Jerry Eaves, who was for more than two decades empowered to hold office by tens of thousands of voters who were less than fully aware of the depredations he involved himself in while he served in various roles as one of San Bernardino County’s quintessentially corrupt politicians, has died.
As a line employee at the Kaiser Steel Mill in Fontana, Eaves became involved in the Steelworkers Union, an association he exploited when he decided to become involved in politics in blue collar Rialto when he was in his late thirties. With what was solid union and then Democratic Party backing, Eaves wormed his way into the local political establishment when corruption and patronage was de rigueur throughout local government. The connections he made and favors he provided to others within the administrative/law enforcement/judicial monolith that was San Bernardino County government assured that he never went to prison, even after his participation in multiple graft, payoff and bribery schemes was exposed and prosecuted, and his conviction ensued.
Born on May 17, 1939 in Miami, Arizona to Thomas and Gladys Carter Eaves originally from Marlow, Oklahoma, Gerald Eaves had just turned 16 when his family relocated to California in 1955, moving to Rialto. After he graduated from San Bernardino High School, the closest high school to the east side of Rialto, in 1957, Eaves attended San Bernardino Valley College, earning an associate of arts degree. In 1959 he began work as a laborer tending one of the blast furnaces at Kaiser Steel. Over the next quarter of a century he was promoted to positions with increasing responsibility, until 25 years later he had reached the level of general foreman when the plant was shuttered in 1984.
In 1977 he was elected to the Rialto City Council and was reelected two years later. In 1980, he was elected mayor. He remained in that position for four years, and in 1984 challenged Terry Goggin, then the 66th District assemblyman. With the heavy support of energy companies and police unions, who were opposed to legislation Goggin had written, sponsored and had seen passed into law, Eaves was able to beat the incumbent in the Democratic primary in that heavily Democratic district, which made him a shoo-in in the November 1984 General Election.
Eaves served in the Assembly for eight years. In that capacity he was a member of the Ways and Means, Rules, Transportation and other key committees. He was the author of legislation creating the state’s first telecommuting project, a procedure whereby people could “dial in” to work. He sponsored legislation targeting gang activity and drug use, among other bills favored by law enforcement officers. His Assembly Bill 419 allowed the establishment of joint agencies to redevelop Norton Air Force Base and George Air Force Base. He was responsible for legislation which authorized the admissibility of expert testimony relating to battered woman syndrome.
With his marriage to his first wife on the rocks in large measure because of his constant presence in Sacramento, Eaves in 1992 opted not to seek reelection to the Assembly in a last-ditch effort to salvage his marriage. Instead, he sought election as San Bernardino County Fifth District supervisor. Before filing to run for that post, he told the incumbent, Robert Hammock, with whom he had attended San Bernardino High School more than thirty years previously and who remarkably held the distinction of being one of few local officials who was more steeped in corruption than Eaves, that he intended to seek the supervisorial post. Hammock, a Republican who had held the Fifth District supervisorial post since 1976 largely on his ability to convert votes he made in favor of developmental projects in his previous capacity as a San Bernardino city councilman and then as supervisor into both campaign donations and bribes from the development community, recognized that the district’s overwhelming voter registration in favor of the Democrats left him at a disadvantage to Eaves, who could count upon substantial monetary support from state, national and international business interests for whom Eaves had done favors while in Sacramento as a legislator. Hammock elected to run for Congress that year, losing in that effort, which effectively ended his political career. Eaves cruised to an easy victory in the November 3, 1992 election.
In his first political incarnation as a Rialto city councilman and mayor, Eaves had engaged in the relatively minor exploitation of his parochial authority, involving himself in the petty corruption of such things as driving around Rialto in his mini-size pickup truck intoxicated without fear of arrest by the Rialto Police Department. Once installed in Sacramento, he gradually awakened to the degree to which he could personally cash in on his position of power.
His transition back to a position of local authority on the board of supervisors represented a significant shift in the dynamics of governance in San Bernardino County. Whereas previously, political money employed in San Bernardino County had pretty much originated with local business interests intent on currying favor with the county’s top ranking decision-makers in order to further their efforts to procure county contracts, franchises or project approval, members of the county board of supervisors after Eaves was elected to that panel found themselves the recipients of the largesse from individuals far afield from San Bernardino County. While influence peddling and graft were by no means unheard of in San Bernardino County prior to Eaves’ presence on the board of supervisors, he tapped into sources of money that were more distant from where the county’s politicians had previously gotten their campaign bread buttered.
As a Democrat, Eaves was somewhat out of step with the Republican majority board at that time, which featured Fourth District Supervisor Larry Walker, like Eaves a Democrat, along with Republican First District Supervisor Marsha Turoci, Republican Second District Supervisor Jon Mikels and Republican Third District Supervisor Barbara Cram Riordan. Despite Eaves’ shared Democratic affiliation with Walker, the two found themselves out of sync on certain basic issues of county governance. By instinct or as a consequence of action he saw Eaves engage in, Walker steered clear of him for the most part, avoiding making any lasting alliance with him. Eaves managed, however, to ingratiate himself with both Turoci and Mikels. Eaves did this in no small measure by putting the arm on political donors he had cultivated while he was in Sacramento and who yet were beholden to him for legislation he had carried or supported which benefited them to come across with money to assist Turoci and Mikels in their campaign efforts. When Turoci was defeated in 1996 in her effort to gain reelection as First District supervisor by another Republican, former Apple Valley Mayor Kathy Davis, Eaves adroitly moved in to form ties with Davis, providing her with access to many of the donors who had formerly invested in his career as an Assemblyman. Moreover, Eaves introduced lobbyists whom he had encountered in Sacramento to his board colleagues. Those lobbyists in turn sought out local business interests, who then made use of their lobbying services in influencing the members of the board to vote their way.
Two years after he was elected to the board of supervisors, Eaves was elevated by his colleagues to be chairman of the board of supervisors. He remained as chairman from 1994 to 1998.
Eaves was involved in an unknown number of depredations as supervisor. One entailed his sojourning with then-County Treasurer Tom O’Donnell to New York City, where the two represented themselves as San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department detectives when they discussed with officers at the Bank of New York trading on the international currency market. It is unclear whether O’Donnell and Eaves had embezzled county funds to make those currency purchases or investments in other financial instruments. Eaves’ connections with the sheriff’s department, in particular then-Sheriff Gary Penrod, hampered an investigation into the matter that might have gotten to the bottom of that scandal.
Another element of the way Eaves operated was to blend his authority as an elected official with the authority of the county’s appointed or hired administrators or managers to stampede the rest of the board or the county governmental structure into action that proved lucrative for himself or his cronies. In this way, Eaves utilized his relationship with one-time San Bernardino County Chief Administrative Officer Harry Mays and Mays’ protégé, James Hlawek, who succeeded Mays as the chief county administrative officer, to approve contracts and enter into arrangements that provided Mays and other business entities with contracts worth tens of millions of dollars and kickbacks to himself and Hlawek.
One example of this was the huge profit turned by SHL Associates, Ltd., which combined the first initials of the first names – Scott, Harry and Lance – of its three principals, Scott Beard, Harry Mays and Lance Goodwin, in its company name. In 1998, both Mays and Hlawek were indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery charges that related to their acceptance of cash in return for arranging lucrative county contracts for several entities. Ultimately, Hlawek began cooperating with the FBI, telling agents that Mays provided him with a briefcase stuffed with $60,000 in cash during a meeting he had with Mays, Eaves and Beard, as a payoff for securing a $26 million 15-year county lease for a recently vacated K-Mart building in Rialto owned by SHL. That building lease was approved in a controversial 3-2 vote on June 23, 1997, with then-supervisors Eaves, Mikels and Davis prevailing. The building was converted for use by the county’s behavioral services department. The deal was promoted by Hlawek, who was then the county’s chief administrative officer. In 1994, Mays had been instrumental in convincing the board of supervisors to promote Hlawek as his successor when he departed as the county’s top administrator. Eaves was the recipient of scores of thousands of dollars of political donations from Beard. Beard and Goodwin narrowly avoided being indicted by both county and federal prosecutors during the scandal. Eaves was less fortunate, and was charged or indicted on both state and federal counts.
In his statements to the FBI, Hlawek revealed a multitude of activities that involved outright bribery or graft. One of those was the county’s awarding of a landfill management contract to Norcal Waste Systems, Inc, which beginning in 1989 had been engaged in a contract with the county relating to trash and refuse handling at the county’s landfills. Kenneth James Walsh, a vice-president of Norcal, in 1994 began negotiations with the county relating to Norcal assuming control over the county’s landfills, representing an up-rating of the company’s contract from roughly $18 million to more than $40 million.
In September 1994, shortly after Mays had retired and was succeeded by Hlawek, Mays entered into a consulting agreement with Norcal to assist Norcal in obtaining county approval of the landfill management contract. Mays’ services for Norcal included bribing Hlawek to ensure Norcal obtained the landfill management contract. In October 1994, Walsh set up Queue Corporation as a conduit for bribes. Mays transferred funds from from Norcal into Queue and another Walsh company, and the illicit payments to Hlawek came from those companies. Thereafter, Mays and Hlawek arranged for further personal financial gain from the new Norcal contract. Mays negotiated a more lucrative consulting agreement with Norcal in January 2005. The revised contract provided that Mays and his company, Bio-Reclamation Technologies, Inc., were to receive a $1 million fee when the county approved the Norcal contract, plus additional payments if Norcal’s revenue increased through the issuance of bonds to finance landfill closures. Mays agreed to split Bio-Reclamation Technologies’ fees 60 percent to 40 percent with Walsh. Hlawek’s share of the payoffs was quantified by prosecutors as $227,000.
During 1995, Hlawek used his authority and influence as county administrative officer and chairperson of the county’s negotiating committee to obtain county approval of the Norcal contract. Among other things, Hlawek convinced the county board of supervisors to award the contract without competitive bidding. The county board of supervisors, led by Eaves, approved the Norcal contract on September 12, 1995.
From 1995 to 2000, the County paid Norcal more than $200 million. During the same period, Norcal paid $4.2 million to Mays and Bio-Reclamation Technologies under their consulting agreement and Bio-Reclamation Technologies, in turn, paid more than $1.1 million to Queue and Walsh’s other company. Hlawek intimated that bribes had been paid to Eaves, but was not able to quantify those.
Hlawek provided further information on another set of circumstances that led to the 2001 indictment of Eaves and others on federal charges. In that matter, Orange County-based billboard mogul, W. Shepardson “Shep” McCook, paid Hlawek $35,000 to induce him to alter a lease for “surplus” county property near Interstates 215 and 10 where in 1997, McCook’s Company, Oakridge Corporation, erected a series of billboards in Colton. Oakridge netted $4.3 million in that deal. Ultimately, investigators determined, Eaves, then-Colton Mayor Karl Gaytan and Colton councilmembers Don Sanders, Abe Beltran and James Grimsby had received money provided by McCook in exchange for Oakridge getting clearance to proceed with placing billboards along the freeway. Though Gaytan, Sanders, and Grimsby were removed from office as a consequence of the indictments which came after Beltran had been voted out of office, and all four Colton officials were ultimately convicted on felony bribery counts, the political corruption cases against Eaves bogged down when both the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office pursued criminal charges against him. Federal Judge Manuel Real ultimately dismissed the federal case against Eaves on the basis of his ruling that pressing dual federal and state charges against him growing out of the same offenses constituted double jeopardy. That left the case against Eaves based on the state charges intact.
Eaves, however, had an ally in then-Sheriff Gary Penrod, who detailed his department’s anti-corruption task force to look into charges that the county prosecutor’s office, then headed by District Attorney Dennis Stout, had leaked information relating to his office’s investigation of Eaves for political purposes. That task force outfitted Eaves’ opponent in the 2000 election for Fifth District Supervisor, Rialto Councilman Ed Scott, with a recording device which he used to capture utterances from Stout, then-Assistant District Attorney Dan Lough and the district attorney’s office’s head of investigations, Barry Bruins, as they responded to Scott’s inquiries with regard to progress in the investigation. The contents of those recordings were then leaked to Bob Page, who at that time was a reporter with the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Page wrote and the Bulletin published articles relating to Scott’s conversations with Stout, Lough and Bruins. Eaves’ lawyers subsequently pushed for continuance after continuance in the case against him, succeeding in postponing a trial on the matter until after the 2002 election, during which Stout, damaged by the reports of his office having engaged in a “political” prosecution of Eaves, was defeated by one of his prosecutors running against him, Mike Ramos. Ramos, his career having advanced as a consequence of the faux pas Stout had committed in during the prosecution of Eaves, entered into plea negotiations with Eaves’ lawyers rather than insisting on taking the matter before a jury. Influenced in some measure as well by his alliance with Sheriff Penrod, Ramos was prevailed upon to go easy on Eaves, who in his capacities as assemblyman and supervisor had engaged in political horsetrading and provided favors to untold numbers of public officials and members of the county establishment. Ultimately, in exchange for agreeing in January 2004 to leave office, pay a $10,000 fine and submit to three years probation, Eaves avoided a prison term.
As a footnote, Scott’s environmental clean-up company was provided with county contracts, and he remains a city councilman in Rialto. Page left the newspaper business shortly after his articles on Scott, Stout, Lough and Bruins appeared, and he was hired as the chief of staff to Supervisor Mikels, subsequently moving into the county administrator’s office after Mikels lost the 2002 election. Consistently promoted up the county hierarchy ever since, Page is now serving as San Bernardino County’s registrar of voters, at an annual salary of $158,884.41, further pay of $34,179.20, and benefits of $100,209.40, for a total annual compensation of $293,273.01.
During his tenure as supervisor, Eaves was the co-chair of the Inland Valley Development Agency, which was charged with the development of the area around Norton Air Force Base after it was shuttered by the Department of Defense in 1994, as well as a member of the board of the San Bernardino International Airport Authority, dedicated to the civilian use conversion of the Air Force Base. He was the chairman of the Agua Mansa Industrial Growth Association; president of the California State Association of Counties; and chairman of the county’s transportation agency, known as San Bernardino Associated Governments. He hosted a cable television program, County News and Views. He was chairman of the Inland Empire Legislative Caucus. He was instrumental in having the current county hospital, known as the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, built in Colton.
While he was holding elective office, Eaves remained involved as a Little League coach in Rialto, and was director and president of the Little League there. He received the P.T.A. Honorary Service Award for fifteen years of dedicated service to young people and was named Kiwanian of the Year by the East Rialto Kiwanis Club and distinguished citizen of the year by the Boy Scouts of America. He established the Jerry and Jenna Eaves Foundation for the purpose of assisting underprivileged children, nonprofit child care centers and other community organizations.
John Longville, who as a Rialto city councilman served on that panel when Eaves was mayor and was once considered one of Eaves’ primary political allies and eventually succeeded Eaves as mayor after he went on to the Assembly, told the Sentinel, “I first met Jerry when I began attending Rialto City Council meetings in the late 1970s. I was appointed to the city’s airport commission and I got to know him as one of the people involved in city government. Jerry was more of a conservative Democrat when I first encountered him, and he became less conservative as time went on. He was an ally of mine when I first ran for the council. He supported me when I successfully worked to establish Martin Luther King Day as a holiday in Rialto, which the city did before it became a state and federal holiday. I assisted him when he ran for the Assembly in 1984. I was unsuccessful in my first run for mayor that same year, so I was off the council from 1984 to 1986, but I was elected mayor the following year. I worked for him while he was in the Assembly. I think there was a substantial shift in his political philosophy after he became an assemblyman. He grew much more progressive. I think that was a combination of his time in Sacramento and his own maturation. Jerry was part of the Democratic caucus, and was among people who were in power. He learned a lot in that position. Jerry was a smart guy who would pick up on things very quickly. He was a natural politician.”
After his first marriage ended, Eaves married Jena Rae Wilson, the daughter of Oswen and Allene Wilson. They were married on May 20, 1994, which precipitated Eaves’ move from Rialto to San Bernardino. After he left office, Eaves and Jena moved to Palm Desert.
Earlier this month, Eaves was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma during an examination at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. Death claimed him on Monday, October 26 while he was in residence at his Palm Desert home.
He is survived by Jena and a daughter, Laura Scroggin; a brother, Darrell; a sister, Betty Mulligan; and thirteen grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren he had in combination with Jena. Eaves was preceded in death by his son, Michael, and his daughter, Cheryl.
-Mark Gutglueck

The Inland Valley Development Agency has reached a settlement with the State of California Department of Finance that will free up money long in dispute between the state and two local agencies for use in further development at San Bernardino International Airport.
The Inland Valley Development Agency and the San Bernardino International Airport Authority were formed in the early 1990s as joint power authorities by the County of San Bernardino and the cities of Redlands, Highland, San Bernardino, Loma Linda, Grand Terrace and Colton in anticipation of the closure of Norton Air Force Base. The Inland Valley Development Agency was intended to oversee the redevelopment of property around the base property for the economic benefit of the region, and the San Bernardino International Airport Authority was chartered to convert the base to civilian use. Eventually the cities of Redlands, Highland and Grand Terrace ceased their involvement in the Inland Valley Development Agency and the cities of Redlands and Grand Terrace ended their participation in the San Bernardino International Airport Authority.
In 2011, Governor Jerry Brown induced the state legislature to pass two laws, ABX126 and ABX127, which eliminated the more than 400 redevelopment agencies throughout the state and directed that the money normally passed through to them by Sacramento instead to be utilized for education and law enforcement funding. The law dissolved redevelopment agencies and enjoined them from entering into contracts with enforceable obligations after June 28, 2011. The legislation gave the California Department of Finance authority over the cessation of the redevelopment agencies and the money they had formerly controlled, and mandated that any disputes between defunct city or county redevelopment agencies and the Department of Finance be hashed out in Sacramento Superior Court. Part of the legislation shelving the redevelopment agencies called for cities to create for themselves or have the county create for them a successor agency to oversee and wind down that particular agency’s functions and dispose of its enforceable obligations by scheduling and executing the payments needed to discharge those obligations.
The boards for the San Bernardino International Airport Authority and the Inland Valley Economic Development Authority asserted that since they are joint powers authorities dedicated to the reuse of what was formerly federal military property, they were not municipal redevelopment agencies and, accordingly, not subject to ABX126 and ABX127. They contended the property tax money from the area around the former air base should remain available to the Inland Valley Development Authority and be used to assist in defraying the $949.5 million in debt and obligations both agencies had accumulated in the airport conversion effort. The agencies issued hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds to fund improvements to the facility and the area surrounding it. Those bonds were sold to investors under the assumption that the infrastructure to be purchased with the bond proceeds would lead to the creation of an aerodrome with operational revenue, and together with property tax revenue increases enough money would be generated to make timely payments to the bondholders.
Those agencies held in their dispute with the California Department of Finance that they are legally eligible to remain in place and that they intended to bring in roughly $432 million in property taxes over the span between 2012 and 2022, and had committed $22 million of that toward road improvements and the rest for improvements and operations at the airport.
The Department of Finance asserted that since the authorities had no specific contracts related to the $432 million, they had no legitimate claim to the projected property tax revenue, as the money was secured only by an agency board resolution.
After eight years of back-and-forth, the settlement reached earlier this month resolves outstanding payments in support of the San Bernardino International Airport Authority under the Inland Valley Development Agency’s commitments to support the conversion of the military base to a civilian airport.
The executed agreement resolves all disputed contentions between the Department of Finance and the Inland Valley Development Agency, while arranging for a final payment of over $5.5 million to the San Bernardino International Airport Authority from the Inland Valley Development Agency in January 2021.

Questions emerged this week about the integrity of financial oversight, and staff oversight of municipal operations in general, at Upland City Hall. This came after the city’s assistant city manager offered a far more confident assessment of the city’s financial circumstance than was envisioned in the current fiscal year’s budget, than previous recent surveys of the city’s fiscal performance indicated and in defiance of the reasonable expectations of what the drastic downturn in revenue the city is experiencing as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is doing to the municipality’s bottom line.
Several regular observers of Upland city government, who include those with a solid understanding of the shaky financial footing the city has been on for nearly a decade as it struggles to deal with the escalating cost of providing pensions to retired city employees, believe Assistant City Manager Stephen Parker’s presentation of the first quarter budget review for Fiscal Year 2020-21 was shaded for political purposes. Specifically, it was suggested, the sanguine picture Parker painted of how the city’s financials balance may have been altered and calculated to benefit the electoral chances of the two city council incumbents involved in next Tuesday’s election.
Both Mayor Debbie Stone and Councilman Bill Velto are running for mayor, and are attempting to fend off challengers Lois Sicking Dieter and Alexander Novikov, as Sicking Dieter is surging in the polls.
Upon adopting the 2020-21 Fiscal Year budget, which runs from July 1, 2020 until June 30, 2021, the council scheduled utilizing at least $2.1 million in its reserve funds to bridge the gap between the revenues it anticipated it would realize in that 12 month span and the amount of money that it would need to spend on city operations during that same period.
During Parker’s presentation at Monday night’s Upland City Council meeting however, he stated that based upon the city’s overall financial performance in terms of where it had actually ended at the close of Fiscal Year 2019-20 on June 30 and incoming revenue in July, August and September, the city is safely out of the economic doldrums.
The city’s reserve funds have miraculously increased by $5.5 million, such that the city has salted away 37.8 percent of its general fund into accounts that are not being tapped, Parker said. The city’s current reserves exceed what the city had in that regard going back many years, Parker said.
Parker’s presentation had a staged quality to it.
“Despite being in the middle of a pandemic, Upland’s financial picture has become much brighter in the four months since we adopted the Fiscal Year 20-21 budget,” he said, asserting “Revenues ended last year more than $5 million higher than projected. Sales tax came in $950,000 better than the previous estimates by HDL, the city’s sales tax consultants. While that revenue that came in was still $1 million lower than the original 19-20 budget, it was much stronger than anticipated, as many companies found innovative ways to keep their businesses open during the pandemic.”
The city pulled a rabbit out of its hat, Parker said, by means of some sly bookkeeping. One stratagem involved, he said, was “cost allocation,” which boils down to how the city juggles payments to, from and among its internal programs. The city had a city consultant, Willdan Financial Services, write up a cost allocation plan and exploited that to yield a line item in its budget it could call either savings or income, Parker said.
“The cost allocation plan summarizes in writing the methods and procedures the city uses to allocate costs to various programs, grants and funds,” he said. “The results of the cost allocation plan increased reimbursement to the general fund from six special revenue and enterprise funds by almost $800,000 in Fiscal Year 19-20. Staff is recommending a corresponding budget adjustment for the affected funds for 19-20.”
With Fiscal Year 2019-20 ending far less disastrously than it was thought it would, the city had a head start going into 2020-21 it didn’t previously recognize it had, Parker said.
Money has just been pouring into city coffers, he said. Sales tax revenues beat previous estimates by $953,310, he said, and it is now projected that the city will experience sales tax revenue $1.2 million higher than was projected at the outset of the current fiscal year. Property tax revenue went beyond what was anticipated by $942,849, he said.
Parker stated, “Four line items in the licenses and permit area beat budget by large amounts, building permits by $117,000, electrical permits by $167,000, public works construction permits was up $693,000, and other permits was $89,000 higher.”
In addition, according to his report, planning fees increased by $55,360, building plan check fees were up by $85,345, building department fees exceeded expectations by $273,926 and engineering fees were $153,571 greater than was projected.
Additionally, staff vacancies have reduced city outlays by $332,368, and the city has recently received a federal CARES Act grant of $539,412, he maintained.
Accordingly, the city’s unassigned fund balance has jumped to $16.4 million from $11.4 million, Parker insisted.
All this left Stone and Velto gloating about what a great job they are doing managing the city’s finances.
Others dryly observed that much of what Parker was basing his confident assessment on consisted of smoke and mirrors, what was essentially a reframing of the figures already in the budget in their most flattering light. They noted Parker gave himself some leeway in case his credibility is questioned, with a veiled disclosure at the beginning of his report. “I’d like to point out before we begin that the figures provided in this presentation are unaudited and likely to change in the comprehensive annual financial report once the auditors complete their fieldwork,” he said. “I do not anticipate them changing in a material fashion.”
-Mark Gutglueck

Chino Hills’ 73-year-old mayor, Art Bennett, who is now locked in a reelection effort, suffered what was initially described as a stroke on October 17, according to a knowledgeable individual at Chino Hills City Hall.
A stroke is defined as anything that temporarily interrupts the flow of blood to the brain. While the precise type of event Bennett experienced has not been publicly disclosed, it is believed that he likely endured an episode related to, but not an actual, stroke, known as a transient ischemic attack.
A transient ischemic attack, known by the acronym TIA, is a transitory state of symptoms similar to those of a stroke. Statistically, roughly one third of those who are confronted with a transient ischemic attack will eventually experience a full-blown stroke.
The Sentinel was informed that on October 17, a Saturday, Bennett was beset by a series of what he and his wife sensed to be circulatory challenges, upon which they immediately sought for him medical assistance. He was given treatment and then subjected to a battery of tests at an undisclosed medical facility.
Two individuals who have come into contact with Bennett since the October 17 incident said there were no apparent aftereffects that they could detect in his speech or mannerisms.
Bennett, a retired real estate appraiser and specialist with regard to property taxation, was a 13-year member of the Chino Hills Planning Commission before he ran unopposed for the city council in 2008 and was proclaimed a victor in that race without being subjected to an actual election. He was elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016.
Selected by his council colleagues to serve as mayor in 2012 and 2016, Bennett is again in the role of mayor. A resident of the Village Oaks district previously elected at-large, he is now vying to represent Chino Hills’ newly-created District 3, and is opposed by Sabir St Taqi, Tyler Shields and James Gallagher.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER  CIVDS2018363
TO  ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KATARZYNA DANIELA PODLECKI filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
LENA PODLECKI to LENA KAROLINA PIETRZYKOWSKA
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: 11/23/2020
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Department: S16
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SENTINEL in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Dated: SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/09, 10/16, 10/23 & 10/30, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER  CIVDS2018363
TO  ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KATARZYNA DANIELA PODLECKI filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
LENA PODLECKI to LENA KAROLINA PIETRZYKOWSKA
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: 11/23/2020
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Department: S16
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SENTINEL in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Dated: SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/09, 10/16, 10/23 & 10/30, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200008966
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Calibeadman, 6274 S Kingsmill Ct, Fontana, CA 92336, Mailing Address: 8282 Sierra Ave #3336, Fontana, CA 92334, David B. Griffith, 6274 S Kingsmill Ct, Fontana, CA 92336, Jadat D. Griffith, 6274 S Kingsmill Ct, Fontana, CA 92336
Business is Conducted By: A Married Couple
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ David Griffith
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 9/30/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 9/01/20
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
10/02/20, 10/09/20, 10/16/20, 10/23/20
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200008987
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: American Check Cashing, 8001- Archibald Ave, Ste B, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730, S& W, Inc., 8001- Archibald Ave, Ste B, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Business is Conducted By: A Corporation
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Wagar Rasul
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 9/30/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
10/09/20, 10/16/20, 10/23/20, 10/30/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200008985
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: American Check Cashing, 8001- Archibald Ave, Ste B, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730, ISWA, Inc., 8001- Archibald Ave, Ste B, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Business is Conducted By: A Corporation
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Asma Zahid
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 9/30/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 01/09/07
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
10/09/20, 10/16/20, 10/23/20, 10/30/20

FBN 20200007905 The following person is doing business as: SPONGEE, 1515 W ARROW HWY, #18 UPLAND, CALIF 91786, MAILING ADDRESS: 1515 WEST ARROW HIGHWAY SPACE 18 UPLAND, CA 91786, EFREN C. DY AGUILERA, 1515 WEST ARROW HIGHWAY SPACE 18 UPLAND, CAL 91786 This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing. S/ EFREN C. DY AGUILERA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/28/2020 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: N/A County Clerk, Deputy l1327 NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/4, 9/11, 9/18 & 9/25, 2020 Corrected on: 10/09/20, 10/16/20, 10/23/20, 10/30/20

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DAVID LOPEZ RAMOS JR.
CASE NO. PROPS 2000720
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of DAVID LOPEZ RAMOS JR.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by RICHARD ROSALES RAMOS in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that RICHARD ROSALES RAMOS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in Dept. No. S-36 at 9:00 A.M. on NOVEMBER 16, 2020 at Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino District.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for the Petitioner:
R. SAM PRICE SBN 208603
PRICE LAW FIRM, APC
300 E STATE STREET SUITE 620
REDLANDS, CA 92373
(909) 475 8800
sam@pricelawfirm.com

Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/16, 10/23 & 10/30, 2020

FBN 20200008547
The following entity is doing business as CALI HOT DOGS 7345 POPLAR DR FONTANA, CA 92336-1757 LUKE ADESINO 7345 POPLAR DR FONTANA, CA 92336-1757
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ ADESINO LUKE
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 09/16/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: June 16, 2020
County Clerk, Deputy M0597
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/16, 10/23, 10/30 & 11/06, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200008753
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Pasley Motorsports LLC, 2621 S Sacramento Pl, Ontario, CA 91761, Pasley Motorsports LLC, Ontario, CA 91761
Business is Conducted By: A Limited Liability Company
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Preston Pasley
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 9/22/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 9/8/20
County Clerk, s/ M0597
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
10/16/20, 10/23/20, 10/30/20, 11/06/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200008569
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Lovers, 495 W Orange Show Rd, Suite A, San Bernardino, CA 92408, Mailing Address: 901 W Main St, Auburn, WA, 98001, TLA Acquisition Corp, 901 W Main St #A, Auburn, WA, 98001
Business is Conducted By: A Corporation
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Jennifer Conner
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 9/17/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
10/16/20, 10/23/20, 10/30/20, 11/06/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200009399
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Richformation Health And Wellness Coaching, 9860 Galena Ct, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730, Mailing Address: 9860 Galena Ct, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730, Katrina M. Richardson, 9860 Galena Ct, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Katrina M Richardson
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/13/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
10/16/20, 10/23/20, 10/30/20, 11/06/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO20200007278 The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: AR Wiltshire Enterprises; Nubieyan Designs, 7950 Etiwanda Avenue, Apt 24101, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739, Ann R. Wiltshire, 7950 Etiwanda Avenue, Apt 24101, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing. s/ Ann R. Wiltshire This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/12/20 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: N/A County Clerk, s/ D5511 NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). 9/11/20, 9/18/20, 9/25/20, 10/2/20. Corrected on: 10/16/20, 10/23/20, 10/30/20, 11/06/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO20200007273 The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Educational Ties, 7317 Rosebay Place, Fontana, CA 92336, Irishia Williams, 7317 Rosebay Place, Fontana, CA 92336 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing. s/ Irishia Williams This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/12/20 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: 8/6/2020 County Clerk, s/ I1327 NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). 9/11/20, 9/18/20, 9/25/20, 10/2/20. Corrected on: 10/16/20, 10/23/20, 10/30/20, 11/06/20

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIVDS2020338
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Raveen Hailer filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
Raveen Hailer to Monica Kaur
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: 12/07/20
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Department: S17
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SENTINEL in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Dated: September 23, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/16/20, 10/23/20, 10/30/20, 11/6/20
FBN 20200008418
The following entity is doing business as OPTIMIST PACKAGING 206 E MISSION BLVD POMONA, CA 91766 MARTIN HERNANDEZ 206 E MISSION BLVD POMONA, CA 91766
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ MARTIN HERNANDEZ
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 9/15/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: AUGUST 31, 2020
County Clerk, Deputy D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/25, 10/02, 10/09 & 10/16, 2020. CORRECTED 10/23, 10/30. 11/06 & 11/13, 2020.

FBN 20200008547
The following entity is doing business as CALI HOT DOGS 7345 POPLAR DR FONTANA, CA 92336-1757 LUKE ADESINO 7345 POPLAR DR FONTANA, CA 92336-1757
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ ADESINO LUKE
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 09/16/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: June 16, 2020
County Clerk, Deputy M0597
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/16, 10/23, 10/30 & 11/06, 2020.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RHONDA SUE GENTRY
CASE NO. PROPS 2000724
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of RHONDA SUE GENTRY,
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JENNA GROOT in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JENNA GROOT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in Dept. No. S-36 at 9:00 A.M. on NOVEMBER 18, 2020 at Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino District.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for the Petitioner:
TYLER H. BROWN
1152 N. MOUNTAIN AVE.
UPLAND, CA 91786
(909) 982-5086
tylerbrown@brownandbrownllp.com
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/23, 10/30 & 11/06, 2020
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER CIVDS 2021647
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ERIC JON ZUCK filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ERIC JON ZUCK
to ERIC JON OATES
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: 12/07/20
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Department: S17
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SENTINEL in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Dated: OCTOBER 5, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/23/20, 10/30/20, 11/06/20 & 11/13/20, 2020.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER CIVDS 2020684
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner FRANK HURTADO JR. filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows: FRANK HURTADO JR. to FRANK MACIAS
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: 12/07/20
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Department: S16
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SENTINEL in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Dated: OCTOBER 8, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/23/20, 10/30/20, 11/06/20 & 11/13/20, 2020.
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JAVIER BRIZUELA C filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JAVIER BRIZUELA C to JAVIER BRIZUELA ORTEGA
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: 12/02/20
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Department: S16
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SENTINEL in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Dated: OCTOBER 14, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/23/20, 10/30/20, 11/06/20 & 11/13/20, 2020.

FBN 20200009420
The following entity is doing business as KERRY APEX (KUL) 5490 EAST FRANCIS STREET ONTARIO, CA 91761 KULS, LLC 577 AIRPORT BOULEVARD, SUITE 800 BURLINGAME, CA 94010
This Business is Conducted By: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ LENA CHEUNG
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/13/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, Deputy I5199
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/23, 10/30. 11/06 & 11/13, 2020.
FBN 20200009279
The following entity is doing business as EQUITY LAW GROUP 5862 PINE AVE UNIT B8 CHINO HILLS, CA 91709 DAVID S KOZICH 5862 PINE AVE UNIT B8 CHINO HILLS, CA 91709
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ DAVID S KOZICH
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/07/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, Deputy D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/23, 10/30. 11/06 & 11/13, 2020.
FBN 20200009686
The following entity is doing business as BEST BUILDING SERVICES 875 W. 23RD STREET UPLAND, CA 91784 HECTOR A. MOLINA 875 W. 23RD STREET UPLAND, CA 91784
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ HECTOR A. MOLINA
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/07/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, Deputy I1327
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/23, 10/30. 11/06 & 11/13, 2020.
FBN 20200009056
The following entity is doing business as BAM BALLOONS 26495 VERONICA CT LOMA LINDA, CA 92354 ANICA M TIJERINA 26495 VERONICA CT LOMA LINDA, CA 92354
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ ANICA M TIJERINA
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/02/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: JANUARY 3, 2020
County Clerk, Deputy D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/23, 10/30. 11/06 & 11/13, 2020.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROBERT GERALD LIGHTFOOT
CASE NO. PROPS 2000021
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of ROBERT GERALD LIGHTFOOT
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by REBECCA ANN LIGHTFOOT in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that REBECCA ANN LIGHTFOOT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held JANUARY 7, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. No. S-35 at Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino District.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Filed: JANUARY 9, 2020
Attorney for the Petitioner: TYLER H. BROWN, ESQ.
1152 N. MOUNTAIN AVE, SUITE 210
UPLAND, CA 91786
Telephone No: (909) 982-5086
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/30, 11/06 & 11/13, 2020

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOHN CHARLES ANICIC JR,
CASE NO. PROPS2000803
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, and contingent creditors of JOHN CHARLES ANICIC JR, and persons who may be otherwise interested in the will or estate, or both: A petition has been filed by JOHN CHARLES ANICIC III in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO, requesting that JOHN CHARLES ANICIC III be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of JOHN CHARLES ANICIC JR. Decedent died intestate. (The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. This will avoid the need to obtain court approval for many actions taken in connection with the estate. However, before taking certain actions, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or have consented to the proposed action. The petition will be granted unless good cause is shown why it should not be.) The petition is set for hearing in Dept. No. S35 at SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO SAN BERNARDINO DISTRICT – PROBATE DIVISION 247 W. 3rd STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0212 on December 10, 2020 at 09:00 AM IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 58 of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery of the notice to you under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are interested in the estate, you may request special notice of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Section 1250 of the California Probate Code. Petitioner: JOHN CHARLES ANICIC III 1080 E 9TH ST SPC 19 SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92410 Telephone: 909-547-9918
FBN 20200008485 The following entity is doing business as LANGA CELLARS 30082 RED HILL ROAD HIGHLAND, CA 92346 LANGA CELLARS LLC 3002 RED HILL ROAD HIGHLAND, CA 92346 Mailing Address: 30082 RED HILL ROAD HIGHLAND, CA 92346 This Business is Conducted By: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing. S/ BARTOLOMEO ROSSO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 09/15/2020 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: FEBRUARY 18, 2015 County Clerk, Deputy M0597 NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/25, 10/2, 10/9 & 10/16, 2020 Corrected on 10/30/20, 11/6/20, 11/13/20, 11/20/20

STATEMENT of Withdrawal From Partnership Operating Under a Fictitious Business Name FILE NO-20200008473 Fictitious Business Name of the Partnership: Pacific Shift, 7149 Powell Pl, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 04/23/2019 County Clerk File No. FBN20190005040 Name of Person Withdrawing: Carlos Soriano, 7149 Powell Pl, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739 Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing. s/ Carlos Soriano I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. County Clerk, s/ I1327 9/25/20, 10/02/20, 10/09/20, 10/16/20 Corrected on 10/30/20, 11/6/20, 11/13/20, 11/20/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO20200007704 The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: NK Jewelers, 2450 Vineyard Ave, Ontario, CA 91761, Mailing Address: 17780 Mesa Rd, Fontana, CA 92336, Noeila K. Moreno, 17780 Mesa Rd, Fontana, CA 92336 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing. s/ Noeila Moreno This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/25/20 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: 09/01/2015 County Clerk, s/ D5511 NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). 9/25/20, 10/02/20, 10/09/20, 10/16/20 Corrected on 10/30/20, 11/6/20, 11/13/20, 11/20/20

NOTICE OF SALE OF VESSEL
Notice is hereby given the undersigned will sell the following vessel and trailer at lien sale at said address below on: 11/06/2020 9:00 am
VESSEL
6986NC, YAMA2098C090, CA
DATE OF SALE-11/06/2020
TIME OF SALE-09:00 AM
LOCATION OF SALE-1744 S WILLOW AVE, RIALTO, CA 92376
To be sold by JV MOTORSPORTS 1744 S WILLOW AVE, RIALTO, CA 92376
Said sale is for the purpose of satisfying lien for together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
Published on: 10-30-20

NOTICE OF SALE OF VESSEL
Notice is hereby given the undersigned will sell the following vessel and trailer at lien sale at said address below on: 11/06/2020 9:00 am
VESSEL
7027NC, YAMA2013C090, CA
DATE OF SALE-11/06/2020
TIME OF SALE-09:00 AM
LOCATION OF SALE-1744 S WILLOW AVE, RIALTO, CA 92376
To be sold by JV MOTORSPORTS 1744 S WILLOW AVE, RIALTO, CA 92376
Said sale is for the purpose of satisfying lien for together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
Published on: 10-30-20
FBN 20200009910 The following person is doing business as: BLUE SKY MASSAGE 1964 W 9TH ST, SUITE C UPLAND, CA 91786 APE MEDICAL INC. 243 S ROSEMEAD BLVD PASADENA, CA 91107
This Business is Conducted By: A CORPORATION
BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ CHARLES CHAO PANG
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/26/2020 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, Deputy l1327 NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/30/20, 11/06/20, 11/13/20 & 11/20/20
FBN 20200009950 The following person is doing business as: PRO DIAMOND CLEAN LLC 3894 N. MOUNTAIN AVE SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92405 PRO DIAMOND CLEAN LLC 3894 N. MOUNTAIN AVE SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92405
This Business is Conducted By: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ DENISE URRUTIA
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/27/2020 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: JUNE 30, 2020
County Clerk, Deputy D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/30/20, 11/06/20, 11/13/20 & 11/20/20

FBN 20200009949 The following person is doing business as: HOMETOWN REALTY 23570 KNAPPS CUTOFF CRESTLINE, CA 92404 ROSEMARIE LABADIE 23570 KNAPPS CUTOFF CRESTLINE, CA 92325
Mailing Address: PO BOX 3046 CRESTLINE, CA 92325
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ DENISE URRUTIA
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/27/2020 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: OCTOBER 21, 2020
County Clerk, Deputy I1327
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/30/20, 11/06/20, 11/13/20 & 11/20/20
FBN 20200009932 The following person is doing business as: I’M SO INTO ME [and] UNITY NOW OFFICIAL 301 S LILAC AVE, SUITE #23 RIALTO, CA 92376 MIA D JACKSON 301 S LILAC AVE, SUITE #23 RIALTO, CA 92376
Mailing Address: 219 S RIVERSIDE AVE, SUITE #221 RIALTO, CA 92376
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime. (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ MIA D JACKSON
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/26/2020 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: OCTOBER 1, 2020
County Clerk, Deputy D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 10/30/20, 11/06/20, 11/13/20 & 11/20/20

FBN 20200008679
The following person is doing business as: SB CASH AND CARRY 240 N. WATERMAN SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408; SB CASH AND CARRY 240 N. WATERMAN SAN BERNARDINO, CA 9240
The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 07/13/2020
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 179130. I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ JOUN SEDER, PRESIDENT Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 09/21/2020
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel 10/16/2020, 10/23/2020, 10/30/2020, 11/06/2020 CNBB41202001MT

FBN 20200009340
The following person is doing business as: BEACH TO HILLS HOMES 15931 JANINE DRIVE WHITTIER, CALIF 90603; SHANON BROWN REAL ESTATE GROUP, INC. 15931 JANINE DRIVE WHITTIER, CALIFO 90603
The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/18/2019
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 179130. I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ SHANNON COLETTE BROWN, PRESIDENT Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/08/2020
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel 10/16/2020, 10/23/2020, 10/30/2020, 11/06/2020 CNBB41202002IR

FBN 20200009343
The following person is doing business as: YUMMY BITES FONTANA 16163 COLEEN STREET FONTANA, CA 92337; RADCHI A FLORES 16163 COLEEN STREET FONTANA, CA 92337; VIOLA M FLORES 16163 COLEEN STREET FONTANA, CA 92337
The business is conducted by: A MARRIED COUPLE
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 179130. I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ RADCHI A. FLORES, HUSBAND Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/08/2020
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel 10/16/2020, 10/23/2020, 10/30/2020, 11/06/2020 CNBB41202003MT

FBN 20200009344
The following person is doing business as: LEGACY SMOKERS 1091 S MOUNT VERNON AVE COLTON, CA 92324;[ MAILING ADDRESS P.O BOX 1501 COLTON, CA 92324]; DINA A ABDELHADI 1091 S MOUNT VERNON AVE COLTON, CA 92324
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 179130. I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ DINA A. ABDELHADI, OWNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/08/2020
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel 10/16/2020, 10/23/2020, 10/30/2020, 11/06/2020 CNBB41202004IR

FBN 20200009415
The following person is doing business as: ROYALCLD$ 2523 DUFFY ST SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407; CHALYSA L DIXON 2523 DUFFY ST SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407; CHALARRA L DIXON-SESSION 2523 DUFFY ST SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407; CHADONA L DIXON 2523 DUFFY ST SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407; CHADEN L DIXON 2523 DUFFY ST SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407
The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 179130. I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ CHALYSA L. DIXON, GENERAL PARTNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/13/2020
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel 10/16/2020, 10/23/2020, 10/30/2020, 11/06/2020 CNBB41202005MT

FBN 20200009404
The following person is doing business as: MARINE’S TAX SERVICE 390 N PALM AVE STE A RIALTO, CA 92376;[ MAILING ADDRESS P.O. BOX 1868 RIALTO, CA 92371]; MARGARITA MARINELARENA 390 N PALM AVE STE A RIALTO, CA 92376
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/20/2014
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 179130. I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ MARGARITA MARINELARENA, OWNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/13/2020
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel 10/16/2020, 10/23/2020, 10/30/2020, 11/06/2020 CNBB41202006IR

FBN 20200009414
The following person is doing business as: DUARTE’S MITIGATION 777 S. TEMESCAL ST. SPC. 13 CORONA, CA 92879; VANESSA DUARTE 777 S. TEMESCAL ST. SPC. 13 CORONA, CA 92879
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 179130. I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ VANESSA DUARTE, OWNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 10/13/2020
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel 10/16/2020, 10/23/2020, 10/30/2020, 11/06/2020 CNBB41202007IR

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Sentinel 10-23-20

By Mark Gutglueck
In multiple communities around San Bernardino County this election season, as has been typical in previous ones, political races have been marred by both mudslinging and a lack of civility, to say nothing of underhanded tactics and skulduggery.
Those tactics include outright false representations and the presentation of half-truths and quarter-truths, proxy attacks, both false and unauthorized impersonations, and the destruction and/or theft of the opposition’s signs and electioneering material.
In Needles, at the county’s extreme eastern end, the signs of various city council candidates are being defaced, displaced, removed and stolen.
In Adelanto, the campaign team associated with city council candidate and Planning Commissioner Daniel Ramos has been spotted knocking down campaign signs posted by other city council candidates.
In the county seat, incumbent San Bernardino County Councilman Jim Mulvihill is locked in a run-off election against Damon Alexander after the two captured second and first place, respectively, in a race involving five candidates in the March 3 California Primary race.
Within the last fortnight, hit pieces of questionable provenance assailing Mulvihill have been landing in the mailboxes of the voters in San Bernardino’s Seventh Ward whose past voting history indicates they are most likely to vote in this year’s election. According to that mailer, Mulvihill “violated the law” and engaged in “corrupt behavior.”
Without attribution to any specific individual, the mailer offers a quote “He should resign!”
With reference to the accusation that Mulvihill violated the law, the mailer offers a scant reference to how “Mulvihill [was] caught illegally lobbying on council votes.” The basis for that is a faux letterhead from the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office which cites a quote of unknown origin beginning mid-sentence, “we have determined that a violation of the Brown Act occurred.” There is no further delineation of the allegation other than a date of October 1, 2020. There was no meeting of the San Bernardino City Council on October 1, 2020.
The so-called corrupt behavior referenced in the hit piece is laid out in the form of a question, “Selling his vote for pot shop campaign $$?”
The terse allegation/question states, “On August 12, Councilman Mulvihill received a $3,000 campaign contribution from pot shop owner Merv Simchowitz… The very next city council meeting Mulvihill voted to give Simchowitz’s pot shop special treatment by the city.”
Indeed, on August 12, 2020, Simchowitz, the chief investment officer of Anglo American Financial Investments Inc. of Newport Bach made a $3,000 contribution to Mulvihill’s campaign. On September 19, Mulvihill, along with the remainder of the city council, considered what is called a “second reading,” that is a confirming vote of a vote previously taken on August 5, 2020, passing an ordinance amendment to allow up to 11 retail and/or combined commercial cannabis cultivation, operation, or retail activities for commercial purposes, known as microbusinesses, to set up within the city, and allow for an unlimited number of permits in other cannabis business categories approved by the city council in accordance with previous guidelines in the San Bernardino Municipal Code. The vote was not specific to Simchowitz or any cannabis operation he may have an interest in. The action taken did not involve Mulvihill exclusively, but rather action that was taken by the entire city council. His was one of seven votes relating to the ordinance.
The hit piece fails to mention that Alexander, a former special agent with the U.S. Department of Justice, received money from Mark Estermeyer, the owner/operator of AM-PM MGMT., which does business as Cold Creek Organics, a marijuana cultivator and retailer. The federal government yet considers marijuana and cannabis to be illegal narcotics, despite their having been legalized for medical and recreational use in California. An attorney, Ben Eilenberg, in court papers has alleged that Estermeyer, AM-PM MGMT and Cold Creek Organics have provided inducements to city officials that are tantamount to bribes. That is not mentioned in the mailer, either.
The mailer further stated that “Mulvihill’s actions have cost city taxpayers millions of dollars in lawsuit payouts.”
The mailer gives no specific breakdown with regard to what actions Mulvihill took that resulted in the lawsuit payouts. In all cases, the lawsuits the city was involved in were filed against the city as an entity, with some, though not all, naming the mayor and city council.
The hit piece stated it was “not authorized by a candidate or a committee controlled by a candidate,” implying that Alexander and his campaign were not involved in the mailing.
The mailer is credited with having come from Californians For A Better Future, headquartered at 9070 Irvine Center Drive #150 Irvine, CA 92618, which is the business office of JenEve Slater, who is listed as the treasurer for Californians For A Better Future.
Slater is also the principal in the Campaign Compliance Group, which bills itself as an entity which “assists a wide range of clients, including candidates, political action committees, and major donors in complying with complex campaign reporting requirements under federal, state, and local laws. We provide a combination of daily bookkeeping services and campaign reporting services to ensure compliance with the Fair Political Practices Commission and the Federal Election Commission. We have substantial experience with the laws and regularly advise our clients on the ever changing rules and regulations.”
The Campaign Compliance Group is likewise headquartered out of Slater’s address at 9070 Irvine Center Drive #150 in Irvine.
JenEve Slater and Campaign Compliance Group have previously found the integrity of their services under question, when candidates, such as Assemblyman Bill Brough, who makes $1,250 monthly disbursements to Campaign Compliance Group to ensure that he remains in compliance with the laws relating to the use of his campaign funds, made illegal use of electioneering funds, spending the money on non-campaign related activity.
Hesperia, which was founded as a municipal entity in 1988, for the first three decades of its existence held at-large elections. That changed in 2018, when the city switched to by-district voting. This year’s city council races, in the newly formed District 1 and District 5, feature, respectively, incumbents Rebekah Swanson and Larry Bird. Swanson is up against former Councilman Mike Leonard and Anthony Rhoades, the former chairman of the Hesperia Public Safety Commission. To remain in office, Bird must turn back a challenge by Hesperia Unified School District Board Member Mark Dundon.
The races have been marked by constant theft and destruction of political signs, as well as hit pieces of dubitable provenance and accuracy circulating throughout the community.
While Hesperia exists as a strongly Republican jurisdiction, a dividing line in the community consists of the attitude with regard to development. In 2018, Republican Party operative Jeremiah Brososwke was appointed by a 3-to-1 vote of the city council, with Bird dissenting, to replace the late Mayor Russ Blewett, who had died in office in May of that year. Councilmembers Swanson, Bill Holland and Paul Russ supported Brosowske’s appointment. Brosowske had a reputation for utilizing political contributions to the Republican Party from deep-pocketed donors, in particular those in the development community, to support Republican candidates for local elected office in his capacity as both the executive director of the San Bernardino County Republican Central Committee, a position he previously held for nearly three years, and as a political consultant and campaign manager. After his appointment to the city council, Brosowske successfully vied for election to the council in the 2018 election in the city’s newly-formed District 4, besting the only other candidate in the race, Brigit Bennington. Simultaneously, Holland, considered to be like Brosowske strongly pro-development, was retained on the council, elected to represent the just-created District 2, while the equally pro-development Russ was defeated by then-28-year-old Cameron Gregg, the older brother of Cody Gregg, who had been elected as the youngest member ever of the Hesperia School District Board of Trustees when he was elected at the age of 21 in 2012, and the son of Hesperia Recreation and Parks District Board Member Kelly Gregg.
The election of Cameron Gregg to the city council had an at-first subtle and then later a profound effect on the city in that he advocated against further development in the city until its historic infrastructure deficit issues were redressed. Meanwhile, when the otherwise pro-development Holland failed to keep pace with stridently pro-development Brosowske’s call for completely unfettering the building industry and allowing it to proceed at virtual will and without the imposition of restrictive land use and zoning standards or requirements that it defray the cost of all infrastructure needed to accompany that construction, discontent flared within the building industry, which had invested so heavily in Holland’s political career. Hostility between Holland and Brosowske ensued when the latter supported a building industry-supported-but-ultimately-unsuccessful effort to recall Holland from office. In September 2019, on the basis of what they insisted was Brosowske not actually living in the apartment he had rented in Hesperia prior to his run for the city council in 2018, Holland, Gregg and Bird voted to remove Brosowske from the city council on the grounds that he did not meet the residency requirement to hold office in Hesperia, with Swanson and Brosowske dissenting. The council chose Bennington, whom Brosowske had narrowly defeated in 2018, as his replacement.
The Hesperia community appears to be divided with regard to the grounds and motivation for, as well as the necessity, legality and constitutionality of removing Brosowske from office. A fair sampling of the city’s residents are of the opinion that Brosowske had multiple priorities that he placed above serving the city’s residents as their faithful representative at City Hall, and some of those residents along with others are convinced Brosowske was not actually residing in the city. Still, there are those who considered him to be the city’s legitimately-elected District 4 councilman whose views, attitudes and votes reasonably reflected their expectations in how local government should be administered. And there is strong sentiment among some residents of the city, including Brosowske’s supporters and detractors, that the city council overstepped its authority by removing him from office, even if his residence in the city was subject to question. To them, the council majority violated the constitutional rights of District 4’s voters when they nullified the 2018 election results by removing Brosowske without due process.
In this year’s election, Dundon and Swanson represent the city’s pro-development faction. They are being supported by Brosowske. The electioneering machinery that Brosowske has at his command, which entails the financial support of the building industry, is being provided to Dundon and Swanson if not entirely directly then through independent expenditure committees over which Brosowske to some extent holds sway. Those independent expenditure committees are likewise engaging in savage attacks upon Bird, considered by the building industry to be unreasonably anti-growth, as well as Kelly Gregg, who is one of Bird’s political supporters and is himself up for reelection for his position on the Recreation and Parks District board, and Cody Gregg, likewise running for reelection to the school board. Cody Gregg has little or no say over land use policy in the city, but his status as an elected official lends support and authority to the political movement and milieu of which his father and Bird are a part.
In the weeks after campaign signs from a multiplicity of candidates for local and statewide offices as well as for Congress were posted at locations across the High Desert including Hesperia, there was widespread vandalism to those features of the political season.
Dundon told the Sentinel that both he and Swanson have been subject, since September 21, to “an organized campaign of intimidation and vandalism” by Bird’s supporters and those opposed to Swanson’s reelection. Both Kelly Gregg and Cameron Gregg are central players in this campaign, Dundon said, and he claimed that the father and son had “staked out” his and Swanson’s homes “in an obvious effort to intimidate us as candidates and our families.”
Dundon pointed out that “on an unspecified night, 11 of Rebekah Swanson’s large roadside campaign signs were cut down and stolen, all by the same person. We know that is the case due to the same battery powered saber saw having been used to cut the signs down and the same shoeprints being present at each place that vandalism occurred. On the morning of October 16, 2020, nine of my large roadside campaign signs were cut down along with 12 more of Rebekah Swanson’s signs.”
All 12 of Swanson’s cut down signs were refurbished and remounted. According to Dundon, “On the morning of Sunday, October 18, 2020, eight of the original 12 Swanson signs cut down were cut down a second time.”
Dundon said that between 5:10 a.m. and 5:14 a.m. on October 16, a security camera captured a “low resolution video” of what he said was Kelly Gregg cutting down one of Dundon’s large campaign signs. “Even though this copy is low resolution, Deputy A. Dorsett of the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department has the original copy along with shoeprint evidence and witness accounts of the vandalism.”
As one of five members of the Hesperia Unified School District Board of Trustees, Dundon shares with his board colleagues authority as Larry Bird’s collective overseer within the district’s chain of command, given that Bird is the principal at Hesperia Unified’s Sultana High School. Dundon alleged that Julie Bird, a school district employee and Larry Bird’s wife, and Cynthia Schmidt, a school district employee and the wife of former Hesperia City Councilman Eric Schmidt, Larry Bird’s campaign manager, “have posted videos online in which it is clear they are illegally abusing their positions as Hesperia teachers, since those videos are intended to unduly influence students and parents in support of Larry Bird.” Both Julie Bird and Cynthia Schmidt did so, Dundon maintains, by “utilizing school classroom settings, school property, school devices, school internet, and school instructional platforms. Mrs. Schmidt’s video was posted on October 11, 2020. Mrs. Bird’s video was posted on October 20, 2020.” Dundon said, “Both are currently under investigation by Hesperia Unified School District officials for the violations.”
Kelly Gregg acknowledged there was widespread political skulduggery afoot in Hesperia, replete with the destruction and vandalism of campaign signs. He insisted he was not involved in those underhanded tactics, and rather was himself a victim of it, as both his son Cody and Bird have been. For the last several weeks, he said he has been constantly engaged in trying to redress the damage to the signs promoting his candidacy for reelection and the candidates he is supporting.
“I challenge anyone to show a video of me knocking down signs,” Kelly Gregg said. “I have multiple things going on right now. I am running a business and involved in my own campaign and those of my son and Mayor Bird. I am too busy to be doing anything other than working on what I have right in front of me. I do not have time to spend or waste cutting down signs.”
Gregg said, “My son [Cody] just had two of his signs destroyed. We were just removing graffiti from some of the other signs. Earlier today we were repairing signs that were damaged but still standing. Signs get destroyed. Everyone who is running [for office] right now is seeing their signs getting wrecked. It’s the nature of the beast. I saw Smitty’s [Assembly candidate Thurston Smith’s] signs on the ground today. Some of Rick Herrick’s [Smith’s opponent in the Assembly race] are down. There is a group of people out there who are saying, ‘It’s the Greggs.’ I would challenge any of them to produce a video of us removing anyone’s signs. That video doesn’t exist.”
At around 5:26 a.m. this morning, a security camera near the corner of Escondido Avenue and Muscatel Street captured video footage of a white Toyota Tundra, license number BC10263, said to have been engaged in the vandalizing of signs. Preliminary indications are that the truck belongs to “A Door Company,” the logo for which is visible on the truck. It is suspected the owner’s son was involved in the vandalism.
Politics is a dirty business that is getting dirtier with every election, Gregg said.
“There are these groups from down the hill [in lower San Bernardino County] in the form of the Inland Empire Taxpayers Association and the High Desert Taxpayers Association who are pouring money into our elections up here,” Gregg said. “They are being financed by the developers, who are putting money into these hit pieces and into social media ads. They just put out $35,000 in mailers against Larry [Bird]. These are people coming from down the hill, trying to convert our city into Downtown Los Angeles. Developers try to buy elections. Every two years we have to deal with this. All they want is power. You see them spending $100,000 on getting one person elected in a city council race. People wonder why. To me it is no secret. By spending $100,000 during one election year, they can make $600,000 on one of their dirty deals.
“Unfortunately, people are making accusations that either border on or are outright slandering my name,” Gregg continued. “I would sue them, but because I am a public official and because of the latitude that the public has in commenting on public figures, it would be very difficult to prove malice. That’s politics.”
Gregg pointed out that he had been the target of a hit piece alleging he had personally squandered $264,000 in taxpayer money, the wording of which suggested he had embezzled or made off with Hesperia Recreation and Park District funding. In actuality, Gregg said, the basis for the accusation was action taken by the district and its officials collectively. As a single member of the board, Gregg pointed out, he does not have the authority to set policy, and the matter referenced in the hit piece involved an approval of policy made in a unanimous vote of the entire board. The hit pieces now landing in mailboxes all over Hesperia and the rest of the county, for that matter, are intellectually dishonest rhetorical renderings intended to fool an electorate that has little knowledge or understanding of the public issues the mailings are purported to address, Kelly Gregg said.
“People shouldn’t be making their voting choices on that kind of misinformation,” Gregg said. “The people behind this are Jeremiah Brosowske, Bill Postmus, Dino DeFazio and developers like Jim Previti and Jeff Burum, who have a huge monetary stake in getting pro-development candidates elected who will roll over when they have project proposals.”
Bill Postmus is a former First District county supervisor, former chairman of the board of supervisors, former county assessor and former chairman of the San Bernardino County Republican Central Committee, who a decade-and-a-half ago bestrode San Bernardino County like a political colossus until he disintegrated in scandal and pleaded guilty in 2011 to 14 felony political corruption charges. DeFazio was a Postmus political associate who was criminally charged in the midst of the Postmus scandal for assisting the one-time supervisor/county assessor in laundering political funds. One of Postmus’s convictions relating to engaging in a criminal conflict of interest as a public official prohibits him from ever again holding public office in California. He has nevertheless sought to remain politically active through the operation of a political consulting business he has founded, Mountain States Consulting Group. Brosowske is a Postmus protégé who was at one point employed by Mountain States Consulting Group.
Hit pieces put together by Brosowske targeting Bird refer to him as a “liar,” and accuse him of subjecting Hesperia to “increased crime, higher taxes and backroom deals.” The hit pieces state that there has been a 300 percent increase in the murder rate in Hesperia in the last year, which occurred under Bird’s watch as mayor. Those hit pieces were financed by the High Desert Taxpayers Association. The High Desert Taxpayers Association has spent $15,901 in favor of Dundon, $3,000 in favor of Paul Russ’s candidacy for the school board and $22,397 against Bird.
Brosowske is also making use of funding from Firemens Local 935; Hesperia Venture I LLC, which is related to the Tapestry project; Citizens Against Wasteful Spending, and NOV8 Consulting.
Citizens Against Wasteful Spending received $9,300. from Tri-Land Inc., which is controlled by DeFazio.
In Rancho Cucamonga, District 1 candidate Jon Hamilton has been assailed in hit pieces of an inexact provenance which play fast and loose with fact and are contexted on misrepresentations as to the line of authority in government, and which falsely attribute to Hamilton responsibility for decisions or actions over which he had no bearing. Moreover, those mailers make spurious, indeed provably untrue, claims about the pending economic collapse of the City of Montclair.
Hamilton is employed as the director of administrative services and human resources with the City of Montclair. According to a hit piece that was distributed by mail to high propensity voters in Rancho Cucamonga’s District 1, Montclair is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, having accumulated a $7 million budget shortfall that has forced it into the desperation move of increasing taxes, a ploy devised by Hamilton, who is further blamed for having decimated the ranks of the city’s public safety division through the firing and laying off of police officers and firemen. The mailer cautions District 1’s voters and implores them to deny Hamilton entry onto the city council in Rancho Cucamonga lest the devastation that has befallen Montclair because of Hamilton’s pernicious incompetence be visited upon their city.
In actuality, City of Montclair officials, in reaction to the COVID-19 crisis and concerned that the downturn in revenue from the city’s substantial commercial base would leave the city with a critical budget gap, carried out a special audit to ascertain the degree of revenue drop-off the city had experienced by the close of the 2019-20 Fiscal Year at the end of June. That survey determined the loss was less than $500,000.
Moreover, the City of Montclair, which is the second-smallest of San Bernardino County’s 24 municipalities geographically, is more densely inhabited than most of the county’s cities, ranking as the ninth smallest in terms of population while boasting a more extensive commercial element than 13 of the county’s other cities and incorporated towns. There had been previous discussion, well prior to the coronavirus pandemic, of enhancing the city’s financial position by imposing an additional one percent sales tax within Montclair’s city limits. A limited survey of residents, Montclair officials said, found that more than 60 percent of the city’s residents supported the tax increase when framed as one that would generate added revenue for City Hall in large measure through sales tax collected at the city’s mall formerly known Montclair Plaza and now called Montclair Place, as the tax is to be paid in significant measure by shoppers from outside the city. A second poll done after the pandemic had hit found, city officials said, that support of the sales tax had increased among Montclair residents surveyed to 75 percent. As the director of administrative services and human resources, Montclair officials said, Hamilton had no part in placing what is now designated as Measure L, asking voters whether they will support the one percent sales tax increase, on the November 3 ballot. That action followed as the consequence of a unanimous vote made on August 3 by the city council, which stated in doing so that the measure, if passed, was anticipated to generate $7 million annually to fund city services.
Moreover, assertions in the hit piece that Hamilton was instrumental in gutting Montclair’s public safety division, attributed to retired members of the police and fire departments who left the city before Hamilton first began working there in 2017, is not borne out by the actual circumstance. Montclair, while Hamilton has been in the role of human resources director, has not seen any attrition in the number of its police officers and has increased the number of its firefighters by one.
More accurately, in the timeframe referenced within the hit piece, that being the more than three years that Hamilton has been employed by Montclair, the City of Rancho Cucamonga, under the direction of the incumbent on the city council Hamilton is challenging, Councilman Sam Spagnolo, has experienced a greater diminution of its public safety function than did Montclair. Spagnolo was previously, in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016, elected at large, and is now standing for election in Rancho Cucamonga’s newly created District 1.
The hit piece on Hamilton was generated by an entity, Business Leaders For Ethical Government, an independent expenditure committee which is a creature, in large measure, of developer Jeff Burum, who was active in the support of political candidates in the first decade of the Third Millennium and thereafter took a hiatus from heavy duty political involvement for nearly a decade. Burum began to actively involve himself in San Bernardino County politics once more beginning in 2018.
In his campaign, Hamilton has presented himself as a prospective elected official intent on “defending our neighborhoods against high-density housing.”
An examination of contributions to Burum’s independent expenditure committee from others than Burum himself reveals that two separate $2,250 donations from Dieter Dammeier and his wife, Julie Dammeier, were made to Business Leaders For Ethical Government on October 5. Previously, on August 8, Dieter Dammeier had contributed $3,800 to Spagnolo’s council campaign directly and Julie Dammeier the same day donated $3,700 to Spagnolo’s electioneering fund. A campaign expenditure disclosure document known as a California Form 496 filed with the California Secretary of State’s office shows that there were three disbursements from the Business Leaders For Ethical Government’s campaign war chest on October 13, one with the designation “mailer” for $4,174,54, another with the designation “graphic design” for $400 and one designated “voter file” for $210.93. Those three expenditure documentations bear the sequential identification markers of, respectively “Memo reference: EDT: S496:116” and “Memo reference: EDT: S496:118” and “Memo reference: EDT: S496:119,” apparent references to the mailer pertaining to Hamilton.
Dieter Dammeier is an attorney who was the chief negotiator for the Rancho Cucamonga Professional Firefighters Association- IAFF Local 2274 in contract talks between the firefighters and the City of Rancho Cucamonga. Dammeier’s former law firm – Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir – previously represented SEBA – the Safety Employees Benefit Association, the union for San Bernardino County’s sheriff’s deputies, in its labor contract negotiations. The City of Rancho Cucamonga contracts with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for the provision of law enforcement services and serves as the City of Rancho Cucamonga’s police department.
Spagnolo was employed for 31 years as a firefighter with the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Department and its predecessor, the Foothill Fire Department.
This year so far, the Rancho Cucamonga Professional Firefighters Association- IAFF Local 2274 provided Spagnolo’s campaign with non-monetary contributions valued at $13,841.77 and SEBA provided his campaign with non-monetary contributions valued at $6,474.21 in the form of electioneering material informing Rancho Cucamonga’s District 1 voters that the city’s firefighters and sheriff’s deputies endorsed Spagnolo in his bid for election.
Both Spagnolo and Hamilton had sought the endorsement of Montclair Mayor John Dutrey for campaigning purposes in this year’s election. Dutrey originally sided with Spagnolo, electing to support the Rancho Cucamonga incumbent councilman over one of his city’s key administrative staff members for election in a city outside his own but lying within San Bernardino County’s West End region.
Upon being informed about the hit piece on Hamilton and then provided with it, Dutrey released a statement in which he said, “I …condemn this flyer’s tone and that Montclair was included in Rancho Cucamonga’s election. The flyer was issued by an independent political action committee, which by law is independent of the Rancho Cucamonga City Council candidates. The tactics by this independent political action committee are cruel, erroneous and mudslinging. Including another city and its citizens negatively in a political campaign is reprehensible. Both Montclair and Rancho Cucamonga are great communities with great citizens. Rancho Cucamonga and Montclair have worked well and supported each other on many important regional projects. It is unfortunate that an independent political action committee has interjected both cities in this dirty political act.”
Dutry’s statement continued, “I emailed Rancho Cucamonga Mayor Dennis Michael and Council Member Sam Spagnolo, informing them that ‘My community is very upset’ and condemns such flyer. I also asked Council Member Spagnolo to remove me as an endorsement, including on his campaign website and literature. I trust this disrespectful act will not be an impediment of both cities’ working relationship on regional boards for the betterment of our region and its citizens.”
Around October 13, high propensity Democratic voters in the southwest quadrant of Upland began receiving a mailer with a postal return designation of the West End Leaders Political Action Committee P.O. Box 141, Montclair, CA 91763.
A hit piece, it targeted Upland District 3 candidate Carlos Garcia, who is competing against four other candidates in a special election being held in November to fill the currently vacant District 3 position. The vacancy ensued last May, following the resignation of Ricky Felix, who had been elected to the District 3 post in November 2018. Felix’s resignation was necessitated by his move to Utah, where a more lucrative employment opportunity than that represented by his locally-based heating, air conditioning and ventilation servicing entrepreneurship had presented itself. Lining up to run for the post were Garcia, former City Councilman Gino Filippi, Tauvaga Hoching and Lamonta Amos.
On one side of the blue background hit piece, a repetition of the word no in capital letters is utilized to encourage a rejection of Garcia’s candidacy. Garcia, the mailer states “is wrong for District 3. Why? The last thing Upland needs is another politician with no experience no platform no plans.”
In all capitals, the piece commends the voter to “stop corruption,” stating, without elaboration that “The same developers that backed Ricky Felix want you to vote for Carlos Garcia.”
On the flip side of the hit piece, there is a black and white photo of Garcia with a red x superimposed on it. Banner yellow lettering against the blue background states “Reckless, Divisive,” from which a red arrow points to what is represented to be a social media posting by “Carlos A. Garcia.” The posting states, “I’m just gonna put this right here. Merry Christmas. I Love my Guns. Bacon Rocks! The NFL Can kiss my ass! Obama was an ass! Hilllary needs to go to jail! GO TRUMP! You should STAND for the National Anthem! God Bless America!”
The mailer calls upon the voter to “Be smart! An inexperienced short-term resident is NOT the right person to represent us in District 3. Vote for someone with skills, knowledge and a plan to help!”
At the bottom of the mailer is stated, “This advertisement was not authorized or paid for by a candidate for this office or a committee controlled by a candidate for this office.”
No other candidates in the District 3 race are mentioned. The theme encouraging that voters choose a candidate other than Garcia because of his alleged lack of experience suggests that the hit piece is intended to usher the voter toward a candidate with experience, which could be interpreted to refer to Filippi, who held an at-large position on the council for two terms from 2010 until 2018 until he was obliged to run in the District 3 race in 2018, when he finished third in a three-way race behind Felix and runner-up Irmalinda Osuna. Neither Garcia nor Hoching nor Amos have served on the council previously. Garcia has for the last two years served on the City of Upland Community Development Block Grant Committee. He has also live-streamed city meetings that are not broadcast in an effort to heighten resident engagement and knowledge of city government and its actions.
The hit piece featured two glaring irregularities. An exhaustive search of state and local databases, including the California Secretary of State’s website and that of the California Fair Political Practices Commission, provides nothing with regard to the West End Leaders Political Action Committee. State law requires that all such entities that engage in more than $1,000 worth of political advocacy be registered with the California Secretary of State. As significantly, the social media posting attributed to Garcia within the hit piece is not genuine, but rather one that was generated by someone with an identical name or fraudulently created altogether to appear to be one of Garcia’s postings.
The Sentinel has ascertained that the address provided for the purported West End Leaders Political Action Committee – Box 141 at the Montclair Post Office – is actually the mailing address for the current and 2018 campaigns to elect Ben Lopez to the Montclair City Council. Lopez is in the thick of a race for two open positions on the Montclair City Council, the ones currently held by Tenice Johnson and Carolyn Raft. Raft is not seeking reelection. Competing in the contest are Lopez, Johnson, Robert Pipersky, Oscar Miranda, Juliet Orozco and Michael Tadrous. Ben Lopez has an election committee, Lopez For Council 2020, which has a California Fair Political Practices Commission identification number of 1371786. Lopez sought a position on the Montclair City Council previously, in 2018 when he finished third among six candidates for two council posts, 2016 when he finished third in a five-candidate race for two seats and 2014 when he finished third in a six-person race for two spots on the council. The Garcia hit piece does not bear Lopez’s identification number or any other. Montclair Post Office Box 141 is also associated with Lopez’s business, Lopez Mobile Notary.
There does appear to be, or to have been, a connection between Lopez and Filippi. On Lopez’s webpage for his 2018 city council campaign, which remains intact on the internet, Filippi and Filippi’s city council ally, Carol Timm, are shown as being among 11 local or county officeholders who endorsed Lopez. Carol Timm, who was elected at large to the Upland City Council in 2014, lost her berth on the council when she was defeated in 2018 for the Upland District 4 post by Rudy Zuniga. Nevertheless, in Lopez’s internet presence for the ongoing campaign, consisting of a Facebook page, no mention of Filippi is made. Filippi’s 2020 election campaign website lists his endorsements. Lopez is not among them.
In San Bernardino County’s Fifth District, Democrat Joe Baca Jr. is in a run-off contest with Republican Jesse Armendarez. It would appear that Baca, who for nearly 14 years has been a city councilman in Rialto, has an advantage over Armendarez, a city councilman in Fontana since 2016, since the voter registration in the Fifth District, which encompasses the heavily blue collar communities of east Fontana, Rialto, Bloomington, Colton, Muscoy and west San Bernardino, heavily favors the Democrats. As of this week 99,395 or 50.5 percent of the Fifth District’s 196,823 voters are Democrats and 37,059 or 18.8 percent are Republicans. Republicans in the district are outnumbered by the 47,461 or 24.1 percent of registered voters who have declined to state a party preference. The remaining 7.5 percent of registered voters are members of the Peace and Freedom, Libertarian, Green and other obscure parties. In the March 3 primary race in which Baca and Armendarez finished first and second, respectively, Baca polled 19,948 or 40.22 percent of the 49,595 total votes cast and Armendarez pulled down 13,330 or 26.88 percent. Another Democrat, Dan Flores received 8,998 votes or 18.14 percent. Nadia Runner, who has no party affiliation, was supported by 7,319 of the district’s voters or 14.76 percent. Flores has endorsed Baca in the November contest.
The Armendarez camp, in a desperate circumstance, is being assisted by the California Taxpayers Alliance Opposing Joe Baca Jr. For Supervisor headquartered at 3843 South Bristol Street in Santa Ana. In recent weeks, hit pieces have been sent exclusively to Democratic voters in the Fifth District which are intended to convince their recipients that Joe Baca, a Democrat, is tied to Republican President Donald Trump. One of those mailers states in an all capital letter headline, “Right-Wing Super PACs Spent Millions For Trump And Have Supported Career Conservative Joe Baca, Jr.”
Thereafter the literature propounds, “Joe Baca, Jr. is Team Trump approved. Joe Baca, Jr. earned the support of the same right-wing interests that put Trump in the White House.”
The mailer features a cut-out of a newspaper headline: “Right-Wing Super PACS Spent Over $30 Million in support of Trump.”
The hit piece’s summary states, “Keep the Trump Team Off Our Board of Supervisors. We need to defeat conservative Joe Baca, Jr.”