. Following cleaning of the offices, expansion of virtual services and development of new protocols, the DMV is reopening select offices based on location, size, service capacity and the ability to offer enhanced service to commercial driver license customers. The DMV also is reopening its 10 industry

wheel drive tests continue to be suspended.

Employees will maintain physical distancing while serving customers with existing appointments and Californians in need of selected transactions that can only be completed in a DMV field office, including: · Paying registration for a vehicle impounded

pended or revoked driver license · Applying for a reduced-fee or no-fee identification card · Processing commercial driver license transactions · Applying for a disabled person parking placards · Adding an ambulance certificate or firefighter

training document to drive a transit bus. · Processing DMV Express customers for REAL ID transactions, if time and space allows In order to focus field office services to these select transactions, DMV staff may direct customers to online services and other available options to complete their transac-

tions.

In addition to physical distancing, employees will have access to disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizer, facial shields, gloves and soap and water. The DMV also will provide hand washing stations for customer use.

Customers will be required to wear a face covering and remain 6 feet apart in line. Customers will also be offered a text message that will allow them to wait outside the building until notified they are ready to be served. Entry into the building will be metered, and customers may experience extended wait times.

Californians who do not have an urgent need to go to a DMV field office should delay their visit.