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WATCH: “The Risk is Considerable!” — Dr. Anthony Fauci Discusses the Impact and Severity of COVID-19 Disparities in African Americans NNPA NEWSWIRE — A member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Fauci has at times found himself at odds with President Donald Trump. For example, earlier this year, the president announced that he would withdraw U.S. funding and support for the World Health Organization (WHO). However, Dr. Fauci told Blac6 PressUSA that he still maintains a close relationship with the organization. By Stacy M. Brown
During a live interview with BlackPressUSA, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and considered by many to be the nation’s foremost infectious disease expert, demonstrates the proper way to wear a face mask.
During a 30-minute interview with BlackPressUSA that was streamed live over Facebook, YouTube, and http://www. Black PressUSA.com, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke of the importance of convincing African Americans to participate in clinical trials. He also said that school re-openings should depend mainly upon the location and the infection rate in a given area. Fauci also said a viable coronavirus vaccine is likely only a few months away. “The fundamental principle is that we should try as best as we possibly can to get children back to school because we know the psychological aspect of that and the unintended consequences for mothers and fathers who may need to stop working, so we should try to get back to school,” Dr. Fauci said when asked about the impact of the pandemic on the upcoming school year. “However, paramount needs to be the safety, health, and welfare of children, teachers, and families,” Dr. Fauci added.
“We live in a big country. Some places have low incidents and can open schools while some are high. Some areas rate of infection is so high where it’s not prudent to open schools. You don’t want to endanger their health.” A member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Fauci has at times found himself at odds with President Donald Trump. For example, earlier this year, the president announced that he would withdraw U.S. funding and support for the World Health Organization (WHO). However, Dr. Fauci told BlackPressUSA that he still maintains a close relationship with the organization. “I still work closely with the World Health Organization,” said Dr. Fauci. “I’m on a weekly phone call with them, and I signed a memorandum of understanding. We’re all in with the WHO.” During the interview, which included National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., Dr. Fauci also demonstrated the proper way to wear a facemask. “Early on, there was a shortage of masks because we didn’t
want to take masks away from health providers who needed them,” Dr. Fauci remarked. “It’s easy to get a cloth mask now.” Dr. Fauci explained further that, “when there are droplets when someone sneezes or coughs, you [are protected]. You can take it and wash it with soap and water or stick it in the washing machine.” Addressing the disparities surrounding COVID-19 and other illnesses, Dr. Fauci pointed to many African Americans, Latinx, and Native Americans occupying essential jobs that provide employees with little — or no — protection. “On the one hand, there’s a greater opportunity and risk of getting infected, but even as important is that once you get infected, you have prevalence and incidence of co-morbidities that make it more likely you’ll get a severe outcome from the infection,” Dr. Fauci noted. “Those co-morbidities are like diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, chronic kidney disease, and lung disease. It’s very clear that African Americans have
a higher incidence, and the reality is that you suffer more.” The hospitalization rates per 100,000 people are stunning when comparing African Americans and Caucasians, Dr. Fauci proclaimed. “In many respects, it’s unacceptable that it should be that way,” he said, noting that the hospitalization rate per 100,000 African Americans stands at 247, compared to 53 per 100,000 whites. “In other words, that’s almost five times the chance of getting hospitalized even though African Americans comprise just 13 percent of the [U.S.] population,” Dr. Fauci observed. “That’s more than something we need to deal with.” Dr. Fauci added that there are five fundamental things everyone could do to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. “Wear a mask, avoid crowds of more than 10, keep a distance of at least six feet, locations should seriously consider closing bars and getting people who go to bars to stop or do it outside, and wash hands frequently either with soap and water or alcohol Purell.”
Clinical trials are v it a l , D r. Fauci s a id . “We hope that we will have an effective vaccine by the end of the year, which means that as we get into 2021, we want to distribute it for those who could benefit,” he added. “We need to spend extra effort to protect African Americans, and the way you find out if the vaccine is effective is the enrollment in a vaccine trial. It would be a terrible shame if African Americans stayed away from clinical trials, and they didn’t provide for themselves the vaccine that could protect them.” Dr. Fauci suggested that he wears a mask everywhere goes and demanded that doing so shouldn’t be about politics. “This is about protecting each other. We’re all in this together,” Dr. Fauci said. “I’m pleased to see that we now have the president talking about wearing a mask where he didn’t before, and the vice president wears a mask everywhere he goes. We’ve got to pull together.” Whether reinfection of the coronavirus can occur
remains somewhat of a mystery, Dr. Fauci explained. “When you get infected with any virus, generally, when you recover, your body has made a good immune response to recover,” Dr. Fauci noted. “We know that happens in people who had COVID-19. We don’t know what the duration of that is. There are varying levels of antibodies in people who recover, and what we’re following is how long they last. Some people find that it doesn’t last very long.” He continued: “There are other types of immunity that go beyond, and they’re called T-cells or cellular immunity, which may also play a role in protecting people from being infected. Likely a degree of protection is pretty good for a finite period. “There are no well-documented cases of people actually being re-infected. There have been some anecdotally stories of people recovering who seemed to have gotten infected, but we don’t know. There’s no real hard evidence that’s happening.”
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Grab and Go Meal distribution sites added as of August 3 San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) will continue to provide free Grab and Go Meals to students on Mondays and Wednesdays. All SBCUSD students, regardless of family income, are eligible for free Grab and Go Meals. Both breakfast and lunch to-go meals are available for pick up Mondays and Wednesdays from 8 to 11 a.m. Distribution ends at 11 a.m. to protect families from heat-related health issues and to prevent food from spoiling in high temperatures. However, students will be provided with multiple meals at a time. Families are encouraged to refrigerate those meals to maintain food safely. “Originally, meal distribution was scheduled to start at 9 a.m., but due to overwhelming requests by families that meal distribution start earlier, our Nutrition Services team responded quickly to add an hour and start distribution at 8
a.m.,” said Executive Director of Community Engagement Ginger Ontiveros. “We believe that parent and student input is vital to school success, and we continue to do our best to meet the needs of our families in these unpredictable and unprecedented circumstances.” Families will be required to provide the name and school of each child for which they are picking up meals. Every student is eligible to receive five days worth of meals each week.
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All Communities Should Participate In The U. S. Census Despite Trump´s Memo On Reapportionment by Pilar Marrero | Jul 28, 2020 | Census 2020
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Pilar Marrero All communities, regardless of citizenship status, need to respond to the U.S. Census inspite of President Trump’s July 21 policy memo on reapportionment, civil rights advocates and census experts urged in an ethnic media conference call on July 24. The memo, issued July 21, instructs the Commerce Depar tment to eliminate undocumented immigrants from census data used for reapportioning Congressional Districts for the next decade. “One thing to make clear is that the President is not asking for undocumented immigrants to be excluded in the Census. A great deal of media coverage suggests that those immigrants will not be counted, and that is not what the policy memo is asking for,” said Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association for Latino Elected Officials (NALEO). The Trump Administration asserts it intends to use
“administrative data” from other departments to calculate the number of undocumented immigrants in the Census final count, and calculate population numbers for the purposes of reappoprtionment without them. Public interest lawyers have said that this policy memo is unconstitutional, and three separate lawsuits have been filed in federal courts to challenge it. States with large immigrant populations could lose Congressional seats. Vargas warned that excluding “undocumented immigrants” after the Census is finalized amounts to “nothing more than cooking the numbers, or making up an entirely new data set on which to base the most important element of our democracy”. Vargas and other experts say that the federal government´s data will be “very imprecise,” in part because the 2020 Census does not contain any question regarding citizenship or immigration status and because the data collected by other federal departments is generally inaccu rate. According to a new report by the Migration Policy Institute, the process the Administration proposes could incorrectly “lump together” as many as 20 million U.S. citizens with unauthorized immigrants due to matching errors. “Such errors are likely to be greater in low-income
urban and rural communities, thereby exacerbating any undercount that may occur in those communities and reducing their voting power relative to more affluent communities,” t he M PI repor t noted. The goal of community organizations regarding the Census has not changed in spite of the memo, said John C. Yang, President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC. “There is no immigration status question whatsoever in the Census and we encourage people to respond online, on paper or by telephone, especially if they don´t want an enumerator to knock on their door,” Yang said. “And I remind them that the deadline for responding is still October 31.” Yang, who is also an attorney, reiterated that “Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution makes clear that apportionment is based on all persons in the United States,” and makes no distinction between citizens and persons. “The suggestion that somehow undocumented immigrants are not people or persons just flies in the face of logic, legislative history and policy of the United States for several hundred years,” Yang added. Nevertheless, the memo has deepened uncertainty and fear which will further
inhibit many communities from responding to the Census, especially those in Florida and Texas which have provided no state funds for census outreach. “We are still having to address the fear of the citizenship question that was pushed by the Administration early on,” said Nestor Lopez, a census organizer from the Texas border county of Hidalgo. The challenges in Hidalgo County are compounded by a persistent undercount of the area for at least the last two decades, the lack of internet connectivity in many of its communities and the pandemic, which crushed plans for person-to-person interaction, Lopez added. He and other activists have had to switch strategies from in-person activities to online outreach and rely on local voices and celebrities “to share our message.” Data based on response rates by geographic area show that minority and poor regions consistently show lower response rates to date, but Native American nations are particularly challenging, said Kayla Olvera Hilario, Tribal Affairs Specialist of the California Complete Count-Census 2020. “Our numbers are pretty low across the state,” said Hilario. “We have some tribes at 60% self-response and a lot of tribes continued in next 2 columns
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All Communities Should Participate In The U. S. Census Despite Trump´s Memo On Reapportionment...continued hovering around 20 to 30% response rates. About 20 tribes are under 15% response. The positive thing is that our response rates are greater than they were in 2010.” California’s response rate so far is 63.8% and this year, the state has invested at least 2 million dollars in specific outreach towards counting tribal populations in the state. The tribal specialist pointed to the fact that many households have not received a unique Census I.D., which wasn´t required in the general population, to use when responding to the questionnaire. “Tribes were instructed to wait for the unique identifier,“ she said. “Some of those tribes to this day have not received those packets with the identifiers which is causing a huge challenge”. Many tribes have also declared a state of emergency which does not allow for the entrance of enumerators to their areas. Hilario pointed out that the most effective
way to get Native Americans to participate is to reinforce the appeal of the Census as a way to strengthen sovereignty. Marilyn Stephens, Assistant Regional Manager for the Southern District of the U.S. Census, highlighted precautions the Bureau is taking as enumerators begin knocking on doors for the next phase of the census. “Staff has been issued masks, sanitizer and clear instructions and training, they cannot enter a home, they must practice social distancing.” But, she noted, “people can still avoid the visit by self-responding now”. The specialist uses a simple message to encourage communities to participate: “The only message that I tell people is this: It takes less than 10 minutes to fill out the Census and it guarantees 10 years of services and representation. Everyone must be counted”.
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FILM/SPORTS/ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
NFL Chief Doctor Says Teams, Players Must Be Educated About FILM REVIEW: ‘Sometimes Risks of COVID By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentStacyBrownMedia Always Never’ is touching film
about sustaining within loss By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J.
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Following a disastrous reopening by Major League Baseball, where as many as 17 Miami Marlins players and personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 forcing the postponement of several games, the National Football League remains cautiously optimistic as training camps open. “It’s about education and understanding,” NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills told BlackPressUSA. “I think people are trying to be really thoughtful about this, and I think people do look at risk and risk mitigation in different ways. But I feel like it’s the right thing to do, to try
to learn to live with this virus.” A big part of the challenge remains findings ways to carry on safely, Sills agreed. This week the heavy contact sport re-opened camps, but officials have decided not to hold traditional pre-season games to help keep risks at a minimum. All players are scheduled to report by August 4, but as many as 22 already have opted out of the 2020 season. The season is scheduled to kickoff on Thursday, September 10. “Players and coaches [and other personnel] have to make the best decisions for them,” Sills stated. The league announced that it has put in place safety measures that include increased sanitizing.
Social distancing would be enforcement, including in player treatment rooms, weight rooms, mealtime, and on the playing field. Reportedly, training camps are equipped with proximity tracking devices that will alert players or staff when they are too close to one other. The device also collects data, making contact tracing easier if someone does become infected with the coronavirus. NFL players will live in and travel from their own homes, a contrast to the National Basketball Association, which has isolated all teams and personnel at one location in Orlando, Florida. “If they’re around each other
each day, they’re going to share risk. They also share a responsibility to each other, which means that they’re each making good choices when they’re away from the facility,” Dr. Sills said. “We’ve tracked the CDC risk guidelines, made decisions on which ones put our players at high risk, and players can rely on those risk factors to make decisions about whether they’re going to play or not,” he added. Dr. Sills conceded that much is still unknown about the basics of COVID-19, so everyone has “to make the best decision for themselves.”
“Sometimes Always Never” is a poignant story of joy amidst loss. The film will be available from Blue Fox Entertainment and the Music Box Theatre as a Virtual Cinema presentation, beginning Friday, June 12, 2020. “Sometimes Always Never” stars Alan (Bill Nighy) a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. However, he’s spent years searching for his missing son Michael, who stormed out over a game of Scrabble (a central theme in this film) and hasn’t been seen since. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair his relationship with his youngest son. Worst of all, he must solve the mystery of an online player who might just be Michael—and find the right words before it’s too late. Sam Riley stars as Peter the other son, and he is brought together with Alan, after Alan
gets word that a male body is at the coroner’s office. He needs to set out to see whether it is his missing son Michael. It’s an awkward ride for Peter and Alan, and things get even more awkward or quirky—to say the least—once Peter and Alan arrive in a town miles from where Alan resides. In a twist, there’s another couple who is there to see if the deceased male is, in fact, their son. The conversation in measured but jovial as the four of them wait for the identification process to begin. This couple, Margaret, played by Jenny Agutter and Tim McInnerny, is shocked when they learn that both families have been called into the process at the same time. I have enjoyed Nighy’s work for many years, and I have just become acquainted with Agutter’s since watching “Call the Midwife.” continued on page 4
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STATE / GOVERNMENT
UC Regents want to investigate top salary cuts By Mikhail Zinshteyn
University of California police form a barrier around a group of students before they are arrested and carted away for blocking an intersection at the entrance to UC Santa Cruz on February 12, 2020. Photo by Dan Coyro, Santa Cruz Sentinel
IN SUMMARY Two key members of the UC Board of Regents are in favor of a model that would reduce top salaries to help offset pandemic expenses. Also, next year’s UC budget has more money for policing and the stage has been set for a likely September vote about a telescope in Hawaii. As the University of California reels from the coronavirus pandemic along with the rest of the state, the system’s leaders have been discussing ways to mitigate the damage. In addition to the massive fiscal impact the recession and COVID-19 is having on UC finances, the three-day meeting last week of the UC board of Regents shed light on the major fault lines the system will grapple with in the months ahead, including campus police reform, whose wages to cut and whether it cares enough about local religious beliefs to remove itself from a multinational telescope project. Here’s what you need to know. Salary cuts and layoffs Through June 30 the UC system has lost nearly $1.8 billion, according to data obtained from the system by CalMatters. The 10 UC campuses have collectively lost $614 million because of the effects of COVID-19, much of that due to lost revenues in housing and dining. UCLA reported the highest costs related to Covid at $180 million through June. Its chancellor, Gene D. Brock, said during the Regents meeting that while the campus normally produces 35,000 meals a day on campus, in May that dropped to 1,000. Meanwhile, the UC system’s medical centers have lost more than a $1 billion. The total hit of about $1.8 billion to the whole UC system is partially offset by nearly $800 million federal CARES Act stimulus money. “We don’t know how long the pandemic will last, we don’t know the extent of the economic downturn,” said outgoing UC
President Janet Napolitano. As the state’s third largest employer, the UC system’s decisions about its labor force will have an outsized effect on California employment. Napolitano said the system should look for salar y reductions and furloughs before eliminating positions. “When we do need to reduce staffing levels, voluntary attrition is preferable to involuntary layoffs,” she said. The model, something other chancellors and Regents members voiced support for, would cut wages on a sliding scale, taking a bigger bite out of senior officials — some of whom make more than $300,000 — while sparing workers who make a tenth of that. Regent Hadi Makarechian said the UC should exploit its strength as a system to move reserves from campuses to others that are hurting more financially. He and Regents Chair John A. Pérez want to see a plan at the next board meeting in September to spare the lowestpaid workers from budget tightening measures. “Those are the ones that once you cut them, you lay them off, their lives are destroyed,” said Makarechian. UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox said his campus has laid people off temporarily, mostly in housing and dining. He said those layoffs affected lower-paid workers. UC Davis furloughed some counselors in June. If lower residency loads at UCLA continue, a necessity to practice social distancing on campus that limits how many students can live together, Chancellor Brock said the campus will lose $152 million through next June. But housing and dining losses are expected to be temporary. Brock expects a “V-shaped” recovery to those revenues because demand for food and living quarters will always be strong once it’s safe to restore communal dwelling. In fact, UCLA is building housing for another 5,800 students, he said. The system’s deeper concerns are over ongoing state support and tuition revenues, which form the
lion’s share of funding for system’s educational mission. UC Berkeley’s chancellor, Carol Christ, said she expects to experience “serious financial challenges” for the next three years. Already, the state budget has cut its support for UC’s core operations by 8 percent, or $301 million. If Congress approves another round of federal stimulus by Oct. 15, the state will rescind a portion or all of those cuts. The UC system’s enrollment picture is coming into clearer focus, with officials predicting that in-state students should return to the UC in similar numbers as before. But the decisions of out-of-state and international students — who combined account for nearly a fifth of UC’s enrollment — are less clear. Those students pay much higher tuition and may choose to attend campuses closer to home at a cheaper price, especially as most UC courses will be taught online. Campus policing Current UC students are pushing for an abolition of the system’s police force. The 10 campuses had a combined campus police budget of nearly $140 million in 2019-20. Some campuses are projected to have higher UC police budgets this coming academic year, including UCLA and UC Davis. Varsha Sarveshwar, outgoing president of the UC Student Association, read a partial list of recent UC police actions against students and the campus community during the UC Regents meeting. Included were incidents such as UC police arresting a Black alumna who attempted to retrieve her transcripts during a student protest that she wasn’t a part of; charging at striking UC Santa Cruz students with batons; and using military surveillance technology on them. “In the absence of campus police, the response would revert to local authorities.” UC GENERAL COUNSEL CHARLES F. ROBINSON “Clearly, policing contributes to a racist and anti-Black experience for our most marginalized students,” said Sarveshwar. “Think about the incidents I’ve
described, and ask yourself if the police response made the situation better or worse, if they made things safer, or scarier.” UC General Counsel Charles F. Robinson said policing will happen on UC campuses with or without UC police. That’s because “local police by law, have a right, and have the authority, to respond to security issues on the campus,” he said. Current UC officers may not need to perform all the tasks they’re currently assigned, but “in the absence of campus police, the response would revert to local authorities,” Robinson said, adding it was “up to UC decision makers” to decide which police force they want on campuses. The Academic Senate of the UC in June called for a drastic reduction of campus police funding and rerouting that money to study and develop other modes of campus safety practices. The senate also wants to ban firearms as standard equipment for campus police. UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May said that while he welcomes police reform, “I have some concerns over the idea of disarming police,” he said. “We’d like to think of Davis as a peaceful and idyllic town, but it’s clear that we are not immune to violence.” Other campus chancellors spoke of their efforts to address police reform and campus safety, such as through a task force, advisory board with more student and faculty voice, and a campus survey. Chair Pérez voiced his frustration that the committee didn’t provide an analysis of campus policing and how it compares to other reports on police reform, something he and Napolitano called for in a May statement following the killing of George Floyd. He singled out UC Santa Cruz, which stated in a June report on campus policing published by the UC that its officers had sufficient and appropriate training for use of force and gear. “That flies in the face of what I witnessed” at UC Santa Cruz earlier this year, Pérez said.
FILM REVIEW: ‘Sometimes Always Never’ is touching film about sustaining within loss... continued They both end up in a surprising situation in “Sometimes Always Never” that, while surprising, is the result of what happens with many couples going through a grievous circumstance. Understanding the hurt that Nighy is feeling is easy; he is pained, he is missing his son, he is wondering where his son could have possibly gone. But he holds onto what holds him together and a joyous activity that they all shared together— Scrabble. He starts playing Scrabble online with someone who he believes is his missing son. How could it not be? The player is very well versed in valuable words that garner a great many points in the game. Toward the end, he figures out just who is behind the screen challenging him in his favorite game. “Sometimes Always Never” is a sad but happy, quirky film in its dialogue. And to see Nighy command the screen in his scenes makes the sad theme all worth it. Ella-Grace Gregoire stars as Rachel, a romantic interest of grandson Jack, who is played by Louis Healy, and Alice Lowe
is Sue, Alan’s daughter in law. “The sweet emotional payoff is an unexpected reward.” — Times (UK) “In Nighy, the witty script leaps to life, in a tour-deforce of darkly downbeat comedic timing.” — Flicks “A cherishable, rarefied mysterycomedy.” — Financial Times The Virtual Cinema experience was created to assist temporarily closed independent theaters. By purchasing a “ticket,” you will be directly supporting Music Box Theatre, as all revenue is being shared between distributor and exhibitor just as if you bought your ticket at the theater’s box office. Rentals are $12 and are good for two days from the time of purchase. Your purchase will go toward supporting Music Box Theatre during the theater’s temporary closure. For information on rentals, click here: https://musicboxtheatre. com/films/sometimes-alwaysnever. (The Virtual Cinema Link will be available June 12.) Take a look at the trailer: https://youtu.be/SNkhEyWYgfI
As States Gear Up For Vote By Mail, New Report on First-Time & Limited-English Speaking Voters Makes Key Recommendations for California Research features concerns of low-propensity voters State/Government News LOS ANGELES – August 4, 2020. California Common Cause and the Center for Social Innovation at University of California Riverside released a report today on how to reach firsttime and limited-English speaking voters when conveying COVIDrelated changes in the upcoming November 2020 general election. The report, “Reaching Low-Propensity Voters in California's November 2020 Elections” examines voters’ awareness of voting options, voting option preferences, and reactions to existing voter messaging materials. Based on a research project including focus groups and stakeholder engagement, this report was completed on an accelerated schedule to best serve elections officials and civic engagement organizations that are planning now for voter education and outreach for the fast approaching November 2020 election. The focus groups included lowpropensity and first-time voters from Spanish, Tagalog, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean, and Hmong language communities, and English-speaking youth, including many first-generation voters. Participants ranged in age and represented most major metropolitan areas across California, with greatest concentrations in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Central California, and the Inland Empire. In most California counties, voters will encounter a new election system in the 2020 November elections. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor and the Legislature have decreed that all registered voters will receive a ballot in the mail, which they can return by mail, at a ballot drop box, or
at an in-person voting site. Inperson voting options will also be available: many counties will offer consolidated voting sites for the first-time, some counties will offer their standard polling places, and other counties will offer vote centers as they have previously under the Voter’s Choice Act. Habitual voters and those voters most targeted by campaigns are likely to stay updated on these changes and continue turning out. By contrast, first-time and low-propensity voters may be confused, deterred by the complex and changing environment, or unprepared to participate. The aim of “Reaching LowPropensity Voters in California's November 2020 Elections” is to gauge the extent to which firsttime and low-propensity voters may need targeted outreach to explain their options for voting in the November 2020 elections, and how to execute that targeted outreach. The resulting findings were shared with state and local elections officials charged with crafting voter outreach and information material, as well as nonprofit and Get Out the Vote groups that educate and engage voters. Findings include: Key
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Targeted outreach efforts are crucial to reaching firsttime and low-propensity voters because trusted and preferred sources of information vary considerably by group and age. Across all groups hesitancy to vote in-person is elevated in 2020 due to COVID. There is greater enthusiasm for vote-by-mail and ballot drop-off. For those who do intend to vote in person, language assistance and help explaining continued on page 6
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LEGALS/CLASSIFIEDS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20200006116 Date Filed: 07/13/2020 Filing Expires On: 07/13/2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.)CASANOVA RANCH County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 34874 BIRCH RD. BARSTOW, CA 92311 Mailing Address: 34874 BIRCH RD. BARSTOW, CA 92311 Name of Individual Registrant: IZMIRA G. SMITH Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 34874 BIRCH RD. BARSTOW, CA 92311 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Izmira Smith, Owner, 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 July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 2020.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20200006257 Date Filed: 07/15/2020 Filing Expires On: 07/15/2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): THEE LEFT HAND STYLIST County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 13747 GREENWOOD PLACE #2 VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Name of Individual Registrant: MYESHIA E. BOWENS Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./ Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./ Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 13747 GREENWOOD PLACE #2 VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 17, 2012 Myeshia Bowens , 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 July 30, August 6, 13, 20, 2020.
FI C T I T I O US B US I N ES S N A M E STATEMENT 20200006280 Date Filed:07/16/2020 Filing Expires On: 07/16/2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): 1. MELANIN VIRGO BOUTIQUE 2. MELANIN POPPIN LIPZ 3. MELANIN VIRGO LASHES County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 15505 LA PA Z DR. VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Name of Individual Registrant: SAKENA HARRIS Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./ Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./ Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address:15505 LA PAZ DR. VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Sakena Harris, Owner , 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 July 23, 30 August 6, 13, 2020.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20200006445 Date Filed:07/22/2020 Filing Expires On: 07/22/2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): AQUAMARINE GROUP County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business:13145 HAVASU LAKE ROAD HAVASU LAKE, CA 92363 Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./ Org./Reg.: AMG COMPANY INC. State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 920 CALLE NEGOCIO, STE C SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92673 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: July 01, 2020 Greg Licht, President, 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 August 6, 13, 20, 27, 2020.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20200006513 Date Filed: 07/23/2020 Filing Expires On: 07/23/2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): ESTEEM NOTARY SOLUTIONS County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 5186 BENITO STREET, STE 394 MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 Name of Individual Registrant: LAWRENCE W. FORTSON Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./ Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./ Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address:5186 BENITO STREET, STE 394 MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: July 16, 2020 Lawrence W. Fortson , 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 July 30, August 6, 13, 20, 2020.
Submission Deadline For All Legal Publications is 5pm Mondays FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20200006116 Date Filed: 07/13/2020 Filing Expires On: 07/13/2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.)CASANOVA RANCH County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 34874 BIRCH RD. BARSTOW, CA 92311 Mailing Address: 34874 BIRCH RD. BARSTOW, CA 92311 Name of Individual Registrant: IZMIRA G. SMITH Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 34874 BIRCH RD. BARSTOW, CA 92311 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Izmira Smith, Owner, 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 July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 2020.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20200005893 Date Filed: 07/01/2020 Filing Expires On:07/01/ 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.):CANARY PHARMACY County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 4950 SAN BERNARDINO ST. #101A MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./ Reg.:ONE STOP PHARMACARE INC. State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.:C3800519 Residence Street Address:4950 SAN BERNARDINO ST. #101A MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Vanson Luu, CEO, 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 July 30, August 6, 13, 20, 2020.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 2012085 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ROBERTA RENEE MULLIGAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. ROBERTA RENEE MULLIGAN to Proposed name: b. RENEE ROBERTA MULLIGAN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 8/24/2020 Time 9:00 a.m. Dept.:S17 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 San Bernardino Justice Center-Civil Dept. A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: 06/09/2020 Lynn M. Poncin Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 2020.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 2013003 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: TEDDY BAYLIS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. TEDDY BAYLIS aka THEODORE MARKELL HENRY to Proposed name: b. TEDDY BAYLIS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 24, 2020 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept.:S16 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 San Bernardino Justice Center-Civil Dept. A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: July 13, 2020 Lynn M. Poncin Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 2020.
SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): 20STLC00559 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): AUBREY LAUREN BURGE, and Does 1 to 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL D E M A N D A N T E ) : S TAT E FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY 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 SelfHelp 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 LOS ANGELES 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 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, Michael D. Schoeck, Esq. Bar #277945, 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 285846) DATE (Fecha): 01/17/2020 Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/ Clerk of Court (Secretario), by Lillian Castillejo, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual. 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6/20 CNS-3378339# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN
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“Pervasive failure to investigate:” Report finds lack of scrutiny in cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women
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BY LAURENCE DU SAULT
participation disparities worse. These findings are critical as they will influence voter outreach and voter messaging materials, and could have a profound effect on voter turnout, especially among low-propensity voters.” Francisco I. Pedraza, Assistant Professor & Director of the Civic Engagement Group, Center for Social Innovation, UC Riverside “With less than four months before the November 2020 elections, not all first-time and low-propensity voters in California are aware that mailin ballots will be available to all registered voters. While first time and low-propensity voters express enthusiasm and interest for drop box and mail-in voting options, they also want reassurance that their vote will be delivered if submitted by mail or drop box. And, those preferring in-person voting want that option to be safe and available, particularly for those who count on inperson services like language assistance, accessibility, and other services to vote.” Karthick Ramakrishnan, Professor & Director of Center for Social Innovation, UC Riverside “Part of the innovative la nd scape of electoral participation in California is the ability of foundations, community organizations, election officials, researchers,
2018 Women's March San Francisco attendees raise fists and hold signs in support of missing and murdered indigenous women. Photo by Pax Ahimsa Gethen via Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) For generations, order and cleanliness had been Christina Lastra’s family’s way of fighting off poverty. But the day in July 1991 when her mother’s mysterious death was ruled an accident marked the end of the orderly life Lastra had been leading in Humboldt County. “We didn’t get peace. No one ever even thought of looking further into the death of a Native woman, of my mom,” said Lastra, who identifies as Indigenous and Chicana. “Until now.” “It creates a sense of hopelessness. It makes it feel like this is a world that we can’t live in anymore.” A N N I TA LUCCH ESI, SOVEREIGN BODIES INSTITUTE A new report by the Sovereign Bodies Institute, a data-driven nonprofit based in Humboldt, details for the first time the lack of scrutiny and data surrounding the cases of 105 missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across northern California, from the Bay Area to the Oregon border. Using state and federal data, other research, police reports and community-based information, the institute found more than 2,300 cases in the United States. Of the California cases classified as murders, law enforcement solved 9%, researchers found. The statewide clearance rate is more than 60% in the past decade, according to the state Department of Justice, meaning that
murders of Indigenous women in northern California were about seven times less likely to be solved than homicides involving all other victims. “ Wome n a f t e r wome n , disappearing,” said Annita Lucchesi, the executive director of SBI and a Cheyenne descendant. “It creates a sense of hopelessness. It makes it feel like this is a world that we can’t live in anymore.” The cases documented in the institute’s report span over a century, but 72% occurred after 2000, and problems collecting data on crimes against Native American women suggest the actual number is much higher — around 1,700 statewide since 1900, according to researchers who extrapolated from existing data. California is home to 700,000 Indigenous people, the largest Native American population in the country, but there is no reliable data on missing Native women in the state, according to Lucchesi, who said more than half of the cases in the state were not in official missing persons databases. When records were available, the report found, Native women were often misclassified as white, or their deaths were labeled accidental even when family and friends thought otherwise. Much about the cases remains unknown because of continued on page 7
the ballot are the primary reasons. Clarifying information is needed to reduce concerns about mail-in and drop-off voting. Distrust of mail is high among low-propensity voters. Participants respond most positively towards materials with simple graphics, images, few words, and straightforward explanations about voting options. Across all groups the most common suggestion for modifying outreach materials is to increase demographic and cultural representation. Recommendations to Election Of f icials: Make COVID-19 precautions taken at voting sites clear and enforced, before and on Election Day. Produce voter outreach and information material that is demographically representative and culturally relevant and accessible. P roduce voter out reach and information materials in collaboration and partnership with cultural experts from community groups who are trusted messengers for low-propensit y voters. Produce voter outreach and information materials using simple visuals, images, symbols, and graphics. Avoid text-heavy materials. Convene similar efforts as the one producing this report
By: Lou Yeboah
Lou Yeboah
"How can a just and loving God allow men to suffer? Why would God create us and then allow terrible things to happen?" After pondering, Habakkuk went back to what he knew of God through revelation and experience. Then immediately he added these words, "We shall not die." God promised Abraham that he would rise up a nation that would forever be His people and that He would never allow them to be eliminated from the earth. The prophet reminded himself of that, in the face of this fearsome threat. They would not be eliminated. God's faithfulness remains. He is unchangeable. In concluding, God said to the prophet, "Now Habakkuk, don't you worry about the Chaldeans; I will judge the Chaldeans. The very thing in which they trust will prove to be their downfall. Their very gods will overthrow them." Then He pronounces woes on these people.... Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and finds a city on iniquity [Habakkuk 2:12]... Woe to those who trust in violence to
achieve what they want. [verse 15]... Woe to the man who creates fear in those around him in order to rule over them, and to gain from them [verse 19]. Woe to you, O destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, O traitor, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed. [Isaiah 33:1]. Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. [Isaiah 10:1-4]. Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!” [Revelation 8:13]. ““Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” [Galatians 6:7-9]
Housing Matters Madison Mayhew Justice and Peace Policy Fellow
“Picket Lines and Picket Signs, Don’t Punish Me with Brutality...”
“Talk to me, so you can see, Oh, what's going on? Yeah, what's going on? Tell me, what’s going on?” [Marvin Gaye – What’s Goin On]. For your hands early on to coordinate across are defiled with blood, and your levels of expertise and authority. fingers with iniquity: your lips Recommendations t o have spoken lies, and your tongue Com munit y Organizations: hath murmured iniquity. No Keep e m p h a s i z i n g man calleth for justice: no man impor tance of com munit y contendeth for truth: they trust anchors as trusted messengers . in vanity, and speak vain things: Collaborate with eth nic they conceive mischief, and media -- create synergy with bring forth iniquity...Their feet other t r usted messengers. turn to evil, and they make haste Produce voter outreach and to shed innocent blood: their information materials using simple thoughts are wicked thoughts: visuals, images, symbols, and desolation and destruction is in graphics. Avoid text-heavy materials. their paths. The way of peace Prepare information regarding they know not, and there is none impact of specific policies -- equity in their goings...” [Isaiah low-propensity voters want to 59:3-5; 7-8]. “Picket lines and know how voting impacts their picket signs, don’t punish me community and need information with brutality, talk to me, so they trust about what is on the ballot. you can see, Oh, what’s going Convene focus groups similar on? Tell me what’s going on?” “Enough of this,” declares to the ones producing this report with community members -- the Lord. Put away violence voter interest is high even among and destruction and do justice low-propensity voters and now and righteousness; revoke your more than ever, community acts of dispossession from wants to connect and be heard. upon my people!” [Ezekiel Jonathan Mehta Stein, Executive 45:9]. No uniform should get Director, California Common Cause in the way of common sense “California has deep voter and common humanity. You participation disparities on the basis do not have the right to take of race and age. Voting in California the life of another person; there will change this November, and is no law that is above this, no those changes could make those matter the land or the people. I tell you, it’s interesting that continued in next 2 columns
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and residents to learn and adapt. Given the rapid and dynamic shifts in the course of the pandemic, we are grateful for the support of the Haas Jr. Fund and the California Community Foundation, and research partnerships with California Common Cause and various community partners. By drawing on a cross-section of experts, we are best positioned to produce lessons that can help California engage low-propensity voters and first-time voters.” This project benefited from input from the Office of the California Secretary of State, various county elections officials, and a community advisory group that included Alianza Coachella Valley, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights LA, Filipino Advocates for Justice, Hmong Innovating Politics, Korean Resource Center, Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance, and Youth Mentoring Action Network. Read the report online. https://www.commoncause. o r g /c a l i f o r n i a / r e s o u r c e / reaching-low-propensity-votersin-the-november-2020-elections/ Read this press release online. https://www.commoncause. org/california/press-release/ as-states-gear-up-for-vote-bymail-new-report-on-first-tim
“Picket Lines and Picket Signs, Don’t Punish Me with Brutality...”continued
history repeats itself. As you read through the prophecy of Habakkuk you will discover that the exact problem that you and I wrestle with today, Habakkuk wrestled with as well. The prophet lived in a time very similar to our day. A time when everything was going wrong. He lived when there was great national corruption and distress, when the nation and land was filled with violence, hatred, injustice, unrest, and oppression. He lived in a land where there were outbreaks of all kinds of evil. Perplexed in his heart, as we are, in bewilderment he cries out, "Lord, how long do I have to keep this up, crying out to you like this? How long must I CONTINUE?" Finally, God answers Habakkuk. "Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told." [Habakkuk 1:5-6] "I am behind this. These people are a very strange people. They are bitter, hostile, ruthless and cold-blooded. They are going to be as powerful as any nation on earth has ever been and they will sweep through lands conquering everything, and it will LOOK as though nothing can stop them. These people will not have any god at the center of their life. They believe that their own might is their god, and they trust in their own strength. Astound, Habakkuk did not know what to make of this. This is what bothers many people as they look at what is happening in the world. Why does God allow things to happen the way they do? Why does he permit such terrible events to occur in human history? continued in next 2 columns
Earlier this month, in the middle of a pandemic, I found myself preparing to move into a new apartment with my partner. As we both prepared our homes to be combined into one and hired movers to load our belongings into our new residence, I was reminded of how space impacts mental health. Having lived in small group houses with little space of my own, I have been reflecting on the power of space and the peace of mind that comes with having a safe home. Last year, the UCC chose the book Evicted for the church-wide reading before General Synod, where Matthew Desmond spoke about the housing crisis facing Milwaukee and the nation. In Evicted, Desmond details the hardships people in poverty experience when dealing with the instability of housing. Research has taught us the significant role that housing stability plays in strong mental and emotional health, which can lead to stronger social relationships, s c h o ol a c h i e ve m e n t , and even job success. As we near the end of the summer, and as Congress debates the next relief package, I am thinking about the millions of individuals and families who have been hit the hardest by the pandemic, and who have been relying on unemployment benefits that are going to run out at the end of the month. Families on the brink of eviction received some respite through emergency eviction and foreclosure moratoriums through state and local governments, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD). However, with state and federal protections set to expire, evictions are likely to escalate. As some members of Congress casually speak about letting states go bankrupt, I am heartbroken by the reality many families will face and the trauma they will endure as a result of potentially losing their home and their safe space. According to the Aspen Institute, 1 in 5 of the 110 million Americans who live in renter households are at risk of eviction by the beginning of the fall. Furthermore, “Black and Latinx people, particularly mothers and their kids are most likely to experience eviction” as a result of the pandemic. This is not a new phenomenon. In Evicted, Desmond writes about the disparate impact eviction has on poor women of color and children. He writes, “Among Milwaukee renters, over 1 in 5 black women report having been evicted in their adult life, compared with 1 in 12 Hispanic women and 1 in 15 white women.” He further describes the emotional toll women carry as the primary caretakers of their children when facing eviction. The anxiety of housing instability and high housing cost burden are energy draining, which can easily lead to depression. A single mother juggling these demands with young children may be exhausted, and can ultimately, of no fault of her own, impact the emotional wellbeing of her children. Now more than ever, individuals and families deserve safe, decent and stable housing. As the entire world navigates a collective trauma, we must continue to care for our neighbors, especially those most vulnerable. May we all be compelled to contact our local, state, and federal representatives about extending housing moratoriums to prevent displacement in our communities.
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“Pervasive failure to investigate:” Report finds lack of scrutiny in cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women...continued from page 6 difficulties in data collection and a “chronic and pervasive failure to investigate,” the report said. Almost a year after she learned her mother, Alicia Lara, had died in a car accident, Lastra said she reached out to the county coroner. She had heard that someone from Weitchpec, where her mother was found, had seen her shortly before her death, badly beaten up. That’s when she learned that her mother’s body had been found in the passenger seat of her car. “If they’d just ask around, I think people in Weitchpec knew that she didn’t have an accident,” Lastra said. “But she wasn’t important enough to open an investigation.” Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal, who has headed the department since 2013, said the case report for Lastra’s mother didn’t strike him as particularly suspicious. But he said he did have trouble understanding how Lara had gotten in the passenger seat. “It’s hard to see how this could’ve happened,” Honsal said. No investigation was opened. “There may have been things that have happened in the past, things that didn’t go well, where communication didn’t happen,” Honsal said. “We’re learning from past mistakes, trying not to repeat that in the future.” Lastra’s perception that local police didn’t put enough effort into her mother’s case isn’t unique. Lucchesi said the report found deep mistrust toward law enforcement among Indigenous women. On Monday, Santa Clara County became the first in the nation to
institute a basic income program for youth aging out of the foster care system. Image via iStock Santa Clara Cou nt y lau nche s ba sic i nc ome program for foster youth July 28, 2020 Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs speaks during a press conference by Big City Mayors, a coalition of mayors from California’s 13 largest cities focused on finding solutions to homelessness, at the California Capitol on March 9, 2020. Tubbs has launched a universal basic income initiative, Mayors for Guaranteed Income, following the success of a similar program in Stockton. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters Coronav i r u s pa ndem ic puts a spotlight on Stockton’s guaranteed income experiment July 26, 2020 Agricultural workers workers ask the attorney general for support Worke r s i n t he Sa n Joaquin Valley ask the attorney general for support July 23, 2020 Policing in tribal areas is tricky. Jurisdiction is shared with the tribes, who have police forces with limited powers, and communication between county and tribal departments has historically been limited, something many tribes would like to remedy, according to Abby Abinanti, chief judge for the Yurok Tribal Court and a co-author of the report. The lack of resources experienced by some northern California police departments,
combined with the sheer size of territory officers have to patrol, adds to the difficulty of investigating cases, the report found, a problem echoed by sheriffs across the region. High poverty rates, which according to the 2018 American Community Survey bordered 40% for the Yurok and Hoopa Tribes, two of the largest tribes in the state, also make it hard for victims to advocate for their family members and for tribes to build efficient police forces. Last fall, in recognition of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, the Justice Department launched Operation Lady Justice, to combat violence and human trafficking of Native Americans. State Assemblyman James Ramos, a Democrat from San Bernardino County, is pushing for a bill
that would establish a task force to study the disappearances and provide financial assistance to law enforcement and tribal governments. In the meantime, Indigenous women are leading the effort to investigate. “I want to find those bodies,” said Abinanti, who was the first Native American woman to pass the state bar. “And then, prosecution is at the bottom of the list, but it’s on the list.” But the main priority remains for victims’ families to find closure. “We’re treated like we don’t count, but you know what?” Lastra said. “My mother counted and I am her legacy and I count. This report makes me feel like she is finally being honored.” This article is part of The California Divide, a collaboration among newsrooms examining income inequity and economic s u r v iv a l i n C a l i fo r n i a .
Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Introduces Urgency Motion to Ensure Fair and Accurate Census Count County/State News In response to yesterday’s unanticipated announcement that the 2020 United States Census (Census) data collection deadline will now be shortened by more than a month, to September 30, 2020, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas introduced an urgency motion at the Board of Supervisors meeting for im mediate
Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Introduces Urgency Motion to Ensure Fair and Accurate Census Count...continued States Congressional leadership expressing these concerns. It also directs County Counsel to monitor the Bureau’s guidance with data collection timelines and to file or join litigation in opposing the Bureau’s decision. “One of the most important rights we have is our hard-won right to vote, a right integral to our democracy and directly related to the results of the Census. So we must make sure that we stand up for all to be counted,” said Supervisor Ridley-Thomas. “To be undercounted is to be underrepresented and to be underrepresented is to be underfunded—we cannot lose sight of what this means for LA County.” On August 3rd, Bureau Director Steven Dillingham announced that the Census would conclude NonResponse Follow-Up (NRFU) and in-person interviews on September 30th, instead of October 31st. This announcement came as a shock to local governments as the October deadline set for data collection was determined in April 2020 by the
AMAC News action to be taken to elevate the concerns of LA County to ensure a fair and accurate Census count. Specifically, the motion directs the LA County Chief Executive Officer to send a 5-signature letter to the United State Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (Bureau) and United continued in next 2 columns
Bureau. This date was previously extended due to the persistent challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the data collection period is now being shortened for reasons unknown. A complete and accurate Census count is crucial to allocating over $675 billion in federal government resources for residents in the United States. LA County’s vast and diverse constituency has historically been difficult to measure with many hard-to-reach populations, including people experiencing homelessness. Therefore, prudent action must be taken to ensure all residents are equally represented in all levels of government, which also impacts the adjustment of electoral districts. This shortened Census timeline follows a recent presidential memorandum excluding noncitizens from Census allotment, presenting more barriers for the fair allocation and equitable representation for Angelenos and United States residents.
A ‘blessing’ in disguise
It took 50 years or so and a global pandemic but long-lost sisters, 53-year-old Bev Boro and 73-year-old Doris Crippen, finally found each other. According to the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC], they were separated when Boro was about six months old. Both had been searching in vain for each other all these years and they were
finally reunited when Crippen fell ill as a result of the COVID-19 virus. She survived her bout with the deadly disease and was being treated in the aftermath at a rehab facility in Fremont, NE where Boro is employed as a Medication Aide. Boro recognized her sister’s name while reviewing an updated patient list and, as Crippen put it, her disease turned out to be “a blessing.”
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Onions In All 50 States Linked To HUGE Salmonella OUTBREAK National News
Officials believe they have found the cause of the recent salmonella outbreak sweeping the nation and Canada. They have tracked the source to a shipment of contaminated onions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a Salmonella outbreak linked to onions from Thomson International in Bakersfield, California. The recall includes both bulk and bagged Spanish, white and red onions. Prepared foods and deli products that were made with onions are also recalled. So far, over 400 people have become sick across the country and 60 of them have been hospitalized in 34 states, according to recent data from the CDC. The four states with the highest number of reported infections are Oregon, Utah, California, and Montana Salmonella infections can cause diarrhea, fever, stomach cramps and other symptoms. Most people tend to recover without treatment. States with discovered Salmonella Newport strains: -Alaska -Arizona -California -Colorado -Florida
-Idaho
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-South Dakota
-Illinois
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-Tennessee
-Indiana
-Nebraska
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-Nevada
-Utah
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-New York
-Virginia
-Kentucky
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-Washington
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-North Dakota
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-Ohio
-Wyoming
-Michigan
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-Pennsylvania -South Carolina
With the novel coronavirus COVID-19 still around, it’s important to make the distinction between COVID and salmonella
symptoms. Most people with Salmonella infection have diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps. For individuals who suspect they might have a salmonella infection, the CDC advises that you should speaking with a health care provider and keeping details notes of what was eaten the week before symptoms showed up. Salmonella takes an average of two to four weeks to show. Symptoms usually begin six hours to six days after infection and last four to seven days. However, some people do not develop symptoms for several weeks after infection and others experience symptoms for several weeks. Salmonella strains sometimes
cause infection in urine, blood, bones, joints, or the nervous system (spinal fluid and brain), and can cause severe disease. The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, tiredness, and a dry cough. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Trusted Source, 83 to 99 percent of people will develop a fever, 59 to 82 percent will develop a cough, and 44 to 70 percent will experience fatigue. Some people with COVID-19 develop ga st roi nt e st i nal symptoms either alone or with respiratory symptoms. Diarrhea commonly occurs in people with COVID-19. One study, published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, examined 206 patients with a mild case of COVID-19. They found 48 people had only digestive symptoms and another 69 had both digestive and respiratory symptoms. Of the combined total of 117 people with gastric distress, 19.4 percent experienced diarrhea as their first symptom. The research from Beijing found that vomiting is more common in children with COV I D -19 t ha n adult s. The researchers analyzed all the COVID-19 clinical studies and case reports related to digestive issues published between December 2019 and February 2020. They found that 3.6 to 15.9 percent of adults experienced vomiting, compared with 6.5 to 66.7 percent of children.