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on their vaccinations. For additional information
and to see these or our other kittens and cats,
please check our website www.kittenrescue.
org or email us at mail@kittenrescue.org. Your
tax-deductible donations for the rescue and care
of our cats and kittens can be made through
our website or by sending a check payable to
Kitten Rescue, 914 Westwood Blvd. #583, Los
Angeles, CA 90024.
On Saturdays, we have adoptions from noon
to 3:30 p.m. in Westchester at 8655 Lincoln
Blvd. just south of Manchester Ave. and also in
Mar Vista at 3860 Centinela Ave, just south of
Venice Boulevard. Our website lists additional
adoption sites and directions to each location.
Saving one animal won’t change the world, but
the world will surely change for that animal. •
Sammy
Every second of every minute of every day, a
helpless animal is put to death just because no
one was there to take them home. Give them
a second chance for love when you adopt one
of these precious kitties. You can also check
out their friends on our website – www.kittenrescue.
org
Louie is a great big, goofy, giant kitten.
Weighing in at just under 20 pounds, his size
is the first thing you’ll notice. But Louie has
no idea how big he is — he still feels and acts
like a tiny kitten. Like any other kitten, this
enormous guy only wants to run and play and
have a good time. He loves to play fetch with
his favorite toys. And he’s just as happy to play
with his person as he is with another cat or
kitten. Louie is also a lover. When playtime is
over, he will happily relax and watch TV with
the same intensity. Louie would love a home
with another cat or two to keep him company.
Do you have room in your heart and home for
this big tuxedo-clad boy?
Sammy is a young adult male lynx point
Siamese. A neighbor abandoned this handsome
boy in his foster mom’s front yard, probably
when they moved away. He is very long, lean
and tall like a jungle cat. No chubby fluff ball
here! Playful, sweet and talkative, Sammy gets
along great with other cats, but isn’t keen on
dogs. He would probably do best in an adult
household, as he is quite strong. As you can
see in his photo, Sammy loves to put his paw
on his foster mom’s hand. It’s his take on
hand-holding — definitely a lover and not a
fighter... This gorgeous guy is looking for the
wonderful forever home he so richly deserves.
Winchester can’t wait to grow into his
regal name. Right now, he is a cuddly little
guy who is looking to melt his way into your
heart. Winchester is a lover of belly rubs and
sun puddles. He is very close to his sister,
Corky, who looks like him except that she
has a unique third color of black on her right
side that looks like grease smudges. Corky
and Winchester are an awesome pair. Please
consider adopting them together. But if that
is not possible, please know that Winchester
needs to have another cat/kitten in his forever
home. Winchester lives at our Adoption Center
in Atwater Village with several of his closest
friends. Finding another friend for him should
be easy!
Corky is a unique girl, as rare as a unicorn.
At first glance, she looks like an ordinary
orange tabby. As you look more closely, she
has what looks like engine grease marks on
her fur – but they are her actual hair color. She
is a tri-color or tortie. Corky is the sweetest
little girl you would ever want to meet. She
has a way of looking at you that will make
you forget your troubles. Corky needs to be
adopted with another cat or kitten. If you
don’t already have one, we can recommend
her brother, Winchester. Together they are a
super orange duo.
Freddie is an outgoing medium-haired gray
and white teen with a gorgeous fluffy tail with
a white tip. He is very sociable with people,
cats and dogs and is looking for a safe and
loving home with another playful cat or a
dog. Freddie is currently being fostered with
another awesome teen named Nicky. If you
have room in your heart and home for two,
please consider adopting Freddie and Nicky
together!
Nicky is an adorable short-haired brown tabby
teen with gold eyes who is looking for a safe
and loving home to call his very own. He is
a sweet, active and playful kitty who would
love to find a home with another playful cat.
Nicky is a tad shy in new situations, but once
he warms up, he enjoys affection, cuddling
and sleeping in bed with his people. Nicky
and Freddie are great friends who would be
the perfect pair in your family.
These cats and kittens are available for adoption
through Kitten Rescue, one of the largest
cat rescue groups in Southern California. All
our kitties are spayed/neutered, microchipped,
tested for FeLV and FIV, dewormed and current
Purrrfect Companions
Winchester
Freddie and Friend
Corky
Nicky Louie
City Council from page 3
“It sounds like these guys are up there
smoking this stuff themselves,” Mayor Alex
Vargas joked, adding that, “I would like to
know how our representative – our assemblymember,
our state senator – where they
stand on this issue.”
Valentine theorized that the reason the state
was pushing cannabis sales on local jurisdictions
was because of a disappointing start to the economic
side of legalization. “They promised cities
that they were going to make millions and millions
of dollars if they allowed cannabis in the
cities and it didn’t work out that way because a lot
of times, the illegal distributors would outnumber
the ones that were legal,” she said. “The cities
and legal distributors were not making the
money they thought they were going to make
and the illegal distributors were making out
like fat rats. I think the state is trying to find a
way to force the cities to accept dispensaries in
their cities to help the cannabis manufacturers.”
The Council also stood united in opposition
to AB 1763, which is being referred to as the
Density Bonus Law. Assemblymember David
Chiu, who represents the 17th District that
encompasses the eastern half of San Francisco,
introduced the bill.
The bill requires a city or county to provide a
developer that proposes a housing development
with a density bonus or other incentives or
concessions for the production of lower-income
housing units. The bill additionally requires a
density bonus to be provided to a developer
who agrees to construct a housing development
in which 100 percent of the total units
are for lower-income households. Basically,
the higher the density, the more concessions
and favors the state will be willing to make
with the developer.
The local government erosion comes from
the bill not allowing cities to review or approve
a developer’s application. The bill also
plays rather loosely with the term “low-income
housing,” which ranges from senior citizen
housing developments to low-income student
housing as well as a minimum of five percent
of development for very low-income housing.
“They think they know what is best for
communities like ours,” Vargas said. “They live
in their nice cozy ranch-style homes or gated
communities where they’re never impacted by
the decisions they make.”
The bill also pays incentives on a scale
with 10 percent low-income units reaping
a 20 percent density bonus or 32.5 percent
bonus for 10 percent very low-income units.
“There are unscrupulous developers that
come into cities and they say they’re going to
help out the community and give low-income
housing and then they ask for concessions,”
Vargas continued. “Since they’re doing that,
the state looks at them and says they’re doing
such a great thing… so we’re going to let
them have less parking, smaller-sized units
and a couple of other things where they can
pack more units into one place.”
As much as cities fight back against the
erosion of local control, Valentine pointed out
that there are more than 200 housing-related
bills currently circulating in Sacramento.
Councilman Alex Monteiro added that as
much as cities continue to hold their ground,
some of those bills will pass and the governor
is going to sign them.
Monteiro adds that Governor Newsom has
come up with a proposal to build two million
new housing units in the state by 2023. In
March, Newsom announced a $1.75 billion
funding package with $750 million going to
support incentives to help jurisdictions plan
and zone for high-density housing.
“It can’t fall on us,” Vargas said, adding that
Hawthorne has done its fair share of meeting
low-income housing requirements. •
Baseball Attendance from page 3
insulated headgear under their ball caps.
Teams in the NL West other than San Francisco
are doing better than most, ESPN’s data
shows. The Colorado Rockies who play in a
high-altitude outdoor stadium, are down 1,331
fans per game through the first 20 home meetings,
while the Arizona Diamondbacks in their
desert ballpark with retractable roof have only
lost an average of 316 fans per game in 2019.
The Biggest Losers
Besides the Dodgers’ rival, the Giants, teams
with the biggest drop in attendance have been:
Toronto Blue Jays, 130.948 (5,952 per game);
the Kansas City Royals, 104,821 (4,193 per
game); and unexpectedly, the Houston Astros
who’ve lost 83,197 in paid attendance at home
despite being in first place and being one of the
baseball’s best teams this year. Another team
you wouldn’t expect to be going in reverse is
the Chicago Cubs, whose home crowds have
dipped by 12,000 over the first 22 games. Per
game, that is 549 empty seats.
League attendance at all 30 major league
ballparks declined last season by 4 percent,
which the league blamed on poor April weather
that forced 54 games to be cancelled. •