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Security guard allegedly used racial slur while attempting to tase man walking thru Costco parking lot By VictorValleyNews

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (VVNG.com) — A private security guard patrolling the Victorville Costco is under fire after he allegedly attempted to tase a man as he yelled a racial slur at him for simply walking through the parking lot, officials said. It happened just before 7:00 AM on Monday, June 15, 2020, in the

14600 block of Valley Center Drive. Sheriff’s officials said the victim, a 23-year-old Black male was walking through the Costco parking lot, on his way to a bus stop when he was followed by security. According to a news release, The suspect, David Miller, a private security guard, followed the victim and yelled for him

to get out of the parking lot. “The victim told Miller he was on his way to the bus stop and Miller got out of his vehicle and pulled his stun gun. He fired at the victim, telling him he was going to kill him and using a racial slur,” stated the release Officials said the victim was not hit by the stun gun and

proceeded to the bus stop area. Deputies conducted interviews with the victim, suspect, and witnesses at the location. Miller was arrested and booked at High Desert Detention Center for Violating Civil Rights by Force or Threat, Assault with a Stun Gun, and Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact Detective S. Andersen at the Victorville Police Department at (760) 241-2911 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or you may leave information on the WeTip website at www.wetip.com. To follow updates to this article and more, Join our newsgroup on Facebook with over 140,000 members, Like our Facebook page, and Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Video shows Malcolm Harsch of Victorville was not lynched, but hanged himself By BRIAN ROKOS | brokos@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise

Malcolm Harsch A Black man whose hanging death in Victorville on May 31 prompted concerns that he had been lynched actually died by suicide, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Friday, June 19. Sheriff’s officials played for reporters a video from a nearby vacant building that showed Malcolm Harsch, 38, wrapping a blue electronics cable around his neck, tying the ends to a tree limb and then letting himself fall. The tree, rustling for several minutes before it became still, was adjacent to the tents where he and a former girlfriend lived. Harsch had been on suicide watch in two of his recent bookings in San Bernardino County jails on suspicion of minor

crimes, Sgt. Steve Allen said. Then just past dawn May 31, Allen said, Harsch and his girlfriend broke up amid mutual allegations of infidelity. They argued, and the video showed Harsch throwing donuts at her tent. Minutes later, with the woman still in her tent and another transient apparently watching, Harsch hanged himself just after 6 a.m. No one summoned help for Harsch until just after 7 a.m., when the woman emerged from the tent, grabbed a man’s phone and called 911, Allen said. Harsch’s brother, Ft. Irwin soldier D’Avery Richardson, viewed the video at the Victorville sheriff’s station Thursday and showed it via Zoom to his two sisters in Ohio, Allen said.

A spokesman for the family issued a statement on Friday. “On behalf of the family of Malcolm Harsch unfortunately it seems he did take his own life,” said the spokesman, Najee Ali. “The Victorville Police Department officials released new video evidence to family members,” Ali said. “The family wants to sincerely thank everyone for their support and prayers.” Authorities initially said no foul play was suspected in Harsch’s death. But family members and others were skeptical. Roughly 200 people gathered outside Victorville City Hall on Tuesday to demand a thorough investigation and police accountability for using deadly force in other cases. Harsch’s death came a week before another Black man, Robert Fuller, was found dead near Poncitlán Square, just east of Palmdale City Hall. Fuller’s death was also a hanging and was initially described by officials as a suspected suicide. Coroner’s investigators have yet to rule on a final cause of death pending the investigation and toxicology results. In a news conference on Monday, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said there wasn’t any evidence the

deaths were linked, but that his detectives would talk with San Bernardino County detectives. The investigations into what some people worry were lynchings came amid protests nationwide about racial and social justice after the May 25 death of a Black man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis police custody. The four officers involved in the arrest were fired and charged with crimes. T he coroner’s off icial f inding of the cause of Harsch’s death is pending the results of a toxicology test. Allen said investigators planned to do a large-scale probe even if protesters had not demanded one because there were reports of blood on Harsch’s shirt. Those turned out to be spots of his own blood, Allen said a DNA test confirmed. Also, Allen said, the Sheriff’s Department does not normally share so much information about a suicide, but did so in this case because of public concerns. “What I’m trying to prevent is any violent protests in the name of Malcolm,” he said.

Who would get a second stimulus check — and who wouldn't? -- By Aimee Picchi A recent Census Bureau survey shows that nearly half of U.S. households have taken a painful hit to their pocketbook during the steep recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, spurring calls for the federal government to offer Americans more direct financial assistance. While it's unclear whether Congress will approve a second stimulus check anytime soon, lawmakers are at least considering opening the spigot. The proposed $3 trillion Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions, or HEROES, Act would authorize another batch of stimulus payments for most households. The bill passed the House in May and now awaits debate in the Senate. Adding to the political momentum for more stimulus money, Trump administration officials earlier this month said they are considering a second round of funding. The first round of stimulus checks, directed by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act in March, faced criticism from advocacy groups and taxpayers alike on its exclusion of some Americans. For instance, the initial round of stimulus payments provided $500 for each child under the age of 17 — that meant millions of high school seniors and juniors who are 17 or older didn't qualify for the payments. The Trump administration is facing lawsuits over the bill's exclusion of some immigrants and their American spouses from the payments. Overall, most Americans would get more money in a second stimulus under the HEROES Act, according to the rightleaning American Enterprise Institute. Its analysis found that the average household would receive $2,170, compared with $1,729 for the first stimulus checks. The reason for the sweetened payments: An increase in the number and size of payments for children and dependents, many of whom were excluded from the first round of stimulus payments. Here's who would be eligible for a stimulus check under the HEROES Act: Lowand middleincome households HEROES sets the same income limits to get a check as the CARES Act. That means most high-income households wouldn't see a payment unless they have children or dependents who qualify for one. Single taxpayers with maximum adjusted gross income of $75,000 would be eligible for a second stimulus check, along with married couples with total household

income of no more than $150,000 and who file their taxes jointly. Above that limit, the payment would be reduced until phasing out completely above $98,000 for single taxpayers and $199,000 for married taxpayers. Chi ldren, including 17- a n d 18 -ye a r - o l d s Parents of older teens may be happy to learn that the HEROES Act directs additional payments of $1,200 for each child in the family, up to three children. The first stimulus check was less generous when it came to providing support for families with children. Under CARES, eligible families got $500 for each child, but only for kids who hadn't yet turned 17. That's because the bill relied on the definition of a qualifying child for the Child Tax Credit, which cuts off once he or she turns 17. College students College students who are claimed as dependents on their parents' taxes would qualify for a $1,200 payment under the HEROES Act. That's more generous than the first stimulus round, which excluded adults claimed as dependents on other taxpayers' returns. That included many college students who may be adults in the eyes of the law, but who are still claimed as dependents on their parents' tax returns. That angered many families, who pointed out that numerous college kids suffered lost income and higher costs — such as moving quickly off campus when universities shut down — due to the pandemic. Americans married to immigrants Unlike u nder CA R ES, the HEROES Act would provide a stimulus check to American citizens who are married to immigrants without a Social Security number. In the first round, they were blocked from receiving the payments, an issue that sparked at least two lawsuits on grounds of discrimination. That's because CARES required both spouses to have Social Security numbers, while critics noted that immigrants without a Green Card often use an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number to file taxes. On top of that, because HEROES directs payments to tax filers with a valid tax ID number, rather than a Social Security number, more resident aliens may qualify for the payments, according to the American Enterprise Institute. Who wouldn't get payments? continued on page 2

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Survey: Americans’ biggest coronavirus financial regret is not having enough emergency savings James Royal

© Photo by Getty Images/Illustration by Bankrate A restaurant worker hands a bag to a woman with a facemask The coronavirus pandemic has hit Americans hard, and a new Bankrate survey says Americans' top financial regret is not having enough emergency savings to withstand the crisis. The survey shows that of Americans with financial regrets, the biggest regret is a lack of emergency savings, which was noted by 23 percent of respondents. But when it comes to their biggest financial priority going forward, Americans are focused on paying down debt (22 percent), followed by saving more for emergencies (17 percent). "At first blush, the regret about lack of emergency savings and the prioritization of debt repayment may seem at odds with each other - but not so," says Greg McBride, CFA, Bankrate chief financial analyst. "Consumers can actually make meaningful progress on both fronts at the same time by setting up a direct deposit from their paycheck into a dedicated savings account and earmarking more discretionary dollars toward debt repayment." Bankrate surveyed 1,343 American adults about their financial regrets as they relate to the coronavirus. Below are the main findings from the survey. Key takeaways: Americans' biggest financial regret about the coronavirus pandemic is lacking emergency savings, with 23 percent citing this reason. Americans' top financial priority for the future is paying down debt, with 22 percent naming this goal. Not enough emergency savings was the top regret for every income group, but not every age group. T he biggest f i na ncial regrets since the pandemic Americans said that their largest financial regret about the coronavirus pandemic was not having enough emergency savings, with 23 percent of Americans targeting this regret. Other top responses included not having enough retirement savings (20 percent) and having too much debt (17 percent). About

20 percent of respondents said they didn't know their top regret. As a May Bankrate surveyed showed, more than one in four Americans have taken or anticipate taking money from their retirement accounts to make it through the coronavirus crisis. The top financial priorities going for ward While Americans cited not enough emergency savings as their top regret, their top financial priority once the U.S. starts to recover from financial hardship doesn't exactly match up. Instead, Americans are more focused on paying down debt, with 22 percent of respondents mentioning this goal. Many Americans seem unprepared, and about 17 percent said they didn't know what their top priority was. A similar number said they intended to save more for emergencies. Among respondents who cited a financial priority, paying down debt was the top priority among millennials (20 percent), Generation X (24 percent) and boomers (25 percent). Generation Z cited finding more stable income (22 percent) as their top priority, while the Silent Generation said "some other financial priority" was the biggest deal for them (21 percent). Broken out by income group, paying down debt was cited most often as the financial priority among those who expressed a priority: 27 percent among households earning $30,000 to $49,999 28 percent for households earning $50,000 to $79,999 21 percent among households earning $80,000 and more Among households earning less than $30,000, the top priority was saving more for emergencies at 21 percent, though a further 22 percent said they didn't know what their priority was. How much A mer icans regret their financial choices Bankrate's survey also asked Americans to rate their level of regret about their financial status (emergency savings, retirement savings, debt, income stability

Who would get a second stimulus check — and who wouldn't? (continued)from page 1 Wealthier Americans — unless they have children or dependents who qualify for a $1,200 payment — would be excluded. Like the first stimulus round, the cutoff would be $98,000 for single taxpayers and $199,000 for married couples.

HEROES also caps at three the number of payments that each family can claim for children or dependents. That means families with four or more children will receive payments for three kids, but not for any additional children.

and living beyond their means) since the coronavirus started. Americans evoked similar levels of regretfulness about saving for emergencies and for retirement: Emergency savings: 16 percent of Americans were very regretful and 22 percent somewhat regretful. Retirement savings: 16 percent were very regretful and 23 percent somewhat regretful. The regretfulness associated with the remaining three categories was notably less: Amount of debt: Ver y regretful (13 percent) and somewhat regretful (18 percent) Income stability: Ver y regretful (11 percent) and somewhat regretful (18 percent) Living beyond your means: Very regretful (9 percent) and somewhat regretful (18 percent) Of those who expressed regret, not enough emergency savings was the top regret for every income group (below $30,000, $30,000 to $49,999, $50,000 to $79,999 and more than $80,000). By age group, not enough emergency savings was the top financial regret for millennials (24 percent) and Generation X (25 percent). In contrast, not enough retirement savings was the top regret for boomers and the Silent Generation who expressed a regret. Lower income was associated with a higher tendency to list income stability as the top financial regret, with households earning less than $30,000 per year being the highest at 18.6 percent. The list is rounded out by: 12.6 percent of households earning $30,000 to $49,999 11.6 percent of households earning $50,000 to $79,999 11.3 percent of households earning more than $80,000 How Americans ca n prot e ct t hem selves Whether it's emergency savings

or retirement savings, Americans regret not saving more, with about 43 percent of respondents noting one or the other. The results from this survey echo those from a recent Bankrate survey showing that Americans are behind in their retirement savings. One of the best steps to take is to automate savings, whether it's retirement or emergency savings. By doing so, workers can avoid the temptation to not save. For retirement savings such as a 401(k), it's easy to have the money pulled directly from your paycheck and invested. If you're already saving there, you can also easily increase how much is pulled from your pay. But you can also set up your IRA to deposit money from your bank account automatically. For emergency savings, you can set up the same kind of automatic transfer. Have your bank transfer money from your account on a regular basis, for example, whenever your paycheck hits the account. Second, you'll also want to take advantage of a high-yield savings account. While it can be convenient to keep your money with one bank, that approach may be costing you. And with the ease of moving money from one bank to another, it's simple to have an online bank account that offers you a higher level of interest, but you'll need to shop around for the best rates. M e t h o d o l o g y This study was conducted for Bankrate via online interview by YouGov. Interviews were conducted from June 3 - June 4, 2020 among a sample of 1,343 adults. Data are weighted and are intended to be representative of all U.S. adults, and therefore are subject to statistical errors typically associated with sample-based information.

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2nd wave of virus cases? Experts say we’re still in the 1st

In this Thursday, May 28, 2020 file photo, a fence outside Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is adorned with tributes to victims of COVID-19 in New York. The memorial is part of the Naming the Lost project which attempts to humanize the victims who are often just listed as statistics. The wall features banners that say "Naming the Lost" in six languages — English, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Hebrew, and Bengali. Some worry a large new wave of coronavirus might occur in the fall or winter of 2020 — after schools reopen, the weather turns colder and less humid, and people huddle inside more. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) W h at’s al l t h is t al k about a “second wave” of U.S. coronavir us cases? In The Wall Street Journal last week, Vice President Mike Pence wrote in a piece headlined “There Isn’t a Coronavirus ‘Second Wave’” that the nation is winning the fight against the virus. Many public health experts, however, suggest it’s no time to celebrate. About 120,000 Americans have died from the new virus and daily counts of new cases in the U.S. are the highest they’ve been in more than a month, driven by alarming recent increases in the South and West.

But there is at least one point of agreement: “Second wave” is probably the wrong term to describe what’s happening. “When you have 20,000-plus infections per day, how can you talk about a second wave?” said Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health. “We’re in the first wave. Let’s get out of the first wave before you have a second wave.” Clearly there was an initial infection peak in April as cases exploded in New York City. After schools and businesses were closed across the country, the rate of new cases dropped somewhat.

But “it’s more of a plateau, or a mesa,” not the trough after a wave, said Caitlin Rivers, a disease researcher at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Health Security. Scientists generally agree the nation is still in its first wave of coronavirus infections, albeit one that’s dipping in some parts of the country while rising in others. “This virus is spreading around the United States and hitting different places with different intensity at different times,” said Dr. Richard Besser, chief executive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation who was acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when a pandemic flu hit the U.S. in 2009. Dr. A r nold Monto, a University of Michigan f lu expert, echoed that sentiment. “What I would call this is continued transmission with f lare-ups,” he said. Flu seasons sometimes feature a second wave of infections. But in those cases, the second wave is a distinct new surge in cases from a strain of flu that is different than the strain that caused earlier illnesses. That’s not the case in the coronavirus epidemic. Mont o d o e s n’t t h i n k

“second wave” really describes what’s happe n i ng now, calling it “totally semantics.” “Second waves are basically in the eye of the beholder,” he said. But Besser said semantics matter, because saying a first wave has passed may give people a false sense that the worst is over. Some worry a large wave of coronavirus might occur this fall or winter — after schools reopen, the weather turns colder and less humid, and people huddle inside more. That would follow seasonal patterns seen with flu and other respiratory viruses. And such a fall wave could be very bad, given that there’s no vaccine or experts think most Americans haven’t had the virus. But the new coronavirus so far has been spreading more episodically and sporadically than f lu, and it may not follow the same playbook. “It’s very difficult to make a prediction,” Rivers said. “We don’t know the degree to which this virus is seasonal, if at all.” _ _ _ AP medical w r iter Lauran Neergaard contributed to this report.

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Supporting Black-Owned Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship U.S. Supreme Court Protects Deadline to Apply for Forgivable Paycheck Protection Program Loans Fast Approaching By: Michael Vallante, U.S. Small Business Administration’s Associate Administrator for the Office of Field Operations, overseeing the 68 district offices and nine Regional Administrators; and Regional Administrator for Region IX, overseeing the agency’s programs and services in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii and Guam

With the COVID-19 pandemic and the unrest that has been taking place in some cities, the impact has been felt in every sector of our economy. There has never been a more challenging time for America’s small business. That’s especially true for minorityowned businesses who face unique challenges even in the best of times. As the U.S. Small Business Ad mi nist ration Regional Administrator to the Pacific Rim area, I understand that supporting the Black community includes investing in Black-owned businesses and supporting Black entrepreneurs across every town in America. We hear from Black-owned businesses of the socioeconomic and capital funding challenges with starting and expanding a business. Our goal is to work with Black entrepreneurs to overcome these entrepreneurship challenges.

The Paycheck Protection Program was created to assist businesses economically impacted by the pandemic. This forgivable loan program has provided over 4.6 million small business loans totaling more than $500 billion to ensure that tens of millions of hardworking Americans stay connected to their jobs. This program is dedicated to providing emergency capital to sustain our nation’s small businesses and retain their employees. The deadline to apply for this program is just days away. Small businesses that have not yet applied have until June 30th to do so. More than $100 billion is still available. Of the PPP funding, SBA partnered specifically with Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) to ensure that funding reaches all communities in need

of relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. CDFIs and MDIs work to expand economic opportunity in low-income communities by providing access to financial products and services for local residents and businesses. Together, these lenders have originated more than $17 billion in dedicated fundsto small businesses in low-income communities. Other ongoing programs that SBA has available include Women’s Business Centers to assist women in starting and growing small businesses. Across the U.S., Black women start their own business at record rates. These centers provide a full range of services for women entrepreneurs at all stages of planning, implementation and growth. For those interesting in contracting with the federal government, Women-owned business certification helps provide a level playing field for women business owners, as the government limits competition for certain contracts to businesses certified as women-owned. Another valuable resource is the Mentor-Protégé Program, designed for small businesses to learn from an experienced gover n ment cont r a ctor Other mentoring programs include SCORE, a network of thousands of volunteer business counselors around the country who mentor and educate small business owners. It’s a

free mentoring and education program for business owners to learn from others who have been through the entrepreneurship journey. This program also seeks mentors from the Black community to better assist Black entrepreneurship as they better understand the obstacles of Black entrepreneurs. For businesses seeking to expand to international markets, Export Assistance Centers help small businesses by providing information on how to export, participate in foreign trade missions and trade shows, translate websites, and design marketing campaigns. These and many other SBA resources are available online at SBA.gov, including information about upcoming webinars to assist entrepreneurs in overcoming common business obstacles and today’s unprecedented challenges. As the Regional Administrator for the Pacific Rim for SBA, and as Associate Administrator for the Office of Field Operations for our agency, SBA is ready to assist, whether in-person, on the phone, or virtually through a webinar, we are here for small businesses and entrepreneurs. At the SBA, our role is to support entrepreneurs in achieving their dream of owning a business, scaling-up their business, and recover from today’s unprecedented challenges.

Immigration Advocates Hail Supreme Court Ruling On Daca, But Push For Comprehensive Immigration Reform by Sunita Sohrabji | Jun 19, 2020 | Immigrant Rights

Immigration advocates hailed the Supreme Court’s surprise 5-4 ruling affirming DACA June 18, but pushed for comprehensive im mig ration refor m. The court ruled that the Trump Administration improperly revoked the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which currently offers more than 700,000 undocumented youth — also known as DREAMers — protection from deportation. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the majority opinion on the case, said the Trump Administration’s abrupt revocation of the program in 2017 was “arbitrary and capricious” and violated gover n ment procedu re. The court did not rule on the merits of the program,

which was implemented via an executive order by former President Barack Obama. At a press briefing later that morning, several immigration activists from California’s Central Valley cheered the Supreme Court decision, but noted that DACA offers only a temporary fix to thousands of youth who have grown up in the U.S. and know no other country. “I was extremely happy to see the decision made by the Supreme Court today. I was not expecting it. I thought it would be a negative decision,” said America Hernandez, a social services coordinator at Kids in Need of Defense, which is based in Fresno. But, she noted, the Dream and Promise Act of 2019 —

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Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media On June 18, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The renewable federal provision allows people who were brought illegally to the U.S. as children to defer deportation and receive legal permission to work, study and live in the United States. “Cong rat ulations to DACAmented immigrants for this historic win,” said Nana Gyamfi, Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), a national advocacy organization that pushes for fair immigration policies. According to BAJI’s website, the group stands up for the rights of African, Caribbean and other minority immigrants across the United States; and stands with African Americans in the fight for racial justice. “This moment would not have happened were it not for the Black uprisings that have centered Black lives in this country,” Gyamfi continued. “This decision is a welcomed reprieve for DACA recipients and a call to action in support of Black Liberation. There are no permanent protections for any immigrants until African American human rights and dignity are protected.” The court decided by a 5-4 vote that the Trump administration had not provided “a reasoned explanation for its action,” according to the majority opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts. California has played an integral part in the fight to keep the DACA program. Regents of the University of California were the defendants in the Supreme Court case, and the

California Department of Justice led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in defense of the program. “The Supreme Cour t’s decision to uphold the University of California and the California Attorney General’s challenge against the Trump Administration’s capricious action is a victory for hundreds of thousands of young people who are making vital contributions to their families, schools, employers, and the nation,” said University of California President Janet Napolitano. “Today, America told the Dreamers that this is their home,” said CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra in a June 18 statement. “The highest court in our land saw through the Trump administration’s illegal, baseless excuses. The Court agreed: if you work hard and play by the rules, you deserve a chance to get ahead.” According the National Immigration Forum, about 653,0 0 0 “ D r e a m e r s ,” undocumented immigrants who came into the U.S. as children, are currently protected under DACA, with over 200,000 recipients residing in California. The average DACA recipient arrived in the U.S. at age seven and has lived in the country for more than 20 years. The Supreme Court decision comes at a time when Dreamers are facing heightened hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Center for American Progress, 202,500 DACA recipients are on the frontlines of the nationwide COVID-19 response. Most of these recipients are essential workers in healthcare, education, and food-related industries.

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which offers permanent protection from deportation to DACA recipients and those with Temporary Protected Status or Deferred Enforced Departure — has been deadlocked in the Senate since last June, after it was passed by the House. TPS and DED holders would have the ability to immediately apply for green cards. DACA recipients would first have to apply for conditional permanent residency, which requires the applicant to have arrived in the U.S. before the age of 18, and consistently remain the country for a period of four years. Applicants would have to have a clean criminal history and would need at least a high school diploma or GED, or be enrolled in school. “The last three years have been tumultuous. We are tired and exhausted. We need a permanent solution. This is about doing what’s right,” said Hernandez. Immigration attorney Jesus Mar tinez said: “Personally I was thinking this was the end of DACA, taking away protection from

people who are productive members of our society.” Martinez said DACA offers no pathway to citizenship. Moreover, recipients must re-apply every two years, a costly, tenuous process. “We want more progressive change, more permanent change.” Sukaina Hussain, Central California Outreach Director of Council on American Islamic Relations, also said she was pleased with the June 18 Supreme Court decision. “Trump has attempted to promote a racist, xenophobic agenda through numerous attacks,” she said, citing the Administration’s severe restrictions on immigration, including a 2017 ban on Muslims entering the U.S. “Through all of these attacks, our communities have fought back. We have stood on the front lines of this fight, and we will fight racism in all its forms,” she said. Samuel Molina, California State Director for Mi Familia Vota, said the organization is actively fund-raising to help undocumented youth apply and re-apply for DACA protection.

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Aguilar Announces $450,000 in NeedBased Scholarship Funding for Loma Linda University Health State Government News

San Bernardino, CA – Today, Rep. Pete Aguilar announced that Loma Linda University Health has received $450,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program. The program promotes diversity among health care professionals by providing financial a i d t o f i n a n c i a l l ydisadvantaged students. “Loma Linda University Health is one of the country’s premiere medical institutions, and this funding will allow more people from communities like ours to gain worldclass medical educations. I’m proud to support these types of programs to help level the playing field for students entering the medical

field and help attract and retain talented medical professionals in our region – leading to better health outcomes for Inland Empire residents,” said Rep. Aguilar. “These funds will enable us to help a number of students complete their education and enter the healthcare field,” said Loma Linda University Health President, Richard Hart, MD, DrPH. “We appreciate Congressman Aguilar’s efforts over the years of working with the HHS, which has allowed us to help even more students in need.” Rep. Aguilar serves as Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, the committee responsible for allocating federal funding to agencies like HHS.

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The Sword of The Black Press

A younger Lucius Gantt used an IBM Selectric typewriter to launch The Gantt Report in 1980. (COURTESY OF ALL WORLD CONSULTANTS

The 40-Year-Old Gantt Report, Authored by Trailblazing Journalist/Entrepreneur Lucius Gantt, is One of the LongestRunning Newspaper Columns in America. In an Exclusive Florida Courier Newspaper Interview, He Tells Readers Why He’s ‘Stayed Black.’

By the Florida Courier Staff

Never heard of Lucius Gantt? Here’s a sample of why he’s been considered one of America’s most provocative Black journalists for more than 40 years: From “Jogging While Black” – I think closet Klansmen that are living by their guns today can easily die by a gunshot tomorrow, especially if they push up on a person of color that has a permit to carry a weapon. From “Protest Pimps”– The people in Black communities that are hurting and mourning are not impressed by protest clowns that come to town to deliver philippic rants and raves that were choreographed and orchestrated by rednecks, hillbillies, conservatives a n d clo s e t K l a n s m e n! From “Ber nie’s Busted Revolution”– Turn out the lights, the party is over for Bernie Sanders. The “revolution” has been canceled! Bernie chose to hire Black campaign workers that would parrot his messages and rubberstamp his over-the-top proposals. Sanders did not spend with Black media outlets, didn’t utilize Black political professionals, did not focus on issues of interest to Black voters and the Bernie Sanders campaign didn’t have a clue about how to motivate and influence the masses of Black voters. The Gantt Report told you for decades that no Democratic candidate can win a rat race, a sack race or a political race without strong Black voter support. Just

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Those are excerpts from just three of Gantt’s most recent columns that he’s written almost every week for 40 years. In every one of 2,000-plus columns, his viewpoint has been pointedly and aggressively proBlack – something that even some Black readers don’t like. “I don’t try to write the columns that people like. I write the truth whether people like it or not!” Gantt exclaimed in an exclusive interview with the Florida Courier, Florida’s statewide Black weekly newspaper. Yo u n g

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Gantt, an Atlanta native born in 1950, began his media career

as a 17-year-old production assistant at Atlanta’s WSBTV, one of the country’s oldest TV stations. At the time, there were no Blacks working on the frontlines of TV news. Married at age 19 and the father of a child, he was soon hired full-time as a television writer and as a TV researcher at Cox Broadcasting. At the same time, he studied journalism and philosophy at then all-White Georgia State University. Those facts alone are testaments to his tremendous writing skills and work ethic. G a nt t w it h Fre de r ica Wilson and Rev. Al Sharpton Making

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Gantt interviews Warith Deen Muhammad, a son of Nation of Islam (NOI) founder and leader Elijah Muhammad. Warith succeeded his father as the NOI’s leader in 1975 and later went on to form his own group, the American Society of Muslims After graduate school, Gantt accepted a job as a sportswriter for The Associated Press (AP) in New York City, where he covered all major sports – at the age of 23. “AP New York is the top of the journalism game worldwide,” he explained. “It’s as high as you can go. Any English-speaking newspaper around the world will have an AP New York story in it. “That’s what separates a world-class journalist from a journalist. A Miami Herald journalist is local. I’m all-world.” During his AP New York tenure, Gantt wrote three of the top 100 most popular AP stories worldwide. All three were sports stories. In 1974, he returned home after being transferred to the AP’s Atlanta bureau to cover baseball home run king Henry “Hank” Aaron’s effort to break the home run record held by Babe Ruth. On

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After graduating from Georgia State in 1972, Gantt was awarded a graduate fellowship to enroll at the Washington Journalism Center. While there, he worked as a U.S. Capitol correspondent, reporter and documentary producer for National Public Radio. His 1973 documentary about gospel music’s impact and contributions to all musical genres was aired on 77 radio stations nationwide at the time. continued in next 2 columns

In 1975, Gantt decided he wanted to be in news management. He took the job of public affairs director at WFSU-FM, the radio station operated by Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida’s capital. There, he created highly-rated news shows and won a national award, the Ohio State Award for radio documentary production. While at FSU, he also earned a master’s degree in rehabilitation science. Gantt left radio to become executive producer and host of the “Vibrations” TV show, one of the highest-rated locally produced Black-oriented news shows in the nation. Vibrations stayed on the air for 15 years, a media longevity that’s very unusual for local programming. Everywhere in Tallahassee Wherever media was in the Tallahassee area, Gantt was there. He wrote columns for the Tallahassee Democrat daily newspaper, the Flambeau, FSU’s school newspaper, and even did occasional play-byplay announcements for Florida A&M University basketball. Gantt, right, doing playby-play for FAMU basketball with Chris Stewart, left. It was his writing style at the

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Gantt was also initiated in the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s Zeta Theta Chapter at Georgia State in 1969, serving as its founding basileus (president) when the chapter was established. He was first president of an Omega chapter located in a predominantly White college in the South. He also was the president of the Black Federation Alliance, a Black radical student organization at Georgia State that the Atlanta Police Department and the FBI identified as one of Atlanta’s most dangerous on-campus groups. “Back then, you had the Black Panthers, the Weathermen, Students for a Democratic Society, and others. One day, Atlanta cops came in class looking for me in connection with a drive-by shooting at our organization’s house. They said, ‘Where’s Lucius Gantt?’ All my White classmates pointed to me.” Gantt was pulled out of the classroom but was soon released. D.C.,

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Why do they hate us so much? Why do white people despise blacks? Why is it that they find it easy to look at us with disgust and undermine our humanity? In pondering and crying out to God for answers, this is what I heard in my spirit: “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. This happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.” As sure as day follows night, a world at war with God will hate, persecute, ostracize and even kill God’s people. “They will hate you because they hated Me, and the servant is not greater than the master; and because you no longer belong to the world’s system; and because of their benign ignorance of My ways and will; they hate you for it as they did Me.” And just like the Jews, they think that they have ample justification for their hatred, but they do not. Hatred caused them to treat Me cruelly; spitting and slapping My face, mocking,

ridiculing and scoffing at Me, and eventually killing Me. All without cause. People hate what they don’t understand. You are loved and you are hand-chosen by the Lord, and you are not understood by the people among whom you dwell; God has made you to be strangers, set apart by the Most High by a divine choice to be his own peculiar favored people. A special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers. They hate you without a cause! "Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; and He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him; He will repay him to his face. Because you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. Hated Without A Cause! Scr ipt u re Readi ng: [ Deut e ronomy 7:6 -11; Deuteronomy 14:2 1 Peter 2:4-5; 1 Corinthian 1:26-30; Titus 2:14; John 15:18-27; John 15:18-25; 1 John 3:13].

WITNESS FOR JUSTICE

Issue #1000

Nothing Lost in Translation Derek Duncan Area Executive for East Asia and Pacific

“Black life is precious.” “Black Lives Matter” has this slight nuance when translated into Korean, highlighting a more implicit understanding of the credo. “Black life is precious.” The cries and conviction of the movement need no translation however, as thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Seoul recently in solidarity with those demanding racial justice in the United States. But not just in the Korean capital. From Mexico City south to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Throughout the UK and Europe. In Nairobi, Kenya, Karachi, Pakistan and Manila, Philippines, throngs of protestors filled the streets chanting they, too, believe Black lives matter. They march in support of U.S. protestors, but also because demands for justice for people of color, for migrants, for indigenous communities, resonate around the world. They too are calling for an end to police brutality and militarized tactics against impoverished and marginalized communities. Our cries are their cries. In his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., explained to white clergy why the troubles of that city mattered to him. He said, “I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” Then as now, King recognized that the civil rights protests of American Blacks echoed other global rights movements across Africa and Asia, in South America and in the Caribbean. All were “moving with a sense of great urgency toward the promised land of racial justice.” When describing the mutuality of international partnerships, Global Ministries of the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) sometimes uses the African concept of ubuntu, which King himself evoked in later addresses: “Whatever affects one directly

affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.” The Apostle Paul used the image of the body to describe how we all depend inextricably on each other. “For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ,” he wrote. “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it” (1 Corinthians 12:12 and 26, NRSV). Partners from around the world have told us they share in the suffering of the U.S. The All Africa Conference of Churches declares, “We join the churches in the USA to continue advocating for justice and peace in America and condemn sinful systemic racism.” They also share how they are suffering. The National Council of Churches in India writes, “We feel it in our bones when we relate it to the violence that is meted out to Dalit people in India every day. We need to root it out altogether. Count on us.” We need each other, they say. We know asserting “Black Lives Matter” doesn’t deny that other lives are also precious, but rather declares that Black lives need our critical attention now. Similarly, without diminishing the urgency of U.S. suffering, we must heed the Macedonian call to attend urgently to those suffering from state violence around the world. Indian religious minorities attacked by Hindu nationalists. Poor communities in the Philippines targeted under the government’s Anti-Terrorism Bill. Palestinians on the verge of losing hope if Israel annexes occupied West Bank land. African migrants being trafficked, abused, and abandoned at waypoints across the Mediterranean. Indigenous West Papuans being persecuted under Indonesian control. We can’t be fully ourselves until these lives are fully themselves too. Global solidarity makes sense in any language.

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SPORTS

NASCAR Drivers And Crew Stand Up For Bubba Wallace After Noose Incident | By Dan Feldman

Kobe Bryant’s First Championship Ring Heads To Auction It is ticketed to sell for more than $250,000. Written by BET Staff

Nets star Kyrie Irving, Lakers center Dwight Howard and Lakers guard Avery Bradley have made many people believe their coalition was urging players to boycott the NBA’s resumption at Disney World. Irving, repor tedly: “I don’t support going into Orlando. I’m not with the systematic racism and the bulls***. Something smells a little fishy.” Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports: Irving made it known he was strongly against going to Orlando, Florida, to resume the season, opting instead to work on the frontlines in his community to focus on racial oppression and systemic racism in the aftermath of George Floyd’s homicide, sources said. However, later in the call, Irving said he would stand with the group and travel to Disney World in Orlando if the players agreed that was the right call, sources said. “If it’s worth the risk, then

let’s go and do it,” Irving said on the call, sources said. “But if you’re not with it, it’s OK, too. We’ve got options for both ways. Let’s just come to a middle ground as a family.” Stefa n Bondy of t he New York Daily News: In a recent chat group with Nets players, Kyrie Irving lobbied for skipping the bubble, the Daily News has learned. H o w a r d : I agree with Kyrie (Irving). Basketball, or entertainment period, isn’t needed at this moment, and will only be a distraction. No Basketball till we get things resolved. B r a d l e y : “The actual act of sitting out doesn’t directly fight systemic racism,” Bradley said. “But it does highlight the reality that without black athletes, the NBA wouldn’t be what it is today. The league has a responsibility to our communities in helping to

empower us — just as we have made the NBA brand strong.” Now, Howard is stating clearly: They are not trying to disrupt the NBA’s plan. Shams Charania of The Athletic: ht t p s://t w it t e r.c om / S h a m s C h a r a n i a / status/1273372676132941825/ Collectively sitting out appeared unpopular among players. That would have come at SIGNIFICANT financial cost to players without necessarily making gains toward racial justice. So, if even Howard, Irving and Bradley aren’t advocating for players to sit out en masse, it seems there won’t be a widespread boycott. But some players could make personal decisions to sit out. Players are concerned about coronavirus, health, living conditions in the bubble and how to help the Black Lives Matter movement. They’re also concerned about their salaries. There’s a lot to weigh.

Meanwhile, NBA owners, NBPA leadership (which, ironically, includes Irving) and some superstar players are pushing everyone toward playing. That’s where Irving has made the biggest and best impact. Irving has fostered more discussion among players, encouraging them to voice their concerns without pressure from more-powerful sources. It sounds like Howard, in this statement, is mostly speaking about that undertaking. Yet, this coalition clearly has other (sometimes related) goals, too. Irving clearly cares about combating systematic racism. Howard’s previous statement, at least according to his agent, focused on “social injustice and racism.” Bradley talked about structural changes within the NBA. It’s just now clear their tactics for achieving those goals won’t include a widespread boycott of the NBA’s resumption.

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universally revered agent Leon Rose as its latest head of basketball operations, there are a smorgasbord of candidates who can’t wait to coach this sorry-ass squad to eight wins, only to inevitably return to delivering Postmates. Marc Stein of the New York Times reports that Jason Kidd has somehow made the cut, despite putting the Milwaukee Bucks in a headlock (they miraculously transformed into a juggernaut immediately after his firing in 2018) and having the dubious distinction of jumpstarting his coaching career with a DUI suspension. Good times. He’s also noted for being an abysmal defensive coach who can’t inspire young players—which the Knicks, ironically, are brimming with—

and somehow has accrued a lackluster coaching record of 183-190 despite coaching the likes of Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Gian nis A ntetokou n mpo. This would sound like a match made in heaven, except the Knicks also have eyes for former Minnesota Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau—who’s foaming at the mouth thinking of ways to somehow play RJ Barrett 97 minutes a game—former Brooklyn Nets coach Kenny Atkinson, Philadelphia 76ers assistant Ime Udoka and the Knicks’ current interim coach Mike Miller. There’s even word that Jeff Van Gundy, one of the greatest coaches in franchise history, would be open to a family reunion,

sell for more than $250,000. In May of this year, Pamela sold her ring through Goldin Auct ions for $206,0 0 0. Joe and Pamela first sold the 14k gold rings back in 2013 in addition to other valuable Kobe items that totaled $280,000. Kobe memorabilia has continued to go up for sale since his tragic passing on January 26 with his daughter Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter crash.

WNBA Star Natasha Cloud Sits Out Season To Focus On Social Justice Reform Written By BET Staff

James Dolan Can't Wait to Fire the Next Knicks Head Coach and He Hasn't Even Been Hired Yet Jay Connor

Other than being a dugout janitor or collecting urine samples for a living, I can’t think of a worse job in professional sports than being the head coach of the New York Knicks. The owner is somehow both a coward and an imbecile, the front office is a rotating cast of resounding failures and sexual harassment allegations, and they failed to sign two of the biggest names in the sport, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, when they had virtually nowhere else to go. But if you think any of the above is stopping the next contestants of Who Wants to Be Fired By a Billionaire from clamoring for the gig anyway, you clearly haven’t been paying any attention to the news. Because if you were, you’d know that after inserting

It has almost been 20 years since Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers won their first NBA Championship in 2000. Following the big win, Bryant decided to pay for two extra fullsized championship rings to be made for his father, Joe “Jellybean” Bryant and his mother, Pamela. But according to TMZ, the historic 40-diamond ring that was gifted to his dad will now go up for action at Goldin Auctions. It is ticketed to

but after glancing at the Knicks roster he was overheard laughing hysterically into an asthma pump. With Rose’s hire, one would hope that the Knicks would finally get in the gym, shed the winter weight and finally get right, but we’ve been down this road one too many times before and already know how this ends: the Knicks will either pick the wrong person for the job (Jeff Hornacek anyone?) or pick the right person and thrust them into the worst possible situation—like they just did with David Fizdale. Menace to supremacy. Founder of Extraordinary Ideas and co-host and producer of The Extraordinary Negroes podcast. Impatiently waiting for ya'll to stop putting sugar in grits.

Washington Mystics guard and 2019 WNBA champion, Natasha Cloud, has decided to sit out for the 2020 basketball season in response to the growing Black Lives Matter movement. Cloud a n nou nced her decision on Monday (June 22) that she wants to realign her focus to social justice issues. "I am more than an athlete," Cloud captioned in her Instagram post. "I have a responsibility to myself, to my community and to my future children to fight for something that is much bigger than myself and the game of basketball. I will instead continue the fight for social reform, because until Black lives matter, all lives can't matter." Putting a pause on her fiveyear WNBA career with Mystics, Cloud reportedly had a careerbest of 9.0 points and 5.6 assists last season, according to ESPN. WNBA’s Renee Montgomery of the Atlanta Dream also opted out of the 2020 season on June 18 to focus on social justice reform following the horrific death of George Floyd. "After much thought, I’ve decided to opt-out of the 2020 WNBA season. There’s work to be done off the court in so many areas in our community,” she tweeted. “Social justice

reform isn’t going to happen overnight but I do feel that now is the time and Moments equal Momentum. Let's keep it going!" Both athletes join fourtime WNBA champion for the Minnesota Lynx, Maya Moore, who has sat out for the last two seasons to fight for criminal justice reform. As for NBA players, Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has joined other star Black athletes and entertainers to start a voting group aimed to protect African-American voting rights. "More Than a Vote" will reportedly help influence Black communities to register to vote and cast their ballots in November. "Yes, we want you to go out and vote, but we’re also going to give you the tutorial. We’re going to give you the background of how to vote and what they’re trying to do, [on] the other side, to stop you from voting," James told The New York Times. Helping to move the effort and spread the word, Atlanta Hawks Trae Young, Golden State Warriors Draymond Green and WNBA star for the Phoenix Mercury Skylar Diggins-Smith, have teamed up to help amplify the “More Than a Vote” campaign.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 202000045125 Date Filed: 06/08/2020 Filing Expires On: 06/08/2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): TACO HUT County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 11815 FOOTHILL BLVD., STE E RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730 Mailing A d d r e s s : 1 8 7 11 V I A TORINO IRVINE, CA 92603 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: MAX FORTUNE GROUP LLC State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./ Org./Reg. No.:2013330310377 Residence Street Address: 9451 FOOTHILL BLVD. RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730 This business is/was conducted by: A Limited Liability Company Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: May 01, 2015 Robert Yang, Managing Member, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. 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 (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A 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.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper June 18, Correction 25, July 2, 9, 2020.

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SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1928120 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): MATTHEW LEECH AND DOES 1 TO 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ANCHOR GENERAL INSURANCE CO. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self- Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self- Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al

demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, APLC, Michael D. Schoeck, Esq., Bar # 277945, 3168 Lionshead Ave. Carlsbad CA 92010 760/842- 5850 DATE (Fecha): SEP 19 2019 by Daisy Bailon, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual defendant STATEMENT OF DAMAGES (Personal Injury or Wrongful Death) To: MATTHEW LEECH Plaintiff: ANCHOR GENERAL INSURANCE CO seeks damages in the aboveentitled action, as follows: General damages Pain, suffering and inconvenience... $3,064.00 Special damages Medical expenses (to date)... $164.00 Property damage... $5,038.15 Date: September 9, 2019 S/ Michael D. Schoeck, Esq. 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9/20 CNS-3371527# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN

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Notice Of Petition to Administer Estate Of: JESSIE RODRIGUEZ

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A Petition for Probate has been filed by: GLORIA N. BLAYLOCK in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that GLORIA N. BLAYLOCK 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 in this court as follows: Date: July 21, 2020 Time: 1:30 p.m. Dept:: S37 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 WEST THIRD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 SAN BERNARDINO JUSTICE CENTER JUSTICE CENTER/ PROBATE If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is

available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: GLORIA N. BLAYLOCK 1091 Shannon Street Upland, CA 91784 Telephone: (909) 608-1507 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper June 18, 25, July 2, 2020.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE (Probate-Decedents’ Estates)

Notice Of Petition to Administer Estate Of: CAROLE M. HARDER Case Number: PROPS 2000294 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CAROLE M. HARDER A Petition for Probate has been filed by: ROBERT D. HARDER in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that ROBERT D. HARDER 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 in this court as follows: Date: July 16, 2020 Time: 1:30 p.m. Dept:: S36 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 WEST THIRD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 SAN BERNARDINO JUSTICE CENTER JUSTICE CENTER/ PROBATE If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: GUAY P. WILSON 14 N. EIGHTH STREET REDLANDS, CA 92373 Telephone: (909) 793-2044 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper June 25, July 2, 9, 2020.

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D. L. Hughley Diagnosed with House Leaders Demand Details on PPP Small-Business Loan Program COVID-19 after Collapsing on Stage and Economic Security Act’s needs of Black and other minority Program: Loan Forgiveness and owned by people color are a (CARES Act) Paycheck Protection Program… This direct support can make a critical difference not just in helping families and businesses in a time of need, but also in limiting long-lasting damage to our economy.” “If a small or medium-sized business becomes insolvent,” Powell continued, “because the economy recovers too slowly, we lose more than just that business. These businesses are the heart of our economy and often embody the work of generations.” In speaking to the specific

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shortness of breath, I didn’t have difficulty breathing, I didn’t have a cough, I didn’t have a low-grade fever. I still don’t have a fever. I didn’t have a loss of smell or taste, apparently, I just lost consciousness.” Asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 is one of its biggest mysteries. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently reminded the public of… the distinction between asymptomatic patients, who never develop symptoms, and presymptomatic patients, who go on to develop symptoms later in the course of the disease. “The majority of transmission that we know about is that people who have symptoms transmit the virus to other people through infectious droplets,” Van Kerkhove, Maria, the WHO’s technical lead on the Covid-19 pandemic said. “But there are a subset of people who don’t develop symptoms, and to truly understand how many people don’t have symptoms, we don’t actually have that answer yet.” Van Kerkhove’s remarks on Tuesday came at a WHO question-and-answer session aimed at explaining what was known and unknown about how the virus spreads. Hughley said he will be going back to his hotel room to quarantine for two weeks after leaving the hospital. “Well thank you for your prayers and your well wishes and a few more of them wouldn’t hurt, so hopefully I won’t develop symptoms. Maybe this is as bad as it gets,” he said. His credits include “The D.L. Hughley Show,” “The Hughleys,” “Soul Plane” and “The Comedy Get Down.”

House Leaders Demand Details on PPP Small-Business Loan Program As June 30 application deadline nears, newer and shorter forgiveness form announced By Charlene Crowell As the remaining days dwindle for small businesses to apply for loans through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), both banks and federal officials are being challenged by several House leaders to explain how the $670 billion program intended to aid the nation’s small businesses has actually been operating. Although more than $130 billion remains, the program’s application deadline is June 30. In two separate but related Hill hearings convened on June 17, the nation’s fiscal status, and how taxpayer dollars dedicated to PPP are being used were the

focus of congressional inquiries. Jerome Powell, the Chair of the Federal Reserve testified before House Financial Services Committee hearing entitled, “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy, reviewing the central bank’s semiannual Monetary Policy Report released on June 12. In his prepared remarks, Chairman Powell said, “To support the small business sector, we established the Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility to bolster the effectiveness of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, continued in next 2 columns

Other Challenges. This forum focused on what has generally worked with the program, what has not, the changes Congress has recently made to the program, and suggestions to continue optimizing the program. Ashley Harrington, the Center for Respon sible Lending’s Director of Federal Advocacy and a Senior Policy Counsel testified in the session. “Preserving businesses owned by people of color is paramount to an equitable recovery,” said Harrington. “Employer businesses

substantial source of income and employment—accounting for more than 8.9 million jobs at total annual payroll of $295 billion, and $1.4 trillion in revenue…Business ownership is also a proven mechanism for wealth-building, with economic benefits that extend beyond the individual business to the entire community. Ensuring that federal small business relief works for small businesses owned by people of color is essential to an inclusive economic recovery.” continued on page 8

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(Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET) Comedian, actor and syndicated radio host D.L. Hughley announced he has tested positive for coronavirus after collapsing onstage while performing in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday night, according to multiple reports. While performing Friday night at Zanies Comedy Club before a sold-out crowd, Hughley, 57, suddenly struggled to speak before going limp. His manager rushed to catch him before he fell off his seat entirely, but he needed help to carry Hughley offstage. Hughley was taken to St. Thomas Hospital where initial reports came out that he was treated for exhaustion. But reports about him learning that he was positive for COVID-19 came shortly after. On a video posted to Hughley’s Facebook account, he told everyone that he was tested for COVID-19 and learned that he was asymptomatic, showing no symptoms whatsoever for the virus. #ThankYouForYourPrayers # Te a m D L pic.t w it t e r. c o m /d SQ i Nt sg M r — DL Hughley (@ RealDLHughley) June 21, 2020 You May Also Like Old School Food Remedies Doctors Love! After hearing this report, Zanies has closed their doors and will be completing a comprehensive cleaning process conducted by a specialist. Zanies also encouraged each of their attendees for both nights to contact Metro Health if they feel some risk of exposure from being in attendance either night. “I was what they call asymptomatic,” Hughley said in his Twitter post. “I didn’t have flu-like symptoms, I didn’t have

business owners, Powell added, “low-income households have experienced, by far, the sharpest drop in employment, while job losses of African Americans, Hispanics, and women have been greater than that of other groups. If not contained and reversed, the downturn could further widen gaps in economic well-being that the long expansion had made some progress in closing.” The second June 17 Hill hearing, convened by the House Committee on Small Business, was entitled “Paycheck Protection

Democrat that got him into trouble. “Every politician read the Tallahassee Democrat every day. It’s the daily newspaper of the state capital. They pulled me aside and said ‘Lucius, you are going too hard. We have to do business with these politicians.’ But I refused to quit writing the way I write. I had to tell the truth.” Gantt said that a White Republican from South Florida pulled him aside and told him to consider writing his own column and mailing it to subscribers. “I asked him what I should name it, and he said, ‘The Gantt Report.’ That was similar to ‘The Kiplinger Report,’ a newsletter that was very popular at the time. I took his advice.” First

subscriber

“The Gantt Report started out as a newsletter, then it became a tabloid, before he told me that I should quit trying to be a publisher and just write the column and send it out. Garth Reeves, the publisher of the Miami Times (Florida’s oldest Black-owned newspaper), was the first newspaper owner to subscribe and publish the column in his newspaper. And at the beginning, even White newspapers published The Gantt Report.” In 1980, Gantt started his own media business, All World Consultants. He financed its startup with the proceeds from a wrongful termination and racial discrimination lawsuit he settled with FSU. The Gantt Report started soon thereafter. Gant t i nter views Bob Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television. Serious

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For 20 years, All World was riding high. Gantt served as media consultant for the Florida Conference of Black State Legislators while lobbying Florida government for doctors and hospitals. He also produced and hosted a statewide TV show in Florida called “View from the Top.” Gantt speaks to former Florida Governor Reuben Askew after an interview. Things changed in 2000. He was in a bad car crash that cause a traumatic brain injury. He stayed out of the public arena for three years to rehabilitate himself and fully recover. Determined to walk “I was determined not to go back to the state Capitol in a wheelchair,” he remembered. “Meanwhile, the Black lobbyists I train stole my clients by telling them ‘Lucius had a heart attack.’ It was a lie.

“And none of my former clients, including none of the Black legislators or Black members of Congress, contacted me doing that whole three-year period. But you know who did? Jeb Bush, who was governor at the time.” Gantt maintains that Jeb Bush was the best governor for Black-owned businesses. Gantt interviews former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. “Jeb took things personally,” Gantt says. “He did more than (former Florida governors) Lawton Chiles, Rueben Askew, Charlie Crist, all those governors Black people love to love. “Instead of a set-aside, Jeb picked up the phone and told every Florida agency head, ‘Your evaluation is going to be based on how much business you do with Black businesses.’ That was enough. And every agency started advertising in Black newspapers. I know, because All World was handling the money.” During the time Gantt was trying to recover from the car accident, he kept writing. His first book was a collection of Gantt Reports entitled, “I Talked About the Beast.” Two other books followed, including his latest entitled, “Beast Too: Dead Man Writing.” Fi r st s

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The Gantt Report is one of the most widely read opinion columns in America. Excerpts from The Gantt Report are on display in the National Freedom Museum’s Freedom of Speech section. Gantt was one of only two people elected to serve as president of the Southeastern Black Publishers Association that didn’t actually own a newspaper. He was nominated for the position by Charles W. Cherry, Sr., the founder of the Daytona Times and the Florida Courier. Support also came from Levi Henry of the Westside Gazette, Garth Reeves of the Miami Time and Ike Williams – all Black newspaper heroes and publishers based in Florida. State Senators Perry Thurston and Darryl Rouson flank Gantt. Gantt has received ADDY Awards for advertising excellence, the Capitol Outlook Newspaper Community Service Award, a FAMU Small Business of the Year award, a FSU Black Student Union Award and other accolades. He continues to write columns, does advertising and media work and facilitates financial and commodity trades for national and international clients though his commodities company, All World Financial. Publisher Bobby Henry ‘The

voice’

The Gantt Report has been” the voice of the voiceless,” he believes. “I say things that people in the community want to say, but for whatever reason they can’t or won’t say. I know I can write. I’ve always had that talent. It’s a good thing I can share it with my people,” he concluded. “I could have stayed at WSB, AP, FSU, if I had done as most Black people do – which is turn their back on their community. When the White man says, ‘Fire the Black man,’ they don’t hesitate. I could never do that stuff.” What’s the inspiration?

columns involve ‘the cat,’ ‘the dog, and ‘the snake,’ he grinned. How did it come about? “I heard a guy talk about ‘hitting the cat’ and I thought he was talking about a real feline,” Gantt laughed. “I didn’t know he was talking about hitting the pussycat, as I say for decent folks. “People can use their imagination. It’s just a fun thing. I don’t want to talk about politics or economics every week. It’s my attempt to make readers smile sometime. ‘The cat’ was a comedic column that folks have held onto.”

Gantt listens to Black people.

Gantt says he has elderly fans.

“Ninety percent of The Gantt Report is what I hear Black people say on the train or at the bus stop or the barbershop. I consider the rest of the columnists as ‘scholars.’ I got the education, but I ain’t trying to write like no scholar. “I felt like I had a big responsibility. I had a talent. I knew how to make money. I’m just following my calling. I’m just living out my destiny. “The thing I’m most proud of is never changing. I didn’t wake up one morning saying, ‘I’m mad at the world. Let me write something hard in The Gantt Report.’ I’ve been hard since I was 17. Ain’t no change. The truth is the truth. How can you change the truth? “The Gantt Report is No. 1 in the Florida prisons. Don’t ask me; ask the prison guards.”

“I know some 90-year-old residents in Florida. I tell them, ‘I’ll send you some Gantt Reports. They say, ‘Don’t send it to me. Just send me something about the cat.’ Senior citizens love the cat columns, because they know what it’s all about. “They know that cat is crazy. That cat can’t be controlled. That cat ain’t going to obey you. And some of them are cats,” he laughed again.

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scholar

Gantt uses his formal training in philosophy on a regular basis in The Gantt Report, which occasionally refers to biblical scriptures. “I’ve studied Islam, Santeria, Yoruba, Confucianism, Baha’i, Christianity, all of that. But some of my most popular

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Ga nt t is ver y proud of his life of w r iting. “I’ve had a tremendous career. I worked at the top. I’m a real journalist, not a lawyer pretending to be a journalist. When I covered the Capitol, John Conyers and Andy Young were in Congress. I covered baseball when Willie Mays was playing. “I was before all those people you love now…Craig Melvin, Yamiche Alcindor…I’m oldschool. But I’m still relevant today. And that’s amazing.”

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Tr ump Ad m i n i st rat ion With hold i ng $14 NNPA President Dr. Ben Chavis Bi l l ion i n Cr it ical Coronav irus Fund i ng to Moderate Forum on Equality By Stacy M. Brown

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

With more than 2.3 million confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in America and a staggering 122,000 deaths, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (DNY) and Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) say President Donald Trump is sitting on about $14 billion in funding for virus testing and contact tracing. In a letter Schumer and Murray sent this week to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, the senators reveal that the Trump administration has “still failed” to distribute more than $8 billion out of $25 billion appropriated by Congress to expand testing and contact tracing.

The letter noted that Congress passed those funds as part of a coronavirus relief bill in April. The senators wrote that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also hadn’t awarded nearly $4 billion for surveillance and contact tracing at the state and local levels and tribal territories, and little of the $2 billion that was set aside for free testing of uninsured people has been disbursed. “While it has been months since these funds were first appropriated, the Administration has failed to disburse significant amounts of this funding, leaving communities without the resources they need to address the

significant challenges presented by the virus,” the senators wrote. The news is particularly alarming as new cases of the virus begin to mount since most states have reopened. It is also most unnerving in the African American community, where Black people are dying at three times the rate of others. “This administration will put our country at grave risk if it tries to declare an early victory and leave resources untouched,” Schumer and Murray penned in the letter. “We call on you to immediately disburse the remainder of the $25 billion in funds to ramp up testing and contact tracing capacity, as well as to make sure providers

House Leaders Demand Details on PPP SmallBusiness Loan Program...continued from page7 The same day, the Small Business Administration released a new and shorter PPP loan form for certain borrowers. Only three pages in length, this form must certify that employees' hours were not cut, and that the applying business was unable to operate at pre-coronavirus levels due to health mandates. The new form might have been in response to the mounting concerns expressed on the program, and the flurry of information requests on approved applicants and respective loan amounts. The Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by South Carolina’s Rep. Jim Clyburn demanded that the U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, the Small Business Administration’s Jovita Carranza, and many of the nation’s largest banks “take immediate steps to ensure that remaining PPP funds are allocated to businesses truly in need, and to increase transparency so taxpayers can see whether federal funds are being diverted due to waste, fraud, and abuse.” That June 15th letter stated in part, “Of the $310 billion in additional PPP funds appropriated by that law, $60 billion was reserved for various community lenders, which have a proven track record of serving small businesses lacking longstanding relationships with large financial institutions. As of June 6, 2020, SBA had approved more than $511 billion in PPP loans, leaving more than $130 billion available for future lending.” Continuing the Select Subcommittee added that the agencies “provide more t r a n spa rency about t he administration of this program so American taxpayers can understand whether federal funds are helping vulnerable businesses and saving jobs, or are being diverted due to waste, fraud, and abuse…Contrary to Secretary Mnuchin’s recent testimony, there is nothing ‘proprietary’ or ‘confidential’ about a business

receiving millions of dollars appropriated by Congress and taxpayers deserve to know how their money is being spent.” A similar letter from the Select Subcommittee was sent the same day to CEOS of the following banks: Citibank, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, PNC Bank, Santander, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo. T he m id -Ju ne Sele c t Subcommittee letter is the second time the members expressed PPP concerns. On May 8, the subcommittee asked companies that received $10 million or more in PPP loans to either return funds or provide documents and information explaining why they believed they were eligible to keep the monies. These businesses were also identified as having 600 employees, publicly traded stock, and a minimum market capitalization of $25 million. On June 13, three other House Committee chairs also expressed their issues with a lack of disclosure with the PPP program. Representatives Richard E. Neal (Committee on Ways and Means), Maxine Waters (House Financial Services), and Nydia M. Velazquez (Committee on Small Business) jointly wrote both Mnuchin and Carranza, saying in part, “Transparency is critical to ensure the program is operating as intended…Furthermore, we are deeply concerned that Treasury and SBA have yet to share this information with the Government Accountability Office which is required to report to Congress on the CARES Act by the end of the month.” No one can predict what will or will not result from the pressures to ensure a key federal program will in fact honor its legislative intent. Perhaps Dr. Raphael Bostic, President and CEO of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank best summarized Black America’s quest for financial justice: “A commitment to an inclusive society also means a commitment to an inclusive economy. Such

are aware of and able to easily access the $2 billion that Congress appropriated to provide testing for the uninsured,” the duo wrote. For the $8 billion in unused funds for ramping up testing and contact tracing, the senators said that it’s critical that the administration immediately release the funds and focus the money on contact tracing and collecting data on racial and ethnic disparities in connection to COVID-19. Azar had previously come under fire for an earlier interview he did with CNN, suggesting that African Americans were the reason for the spread of the coronavirus. “Unfortunately, the American population is a very diverse … It is a population with significant unhealthy comorbidities that do make many individuals in our communities, in particular African American, minority communities particularly at risk here because of significant underlying disease health disparities and disease comorbidities — and that is an unfortunate legacy in our health care system that we certainly do need to address,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”

continued an economy would represent a rebuke of systemic racism and other exclusionary structures. It would represent a true embrace of the principles that all are created equal and should enjoy unburdened life, liberty,

and the pursuit of happiness…I believe the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Federal Reserve more generally, can play an important role in helping to reduce racial inequities and bring about a more inclusive economy.”

Census Bureau Completes Delivery of 2020 Census Materials to 96% of Households Nationwide News

JUNE 18, 2020 — Census workers have completed 96% of the 2020 Census “Update Leave” operation- where 2020 Census invitations and paper questionnaires are delivered to households in certain — often rural — areas across the country. In these areas, most households generally do not receive mail at their homes, so census workers drop off census materials in person. When the operation is complete, nearly every household nationwide will have received an invitation to participate in the 2020 Census either in the mail or from a census worker. As of June 18, 61.5% of households have responded to the census. The U.S. Census Bureau urges households to respond now by completing and mailing back the paper questionnaire, responding online at 2020census. gov, or by phone at 844-330-2020 using the provided Census ID. Census workers are dropping off census materials at the front doors of roughly 6.8 million households nationwide, including Puerto Rico. Census workers began delivering materials on March 15 but suspended delivery on March 18 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Census workers resumed delivery on May 4 as part of a phased restart of 2020 Census operations. In some areas of the country, the operation is complete, and in

others it will be completed soon. In addition to delivering census materials, census workers also update the Census Bureau’s address list in these areas to ensure no living quarters were missed. This helps reach people in areas where the majority of households may not receive mail at their home’s physical location, such as small towns where mail is only delivered to post office boxes or areas affected by natural disasters. Currently, nearly four out of 10 households have yet to respond to the 2020 Census, which is why the Census Bureau urges every household to complete it as soon as possible online, by phone or by mail. Households that do not respond to the invitation will be visited by a census taker during the Nonresponse Followup Operation. Your response shapes decisions about how public funds are spent for schools, fire and emergency services, and health care for your community. Results from the 2020 Census also determine how many seats each state receives in Congress and provide data for redrawing legislative districts. If your household has not received an invitation in the mail or at your door, please respond online at 2020census.gov or by phone at 844-330-2020. For more information, visit the 2020 Census COVID-19 operational adjustments page.

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association. National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., will serve as a moderator for an important national forum on racial equality in Phoenix, Arizona. “I’m honored to have legendary civil rights leader and NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis Jr. moderating the ninth ‘The Bridge Forum,’” stated Alan “AP” Powell, the event’s organizer, and U.S. Desert Storm Veteran. Powell is the founder of the HeroZona Foundation, a nonprofit with a strong focus on veteran initiatives and honoring those who have served our country and their family members. “Dr. Chavis’ commitment to supporting and advocating for our nation’s 230 Black newspapers is crucial in reaching equality,” Powell stated. “Dr. Chavis and I are also in conversations with Indiana Attorney General Greg Fisher about bringing ‘The Bridge Forum’ to their markets.” The HeroZona Foundation announced the Bridge Forum would take place on Tuesday, June 23 from 8 to 11 a.m. at the American Legion Post 65 (1624 E. Broadway Rd.) in Phoenix. Participants are expected to discuss what it’s like to be Black in America and how to take actions to reach equality. The invitation-only event will also be live streamed to the public on TheBridgeForum.com. The Bridge Forum: Time for Change event will be the ni nth Br idge For u m series from the organization t o u nd e r s t a nd d i f fe r e nt perspectives, attitudes, and beliefs about community policing. The upcoming forum will focus on current events within the Black community and law enforcement and examine how communities can work together with police to create equality in the nation. “Bridge For ums are an

essential tool in bridging the

gap between communities and law enforcement,” Powell stated. “The Black community needs to move from peaceful protest to action and this is what the Bridge Forum is designed to do.” The Bridge Forum will include panelists such as General Manager for the Phoenix Suns, James Jones; Superintendent for the Roosevelt School District No. 66, Quintin Boyce; Arizona State Representative from District 27, Reginald Bolding; President for the Arizona Youth & College NAACP, Armonee D. Jackson; Founder of Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles, Larry White; Senior Pastor of First Institutional Baptist Church, Dr. Warren. H. Stewart Sr.; City of Phoenix Police Chief, Jeri Williams; Maricopa County Attorney, Allister Adel; Chief Special Agent of Attorney General Arizona, Reggie Grigsby; Superintendent of the Phoenix Union High School District, Dr. Chad E. Gestson; Arizona State Senator for District 27, Rebecca Rios and President of the NAACP Arizona State Conference, Charles Fanniel. UPS, EPCOR and SRP are supporters of the event. “As part of the Steering Committee for the U.S. Chamber’s National Initiative to Address Inequality of Opportunity, which will hold a national Town Hall a few days after this event, I know that the Bridge Forum will drive action both in Arizona and nationally,” says President & CEO of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Glenn Hamer.

PFAW Applauds Senate Democrats for Standing Firm on Police Reform Government News WASHINGTON, D.C.— Following today's procedural vote in the Senate, in which Democrats stopped the advancement of a sham Republican police reform bill, PFAW President Ben Jealous and Senior Dire c tor of O ut re ach and Public Engagement Diallo Brooks released the following statements: “We're happy to see that a majority of Senate Democrats stood up and said 'No' to the Republicans' sham police reform bill. These senators had the guts to stand on principle and say it's time to get serious about ending police killings. And it might take some time for Congress to get this right. That means we have to start looking at reforms we can make at the

local level right now. There's a lot that mayors and city councils can do to reform policing and save lives without waiting for Congress to act, and we shouldn't wait to make those changes," said Jealous. “Most Senate Democrats rightfully listened to the warnings from activists and the civil rights community, calling Republicans out on their political game-playing and putting a stop to a police 'reform' bill that would have no impact on policing in the real world. Unarmed people are dying at the hands of police officers. It's time to get serious about solutions at every level of government -including local governments that don't have to wait for Congress to act," said Brooks.