The next generation of Chicano artists is here

The next generation of Chicano artists is here

34 YEARS
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1976-2010
Vol.XXXIII
XXXIV No. 23
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Social Security: A Hedge Against
Recession for Latino Elders
By Araceli Martínez Ortega
LA OPINION/NEW AMERICA MEDIA
A few blocks from California’s political epicenter, the capitol in Sacramento, in a neighborhood where drug
sales are common, on the second
floor of a dilapidated house, are three
dark rooms. Living there is 82-year
old don Jesus Ruiz.
“Sometimes I wish they’d just
hang me from a tree,” he declared in
Spanish. “I do not have hope. I cannot carry anything. I walk crawling
like a cat. My neighbors do not help
me, and my children turned out to be
devils. They only come to take my
money, and if I do not give it to them,
they mistreat me. The other day, my
son told me that he was going to beat
me.”
As don Jesus speaks, no emotion
escapes his face.
Born in the United States of Mexican parents, don Jesus worked for
years as a vegetable loader in a cannery. “I threw my back out. I carried
50-pound boxes. One of my shoulders is very bad. I walk and I stop. I
walk and I stop,” he said.
None of his six children help him,
he said. “When I had a surgery in
2006—a triple bypass—my children
only looked for me to ask for money.
I used to give them $60, $70 every
time they came to see me. I had to
give my son $120 so he could help
me to move. He even threatened to
hit me because I told him I did not
want him to blow his horn anymore
when he drives past by my home.”
Don Jesus lives on $840 a month
from Social Security, of which $400
goes for rent. He struggles to make
ends meet. “I buy food in the dollar
stores. When I need a shirt I go to
K-Mart. I get a haircut for free at
Cosmetology schools where students
practice,” he said.
680,000 Latino Elders in Poverty
Alone
According to a report released by
the UCLA Center for Health Policy
Research, 680,000 California Latinos
ages 65 or older live alone and in poverty. Half of those living with a spouse
cannot pay for their basic needs.
However, to qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in the
Golden State, a person’s income must
be below the federal poverty line,
currently $10,210 per year for an individual.
That’s not the case for Helen
Garcia, who was born in Southern
California, but whose parents are
Mexicans. However her burden is
heavy, and her case challenges the
Hispanic belief that children take care
of their elderly parents.
After 26 years working as an elevator operator at the State Capitol
building, Garcia was among those laid
off in June 2008 by Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger, due to the budget
cuts that he made to close the state
deficit.
“I thought I’d work until I was 86years-old, but I was forced to retire.
However, if I have the opportunity to
come back to work, I will do it,” she
stated.
Garcia, 83, does not consider herself poor because she receives $642
in unemployment benefits every two
weeks, plus $853 from the Social
Security and $1,114 from her pension
each month.
However, Garcia’s unemployment
benefits are very close to expiring. “I
am going to be in a very hard situation with $1,967 per month,” she confided. She has to pay $369 each
month for the mobile home that she
just bought, plus $500 to rent her
space in a mobile homes park in East
Sacramento – almost 45 percent just
for housing.
What is more concerning is that at
her age—overweigh with diabetes
type 2 and arthritis in one leg—Garcia
still takes care of her 50-year-old son.
He cannot work because of a back
injury and clinical depression.
“He does not receive any help from
the state,” Garcia said. “I have to care
for him and cook for him, although
he helps me to run errands.”
Census figures show that the cities with the largest numbers of impoverished Latino elders living alone
are Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Fresno, Santa Ana, Oxnard, Riverside
and Sacramento.
Steven Wallace, a professor at the
University of California Los Angeles
School of Public Health and associate director at the UCLA Center for
Health Policy Research, said that the
recession explains only part of the
economic difficulties that confront
Latino elders.
“They get work as janitors, as
building-site workers and in restaurants with low salaries and no pension. They do not have savings and
many don’t have Social Security,”
Wallace said.
Twenty percent of the Latino
women ages 65 or older continue as
domestic workers cleaning houses,
restaurants and other locations,
Wallace said.
According to Wallace, among men
over 65 who continue working, 21
percent are Latino. Most of the elder
Latinos work as janitors, gardeners
and security guards. However, 14
percent work on transportation and
six percent as truck drivers; 13 percent are mechanics and factory workers.
Fernando Torres-Gil, director of
the Center for Policy Research on
Aging at UCLA and former head of
the U.S. Administration on Aging
(1993-1996) said that on average
Latinos earn lower wages that the
general U.S. population.
On average, Latinos receive lower
wages than the population as a whole.
The median income for Latinos from
jobs covered by Social Security was
$22,400 in 2002, compared to $28,000
for all covered workers, a difference
of 20 percent. Average lifetime income from jobs covered by Social
Security was also lower for Latinos
than for the entire population.
An example is Helen Garcia, who
used to make $22,000 per year as an
elevator operator at the State Capitol.
Wallace does not see a short-term
solution for Latino elders living in poverty. “They have limited resources.
They face health problems and food
insecurity, while in the last two years
the state government has cut help. I
can see no way out of this situation
in the next five or six years,” he said.
Ironically, another factor against
Latinos is that they live longer than
the rest of the U.S. population.
The Social Security Administration
(SSA) estimates that, based on 2004
U.S. census data, Latino men aged
65 can expect to live an additional 20
years, compared to 16 years for all
men. SSA also shows that Latino
women aged 65 or older can expect
to live an additional 23 years, compared to 20 years for all women.
As a result, Latinos can expect to
receive Social Security benefits over
a longer period of time than general
population. But Latinos also experience higher rates of chronic illness
and the need for long-term care.
Torres-Gil considers that with no
Social Security, more than half of
Latino elders would live in poverty.
His analysis of 2002 census figures
shows that in that year alone, the program saved 673,000 older California
Latinos from going into poverty.
Nevertheless, Social Security is not
the entire solution for Latino elders.
The program’s benefits are at a lower
level than many advanced nations and
leave many seniors living in impoverished conditions. But like don Jesus
Ruiz, at least those benefits keep them
off the streets and with a roof over
their heads.
Araceli Martínez Ortega is the Sacramento correspondent for “La
Opinión” in Los Angeles. This is the
first of two articles written under
New America Media’s 2010 Ethnic
Elders Fellowship program sponsored by The Atlantic Philanthropies.
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JUNE 11, 2010
The next generation of
Chicano artists is here
of children in San Ysidro.
“For us, as an art gallery, is important to encourage children to continue
with their artistic education,” said
Leticia Gomez, director of art and
culture at The Front. “The heart of
what we do is the well-being of the
community. We’re sure this exhibition will serve as an inspiration for
our children to continue creating art.”
The children have been receiving
art instruction in workshop format
from artists involved with the Young
Rembrandts program.
“San Ysidro School District students and parents are thrilled about
the masterpieces these children are
(see Generation, page 8)
MAAC Community Charter School Students created panels with
social justice leaders, such as Rigoberta Menchu.
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz
Among San Diego County
Chicano children and youth might be
the next generations of Diego Riveras,
José Clemente Orozcos, or David
Alfaro Siquieros.
Two new exhibitions in San Ysidro
and Chula Vista are proof of that.
“De Colores: The Art of the
Kindergartener” opens with a reception on Wednesday, June 16th from 5
p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Front, Casa
Familiar’s arts and cultural center in
San Ysidro.
The exhibition features the work
of more than 200 students from the
San Ysidro School District. Most of
the exhibit focuses on the artwork
created by kindergarteners from Sunset, Beyer, and Smythe elementary
schools. It will also include a San
Ysidro Middle School Photo Camp
exhibit, which includes photographs
taken by San Ysidro teenagers in their
community.
The exhibit will be divided into two
different mini-exhibits. On the first
reception, on June 16, students from
Beyer and Sunset will show their artworks.
Then, on the 23, students from
Smythe and SYMS will have the
chance to share their talents.
The opening receptions will feature live musical selections from the
district’s own Escuela de Música.
“We are excited about the strong
partnership among all agencies and
institutions involved,” said Gloria
Madera, assistant superintendent of
educational services at the San Ysidro
School District. “The artists are producing outstanding art and the children are thoroughly engaged and interested in what they are learning.
This will be a wonderful way to showcase their talent with their families
and community.”
The exhibition includes images
such as butterflies, balloons, relatives: San Ysidro kindergarten students
are developing as artists.
All familiar images in the daily lives
Latino voters made their voice count
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz
Latino voters in the South Bay
made their voice heard when they
went to the polls during this week’s
elections.
Although the County of San Diego Registrar of Voters does not keep
voter statistics by ethnicity, polling
places in San Ysidro and Chula Vista
showed a great number of Latinos
going in to vote.
Many of them were voting for the
first time, after becoming citizens.
Others headed to the polls looking for
a change that would improve their
communities. Still others said they
wanted to make sure to have a representative who knew the Latino
community needs.
But for the majority, participating
in the elections was an act of patriotism, of being Americans.
“It’s not only my duty, it is my privilege,” said Sandy Lopez, a retired San
Ysidro resident. Lopez was with two
of her grandchildren putting signs of
support for 79th District Assembly
candidate Pearl Quiñones, who after
all precincts had been counted, was
about 14 percent behind her opponent,
San Diego City Councilmember Ben
Hueso.
For Roberto Hernández, another
San Ysidro resident, voting is also a
duty.
“It is a responsibility we have, to
try to elect the best representatives
for our community,” he said.
Ana Lucia Guevara went to the
polls with her young daughter.
Raquel Moran (center), and Noé Aparicio (right) at the San Ysidro
Senior Center.
Guevara said she wanted to set an
example for her daughter.
“I’m not only helping the community and being part of the decisiontaking process. I’m also encouraging
my daughter to do the same when
she’s an adult,” she said.
Outside polling places there were
people with signs in support of spe-
cific candidates. At the San Ysidro
Senior Center, Noé Aparicio, a San
Diego taxi driver, was on the sidewalk with a sign in support of City of
San Diego District 8 candidate Felipe
Hueso. For Aparicio, it’s important for
Latinos to participate, no matter who
(see Latino voters, page 8)
PAGE 2
JUNE 11, 2010
Between a Rock
and Respect for
Life at the Border
DOJ must fully
investigate mounting
deaths and violence
at border
Los Angeles – News of two
recent deaths in the border region involving U.S. Customs
and Border Protection agents
highlights once again the dangers of militarization of the region and adequate training of
those patrolling the area. As
the border security apparatus
grows in size and breadth,
these untimely deaths raise
many questions. The following
is a statement from Angelica
Salas, Executive Director of
the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
(CHIRLA), a regional human
and immigrant rights not-forprofit community-based organization based in Los Angeles.
“We are deeply saddened by
the tragic deaths of Anastacio
Hernandez-Rojas and 14-year
old Sergio Adrian Hernandez
Huereca. By all accounts, Mr.
Hernandez-Rojas was not a
criminal or a threat to anyone
in his community. He was detained by U.S. Customs and
Border Patrol agents attempting to reenter the country he
has called home since he was
a minor. In the case of Sergio
Adrian, he was an unarmed
teen attempting to cross the
border without authorization.
These deaths should and
could have been prevented by
CBP. The use of a Taser gun,
plastic bullets, or any other
form of potentially lethal
weapon to subdue an unarmed
migrant should be a last resort
and only if the life of an agent
is in danger. Hernandez-Rojas’
brother who witnessed the incident says his brother was already on the ground when he
was tasered. Sergio Adrian
was reportedly throwing rocks
at the agents when he was
shot. In both cases, we believe
there was an excessive use of
force.
We expect the truth to come
out soon for the benefit of all
involved and for the protection
of the very freedoms and liberties we all share and value
as Americans. What we can
say emphatically is that no human being should expect to die
when seeking a better life for
themselves and their families.
We are calling on DHS and
the Office of Civil Rights in the
Justice Department to investigate these two cases thoroughly and address the many
questions the families, the
community, and the Mexican
government have put forth. In
addition, we call on CBP to
review and adjust if necessary
its use of deadly weapons protocol to guarantee the American people that their government respects life at all times
in the border region.”
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Arizona: Rushing Toward the Wrong Side of History
By Roberto Rodriguez
NEW AMERICA MEDIA
PERSPECTIVE
Before the DREAM students made their historic
stance in Tucson, Ariz. in midMay to stage a sit-in in Sen.
John McCain’s office, and
thereby subject themselves to
deportation proceedings, this
Sun city had already been in
the eye of the storm.
Young people were not the
only ones to take a powerful
stance that week; several hundred indigenous peoples from
throughout the world rallied at
the Tucson Immigration Department Headquarters, protesting Arizona’s new racial
profiling law. This was followed
by the dramatic takeover of a
Border Patrol station in Tucson
by more than a dozen members
of the statewide O’Odham Solidarity Across Borders Collective. They were protesting the
state’s draconian and nation’s
anti-indigenous immigration
policies. Six were arrested.
That law confirmed that
Arizona is governed by extremist politicians. On the day
it passed in April, nine human
rights activists chained themselves to the capitol building.
The anti-ethnic studies law,
which was signed in May –
resulting in 15 arrests as a result of the takeover of the state
building – proved that the state
has returned to the Dark Ages
as this law sets up a mechanism to censor books and curriculums. (It was preceded by
a siege of the Tucson Unified
School District Headquarters
by middle and high school students).
Two days before the racial
profiling law passed, 800 military-clad federal agents
swooped into South Tucson
looking for human smugglers.
This unprecedented action,
along with the two laws precipitated protests, walkouts,
marches, community forums,
boycotts, vigils and runs in both
Tucson and Phoenix.
Now, as students gathered
in Tucson, something even bigger was about to happen.
DREAM students from
throughout the country – students without U.S. legal documents, who have been in this
country since they were children – had decided to turn
themselves in to bring awareness to the approximately
65,000 undocumented students
who graduate annually and
cannot continue their higher
education. In the realm of civil
disobedience, subjecting themselves to deportation was unfathomable.
But as they spoke of their
proposed action, they stated
that they were taking this historic action because they could
no longer wait for others to act
for them; the leadership of their
movement would hereafter be
in their own hands. And if they
did enter deportation hearings,
they believed they might be
able to remain in the country
for three to five years – enough
time to bring about passage of
the DREAM Act.
The DREAM Act, in its
original form, was first introduced in 2001. The logic of the
act is that children are not responsible for the acts of their
parents, meaning, that to break
a law, one must be conscious
that one is breaking a law.
Many of the students were
brought to this country as infants, thus, were incapable of
breaking any law. The DREAM
Act seeks to permit such students to continue on with their
higher education.
The calculated gamble by
the DREAM Students has paid
off. Other DREAM students
have stepped forward nationwide. Just a few weeks ago,
the true identity of DREAM
students was a closely guarded
secret. Now they have confronted Maricopa County
Sheriff Joe Arpaio himself and
are leading marches nationwide including the recent massive march and rally in Phoenix.
The dramatic developments
these past two months in Arizona – along with an international boycott of the state –
reveal that resistance has entered a new phase. The movement has been led by youth.
And the addition of indigenous
peoples sends the world a dramatic message regarding who
is legal on this continent.
Despite more than a dozen
copycat states, those who fear
a brown nation have decided
to make their stand in the Arizona desert. Next year, legislators will attempt to revoke the
14th Amendment in Arizona,
which guarantees citizenship to
all born in this country. The
state’s governor, Republican
Jan Brewer, seems to share
this fear. Appealing to the
nation’s anti-Mexican and antiimmigrant sentiment, she has
established a nationwide legal
defense fund for suits over SB
1070.
Morally, Brewer — akin to
George Wallace of a generation ago — is on the wrong side
of history.
Outcry Follows Migrant’s Death
A Mexican national who
died after a confrontation with
US border agents has become
the latest symbol of the crisis
surrounding US-Mexico relations and migrant affairs.
Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, a 42-year-old father of five
US-born children, died in a
California hospital May 31, following a violent encounter with
US Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol
agents at the San Ysidro Port
of Entry near San Diego three
days earlier.
“We are deeply concerned
about the incident,” Andrea
Guerrero of the American Civil
Liberties Union’s San Diego
office told Frontera NorteSur.
“We are calling for a transparent investigation of the incident.”
According to US Customs
and Border Protection spokeswoman Jacqueline Dizdul,
Hernandez became combative
and ignored orders to stop fighting after he resisted deportation.
Unidentified witnesses
quoted in the Mexican and US
press tell a different story, al-
Migrant Remittances Down, Up
Frontera NorteSur
In the first trimester of
2010, the amount of dollars
sent by migrant workers in the
US to Mexico registered the
worst seasonal plunge in five
years, the Bank of Mexico reported this week. According to
the country’s central bank,
about $6.6 billion in remittances
entered the country’s economy
during the first four months of
2010. The sum was nearly 9
percent less than the $7.25 billion received during the same
period in 2009.
Averaging slightly more than
$316, the typical remittance
also was less than the amount
received during the first trimester of 2009.
Prior to the 2008 economic crash, migrant remittances had topped more than
$24 billion annually.
The good news for analysts
from the Bank of Mexico and
the Spanish-owned BBVA
Bancomer bank was that positive tendencies emerged during the last two months, suggesting the remittance free-fall
might have hit rock bottom. In
April, remittances of $1.78 billion showed a slight gain of 0.23
percent, while preliminary reports showed dollars captured
during the month of May were
also on the upswing.
Analysts cited some upticks
in US economic activity as favoring a positive trend, but also
cautioned that continued high
levels unemployment and the
uncertain effects of Arizona’s
anti-immigrant SB 1070 law,
scheduled to go into effect
next month unless it is overturned in court, could complicate the remittance recovery
picture.
Still, one leading observer
predicted economic forces
would eventually submerge SB
1070 and related anti-immigrant measures.
“Economic reality will defi-
nitely prevail, contended
Moises Jaimes, director of
Bancomer Transfer Services.
“Let’s remember that migrant
labor, at a reasonable cost and
of good quality is an anti-inflationary measure that definitely
helps produce goods and services at a lesser and controlled
cost. This is perfectly part of
the US economy.”
Jaime’s firm processes at
least 40 percent of the migrant
dollars sent from the United
States.
Migrant remittances represent the second source of legal foreign exchange for
Mexico, coming in only after
petroleum exports. During the
first trimester of 2010, oil income amounted to $11 billion,
in comparison with the $6.6
billion in migrant remittances.
However, long-term trends
favor migrant remittances as
Mexico’s principal source of
foreign exchange in the future.
According to multiple reports,
Mexico only has about nine
years of easily recoverable oil
resources remaining. On the
other hand, a youthful population with few employment
prospects coupled with aging
trends in the US workforce
puts migrant labor in a favorable position as a primary
source of dollars.
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Mexico State University Las
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leging Hernandez was assaulted, shocked with a Taser
gun multiple times, and then repeatedly kicked and hit by as
many as 20 officers even as
he was screaming and writhing on the ground. Reportedly,
personnel from Mexico’s National Migration Institute witnessed parts of the altercation.
Quickly lapsing into unconsciousness, Hernandez was
transported to a local hospital
where he was later pronounced
dead. The San Diego coroner’s
office ruled that high blood
pressure, physical contact with
the officers and the presence
of methamphetamines were
contributing factors to Hernandez’s death.
The death of the 20-year
US resident drew criticism
from the office of Mexican
President Felipe Calderon,
Mexico’s National Human
Rights Commission, Amnesty
International and Tijuana Archbishop Rafael Romo Muñoz.
Numerous videos and angry
messages were posted on Twitter, You Tube and the websites
of Mexico’s major news organizations.
Expressing an “energetic
condemnation,” President
Calderon’s office criticized the
“excessive use of force” by
US federal agents. Mexico’s
Foreign Ministry also sharply
condemned Hernandez’s
death, announcing it was forming a legal team to monitor the
outcome of the case.
With a diplomatic tussle
brewing, US Ambassador
Carlos Pascual and Department of Homeland Security
Undersecretary John T.
Morton spoke out at a Mexico
City press conference last
week. The high-ranking US
officials said the Obama administration was very concerned about what Morton
called a “very tragic death.”
Pro-immigrant groups mobilized rapidly to protest
Hernandez’s death. On June 1,
about 50 members of the
Mexicali Civic Front briefly
blockaded a border crossing to
the US, where they also called
for a boycott of Arizona because of the SB 1070 law that
criminalizes undocumented
immigrants.
Civic Front leader Sergio
Tamay said his group would
work towards establishing a
common front between proimmigrant forces in Baja California and California.
On the US side, the Raza
Rights Coalition and American
Friends Service Committee
organized a June 3 rally of
more than 500 people at the
San Ysidro Port of Entry. Garnering gestures of support from
many passing motorists and
pedestrians, the event included
the participation of members of
Hernandez’s family.
“I ask for justice, not
money,” said Maria de la Luz
Rojas, Hernandez’s mother.
“My son came to seek life and
not death here.”
The Raza Rights Coalition’s
Adriana Jasso also took aim
at the Obama administration,
criticizing the White House
for not changing US immigration policy and failing to legalize undocumented residents of
the US.
“We are all Anastasio,”
chanted the demonstrators.
In a statement released prior
to the protest, the Raza Rights
Coalition and American
Friends Service Committee
blasted Hernandez’s death.
“The killing of Anastasio
Hernandez Rojas by Border
Patrol agents is a clear indication of the climate of hate and
repression that is being fomented every day against migrant communities and is tied
to the current genocidal and
murderous government policy,”
the two groups charged. “Our
silent protest will help expose
the cruelty of a militarized
border that is built upon a
foundation of hate and repression.”
Hernandez’s death is currently under investigation by
the San Diego Police Department’s homicide unit.
While acknowledging it did
not have all the facts at hand,
Amnesty International said the
Hernandez incident should be
an occasion for reviewing the
use of Taser guns by the Border Patrol and strictly regulating their use. The international
human rights organization
urged a complete investigation
of Hernandez’s death, including the publicizing of the autopsy report as soon as possible.
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TOP Ten signs you are taking the World Cup
too seriously
By Al Carlos
10. Paint your face team colors to go to mass.
9. Practice your yelling Goooaaaaalllll underwater in the bath
tub.
8. Every time someone bumps into you, you fall down.
7. Started giving your wife yellow cards during arguments.
6. Pull your shirt over your head and run around in circles
when you make a sale.
5. Bicycle kick gophers off the lawn.
4. Charge team fight song to new Why Arizona Sucks,
lyrics.
3. A South African accent is not a South Central Blackscent.
2. Blowing a whistle when its time for boring relatives to
leave.
1. Expecting extra injury time after an unforatunate pretty
and plump date.
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JUNE 11, 2010
Reality at the U.S.-Mexico Border:
Experts Describe the Real Sources of Violence and
How We Can Best Respond
WASHINGTON, D.C. —
On Monday, the Immigration
Policy Center (IPC) hosted a
teleconference with border and
national-security experts who
dissected the myths linking immigration and border violence.
These experts shared their
analyses of the reality of crime
and violence along the U.S.Mexico border, what the real
sources of violence are, and
how the U.S. should respond.
They all made the point that
nearly twenty years of immigration policy focusing on “securing the border first” has
failed to address the underlying issues and criminal cartels
that are the real cause of violence along the border. The
experts noted that immigration
laws and policies of the past
two decades have, ironically,
made the border less safe and
have actually benefitted the
traffickers and smugglers who
operate at the border.
Benjamin Johnson of the
American Immigration Council stressed the need to disentangle unauthorized immigration and border violence as a
means for solving both problems, noting that “we are pursuing a lopsided approach of
border-enforcement only and
placing the highest priority on
prosecuting nonviolent bordercrossers rather than dangerous
criminals. Everyone wants an
easy solution to solving our
problems at the border, but the
reality is a simple solution does
not exist for complex problems.”
According to David Shirk,
Director of the Trans-Border
Institute at the University of
San Diego, “the Border Patrol
has doubled to 20,000 agents,
there are also more than 3,000
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents, 300 National Guard troops (with 1,200
more on their way), and a significant surge in the number of
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms personnel. However, border security-only advocates
say that this is still not enough.
Further saturating the border
is costly and ineffective.
Indeed, the border-centric
approach has encouraged drug
trafficking organizations to
evolve from relatively smallscale, low-level operations in
the 1980s into the highly sophisticated, heavily-armed criminal
organizations that are today
seriously undermining the
Mexican state. The flow of
drugs and immigrants continues practically unabated, despite these very costly investments in border security.”
He added, “the argument
that can be made is that we
have gone as far as reasonable
to secure this part of the comprehensive approach. We have
entered into a free trade
agreement with Mexico that
allows the flow of goods and
capital, but we have not figured
out how to manage labor. Border security is made difficult
by the creation of a haystack
of people; 200,000 people were
apprehended at the border last
year and 200 were found to
have criminal histories. In my
view, we need to figure out how
to get the 99% of people who
don’t pose a threat out of the
way through work-visa programs or other means. This
would make the Border
Patrol’s job much easier by
shrinking the size of the haystack.”
Jennifer Bernal Garcia of
the Center for New American
Security explained, “it’s true
that the U.S. faces a problem
of national security relevance
at its border. However, focusing on the problem of crime
rather than crime and immigration is needed. When you build
a fence, you are pushing immigrants straight into the arms
of criminal cartels. There
hasn’t been enough of a focus
placed on prosecution and en-
forcement measures against
criminal cartels. Many think
that the border is the ‘choke
point,’ but drug cartels are
sprawled out. We must think
beyond the border. Going after scapegoats at the border
does nothing to change or deter the criminal element.” She
explains, “what is needed along
the border is a coordinated
strategy among federal agencies and foreign governments,
not incremental acts and feelgood deployments. Such a
broad strategy would focus on
reducing criminal groups’ ability to violently contest state
authority, both by diminishing
the sources of their proceeds
(drugs) and their social base
(through a mix of regional law
enforcement and social programs).”
Aarti Kohli of the Warren
Institute at California State
University at Berkeley noted
that programs like Operation
Streamline, which places all illegal border crossers in federal
criminal proceedings in certain
regions, are examples of a misdirected policy. “All border
crossers regardless of their
criminal history are pushed
through federal district courts
rather than through the civil
immigration court. One of the
unintended consequences is
that resources are taken from
prosecuting higher-level offenses. In 2009, federal prosecutors in border districts
turned away 1,800 drug prosecutions mostly because they
did not have enough investigative and prosecutorial resources. We have created an
environment where non-violent border crossers are being
prioritized over more dangerous criminals like kidnappers,
drug smugglers, and others.”
In a recent report she found
that “between 2002 and 2008,
federal magistrate judges along
the U.S.-Mexico border saw
their misdemeanor immigration
caseloads more than quadruple. Criminal prosecutions
of petty immigration-related
offenses increased by more
than 330% in the border district courts, while smuggling
and drug trafficking charges
were brought less frequently or
remained flat.”
The panel made the compelling point that “border security first” as a policy choice
long ago reached the point of
diminishing returns. Reducing
illegal immigration will not be
accomplished solely by securing
the border, but by a coordinated
and comprehensive strategy.
(see Reality, page 8)
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Los electores latinos hicieron su voz contar
Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz
Los votantes latinos en el sur
del Condado de San Diego
hicieron escuchar sus voces
cuando salieron a las urnas
durante las elecciones de esta
semana.
Aunque el Registro de
Votantes del Condado de San
Diego no mantiene estadísticas
de los electores por grupo
étnico ni racial, los puestos de
casillas en San Ysidro y Chula
Vista mostraban un gran
número de personas latinas
yendo a votar.
Muchos de ellos estaban
votando por primera vez,
después de hacerse ciudadanos. Otros fueron a las urnas
buscando un cambio que
mejore sus comunidades. Aún
otros dijeron que querían
asegurarse de tener un representante que conozca las
necesidad de la comunidad
latina.
Pero para la mayoría,
participar en las elecciones era
un acto de patriotismo, de ser
estadounidenses.
“No solo es mi deber, sino
que es un privilegio”, dijo
Sandy López, una residente de
San Ysidro jubilada.
López estaba con dos de sus
nietos colocando letreros de
apoyo para la candidata al
Distrito 79 a la Asamblea
Estatal, Pearl Quiñones, quien
después del conteo del 100 por
ciento de las casillas, estaba
La asambleísta Mary Salas durante las elecciones.
Ella ganó la nominación Democrática para el Senado
Estatal, District 40.
alrededor de 14 por ciento Diego, estaba en la banqueta
detrás de su rival, el regidor de con un letrero a favor del
San Diego Ben Hueso.
candidato al Distrito 8 del
Para Roberto Hernández, Cabildo de San Diego, Felipe
otro residente de San Ysidro, Hueso. Para Aparicio, es
votar también es un deber.
importante que los latinos
“Es una responsabilidad que participen, sin importar por
tenemos, para tratar de elegir quien voten.
al mejor representante”, dijo.
“Yo pienso que es imporAna Lucía Guevara acudió tante para tener una buena
a las urnas con su hija pequeña. representación en la comuGuevara dijo que quería servir nidad. Es bueno participar en
de ejemplo a su hija.
los comicios”, dijo.
“Voté porque es importante
A un lado de Aparicio dos
ayudar a la comunidad y que mujeres llevaban letreros a faseamos parte de la toma de vor del otro candidato del
decisiones, pero también estoy Distrito 8, David Álvarez. Al
alentando a mi hija a que haga cierre de esta edición, Álvarez
lo mismo cuando sea adulta”, y Hueso llevaban la delantera
dijo.
en la contienda. Los dos con
Afuera de las casillas había el mayor número de votos se
personas con letreros de apoyo volverán a enfrentar en noa sus candidatos. En el San viembre.
Ysidro Senior Center, Noé
Aparicio, un taxista de San (vea Los Electores, página 8)
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JUNE 11, 2010
Community HousingWorks HomeOwnership Center to Use Web Technology
to Pre-qualify Homeowners for Loan Modifications – at No Cost
The Community HousingWorks HomeOwnership Center (CHWorks), a lifeline for
homeowners looking for mortgage relief, announced that
they have begun using the
CounselorDirect web-based
software to streamline their
counseling services aimed at
homeowners struggling to meet
their current mortgage debt
obligations.
CHWorks, a HUD-approved non-profit counseling
organization that has been
named by Freddie Mac as a
Spotlight Organization for Best
Practices in Foreclosure Intervention Counseling, is a chartered NeighborWorks Charter
Member. Their team of mortgage and real estate professionals has been using this
technology to both speed up the
loan modification process and
make it easier for homeowners
to understand available foreclosure prevention options, including President Obama’s Making Home Affordable Program.
Using CounselorDirect,
CHWorks is pre-qualifying
homeowners and then sending
out completed borrower intake
packages directly to servicers
for faster processing – all at
no cost to the homeowner. In
addition, the software offers a
host of advice and information
on the process and timelines for
modification or other relief.
According to Gabe del Rio,
senior vice president of Lending and HomeOwnership for
Community HousingWorks,
“We expect this technology to
completely revolutionize the
client intake process that occupies our staff time and can
be frustrating for homeowners
on tight schedules. By implementing CounselorDirect, we
anticipate significant improvements in our productivity, including increases in the number of available counseling sessions and, most importantly, the
ability of our clients to complete the process from the
comfort of their own home on
their own schedule. They still
receive feedback and answers
every step of the way, along
with one-on-one appointments
with our certified staff of professionals.”
For additional information,
homeowners can visit the web
site at: www.chwhomeowner
ship.org.
About Community
HousingWorks
Since 1982, HUD Approved
non-profit housing agency
Community HousingWorks
has been helping people and
neighborhoods move up in the
world by providing housing options combined with training
and support. CHWorks serves
over 17,000 people across San
Diego County each year
through its affordable rental
housing, educational programs,
counseling services and
homeownership assistance programs & services.
Community HousingWorks
offers counseling services expressly for the purpose of helping homeowners who are
struggling to meet their current
mortgage debt obligations. The
Foreclosure Intervention Center addresses the needs of
these borrowers with a comprehensive line of counseling
services, referrals to additional
services, and educational
workshops designed specifically to help prevent a foreclosure on their home.
Homeowners seeking counseling receive one-on-one help
resulting in an action plan that
may include one of many referrals to outside service providers for pre-bankruptcy
counseling, tax assistance, legal remedies, and financial assistance programs. If the action plan calls for a loan modification or forbearance, Loss
Mitigation Specialists act as a
non-profit advocate to assist
the borrower in modifying their
existing mortgage.
All services of the Foreclosure Intervention Center are
FREE to homeowners (thanks
to the National Foreclosure
Mitigation Counseling program
by HUD), with the exception
of the costs related to a credit
report, in-house copies, and/or
a Distressed Neighborhood
Report (AVM).
More information can be
found at: www.chwhome
ownership.org and www.
chworks.org.
Latino Alzheimer’s Community Forum
Scheduled for June 19, 2010
SAN YSIDRO, CA – Alzheimer’s disease and related
dementias, according to a published report by the National
Alzheimer’s Association, are
projected to increase more than
six-fold among Hispanics in the
United during the first half of
the 21st Century. Across the
nation, this increase means that
1.3 million Hispanics (25 million
total Americans) will have
Alzheimer’s disease by 2050,
compared to 200,000 currently
living with the disease.
The Latino Alzheimer’s
Community Forum will discuss
Alzheimer’s Disease and the
State’s Alzheimer’s Disease
Plan on Saturday, June 19, 2010
at SYHC’s Adult Day Health
Center, 3364 Beyer Blvd., San
Ysidro from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. The forum, coordinated by
San Ysidro Health Center and
supported by Southern California Care-giver Resource Center, Alzheimer’s Association –
San Diego/Imperial Chapter,
UCSD Shirley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Center, Casa Familiar and
Maxim Companion Services, is
designed for people responsible
for the care and well being of
individuals with Alzheimer’s.
Ed Martinez, CEO of San
Ysidro Health Center and a
member of California’s
Alzheimer’s Plan Task Force,
noted that in San Diego
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its growing population of Hispanics, the issue merits imme-
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LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
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de Hispanos
Por Gaby Vargas
Primero tú: los 7 pasos para
verte bien y sentirte mejor
Te invito a que por un
momento te bajes del tren bala
en el que vives para analizar,
de manera objetiva el ritmo de
vida que llevas.
En lo personal, observo con
envidia la serenidad con la que
Teo, una mujer del pintoresco
pueblo de Tepoztlán, casada y
madre de dos hijas, lleva su vida.
Su manera pausada de
hablar, su vestir sencillo, su
andar sereno y el cuidado que
le pone a todo lo que hace.
Toda ella transmite paz. Estar
con ella unos minutos equivale
a una hora del tratamiento de
spa más sofisticado. Al platicar
con sus familiares, también
puedo ver que ella les ha
contagiado esa actitud.
No cabe duda de que el
campo, el silencio y la cercanía
con la naturaleza dan sabiduría.
Esa forma de vida, comparada
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Superintendent Finalist
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and Interview Scheduled
The selection process for a
new Superintendent of the San
Diego Unified School District
is coming to a conclusion.
The Board of Education will
announce the final three candidates for the position on Tuesday, June 15. These candidates
will be invited to participate in a
televised interview and presentation to the community at 6
p.m., Thursday, June 17, at the
Auditorium, Eugene Brucker
Education Center, 4100 Normal
St. (92103).
This community presentation marks the culmination of
a search process.
The Board will complete the
interview process on June 15
and will announce the top three
candidates on that date. The
presentations are open to the
public and will be webcast as
well as telecast live on Cable
Channel 16. Please submit
your suggested questions
through the Superintendent
Search website at www.
sandi.net/suptsearch or by
email to communications@
sandi.net.
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reflexión.
Te permite ver la cantidad
de cosas que dejas de disfrutar,
de apreciar o de hacer, el
espacio te agobia y te limita
para vivir plenamente.
¿Cuánto tiempo dedicas
realmente a cultivar tu mente,
cuerpo y espíritu? ¿Lo has
pensado? La mayoría de las
personas sólo unos minutos y
eso de vez en cuando.
Quienes vivimos en las
grandes ciudades anhelamos
una vida más tranquila y simple
para sentir un poco de paz, sin
embargo, el ritmo al que se
mueve el mundo lo impide.
Muchos hemos tratado de
encontrarla, equivocadamente,
en cosas materiales como el
trabajo, el poder económico o
la comida, sólo para darnos
cuenta de que mientras algunas
cosas nos proporcionan placer,
también conllevan una buena
dosis de preocupación y estrés.
Por otro lado, si por fuera las
cosas parecen acomodarse,
por dentro la búsqueda nunca
termina porque la sensación de
Gaby Vargas
que “algo falta” permanece en
el interior.
Esto me recuerda una
anécdota que ejemplifica a la
perfección esta insatisfacción
permanente que solemos tener.
Durante la visita del Dalai
lama a México, la embajada de
China se encontraba muy
molesta por su presencia y
trató de sabotear su visita de
varias formas. Es así que en
una rueda de prensa, un
periodista le preguntó: “Su
Santidad, ¿tiene enemigos?”, él
hizo una pausa y contestó: “Sí,
claro que los tengo”, el reportero esperaba esa línea
jugosa, en la que hiciera
referencia a la invasión de
China en el Tíbet. Y el Dalai
Lama continuó: “…los tengo
dentro de mí, y todos los días
me peleo con ellos. Son mis
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La fiebre del mundial: que ruede el balón
Por Mar Muñoz-Visoso
Ocho años atrás, mi esposo
se quejaba de que necesitábamos una nueva televisión. El
viejo televisor con pantalla de
19 pulgadas que yo había traído
conmigo unos años antes,
comenzó misteriosamente a
tener problemas justo cuando el
Mundial de Korea/Japón 2002
apenas comenzaba. El drama
se convirtió en comedia cuando
también empezó a ponerse sus
lentes para lectura, los cuales
raramente usa, porque según él
“no podía leer” los resultados.
Por supuesto, un par de días
después fuimos a la tienda y
regresamos a casa con una
pantalla de 32 pulgadas en
marco plateado— todavía de las
de monitor abultado, pues las de
pantalla plana estaban fuera del
alcance de la mayoría de los
mortales. Durante las siguientes
tres semanas no hubo nada más
que ver en la tele. Pues bien, la
fiebre del mundial llegó de
nuevo y el hombre ya comenzó
a dar lata de nuevo, aunque esta
vez tendrá que conformarse con
la televisión que tenemos.
El fútbol/soccer tiene algo
especial. Es interesante ver
como un fan relativamente
“poco practicante”, que sigue
los resultados pero ve sólo
algunos partidos de vez en
cuando, puede volverse un
fanático tal cada cuatro años.
Y no está sólo. En un espíritu
filial y de lealtades compartidas;
me acabo de enterar que la
semana pasada le envió a su
mamá su playera tricolor oficial
—para que ella pueda animar
apropiadamente al equipo
mexicano—después de que
ésta se quejara de que “a tu
papá le diste la suya pero a mí
nunca me regalaste una”.
Normalmente una mujer
recatada y dedicada a su familia,
está lista ahora para los “gritos
y llantos” que acompañan al
mundial, ¡tan emocionada que
es difícil reconocerla!
Mientras tanto, mi marido
alberga la esperanza de agenciarse la nueva edición de “la
roja” (la camiseta oficial de
España) ya que pasaremos
buena parte del mundial en la
“madre patria”. Por supuesto,
los niños deben irle a Estados
Unidos—ya los tiene aleccionados—mientras que la
mamá (una servidora), pragmática como es, decidirá sobre la
marcha a quién le va. Comprendí hace bastante tiempo
que no hay forma de escapar
la fiebre mundialista a ambos
lados del Atlántico, así que más
vale aprender a disfrutarla cada
uno a su manera.
La revista Time probablemente acertó cuando en su
portada del 14 de junio califica
al fútbol como “el juego global”.
Realmente lo es. Aunque aquí
se le llama soccer, el resto del
mundo lo conoce como fútbol
(o football en inglés). Sus
reglas simples y su accesibilidad
hacen fácil que se pueda jugar
en cualquier lugar y casi por
cualquier persona. Durante la
Copa Mundial, las tensiones
nacionales se suavizan, los
orgullos nacionales emergen sin
disimulos y, conforme los equipos van siendo eliminados, las
lealtades se transfieren: a veces
al siguiente mejor equipo en tu
continente, a veces al equipo de
tu jugador favorito. Cualquier
persona en Japón, Camerún o
México, y cada vez más en
Estados Unidos, sabe exactamente quién es David Villa, Leo
Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo o
Samuel Eto’o.
Incluso aquellos que odian
el fútbol conceden que no hay
tiempo para aburrirse durante
la Copa Mundial. El espectáculo está en las gradas y afuera
del estadio tanto como en el
campo de juego. Se trata de
una gran oportunidad para
demostrar tanto el espíritu
deportivo como la habilidad
técnica y, para los seguidores,
es una ocasión para divertirse
y disfrutar con gente de todas
partes del mundo. El mundial
también es escenario propicio
para testimonios de impacto.
FIFA, la agencia internacional
que regula el fútbol, usará la
ocasión para promover el lema
humanitario: “Una meta, educación para todos.” Pero hay
otros ejemplos.
Numerosos jugadores hacen
la señal de la cruz al entrar al
terreno de juego, pidiendo a
Dios un buen partido o cuando
menos que no sufran lesiones
importantes. Algunos también
apuntan al cielo o se santiguan
cuando marcan un gol, bien para
dedicárselo a Dios o para dar
gracias por el favor recibido. En
algunos casos es un movimiento
calculado. En otros, una simple
expresión de agradecimiento
demostrado públicamente. De
cualquier manera, estos gestos
se convierten en poderosos
testimonios que nos recuerdan
que también nosotros debemos
ser agradecidos, y menos
tímidos al expresar nuestra fe.
Por cierto, hablando de esto,
conozco a unos cuantos párrocos, ellos mismos forofos del
fútbol, que estarán rezando
para que durante la fiebre
mundialista la gente no se olvide
de asistir a la misa dominical.
“Primero la obligación y luego
la devoción” dice un viejo
refrán castellano. ¿O funciona
al revés en este caso?
En fin, los mejores deseos
para la primera Copa Mundial
celebrada en el continente
africano. Que Sudáfrica y toda
el África emerjan de ella como
el “continente de la esperanza”,
como muchos lo califican.
¡Arriba Sudáfrica! Y que gane
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World Cup Fever: Let the ball role
By Mar Muñoz-Visoso
Eight years ago my husband
complained that we needed a
new television set. The old 19inch screen I brought along a
few years earlier mysteriously
started to have problems just
as the Korea/Japan 2002 World
Cup was unfolding. Drama
turned into comedy when he
also started wearing his reading glasses, which he very seldom uses, because he
“couldn’t read” the scores.
Needless to say, a couple of
days later we went to the store
and came back with a silver
colored 32" — still the old fat
monitor since flat-screens
were then out of reach for
most mortals. For the following three weeks there was
nothing else to be seen on TV.
We’ll, he is at it again. World
Cup fever is back — though
this time the existing screen will
have to do!
There is something special
about soccer/football. It is interesting how a mostly nonpracticing soccer fan who follows scores and watches a
game every now and then, can
turn into such a fanatic every
four years. And he is not alone.
In the spirit of filial love and
shared allegiances, I just got
wind that last week he mailed
his “playera tricolor” (the
Mexican’s team jersey) to his
mom —so she can properly
root for Mexico— after she
complained that “you got one
to your dad but you never gave
me one.” An otherwise subdued and devoted family
woman, she is now gearing up
for the “cheers and tears” of
the World Cup, so excited one
can hardly recognize her!
Meanwhile my husband
hopes to get a new edition of
Mar Muñoz-Visoso es subdirectora “la roja” (Spain’s red shirt),
de prensa y medios en la Confere- while we are in “la madre
ncia de Obispos Católicos de Estados patria” (“the motherland”)
Unidos
this summer during most of the
¿Piensa que no puede pagar un seguro de automóvil?
Piénselo de nuevo.
SACRAMENTO, CA – El
Departamento de Seguros de
California (CDI) tiene un
recordatorio oportuno para los
conductores durante esta
temporada más cálida cuando
los californianos salen de
vacaciones: el estado de California ofrece un programa de
seguro accesible, para que
todos los automovilistas que
califiquen puedan manejar con
confianza.
“El Programa de Seguro de
Auto a Bajo Costo del Estado
de California le ofrece el
seguro de responsabilidad que
requiere la ley, para que usted
y su familia tengan cobertura
para la próxima temporada de
vacaciones”, comentó el
comisionado Steve Poizner.
“La situación económica es
difícil, pero este programa es
accesible y puede ser lo más
adecuado para usted. Con el
Programa de Seguro de Auto
a Bajo Costo del Estado de
California, puede llegar a su
destino de manera segura y
legal”.
Actualmente, dieciocho por
ciento de los conductores de
California no tienen seguro, y
se espera que las cifras
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• No ser responsable de
ningún accidente que resultó en
lesiones corporales o muerte en
los últimos tres años y no tener
ninguna condena de delito
grave o delito menor del Código de Vehículos.
• La familia cumple con los
límites de elegibilidad de
ingresos de $27,075 para una
sola persona, $36,425 para dos
personas y $55,125 para una
familia de cuatro.
• El valor del vehículo
asegurado no debe ser mayor
de $20,000.
Aunque los beneficios
económicos son sustanciales y
hay más conductores elegibles,
el CDI también quiere recordarles a los conductores
que tienen que tener seguro.
Es la ley. Manejar sin seguro
puede resultar en licencia
suspendida, auto confiscado o
una multa. No vale la pena
arriesgarse.
Si desea saber si califica
para el Programa de Seguro de
Auto a Bajo Costo del Estado
de California, visite www.
insurance.ca.gov/
LOWCOST, o llame al (866)
60-AUTO-1 (866-6028861).
Cup. The children, of course,
must root for the U.S. team,
he has admonish them; while
mom (yours truly), practical as
she is, will bestow allegiances
as events develop and
matches emerge. A long time
ago I learned it is almost impossible to escape World Cup
fever on either side of the Atlantic, so you better learn to
enjoy it your way…
Time magazine probably has
it right when its June 14 cover
calls soccer “the global game.”
It truly is so. Known as “football” anywhere else in the
world, its simple rules and accessibility make it easy to play
anywhere by almost anyone.
During the World Cup, national
tensions ease, national pride
emerges unabashed and, as
teams get eliminated, allegiances get shifted: sometimes
to the next best team in your
continent, sometimes to your
favorite player’s team. People
in Japan, Cameroun or Mexico,
and more and more in the U.S.,
know exactly who David Villa,
Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo
or Samuel Eto’o are.
Even those who hate football note that there is no boring
game during the World Cup.
The show goes on as much in
the bleachers and outside the
stadium as it does on the field.
It is a great opportunity to
showcase sportsmanship and
technical ability and, for the
fans, to have fun with people
from all over the world. It is
also a great stage to make a
statement. FIFA, the interna-
tional agency regulating soccer,
will do so with this Cup’s humanitarian theme: “One goal,
education for all.”
There are other examples.
For instance, there is no shortage of players who make the
sign of the cross as they enter
the field, praying for a good
game and hopefully no serious
injuries. Some also point to
heaven when they score to
dedicate it to God or cross
themselves in thanksgiving for
the favor received. For some
it is a calculated move. Others
are simply grateful and like to
show it in public. Whichever
the case, it is always a powerful testimony that reminds us
we too are called to be grateful and not shy about our faith.
Speaking of which, I know
a few pastors, big soccer fans
themselves, who will be praying that during World Cup fever people don’t give up attending Mass on Sunday. “Primero
la obligación y luego la
devoción” (obligation first,
then devotion) an old Spanish
adage says. Or does it work in
reverse in this case?
At any rate, all the best
wishes for the first World Cup
played in the African continent.
May South Africa and all of
Africa emerge from it as the
continent of hope many say it
is. Arriba Sudáfrica! And let
the best team win.
Mar Muñoz-Visoso is assistant director of Media Relations at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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More and more Hispanics winning at the polls
Now we need to get more Hispanics voting!
W
hen we first started publishing La Prensa San
Diego back in 1976, it
was a very big deal when
Peter Chacon was elected to the State
Assembly. Peter was the first elected
Hispanic from San Diego. City councils,
Assembly and Senate Seats in San Diego County were the bastion of the white
community, along with school boards and
all other elected positions. Those days
are long gone!
Through the years we would congratulate those Hispanics who tried, often
failing, and the few winners. We could
identify the winning individuals up and
down the state in this short editorial
space. Today there are so many Hispanics running and winning we don’t have
the space to identify all of them.
As the Hispanic community matures
the candidates are maturing and the politics are changing. Years ago to win a race
you had to look to the status quo for support and money, and do your best to distance yourself from Chicano politics,
promising to support the status quo. It
wasn’t so long ago when one time
Chicano activists and Chicano on Committee Rights (CCR) member Ralph
Inzunza, Sr., whitewashed his resume to
eliminate his association with the CCR.
Today candidates no longer have to go
the whitewash process in order to win.
David Alvarez in District 8 for San Diego City council is a good example. Juan
del Rio who ran for County Supervisor
proudly displayed his association with
the Chicano movement, is another example. The apparent victory of Mary
Salas over Juan Vargas (the margin had
dwindled to 336 votes when this editorial was written) is another example of
past political strategy no longer a win-
ning formula. In the Salas/Vargas race it
was also a vote against dirty politics
which is equally gratifying.
The voters this election have changed
“politics as usual” by voting for term limits for the County Board of Supervisors,
which will soon become the last all white
board in the county. And with the passage of Proposition 14 which allows for
an open primary is a statement by the
voters that they are sick and tired of partisan politics and are willing to change
the established election process for an
opportunity to change the way they do
things in Sacramento.
Grassroots efforts more than anything
else carried the day, again the Alvarez
campaign for district 8 was a strong
grassroots effort as was the effort put
forth by Jill Galvez who despite big
money against her campaign was able to
outperform the other candidates. At the
time of this writing looks like she will
be in the runoff for Chula Vista council
seat #2.
While the number of Hispanic candidates has grown to reflect the
community, the one area that is still
falling behind is the Hispanic voter
turnout. Voter turnout in general was
poor in San Diego County with only 26%
of the registered voters, voting. Historically Hispanics have stayed away from
the Polls and the assumption continues
with the low turnout numbers that Hispanics continued the trend of not voting.
Until the Hispanic community starts to
vote in numbers that reflect their population, there will not be accountability
from elected officials. Without accountability, we will continue to see the type
of actions we have all seen recently take
place in Arizona where elected officials
vote for anti-Hispanic legislation.
No on Crash Tax in Chula Vista
By Ed Herrera
vices fees are currently attached to motor vehicle registrations, traffic citations, and other
vehicle-related programs. Furthermore, many
municipalities including the City of Chula Vista
calculates its tax structure based on the services
provided, thus adding charge backs as a source
of revenue is a form of double taxation. In other
words, the accident response fees levied by local governments to taxpayers amount to nothing
more than additional “back door” taxes. Let us
assume that we are O.K. with that. As written,
funds collected through the crash tax are not
earmarked and can be misallocated—it happens,
often. The bottom line—no guarantees that tax
dollars will be used appropriately.
Therefore, not only is it irresponsible, it sets
a dangerous precedent in which other city departments will most assuredly follow by proposing and enacting additional layers of “fees”
passing on the burden to taxpayers rather than
make necessary adjustments to its budgetary
spending priorities.
O.K. it is bad public policy. What about insurance? Here’s what’s going on. In last few years
third party cost recovery vendors (Fire Recovery USA, LLC for example) have gone out and
marketed to municipalities and public agencies
such as the City of Chula Vista, raking in an
average of 10-15% commission, 17% in the case
of Chula Vista if approved. These third party
cost recovery vendors are telling agencies and
thereby, residents: “It’s O.K. We’ll just bill their
insurance. It was their fault they caused the
accident. It’s a Win-Win.” The fact is many insurance policies do not cover these fees and
the cost is passed back down to the driver.
And what about uninsured drivers? They get
a pass. This sends a bad message: “Don’t follow the law and get away with it.”
If residents allow this dangerous trend in the
region of passing so dubbed “emergency services recovery fees”, insurance rates will most
assuredly increase in order to adopt coverage.
It’s clear: the proposed crash tax/ “emergency services cost recovery fee” in the City
of Chula Vista is just bad public policy.
As municipal government and public agency
budgets continue to feel the ripple effect of the
nation-wide recession, we have begun to observe one of either or a combination of reforms,
budget cuts, increased scrutiny of wasteful
spending followed immediately by an action
plan, or some simply refuse to make reforms
and/or adopt aggressive economic development
strategies opting for new taxes/fees or tax increases to cope.
While deep budgetary cuts have been made,
many reforms which have been advocated since
beginning of the recession have yet to be made
at city hall. Even so, city politicians pushed
against public opposition to increasing the cost
of living by spending $255,000 to place a flawed,
misguided tax increase on the 2009 ballot and
another $19,800 in taxpayer dollars to conduct
non-publicized phone survey. The tax increase
would be defeated by a whopping 68 percent
of voters.
Fast-forward a year to the date of defeat of
the tax increase. Enter the “Emergency Services Cost Recovery Fee” or more accurately,
the Crash/Accident Tax—rendered for costs
of services at the scene of an accident where
liquid is spilt (hazardous waste). The fees would
range from $435 up to $2,100 and would be
collected (billed to the “at fault” driver’s insurance agency by a third party vendor cost recovery fee collection LLC (Fire Recovery
USA). The sliding scale would be adjusted
based on the severity of the accident and services utilized such as traffic control, body extraction, and helicopter assistance.
The “Emergency Services Cost Recovery
Fee “ first appeared on the City’s May 4, 2010,
but was pulled at the very last minute. Incidentally, the very same crash tax was being proposed on the same day as the meeting of the
National City Council. Now the crash tax is
back and is being recommended for approval
at the June 15, 2010 meeting of the Chula Vista
City Council.
There are several problems. First and most
importantly, Chula Vista taxpayers already pay Ed Herrera is President of the Chula Vista Civic Assofor these services. The property and local in- ciation and CEO of the San Diego South County Chamcome taxes that help pay for first-responder ser- ber of Commerce.
A New Birth of Freedom
Juneteenth: Another Independence Day
By Andy Porras
Two and a half years after President
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation
Proclamation on January 1, 1863, that called
for America to abolish slavery, Texas “masters” were still calling other human beings
“property.”
It wasn’t until June 19, 1865, when Major
General Gordon Granger and some 1,800 of
his Union Army soldiers came ashore in
Galveston Island that changed Texas history
once more. With him came the news that the
U.S. Civil War had ended and all enslaved
persons were to be set free.
“For ‘various reasons’ the decree had not
yet taken effect in Texas,” is what Texas History teachers tell youngsters.
Officially, Gen. Granger read “General Order No. 3” to the folks from the balcony of
Galveston’s Ashton Villa:
“The people of Texas are informed that in
accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are
free,” began Gen. Granger. “This involves an
absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and
the connection heretofore existing between
them becomes that between employer and
hired laborers; the freedmen are advised to
remain quietly at their present homes and work
for wages and they are informed that they will
not be allowed to collect at military posts and
that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.”
Not exactly a resounding “Welcome to a
Free America” - spill, but the one word these
enslaved men, women and children waited to
hear for so many decades finally rang out in
the Texas seaport . . . f-r-e-e! For them, President Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address finally had meaning, specifically his line, “that
this nation, under God, shall have a new birth
of freedom.” They realized that he referred to
their freedom, Black Freedom.
Historians note that in the evening following
the good general’s arrival and his unexpected
words of a freedom promised, thousands of
people in Galveston celebrated their freedom
with dancing, singing, and feasting. What a sight
it must have been. It was probably like Mardi
Gras I.
On some plantations, many slaves left immediately after hearing of the emancipation,
even if their former owners offered to hire them
and actually pay them some kind of wages.
To add insult to injury, the early Texas media
weighed in with pro-slavery editorials.
Throughout that summer, many East Texas
newspapers continued to advise slave holders to oppose ratification of the 13th Amendment (which abolished slavery), in hopes that
emancipation might be implemented little by
little, slowly.
As it was, many slave owners did not free
their slaves until late in 1865, disobeying the
President’s orders completely. Much like the
words in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and
the hundreds of worthless Indian Treaties,
much was lost in the translation.
Why did so much time pass before Texas
officially let more than 250,000 slaves go free?
Did the Emancipation Proclamation have
little impact on the Texans due to the minimal
number of Union troops to enforce the new
Executive order? That’s one answer White
Historians have been able to come up with,
thus with the surrender of General Lee in April
of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s
regiment, the forces were finally strong
enough to influence and overcome the resistance.
However that reply has several gaps ac-
cording to some African-American Historians
who are quick to point out that it took two
and a half years before the arrival of such important news. They claim that oral accounts
have yielded several versions that have been
handed down through the years.
Often told is the story (many Americans who
saw ‘Roots’ on TV may recall it) of a messenger who was murdered on his way to Texas
with the news of freedom.
Another, is that the news was deliberately
withheld by the slave masters to maintain the
labor force on the plantations. And still another, is that federal troops actually waited for
the slave owners to reap the benefits of one
last cotton harvest before going to Texas to
enforce the Emancipation Proclamation.
All or neither could be true and for whatever the reason, conditions in Texas remained
status quo well beyond what was statutory.
Juneteenth celebrations in Texas began
shortly following General Granger’s proclamation on the Texas Coast and continued for
decades. Later, the tradition spread to bordering Southern states like Arkansas and
Louisiana, as migrating African-Americans left
Texas. Juneteenth reached as far as California and this year marks the 60th Annual San
Francisco Juneteenth Festival, the largest gathering of African-Americans in northern California.
Organization leaders call it It “ the most respected brand name among the more than
440,000 black households in the Bay Area
because of the historical significance of the observance and the traditions that have been developed locally.”
In the early 1950s, Dr. Wesley Johnson Sr.
then owner of The Texas Playhouse on
Fillmore Street invited all Bay Area AfricanAmericans to come join the “June 19th” celebration at his well-known Fillmore street
cocktail lounge. The celebration expanded
outside his doors to the point that Johnson
along with local community and business leaders, led a parade down Fillmore street.
Dr. Johnson and former California Speaker
of the Assembly and San Francisco Mayor,
Willie L. Brown Jr., both native Texans, were
at the front of the procession on white horses
sporting Texas-style Stetsons. The crowds celebrated their new found freedom that African-Americans received in San Francisco
from a segregated Southwest, which was as
important an expression as the original celebration of emancipation.
The San Francisco Juneteenth Festival is the
oldest and largest Juneteenth Celebration outside of Texas.
Texas state legislator Al Edwards in 1979
introduced a bill to make Juneteenth a state
holiday and was successful in the bill becoming law.
Later, then Senator Barack Obama, cosponsored legislation to make Juneteenth a
national holiday. Currently there is a movement to push Congress to make it a national
celebration. In recognizing the history of
American freedom, its advocates say,
Juneteenth is as deserving of recognition as
Independence Day.
“We may have gotten there in different ways
and at different times,” said Brown. “But you
can’t really celebrate freedom in America by
just going with the Fourth of July.”
Today 36 states recognize Juneteenth as a
legitimate state holiday.
No, Arizona is not one of them.
Porras, from Sacamento, is in Houston
presently. Close by is Galveston, site of
Juneteenth origin. Find this story online at
www.latinola.com/story.php?story=8678
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
JUNE 11, 2010
Commentary/Opinion Page
An Open Letter to National City
(Mayor Morrison and City Council contracting with Arizona Company)
By Herman Baca, CCR President
Facing a $7 million deficit, National City’s (NC)
Mayor Ron Morrison and his go along City Council members (Alexandra Sotelo-Solis, Rosalie
Zarate and Jess Van Deventer) are currently
reviewing a proposal to “photo-enforce 5 intersections,” in the city. Supposedly to “increase
safety,” which has to be the joke of the year. If
approved the fine for the infraction will be $485,
and NC and the contracted moneymaking company will split the fine.
On top of this, Mayor Morrison and the council have approved an ordinance (contracting with
a private company) that requires out of town
motorists who get into accidents in NC to pay
for rescuers services i.e. police and firemen.
The city proposed per hour charges/fees ranging from $250 for setting up a command post,
to $5900 for hazardous materials incident?
With out of town shoppers paying 75% of
NC sales tax (city’s fact sheet), and NC facing
a $7 million deficit the question is; why would
any out of town shopper in their right mind shop
in NC?
Fact, NC’s majority population is over 68%
persons of Mexican ancestry and 10% Anglo
and economically the poorest city in San Diego
County.
What is incredulous and disturbing with Mayor
Morrison’s (councilpersons Solis or Zarate have
not said one word) and the city council’s “photoenforce 5 intersections,” study is that the city
has proceeded to add insult to injury to NC’s
majority Mexican ancestry population by entering into negotiations with a Arizona based
Company…Redflex Traffic System!
This after numerous counties’, cities’ and organizations in CA voted to BOYCOTT ARIZONA (NAZIZONA) for approving the race
baiting anti-Mexican racist SB 1070.
Unfortunately, NC under the Morrison’s administration has a history of fleecing its poor
residents.
Recent examples of NC’s poor residents being fleeced include the following:
1. Raising NC’s sales tax to 9 ¾% one of the
highest in CA,
2. Illegally charging $10.50 “administrative
fee” to over 3200 businesses,
3. Illegally charging $68.00 yearly fee for
rental housing inspections and,
4. Placing Escondido type DUI check point
(targeting unlicensed drivers i.e. Mexicans) at
the entrance of the Mile, now the ½ mile of
Cars to split revenue with contracted towing
companies
In the past other fleecing proposals have included:
· Increasing salaries for themselves by 18%
for attending 2 meetings a month, and $20,000
bonuses for top management,
· Raising sewer rates and placing them on
homeowner’s yearly property taxes,
· Approving “sweetheart city’s pension
fund,” allowing city employees to collect 90%
of their salary after 30 years employment, with
minimal contributions made from most employees,
· Squandering $50,000 a year since 2002 on
a bogus police controlled commission,
As the local newspaper stated (2-17-10)
“Never underestimate just how creative
municipal governments can be when it
comes to finding new ways to generate revenue.”
In essence the “photo enforcement” proposal
in reality is nothing but the latest political ruse
to tax the poorest residents of SD County due
to the escalating budget crisis.
According to Mayor Morrison the “photo enforcement at 5 intersections” is for “safety
reasons,” but in realty the real reason is to raise
revenue to address the city’s $7 million deficit.
Unbelievably, Mayor Morrison and the city
council’s mismanagement have caused the $7
million dollar deficit, even after the passage of
the 9 3/4% sales tax. The tax has proven to be a
colossal failure because of incompetence, malfeasance and arrogant disregard for the will of
the people by the Morrison administration.
The question for Mayor Morrison and city
council members is, if the issue is safety on the
red lights being installed, why hasn’t the city
used its own tax collected monies, instead of
outsourcing the red lights?
In closing, the political issue to be addressed
in NC’s upcoming November elections, (since
the anti-Mexican race baiting and scapegoat
SB 1070 is not going to go away) will be; what
are Mayor Morrison and city council members
going to do about doing business with a company from the state of NAZIZONA? The community awaits your response.
Gulf Oil Disaster Calls For Sustainable
Transportation Revolution
By Dennis Markatos-Soriano
make up but 1 percent of the population. We
need to make more of the route greenways
and bike lanes so that the ECG is safe and
accessible to all Americans. We estimate that
this effort will cost around $500 million during
the next several years, a sum that seems large
when compared to our own bank accounts.
But $500 million to upgrade 2,250 miles is
only a fifth of the cost of a recent I-95 bridge
over the Potomac that only stretches a few
miles. And the figure is less than a tenth of the
$5.6 billion in profits that BP just reported from
last quarter alone. Other oil companies such
as Exxon, Shell, and Chevron celebrated similar profits last quarter above $4 billion. And
$500 million over five years would equal about
.1 percent of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) annual budget, even though
the East Coast Greenway could serve as much
as 10 percent of the country’s population (30
million people live in counties the ECG connects).
The DOT has begun to invest in the ECG
with more than $30 million in stimulus funding
allocated so far. These outlays are supporting
and creating several hundred construction jobs
and they complete important ECG segments
that will benefit the public for generations to
come.
Cars and trucks, along with trains and planes,
will still be useful for quick, long trips to visit
family and carry freight. But for daily commutes and to experience America, its awe-inspiring natural and urban landscapes, there is
no better vehicle than the bicycle. Biking and
walking can increase in share from 8 percent
of trips nationwide to more than 30 percent, a
percentage similar to that in many European
nations.
Some might say electric vehicles are the answer to over-dependence on oil. But bicycles
and sneakers are lower cost tools that also solve
the obesity epidemic in the same fell swoop.
And bicycles don’t rely on polluting coal plants
for their fuel like much of today’s electric grid.
We all want clean air. We want good exercise. We want to move away from fossil fuels
that kill fellow Americans and wildlife. So, federal, state and local leaders — let’s invest in
the East Coast Greenway as catalyst for a nationwide bicycle network. We can even chant
“Pedal, Baby, Pedal!” along the way.
The oil drilling explosion that killed 11 people
on April 20th and the spill now killing massive
amounts of wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico is a
sign. It’s a sign of how bad our nation’s oil addiction has gotten and of how much we need to
launch a sustainable energy revolution.
Eisenhower 2.0
Eisenhower built our interstate highway system in the 1950s, before we fully understood
that burning oil for everyday transport would
be so harmful. Spills kill wildlife in places like
Valdez and now the Gulf, an inordinate reliance
on driving increases asthma rates in our cities
from Los Angeles to Charlotte, N.C., and even
our Earth is heated by combustion’s greenhouse
gas emissions. But now we know.
And it’s time to act accordingly. It’s time to
build an Eisenhower 2.0 of bicycle networks
across our country. Weaning our nation off of
foreign oil dependence won’t happen by pretending offshore oil drilling is safe — look
where that got us. The effort will necessitate
reducing our demand for oil.
Federal policymakers have increased fuel
economy standards, which is a step in the right
direction. But we need to build infrastructure
completely free of oil dependence, infrastructure that provides safe and accessible routes
for people to walk and bike for everyday work
and school commutes.
I was glad to hear that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is open to giving bicyclists
and walkers a seat at the transportation table.
Now the oil spill couldn’t be a clearer call for
quick action. We need to fast-track completion
of the National Bicycle Route Network. The
first main corridor, the East Coast Greenway,
is already nearing completion. This most-developed, long-distance route in the country connects cities from Key West, Fla., to the Maine
border with Canada.
Three thousand miles long, it’s fully mapped
out with directions available online at http://
greenway.org. The East Coast Greenway
(ECG) serves tens of thousands of cyclists, from
local daily commuters in New York City along
the Hudson River to travelers who take the endto-end trip for vacations. The route is 25 percent multi-use greenway (separated from car
traffic) and 75 percent on the safest roads we
could find.
While experienced cyclists feel comfortable Markatos-Soriano is executive director of
on most of the ECG route, experienced cyclists the East Coast Greenway Alliance.
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La Multas por Hablar por Celular Cuando Maneja
su Automóvil y Bicicleta Podrían Aumentar
Por Evelyn Pineda and Marvin F. Pineda el texto de su celular cuando esté manejando.
Por la segunda ofensa, la multa aumentaría de
Las multas por usar el celular sin una pieza $50 a $100 dólares.
de oído cuando este manejando aumentarían SB 1475 requeriría que personas que
bajo la propuesta SB 1475 que fue aprobada manejen una bicicleta usen una pieza de oído
por el senado de California el 3 de Junio del cuando usen su celular o y que les prohibiría
2010.
usar el texto de su celular. La multa por la
Bajo la ley de California, es una infracción primera infracción para bicicletitas sería $20
cuando una persona que esté manejando un y $50 por la segunda infracción.
vehículo use un celular de teléfono sin un La medida fue introducida por el senador
aparato de oído. Una persona menor de 18 Simitian para prevenir distracciones cuando
años no puede usar, hay algunas excepciones, las personas estén manejando. El senador
un celular aunque tenga un aparato de oído. Simitian indica que las leyes que prohíben a
La ley también prohíbe a una persona que esté conductores el hablar por celular sin una pieza
usando el texto de su celular mientras está de oído serían más eficaces si hay penas más
manejando un automóvil.
fuertes.
La primera ofensa por manejar y hablar por SB 1475 ahora se encuentra en la Cámara
celular sin la pieza de oído es $20. Por la Baja.
segunda ofensa, la multa es $50. Igualmente,
una persona que esté usando el texto de su Marvin F. Pineda es estudiante de UC Davis
celular recibe una multa de $20 por la primera Law school. Evelyn Pineda es estudiante de
la University of Southern California Davis
ofensa y $50 por la segunda ofensa.
La medida SB 1475 aumentaría la multa de School of Gerontology. Puede contactarlos al
$20 a $50 dólares por la primera ofensa por escribirles a marvin.evelynpineda@
usar el celular sin la pieza de oído o por usar yahoo.com
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
in carbs—but
every time I go
SPECIAL SUMMER EDICIÓN
to a real Mexican
place (the kind
Dear Mexican: I worked a summer job where Mexicans
during college in southern Arizona during are actually
customers and not
the late 1960s, where most of my cocooks), the only
workers were Mexicans from the state
of Sonora. Their favorite expression
people eating
when something was broken was no vale them are Coronaslamming, 250-pound bruisers in trucker
verga, literally “Not worth dick,” but
actually meaning “totally f..ked up.”
caps and wife-beaters. I’ve never seen a
What happened with this expression? 40 woman eat one of those amazing-looking
seafood cocktails. Why? My main
years later when I use it around
Mexicans living in Southern California,
question for you is this: would it be a
or in Mexico, they look at me like I am a major faux pas/potential threat to
someone’s masculinity for me to order
gabacho tonto. Pregunta: was this
expression limited to a northern Mexico one of these?
La Chinita
dialect, or simply a colloquialism that
went away with the hula hoop?
Dear Chinita: No, seafood consumption
Gabacho Confundido
in Mexico is enjoyed by men and women
alike, but the place you’re referring to is a
Dear Confused Gabacho: No, vale
specific genre in Mexican restaurants in los
verga is still very much around, and you
Estados Unidos: the mariscos joint, where
forgot to mention its noun use to denote
someone who is a valeverga—who doesn’t women usually exist only as servers with toogive a shit about anything. I’ll admit that vale low blouses and too-high skirts, and the men
are there to slurp down food and knock back
verga isn’t as popular as you might
remember it, but only because it’s in a curious beers while ogling said servers at all times.
Women are allowed as customers, and you
realm of the Mexican Spanish vulgarity
won’t get too many stares if you enjoy dinner
galaxy. Por one, vale verga’s interjectional
here, but such a mariscos place is the
meaning is overshadowed by its synonym,
domain of men, just like certain types of
vale madre (“worth mother”), because
restaurants in other immigrant communities
Mexicans have an Oedipal complex that
(Vietnamese coffee shops, Middle Eastern
would’ve made Freud forsake cocaine in
hookah lounges) play the same role. But stay
favor of mescal. And the use of the penis as
away from seafood for a while—or at least
the object of ridicule in Mexican Spanish
make sure that shrimp you eat comes from
slang is very rare; la verga is more
the Pacific and not the pinche Golfo…
commonly the object used by the insulter to
harass the insultee—witness “Chupa verga”
Why do Mexicans swim in the ocean
(“Go suck d..k”), mamón (“c..ksucker,” and
with their clothes on? I mean, denim?!
not the delicious Filipino sponge cake), or
Vicente Fox’s Mustache
“(Object of derision) pela” (Object of
derision peels back the foreskin of a penis so
Dear Pochos: This is by far the mosthe can chupar verga). Contrast the status of
asked question in ¡Ask a Mexican! history.
penis in Mexican Spanish cussing, for
So, to todos ustedes, I have my own
instance, with that of the boys below—
question: Are you all brown-and-chubby
huevón (“big-balled”) signifies a lazy
chasers? Like gabachos, an alarming number
mamón. And, since we’re on the topic of
of Mexicans are out of shape. According to a
cussing and you mentioned Arizona, I’d be
2003 study by the Organization for Economic
derelict in my duties if I didn’t urge all of
Cooperation and Development, 24 percent
ustedes to repeat after me: ¡A LA
of Mexico’s population is overweight. That’s
CHINGADA CON ARPAYASO!
the second-highest obesity rate in the world,
following—wait for it—¡los Estados
For a summer, I lived with a halfMexican, half-Irish kid whose Mom (the Unidos! (The Mexican’s present-day note:
A 2008 study found the same results. I’d
Mexican side) went lesbian after his
cite the exact survey, but here comes la
birth. This family taught me to drink
migra—gotta run!) Unlike gabachos,
tequila and got me laid for the first time
Mexicans respect the public when it comes to
by white women. I am part-Native
flashing our flabby chichis, pompis, and
American and Jewish. Am I officially
cerveza guts—so when we’re out near the
Mexican for this? If so, am I the most
pool or by the beach, we cover up. It ain’t
oppressed person in America?
Looking for My Place in Line Catholicism, machismo, or an homage to our
swim across the Rio Grande: It’s just good
Dear Injun Heeb: No for the first part; if manners.
by “oppressed,” you meant “pendejo,” then
Ask the Mexican at themexican@
yes on the latter!
askamexican.net, be his fan on
Facebook, follow him on Twitter or ask
Mexican seafood cocktails look like
the perfect summer lunch for a girly girl him a video question at youtube.com/
like me—cool, light, high in protein, low askamexicano!
By Gustavo Arellano
PAGE 8
JUNE 11, 2010
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
Oliver Stone Documentary ‘South of the Border’ Cheered by Sensacional Concierto en Tijuana de las Extraordinarias
Thousands at Cochabamba, Bolivia Premiere
Jazzistas Iraida Noriega y Leika Mochan
Por: Paco Zavala
Oliver Stone (right) and Boliva President Evo Morales (wearing flower wreaths) in
El Coliseo La coronilla preview the film ‘South of the Border.’
Oliver Stone’s new documentary, South of the Border, premiered last night at El Coliseo
La Coronilla, one of Bolivia’s
largest indoor sports stadiums,
in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia. President Evo Morales attended premiere, which attracted more than six thousand
people, along with the Mayor
of Cochabamba, who presented
Stone with the key to the city.
The Cochabamba premiere
followed a series of other premieres for the film in Spain and
South America attended by the
presidents/prime ministers of
Ecuador, Paraguay, Haiti and
Venezuela. The film will be
released across South America
in June and nationwide in the
U.S. by Cinema Libre Studio
starting June 25.
“I don’t think in my entire
career in cinema I’ve seen a
crowd so big to see a movie of
mine,” Stone told the audience
in Cochabamba. “I’m honored
to bring this film to Cochabamba.”
Philippe Diaz, founder of
Cinema Libre Studio, added:
“We are thrilled by the extraor-
dinarily warm welcome South
of the Border has received in
Bolivia and throughout South
America. This film is a testament to the power of cinema
to transcend political and cultural barriers while attracting
a whole new international
movie audience.”
South of the Border chronicles Stone’s travels to South
America in the winter of 2009
and tells the story of the rise to
power of Venezuelan President
Hugo Chávez and other South
American presidents responsible for sweeping changes in
the region. The film features
intimate conversations with
Chávez, Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil),
Cristina Kirchner (Argentina),
as well as her husband and exPresident Néstor Kirchner,
Fernando Lugo (Paraguay),
Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and
Raúl Castro (Cuba).
Directed by the three-time
Academy Award winner Oliver Stone (Platoon, Born on
the Fourth of July, JFK), the
film has been produced by
Fernando Sulichin, Rob Wilson
and Jose Ibanez, and Executive
Produced by Chris Hanley.
Tariq Ali, historian and author
of Pirates of the Caribbean:
Axis of Hope, serves as screenwriter with Mark Weisbrot, codirector of the Center of Economic Policy and Research in
D.C. The film will be distributed by Pampa Films in Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Peru,
Paraguay and Chile; Europa
Filmes in Brazil; and Raul
Chamorro in Venezuela. It will
be released by Dogwoof in the
U.K. on July 30.
About Cinema Libre Studio
Cinema Libre Studio has
been a leader in the distribution of social issue and political films that tackle timely issues. The company is a haven
for independent filmmakers
offering one-stop shopping for
production through distribution.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company is best known
for distributing award-winning
films that include: Outfoxed,
Uncovered: The War on Iraq,
Participant Media’s Angels In
The Dust, and The End of
Poverty?.
Latino voters
work right away on getting
good paying jobs for our community, access to quality affordable healthcare, and
greater funding for education.
With the economic climate in
California, we can ill afford a
protracted and expensive process that will end once again
with my victory.”
Seiler encouraged Latinos to
always get involved and go out
and vote during elections.
“It’s important for Latinos
voters to participate because
we have a heavy concentration
of Latinos in San Diego
County,” she said. “It’s important to make their voices heard
and represented.”
For Herman Baca, president of
the Committee on Chicano
Rights, the results of this elections “are a disaster for our
community.”
“I wouldn’t give five pesos for
all the Latino candidates. We
do not have the infrastructure
to sustain any political activity,”
he said. “We have no political
representation. We can’t even
make our so called Latino politicians accountable. Is not a
matter of registering people, but
you also have to educate them,
politicize them, help them understand what their interests
are.”
About Latino candidates, Baca
said that “what we have is a
personality contest. None of
them deliver.”
candidatos latinos más mencionadas estaba la del Distrito
40 del Senado Estatal. La
Asambleista Mary Salas
llevaba la delantera después del
conteo de las casillas sobre su
rival, Juan Vargas.
“Estoy muy agradecida con
el apoyo que recibí de los
votantes del Distrito 40”, dijo
Salas un día después de las
elecciones. “Ahora es tiempo
de prepararnos para gobernar”.
Para Herman Baca, presidente del Committee on
Chicano Rights, los resultados
en estas contiendas “son un
desastre para nuestra comunidad”.
“Yo no daría ni cinco pesos
por todos los candidatos latinos
juntos”, dijo. “No tenemos
representación política.
Tenemos que educar a nuestra
gente y que se involucre y
aprenda acerca de los verdaderos problemas”.
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they were voting for.
“I think it’s important to have
good representation. It’s good
to get involved,” he said.
Next to Aparicio were two
women with signs in favor of
District 8 candidate David
Alvarez. At press time, Alvarez
and Hueso were the leading
candidates in this race, where
the two top vote-getters will
again face each other in November.
“I vote to try to make a
change in the community,” said
Raquel Morán, a 64 year old
small business owner from San
Ysidro who was rooting for
Alvarez. “San Ysidro has been
neglected for so many years.
We have faith that our candidates will create positive
changes here.”
Deborah Seiler, San Diego
County Registrar of Voters,
said in an interview that in these
elections there were 54 candidates with Spanish surnames,
although she couldn’t confirm
if all of them were Latinos. The
Registrar of Voters doesn’t require candidates to declare
their ethnicity or race.
She said that some of the
highest profile local contests
included the 79th Assembly District and the 40th State Senate
District, which after 100 percent of the polls had been
counted, Assemblymember
Mary Salas was ahead of Juan
Vargas by more than 1 percent.
“I’m humbled by the show
of support that I have received
from voters across the 40th
Senate District,” said Assembly-member Mary Salas the
day after the elections. “This
was a contentious and hard
fought campaign, and I appreciate the spirited debate with
my opponent. But now is the
time to move on and prepare
to govern. We need to get to
Los electores
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“Yo voto para que haya un
cambio en la comunidad”, dijo
Raquel Morán, dueña de un
pequeño negocio en San
Ysidro. “Hemos sido olvidados
por mucho tiempo. Nosotros
siempre somos los olvidados.
Tenemos fe que en los candidatos que votamos harán un
cambio positivo”.
Entre las contiendas con
Reality at
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Creating sensible immigration
policies, while simultaneously
and comprehensively addressing the criminal issues that are
at the heart of border violence,
is the only way to provide genuine security along the border
and throughout the United
States.
Iraida Noriega, considerada
gramo por gramo la mejor
jazzista de México, estará de
visita en Tijuana para presentar un extraordinario concierto el próximo 16 de julio a
las 8:00 pm., en la Sala Teatral
de la Casa de la Cultura
Altamira en la airosa Tijuana,
compartiendo el escenario con
la no menos excelente intérprete Leika Mochan.
Esta dupla de excelentes y
multifacéticas intérpretes,
comparten un proyecto denominado “Frágil”, en el que se
encuentran para hacer y compartir música desde el sitio más
sencillo, haciendo uso de los
mínimos elementos, llevando
consigo la transparente forma
de expresión a base y cargo
del arte musical, el que se vincula y realiza la excelsa unión
de sus voces e instrumentos
que en esta aventura las
acompañan. “Frágil”, es un
proyecto no técnico, es podríamos decir de experimentación,
que proviene de su interior, pero
con toque de naturalidad.
Hablar de Leika Mochan es
hablar de una verdadera in-stitución musical. Leika Mochan, inició sus estudios musicales a los 5 años de edad,
tocando el violín en diversas
escuelas, tomando la enseñanza musical de renombrados
maestros; a los 12 años entra
a un coro y a los 16 decide
dedicarse a cantar y comienza
a tomar clases de canto con
cantantes profesionales de la
talla de Isabel Tercero y con
la propia Iraida Noriega, con
la que hoy comparte el escenario.
Ha compartido el espacio
escénico con varios grupos
musicales tales como: Banderlux, La Bandaocote, Natalia Lafourcade y otros; ha
participado en varias grabaciones, ha realizado proyectos
de danza, teatro y circo; ha
recorrido la República Mexicana, América y Europa, ha
impartido talleres de canto a
niños y adultos en Morelos,
Guadalajara y en el DF.
Estudió la carrera de Jazz en
la Escuela Superior de Música
con la especialidad en canto,
en la actualidad es Maestra de
Canto e Improvisación, en el
estudio Allaire y en la Escuela
Superior de Música del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes
y ha partiipado en varios
ensambles, cultivando diversos
géneros como cantante y
compositora, tales como “Los
Aguacates”, “Kaleidojismos”, “Proyecto Gecko” y
su “Muna Azul”, con este
último ha recorrido países tales
como Francia, Argentina,
España, EE.UU. y Chile.
En otro entorno musical,
Iraida Noriega, se inició cantando al lado de su padre el
cantante y pianista Freddy
Noriega, cuando contaba con
juveniles 17 años, pero en 1990,
viaja a la Ciudad de los Rascacielos Nueva York y estudia
durante tres años con maestros de la talla de Sheila Jordan, Bob Norton y Mimi Daitz,
y desde1993 a su regreso a la
ciudad de México, se ha mantenido en febril actividad musical, recorriendo y compartiendo escenarios diversos,
particularmente interpretando
jazz mexicano, alternando con
artistas de talla internacional.
Al inicio del presente siglo en
el año 2000, participa en el
montaje de la obra “Erótica
de Fin de Circo”, del escritor
y Director Israel Cortés. Iraida
ha recorrido la República
Mexicana y EE.UU.
Iraida Noriega, poseedora de
una sensacional voz, compleja
y abrazada por colores, matíces, tonalidades y cromatismos
increíbles y diversos, con su
voz ha recorrido triunfalmente
salas de México, como el
Centro Nacional de las Artes,
la Sala N ezahualcóyotl, Bellas
Artes y el Teatro Metropolitan,
entre muchos.
Esta talentosa joven mujer
mexicana ha expresado que el
movimiento feminista ha llegado a un punto extremo y ha
llegado el momento de buscar
y tratar de conciliar ambas
partes.
Iraida, con ese halo que la
cubre de belleza, con esa voz
que acaricia los sentidos y los
mete en un remolino de pasiones con sus geniales interpretaciones, atrae a las juventudes del mundo actual, ade-
Iraida Noriega
más: es considerada en la
actualidad una de las mejores
intérpretes de jazz en México.
Ha participado en varios
proyectos discográficos, uno de
ellos es “Elementos” a dúo con
el guitarrista Emiliano Marentes, “Reencuentros” con el
contrabajista Roberto Aymes,
“Cuicanitl, solo voces”, con
el ensamble vocal Cuicanitl, del
cual ella es fundadora, también
aparece en las compilaciones
“Mexican Divas” en los
volúmenes II y III, y en su
primer disco llamado “Efecto
Mariposa”; esta última producción se mantuvo por varias
semanas en los primeros lugares de ventas de jazz, allá por
el año 2001. Posteriormente
en el 2002, se reúne con la
cantante Magos Herrera y
promueven el mexicanísimo
concepto Mexican divas, presentándose en diversos foros
de México y de los EE:UU.
Para hablar de estos dos
colosos del México musical
actual, se necesita mucho
espacio y tinta, su labor es interminable y de muy buena
factura.
Asista a este extraordinario
concierto que presentarán ante
el público tijuanense, esta
dupla de extraordinarias intérpretes y para orgullo de los
mexicanos, muy mexicanas.
Para información sobre este
evento, el cual promete ser una
noche inolvidable. Los boletos
tienen un costo de $150 pesos.
Contáctese a los teléfonos
01152 (664) 682-4857 y 1742845.
The next
Generation
The four paintings were done women’s rights and her history
in conjunction with the social as a Guatemalan Indian and
sciences class of teacher recent Nobel Peace Prize
Charlie Mejia, who is also a medal winner. The other imgraffiti artist.
ages are of Nelson Mandela,
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Each panel is done by a stu- John Lennon y Cesar Chavez.
dent in the areas of social jus- More information: The Front,
creating,” said Lisa Yegin, ex- tice. These include Rigoberta (619) 428-1115; MAAC Comecutive director for Young Menchu, highlighting her work munity Charter School, (619)
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the students make the connection between their English lan- Free Fishing Derby for 500 Local Youth
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drawings, that’s when we Lake in City Heights for over 500 local boys and girl, ages 715. Youth will participate in learning stations that will teach
know we did it right.”
Gomez said that “the next the fundamentals of lake fishing. Law enforcement officers
generation of artists is here.” organize and volunteer for this annual event, where youth
Another exhibition of young also enjoy a BBQ lunch prepared by local firefighters and
Latino artists is happening at take home new fishing poles, t-shirts, prizes and anything
the MAAC Community Char- they catch that day!
When: SATURDAY, June 12, 2010—Rain or Shine! 8:00amter School, in Chula Vista.
Art teacher Victor Ochoa Registration begins, 8:30am-11:30am-Fishing; 11:30am-BBQ
said that the latest of four por- lunch by local firefighters; 1:00pm-Awards Ceremony
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REQUESTING
PROPOSALS
REQUESTING
PROPOSALS
CITY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY PLANNING & COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
DEPARTMENT
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
FOR
ECONOMIC AND FISCAL CONSULTANT FOR
UPDATES OF MIDWAY-PACIFIC HIGHWAY
CORRIDOR AND OLD SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY
PLANS (H105124)
The City of San Diego (City) is requesting proposals from highly
qualified economics firms for consultant services for Economic
and Fiscal Consultant for Updates of Midway-Pacific Highway
Corridor and Old San Diego Community Plans (H105124).
It is the policy of the City to provide equal opportunity in its
economics professional services contracts. Toward this end,
proposals from small businesses, disabled owned businesses,
women owned businesses, firms owned by African-Americans,
American Indians, Asian-Americans, Filipinos, and Latinos, and
local firms are strongly encouraged. Prime consultants are encouraged to subconsult or joint venture with these firms. The
City endeavors to do business with firms sharing the City’s
commitment to equal opportunity and will not do business with
any firm that discriminates on the basis of race, religion, color,
ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, medical
condition or place of birth. This project has a voluntary Subcontracting Participation Level (SPL) goal of 15%. SPL goals are
achieved by contracting with any combination of Minority Business Enterprises (MBE), Women Business Enterprises (WBE),
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE), Disabled Veteran
Business Enterprises (DVBE) or Other Business Enterprises
(OBE) at the prime or subcontractor level. Definitions of MBE,
WBE, DBE, DVBE and OBE are contained in the Request for
Proposals (RFP). Attainment of the SPL goal is strongly encouraged, but strictly voluntary.
The City of San Diego will ensure that full access to programs,
services, meetings and activities comply with Section 504, Title
V, of the Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) 1990, Public Law 101-336.
In-depth knowledge and a strong understanding of the local
environment, and a local presence for interfacing with the City’s
project management staff are essential to the successful
completion of this project. The proposal must address the
consultant’s knowledge and understanding of: the City and other
local agencies regulations and policies; local environment; and
local building codes and other criteria. The proposal must also
address how the consultant plans to interface with the City’s
project management staff and the consultant’s workforce in San
Diego County.
All proposals submitted must be in full accord with the Request
for Proposal (RFP) which can be obtained by requesting the
RFP via email from John Mendivil, Consultant Services Coordinator, at:
[email protected]
City of San Diego, Purchasing & Contracting Department
1200 Third Avenue, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92101.
When requesting the RFP, please refer to the specific project
title and number, Economic and Fiscal Consultant for Updates of Midway-Pacific Highway Corridor and Old San
Diego Community Plans (H105124). For questions about RFP
procedures please call John Mendivil at (619) 235-5855.
A pre-proposal meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 23,
2010, 1:30:00 PM, at Civic Center Plaza Building, 4th Floor
Conference Room, 1200 Third Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101.
It is strongly recommended that all interested parties attend.
For more information, assistance, to request an agenda in alternative format, or to request a sign language or oral interpreter
for the meeting, please contact Melissa Devine, at 619-2355201 at least five working days prior to the meeting to ensure
availability.
Proposals are due no later than 5:00 p.m. Friday, July 23, 2010,
at the location stated in the RFP. This RFP does not commit the
City to award a contract or to defray any costs incurred in the
preparation of a proposal pursuant to this RFP. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals received
as a result of this RFP. The City also reserves the right to revise this RFP, including but not limited to the pre-proposal conference date and the proposal due date. If the City revises the
RFP, all RFP holders of record will be notified in writing by the
City.
Summary Scope of Services
The City of San Diego City Planning & Community Investment
Department (CPCI) is embarking on a comprehensive update
of the Midway-Pacific Highway Corridor and Old San Diego
community plans. This Request for Proposals (RFP) solicits an
economic and fiscal consultant to complete specified tasks as
outlined in the following scope. The overall purpose of the community plan update is to ensure consistency between the
community’s land use policies, zoning, infrastructure, economic
development strategy, redevelopment plan, mobility plan, and
public facilities financing plan. The remainder of the Scope of
Services is contained in the Request for Proposal for Economic
and Fiscal Consultant for Updates of Midway-Pacific Highway
Corridor and Old San Diego Community Plans (H105124), as
Exhibit A to the Draft Agreement.
Published: 6/11/2010
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is soliciting proposals from businesses (hereinafter referred to as
CONTRACTOR(s)) for Building Cleaning Services. A summary of work is contained in the Scope of Services section of
this Request for Proposals. Interested and qualified firms including disadvantaged and women owned small businesses are
invited to submit a proposal. The solicitation with complete instructions is available for download at www.demandstar.com. If
you do not have a username or password for the Onvia
DemandStar website, please register at www.demandstar.com/
register.rsp.
A pre-proposal conference will be held on Monday June 21,
2010 at 10 am (PST) at the address listed below. Proposals
marked “Building Cleaning Services (SCWC-10-2) RFP
Documents — Do Not Open” will be received on or before
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 2 pm (PST). Three (3) additional copies of the proposal and a completed electronic file containing
the proposal on CD-R must be submitted with the original proposal packet to the address below. Late proposals will not be
accepted. The attention of bidders is directed to the fact that
the proposed work may be financed in whole or in part with Federal
Funds.
San Diego Housing Commission
1122 Broadway, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92101
Contact: Anthony Griffin (619) 578-7517
Email: [email protected]
Published: 6/11/2010
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PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Diego Association of
Governments (SANDAG) Board of Directors has authorized release of a Draft Proposed Amendment to Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Overall Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
(DBE) Goal-Setting Methodology for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY)
2010-2012 for public comment. SANDAG currently proposes
an FTA DBE overall goal of 7.04% for the FFY 2010/12 goal
period. The DBE goal would be applicable to FTA-assisted contracts scheduled to be solicited and awarded during the period
of October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2012. SANDAG
currently proposes to meet 3.40% of its overall goal utilizing
race-neutral measures in accordance with Title 49 CFR Part
26.51, and 3.48% of its overall goal utilizing race-conscious
measures for construction contracts. Additionally, SANDAG
currently proposes to meet 0.16% of its overall goal utilizing
race-neutral measures and 0% utilizing race-conscious measures
for professional service contracts. After making any changes
needed to address public comments and additional review by
the SANDAG Board, the goal-setting methodology will be sent
to FTA for approval.
SANDAG’s proposed goal amendment and its rationale (developed in response to DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
Program Regulations published under Title 49 CFR Part 26, the
FTA Master Agreement and Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 22
[Docket No. OST–2010–0021], February 3, 2010, rules and regulations) is available for inspection and public review for fortyfive (45) days following the date of this Notice, from 8 a.m. to
5:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Friday at
our administrative office located at:
San Diego Association of Governments
401 B Street, Suite 800, San Diego, CA 92101
Attn: Elaine Richardson
Phone: (619) 699-6956
SANDAG will accept comments for forty-five (45) days from
the date of this Notice. Comments can be forwarded to SANDAG
at the above stated address or to the Regional Civil Rights
Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transportation Administration, Region IX, 201 Mission Street, Suite 1650,
San Francisco, CA 94105-1839.
Dated at San Diego, CA, this 2nd day of June 2010.
Published: 6/11/2010
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REQUESTING BIDS
REQUESTING BIDS
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS
BID No. 171
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Southwestern Community
College District of San Diego County, California, acting by and
through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as the “DISTRICT” will receive up to, but no later than two p.m. (2:00 p.m.)
of the 17th day of June, 2010, sealed bids for the award of a
contract for Southwestern College Snack Bar/Café Bid No.
171 – Building Construction.
Bids shall be received in the office of the Program Manager,
Seville Construction Services at Southwestern College, Building 1688, located at 900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista, CA
91910, and shall be opened on the date and at the time listed
above.
Each bid must conform and be responsive to the contract documents, copies of which will be available on June 8th at Chula
Vista Blue Print Co., 26 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA 91910,
(619) 420-5500. A $300.00 refundable deposit will be required.
Deposit will be retuned upon receipt of complete, undamaged
contract documents within ten (10) business days. Documents
can also be viewed, printed, from Chula Vista Blue Print’s online
plan room at the following web address: www.chulavista
blueprint.com and click on View Bid List room and click on the
project name.
Each bid shall be accompanied by the security referred to in
the contract documents, the non-collusion affidavit, the list of
proposed subcontractors, and all additional documentation required by the Instructions to Bidders.
The successful bidder shall file a payment bond issued by an
admitted Surety approved to conduct business in the State of
California approved by the District in the form set forth in the
contract documents.1
The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to
waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the
bidding.
The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general
prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this
work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed
to execute the contract, which will be awarded to the successful bidder, copies of which are on file and will be made available
to any interested party upon request at Southwestern Community College. It shall be mandatory upon the Contractor to whom
the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him,
to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract.
Minority, women, and disabled veteran contractors are encouraged to submit bids. This bid is subject to Disabled
Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) goal requirements.
This contract is subject to a labor compliance program, as described in subdivision (b)of section 1771.5 of the Labor Code.
Each bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to the California Business and Professions Code Section 7028.15 and
Public Contract Code Section 3300, and shall be licensed in the
following classification: B – General Building
ContractorAHAZhdf. Any bidder not so licensed at the time of
the bid opening will be rejected as non-responsive.
Contractors shall have been in business under the same name
and California contractor’s license for a minimum of three (3)
continuous years prior to bid opening.
Contractors shall provide a minimum of three (3) references
for projects similar in scope, size and schedule, which have
been successfully completed in the state of California in the
last twelve (12) months.
A MANDATORY bidders conference will be held at Building 480
on Friday June 11th, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the bid documents and
the work site.
No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of Sixty (60) days
after the date set for the opening of bids.
RFIs are due by 12pm on June 14th. Forward any questions to
the Program Manager: Seville Construction Services, Robert
Depew, Project Manager, [email protected] (619) 216-6825.
Dated this: June 2nd of 2010
Secretary of the Governing Board
Raj K. Chopra, Ph.D
Southwestern Community College District
of San Diego County, California
1
A payment bond must be filed for a contract involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 (Civil Code section 3247(a)) and may be required for contracts involving smaller expenditures at the option of the District.
Published: 6/4,11/2010
REQUESTING
QUALIFICATIONS
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REQUESTING
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is seeking qualified firms to perform a Handicap Accessibility Needs Assessment, Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan Update for its entire
housing portfolio located throughout the City of San Diego.
Interested and qualified firms, including disadvantaged and
women owned small businesses, are invited to submit a proposal. The solicitation packet with complete instructions is available for download at www.demandstar.com. If you do not have
a username or password for the Onvia DemandStar website,
please register at www.demandstar.com/register.rsp.
SDHC
1122 Broadway, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92101
Contact: Trevor Abney
Telephone #: (619) 578-7479
A pre-proposal conference will be held on Friday, June 18, 2010
at 1:30 p.m., (PST), at the above listed office. Sealed proposals with a standard label pasted on the outside that reads,
“Project No. CS-HATP10-1 Handicap Accessibility Needs
Assessment, Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan Update–
DO NOT OPEN” will be received on or before Tuesday, July 6,
2010 at 2:00 p.m., (PST). Three (3) additional copies of the
proposal and a completed electronic file containing the proposal
on CD-R must be submitted to the above location with the original proposal packet. Late proposals will not be accepted.
Published: 6/11/2010
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Christian Valderrama
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County MAY
24, 2010
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2010-012116
Published: 5/28,6/4,11,18/2010
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Assigned File No.: 2010-011641
Published: 5/21,28,6/4,11/2010
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
ABANDONMENT OF USE
OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME
STATEMENT OF
ABANDONMENT OF USE
OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Fictitious Business Name:
NAME
TONY’S TIRES, 1771 Broadway,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Mailing Address: 3779 Agosto
St., San Diego, CA 92154
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
2-01-98
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Consuelo Nava, 3779 Agosto
St., San Diego, CA 92154
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
Consuelo Nava
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County APR
28, 2010
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2010-011948
Published: 5/28,6/4,11,18/2010
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
SAN MIGUEL COMMUNITY
CHURCH DBA CENTER POINTE
CHURCH OF CHULA VISTA;
1420 Loma Lane, Chula Vista,
CA 91911
Mailing Address: P.O. Box
210805, Chula Vista, CA 91921
This Business is Conducted by:
A Corporation
The First Day of Business Was:
2/7/2010
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
San Miguel Community Church,
Inc., 523 Teak Court, Chula
Vista, CA 91911, CA
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
Henry A. Stanley, Secretary
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County JUN
02, 2010
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
CVI INVESTIGATIONS, 105
West ‘F’ Street, 3rd Flr., San
Diego, CA 92101
Mailing Address: same as above
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
12/01/2009
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Carlos Vasquez, 2512 Crooked
Trail Road, Chula Vista, CA 91914
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
Carlos Vasquez
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County MAY
17, 2010
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Published: 6/11,18,25,7/2/2010
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Published: 6/11,18,25,7/2/2010
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Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2010-014910
Fictitious Business Name:
Assigned File No.: 2010-014476 SPORTS PHOTOS & MORE,
Published: 5/28,6/4,11,18/2010 1445 Oakpoint Ave., Chula Vista,
CA 91913
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Mailing Address: 1445 Oakpoint
Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91913
This Business is Conducted by:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Husband and Wife
NAME STATEMENT
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
Fictitious Business Name:
ERICK’S MOBILE RV & AUTO This Business Is Hereby RegisDETAIL, 3015½ National Ave., tered by the Following:
1. Juan M. Ortega, 1445 Oakpoint
San Diego, CA 92113
Mailing Address: ye_pm@hot Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91913
2. Martha W. Ortega, 1445
mail.com
This Business is Conducted by: Oakpoint Ave., Chula Vista, CA
91913
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was: I declare that all information in
this statement is true and corN/A
This Business Is Hereby Regis- rect.
Signature of Registrant:
tered by the Following:
Yul Patiño, 3015½ National Ave., Martha W. Ortega
This Statement Was Filed With
San Diego, CA 92113
I declare that all information in David Butler Recorder/County
this statement is true and cor- Clerk of San Diego County JUN
09, 2010
rect.
Signature of Registrant: Yul The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
Patiño
This Statement Was Filed With this state of Fictitious Business
David Butler Recorder/County Name in violation of the rights
Clerk of San Diego County APR of another under federal, state,
or common law.
29, 2010
The filing of this statement does Assigned File No.: 2010-015908
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business Published: 6/11,18,25,7/2/2010
Name in violation of the rights La Prensa San Diego
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2010-015210
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Fictitious Business Name:
J. AND A. HANDYMAN, 1245
Donax Ave. #H, Imperial Beach,
CA 91932
Mailing Address: 1245 Donax
Ave. #H, Imperial Beach, CA
91932
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Silvestre Flores, 1245 Donax
Ave. #H, Imperial Beach, CA
91932
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
Silvestre Flores
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County JUN
04, 2010
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Fictitious Business Name:
MVN SERVICES, 1034 Broadway Ave. #100, Chula Vista, CA
91911
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Moises Cornejo, 2675 Caminito
Secoya, San Diego, CA 92154
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
Moises Cornejo
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County MAY Assigned File No.: 2010-015593
Assigned File No.: 2010-013732 21, 2010
Published: 6/11,18,25,7/2/2010
Published: 5/21,28,6/4,11/2010 The filing of this statement does La Prensa San Diego
not of itself authorize the use in
La Prensa San Diego
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
of another under federal, state,
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
or common law.
NAME STATEMENT
Assigned File No.: 2010-014333 Fictitious Business Name:
Fictitious Business Name:
EL GRAN TACO, 5059 Federal
BEELURCA DISTRIBUTORS, Published: 5/28,6/4,11,18/2010 Blvd., San Diego, CA 92114
6377 Quarry Rd., Spring Valley, La Prensa San Diego
This Business is Conducted by:
CA 91977
Husband and Wife
This Business is Conducted by:
The First Day of Business Was:
An Individual
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
05/07/10
The First Day of Business Was:
This Business Is Hereby RegisNAME STATEMENT
N/A
tered by the Following:
This Business Is Hereby Regis- Fictitious Business Name:
1. Ramon Minez, 11415 Posthill
tered by the Following:
SUPERIOR LIFT PARTS, 2240 Rd., Lakeside, CA 92040
Luis Enrique Alvarez Vargas, 244 Main St., Chula Vista, CA 91911 2. Rosario Minez, 11415 Posthill
Palomar St. B29, Chula Vista, Mailing Address: 755 2nd St., Rd., Lakeside, CA 92040
CA 91911
Imperial Beach, CA 91932
I declare that all information in
I declare that all information in This Business is Conducted by: this statement is true and corthis statement is true and cor- An Individual
rect.
rect.
The First Day of Business Was: S i g n a t u r e o f R e g i s t r a n t :
Signature of Registrant: Luis N/A
Ramon Minez
This Business Is Hereby Regis- This Statement Was Filed With
Enrique Alvarez Vargas
This Statement Was Filed With tered by the Following:
David Butler Recorder/County
David Butler Recorder/County Christian Valderrama, 755 2nd Clerk of San Diego County MAY
Clerk of San Diego County APR St., Imperial Beach, CA 91932 28, 2010
26, 2010
I declare that all information in The filing of this statement does
The filing of this statement does this statement is true and cor- not of itself authorize the use in
not of itself authorize the use in rect.
this state of Fictitious Business
this state of Fictitious Business S i g n a t u r e o f R e g i s t r a n t : Name in violation of the rights
Fictitious Business Name:
ZAVALAS WELDING, 8455
Miguel Vista Pl., San Diego, CA
92114
The Fictitious Business Name
Referred to Above Was Filed in
San Diego County On: 10/12/05,
and assigned File No: 2005034538-01
Is Abandoned by the Following
Registrant: Jesus Fco. Zavala,
8455 Miguel Vista Pl., San Diego,
CA 92114
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Jesus F.
Zavala
This Statement Was Filed With
David L. Butler, Recorder/
County Clerk of San Diego
County MAY 05, 2010
Assigned File No.: 2010-012776
Published: 5/21,28,6/4,11/2010
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SUMMONS
SUMMONS
SUMMONS
can use for your response. You
can find these court forms and
more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.court.ca.gov/self help),
your county law library, or the
courthouse nearest you. If you
cannot pay the filing fee, as 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.law
helpcalifornia.org), the California
Courts Online Self-Help Center
(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhlep),
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.
CASE NUMBER:
37-2009-00103879-CU-PA-CT
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:
GENESIS GUTIERREZ and
DOES 1-10
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY
PLAINTIFF:
P E D R O A C O S TA , J O R D Y
A C O S TA a n d A N T H O N Y
ACOSTA
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.court.ca.gov/self help),
your county law library, or the
courthouse nearest you. If you
cannot pay the filing fee, as 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.law
helpcalifornia.org), the California
Courts Online Self-Help Center
(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp),
or by contacting your local court
or county bar association.
NOTE: The court has a statutory
lien for waived fees and costs
on any settlement or arbitration
award of $10,000 or more in a
civil case. The court’s lien must
be paid before the court will dismiss the case.
The name and address of the
court is: San Diego Superior Court
- Central, 330 W Broadway, San
Diego, CA 92101
The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an
att o r n e y, i s : W I L L I A M C .
MATHEWS, SBN, 97899, 2801
Camino Del Rio So., Ste 307,
San Diego, CA 92108.
Date: DEC 17, 2009
Clerk, by D. JOHNSON, Deputy
NOTICE TO THE PERSON
SERVED: as an individual
Published: 5/21,28,6/4,11/2010
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STATEMENT OF
ABANDONMENT OF USE
OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS SUMMONS - (Family Law)
NAME
CASE NUMBER: DN160305
Fictitious Business Name:
RJL WEALTH MANAGEMENT,
13520 Evening Creek Drive N.,
Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92128
Mailing Address: 13520 Evening
Creek Drive N., Suite 300, San
Diego, CA 92128
The Fictitious Business Name
Referred to Above Was Filed in
San Diego County On: 8/17/2006,
and assigned File No: 2006029706
Is (Are) Abandoned by the Following Registrant(s): Raymond
J. Lucia Companies, Inc., 13520
Evening Creek Drive N., Suite
300, San Diego, CA 92128, California
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Raymond J. Lucia, President
This Statement Was Filed With
David L. Butler, Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County MAY
13, 2010
Assigned File No.: 2010-013371
Published: 6/4,11,18,25/2010
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NOTICE OF
TERMINATION OF
PARENTAL RIGHTS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF WASHINGTON FOR
SKAGIT COUNTY
In re the Adoption of: BABY
RAWLINS A person under the
age of 18 years.
No.: 105000651
No.: NOTICE OF HEARING
ON TERMINATION OF
PARENTAL RIGHTS
TO: Unknown male
AND TO WHOM THIS MAY
CONCERN:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that there has been filed in
this Court a PETITION FOR
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL
RIGHTS OF THE FATHER of
the above-named child with regard to said child. A hearing regarding this matter is set for the
9th day of July, 2010, at 9:00 a.m.
at the Skagit County Superior
Courthouse, 205 West Kincaid
Street, Mount Vernon, Washington.
The child was born on the 20th
day of May, 2010.
You have the right to be
represented by counsel, and
counsel will be appointed for an
indigent person who requests
counsel.
Your failure to respond to this
termination action by making an
appearance on or before the
scheduled hearing date will result
in the termination of your parent/
child relationship with respect to
the child. An ORDER OF DEFAULT will be entered against
you, and your parental rights will
then be terminated.
Should you fail to file a claim
of paternity in response to this
PETITION, or under RCW Chapter 26.26, on or before the
scheduled hearing date, said failure is grounds to terminate your
parent/child relationship with respect to this child. An ORDER
OF DEFAULT will be entered
against you, and your parental
rights will then be terminated.
DATED: 5-26-10
Susan K Cook
JUDGE/COURT
COMMISSIONER
Presented by:
Heather D. Shand, #31056
Attorney for Petitioners
Published: 5/28,6/4,11/2010
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NOTICE TO RESPONDENT:
ABIMAEL TRISTAN CARDENAS
You are being sued.
PETITIONER'S NAME IS:
ANGELINA GUADALUPE BOJORQUEZ CAMACHO
You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are
served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123)
at the court and have a copy
served on the petitioner. A letter
or phone call will not protect you.
If you do not file your Response
on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage,
your property and custody of
your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the
clerk for a fee waiver form.
If you want legal advice, contact
a lawyer immediately. You can
get information about finding
lawyers at the California Courts
Online Self-Help Center (www.
court.ca.gov/self help), at the
California Legal Services Web
site (www.law helpcalifornia.org),
or by contacting your local
county bar association.
NOTICE: The restraining orders
on page 2 are effective against
both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered,
or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by
any law enforcement office who
has received or seen a copy of
them.
NOTE: If a judgment or support
order is entered, the court may
order you to pay all or part of
the fees and costs that the court
waived for yourself or for the
other party. If this happens, the
party ordered to pay fees shall
be given notice and an opportunity to request a hearing to set
aside the order to pay waived
court fees.
1. The name and address of the
court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF
CALIFORNIA, 325 S. MELROSE
DRIVE, VISTA, CA 92081
2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner's attorney, or the petitioner without
an attorney, is: ANGELINA
GUADALUPE BOJORQUEZ
CAMACHO, 612 Richmar Ave.
Apt. #30, San Marcos, CA 92069
Date: APR 20, 2010
Clerk, by R. CORONA, Deputy
NOTICE TO THE PERSON
SERVED: as an individual
Published: 5/28,6/4,11,18/2010
La Prensa San Diego
SUMMONS
CASE NUMBER: 37-200900077329-CU-OR-SC
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:
TOMAS VICTORIANO LLAMAS
CORONA; ROSALVA ELVIA
LLAMAS GOMEZ; FERNANDO
F. GOMEZ; JORGE F. GOMEZ;
and DOES 1 through 20
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY
PLAINTIFF:
BERTHA LLAMAS
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
The name and address of the
court is: Superior Court of California, County of San Diego,
South County Division, 500 Third
Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91910
The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s
attorney, or plaintiff without
an attorney, is: BERTHA LLAMAS, In Pro Per, 772 Madison
Avenue, Unit A, Chula Vista, CA
91910. Telephone: 619-585-3717
Date: JUL 30, 2009
Clerk, by V. LEARNED, Deputy
NOTICE TO THE PERSON
SERVED: as an individual
Published: 5/28,6/4,11,18/2010
La Prensa San Diego
CHANGE OF NAME
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2010-00093125-CU-PT-CTL
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: NORMAN HENRY
CROWLEY JR., filed a petition
with this court for a decree
changing names as follows:
NORMAN HENRY CROWLEY
JR. to CHIP CROWLEY
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 that includes the
reasons for the 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: JUL 14, 2010. Time: 8:30
A.M. Dept: D-25.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,
County of San Diego, 220 West
Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101
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
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: MAY 28, 2010
KEVIN A. ENRIGHT
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 6/4,11,18,25/2010
La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2010-00077448-CU-PT-SC
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: DAVID PHILLIP
BENITEZ filed a petition with this
court for a decree changing
names as follows: DAVID
PHILLIP BENITEZ to DAVID
PHILLIP BOYDSTON
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 that includes the
reasons for the 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: 7/16/10. Time: 8:30 a.m.
Dept: 4. Room: 2nd Floor
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, South County Division, 500 3rd Ave., Chula
Vista, CA 91910-5649
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
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: JUN 02, 2010
WILLIAM S. CANNON
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 6/4,11,18,25/2010
La Prensa San Diego
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FAMILY FEATURES
T
hese recipes celebrate “Fifty Years of Flavor,” taking their
inspiration from an original Häagen-Dazs favorite, a
popular ethnic flavor introduced in the ’90s, and the latest
addition to the trendy Häagen-Dazs Five™ line.
Dulce de Leche with Hot Spiced Pecans: It starts with a delicious combination of caramel ice cream swirled with ribbons of
golden caramel and adds a dash of spicy heat.
Honey Bee Cookies with Vanilla Honey Bee Ice Cream:
These cute cookies top vanilla ice cream blended with golden
honey. This sweet ice cream has an even sweeter purpose:
funding research to protect disappearing honey bee populations.
Lemon Raspberry Clouds: Light and delicate, these meringues
are heavenly with raspberry sauce and Häagen-Dazs Five Lemon
ice cream. This ice cream is the height of simplicity with only
five ingredients and the taste of refreshing pure lemon and sweet
cream.
Get more ice cream inspiration at haagen-dazs.com and
helpthehoneybees.com.
Dulce de Leche with Hot Spiced Pecans
Makes 4 servings
1/2 cup whipping cream
3 ounces (1/2 cup) semi-sweet chocolate chips or
chopped chocolate
1/4 teaspoon coarse Kosher salt or sea salt
1/8 teaspoon ground chipotle or cayenne pepper (or to taste)
1/8 teaspoon granulated sugar
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1 teaspoon butter
Häagen-Dazs Dulce de Leche All Natural Ice Cream
Chocolate Garnish
Heat cream to a low simmer
in a small saucepan or bowl
in microwave. Add 2 ounces
of the chocolate and let
stand 1 minute. Stir until
Häagen-Dazs Celebrates
smooth. Cool slightly. (Pour
Fifty Years of Flavor
into a squeeze bottle if
desired.)
n iconic ice cream brand celebrates
Place remaining chocolate
its 50th birthday this May. Häagenin small zip-top plastic bag.
Dazs®, the name synonymous with
Microwave 45 to 60 seconds
ice cream quality, was created by Reuben
on high until chocolate is
Mattus, after selling flavored ices and ice
softened; knead with fingers
cream pops from a horse drawn cart on the
until smooth. Snip 1/8 inch
bustling streets of New York City in the
off one corner of bag. Spread
early 1900s. Reuben’s dream was to craft
a piece of wax paper on a
an ice cream of superior quality and
baking sheet. Squeeze
unequaled taste. He launched the all
chocolate from bag into
natural, super premium Häagen-Dazs ice
2-inch decorative shapes.
cream line in 1960 with three classic
Let stand until firm or place
flavors that are still favorites today —
in refrigerator for a few
Vanilla, Chocolate and Coffee.
minutes. Gently lift from
Over the past 50 years, each new
paper.
Häagen-Dazs flavor has been crafted
without compromise. It took Reuben six
Hot Spiced Nuts
years to find the perfect strawberry —
Combine salt, chipotle or
Hoods and Totems from the Northwest —
cayenne and sugar in a small
for his Strawberry ice cream. California
bowl. Melt butter in skillet
raisins are plumped in a rich rum blend for
over medium heat. Add
exactly 42 days before they’re ready for
pecans and spice mix, stir
Häagen-Dazs Rum Raisin ice cream.
until nuts are evenly coated.
Berries are “hugged” to release their juices
Stir frequently over medium
which are then blended into the ice cream,
heat until lightly toasted and
giving berry flavors their subtle all-natural
fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes.
color. These extra steps and others guaranTo serve, drizzle four plates
tee that each all-natural spoonful meets
or bowls with about 1 tableReuben’s strict standards.
spoon chocolate sauce.
Truly made like no other, today Häagen(Remaining sauce can be
Dazs ice cream offers more than 65 flavors
refrigerated up to 2 weeks.)
of ice cream, sorbet, frozen yogurt and
Place a scoop of Dulce de
frozen snacks available around the globe
Leche ice cream over chocofor ice cream lovers seeking true taste.
late. Top with spiced nuts
Reuben would most certainly be proud.
and chocolate garnish.
For more information, please visit
www.haagen-dazs.com.
A
Lemon
Raspberry
Clouds
Makes 6 servings
Egg white meringue
shells take a few hours
in the oven, so plan
ahead. Make in
advance and store
airtight for up to a
week.
Meringue Shells
3 large egg
whites (scant
1/2 cup)
1 teaspoon
vanilla
Pinch of salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
Raspberry Sauce
3 cups (about 12 ounces) fresh raspberries,
divided use
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon orange juice or water
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
Häagen-Dazs Five Lemon All Natural
Ice Cream
Lemon zest and mint for garnish
Preheat oven to 250°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Combine egg whites, vanilla and salt in a large bowl.
Beat with an electric mixer until foamy. Gradually add
sugar and continue beating until whites hold very firm
glossy peaks, about 5 minutes.
With a spring-loaded ice cream scoop or large spoon,
evenly space six mounds of meringue on prepared
baking sheet. With the back of a spoon, form a depression in the center of each mound.
Bake 1 hour. Turn oven off and leave in oven with
door closed for another hour. Remove from oven and
cool completely. Use metal spatula to remove from
parchment paper. Store in airtight container for up to
1 week.
Raspberry sauce: Place 1 1/2 cups berries, sugar, juice
or water and cornstarch in a small (1-quart size) saucepan. Stir to combine. Bring to a simmer over medium
heat stirring frequently. Simmer on low 2 minutes until
liquid is translucent and berries are broken down. Cool.
Spoon 2 to 3 tablespoons raspberry sauce into depression of each meringue. Place a scoop of ice cream over
sauce. Garnish with remaining raspberries, lemon zest
and mint leaf.
Honey Bee Cookies with
Vanilla Honey Bee Ice Cream
Makes about 5 dozen small cookies
1 cup butter (2 sticks), softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus about 1/4 cup
for rolling
Sugar sprinkles and icing tubes for
decorating
Häagen-Dazs All Natural Vanilla Honey Bee
Ice Cream
In large mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg, vanilla
and spices until creamy. Gradually add flour, beating
until well blended. Dough will be stiff. Divide dough
in half; flatten to 1/2 inch and wrap in plastic wrap.
Refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until firm. (Dough
can be refrigerated up to 1 week, or frozen for longer
storage.)
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Lightly flour a work surface. Place one piece of
dough on surface, sprinkle with flour; roll to even
1/8-inch thickness. Cut in desired shapes and place
1/2 inch apart on ungreased or parchment lined baking
sheet. Brush off any excess flour. Decorate with sugar.
Bake about 8 minutes until light golden brown on
edges. Cool cookies on wire rack. Add icing outlines
if desired. Store airtight. Serve with Vanilla Honey Bee
Ice Cream.
Serving size is 1 scoop ice cream and 3 cookies.