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  1. Did Operation Rescue inspire the killing of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller?
  2. Councilman Sal Tinajero walks the South Coast Neighborhood in Santa Ana
  3. Santa Ana activists to push for an Anti-Graffiti Ordinance on Monday
  4. Santa Ana water rates going up again on Monday
  5. Support your local Supreme Court Justice!
  6. The “Racist, Woman-Hating, Hispanic-Loathing Party”
  7. Nadya Suleman ($$$$Octomom$$$$) Reality Star!
  8. Being Dick Jones; The Sequel
  9. Temporary SAUSD Thread May 30 2009 - Please Post Here
  10. Hutchens fails again as OCSD Harbormaster is busted for DUI accident
  11. Dick Jones Pops His Cork; Witnesses Describe Wide Devastation
  12. State Senator Lou Correa sponsors a self defense workshop this Saturday
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Did Operation Rescue inspire the killing of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller?





Dr. George Tiller was gunned down in church today by a religious terrorist

Nothing says “I love Jesus” like murdering a doctor and church usher, in front of his family, in church.  That is what happened today to ” Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation’s few providers of late-term abortions despite decades of protests and attacks,” in Wichita, Kansas, according to the Sacramento Bee.

“The Associated Press says the man detained in the Kansas City area is 51-year-old Scott Roeder of Merriam, Kansas,” according to an online report.  I am sure he must be a Talibani Republican!

Some feel that Operation Rescue had a lot to do with this.

Here is what Operation Rescue published online before this tragic murder:

Pray in May to Stop Abortion, Wichita, KS, May 17-20, 2007

You are invited to join Operation Rescue on May 17-20 in Wichita, Kansas, the "Nation's Abortion Capital," to pray for an end to George R. Tiller's late-term abortion business and for all pre-born babies everywhere to once again come under the protection of law.

Tiller was charged with 30 criminal counts related to the commission of illegal late-term abortions only to have them dismissed by pro-abortion politicians on dubious jurisdictional grounds.

Click here to view our hot new video about abortionist Tiller!

May is a beautiful time in Kansas and a great time to let the nation know that we will not stop until this gross injustice is rectified.

This will be a 77-hour round the clock prayer vigil.

If you cannot come to Wichita, we ask that you commit this matter to prayer during May 17-20 wherever God has you.

Let's keep the pressure on George Tiller and the authorities until they are willing to bring him to justice!

Please click on the picture below to hear Bill O'Reilly discuss abortionist George Tiller. (3:17) Courtesy of kansasmeadowlark.com

Click here to read the rest of what Operation Rescue did to inflame Tiller’s murderer.

Sure enough, Roeder posted a message on Operation Rescue’s website:

1. Scott Roeder Says:
May 19th, 2007 at 4:34 pm

Bleass everyone for attending and praying in May to bring justice to Tiller and the closing of his death camp.
Sometime soon, would it be feasible to organize as many people as possible to attend Tillers church (inside, not just outside) to have much more of a presence and possibly ask questions of the Pastor, Deacons, Elders and members while there? Doesn't seem like it would hurt anything but bring more attention to Tiller.

I am sure that Operation Rescue will deny any involvement in this murder, but check out what the Huffington Post had to say about this:

The escalation of anti-abortion rhetoric plays a direct role in instigating violence. When anti-abortion groups ratchet up the rhetoric, they know exactly what they’re doing and the results it will have. Even if they maintain deniability, as Operation Rescue recently did saying, in effect, we wanted Tiller gone, but didn’t want him murdered, they have inflamed the rhetoric. And suddenly people Like Dr. Tiller’s murderer become inspired. On this issue, history is instructive.



Councilman Sal Tinajero walks the South Coast Neighborhood in Santa Ana

The City of Santa Ana took over the Neighborhood Associations in town years ago - turning them into controlled sessions run by city staffers.  Today I saw what could be accomplished in neighborhoods when residents take back control of their areas.





Santa Ana Councilman Sal Tinajero invited me to attend a “Walk and Talk” meeting in the South Coast Neighborhood, and we met at 8 a.m. at the corner of Flower and Alton.  There were no city staffers - just Councilmember Tinajero.

One of the neighborhood leaders brought a box of donuts and brewed coffee for everyone.  And then we got to work.

The first order of business was to walk over to MacArthur Intermediate, which was due east on the south side of Alton, past Flower.  The major problem that the residents have is that the school is doing a poor job or controlling parents who drop off or pick up their kids.

The MacArthur lot is empty on Sunday, but complete chaos during the week

MacArthur is a fundamental school, that is located at 600 W. Alton, in Santa Ana.  The Principal is a guy named Martin Smulowitz. You may email him by clicking here.  He is, for whatever reason, not enforcing the contracts that parents at his school sigh, wherein they promise to follow traffic rules and drop off and pick up their kids on time.

A preschool across from MacArthur adds to the traffic mess during the week

What all this means is that the morning drop off time is chaos.  Too many parents opt to do whatever they want to, often dropping off their kids on the wrong side of the street, which results in kids jaywalking across a busy street.

This is where the cars pile up during drop off and pick off at MacArthur

In the afternoon the parents take forever to pick up their kids.  And Smulowitz isn’t keeping an eye on them.  So the kids tear through the neighborhood.  One neighbor told me that he found kids hanging from the tree in his front yard.  When he tried to take a picture of them, as they were hanging upside down by their legs, a parent accosted him.

Another neighbor planted expensive sod in the strip of lawn by his sidewalk, and it is now dead. See the picture above for graphic confirmation of this.

The irony is that SAUSD Superintendent Jane Russo used to work at MacArthur - and these problems existed back then too.  Now she is the boss at the SAUSD and the problems continue.

Street vendors apparently add to the mess by coming to the area in the afternoon to ply their wares to the local kids.  The trash created by this supposedly is dumped on the neighbor’s lawns.

As we returned to our starting point, the residents showed Tinajero a street sign that does not light up properly, and he took note of that too.

Then we walked over to a bike path on the north side of the neighborhood, that borders a railroad track.

The path has a chain link fence next to it, and behind that fence we found grafitti and trash galore.  You can see in the picture above that gangs are using improvised means to hurdle the block wall that separates the right of way area from the chain link fence and the bike path.

Graffiti also has marred the buildings across from the train tracks, which I believe are part of Saddleback High School.

It was all over in an hour, but Tinajero was able to reassure the residents that action would be taken on their issues, and they felt better for having talked it over with their Councilman.

Tinajero told me he would return in a few weeks with an update for the residents.  It is nice to see at least one of our Council Members actually doing something to improve things in his Ward.



Santa Ana activists to push for an Anti-Graffiti Ordinance on Monday





Graffiti in Santa Ana’s “South Coast” Neighborhood

You would think that the activist types in Santa Ana would be up in arms over the impending water rate increase that will be forced on us at Monday night’s Santa Ana City Council meeting, but in reality they are using this opportunity to launch an Anti-Graffiti ordinance, during public comments no less.

Some of those involved in this anti-graffiti effort include blogger and OC GOP Central Committee member Thomas Gordon; Julie Stroud, who is involved in the informal association we often refer to as Santa Ana’s “Usual Suspects”; and former City Council candidate Tish Leon.

Gordon in particular has a major interest in this issue.  He also has served on an Anti-Graffiti Task Force in Denver, CO, where he maintains a second home.

I agree that graffiti is awful - but our city is broke and our police department is understaffed.  Where is the money going to come from to pay for this?  And will the city really enforce this ordinance if they do pass it?

Below is a draft of the copy they have come up with for their proposed Anti-Graffiti ordinance.  Be forewarned - it is very long.

Section 1: Findings and Purpose.

The purpose of this Ordinance is to prevent the spread of graffiti vandalism, protect public safety, and establish a program for the expeditious removal of graffiti from structures on public and private property. The Council is authorized to enact this Ordinance pursuant to its police powers, as specified in Section _____ of the City Charter and _______ that authorize the City, under certain circumstances, to provide for the prevention and removal of graffiti from private and public property.

The Council finds and determines that graffiti is obnoxious and results in blight and the deterioration of property values and of the comfortable enjoyment of life and property for city residents and business owners, all to the detriment of the City. The City Council further finds and determines that graffiti is a public nuisance that must be abated to avoid its detrimental impact on the City and to prevent the further spread of graffiti. The Council further finds and determines that graffiti is often used by criminal street gangs in attempts to mark or claim territory and, as a result, graffiti promotes conflict between different gangs and their members that leads to violence, thereby creating an immediate danger to public health and safety
Unless the city acts to remove graffiti from public and private property, the graffiti tends to remain. Other properties then become the target of graffiti, and entire neighborhoods are affected and become less desirable places in which to be, all to the detriment of the City.

The City Council intends, through the adoption of this Ordinance, to provide additional
enforcement tools to protect public and private property from acts of graffiti vandalism
and defacement. The Council does not intend for this Ordinance to conflict with any
existing anti-graffiti state laws.

Section 2: Definitions.

As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings as set forth below:
a.“Adhesive stickers” means any sheet of paper, fabric, plastic or other material with an adhesive, paste, or gummed backing, which when applied or affixed to any surface either creates a permanent contact or is not easily removable without the use of solvents.
b.“Aerosol paint container” means any aerosol container, regardless of the material from which it is made, that is adapted or made for the purpose of spraying paint or other substances capable of defacing property.
c.“Etching tool” means any sharp or pointed instrument, that is capable of etching or marking glass, plastic, wood, metal, or concrete surfaces, including, but not limited to, picks, scribes, awls, chisels, markers, and etchers, or any masonry or glass drill bit, carbide drill bit, glass cutter, grinding stone, etching cream or acid etching solution.
d.“Expense of Abatement,” “Abatement Expenses,” “Costs of the Abatement,” and/or “Abatement and related administrative costs” include, but are not limited to, court costs, attorneys fees, costs of removal of the graffiti or other inscribed material, costs of repair or replacement of defaced property, and the law enforcement costs incurred by the City and/or any other public agency as authorized pursuant to Government Code Section 38772(d)(1).
e.“Felt tip marker” means any broad-tipped marker pen with a tip exceeding three-eighths of one inch or any other similar implement containing an ink that is not water soluble.
f.“Graffiti” means any unauthorized inscription, word, figure, mark, adhesive sticker or design that is written, marked, etched, scratched, drawn, painted, labeled, pasted, applied or affixed, on any surface of public or private real or personal property, including, but not limited to, buildings, walls, windows, signs, structures, places or other surfaces regardless of the nature of the material of which the surface is composed.
g.“Graffiti implement” means any implement capable of marking, scarring, damaging, or defacing any surface to create graffiti, including, but not limited to, aerosol paint containers, felt tip markers, etching tools, paint sticks or graffiti sticks, adhesive stickers, spray actuators, marking pens, drill bits, grinding stones or any other similar implement.
h.“Graffiti violations” of law are those violations referred to in Government Code Section 38772(d)(3) and any violation of this Chapter.
i.“Paint stick or graffiti stick” means any device containing a solid form of paint, chalk, wax, epoxy, or other similar substance capable of being applied to a surface by pressure and that, upon application, leaves a visible mark on the surface at least three-eighths of an inch in width or is not water soluble.
j.“Spray actuator” (also known as a spray tip, nozzle, or button) means an object or device that is capable of being attached to an aerosol or other paint container for the purpose of spraying the substance contained therein.

Section 3: Prohibited Acts.

A. Defacement. It shall be unlawful for any person to apply graffiti to any natural
or manmade surface on any public or private-owned property or, without
permission of the owner or occupant.
B. Directing, Aiding and Abetting It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or command another person to apply graffiti, or for any person to aid or abet or agree to aid or abet another person to plan to apply or apply graffiti.

C. Possession of Graffiti Implements.
1.By Minors at or Near School Facilities. It shall be unlawful for any person
under the age of eighteen (18) years to possess any graffiti implement
while on school property, grounds, facilities, buildings, structures,
or in areas immediately adjacent to those specific locations upon public
property, or upon private property without written consent of
the owner or occupant of such private property. The provisions of this
Section shall not apply to the possession of broad-tipped markers by a
minor attending or traveling to or from a school at which the minor is
enrolled if the minor is participating is a class at the school that formally
requires the possession of broad-tipped markers.

1a. The burden of proof in any prosecution for violation of the Section shall be upon the minor student to establish the need to possess a broad-tipped marker.

2.In Designated Public Places. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess
any graffiti implement, with the intent to use or apply graffiti, while in or
upon any public facility, park, playground, swimming pool, recreational
facility, or other public building or structure owned or operated by the City
or while in or within fifty (50) feet of an underpass, bridge abutment, storm
channel, or similar types of infrastructure unless otherwise authorized by the City.

Section 4: Access to Graffiti Implements.

A. Furnishing to Minors Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than
a parent or legal guardian, to sell, exchange, give, loan, or otherwise furnish, or
cause or permit to be exchanged, given, loaned, or otherwise furnished, any
aerosol paint container, broad-tipped marker, gum/paste/self-adhesive label or sticker, etching cream, spray actuator, or paint stick to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years without the written consent of the parents or guardian of the minor.

B.Display and Storage.
1. Every person who owns, conducts, operates, or manages a retail commercial
establishment selling aerosol paint containers, paint sticks, glass etching solution, or broad-tipped markers shall store these item in an area continuously observable, through direct visual observation or surveillance equipment, by employees of the retail establishment during the regular course of business.
2. In the event that a commercial retail establishment is unable to store the
aerosol paint containers, paint sticks, glass etching solution, or broad-tipped markers in an area as provided above, the establishment shall store the containers, sticks, and markers in an area not accessible to the public without employee assistance.

C.Signage Required. Every retail commercial establishment selling graffiti implements shall:
1.Place a sign in clear public view at or near the display of such products stating: "Graffiti is against the law. Any person who defaces real or personal property with paint or any other liquid or device is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment of up to ____ days and/or a fine up to $____".
2.Place a sign in the direct view of such persons responsible for accepting customer payment for graffiti implements stating: "Selling spray paint, paint sticks, or broad-tipped markers to persons less than eighteen (18) years of age is against the law and punishable by a fine of $____".
Section 5: Penalties.
A. Fines and Imprisonment. Any person violating this Ordinance shall be punished by a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for the first offense; five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the second offense; and one thousand ($1,000.00) for each subsequent offense, or by imprisonment in the City jail for a term not to exceed sixty (60) days, or both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.
1.In the case of a minor, the parents or legal guardian shall liable with the minor for payment of all fines.
2.Failure of the parents or legal guardian to make payment will result in the filing of a lien on the parents' or legal guardian's property that includes the fine and administrative costs.
3.Upon and application and finding of indigence, the court may decline to order fines against the minor, parents or guardian.
B.Restitution. In addition to any punishment specified in the court shall order any violator to make restitution to the victim for damages or loss caused directly or indirectly by the violator's offense in the amount or manner determined by the court. In the case of a minor, the parents or legal guardian shall be ordered with the minor to make restitution.
C.Forfeiture of Personal Property. All personal property, including, but not limited to, automobiles, motorcycles, scooters, bicycles or skateboards, used or intended to be used in violating this Ordinance shall be forfeitable to the City. In forfeiting such personal property, the City shall follow procedures outlined in ________ of the City Code concerning forfeitures of personal property. In any forfeiture proceeding initiated under this Section, the court shall not order forfeiture unless it finds that the forfeiture is commensurate with the severity of the violation to the extent required by the United States Constitution.
D.Community Service. In lieu of, as part of, or in addition to the penalties specified in this section, a minor or adult shall be required to perform community service as described by the court based on the following minimum requirements:
1.The minor or adult shall perform not less than forty (40) hours of community service for the first offense, not less than eighty (80) for the second, and not less than one hundred twenty (120) for a third or subsequent offense.
2.At least one parent or guardian of the minor shall be in attendance a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the assigned community service.
3.The period of community service shall be performed under the supervision of a community service provider approved by the City Chief of Police.
4.Reasonable effort shall be made to assign the minor or adult to a type of community service that is reasonably expected to have the most rehabilitative effect on the minor or adult, including community service that involves graffiti removal.
5.Any minor determined to be a ward of the court under California State Law, Section _______ as a result of committing an offense in the City shall be require, at the City's option, to perform community service, including graffiti removal service of not less than forty (40) hours nor more than eighty (80) hours.
Section 6: Rewards for Information.
A.Pursuant to _____ of the City Code, the City may by resolution offer a reward for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of any person who places graffiti on any public or private property. In the event of damage to public or private property, the offender or the parents or legal guardian of any unemancipated minor must reimburse the City for any reward paid. In the event of multiple contributors of information, the reward amount shall be divided by the City in a manner it shall deem appropriate. Rewards shall be paid within sixty (60) days from conviction. For the purposes of this section, diversion of the offending violator to a community service program, or a plea bargain to a lesser offense, shall constitute a conviction.
B.Claims for rewards under this section shall be filed with the City in a manner specified by City Council.
C.No claim for a reward shall be allowed unless the City investigates and verifies the accuracy of the claim and determines that the requirements of this section have been satisfied.

Section 7: Removal of Graffiti

A.Removal by the Perpetrator. Any person applying graffiti on public or private property shall have the duty to remove the graffiti within twenty-four (24) hours after notice by the City or private owner of the property involved. Such removal shall be done in a manner prescribed by the City Chief of Police, the Director of the Department of Public Works, or any additional City department head, as authorized by the City Council. Any person applying graffiti shall be responsible for the removal or for the payment of the removal. Failure of any person to remove graffiti or pay for the removal shall constitute an additional violation of this Ordinance. Where graffiti is applied by an unemancipated minor, the parents or legal guardian shall also be responsible for such removal or the payment for the removal.
B. Removal by City. Whenever the City becomes aware of or is notified and determines that graffiti is located on publicly or privately owned property so as to be capable of being viewed by a person utilizing any public right-of-way or from other City property in the City viewable from a public or quasi-public place, the City shall be authorized to use public funds for the removal of the graffiti, or for the painting or repairing, water blasting, or use of graffiti removal sprays, but shall not authorize or undertake to provide for the painting or repair, water blasting, or use of graffiti removal sprays, of any more extensive an area than that where the graffiti is located, unless the City Manager, or the designee of the City Manager, determines in writing that a more extensive area is required to be repainted, repaired, water blasting, or use of graffiti removal sprays in order to avoid an aesthetic disfigurement to the neighborhood or community, or unless the property owner or responsible party agrees to pay for the costs of repainting or repairing, water blasting, or use of graffiti removal sprays the more extensive area.
1. Right of Entry on Private Property. Prior to entering upon private property or property owned by a public entity other than the City for the purpose of graffiti removal, the City shall attempt to secure the consent of the property owner or responsible party and a release of the City from liability for property damage or personal injury. If the property owner or responsible party fails to remove the offending graffiti within the time specified by this Ordinance, or if the City has requested consent to remove or paint over the offending graffiti and the property owner or responsible party has refused consent for entry on terms acceptable to the City and consistent with the terms of this Section, the City shall commence abatement and cost recovery proceedings for the graffiti removal according to the provisions specified below.
C.Property Owner Responsibility. Any person who is the owner or who has primary responsibility for control of private property or for repair or maintenance of private property in the City has a duty to remove graffiti from said property within five (5) days after its appearance.
1. Failure to Remove. If the property owner has not removed the graffiti within five (5) days after its appearance and has refused consent to the City to enter the property and abate the nuisance, the City may, pursuant to this Section, remove graffiti at the owner's an expense as a public nuisance pursuant to the notice requirement of this Section.
2. Exceptions to the Removal Requirement. The removal requirements identified in this section shall not apply if the property owner or responsible party can demonstrate that:
a.The property owner or responsible party lacks the financial ability to remove the graffiti; or
b.The property owner or responsible party has an active program for the removal of graffiti and has scheduled the removal of the graffiti as part of that program, in which case it shall be unlawful to permit such property to remain defaced with graffiti for a period of five (5) days after service by first class mail of notice of the defacement.
3. Notice of Abatement. The City Manager or his/her designated representative shall cause written notice to be served upon the owner of the affected premises, as such owner's name and address appears on the last equalized assessment roll or the supplemental roll, whichever is more current, by depositing the notice in the United States Postal Service enclosed in a sealed envelope with first-class postage thereon fully prepaid. The mailed notice shall be certified and addressed to the owner as stated above, and if there is no known address, then in care of the property address. The city shall also provide notice of such hearing to the person causing the graffiti and if such person be a minor, then also to his or her parent or guardian in the manner provided in Government Code Sections 38773.1, 38773.2 and 38773.5. Service shall be complete at the time of deposit in the United States Postal Service. The owner shall have five (5) days after the date of service of the notice to remove the graffiti or be subject to City removal of the graffiti and assessment of the costs of such removal as a lien on the subject property. The notice shall contain the following information:
"NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that you are required at your expense to remove or paint over the graffiti located on the property commonly known as (the street address and legal description of the property sufficient for identification of the property), Santa Ana, California, which is visible to public view within five (5) days after the date of this notice. The graffiti is visible to public view and therefore constitutes a public nuisance. If you fail to comply with this order City employees or private City contractors will enter upon your property and abate the public nuisance by the removal or painting over of the graffiti. The costs of the abatement by the City employees or its private contractors, if not paid, will be assessed upon your property and such costs will constitute a lien upon the land until paid.
All persons having any objections to or interest in said matters are hereby notified to submit any objections to the City Manager or his/her designated representative within five (5) days from the date of this notice."
(An information sheet identifying any graffiti removal assistance programs available through the City and private graffiti removal contractors may be included.)
E.Due Process Hearing. If any objections are submitted to the City Manager within five (5) days after the date appearing on the notice of intent to remove graffiti, the City Manager, or his/her designated Hearing Officer, shall hold a hearing on the objections. If the City Manager or Hearing Officer overrules the objections, the Hearing Officer shall give written notice (”eradication order”) that the owner shall remove the graffiti within five (5) days after the date of the order and if the graffiti is not removed, the City shall enter upon the property, cause the removal, painting over (in such color as shall meet with the approval of the Hearing Officer), or such other eradication thereof as the Hearing Officer determines appropriate, and shall provide the owner and the responsible party thereafter with an accounting of the costs of the eradication effort on a full cost recovery basis. The determination of the Hearing Officer after the “due process” hearing shall be final and not appealable.

E.Cost Recovery Proceedings
1.Cost Hearing. The Owner or responsible party may request a cost hearing before the Hearing Officer on the eradication accounting, and appropriate due process must be extended to the Owner or responsible party. If following the requested cost hearing or, if no hearing is requested, after the implementation of the eradication order, the Hearing Officer determines that all or a portion of the costs are appropriately chargeable to the eradication effort, the total amount set forth in the eradication accounting, or an amount thereof determined as appropriate by the Hearing Officer, shall be due and payable by the Owner or responsible party within thirty (30) days
2.Lien. As to such property where the responsible party is the property owner, if all or any portion of the assessed eradication charges remain unpaid after thirty (30) days, pursuant to the authority created by California State Law, Section____, the portion thereof that remains unpaid shall constitute a lien on the property that was the subject of the eradication effort. The Director of Public Works shall present a Resolution of Lien to the City Council, and upon passage and adoption thereof, shall cause a certified copy of the Lien to be recorded in the Orange County Recorder's Office.

Section 8: Ease of Removal and Prevention.
A.Common Utility Colors and Paint-Type. Any gas, electric, telephone, water, sewer, cable, telephone and other utility operating in the City shall paint its above-surface metal fixtures with a uniform paint type and color that meets with the approval of the City Manager, or the designee of the City Manager.
B.Condition Encroachment Permits. All encroachment permits issued by the City shall, among such other things, be conditioned:
1.The permittee's application of an anti-graffiti material to the encroaching object of a type and nature that is acceptable to the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee;
2.The permittee's immediate removal of any graffiti;
3.The City's right to remove graffiti or to paint the encroaching object; or
4.The permittee's providing the City with sufficient matching paint and/or anti-graffiti material on demand for use in the painting of the encroaching object containing graffiti.
C.Condition Tentative Maps. In approving tentative or parcel maps, conditional use permits, variances, or other similar land use entitlements, the City shall consider imposing any or all of the following conditions, or other similar or related conditions, at the public hearing required by law for approval of the tentative or parcel map, conditional use permit, variance or other similar land use entitlement:
1.Use of Anti-Graffiti Material. Developer shall apply an anti-graffiti material of a type and nature that is acceptable to the City Manager, or the designee of the City Manager, to the publicly viewable surfaces on the improvements to be constructed at the site deemed by the City Manager, or designee, to be likely to attract graffiti.
2.Right of Access to Remove Graffiti. Developer shall grant, prior to resale of any of the parcels that are within the territory of the map, the right of entry over and access to such parcels, upon forty-eight (48) hours posting of notice by authorized City employees or agents, to the City for the purpose of removing or painting over graffiti;
3.Supply City with Graffiti-Removal Material. Developer shall, for a period of two (2) years after the resale of the final lot, provide the City with sufficient matching paint and/or anti-graffiti material on demand for use in the painting over or removal of graffiti; or
4.Owner to Immediately Remove Graffiti. Developer shall, either as part of the general conditions, covenants and restrictions, or separate covenants recorded against individual lots, prior to resale of any of the parcels, covenant in a form satisfactory to the City that the owner of the lots shall immediately remove any graffiti placed thereon.
D.Design of Potential Graffiti-Attracting Surfaces. Any applicant for design review approval, conditional use permit, special use permit, unclassified use permit, development agreement, or other form of development or building permit shall, to the extend deemed feasible by the City Manager, or the designee of the City Manager, have designed any building structures visible from any public or quasi-public place is such a manner to consider prevention of graffiti, including, but not limited to the following:
1.Use of a protective coating to provide for the prevention of or the effective and expeditious removal of graffiti
2.Use of additional lighting as a means of deterrence
3.Use of non-solid fencing
4.Use of landscaping designed to cover large expansive walls such as ivy or similar clinging vegetation;
5.Use of architectural design to break up long, continuous walls or solid areas; or
6.Use of a water projection system activated by a motion sensor.
E.Retro-Fit Existing Graffiti-Attracting Surfaces; Non-Residential Structures. The following provisions may be incorporated in a graffiti eradication order during an abatement hearing, at the discretion of the Hearing Officer.
1.At Owner's Expense. Any surface of a structure on a parcel of land used for non-residential purposes that has been defaced with graffiti more than five (5) times in a twelve (12) month period shall be declared a public nuisance and required to be retrofitted, at the cost of the property owner, with features or qualities as may be established by the City as necessary to reduce the attractiveness of the surface for graffiti, or as necessary to permit more convenient or efficient removal of graffiti. In exercising the authority hereunder, the City may not impose a cost on the property owner of greater than $_____.
2.At City's Cost. The owner of property used for non-residential purposes on which is located a surface of a structure that has been defaced with graffiti more than five (5) times in a twelve (12) month period shall permit the City to enter the property and, at the City's cost, make modifications as necessary to reduce the attractiveness of the surface for graffiti, or as necessary to permit more convenient or efficient removal of graffiti.

Section 9: Trust Fund.

The City Council hereby creates the City of ¬¬¬¬_____________ Anti-Graffiti Trust Fund. Penalties assessed against violators of this Ordinance shall be placed in the fund, along with any monetary donations received from individuals or from the business community wishing to contribute to the fund. The Council shall direct the expenditures of monies in the fund. Such expenditures shall be restricted to the payment of the cost of graffiti removal, the payment, at the discretion of the City Manager, of rewards for information leading to the conviction of violation of the Ordinance, the costs of administering the Ordinance,; and such other public purposes as may be approved by the Council by resolution.
Minor and Parental Financial Responsibility for Graffiti Violations of Law.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 38772, the City Council makes the expense of summary abatement of graffiti violations of law committed by minor: (1) a personal obligation of both the minor causing the graffiti nuisance and the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) having custody and control of the minor; and (2) a lien against the property of the minor or a lien against the property of the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) having custody and control of the minor.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 38772, the County Probation Officer shall report the names and addresses of parent(s) or legal guardian(s) having custody and control of the minor responsible for a violation of this Chapter to the City Clerk.
Lien Assessment Procedure.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 38772, 38773, 38773.1, 38773.2, 38773.5, 38773.6 and/or 38773.7, the City shall be legally entitled to recover and collect abatement and related administrative costs incurred in the summary abatement of graffiti nuisances from the property owner maintaining the nuisance, as determined by the latest equalized assessment roll or supplemental roll, whichever is more current, and/or the minor or other person creating, causing, or committing the nuisance. The parent(s) or legal guardian(s) having custody and control of the minor shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor. (Hereinafter, the property owner maintaining the nuisance, as determined by the latest equalized assessment roll or supplemental roll, whichever is more current, and/or the minor or other person creating, causing, or committing the nuisance. The parent(s) or legal guardian(s) having custody and control of the minor shall be jointly referred to as the "Responsible party")
Notice of Proposed Lien Assessment.
Should the City Manager or his/her designee be required to abate any graffiti as set forth in this Chapter, he/she shall thereafter prepare a statement of all abatement and related administrative cost to determine the actual cost of abatement. The statement of abatement and administrative cost shall be sent to the Responsible Party via United States Postal Service, certified mail, postage thereon fully prepaid. Unless appealed as set forth below, the Responsible Party shall pay to the City the full costs of abatement within thirty (30) days from the mailing of said notice.
Lien.

(a) If all or any portion of the assessed eradication charges remain unpaid after thirty (30) days, pursuant to the authority created by law, such portion thereof as shall remain unpaid shall constitute and is hereby declared to constitute a lien on the property which was the subject matter of the eradication effort. The community services director shall present a resolution of lien to the city council, and upon passage and adoption thereof, shall cause a certified copy thereof to be recorded with the Orange County Recorder’s office and with the Orange County Auditor/Controller. The amount of such charges shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes. If delinquent, the amount of such charges shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure for foreclosure and sale, as are provided for ordinary municipal taxes.
(b) If all or any portion of the assessed eradication charges remain unpaid after thirty (30) days, pursuant to the authority of Government Code Sections 38772, 38773, 38773.2 and 38773.6, such portion thereof as shall remain unpaid may be made:
(i) A personal obligation of the person causing the graffiti, and if such person be a minor, then also of his or her parent or guardian;
(ii) A lien against the property of the person causing the graffiti, and if such person be a minor, then also against the property of his or her parent or guardian;
(iii) A special assessment against a parcel of land owned by the person causing the graffiti, and if such person be a minor, then also against his or her parent or guardian.

Severability is intended throughout and within the provisions of the Ordinance. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of the Ordinance is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, then that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.



Santa Ana water rates going up again on Monday

Why does Irvine have a well on Santa Ana property - and why do their residents pay less for water than Santa Ana residents?

Here we go again.  The Santa Ana City Council is raising our water rates yet again this Monday night at their Council meeting, after they hold a public hearing.

I doubt they will tell us why the City of Santa Ana spends a third of its water budget on administration.  That is far more than what most other O.C. water districts spend on salaries.  Nor will they tell us why they sold a well on Santa Ana property to the Irvine Ranch Water District.  Or why folks in Irvine pay less for their water than we do!

Click here to read the Council agenda.

Needless to say, it would be a good idea to contact your Council member and Mayor Miguel Pulido.  Click here for their contact information.  Be sure to ask Pulido if he is still the biggest water waster in Orange County, as was reported in the O.C. Register.  Click here to send an email to Pulido.

O.C. Water Rates comparison (see graphic above)



Support your local Supreme Court Justice!

Miguel Estrada….was soundly hammered during the Bush Administration and never made the cut to the Supreme Court.  Estrada used the Ruth Bader Ginsberg strategy and refused to say what he might do as a Supreme Court Judge.  By withholding his conservative attitudes and not being that forthcoming he insured that he was not going to be the first Hispanic member of the August body!  Robert Bork was a white conservative!

Now comes the nomination on Sonia Sotomayor.  A girl straight out of “West Side Story”.  Puerto Rican and talking like Rita Moreno.  Her story of great sacrifice by her mom brings tears to your eyes.  Taking a strain from “Only in America”……”land of opportunity”….could this screenplay have been written all with the perfect set up….to make the Republicans all look like the “Big Blue Meanines” again? 

So, what are the questions that the American people might want to ask the nominee?  No, not the partisan hacks!  No, not the backdoor Republican fund raising money men!  The American people………

(1) How do you stand Judge Sotomayor on the 2nd Amendment?  Well, according to just one decision on her part Maloney v. Cuomo - this decision accorded the States to dictate their own regulations in spite of the fact that she also upheld the Federal Right of the people to keep and bear arms and that no Federal Law might “infringe” on that right.

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=48718

(2) How do you stand Judge Sotomayor on Gay Marriage?  Well, Judge Sonia has no “track record” on that issue.  Which way will she go?  Should she state her opinion during the Nomination process?  Should she just dummy up?  This we will have to see.

(3) How do you stand Judge Sotomayor on ”Abortion”?  We suggest the following from the Atlantic:

May 26 2009, 12:33 pm

Sotomayor & Abortion

David Brody of Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) News breaks down Sonia Sotomayor’s most notable abortion-related decision, in which she ruled in favor of the “Mexico City Policy,” finding that the U.S. government is free to ban aid to foreign groups that support or perform abortions. (As The Hill notes, this decision won her praise from at least one Republican.) Brody’s prediction: that since Sotomayor has never ruled directly on the legality of abortion, she will be pressed even harder on the issue during her confirmation process.

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(4) How do you stand Judge Sotomayor on the First Amendment?  Will you defend the Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom to Petition the Government and Freedom of Religion?  This is the key issue which all those that vote for Judge Sotomayor must be fully agree and completely feel comfortable - with the nominee.  These issues must have fully unambiguous answers and that outcome certainly will determine whether Judge Sonia Sotomayor will become our next Supreme Court Judge or not!

Did we miss something you think is more important?  Don’t hesitate to bring it to our attention.  Are we concerned that Judge Sonia Sotomayor is certain that “a Wise old Hispanic woman is probably smarter than an average white teenager!”  We suppose only Rush Limbaugh should answer that question!



The “Racist, Woman-Hating, Hispanic-Loathing Party”

Progressive Politics writer, Karen Harper, published an excellent piece, Rush Limbaugh attacks on Sonia Sotomayor may prove toxic to the GOP, in the Examiner this morning. The GOP party of “No” continues to self-implode by alienating women and Hispanics with hysterical language and ridiculous accusations.  WTG, GOP!                                 Exerpt:

The vilest hysterical attacks on Sotomayor have come, not from elected representatives in the Republican party, but from those who have volunteered to shoulder the mantle of ‘town crier’ for the GOP.  Loudest and most hysterical is Rush Limbaugh who ignores and skews facts to rant and rave hysterically to his listeners, calling Sotomayor a racist and all but blubbering about the oppression of white people.

“How do you get promoted in a Barack Obama administration? By hating white people or even saying you do, or that they’re not good or put ‘em down, whatever…make white people the new oppressed minority and they’re going right along with it because they’re shutting up. They’re moving to the back of the bus and I can’t use that drinking fountain, okay. I can’t use that restroom, okay.”

Limbaugh appears to be hoping to stoke the fires of racial discord among his listeners who call themselves ditto-heads, listeners who seemingly prefer to allow Limbaugh to do their thinking for them. Nobody in the Obama administration has declared that they hate white people. The majority of the Obama administration is in fact made up of white people. Sonia Sotomayor has never said she hates white people. But Limbaugh’s hysterical comments would have his listeners believing that everyone in the Obama administration hates white people and that they (his listeners) are now “oppressed.”


Karl Rove implied earlier in the week that Sotomayor isn’t intelligent enough to be a Supreme Court Judge. He also said her colleagues don’t like her. Later in the week, Rove apparently remembered that women and Hispanics vote and tempered his earlier remarks saying,

“I think Republicans need to take her on in the appropriate fashion which is about judicial philosophy, her record on the court, her writings and her statements. They need to do so with respect.”

But it’s too late, the damage is done.

RNC chairman Michael Steele was criticizing Sotomayor before Obama announced his nomination of her. On May 8, Steele called Sotomayor “abrasive” and said the Supreme Court is “not a place for abrasive personalities.” This week, Steele is revising his critique of Sotomayor and advising Republicans to “step back from this.” Once again, it’s too late, the damage is done.

TV personality Glenn Beck called Sotomayor an “Hispanic chick lady.”

It would be easy to dismiss Limbaugh, Beck and other radio and TV showmen as simple entertainers with a penchant for generating ratings which translates into advertising dollars were it not for the unfortunate fact that Limbaugh has taken on the role as “titular head” of the Republican party and elected Republicans have let him by cowing before his mammoth wrath. Every elected Republican who has dared speak a word construed as critical of the P.T. Barnum-like showman has subsequently acquiesced to Limbaugh’s reactionary rage by apologizing with cringe-worthiness.

Limbaugh, Beck and Rove aren’t the only non-elected Republicans who have exhibited symptoms of hysteria. Tom Tancredo has equated the HIspanic non-profit organization, La Raza, an organization similar to the NAACP, with the KKK and forged a tenuous guilt-by-association link to Sotomayor.

G Gordon Liddy, convicted felon, stooped to an all time low by calling the Spanish language the language of illegal aliens and then intimating that Sotomayor and consequently all women, are incapable of rationale by sheer virtue of their ability to give birth, surmising that Sotomayor would be influenced by “menstruation.”

Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich called Sotomayor a racist and said she should withdraw herself from the running for Supreme Court judge. Resignation seems to be a favorite theme with the disgraced former Speaker. He admonished Nancy Pelosi to resign as current Speaker for saying the CIA lied to Congress. Gingrich himself resigned the Speakership in 1998 because while being one of the leading voices calling for the impeachment of President Bill Clinton for his affair with Monica Lewinsky, he was having an affair with his young secretary. The discredited Gingrich has lately been back in the political arena spreading his opinion whenever given the chance. What his motivation is is unclear but what is obvious is that he is contributing to the toxic meme that is poisoning the GOP.

If it is the GOP’s strategy to alienate and exclude women and Hispanics from the Republican party, then one could say that the aforementioned men have been successful.

The hysteria with which these men have reacted to the nomination of a Latina woman to the Supreme Court of the United States is toxic to the health of the Republican party. During the first three months of the Obama administration, the GOP has been perceived by Americans as the ‘Party of No.’

Thanks largely to former vice-president Dick Cheney and his pal Rush Limbaugh, the GOP can now add the descriptive, “party of torture” to its repertoire. Since Obama nominated Sotomayor to Supreme Court and the subsequent hysteria that has emanated from Limbaugh, Liddy and Beck, the GOP can now add the descriptive, “racist, woman-hating, Hispanic-loathing party” as part of its new meme.
Read the entire article  here.

Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Nominee



Nadya Suleman ($$$$Octomom$$$$) Reality Star!

 

Octuplets mom Nadya Suleman signed a deal Thursday to launch her own reality show.  Suleman's attorney Jeff Czech indicated cameras would not scrutinize Suleman's 14 children around-the-clock, but rather pick and choose moments for a "quasi-reality TV series."

Interesting, since intrusion on the children's lives is very thing Suleman will go to court over June 22 in Orange County.  Attorney Gloria Allred has filed a petition in Orange County Superior Court requesting that a guardian be appointed to protect Nadya Suleman's octuplets "so that not one penny of their earnings will be spent by their mother."

Her attorney Jeff Czech responded by saying that guardianships are "very expensive."

"Taxpayers and the children's funds are paying for this system" he says. "It is simply not prudent to rifle off a petition and waste judicial resources along with the precious little funds the children can look forward to."

He also accuses Allred and her team of "interfering…in an apparent effort to gain publicity and financial reward for themselves."

Allred also announced at her press conference that she has asked for an investigation by state child labor officials on grounds that the babies are working when they are being photographed and videotaped for online Web posts that Nadya gets paid for. The octuplets "are not incidental to Ms. Suleman's commercial opportunities. And they have a right to their income."

Allred filed the petition on behalf of Paul Petersen, a former Mouseketeer who grew up on "Donna Reed Show" and is now an advocate for child actors. Petersen, president of A Minor Consideration, says he is worried about the octuplets. "They are now working in the entertainment business and even though they cannot walk or talk they are protected under California law."

Allred said she witnessed two of the preemies' being filmed for nearly two hours straight one night after they arrived at their La Habra home from the hospital, in violation of labor laws. Babies cannot work for more than 20 minutes and it must be earlier in the day.

"Rather than choosing to provide her children with a normal life, their mother has chosen instead to commercially exploit them," Allred says.  A guardian, she says, would make sure the babies get the pay they deserve and hire an agent for them so they get the right gigs.

Allred also has a guardian in mind: Linda Rogers, "a professional fiduciary" from Orange County.  A hearing has been set for June 22.

Czech said in his brief email response to Allred's press conference that Suleman is taking the petition seriously and that she is "obedient" to child labor laws.

Meanwhile, production company Eyeworks apparently is shopping the still-unnamed series to the networks. No word on what Suleman will get paid.

It will give Suleman an outlet to defend her decisions — and keep her in the spotlight.  "(Nadya) is looking forward to providing her side of the story," said Czech.

Suleman receives free government-funded medical care because she has no health insurance, and welfare to help feed the children. It was  her choice to pursue large multiple births as a single mother with no income that has drawn public fire over her expectation that she will receive financial support from government and private sources.

She solicits donations through her website. http://www.thenadyasulemanfamily.com/

"We thank you for the love and good wishes sent to us from around the world. The octuplets arrived on 1-26-09. They are all healthy and growing stronger by the day," the web site read, but is now currently forbidden 403 access denied.

Suleman, 33, had come in for widespread criticism for conceiving the octuplets through in vitro fertilization, even though she already had six kids under the age of eight, was living at her mother’s house and had no visible means of support.

However, she bought a $565K 2,583 square-foot La Habra house in March using money she received from donations as a downpayment, while a charity arranged for the babies’ care. But with the cost of care estimated at 45,000 dollars a month, it’s unclear how long the charity will be able to pick up the tab. (dpa)

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Her previous house is going into foreclosure (actually her mom’s house) allegedly because the mother couldn’t afford the house and to care for Nadya’s babies. 

Nadya Suleman received $165,000 in disability payments  over six years, but didn't pay a penny of it to her parents, who have been caring for her children.  Nadya receives food stamps and her three older children receive disability payments.  She also has $50,000 in student loans. 

What laws would you like to see put on the books to prevent cases like this happening again?  Post your comments below.

Do you think Dr. Phil helped Nadya raise money?

 Sully

 

sources:  Lori Basheda, Tom Berg, Sherwin, Elizabelth Snead, Scott Michels

Pass “The Juice” On To Your Friends…



Being Dick Jones; The Sequel

A couple of days ago we shared this post about our favorite punching bag, Dick Jones. We pointed out that we had been criticized during last year's campaign for producing a creative version of this classic moment; so we shared the original, unedited film.

And now we would like to present, once again, our original art film version that was nominated in 2008 for the prestigious Orson Welles Award for Excellence in Political Satire from the Teddy J. Brinkerhof Multi-media Institute in Natty Glo, Pennsylvania. Click here to watch Dick the Lunatic.



Temporary SAUSD Thread May 30 2009 - Please Post Here

 

The 2009 SAUSD thread has already exceeded one thousand posts and it is not quite yet June.  We have to close the comments section there because our software cannot manage more posts. You will still be able to read all the posts at that thread.   Please use this temporary posting thread until Art or Terry have the time to make some website housekeeping changes.  Care will be given to preserve your posts as we convert them into a fresh thread.  The popularity of this subject remains very high and the unexpected high volume of posting traffic has created  this unique challenge.  Thank you for your understanding and thank you for your contributions on the subject of SAUSD that we hope will eventually bring about positive change in our local school district.

As an aside, the San Francisco Schools have a website and email list serve that serves discussions about their school district.  It has been in operation for a number of years and some positive results have been borne out over those years.  Here is an example of what has been accomplished because of caring, dedicated staff at a “dirty and dangerous” school:    sfschools@yahoogroups.com

Quite a long time ago I blogged about whether teachers really feel unsafe during the school day (in response to a claim that they do), and interviewed an Aptos teacher. The post is so old it’s hard to even find on the blog.

Someone just posted a comment on that, and I thought it was interesting enough that I’m reposting the anonymous comment here. It’s by a long-ago Aptos student:

It is nice to see the [Aptos Middle School] tradition of ACT matinee field trips continue. It was started by my 7th grade teacher Mr. Cruz, a free-thinker who began the school year telling us that we could walk through walls. In theory. “Awful and sublime” describe the Aptos I attended from 1986-1989. I was the only kid to do so from my block, which was only three blocks away. Teachers such as Mr. Cruz and others like Mrs. Murray -who ran the orchestra program and recruited artists-in-residences from groups like Chanticleer and Philharmonia Baroque- made attending an otherwise “dirty and dangerous” school rewarding and bearable. Survival for a bookish kid was possible thanks to the intellectual bubble constantly nurtured by these teachers. A bubble that was burst almost daily by the violence, larceny, sexual harassment and general rudeness characterizing the overall school environment.

It is inspirational to read about how much the school has changed since then. Thank you.

 











Hutchens fails again as OCSD Harbormaster is busted for DUI accident

Lt. Erin Giudice, in happier days

“A ranking Orange County sheriff's official has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of alcohol after causing a car accident in Irvine.  Irvine police arrested Lt. Erin Lorraine Guidice, 48, last month after the vehicle she was driving crashed into the back of another car stopped at a red light on Jamboree Road,” according to the L.A. Times.

It looks like O.C. Sheriff Sandra Hutchens still hasn’t taken out all the trash.

“Lt. Erin Lorraine Giudice, 48, lost her job as Harbormaster and was reassigned to Orange County Jail after she was arrested April 14 by Irvine police,” according to the O.C. Register.

And check this out:

“Capt. Dave Nighswonger, who oversees the sheriff’s internal affairs unit, said after the arrest that the department did not have a specific policy addressing consequences for a DUI conviction,” according to the O.C. Register.

How is that possible given that drinking is a major problem for cops?

“Irvine police said Guidice had slurred speech, bloodshot and watery eyes and had trouble keeping her balance during a sobriety test. She had a blood alcohol level of 0.14%, or nearly twice the legal limit, authorities said,” according to the L.A. Times.

Once again Hutchens is not doing her job!



Dick Jones Pops His Cork; Witnesses Describe Wide Devastation

We've been hearing now for several days that Fullerton's own volcanic phenomenon, Dick Jones, really lost it at a recent OC Vector Control District Board meeting, blown head gasket-wise. Click here to read more.



State Senator Lou Correa sponsors a self defense workshop this Saturday

Did you know that State Senator Lou Correa used to be a boxer when he was a teenager?  Now he is sponsoring a Self Defense workshop this Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, over at his office in Santa Ana, located at 2323 North Broadway, in the Rancho Santiago Community College District headquarters.

The workshop is being presented in conjunction with Toyama Karate-Do, the Women’s Transitional Living Center, Casa de Familia, and Youth Developing Discipline through Martial Arts and Fitness.

The event will include self-defense demonstrations, information on local resources for domestic violence and sexual assault, and personal safety.  State Senator Correa will also provide an update regarding pending legislation.

For more information or to RSVP, call Correa’s office at 714-558-4400 or send an email to jeanne.tran@sen.ca.gov.





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