Whitney High School Multimedia Groundbreaking Ceremony Held Norwalk City Council Turns the Television Cameras Back on for Public Comments ABC School Board fails to fill vacant school board seat Bones said to belong to San Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians [See NORWALK Page 11] [See BONES Page 6] Applicants call process a “total circus” and “embarrassment.” By Randy Economy [See ABC Page 13] By Randy Economy By Jerry Bernstein
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COMMUNITYNEWSABC School Board fails to fill vacant school board seatApplicants call process a “total circus” and “embarrassment.”
By Randy Economy
In a rare marathon Saturday meeting, the ABC Unified School Board of Education could not reach agreement
on who should replace recently elected Cerritos City Council Member Mark E. Puldio.
An election will be held this Novem-ber in conjunction with the regularly slated ABC School Board election to fill the remainder of the term that expires in 2013.
The meeting began at 7:30 a.m. and lasted well into the afternoon, and 13 lo-cal residents pitched and pleaded their qualifications in 10-minute intervals.
In the end, no applicant received a majority of votes from the six member ABC School Board, and it resulted in a stalemate. Emotions flared by the nor-mally harmonious school board, and by the time all the dust had settled, many walked away frustrated, angry and dis-appointed in the entire process.
Very early in the meeting, it was ap-parent that it was going to be difficult for the school board to come up with an agreement on who should get the ap-pointment.
The dozen-plus-one applicants in-cluded Ardash Sunak, Mansour Meisami, Louise Dodson, Anna Titus, Ernie Nishi, Cindy Yen Chen, David Montgomery, Ethan Robinson, Jean McHatton, Olga Rios, Kiran Rami, Lynda Johnson and Helen Lee.
All of them were well versed on school board issues such as the state bud-get crisis, the importance of having an “open mind” as a school board member, and how they would guide the district during these “challenging” economic times.
None of the 13 applicants were di-rectly asked if they were willing to take the appointment and pledge not to run in the upcoming November election. But all of the hopefuls stressed their desire to serve “openly” and “honestly” on behalf of the “voters, taxpayers and for the best
[See ABC Page 13]
[See NORWALK Page 11]
Norwalk City Council Turns the Television Cameras Back on for Public CommentsBy Randy Economy
The public will now be seen and heard on television at Norwalk City Council meetings from this day forward.
The long standing policy of not broadcasting public oral communica-tions on the city operated and taxpayer owned access channels is now a thing of the past.
On Tuesday, with the urging of re-cently elected Councilman Marcel Ro-darte, and with the support of Council-man Leonard Shryock and Vice Mayor Cheri Kelley, the Norwalk City Council voted to formally lift the ban on airing public comments and oral communica-tions during public meetings effective immediately.
[See BONES Page 6]
Members of the ABC School Board and staff with members of the Whitney High School Foundation, former Mayor Grace Hu and Councilmember Mark Pulido gathered at the high school Apr. 30 for a ground-breaking celebration marking construction of the school’s Multi Media facility. The facility will feature state-of-the art audio/video production systems, performance and production studios, a graphics lab, classrooms and a 5,000 seat tiered auditorium. To date the Foundation/School has raised $4.5 million including a $750,000 donation by former Cerritos Mayor Grace Hu.
Whitney High School Multimedia Groundbreaking Ceremony Held
By Jerry Bernstein
It’s long been known that Native Americans lived in the general area of Hawaiian Gardens before the Europeans arrived known as the San Gabrieleno In-dians. On Mar. 23, contractors working on the Sports Complex at Fedde Middle School in Hawaiian Gardens discovered human bones while digging a trench in relation to the Complex.
Superintendent Dr. Gary Smuts re-ported to the ABC School Board at its May 3 meeting that in accordance with Public Health and Safety Code, police authorities and the Los Angeles County Coroner were contacted. It was subse-quently determined by the coroner that the remains were Native American and are subject to California Public Resource Code and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 that requires the protection and preser-vation of Native American remains.
Indian Bones Found at Fedde Sports Complex SiteBones said to belong to San Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians
Above: Archaeologist Research Associate James Flaherty and helper sift through mounds of dirt adjacent to the trenches dug by construction workers. Some 200 bones along with numerous artifacts have been recovered to date.Inset: Jaw bone of San Gabrieleno Indian found at Fedde Sports Complex site.
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Former La Palma Mayor to be HonoredBy Larry Caballero
La Palma City Council members approved at their May 3 meeting a memorial plaque in the Community Commemora-tive Area to be named in honor of the late former Mayor and com-munity activist Daniel Collins.
In March of 2009 the City
Council amended Council Policy 24 – Guidelines for Memorial Plaques – to provide for a Community Commemo-rative Area in honor of residents and employees who had devoted their time and efforts to the betterment of the com-munity and its residents.
An application had been received by staff that asked for Collins to be hon-ored by having a paver with his name placed in the Community Commemora-tive Area. The criteria for selection is as follows:
• Nominee must be deceased.• Nominee shall be an individual
who resided in or was employed by the City of La Palma.
• Nominee shall have devoted their time and effort to the betterment of the community and its residents.
• Nominee’s contributions may have been in cultural arts, humanitarian or social concerns, economic well-
Former La Palma Mayor Daniel Collins .
being, leisure and recreation, improving quality of life, or the history and devel-opment of La Palma.
• Nominee’s contributions should be well known throughout the commu-nity.
Long-time residents Larry and Ulla Herman submitted an application to have former Mayor Daniel Collins memorialized in the City’s Community Commemorative Area.
Collins, a Veteran of the US Navy Construction Battalion (Seabees), served on the La Palma Homeowners Association Board from 1969 to 1974, including the Central Park Feasibil-ity Study Committee; on the La Palma Development Committee from 1971 to 1972 and again from 1978 to 1980; as a Council Member from 1972 through 1976, and again from 1980 to 1987.
Collins served as Mayor in 1981/1982 and 1985/1986. He was known for his “can do” attitude that carried forward from his time with the Seabees.
Collins chaired and directed the volunteer group that constructed the Bi-Centennial Gazebo in Central Park, was active with the Kiwanis Club of La Palma, and helped establish a local Fly Abatement Board in 1972, which even-tually became the Orange County Vector Control District in 1975.
Collins served as a member of the City’s negotiating team for the Center-pointe Disposition and Development Agreement that was adopted in 1984.
In 1978, he was selected as La Palma’s Outstanding Citizen, and the City Council proclaimed June 19, 1978, as Daniel Collins Day and in 1988, he was named the Cypress College Foun-dation Americana Citizen of the Year for La Palma.
Former Cerritos Mayor Laura Lee Honored By Larry Caballero
Master of Ceremonies and Cerritos College Boardmember Bob Hughlett, a former Cerritos Mayor himself, de-scribed former Cerritos Mayor Laura Lee Apr. 29 at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center as “a classy lady.”
F o r m e r C e r r i t o s Mayor Jim E d w a r d s agreed. “No one dressed any better on council than Laura.” Yet the more than 200 guests who attended the reception in her honor were not there only because she had style and class.
“I want everyone to know,” said Con-gresswoman Linda Sanchez, “that Laura Lee was always a professional and a true public servant who worked very hard for the city she loved.”
Sanchez thanked Lee for the mutual respect and friendship they have shared in the eight years Lee was on Council as Mayor and twice as Mayor Pro-Tem.
Lee thanked everyone who had sup-ported her while on council, especially her husband Charles. “My husband al-ways says that behind every successful
woman is a hungry husband at home.”Nevertheless, Lee would not have
changed anything in her last eight years serving Cerritos. “It was an honor and a privilege, and I thank all of you for al-lowing me to serve you.”
Lee does not plan to fade away into the night. “I plan to still be active in my community and to make a difference whenever I can.”
Lee has already agreed to join the Su Casa Board of Directors, but she also
wants to spend more time on the dance floor with Charles when she’s not babysit-ting her granddaugh-ter. Lee has been a long time sup-porter of Su Casa.
The Lees greeted their
guests as they arrived, and encouraged
them to enjoy the food and entertainment that included the Lees dancing a Vien-nese Waltz, skits performed by Cerritos dignitaries that included former Mayors Sherman and Gloria Kappe, and a video of the many events that Lee attended while on council.
Lee was presented Certificates of Recognition and plaques for her eight years of dedicated service on the council from neighboring cities including Arte-sia, Hawaiian Gardens and Lakewood as well as her home city of Cerritos.
Members of the Cerritos Chinese-American Senior Club present the former Mayor with a Calligraphy [poem] written by a board member.
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Where there’s a will there’s a wayBy Jerry BernsteinLCCN Editor
“Where there is a will there’s a way,” states an old saying. This was the case Apr. 30 at Whitney High School with the groundbreaking celebration for the school’s multi-media facility. The school raised $4.5 million that includes a $3 million grant, $1 million from the ABC School District and months of fundrais-ing events sponsored by the Whitney High School Foundation. This also in-cluded a $750,000 donation from former Mayor Grace Hu.
To say the facility is needed would be an understatement. The school needs the facility so its students can move forward in this world of new technology. Whit-ney parents and members of the Founda-
tion are to be applauded for their perse-verance.
ABC School Board partisan politicsThe same cannot be said when de-
scribing the action of the ABC School Board which met on the same day to se-lect a candidate to fill the seat vacated by Mark Pulido who resigned following his election to the Cerritos City Council.
Not only did the Board change its rules in midstream that were adopted at previous school board meeting Apr. 5, they changed it several times. The mem-bers apparently forgot they were there to name a candidate who qualified for the job. Instead they appeared to be voting for their friends. It was not one of their better meetings. Their dirty laundry was left hanging on the clothesline. The Board eventually voted to leave the seat vacant and let the public decide on a can-didate in the Nov. 8 election.
A new wrinkle was added to the situ-ation with a recommendation by former School Board member David Montgom-ery at the Board’s May 3 meeting that it rescind its previous vote and reopen the
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matter under a little known provision of Robert’s Rule of Order. He stated the Board need the seventh seat filled in or-der to break tie votes. He also suggested they should select from the top three can-didates, if not the top two who received three votes each. They include him and former Board member Louise Dodson, both who received three votes each. The third candidate, Cindy Yen Chen, re-ceived two. There are 10 more regularly scheduled school board meeting. One would like to believe the Board, with six members, could make decisions without needing a tie-breaking vote for 10 more meetings.
AFCSME and CerritosAnother example where the “Will”
was not present can be found at the Apr. 28 meeting of the city council when the council formally voted an impasse exist-ed and ended negotiations with the Cer-ritos Public Employees Union [AFSME Local 619.]
The union lashed out at the council and city administration accusing them of not continuing honest negotiations. Members of the council in turn said they made their final offer on Oct. 12, receiv-ing a negative response from the union in Nov. Neither side bothered to ex-plain why additional negotiations were not initiated during the five succeeding months.
The council meeting was long and tedious. The Union continually criticized the council and city administration with accusations that often were outside the box. However, when AFCSME was crit-icized the members bristled. Apparently what’s good for the goose is not good for
the gander. The big question left unanswered is
what the leadership of AFSME really wants? Flyers distributed throughout the city before the meeting compared Cerri-tos to Wisconsin, where the Governor is accused of trying to break the unions in his state. All they succeeded with the fly-ers were to anger Cerritos residents. Cer-ritos is not Wisconson and is not trying to break the union.
Unlike many cities, Cerritos workers have not been put on weekly or monthly furloughs, they have not been asked to accept changes in their pensions or cuts in their pay nor have they been asked to accept a Golden Handshake through PERS [retirement]
On the other hand there are some legitimate concerns including part time employees, safety issues at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts related to the amount of time part time workers can work before they are put on leave for the rest of the year. Both sides could have done better.
Councilman Mark Pulido moved negotiations be reopened for 60 days. Councilman Joseph Cho seconded his motion. It was defeated 3-2, with the ma-jority on the council voting no because there wasn’t sufficient time to negotiate when the city has to put together a bal-anced budget within 60 days as required by state law, noting that while negotia-tions are in progress the budget could not be adopted..
Again, what does the AFSME lead-ership really want? Are they represent-ing their Cerritos members or their own goals?
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O P I N I O N a n d L E T T E R SWith the City Council meeting last-
ing until 1:30 last Friday morning, I understand how quickly the story had to be written.
It is my opinion that the story in the rush to meet the printing deadline was very incomplete. The story did not strongly acknowledge that the majority of the residents present favored both sides going back to the bargaining table. While, I left the meeting around 11:15, I do not remember any speaker favor the idea that negotiations should be unilat-erly terminated. It seems to me that the residents and others present spoke at about 10 to 1 in favor of going back to the table to work out the little distance that the sides still had room to negotiate.
I did not understand your quote from one Council member to paraphrase "while this was one of his most diffi-cult decisions he wanted to vote in the interest of the residents." I am not sure which residents he was talking about. I knew many of the residents both pres-ent at the meeting and those who were unable to come. The ones I talked to all had hopes that this Councilman might be the 3rd vote for continuing nego-tiations. However, this Councilman is known to side with the establishment. He is known to be a company person. Several had spoken to him prior to the meeting and it was reported that his mind was made up. That is his right but , in my opinion, it would have been bet-ter for him to state clearly that he was following the staff recommendation.
I felt it was a sad day for the City of Cerritos where I have lived for 40 years. It is my hope and prayer that the City will reconsider and go back to the col-lective bargaining table.
Charlie AraCerritos
How not to pick a fight: The contract mess
In past years, the Cerritos employees
union began contract negotiations sub-mitting their demands privately prior to when the City’s budget is finalized. In 2010 they decided against this, instead waiting over two months and submitting directly to the city council their list of de-mands at the July 8th City Council Meet-ing during public comments, possibly a first in the history of Cerritos (demands available at City Clerk’s Office).
These demands included such gems like:
Demand 44: “The Union wants the City to allow employees to review their personnel files and to have the employ-ees tell the City what they want taken out of their file.” If high school students could remove any grade below a B from our records raising GPA scores or any detentions from the record, what sort of brats would be created?
Demand 23: “The Union wants the City to give a 15% salary increase to the Sr. Human Services Coord.”
Demand 24: “The Union wants the City to give a 15% salary increase to the Sr. Recreation Services Coord.”
Demand 46: “The Union wants the City to give a 10% salary increase to CCPA employees that conduct House Manager duties”
Demand 47: “The Union wants the City to give a 10% salary increase to all employees that conduct Stage Crew Su-pervisor duties”
The union leaders say their dispute
isn’t over money and they are for worker equality, I guess some City employees are more equal than others. Also, note who the leaders and negotiating team of the union are.
Demand 90:”The Union wants to tell the City how to operate during emergen-cies and in those events beyond the con-trol of the City.” Including labor disputes caused by the Union?
Demand 91: “The Union wants the City to not contract out any work.” Even when that could save the city money and protect services, without raising fees or creating new taxes?
Demand 95: “The Union wants the City to have no authority over disciplin-ary matters.” Cue the lawsuits.
An impasse was declared in Octo-ber by the Mediator. In March, the union elected Mark Pulido and Joseph Cho to the City Council with at least 4 mailers and an army of “volunteers” from out-side of Cerritos to phone bank, walk pre-cincts, and turnout voters. In mid-March the Union started a smear campaign against council members they didn’t control with mailers and handouts.
At the April 26th City Council Meet-ing the Council declared an impasse in-stituting the City’s last best offer on a 3-2 vote. It cut no salary or benefits for any employee during a rollercoaster econ-omy. The only real change is that new hires have to work until age 60 to get 2% multiplied by years worked and their highest year of salary creating a third tier retirement program.
That night the AFL-CIO trucked in green shirted organizers from outside of Cerritos, including some of the most powerful union bosses in Southern Cali-fornia. They also brought signs that read “It’s About Freedom”, well I must dis-agree, looking at the demands above it looks like “It’s Really About Greed and Power”.
Matt Kauble
Cerritos resident
Dear Editor,
I am the president of the AFSCME Local representing employees of the neighboring City of Artesia. I attended the Cerritos Council meeting on April 28 to show support to my fellow union brothers and sisters.
Cerritos employees felt they were already close to an end of negotiations, and wished to extend negotiations until they came to a mutual agreement. Three councilmembers, and management, did not want a mutual agreement and instead wished to seek a vague sense of "clo-sure" and conclude the negotiations pre-maturely. In other words, a few people selfishly sought closure at the expense of everyone else's. Needless to say, the net gain of "closure" was exceedingly small.
Naturally, we were disappointed in the Council's decision to impose an im-passe and conclude negotiations prema-turely. Their decision to do so has made a clear statement to us all. Employees in Cerritos can expect from both manage-ment, and at least three councilmembers (Mayor Carol Chen, Mayor Pro Tem Jim Edwards, and Councilmember Bruce Barrows), a climate of cool indifference toward their own employees; and a will-ingness to make decisions without the counsel of their own workforce.
Whether intended or not, the April 28 council meeting felt like a power play. Employees, who had a personal stake in the Council's decision, showed up en masse. Some even brought their
children, thinking that the council would conduct the meeting with the consider-ation of those attending. We were wrong. Even Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, who stood up for almost four hours wait-ing patiently for her turn, was wrong! If I didn't think people were inherently good, I'd almost be tempted to say the Council wanted to send a message that they didn't care.
Every public meeting that I've ever at-tended pushed controversial agenda items to the beginning of the meeting so people can have a chance to speak to their Coun-cil and leave. Instead, we waited almost four hours as the Council methodically plodded through their items!
At 10:30 p.m., when we were finally allowed to speak, Congresswoman San-chez went first. Despite the thinly veiled look of disgust at the proceedings of the meeting, her words were utterly reason-able. She simply asked that the Council vote to finish the negotiations because they were so close, and she volunteered her services. She finally added that this particular council meeting was a poor display of democracy; as she watched many people (some with children) leave as the hours dragged on, unable to voice their opinion.
I'd like to thank Councilmembers Mark Pulido and Joseph Cho, who voted in favor of extending negotiations. I'm also grateful for the patience of Con-gresswoman Sanchez, and for her gra-cious words that reflected perfectly the thoughts of all who attended.
Andrew PerryPresident, AFSCME Local 1520
Kudos to Norwalk City Council for turning cameras onDear Editor,
This past Tuesday, the Norwalk City
Council voted 3-2 to resume the broad-casting of the Oral Communications por-tion of the City Council meetings. This portion of the meeting hasn't been tele-vised since 2003. Myself and other com-munity members have lobbied the City Council for years to resume televising of this public comment portion of the meet-ing, but to no avail.
I want to personally thank all three members of the City Council who vot-ed to reinstate the broadcast. They are Councilmember Marcel Rodarte, Coun-cilmember Leonard Shryock and Vice Mayor Cheri Kelley.
In addition, I want to give a big Thank You to Councilmember Rodarte for putting this item on the agenda. He made this a campaign promise during the election and followed through. While I have not always agreed with Marcel, he is proving himself to be a man of his word and a pretty good Councilmember. Thank you Marcel. I see many positive changes in the future for Norwalk with our new City Council.
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Cerritos Republican Club meeting
The public is invited to the next General meeting of the Cerritos Repub-lican Club. It is scheduled for Tues-day, May 10 at 7:00 pm in the Skyline Room of the Cerritos Library, 18025 Bloomfield Avenue, Cerritos. The guest speaker will be John Fer, a native of San Pedro, CA.
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Dr. Smuts said it has been the deter-mined the San Gabrieleno Band of Mis-sion Indians were the descendants of the remains discovered at Fedde site where site excavation is now under way. He said California law further establishes that the Native American Heritage Com-mission [NAHC] makes recommenda-tions for the disposition of the remains.
The Board approved a contract in the amount of $24,750 with the San Gabri-
eleno Mission Indians for a three month period during which the site will be monitored. The Board also approved the hiring of Dr. Gary Stickel, an archaeolo-gist, to sift through the unearthed mate-rial for bone fragments and other Native American artifacts at an estimated cost of $60,000.
Dr. Smuts, whose hobby is archeol-ogy, said the San Gabrieleno Indians roamed the general area and stayed in one area for short periods of time during which they hunted for food before mov-ing to another area. He said often they would return to the original area but not necessarily at the same location,
James Flaherty, a research associate of Dr. Stickel told LCCN that approxi-mately 200 bones and numerous arti-facts have been found. “We believe this might have been a village as opposed to a hunting encampment,” he said. “ but more research needs to be done before that is determined. “
Workers who were digging trenches found the bones. “What we’re doing now is sifting through the piles of dirt from the trenching. Eventually we will dig down to the original ground site,” said Flaherty.
A spokesperson for the NAHC said hopefully the remains would be buried at the Fedde site according to Indian tradition with some type of memorial explaining who the San Gabrieleno In-dians were.
In the meantime the School Board approved a contract in the amount of $2,983,000 for the second phase of con-struction with ASR Construction Inc., of Riverside which will be done on another area of the school grounds.
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“When I looked from our family farm 80 years ago,” recalled George Yukihiro, “I would see our crops for a mile to the south, smell the aroma of cows at the
dairies and see the four hog farms that stretched beyond the dairies to the west and north”. George, sitting comfortably in an easy chair in his cozy room at Vin-tage at Cerritos College, continued “we had no problems at all with the dairymen or hog farmers – we all got along very well back in the ‘30s”.
The “mile to the south” George re-ferred to is now the intersection of the 91 and 605 freeways – back then there were acres of asparagus in the winter months and celery, cucumbers and tomatoes when the weather grew warmer. The hog farms were located between Stude-baker and “the river” and DeVries dairy was centered at Pioneer and Rosecrans. My parents both passed on early, leaving my 5 sisters and 3 brothers”. The older sisters took over household duties while the boys attempted to keep the farm go-ing. Before long, growing produce was replaced by a delivery service for locally produced crops that grew to one of the largest in Southern California. We based our bright green trucks labeled “Yuki Trucking of Anaheim” at our property on the northeast corner of Pioneer and Alondra in what is now called the “One Ways”, picking up produce from the re-gion and delivering it to the City market in downtown L.A. and, years later, Taco Bell and Pup N’ Taco.”
George had a hard but happy child-hood. “I graduated from Excelsior High School in 1939, as did most of my fam-ily including an older sister who had Pat Ryan (Nixon) for a classmate. We have
quite a tie to Excelsior from the 1920’s when my oldest sister went there all the way to 1966 when my son Calvin gradu-ated“
“It is ironic”, he says, “that I started my life right here and now live my 91st year about a mile away.”
But there have many roads traveled during that span. The Japanese family was uprooted during World War Two and relocated, after a brief stop at the stag-ing center at Santa Anita; George spent several years in Rohwer, Arkansas while another brother was dispatched to an-other center in Colorado. “It would get very cold in Arkansas” George contin-ues, “in our tarpaper “homes” but once we got some drywall to cover the cracks and keep out the wind we fixed the camp up and made it very nice” George was a lumberjack in Arkansas, bringing back local wood he cut for construction and heat.
In 1943, George was allowed to work in the local area and soon found himself drafted into the army (now there’s another story). His service ca-reer quickly unfolded when he was one of 50 GI’s selected to apply for the co-vert Counter Intelligence Corps – the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency. He was chosen, trained in ev-erything from explosives to linguistics, and assigned to Douglas MacArthur’s occupation forces after a brief assign-ment in the Philippines. He soon was one of dispatched to Japan to “keep an
eye on” a disenchanted general who was to testify in the war criminal trial for the Japanese commander.
At war’s end George moved to Hun-tington Beach but soon found his way back to Artesia – as what were to be-come Cerritos, Norwalk and Bellflower was then named. His family farmed 40 of the 160 acres that are now covered by Cerritos College and much of Cerri-tos. Calvin worked as a swamper with his dad’s trucking business, and recalls one of his stops along the way at Wayne Fujimura’s (yes, he was Kay’s dad) as-paragus farm in ?????? .
George was honored to have his name added to the Little Tokyo memo-rial honoring Japanese Americans who fought in WWII but it took considerable research and persistence by Calvin to have him listed. Seems that George’s service during the war was so covert that several years of his history with the CIC were deleted from his official documents to the point where there was no history of him serving during the war.
So next time you drive by the “straw-berry patch” at the college imaging the berries replaced by asparagus as far as the eye can see and give a mental nod of respect to George Yukihiro – long time local that now lives at Vintage.
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Hawaiian Gardens Youngsters Celebrate Arbor DayBy Larry Caballero
La Palma Mayor Ralph Rodriguez thanked the Chamber of Commerce for hosting the State of the City Address Apr. 21 at the La Palma Community Center. He stated sales tax generates 32.4% of the City’s revenues, and La Palma is 188 of the 538 cities in the
state of California in sales tax per capi-ta generated. Rodriguez is proud of corporate support for City projects and events from La Palma Intercommunity Hospital, Southern California Edison, EDCO Waste and Recycling Services and others.
“We have great schools,” said Ro-driguez, “all of our elementary schools are California Distinguished Schools with high test scores We partner with these schools by offering scholar-ships, improving a pedestrian crossing at Kennedy High and Walker Junior High, funding crossing guards at all
Hawaiian Gardens Councilmember Victor Farfan and his helpers take a few minutes to admire their gardening skills following the placement of a plant in the ground.
of the public schools, and support for numerous campus events.”
The City is also proud of its Police Interacting with Youth (PIY) program; Fit n’ Fun, an after school fitness program; and its goal of meeting with every school to discuss improving traf-fic and pedestrian safety.
He said the city is responding to the economy. “Our Permit Fee Holiday has saved our residents more than $70,000 in fees waived, and we maintained or lowered all user fees in 2010.”
The City authorized $235,900 of reserves to keep the Utility User’s Tax
reduced to 4% in three of the last four years while keeping the General Fund Reserves at 140% of annual ongoing operating expenditures “with no cuts in services, no lay offs, and no fur-loughs,” said Rodriguez.
Fiscal year 2010-2011 total budget revenues were $25,002,450 and budget expenses were $27,953,661. This $2 million dollar shortfall was due to several long-term capital projects that were fully funded by water and sewer enterprise reserves, but the City’s goal for 2011-12 is to balance the operating budget without use of reserves.
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be entering 2011 labor negotiations. Rodriguez said, “Our employees are the key reason we are able to provide high quality service to our residents and businesses, and we fully expect to partner with our employees to face our financial challenges together.”
Rodriguez is pleased with the City’s own police department that han-dled 29,144 calls for service last year while total crime is down .05% and violent crimes are down 55%. Only property crimes showed an increase of 4.5%.
“We’re working to improve those numbers by implementing Real Time Crime Maps on the City website and on Mobile Biometric ID and Digital Citations Systems.”
La Palma has the county’s fastest response time at 2:36 minutes while
the county’s average is 5:38 minutes.La Palma has completed or is
working on several beautification projects that included arterial block wall repair & painting, street sign replacement and a utility underground project. The City is also working with Centerpointe to fully occupy the site, reviewing the option of a University of Phoenix campus and planning for the opening of a Super 1 Mart in Sept.
“We are proud of our little city that continues to do big things,” said Rodriguez. “Our 30th Annual Run For Fun set records, our summer Concerts in the Park are filling to capacity, and we welcome everyone to attend our La Palma Days celebration, Halloween Carnival at Central Park, Holiday Tree Lighting and Memorial Day event.”
The city’s has a diverse population
of 15,719 that includes 44.9% Asian and Pacific Islander, 17.4% Korean, in a 1.9 square mile radius in north Orange County, and with a median household income of $80K.
More than 70% of its residents have some college or advanced degree, and 65% are between the ages of 15-59—a demographic that Rodriguez said busi-nesses like to see because this is the population that tends to consume more products.
Rodriguez said that there is a great business climate in La Palma with many businesses choosing the City as their home including BP America, ADP, Unisource, Rosendin Electric and Multi-Sales Company, adding that many of the businesses are located in the City’s multi-office complex center named Centerpointe.
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Artesia Chamber Hosts Successful MixerBy Larry Caballero
More than 50 attendees had 30 seconds each to introduce themselves and their businesses before enjoying the Artesia Chamber of Commerce Mixer Mar. 31 at Union Bank.
President James Kang said, "The Artesia Chamber has grown up to almost 50 registered members so far ever since it had the first Official Business Meeting last August. The Chamber’s goal is to secure 100 registered members by the end of this year."
Kang also thanked the neighboring clubs for their friendly visit to the Chamber Business Meeting.
“We also have six Artesia Cerritos Rotary members, seven Cerritos Optimist members, and five Su Casa members in atten-dance tonight. You are all welcome.”
Kang was pleased that many business people were represent-ed from a variety of different kinds of businesses.
“Last but not least, I would like to give a special thanks to Union Bank for hosting our mixer meeting for the Artesia Cham-ber tonight. Now Chamber members know where to come if they choose to open an account with Union Bank."
CERRITOS SHERIFF’S STATION
Weekly crime summaryApril 25 to May 1, 2011
Twenty-one Part I felony crimes were investigated by Cerritos Sheriff’s depu-ties last week, up from thirteen the pre-vious one. All crimes reported in this summary increased with the exception of robberies, which remained the same. There were 261 calls for service logged by patrol deputies, up from 239 the week before. The new 2011 weekly average in calls for service is now 257.
One robbery was reported. On Tues-day April 26 at 10:30 p.m. two male sus-pects entered a residence in the 16000 block of Canyon Creek Road and de-manded money. The suspects opened a
safe but the victim is unsure of any loss. The suspects fled on foot.
Residential burglaries rose from two to three last week. Two were caused by open/unlocked doors or windows, and the third was another “distraction burglary”, where the suspect represented himself as a City employee at the residence to check for water contamination. While inside with the residence, a second suspect slipped in and took items from the bed-room. A coin collection, safes, jewelry, cash, and a backpack were taken in the others. The 2011 weekly average in resi-dential burglaries remains at 3.4.
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Three commercial burglaries were re-ported. All were closed business where thieves shattered an office window, pried a door, and accessed a locking mecha-nism via a mail slot. Cash, laptops, gen-erators, and a computer were taken. The 2011 weekly average in “other structure”/commercial burglaries is now 2.8.
Vehicle burglaries increased from two to six two last week. All of the crimes last week were in high-volume commercial parking lots. Three of the vehicles were SUVs that had third-row seats taken. Other property stolen consisted of shoes wallets, ID, pants, backpacks, calculators, and MP3 players. The new 2011 weekly average in vehicle burglaries is 5.2.
Storing property in the passenger compartment, especially leaving it in
plain sight, is exactly what the vehicle burglar will be looking for. Note the type of property stolen last week in-cluded wallets, MP3 players, and cash. Don’t make the mistake of leaving valu-able items behind because you just may never see them again.
Vehicle thefts also increased from three to six last week. A Honda, a Toy-ota, a Chrysler, a trailer, and two SUVs were stolen from high-volume com-mercial parking lots. The current 2011 weekly average in this category is 2.4.
Even though we see more SUVs, Hondas, and Toyotas stolen compared to others, car thieves are not always as selective as you think and are most often just looking for transportation. Consid-er a steering wheel locking device that serves as a good visual deterrent.
Enjoying a successful Artesia Chamber of Commerce Mixer Mar. 31 at Union Bank were (l-r) Artesia Chamber Vice-Pres-ident Manu Patel, Secretary Don Brown, Union Bank Vice-President Peggy Langin, Artesia-Cerritos Rotary Club member Dr. Steve Sherman, Chamber President James Kang, Execu-tive Director Sug Kitahara and Artesia City Councilmember Michelle Diaz.
Candidate Kicks Off Campaign for Artesia City Council
Miguel Canales formally announced his intention to run for Artesia City Coun-cil this November. Canales is the current chair of the Planning Commission for the City of Artesia and a teacher at Richard Gahr High School.
Surrounded by friends, family, col-leagues, and former students, Canales spoke about his upbringing, school expe-riences, what led him to the teaching pro-fession, and why he has now set his sights on an Artesia City Council seat. Before his introduction, nine speakers gave brief testimonies about his character, abilities, and passion. Over 80 people attended the event, catered by Vital Lourenco, with
musical accompaniment by harpist Julio Montero. Although not a fundraiser, at-tendees made generous donations.
Upon leaving, folks expressed their support for the candidate in different ways. Some spoke about the power of his life story and the obstacles he has overcome. Others were excited about his connection to youth and how he can involve the next generation of Artesians in shaping city life. One long time Arte-sia resident was so moved by the event, she could barely speak though her tears. “This brings back a lot of good memo-ries,” she said. This final comment from a couple involved in city recreation summed up sentiments shared by many: “This was great. He is exactly what the city needs. We will support him in any way we can.” For additional informa-tion from the event, please go to www.canalesforcitycouncil.com.
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Councilman Luigi Vernola abstained from voting on the matter and wanted to get more legal opinions from outside agencies such as the Los Angeles County District Attorney and others. “I am not opposed to lifting the ban on airing pub-lic comments; I just want more detailed legal opinions before I vote one way or the other.” Mayor Mike Mendez op-posed the idea and cast the only descend-ing vote.
The controversial ban was instituted in 2003 when several residents began challenging city council member travel expense during open meetings. The City Council at that time resulted with no residents being allowed to be “seen or heard” on the cablecast during the offi-cial “Oral Communications” portion of each meeting.
The City of Norwalk operates two cable television channels. Channel 32 is dedicated as a “Public Access Channel” that allows any member of the commu-nity to submit their own produced pro-grams for cable broadcast. Cable chan-nel 3 is dedicated to airing city council, planning commission, and other official city of Norwalk productions.
The controversial ban was estab-lished on Nov. 4, 2003 when the City Council voted to cease broadcasting of the City Council and Planning Commis-sion meetings at the completion of regu-lar business items.
Longtime Norwalk resident and city council critic Jerry Ori urged the council to lift the communications ban immedi-ately. “This is an open Democracy in which we all live. We need a two way communication line especially now in this new era of Bell city politics.” Ori was referring to the recent political cor-ruption indictments that rocked the tiny city of Bell during the past year that re-sulted in eight city officials to be indicted on felony charges.
Ori also said he and other residents were prepared to file a civil rights lawsuit within 30 days if the council refused to lift the ban.
Resident Bob Hoskins specifically singled out Mayor Mike Mendez for cre-ating the ban in the first place, and cited past city council expenses from travels to Palm Springs hotels and restaurants.
“I have been treated like a dog by past city councils. Two people cannot dictate to a community of over 100,000 people. We are not going to have another Bell as long as I am around Norwalk,” said Ori.
Mary Jane McIntosh, a recent candi-date for Norwalk City Council also urged the council to bring oral communication broadcasting “back to the people.”
“This is a positive move to put the
people back into the city meetings. This isn’t going to end the public from criti-cizing our city council, everyone needs to be heard and this is more about ac-countability,” McIntosh claimed. She also publicly thanked Rodarte, a long time political rival, for bringing the is-sue forward. “We may agree to disagree on some issues, but we don’t have to be disagreeable on every single issue,” said McIntosh.
Vice Mayor Kelley said that while “people are entitled to their own opin-ions, the city residents are entitled to the facts.”
“I don’t have a qualm with bringing back oral communications. No one’s free speech was taken away, but I will not make a decision based upon threats,” said Kelley.
Councilman Rodarte agreed with McIntosh that “ethically and morally and legally we are obligated to take criticism. No elected official should ever fear the truth and an open dialogue with the peo-ple who elected them,” said Rodarte.
“I cannot imagine muffling anyone’s “free speech. Everything needs to be transparent. We were elected to move this city forward and to never look back,” he added.
But one of the most poignant state-ments came from Councilman Leonard Shyock at the end of the debate before the council vote. “We signed up for this. It is time to correct this situation once and for all.”
Mayor Mike Mendez said he op-posed lifting the ban, but had “no prob-lems” when the public criticizes him. “I just want the right to be able to respond without being threatened with lawsuits at each and every meeting,” the Mayor remarked.
Vernola asked Steve Dorsey, the City Attorney about what is considered when a resident “goes over the line” during oral communications” and asked for a legal opinion from the District Attorney. Dorsey said that the District Attorney will only enforce the open meeting laws and does not issue “legal opinions” in these types of matters.
Councilman Rodarte’s motion was passed on a 3-1-1 vote
In other actions, the Norwalk City Council voted to approve a travel request by the Norwalk All City Band to for an upcoming trip for the famed group to travel to New York City and perform at “Ground Zero” where the Twin Towers once stood during the upcoming Inde-pendence Day holidays.
“This is going to be a tremendous honor for our young people to represent the citizens of Norwalk during this spe-cial national holiday,” said Councilman Shryock. KARYOKE FUNDRAISER FOR JAPAN!
During public comments, Glenda Holt, a long time employee with the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School Dis-trict invited the community to a Karaoke fundraiser this Saturday, May 7th from 2 to 6 p.m. at John Glenn High School. The event will feature food, prizes, and “urban street singers and dancers.” All the funds raised will be donated to the Rio Hondo Chapter of the Red Cross. The event will also showcase well known rappers and dj’s from throughout the Southern California area. She reminded the City Council that the art of “karaoke” began in Japan, and now it is time to “do our part” to help the victims of the recent earthquakes and tsunamis.
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“It wasn’t so much that [Algra] was tired,” Buller said. “I just knew I had two backups ready to go. But he’s the com-petitor that if he’s going to say he’s going to go out, he’s going to give me his all.”
V.C. collected seven hits with McLurg getting a pair of them. The Cru-saders hosted John Glenn this past Tues-day night and will visit Ontario Christian today before ending the regular season with a home and home series with sec-ond place Village Christian and serious playoff implications on the line. Village Christian entered this past week with a 5-3 league mark but had two games with Whittier Christian before facing the Cru-saders. V.C. lost to Village Christian 8-5 on Apr. 1.
“Our season lies in the two games against Village Christian,” Buller said. “We have two leagues games left to de-cide if these guys have what it takes to make it to playoffs or if our season is go-ing to be cut short.”
SUBURBAN LEAGUE BASEBALL
Soto comes through in the end, keeps Artesia in playoff huntBy Loren Kopff
The overall record for Artesia’s base-ball team doesn’t look that impressive. In fact, it doesn’t look like what one would expect from a team that is on the verge of a possible trip to the postseason.
But junior pitcher Cesar Soto made sure he kept his Pioneers tied for third place in the Suburban League. Soto pitched 10 innings against visiting Cerri-tos last Friday, the most any high school pitcher can pitch in any given week, then doubled in senior second baseman Effrain Huizar in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Pioneers to a gut-wrenching 2-1 victory. The win allowed Artesia (6-15 overall, 5-3 in the Suburban League) to remain two games ahead of Norwalk for fourth place and the final automatic play-off berth from the league. Artesia has not been to the playoffs since 2007.
Although Artesia picked up the cru-cial win, it wasn’t the performance that head coach Michael Gaoghagan was hoping for against a team trying to stay-ing out of last place in the circuit. The hosts constantly missed signs, had three runners caught stealing and did not have a runner reach third until the bottom of the seventh.
“We came out really flat,” Gaogh-agan said. “I don’t think we had the in-tensity we should have had until we tied it and then we picked it up a little bit. We weren’t really sharp today.”
Soto was nearly flawless through the first three innings, striking out three, al-lowing one hit and getting three fly ball outs to senior center fielder Jhovanny Ortiz. But Cerritos junior right fielder Keenan Parra led off the top of the fourth with a base hit to left field, advanced when junior center fielder Brian Diaz was safe on an error, moved again on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly from sophomore designated hitter Jake Liang.
Artesia was hoping to put something together in its half of the frame when senior first baseman Sean Taylor led off with a base hit but was caught stealing. Junior right fielder Gary Smith was then safe on an error but was quickly picked off of first. Those two outs proved to be critical because senior catcher Jeff Gunt-er doubled to the left field gap.
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Valley Christian yields late run, edged by front running Whittier ChristianBy Loren Kopff
Valley Christian junior pitcher Dylan Algra did all he could to prevent Whit-tier Christian from sweeping the season series from the Crusaders. And through the middle innings last Thursday night, the V.C. offense was finally getting to Heralds starter Jake McMullen.
But Cameron Stanley scored on a base hit from George Flynn in the top of the seventh inning to give Whittier Chris-tian a 4-3 victory, offsetting a brilliant pitching performance from Algra. In his first Olympic League start since Apr. 1, Algra went the distance, scattering nine hits, walking two, striking out two and throwing only 95 pitches.
“The first thing that their coaching staff told me was to shake his hand and that he pitched like an absolute stud and that he is [Whittier Christian’s] definite best all-league pick that they have,” said V.C. head coach Sean Buller. “That’s what Dylan is all about. He’s such a com-petitor and he wants to strike everybody out. He pitched great; I couldn’t ask for anything better. He gave us a chance to win.”
The Crusaders fell to 13-9 overall, 5-5 in the league and were eliminated from any league title chances. V.C. had been outscored by the Heralds 23-7 in the previous two meetings and trailed 2-0 in the third inning. But the hosts responded in their half of the inning with a two out rally. Jake McMullen walked Algra be-fore giving up a run scoring double to ju-nior second baseman Shane Stillwagon. After McMullen intentionally walked senior center fielder Sam Raffaelli, he re-covered to strike out senior first baseman Michael Fasnacht.
The next inning began with senior left fielder Ryan Fronke and sophomore third baseman Patrick Avila posting base hits. Senior shortstop Daniel Hernandez then laid down a bunt attempt that was thrown into foul territory down the right field line, allowing Fronke to score. But as the ball was being retrieved, Avila was eventually thrown out at home. The missed opportunity came back to haunt V.C. because sophomore catcher Tyler McLurg would drop a single in the right field gap to bring in Hernandez. Instead of the Crusaders leading 4-2, it was just a 3-2 affair, but still the first time all sea-son that V.C. had led the Heralds.
“These guys are almost getting to the point where we have that mental state of ‘we’re going to find a way to win’,” Buller said. “That’s what differentiates us from Whittier Christian right now.”
Whittier Christian would tie the game in the top of the fifth and the Crusaders had a chance to reclaim the lead in the sixth when McLurg singled and sopho-more right fielder Nico Morandini was walked. That would end McMullen’s night and his replacement, Grant Escobar got Algra to ground out. Escobar would then strike out the side in the seventh.
Meanwhile, Algra, who had slid in head first before he was barely out, came back in the final frame and walked Stanley and Escobar before striking out Steven Krecker. On the very next pitch though, Flynn came through with the game winner.
“We were horrible on the base paths today,” Gaoghagan said. “That could have easily cost us [the game] because we weren’t getting a lot of offense going anyway. We just struggled offensively.”
While the Pioneers lost an opportu-nity to score at least two runs, the Dons (6-16, 1-9) were unable to add to their lead. They stranded the bases loaded in the fifth, and two more in the sixth. After that, Soto settled down and gave up just one hit and one walk over the final four innings. Four of his 11 strikeouts came down the stretch and he finished throw-ing 142 pitches.
“It was a gutsy performance,” Gaogh-agan said. “He probably went either four or five [innings] and after that, you could tell he was probably getting a little tired. He battled it out and was able to keep us in the ballgame. We had Gunter ready if we needed him.”
Not to be outdone was the perfor-mance put in from Cerritos junior Kevin Anderson, who limited the Pioneers to three hits through the first six innings and did not allow a runner to get to third. But with one out in the seventh, Ortiz singled to left and junior pinch hitter Carlos Ramirez reached on a controver-sial play. Ortiz then stole third and a walk was issued to senior third baseman Jose Esparza to load the bases. Huizar flew out to deep right to bring home Ortiz for the tying score when the Dons thought it should have been the third out. Ramirez was safe when he put down a bunt but eluded the tag by senior pitcher Kevin Vaca as he was racing up the first base line.
“I don’t think either umpire really clearly saw the play anyway,” Gaogh-agan said. “I don’t know if he was out of the base line or not. But there wasn’t a tag.”
Taylor collected two of his team’s eight hits as the Pioneers host Bellflow-er today to conclude a home and home series with the Buccaneers. Those two teams began this week tied for third place. Artesia caps off the regular season next Tuesday and Thursday against first place Mayfair. The Dons, who got two hits from sophomore left fielder Andrew Ortega, conclude their season today at Norwalk.
All-Star teams, summer tournaments announced for Cerritos Girls Softball AssociationBy Loren Kopff
Later this month, 49 Cerritos Girls Softball Association all-stars will em-bark on a two-month journey that will hopefully end with several tournament championships and even a berth in the Amateur Softball Association “B” Na-tional Championships in either Clovis or Spokane, WA. All four teams will kick off the summer by participating in the San Dieguito All-Star Tournament May 27-30.
The next weekend, the teams will be in the La Habra All-Star Tournament be-fore hosting the CGSA All-Star Tourna-ment the following weekend. An open weekend (June 17-19) could later be filled by any or all of the teams before they return to Downey for the District tournament, which will take place June 24-26. Based on how the teams do there,
they may find themselves playing in the ASA “B” State Tournament in Lancaster, July 8-10.
Listed below are all of the 2011 CGSA All-Stars, coaching staffs and team moms.8-Under All-StarsCaitlyn AzevedoGemma BulthuisAngelina DumlaoPiper GarciaHalyne GonzalezTristan HessMikala HuskeyValerie JoaquinSyndi JonesLeilani PatiMadison SanchezLeah SuarezJillian VelazquezManager: Benito JoaquinCoaches: Gabe Azevedo, Sam Dumlao, Pom Garcia, David HuskeyYouth assistant coaches: Madi Huskey, Jennifer Morinishi10-Under All-StarsKiarra Crockett-PopeDejanae DavisKayla EdwardsMakayla GarciaMalena GarciaJazmine HillRachel LorangerEmily MortonCassie OravetzDiamond SandovalAfi SateleKara SpoolstraManager: Phil DavisHead coach: Rich GarciaCoaches: Cedric Hill, Freddy Sandoval, Don TaguchiTeam moms: Tanisha Davis, Pom Gar-cia. Paola Hill12-Under All-StarsJulianne AdamosCeleste BorzaAlyssa FloresEvelynn HernandezAshley IseriDestiny LuceroKylee PerrymanRebecca RamirezAlyssa RiosBrianna SpoolstraAlijah VegaKayla VukovichManager: Chris BorzaCoaches: Heather Cameron, Alex Her-nandez, Carlos Hernandez, Brian Iseri, Jennifer Iseri, Carlos Lucero, Sarah Parten, Tommy Parten, Lyn Perryman, Pablo VegaTeam mom: Adele Perryman14-Under All-StarsRachel BarajasKaitlyn BoggsCourtney HessHaley LambVicky MaglonzoSabrina ManzanoAshley MitchellJustina PekoBriana PerezLuci StefaniChristabel SupanNicole WaldeckerManager: Bill MitchellHead coach: George BarajasCoaches: Jon Florez, Donald StefaniTeam mom: Elsa Barajas
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Spitzer moved to nominate Dodson and Reyes seconded the motion. Dod-son only received two votes and she was eliminated.
Montgomery was the next to be con-sidered and he received the support of Spitzer, Reyes, and Chen. He was elimi-nated at this point.
Cindy Yen Chen won the votes of only Kang and Tse and McHatton was knocked out of consideration after just getting the votes of Law and Kang.
Then, after another rule change, Mont-gomery, Yen Chen and Dodson were on the final ballot, but Clerk Olympia Chen stepped in and demanded that the appoint-ment be made by the voters, and not the ABC School Board. That motion passed 4 to 2 with Reyes and Spitzer voting in the minority.’
“As far as I am concerned, I am will-ing to stay here till midnight until we se-lect someone. Why are we throwing in the towel,” said a frustrated Reyes.
“You mean to tell me that I woke up at 6 a.m. and sat here for seven hours on a Saturday to come up with no decision. I am very angry,” Spitzer remarked.
“The process was not conducted pro-fessional. It was a total joke,” said appli-cant Anna Titus.
“They changed the rules of the game after the game started over and over again. I was embarrassed for the entire ABC School District. The school board acted very unprofessional and it is time to get beyond putting the interests of “personal friends” before the knowledge and priori-ties of a functional board of education.”
Tse said the decision was a hard one. “I had personal friends interested and it made my decision very hard.”
“This was a to-tal joke,” Titus said. “ T h e y lost track of what they were to ac-complish. This is the most dysfunc-t i o n a l s c h o o l board we have ever had here in ABC,” T i t u s said.
“ I t was a cir-cus and a total joke said ap-p l i c a n t
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interest of the students.”During public testimony, Laura Rico,
President of the ABC Federation of Teach-ers urged the school board to “pick the per-son who can hit the ground running” and who “has the experience and knowledge” of how the school board operates.” Sev-eral speakers also praised the candidacy of Lynda Johnson, and one former ABC School Board Member Bob Hughlett lob-bied the board to select longtime Cerritos resident and his longtime personal friend Jean McHatton.
The entire afternoon was plagued with motions and maneuvers and rule changes to benefit one hopeful over another.
Clerk Olympia Chen tried unsuccess-fully to keep the seat vacant till the up-coming November election and only col-league Sophia Tse supported her. Board Members Maynard Law, James Kang, Celia Spitzer and Armin Reyes voted to continue the appointment process.
Chen and Tse attempted to make the case that the winning “appointee” would only serve 10 meetings and they would have an “unfair” advantage to run for the seat as a designated “appointed Incum-bent.”
Veteran School Board Member Ce-lia Spitzer reminded the board that “we were elected to make hard decisions. It is incumbent on us (the Board of Educa-tion) to make an appointment, today. It is very unfair to the 13 candidates for us not reach a decision.” Board Vice President Armin Reyes stressed that the “quality and quantity” of the candidates were “in-credible.” “This is about public service,” he remarked. “Many of them are my per-sonal friends, and this makes the decision all the harder,” said Reyes.
According to the official published meeting agenda, the board was to pick the “top three” candidates, and then the board would conduct an open discussion or the final candidates, and followed by the “motion/s to appoint; vote, and then the “Provisional Appointee” would be sworn into office by Superintendent Gary Smuts.
Each board member ranked their top three choices as previously agreed upon.
Here is how the applicants were ranked by each board member:
Board Clerk Olympia Chen selected Montgomery, Dodson and Yen Chen. Board Member James Kang selected Ni-shi, Yen Chen and Robinson. Board Pres-ident Law ranked McHatton, Dodson, and Montgomery. Vice President Reyes selected Dodson, Titus, and Johnson. Board Member Spitzer gave her picks to Dodson, Montgomery and Mc Hatton,
while Member Tse selected Yen Chen, Nishi and Titus,
After that first round of rankings the three top ranked applicants were suppose to be the only ones going into the final round of voting.
These three finalists were Dodson (four points) Montgomery and Cindy Yen Chen who both earned three points.
Then personal politics dominated the rest of the selection process. After a heated exchange lead by Board President Law, he urged that the rules be changed to allow any candidate who received “two points” to go into the final round for con-sideration. Law was a vocal supporter of applicant Jean McHatton, who received just two points, one from Law and the other from Kang. Applicant Ernie Nishi also received two points in the balloting as did Anna Titus.
“We need to recognize that we have some great qualified candidates who got two points in the ranking and we should allow them to go on to the next round,” Law said. “It is a hard choice because of our longtime personal relationships with some of these individuals,” he said. Kang seconded Laws motion and it passed on a 4-2 vote with Tse and Chen opposing the rule change.
Joining Dodson, Montgomery and Yen Chen into the new round of voting was Nishi and Mc Hatton.
Then after yet another heated ex-change, the board changed the rules for the fourth time to allow any applicant who received “one point” to go into the final round of consideration. That motion passed 4-2, and applicants Lynda Johnson and Ethan Robinson were added into the jumbled mix of “finalists.”
The only applicants not considered in the final round of voting were Rami, Mansami, Sunak, Rios and Lee. None of them received any points or verbal sup-port from any of the six school board members.
Then nearly seven hours after the mar-athon meeting began, a vote was taken on the new eight finalists.
Here is how that next vote panned out:
Olympia Chen voted for David Mont-gomery, James Kang voted for Cindy Yen Chen, Maynard Law voted for Jean McHatton, and both Armin Reyes and Celia Spitzer voted for Dodson and So-phia Tse voted for Nishi.
Titus, Johnson, Robinson and Nishi were then declared out of consideration after that vote.
During the next set of “rule changes” the Board decided to take an “up or down” vote on each of the remaining five finalist. It was agreed to that the “winning appli-cant” would have to earn four of the six board members approval to be granted the seven month appointment.
Kiran Rami. This “back in forth game
playing made me wonder how this board
actually functions.” Rami said she is un-
sure if she will be seeking election in No-
vember. “I did this for our students,” said
Rami who is a Professor at Long Beach
City College. “It was hard core politics.
All they cared about was how they could
get their friends on the board,” she said.
Body of lifeless man found inside car at supermarket parking lotBy Randy Economy
Hawaiian Gardens-Sheriff homi-cide detectives and members of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office have launched an investigation into the death of an adult male whose lifeless body was found inside a parked car at a popular local supermarket in Hawaiian Gardens.
On Wednesday evening, members of the Lakewood Sheriff’s Department re-sponded to a call that the body of a male was seen inside a vehicle at the park-ing lot of the Food 4 Less Supermarket located at 12222 Carson Street.
The name of the deceased man has not been identified, and the cause of his death is now under investigation by both agencies.
For additional updated information on this case, please visit our website at www.loscerritosnews.net.
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CITY OF CERRITOSSTATE OF CALIFORNIA
NOTICE TO BIDDERS OF THESIDEWALK, CURB, GUTTER AND WHEELCHAIR RAMP
REPAIRS IN THE CITY OF CERRITOSPROJECT 13086BID NO. 1117-11
Sealed bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk of the CITY OF CERRITOS, First Floor, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield Avenue at 183rd Street, Cerritos, California 90703 until 11:00 a.m. on May 17, 2011 for furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment for “SIDEWALK, CURB, GUTTER AND WHEELCHAIR RAMP REPAIRS IN THE CITY OF CERRITOS, PROJECT 13086, BID NO. 1117-11.” Bids will be publicly opened at the Cerritos City Hall at 11:00 a.m. on the above date. Bids must be made on the form provided for this purpose, addressed to the City Clerk, City of Cerritos, First Floor, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield Avenue at 183rd Street, Cerritos, California 90703, marked “SIDEWALK, CURB, GUTTER AND WHEELCHAIR RAMP REPAIRS IN THE CITY OF CERRITOS, PROJECT 13086, BID NO. 1117-11.” Bids are required on the entire work including all appurtenances thereto as more particularly shown on the Plans and Specifications.
All work must be completed within 25 calendar days after the date of the Notice to Proceed.
A set of Contract Documents, including the Plans and Specifications, may be purchased at the Engineering Division of the City of Cerritos for $10.00 ($15.00 if mailing is requested). There will be no refund for return of the Contract Documents. Return of such documents is not required.
No bid will be received unless it is made on the official Proposal forms in the Contract Documents (green sheets) that include the Bid Sheet/Non-Collusion Affidavit. Failure to properly execute the Bid Sheet/Non-Collusion Affidavit will render the bid non-responsive and the bid will not be accepted.
The bid must be accompanied by cash, a certified or cashier's check, or bidder's bond made payable to the City of Cerritos for an amount equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid. This guarantee will be forfeited should the lowest responsible bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter into the contract. If the City of Cerritos subsequently awards a contract to the next lowest responsible bidder, the amount of the lowest responsible bidder's guarantee shall be applied to the difference between the lowest responsible bidder’s bid and the next lowest responsible bidder’s bid and the surplus, if any, shall be returned to the lowest responsible bidder.
All bids are to be compared on the basis of the estimate of the quantities of work to be done.
No bid will be accepted from a contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California. The contractor must possess a license of the following classification at the time the contract is awarded (and must maintain this license classification through completion of the project): “A” or “C-8” is required. The bidder's attention is also directed to Section 7028.15 of the Business and Professions Code.The bidder awarded the contract shall indemnify, defend and hold the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents and volunteers harmless from any and all losses and damages arising out of any act or omission of it in performance of this contract.
Before a contract is entered into with the successful bidder, the bidder shall present evidence in writing to the City of Cerritos that he or she has current public liability and property damage insurance from a responsible insurance company authorized to do business in California that is acceptable to the City of Cerritos of at least the following amounts:
Bodily injury and property damage - Combined single limits in the amount of $1,000,000.00.
NOTE: The insurance policy must include a special endorsement to policy that provides:
1. The City, its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers are included as additional insureds but only insofar as operations under the contract are concerned. 2. The insurer shall not cancel or reduce the insured's coverage without first providing thirty days advance written notice to the City of Cerritos. 3. The City of Cerritos will not be responsible for premiums or assessments on the policy.
The Insurer shall furnish the City of Cerritos a certified copy of the policy within five (5) days of the City requesting a copy. The successful bidder shall maintain during the life of the contract the above specified insurance with the above-referenced special endorsement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1776, et al. of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Director of Industrial Relations for the State of California has determined the general prevailing rate of wages and employer payments for health and welfare, vacations, pensions and similar purposes applicable to the work to be done. These rates shall be the minimum rates for this project. Rates are available on the Internet at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. In addition, the information can be obtained by calling the Division of Labor Statistics and Research’s Prevailing Wage Unit at (415) 703-4774, or by faxing the Prevailing Wage Unit at (415) 703-4771, or by writing to: California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, Prevailing Wage Unit, P.O. Box 420603, San Francisco, CA, 94142.
Pursuant to Section 1735 of the California Labor Code, the bidder shall not discriminate in the employment of persons for the work as described in these Contract Documents because of race, religious creed, color, nation of origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or sex of such persons. If the bidder is found to be in violation of this Section on this work, the bidder shall be subject to all penalties imposed in Part 7, Chapter 1 of the California Labor Code.
The successful bidder will be required to comply with all requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("Act"). The successful bidder agrees to defend, indemnify and hold the City of Cerritos harmless from any penalties imposed as a result of non-compliance with the Act.
By submitting a bid, the bidder offers and agrees that if the bid is accepted, it will assign to the City of Cerritos all rights, titles, and interest in and to all causes of action it may have under §4 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. §15) or under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 commencing with §16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code, arising from purchases of goods, materials or services by the bidder for sale to the City of Cerritos pursuant to the bid. Such assignment shall be made and become effective at the time the City of Cerritos tenders final payment to the bidder.
The successful bidder will be required to furnish a labor and material payment bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, a faithful performance bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price and a warranty bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the contract price. The bidder is required to give written notice of the bonding requirements of subcontractors to potential and actual subcontractors and the bidder's attention is directed to Section 4108 of the California Public Contract Code. Any subcontractor bonds shall be secured from a surety company satisfactory to the City of Cerritos.
As a substitute for retention of ten percent (10%) from each progress payment to the contractor, the contractor may, on his or her request and at his or her expense, deposit securities approved as eligible for deposit and in an amount equivalent to the amount retained by the City of Cerritos, with a state or federally-chartered bank in California as the escrow agent (“escrow agent”) or the City of Cerritos. Securities eligible for deposit shall be bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit, or such securities as are set forth in Government Code Section 16430 and which are approved by the City of Cerritos.
Upon the deposit of such securities, the City of Cerritos shall pay the retained sum to the contractor and, upon satisfactory completion of all work required to be performed, shall return the deposited securities to the contractor.
Alternatively, the contractor may request that the City of Cerritos make payment of retentions earned directly to the escrow agent established by the contractor, at his or her expense as provided under Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. At the expense of the contractor, the contractor may direct the investment of the payments into securities and the contractor shall receive the interest earned on the investment upon the same terms provided for in Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code for securities deposited by the contractor. Upon satisfactory completion of the contract, the contractor shall receive from the escrow agent all securities, interest, and payments received by the escrow agent from the City of Cerritos pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code.
The contractor shall be the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for moneys withheld and shall receive any interest thereon.
Any contractor who elects to receive interest on moneys withheld in retention by the City of Cerritos shall, at the request of any subcontractor performing more than five percent of the contractor’s total bid, make that option available to the subcontractor regarding any moneys withheld in retention by the contractor from the subcontractor. If the contractor elects to receive interest on any moneys withheld in retention by the City of Cerritos, then the subcontractor shall receive the identical rate of interest received by the contractor on any
retention moneys withheld from the subcontractor by the contractor, less any actual prorata costs associated with administering and calculating that interest. In the event that the interest rate is a fluctuating rate, the rate for the subcontractor shall be determined by calculating the interest rate paid during the time that retentions were withheld from the subcontractor. If the contractor elects to substitute securities in lieu of retention, then, by mutual consent of the contractor and subcontractor, the subcontractor may substitute securities in exchange for the release of moneys held in retention by the contractor.
The contractor shall pay each subcontractor, not later than seven days after receipt of escrow moneys, the amount owed to each subcontractor from the moneys plus the respective amount of interest earned, net of costs attributed to the retention held from each subcontractor, on the amount of retention withheld to insure performance of the subcontractor.
Requests for substitution of retentions or payment of retentions earned to an escrow agent must be made in writing and delivered to the City Engineer prior to the issuance of a notice to proceed and are subject to the approval of the City of Cerritos.
The amount of retention shall remain at ten percent (10%) for the entire duration of the contract and reduction in retention percentage will not be allowed. Section 7107 of the Public Contract Code shall govern payment of the retention.
The City of Cerritos reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or portions of any and all bids, or waive any informality or irregularity in a bid to the extent allowed by law.
Bids are required for the entire work described herein.
By order of the City of Cerritos.
Dated/posted/published: May 6, 2011
Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 5/6/11
CITY OF CERRITOSNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. on the following matter:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CERRITOS ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY RESIDENTIAL CODE AND AMENDING TITLE 15, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION, OF THE CERRITOS MUNICIPAL CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ADOPTION.
DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 2011-3*
*PURSUANT TO SECTION 15061(b)(3) OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA), THIS PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA REVIEW.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CERRITOS PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT THE CERRITOS CITY COUNCIL ADOPT BY REFERENCE THE 2011 LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, AND FIRE CODES FOR THE CITY OF CERRITOS AS AMENDED.
This public hearing will be conducted in the Council Chambers of the Cerritos City Hall, Cerritos Civic Center, Bloomfield Avenue and 183rd Street in Cerritos, California, 90703. The meeting will also air live on Cerritos TV3 and will be streamed over the City of Cerritos website at www.cerritos.us. A copy of the related staff report will be available for download from the website by 6:00 p.m. on the Friday prior to the public hearing.
If you challenge the above mentioned Development Code Amendment and related actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to Planning Commission, at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Any person interested in this matter may contact the Department of Community Development at (562) 916-1201, for additional information and/or appear at the hearing in person or by agent and be heard.
Dated: May 6, 2011 /s/Torrey N. Contreras Torrey N. Contreras Director of Community Development
Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 5/6/11
ABC UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
At the Board Meeting of June 21, 2011 at 7 p.m. in the District Office Boardroom, 16700 Norwalk Boule-vard, Cerritos, the Board of Education will hold a public hearing regarding the Budget of the District for the fiscal year 2011-12, prior to Final Adoption as required by Education Code Section 42103. The proposed budget will be on file and available for public inspection at the following location should members of the public wish to review the budget prior to the public hearing.
Location: ABC Unified School District16700 Norwalk Blvd.
Cerritos, CA
Date(s): June 16-21, 2011Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Cerritos Spring Festival Held inConjunction with City’s 55th BirthdayBy Jerry Bernstein
The weather was perfect with hardly a cloud in the sky as Cerritos celebrated its 55th birthday this past weekend in conjunction with the city’s annual spring festival held at the Cerritos Sports Complex.
The festival was opened on Friday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday from
noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 9 p.m..
There were rides for every age, games and entertainment that featured local community organizations and Cer-ritos Resident Talent Show participants including a Dance Recital Sunday at 4 p.m. Many family and friends brought picnic lunches/dinners while enjoying the festival. Others took advantage of “A Taste of Cerritos” which offered food from community organizations and restaurants for a nominal fee. On Saturday evening a fireworks display filled the sky above the park that once again gained full attention of the crowd below. All in all a weekend of fun for the entire family.
Above and below: A favorite of many was the classic car exhibit held from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Many classic cars were on display including this 1930 Ford Model A. Another vehicle that caught this photographer’s interest was a 1957 Chevy Roadmaster. Both cars had been completely restored.
A Community festival is not complete unless there is a Merry-Go –Round that can be verified by big smiles on the youngsters as they wave to their parents.
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