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A $5,000 fine for a second violation and the
host’s conditional-use permit will be revoked.
The program cannot launch until Los Angeles
County lifts its order forbidding guest stays
while new coronavirus cases are rising. Once the
county lifts its order prohibiting room rentals,
El Segundo will start its program within 30
to 60 days, it estimates. L.A. County reported
3,160 new cases on Monday and more than
2,200 people hospitalized. El Segundo, as of
Monday, showed 21 active cases and 87 cases
overall since March.The city is cutting back
on sending out the coronavirus updates; it announced
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Order to Show Cause
for Change of Name
Case No. 20TRCP00116
Superior Court of California, County of
LOS ANGELES
Petition of: MELINDA RAE KOTSIANAS
for Change of Name
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner MELINDA RAE KOTSIANAS
filed a petition with this court for a decree
changing names as follows:
MELINDA RAE KOTSIANAS to
MELINDA RAE TOPPENBERG
The Court orders that all persons
interested in this matter 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: 8-14-2020, Time: 8:30 AM.,
Dept.: M, Room: 350
The address of the court is:
825 MAPLE AVE
TORRANCE, CA 90503
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:
EL SEGUNDO HERALD
Date: JUNE 23, 2020
DEIRDRE HILL
Judge of the Superior Court
El Segundo Herald Pub. 7/2, 7/9, 7/16,
7/23/20
H-26817
Order to Show Cause
for Change of Name
Case No. 20TRCP00134
Superior Court of California, County of
LOS ANGELES
Petition of: LO FOON HUI for Change
of Name
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner LO FOON HUI filed a petition
with this court for a decree changing
names as follows:
LO FOON HUI to FOON HUI
The Court orders that all persons
interested in this matter 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: 8/28/2020, Time: 8:30 AM., Dept.:
B ROOM: 340
The address of the court is:
825 MAPLE AVE
TORRANCE, CA 90503
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: EL
SEGUNDO HERALD
Date: JULY 9, 2020
GARY Y. TANAKA
Judge of the Superior Court
El Segundo Herald Pub. 7/16, 7/23,
7/30, 8/6/20
H-26831
Order to Show Cause
for Change of Name
Case No. 20TRCP00148
Superior Court of California, County of
LOS ANGELES
Petition of: AMIR SOHEIL FATHI for
Change of Name
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner AMIR SOHEIL FATHI filed
a petition with this court for a decree
changing names as follows:
AMIR SOHEIL FATHI to AMIR FATHI
The Court orders that all persons
interested in this matter 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: 9-11-20, Time: 8:30 AM., Dept.: B
The address of the court is:
825 MAPLE AVE
TORRANCE, CA 90503
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: EL
SEGUNDO HERALD
Date: JULY 21 2020
GARY Y. TANAKA
Judge of the Superior Court
El Segundo Herald Pub. 7/23, 7/30,
8/6, 8/13/20
H-26844
NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS FOR
THE
ROLLER HOCKEY RINK
IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
PROJECT NO.: PW 19-13
The City of El Segundo is accepting
sealed bids in the City Clerk’s office,
350 Main Street, El Segundo, California
90245, until 11:00 a.m. on:
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2020
at which time they will be publicly opened.
Bids will not be accepted after that time.
As described in the Bidding Documents,
the bids are for a Public Works project
(“Project”) which consists of a Roller
Hockey Rink Improvements in the City
of El Segundo and related work as shown
on the plans on file with the City’s Public
Works Department. The project location
is 401 Sheldon Street, El Segundo, CA
90245. Construction shall include but
not be limited to the installation of dasher
boards, drainage system, concrete and
graphics.
Work on the Project must be performed
in strict conformity with Specifications No.
PW 19-13 as adopted by the El Segundo
City Council on February 18, 2020, which
is filed with the Public Works Department.
Copies of the Plans, Specifications,
Contract Documents and Engineer’s
estimate are available from the
Engineering Division of the Public Works
Department, City of El Segundo, 350 Main
Street, El Segundo, California, 90245.
Plans and Specifications are alternately
available electronically via https://www.
elsegundo.org/government/departments/
city-clerk/bid-rfp
A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 9:00 AM,
at the HR Conference Room, 350 Main
Street, El Segundo, CA 90245. Bidders’
attendance at this meeting is mandatory.
Questions regarding the bid shall be
submitted by 5:00 pm on Wednesday,
August 12, 2020 to https://www.
elsegundo.org/government/departments/
public-works/request-public-works-bid
The terms and conditions for bidding
on the Project are described in the
attached Bidding Instructions.
This project requires payment of State
prevailing rates of wages for Los Angeles
County. The Contractor must post copies
of the prevailing schedule at each job
site. Copies of these rates of wages are
available from the State of California
Department of Industrial Relations
Prevailing Wage Unit, Telephone No.
(415) 703-4774. The website for this
agency is currently located at www.dir.
ca.gov.
The Contractor to whom the Contract
is awarded must assist in locating,
qualifying, hiring and increasing the
skills of minority group employees and
applicants for employment, as set forth in
Executive Order 11246 and 11375.
Any Contract entered into pursuant to
this notice will incorporate the provisions
of the State Labor Code. Compliance
with the prevailing rates of wages and
apprenticeship employment standards
established by the State Director of
Industrial Relations will be required.
Affirmative action to ensure against
discrimination in employment practices
on the basis of race, color, national origin,
ancestry, sex, or religion will also be
required.
The City of El Segundo hereby
affirmatively ensures that minority
business enterprises will be afforded full
opportunity to submit bids in response to
this notice and will not be discriminated
against on the basis of race, color,
national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion
in any consideration leading to the award
of Contract.
Note that the Project is subject to
compliance monitoring and enforcement
by the California Department of Industrial
Relations. Pursuant to California law, the
City must find bids failing to comply with
all applicable Labor Code requirements
including, without limitation, Labor Code
§§ 1725.5 and 1771.4, to be nonresponsive.
Five percent (5%) will be deducted from
each progress payment and retained by
the City. The remainder less the amount
of all previous payments will be paid
to the Contractor. Pursuant to Public
Contracts Code (“PCC”) § 22300, the
Contractor may substitute securities
for retention monies held by the City or
request that the City place such monies
into an escrow account. The Contractor
is notified, pursuant to PCC § 22300, any
such election will be at the Contractor
own expense and will include costs
incurred by the City to accommodate the
Contractor’s request.
In entering into a Public Works Contract,
or a Subcontract, to supply goods,
services, or materials pursuant to a
Public Works Contract, the Contractor,
or Subcontractor, offers and agrees to
assign to the awarding body all rights,
title and interest in, and to, all causes
of action it may have under Section 4 of
the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. Section 15)
or under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2
[commencing with Section 16700] of
Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business
and Professions Code), arising from
purchases of goods, services, or materials
pursuant to the Public Works Contract or
the Subcontract. This assignment shall
be made and become effective at the
time the awarding body tenders final
payment to the Contractor, without
further acknowledgment by the parties.
Bids must be prepared on the approved
Proposal forms in conformance with the
Instructions to Bidders and submitted to
the City Clerk, 350 Main Street, City of
El Segundo, in a sealed envelope plainly
marked on the outside:
“SEALED BIDS FOR PROJECT NO.:
PW 19-13 ROLLER HOCKEY RINK
IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
DO NOT OPEN WITH REGULAR MAIL”
The bid must be accompanied by a bid
bond, made payable to the City of El
Segundo for an amount no less than ten
percent (10%) of the amount bid for the
base Contract.
No bid will be accepted from a Contractor
who has not been licensed in accordance
with the provisions of the State Business
and Professions Code. For these
projects, those acceptable classes of
license shall be “A”. The successful
Contractor and his Subcontractors will
be required to possess the correct license
for their project classifications, and valid
City Business Licenses from the City of
El Segundo.
The City of El Segundo reserves the
right to reject any or all bids, to waive any
irregularity, and to take all bids under
advisement for a period of ninety (90)
calendar days.
Any Contract entered into pursuant
to this notice shall become effective
or enforceable against the City of El
Segundo only when the formal written
Contract has been duly executed by the
appropriate officer(s) of the City of El
Segundo.
DATED this 23rd day of July, 2020.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA
Tracy Weaver, City Clerk
El Segundo Herald Pub. 7/23, 7/30/20
H-26845
this week. The emailed update will
be sent two days per week on Mondays and
Thursdays. The number of new cases locally
and statewide will be refreshed daily, however,
on El Segundo’s Facebook page.
Fire Chief Chris Donovan also revealed that
the current COVID case numbers from Los
Angeles County Public Health Department
undercount how many El Segundo residents
have caught the virus. Based on the sampling
of solid waste from homes and businesses, the
waste stream indicates that COVID is more
widespread than believed in the city. In many
cases, people who contract the virus exhibit no
symptoms and don’t know they are carrying
the virus without a test.
While the approval process for the guest-stay
program took five years to complete, the City
Council responded quickly on Tuesday to a
much newer campaign for fairer treatment of
people of color in El Segundo. Demonstrations
and marches in the city followed the death of
George Floyd in Minneapolis. They led to the
formation of an El Segundo for Black Lives
group and a second group of El Segundo current
and former high school students calling
for more diversity of faculty and the schools.
The Students for Change have identified bullying
of gay, lesbian and transgender students
as a problem in El Segundo schools - and they
want the school district to address and stop it.
In response to the demands for change
issued by the Black Lives and student
groups, the City Council agreed to create a
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Its
nine members will represent a cross-section of
the El Segundo population - not only Black
Lives Matter or the students advocating for
their LGBTQ peers, council members decided.
City Manager Scott Mitnick credited the
demands from the El Segundo for Black Lives
activists to create a diversity committee to vet
those demands and identify blind spots local
leaders may have about race, gender and sexual
identity issues.“A large part of the reason for
the Diversity committee recommendation is in
response to that request. Many of the issues
addressed will be dealt with by the diversity
committee once it’s up and running,” the city
manager said.
The city extended the deadline to apply for
the new committee through the end of July.
So far, at least 41 people have applied for a
seat on the new advisory panel. Starting in
early August, applicants will go through an
interview process. The city plans to hire a
diversity expert to guide the process. As with
all city commissions and panels, City Council
members will interview the candidates and fill
the nine open positions. Both the interview
and selection processes by law are open to
the public. The committee members could be
announced as early as September 2.
During Tuesday’s public-comment period,
several members of the local Black Lives
Matter group asked whether the city and
police department planned to respond to the
group’s list of demands for more transparency
and accountability on policing issues. Mitnick
and council members sought to reassure the
BLM members who spoke and emailed them
before the meeting that their concerns would
be vetted by the new panelists.
It could take up to six months for the committee
to make its first recommendations to
the City Council. Several BLM who spoke
Tuesday via a video link from the council
chambers questioned the timetable for bringing
their demands - including a review of police
department policies and use-of-force rules for
officers - to the council for consideration. Councilman
Lance Giroux responded that it takes
time to understand how the city government
and the police department operate. He sought
to tamp down expectations that the panelists
will be nine voices for Black Lives Matter.
The advisors to the City Council are likely
to include some activists and local students,
seniors, people of color, property owners and
employees who work for El Segundo companies.
Once assembled, the committee will be
asked to focus initially on four core issues:
• A review of the El Segundo Police Department;
• Diversity of city employees and the police
force;
• The demographics of the city;
• The local economy and workforce.
The creation of the diversity committee took
just seven weeks from concept to approval.
The city manager and members of the council
asked the BLM activists to be patient with
the process, and not give up hope that real
change for people of color can happen in El
Segundo. “These things take time, both short
term and long term,” Mitnick said, adding that
new initiatives rarely move as quickly as the
participants and citizens think they will.
To those residents who wrote the council opposing
a diversity committee saying the BLM
group is wrong to target the El Segundo Police
Department, Councilman Scot Nicol replied
that the city is evolving and the five-member
council is doing the right thing. “Having this
conversation is not a bad thing. I don’t think
that we are acquiescing at all. I think we are
being very responsible in our step forward for
our community,” he said.
Councilman Giroux expects the interview
process to be competitive, with many qualified
applicants. It could take two rounds of interviews
to find the right mix of voices and
experiences to become advisors to the council
starting 2021. According to Giroux, applicants
who demonstrate an understanding of the hotbutton
issues raised by BLM activists are what
the council is looking for.“Who’s done their
homework? Who understands the current policies
of the police department. This is not a ninemember
Black Lives Matter for El Segundo
commission, he said. Instead, the new DEI
committee (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) is
to get enough people in the room to find that
common ground where things get accomplished.”
Mayor Drew Boyles added that he was
encouraged the council agreed on setting up
the committee. The current council - including
Mayor Pro Tem Chris Pimentel and Councilwoman
Carol Pirsztuk - expressed a willingness
to make diversity a priority, and to ensure
all residents and students in the district feel
safe and welcome in town. The mayor called
the initiative that grew out of recent peaceful
demonstrations at Library Park and the City
Hall plaza “a matter that is of such importance
to our city.”
In other city business:
• El Segundo has hired a new public works
director. Elias Sassoon, who holds the same
position with the city of Rancho Palos Verdes,
will head public works for El Segundo beginning
in mid-August. He has more than 30 years of
public-service experience, including 25 years
with the city of Dallas. Sassoon replaces Ken
Berkman, who left the position earlier this year
to become head of public works for Burbank.
• The council extended a contract to provide
COVID-19 screening services for residents at
Park Vista.
• The El Segundo Fire Department will
donate a 1993 triple-pumper fire engine to the
El Camino Fire Academy.
• William “Bill” Field, who co-founded the
Old Town Music Hall on Richmond Street, died
on June 28 at his Los Angeles home. He was
80. Field and fellow musician and keyboardist
Bill Coffman in 1968 opened the theater,
which featured silent movies accompanied by
live music played on the Mighty Wurlitzer
Theater Pipe Organ. Field died of natural
causes, according to his obituary. He mentored
students and volunteers at the music hall and
remembered for his humor and generosity,
his family said.
• The City Council planned to meet on
Wednesday for an annual review of the city’s
strategic goals and to learn about the city’s
financial situation heading into the new fiscal
year, starting October 1. The economic slowdown
during the pandemic cut tax revenues
collected by cities, forcing many of California’s
88 cities to make budget cuts, freeze hiring
and consider layoffs. •