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jethomme · 6 years ago

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California Voters: Vote YES on Proposition 10--Fairness to Renters paying in excess of 30% of their income on rent.

Make it clear to greedy developers and unscrupulous landlords that the rent is too damn high! We’re counting on grassroots supporters to step up and vote for Proposition 10 on November 6. Your vote and your voice COUNT! Give the right of city self-determination back to each city government = local control. People on fixed incomes like retirees, veterans, and others require reasonable rents. Median home values have increased by 80% since 2011. More than half the renters in the state of California spend MORE than 30% of their income on rent (Haas Institute for Fair & Inclusive Society, UC Berkeley).

Vote for fairness, or do not be surprised at budding chaos.

Partial list of endorsements follow:

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Congresswoman Maxine Waters

State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin (fmr)

State Senator Ben Allen

State Senator Connie M. Leyva

State Senator Kevin De Leon

State Senator Ricardo Lara

State Assemblymember David Chiu

State Assemblymember Laura Friedman

State Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher

State Assemblymember Mike Davis (fmr)

State Assemblymember Phil Ting

State Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer

State Assemblymember Rob Bonta

State Assemblymember Tony Thurmond

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin

Berkeley Rent Board Member Igor Tregub

Berkeley Rent Board Member Leah Simon-Weisberg

Beverly Hills Vice Mayor John Mirisch

Culver City Vice Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells

Culver City Councilmember Daniel Lee

El Cerrito Mayor Gabriel Quinto

Emeryville Mayor Ken Bukowski (fmr)

Fontana School Board Member Mary Sandoval

Fowler Mayor Don Cardenas

Highland City Mayor Pro Tem Jesus Chavez

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti

Los Angeles City Councilmember David Ryu

Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo

Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson

Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin

Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz

Los Angeles City Councilmember Robert Farrell (fmr)

Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn

Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl

Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member George McKenna

Malibu City Councilmember Lou La Monte

Mountain View Mayor Lenny Siegel

Mountain View Councilmember Pat Showalter

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf

Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb

Oakland City Councilmember Desley Brooks

Oakland City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan

Redlands City Councilmember Eddie Tejeda

Richmond Vice Mayor Melvin Willis

Richmond City Councilmember Jovanka Beckles

Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin (fmr)

San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen

San Francisco Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer

San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim

San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin

San Jose Councilmember Don Rocha

San Jose Councilmember Sergio Jimenez

Santa Barbara Community College Board of Trustees Vice President Jonathan Abboud

Santa Clara City Councilmember Nassim Nouri

Santa Cruz City Councilmember Chris Krohn

Santa Monica City Councilmember Kevin McKeown

Santa Monica City Councilmember Sue Himmelrich

Santa Monica City Councilmember Tony Vazquez

Santa Monica Rent Board Member Caroline Torosis

Santa Monica Rent Board Member Nicole Phillis

Tulare City Council Member Jose Sigala

Ukiah Mayor Phil Baldwin (fmr)

Vallejo School Board Member Ruscal Cayangyang

West Hollywood City Councilmember Lindsey Horvath

West Hollywood City Councilmember Lauren Meister

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

City of Berkeley

City of Beverly Hills

City of Oakland

City of Palm Springs

City of San Francisco

City of Santa Monica

City of West Hollywood

City of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Monterey County Board of Supervisors

San Francisco City/County Board of Supervisors

PUBLICATIONS

Los Angeles Times

Sacramento Bee

ColoradoBlvd.net

The Daily Californian

East Bay Express

Hoy Los Angeles

KnockLA

San Francisco Bay Guardian

Santa Maria Times

AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS

Housing California

Affordable Housing Alliance

Affordable Housing Network of Santa Clara County

Berkeley Student Cooperative

Christian Church Homes

Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO)

East LA Community Corporation

Esperanza Community Housing Corporation

Marty’s Place Affordable Housing Corporation

Mission Economic Development Agency

Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH)

Oakland Community Land Trust

Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH)

Tenderloin Housing Clinic

Thai Community Development Center

TRUST South LA

Venice Community Housing Corporation

Women Organizing Resources Knowledge and Services (WORKS)

TENANT/HOUSING RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS

Housing NOW! California

Tenants Together

Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives

Alameda Renters Coalition

Anti-Eviction Mapping Project

Arcata Lazy J Homeowners Association

Asian Law Alliance

Berkeley Tenants Union

Beverly Hills Renters Alliance

Bill Sorro Housing Program (BiSHoP)

California Coalition for Rural Housing

Causa Justa / Just Cause

Chinatown Community for Equitable Development

Coalition for Economic Survival

El Comite de Vecinos del Lado Oeste, East Palo Alto

Comite de la Esperanza

De Rose Gardens Tenant Association (DRGTA)

East Bay Housing Organizations

East Palo Alto Council of Tenants Education Fund

Equity Housing Alliance

EveryOne Home

Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California

Gamaliel CA

Glendale Tenants Union

Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League

Homes for All

Homeless Student Advocate Alliance

Housing 4 Sacramento

Housing Long Beach

Housing Rights Committee San Francisco

Hunger Action Coalition Los Angeles

Inquilinos Unidos

Isla Vista Tenants Union

LiBRE (Long Beach Residents Empowered)

Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN)

Los Angeles Tenants Union

Manufactured Housing Action

Mountain View Tenants Coalition

Oakland Tenants Union

Orange County Mobile Home Residents Coalition

Pasadena Tenants Union

People of Color Sustainable Housing Network

People Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER)

Poverty Matters

Property Owners for Fair and Affordable Housing

The Q Foundation

Renters of Moreno Valley

Sacramento Housing Alliance

Sacramento Tenants Union

Sanctuary of Hope

San Diego Tenants United

San Francisco Anti-Displacement Coalition

San Francisco Tenants Union

Santa Ana Tenants United

Santa Monicans for Renters Rights (SMRR)

Shelter for All Koreatown

Sonoma County Manufactured-Home Owners Association

Sonoma Valley Housing Group

South Pasadena Tenants Union

Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE)

Students United with Renters

Union de Vecinos

United for Housing Justice (SF)

United Neighbors In Defense Against Displacement (UNIDAD)

Uplift Inglewood

Urban Habitat

TENANT LEGAL SERVICES

Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus

BASTA

California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation

Center for Community Action & Environmental Justice

Centro Legal de la Raza

Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Crow & Rose, Tenant Lawyers

East Bay Community Law Center

Eviction Defense Center

Eviction Defense Network

Inner City Law Center – Los Angeles

LA Center for Community Law & Action

Law Foundation of Silicon Valley

National Lawyers Guild – Los Angeles

Public Advocates

Public Counsel

Public Interest Law Project

Western Center on Law and Poverty

LABOR & WORKERS RIGHTS

California Labor Federation

AFSCME California People

AFSCME Local 3299

AFT Local 2121

AFT Local 1521

Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace & Justice

California Faculty Association

California Federation of Teachers

California Nurses Association

California Teachers Association

Central Coast Alliance United For A Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)

Employee Rights Center San Diego

Humboldt and Del Norte Counties Central Labor Council AFL-CIO

International Union of Painters & Allied Trades Local 510

Jobs with Justice San Francisco

Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Los Angeles Black Worker Center

Oakland Education Association (OEA)

National Union of Healthcare Workers

Painters & Allied Trades 36

Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers Retirees

San Bernardino and Riverside Counties Central Labor Council

SEIU California

SEIU Local 1021

SEIU Local 99

SEIU Local 221

SEIU Local 521

SEIU Local 721

SEIU Local 2015

SEIU USWW

UC Student-Workers Union UAW Local 2865

United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America UAW Local 5810

UFCW Local 770

Unite HERE Local 11

Unite HERE Local 2850

Unite HERE Local 2

United Educators of San Francisco

United Taxi Workers of San Diego

United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA)

Warehouse Worker Resource Center

POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS

California Democratic Party

Green Party of California

Peace and Freedom Party of California

Our Revolution

AAPIs for Civic Empowerment Education Fund

Alhambra Democratic Club

Americans for Democratic Action Southern California

Bernal Heights Democratic Club

Bernie Sanders Brigade

California Progressive Alliance

Chicano Latino Caucus of the California Democratic Party

Democratic Socialists of America

Democratic Socialists of America East Bay

Democratic Socialists of America Los Angeles

Democratic Socialists of America Orange County

Democratic Socialists of America Peninsula

Democratic Socialists of America Pomona Valley

Democratic Socialists of America Sacramento

Democratic Socialists of America San Diego

Democratic Socialists of America San Francisco

Democratic Socialists of America Santa Cruz

Democratic Socialists of America Silicon Valley

Democratic Socialists of America Ventura County

East Area Progressive Dems

El Dorado County Democratic Party

Feel the Bern Democratic Club Los Angeles

Green Party of Santa Clara County

Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club

Humboldt County Democrats

Inland Empire for Our Revolution

International Socialist Organization

Los Angeles County Democratic Party

Napa County Green Party

NorCal4OurRevolution

North Valley Democratic Club

Our Revolution

Our Revolution East Bay

Our Revolution Progressive Los Angeles

Our Revolution Santa Ana

Our Revolution Ventura County

Party for Socialism and Liberation – SF

Peninsula Young Democrats

Progressive Democrats of America California PAC

Progressive Democrats of America San Fernando Valley

Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains

Richmond Progressive Alliance

San Bernardino County Young Democrats

San Diego Central Committee of the Peace and Freedom Party of CA

San Diego County Peace and Freedom Party

San Francisco Berniecrats

San Francisco County Democratic Party

San Francisco Latino Democratic Club

San Luis Obispo County Democratic Party

San Luis Obispo County Progressives

San Pedro Democratic Club

Santa Monica Democratic Club

Socialist Alternative Los Angeles

Socialist Party of Ventura County

Stonewall Democratic Club

UC Berkeley Young Democratic Socialists of America

Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club

West Hollywood-Beverly Hills Democratic Club

CIVIL RIGHTS/LIBERTIES ORGANIZATIONS

ACLU of California

ACLU of Northern California

ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties

ACLU of Southern California

Advocates for Black Strategic Alternatives

African American Cultural Center

American Indian Movement Southern California

APGA Tour

API Equality – LA

Black Community Clergy & Labor Alliance

Brotherhood Crusade

CARECEN

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles (CHIRLA)

Committee for Racial Justice

Council on American-Islamic Relations California (CAIR)

Dellums Institute for Social Justice

Fannie Lou Hamer Institute

Institute of the Black World 21st Century

Latino Equality Alliance

Los Angeles Urban League

MLK Coalition of Greater LA

Muslim Public Alliance Council (MPAC)

National Action Network Los Angeles

National Urban League

Services Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN)

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Bay Area

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) San Jose

Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Southern California

United Native Americans

Urban League of San Diego County

Youth Justice Coalition

HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS

Access Support Network San Luis Obispo & Monterey Counties

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

APAIT (Special Service for Groups)

Asian Pacific Islander Forward Movement

Black Women for Wellness

Latino Health Access

San Francisco Human Services Network

Sierra Foothills AIDS Foundation

St. John’s Well Child & Family Center

Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases (WORLD)

SENIOR ORGANIZATIONS

California Alliance for Retired Americans

Monterey County Area Agency on Aging

Senior and Disability Action

Social Security Works

FAITH INSTITUTIONS & LEADERS

Rev. James Lawson

AME Ministerial Alliance – NorCal

Bend the Arc – Southern California

Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee

California Church IMPACT

Cheryl Ward Ministries

Christian Church Homes

Church Without Walls – Skid Row Los Angeles

Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice – Los Angeles (CLUE)

Congregational Church of Palo Alto

Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement (COPE)

Congregations Organizing For Renewal (COR)

First AME Church – Los Angeles

Greater Long Beach Interfaith Community Organization (ICO)

Holman United Methodist Church – Los Angeles

Inland Empire African American Pastors

Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace

Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity

Jewish Center for Justice

LA Voice – PICO Affiliate

Lutheran Office of Public Policy – California

McCarty Memorial Christian Church – Los Angeles

Multi-faith ACTION Coalition

Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)

Oakland Community Organizing – PICO Affiliate (OCO)

PACT: People Acting in Community Together – PICO Affiliate

PICO California

Poor People’s Campaign of California

Sacramento ACT – PICO Affiliate

Sojourner Truth Presbyterian Church

Unitarian Universalist Faith in Action Committee

STATEWIDE, REGIONAL & LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

ACTICON

Advancement Project California

Alliance for Community Transit – Los Angeles (ACT-LA)

Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE Action)

Allies for Life

All Peoples Community Center

ANSWER SF

Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)

Associated Students of UC Santa Barbara

Block by Block Organizing Network

Brave New Films

California Bicycle Coalition

California Calls

California Environmental Justice Alliance

Californians for Justice

California for Progress

Californians for Safety and Justice

Californian Latinas for Reproductive Justice

California Partnership

California Reinvestment Coalition

Chicano Latino Caucus of San Bernardino County

Chispa

Coalition to Preserve LA

CDTech

Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council – Los Angeles

Committee to Defend Roosevelt

Communities for a New California

Community Coalition

Consumer Watchdog

Courage Campaign

Creating Freedom Movements

Crenshaw Subway Coalition

D5Action

Dolores Huerta Foundation

The East Oakland Collective

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ensuring Opportunity Campaign to End Poverty in Contra Costa County

Environmental Health Coalition

Friends Committee on Legislation of California

The Fund for Santa Barbara

GLIDE Foundation

The Green Scene TV

Ground Game LA

The Hayward Collective

Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council – Los Angeles

Hyde Park Organizational Partnership for Empowerment

Indivisible SF

Inland Empire United

Inland Empowerment

InnerCity Struggle

Justice House

Kenwood Oakland Community Organization

Korean Resource Center

LA Forward

Latino Economic Development Center

Latinos United for a New America

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability Central Valley

League of Women Voters of California

League of Women Voters of Los Angeles

Liberty Hill Foundation

Livable California

Los Feliz Neighborhood Council – Los Angeles

Million Voter Project

Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc.

Mobilize the Immigrant Vote

Neighbors United – San Francisco

9to5 Los Angeles Chapter

North Bay Organizing Project

Orange County Civic Engagement Table

Organize Sacramento

Pasadenans Organizing for Progress

People for Mobility Justice

Places in the City

PolicyLink

Pomona Economic Opportunity Center

Progressive Alliance – San Bernardino County

Progressive Asian Network for Action

Public Bank LA/Revolution LA/Divest LA

Rampart Village Neighborhood Council – Los Angeles

Right Way Foundation

Rubicon Programs

RYSE Youth Center

Sacred Heart Community Service

Sero Project

SF Neighbors United

The Sidewalk Project

Sierra Club of California

Sierra Club of San Gorgonio Chapter

Silicon Valley De-Bug

Skid Row Coffee

Sociedad Organizada de Latinas Activas

Solidarity – Bay Area

SolidarityINFOService

Southeast Asian Community Alliance

South of Market Community Action Network

STAND LA

Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)

University of California Student Association

Urban Tilth

Velveteen Rabbit Project

Wilshire Center Koreatown Neighborhood Council – Los Angeles

Working Partnerships USA

Xochipilli Latino Men’s Circle

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psychic-readingonline · 6 years ago

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alfredrserrano · 5 years ago

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“A landlord waiving rent and not getting anything in return is just not a reality:” experts sound off on pandemic’s effect on South Florida’s retail market

From left: Avra Jain, Scott Sherman, Josh Migdal, Tony Arellano, Devlin Marinoff and Jason Kellogg

Pebb Enterprises, like many commercial landlords in South Florida, is working with tenants to offer rent deferments or discounts, as retailers and small businesses struggle to pay this month’s bills.

Pebb, a Boca Raton-based commercial real estate firm, is still making its mortgage payments in April, said Chris Stewart, Pebb’s senior vice president of leasing. At the same time, the company is hearing from “a significant number of tenants” and trying to keep an open dialogue between them, he said.

“We are granting deferments, looking at each tenant and property individually,” Stewart said. “We just want to make sure they understand the situation we’re going through.�� The company is sending tenants links to loan and grant programs available under the $2 trillion stimulus package that was signed into law by President Trump last week.

Locally and across the country, retail stores, restaurants and bars are attempting to negotiate their rent for this month and in May. Besides Pebb, landlords like Tricera Capital and Avra Jain are talking to their tenants to work out deals.

Jain, speaking during a Bisnow webinar on Thursday, said she’s in the process of negotiating deals with tenants, ranging from deferment or forbearance to partial payment of rent.

“If the lenders are giving us relief, we want to pass it along to our tenants,” Jain said, later adding that, “in April, we’re going to do everything we can to make our lender obligations.”

Claudio Mekler, CEO of Miami Manager, a Sunrise-based company that owns five shopping centers in the tri-county region, told The Real Deal that his firm is analyzing his tenants’ finances to figure out individual solutions. Mekler said they are “letting us scrutinize their business model in order to negotiate to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus crisis.”

Tenants include Starbucks, Dollar Tree, CVS Pharmacy, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Subway. Miami Manager invests in value-add mid-size shopping centers using private equity from investors in Latin America.

“We have already spoken with many of the tenants and, in some cases, we decided that they do have the financial backing to pay full rent in April. In other instances, we have worked out agreements that benefit the tenant, my investors and our lenders,” Mekler said. “For example, for a tenant who had paid us six months of rent in advance, we have reduced his April rent by 50 percent.”

Mekler is also asking one lender to release a reserve that’s typically used to pay broker commissions and tenant improvement concessions, and instead use it to cover rent that will not be paid by tenants.

Commercial brokers Tony Arellano and Devlin Marinoff of Dwntwn Realty Advisors emphasized that property owners are beholden to their lenders in many cases. Those with commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) loans, don’t have that flexibility.

“If tenants think they’re just not going to pay rent, it’s mechanically not possible.… A landlord waiving rent and not getting anything in return is just not a reality,” Arellano said.

They anticipate that many landlords will urge their tenants to apply for loan and grant programs to pay their rent while their businesses are closed or limited, as is the case for restaurants and bars, which can only operate for take-out and delivery.

“If a mortgage said you cannot give concessions to your tenant, you have to go back to your banker,” Arellano added.

Marinoff said that the effect on property values won’t be known until the pandemic is over and businesses have started to recover. “When the smoke clears, there will be plenty of opportunity. We won’t know until it’s over,” he added.

The Cheesecake Factory (Credit: iStock)

Some major tenants, like the Cheesecake Factory, have said they would not be able to pay April rent.

And some landlords, like Taubman Centers, owner of The Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens and Dolphin Mall in Sweetwater, are requiring payment from their tenants.

Scott Sherman of Tricera Capital said during the Bisnow panel that he’s offering his tenants rent deferral in April to give them “breathing room.” Tricera will add that month to the end of their lease term. “Without our tenants, we have dark buildings,” he said.

Tenants first need to look at their leases and insurance policies to see if they have a legal basis for rent abatement, said attorney Jason Kellogg of Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman.

He pointed to one legal argument made in Louisiana, where a lawyer argued that the presence of Covid-19 in a retail establishment could count as physical damage.

Kellogg and others expect that the pandemic will change how leases and insurance policies are written, similar to what happened with the Zika outbreak in 2015 and the SARS outbreak in the early 2000s.

“This is going to be a complete game changer. Everyone is going to start putting viruses, pandemics, epidemics [in contracts]. Any leases I write or edit are going to include this because no one is going to forget this,” he said.

Attorney Josh Migdal, co-founder and partner at Mark Migdal & Hayden, is hearing from both landlords and tenants.

“The tenants are contacting us to find out whether or not they have any legal recourse or basis to absolve them from having to make payment. The landlords are calling us to find out whether or not the tenants have any basis,” he said. “They’re also asking us to look at their loan documents to see what they can do related to making payments to their lender. This is a cascade of litigation or liquidity issues.”

A number of landlords will be forced to sue to evict tenants. In some cases, Midgal said, they’ll use litigation to bring their tenants to the table to work things out. In others, the pandemic will weed out tenants that were already struggling.

“The reality is tenants don’t want to go out of business and not have space, and landlords don’t want to have vacant space,” he said. “No one wants to go to a shopping center that is empty.”

Landlords may require or ask their tenants to sign a covenant that the money they receive will be used for rent, said attorney Steve Silverman, a shareholder at Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen and Levine.

Tenants typically have grace periods between seven and 14 days to make their rent payments, he said.

“You don’t want landlords exercising their eviction options. You want to avoid the cost of that litigation,” Silverman said. “Hopefully a lot of these issues will be worked out. I anticipate that many, many of them won’t be.”

Punch Bowl Social Miami (Credit: Google Maps)

Some businesses have already decided they won’t re-open. Cracker Barrel said last week that it won’t save its Punch Bowl Social chain, according to news reports. The concept has a location in Wynwood that had just opened.

A majority of Wynwood’s 400 businesses are locally owned. The neighborhood was ground zero for the Zika outbreak a few years ago.

“We were literally shut down for the better part of two months,” said Albert Garcia, chair of the Wynwood Business Improvement District. “We know from past experience that there are going to be businesses that may not survive.”

The streets in Wynwood are empty (Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Daniel Odess, president of insurance firm GlobalPro, said that his company was able to recover losses for commercial property owners, including restaurants and hotels, due to the Zika outbreak. Odess said the chemicals used to combat the infected mosquitoes had corrosive properties, which caused physical damage.

He said coronavirus could cause physical damage because it sits on surfaces for extended periods of time. He compared it to the soot left from a fire. “That is covered by insurance.”

In Wynwood, Garcia said the BID is sending out daily emails to its members, sharing information on what government-ordered closures and programs are available to businesses and employees impacted by the pandemic.

Carlos Saez, COO and co-owner of Native Management, the property management arm of Native Realty in Fort Lauderdale, which manages 10 properties in Broward County, agreed that most tenants want their rent abated. He’s sending them a PDF prepared by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that outlines who is eligible for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, how much money they’re eligible for, when a loan can be forgiven, and more.

“Every landlord, property manager and building owner is trembling right now. Usually the landlords and building owners are small business owners themselves,” Saez said. “This is all still a very new and fluid situation.”

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yeskraim · 5 years ago

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Sanguine snowman, iguana invasion, Chicken Dinner Road: News from around our 50 states

Alabama

Reeltown: The baptism of high school football players on the 50-yard line in their football stadium has drawn complaints from a group that pushes for separation of church and state. After more than two dozen Reeltown High School players were baptized on the field in November, the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation demanded an investigation. “There is a strong relationship between conservative Protestantism and football at the high school and college level,” said Michael Altman, a religious studies professor at the University of Alabama. Altman said the Wisconsin group “is doing its best to call attention to a practice it finds unconstitutional by trying to take a local story national.” Tallapoosa County Schools Superintendent Joe Windle told Al.com he found no wrongdoing. The baptism was not conducted by the school, he said.

Alaska

Anchorage: Smoke has risen miles above a volcano on one of the Aleutian Islands, the Alaska Volcano Observatory says. Lava flowed down the side of Shishaldin Volcano on Unimak Island on Saturday, and smoke rose more than 5 miles high Sunday, Anchorage Daily News reports. The National Weather Service issued an alert for pilots Sunday, as plumes were recorded 30,000 feet in elevation and extending up to 90 miles east. The volcano observatory tweeted late Sunday that the ash emissions ended about 8:30 p.m. The largest island on the Aleutian chain, Unimak is 120 miles northeast of Unalaska Island and about 700 miles west of Anchorage. The same volcano erupted two weeks ago, officials say. The volcano was quiet until seismic activity increased Friday, says geologist Tim Orr of the volcano observatory.

Arizona

Phoenix: The state has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit by a former corrections officer who alleged his coworkers and supervisors repeatedly harassed him over his status as a transgender man. The lawsuit, which was tentatively settled Thursday, alleged colleagues used derogatory terms to refer to the officer and put his safety at risk by revealing to inmates that he had undergone a gender transition. The officer, who filed the lawsuit under a pseudonym due to safety and privacy concerns, alleged that the Department of Corrections responded inadequately to his complaints and that the harassment continued after he was transferred to another facility. Unable to tolerate the harassment, the officer resigned in 2016 after working nearly 11 years in state prisons in Florence and Douglas, according to the suit.

Arkansas

Fayetteville: CLL16 – a new high-yield, long-grain Clearfield rice variety developed by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture – will be available to rice growers from Horizon Ag in 2021. Karen Moldenhauer, professor and rice breeder for the Division of Agriculture’s Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, says CLL16 has excellent rough rice yields, averaging 205 bushels per acre, slightly better than Diamond, which averages 204 bushels per acre. CLL16 is resistant to blast in Arkansas growing conditions, Moldenhauer says. It has demonstrated good milling yields, averaging 63% whole kernel and 69% total milled rice for samples from Arkansas Rice Performance Trials across the state.

California

Oakland: Homeless mothers who were evicted last week from a house where they were squatting plan to move back after speculators agreed to sell the property to a nonprofit organization, it was announced Monday. Wedgewood Inc. will sell the home to the Oakland Community Land Trust, which buys and fixes up property for affordable housing. The group plans to allow women from the group Moms 4 Housing to return, Mayor Libby Schaaf announced. The city helped negotiate the agreement with the land trust and Wedgewood after a public outcry following the evictions. “This is what happens when we organize, when people come together to build the beloved community,” Dominique Walker of Moms 4 Housing said in a statement on the holiday honoring civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. “Today we honor Dr. King’s radical legacy by taking Oakland back from banks and corporations.” Wedgewood also agreed to work with the city to negotiate a right-of-first-refusal program for all its other Oakland properties, a city statement said.

Colorado

Denver: A sheriff’s deputy who was pulled over by state troopers while driving three prisoners in a transport van has been charged with traffic offenses including reckless endangerment, authorities said Monday. Denver Sheriff Department Deputy James Grimes was charged following an investigation into the alleged aggressive driving incident, the Colorado State Patrol said. Grimes and the driver of a second vehicle were allegedly racing in and out of traffic as they traveled northbound on Interstate 25 on Thursday while under observation by a state patrol aircraft. Grimes faces additional charges of reckless driving and speeding in a construction zone. Grimes and another deputy who was with him in the prisoner van have been reassigned and placed on leave pending an internal investigation, the Denver Sheriff Department said in a statement.

Connecticut

Hartford: State lawmakers plan to resurrect a bipartisan proposal that attempts to help older workers who often face age discrimination when seeking employment. The bill would prohibit employers from requiring a job applicant to list their date of birth and school graduation years, information that reveals a worker’s age even though prospective employers are not allowed to ask about age during interviews. Supporters said the legislation is aimed at addressing the discrimination older online job applicants often face. West Hartford Sen. Derek Slap, a Democrat, said this move could level the playing field for older workers in Connecticut and “give them a chance once they get into the application process to get that interview and make a case.” Slap said Connecticut has the sixth-oldest workforce in the U.S. Recent U.S. Census Bureau data show more than a quarter of the state’s workforce is over age 54.

Delaware

Dover: Legislation aimed at settling a minor controversy involving dogs and eating establishments has passed the state House of Representatives without a dissenting vote and now goes to the Senate for consideration. The bill has broad bipartisan support, with more than a third of the General Assembly sponsoring or co-sponsoring the measure. House Bill 275 specifies that the owner of a food establishment may permit leashed dogs in the business’ outdoor patio area or beer garden, regardless of any state regulation to the contrary. The Delaware Division of Public Health inadvertently sparked controversy last summer when it took a renewed interest in an existing state regulation that prohibits pets in food establishments, including in outdoor areas. The ban does not apply to service animals.

District of Columbia

Washington: A local startup is betting the skies are the future of food delivery with no delivery fees, no tips, and no worries for rumbling stomachs hoping to avoid getting so hungry that the sensation turns to anger, WUSA-TV reports. Shehan Weeraman and Nick Adimi named their company Hangry after becoming annoyed and exasperated by homemade food. “We got really lazy to cook, and we just decided to order a lot,” Weeraman says. “We realized we were paying like $10, sometimes more, for delivery that would take us sometimes over an hour to arrive.” The engine that drives this enterprise is a drone with a basket attached by a rope to the bottom. Hangry plans to partner with area restaurants and other establishments to deliver its products. Users would be able to meet the pilotless aircraft at a designated drop site, then scan a QR code to pick up their food.

Florida

West Palm Beach: Invasive iguanas burrowing into the soft dirt around an aging dam have cost the city $1.8 million in emergency repairs. Employees noticed last year that water was seeping around the edges of a decades-old weir that controls water delivery in West Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Post reports. South Florida’s green iguana population has exploded since the last prolonged cold spell in 2010 reduced their numbers. They’ve become infamous for nuisance pool pooping and munching on ornamental landscapes, giving rise to a cottage industry of iguana-removal experts. They are also becoming an issue for agencies in charge of managing the hundreds of miles of canals that channel water throughout South Florida, says William Kern, an associate professor in the entomology and nematology department at the University of Florida’s Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center.

Georgia

Atlanta: One of Republican Brian Kemp’s first acts as governor involved revamping the state’s handling of sexual harassment complaints and placing State Inspector General Deborah Wallace in charge of the issue. Kemp now wants to expand Wallace’s office, adding $435,182 to fund five new positions in his proposed fiscal 2021 budget, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Kemp’s budget proposal must be approved by lawmakers. The expansion, which would represent a 43% budget increase for the small agency, comes as other state agencies are being asked to trim their budgets amid a revenue shortfall. Kemp also proposed an additional $250,000 in the current year’s budget, as the agency already brought on new staff to handle complaints.

Hawaii

Honolulu: A man suspected of stabbing a woman and killing two police officers last weekend wandered his neighborhood recording people with a camera mounted on his hat and rigged a barbecue grill to blow thick smoke directly into neighbors’ windows, a lawyer for residents said. Jaroslav “Jerry” Hanel, a handyman who lived in the home in exchange for his work and faced eviction, stabbed a woman in the leg Sunday before he fired on responding authorities, killing Honolulu Police Officers Tiffany Enriquez and Kaulike Kalama, police said. A fire at Hanel’s residence then spread through a normally peaceful neighborhood at the far end of the famed Waikiki Beach neighborhood. “It was pretty clear he was out of control,” said attorney David Hayakawa, who represented three neighbors in obtaining restraining orders against Hanel. Police have said Hanel is missing, and they’re almost certain he’s inside the burned house.

Idaho

Boise: A lawmaker says that Chicken Dinner Road in southwestern Idaho is a historic name and that he is opposed to an animal protection group’s request to rename it. Republican Rep. Scott Syme on Monday introduced a concurrent resolution urging fellow lawmakers to support the existing name. Concurrent resolutions do not need the signature of the governor and don’t have the force of law. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in July asked Caldwell officials to change the name to what it said is the kinder and simpler Chicken Road. Syme said the original name stems from a 1930s resident famous for her chicken dinners who helped persuade then-Democratic Gov. C. Ben Ross to improve the road in Canyon County.

Illinois

Springfield: Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law that eliminates driver’s license suspensions for most non-moving violations. The Democrat signed the “License to Work Act” last week. It takes effect in July. Pritzker says it will allow tens of thousands of motorists to have driving privileges reinstated. That means more people will be able to work. “Illinois now recognizes the fact that suspending licenses for having too many unpaid tickets, fines and fees doesn’t necessarily make a person pay the bill, but it does mean that people don’t have a way to pay,” Pritzker said. He said license suspensions are too harsh a penalty for “a practice that reinforces cycles of instability.” Each year authorities suspend more than 50,000 licenses belonging to people who can’t afford to pay tickets, fines and fees. According to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a study shows 42% of those who had their licenses suspended lost their jobs.

Indiana

Indianapolis: Hoosiers’ electricity bills could rise and several state utilities may face obstacles in their plans to phase out coal-based power generation in the coming years under politically charged legislation that would help a struggling Indiana industry. House Bill 1414, filed last week by state Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso, would require Indiana utilities to prove that any plans to shut down a power plant are either required by a federal mandate or otherwise in the public interest. Though the word “coal” does not appear in the language of the bill, advocates and analysts say the legislation specifically targets coal-burning plants. The proposed regulatory requirement follows similar but unsuccessful legislation last year and is raising concerns among not only environmentalists but also some conservatives who see it as heavy-handed favoritism.

Iowa

Davenport: City leaders are condemning a homeowner’s snow display depicting a figure gunning down a snowman wearing a Bernie Sanders shirt and another adorned with a Democratic Party hat. Mayor Mike Matson said he’s asked the police chief to investigate the display. “My personal reaction is that it’s terribly wrong and an embarrassment to our city,” Matson told the Quad-City Times. Homeowner Donald Hesseltine laughed off such concerns, saying he created the display to “mess with” friends who support Sanders, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president. “It’s just to make people cry I guess,” Hesseltine said. “They’re crying, so I win.” The display includes a mannequin topped with a military helmet that’s holding a rifle and chainsaw, as well as a can of beer. The rifle is pointed toward the Sanders snowman, which has red-dyed snow near its head.

Kansas

Lawrence: The University of Kansas will close its School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, but departments within the school will remain open, and students will not be affected, according to a school official. The closing at the end of the academic year will change only the administrative structure for languages at Kansas, said John Colombo, interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The degree offerings and curriculum will not be affected, he said. Budget problems prompted the closing, The Lawrence Journal-World reports. One staff position will be lost because of the closing. The director and co-director of the school will return to their respective positions within their academic units, Colombo said in an email. The creation of the school about five years ago did not increase enrollment for language departments or raise substantial private support to sustain the language programs as anticipated, he said.

Kentucky

Henderson: Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear have teamed up on an effort to expand the new Green River National Wildlife Refuge in western Kentucky. The two leaders on Tuesday announced the approval of federal Duck Stamp funding for land acquisition to expand the wildlife refuge. Duck Stamps can be purchased by hunters, conservationists and stamp collectors. The stamps provide revenue to support federal conservation and outdoor recreation. Last November, federal and state officials announced the wildlife refuge’s establishment with the acquisition of the first tract – a 10-acre parcel donated by the Southern Conservation Corp. McConnell and Beshear discussed the issue before the new governor took office. Beshear has since given his approval so “Duck Stamp” funding can be used to support land acquisition from willing property sellers to expand the refuge.

Louisiana

New Orleans: Revenue from food and drinks has increased from a new $1 billion terminal at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, according to a recent report, which could mean more flights are added in the future. There was a 32% increase in food and beverage revenue in November 2019, compared to November 2018, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports. The new terminal opened Nov. 6. A 46% revenue increase from drinking and dining options was recorded in December 2019, compared to the year before. The numbers were included in a report to the New Orleans Aviation Board last week, airport spokeswoman Erin Burns said. More non-airline revenue means it’s cheaper for carriers to fly in and out of the airport, and thus the airport is more attractive for airlines considering adding flights, the newspaper reports.

Maine

Yarmouth: A massive elm tree nicknamed Herbie is long gone, but it will live on, thanks to cloned trees being made available to the public. At 110 feet and more than 200 years, Herbie was the tallest and oldest elm in New England and survived 14 bouts of Dutch elm disease thanks to the devotion of his centenarian caretaker, Frank Knight, the late tree warden of Yarmouth. The duo became famous after Knight spent half of his life caring for the tree, which he referred to as “an old friend.” Knight realized he couldn’t save the town’s elms as they succumbed by the hundreds to Dutch elm disease. So he focused his efforts on Herbie. Over five decades, Knight oversaw selective pruning of Herbie’s diseased limbs, plus applications of insecticides and fungicides. The tree was cut down Jan. 19, 2010, as the 101-year-old Knight looked on. Knight died two years later. But before Herbie was chopped down, the Elm Research Institute in New Hampshire worked with Knight to collect some cuttings from Herbie to preserve the tree’s legacy with clones. The hope is that Herbie’s descendants will have some resistance to Dutch elm disease.

Maryland

Salisbury: As rising seas drive saltwater farther inland, state officials are urging local governments, drinking water suppliers, farmers and others to start preparing now for a saltier future. Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration in December released the state’s first plan to combat saltwater intrusion. The 76-page report doesn’t forecast how widely impacts will be felt, citing a lack of existing research, but it identifies the resources facing the highest risk, ranking agriculture at the top. Wetlands, coastal forests, freshwater streams and aquifers also are in danger of turning salty, according to the report. Melting ice at the poles and the ocean’s thermal expansion – both triggered by climate change – are causing seas to rise across the globe, carrying salt into new places above and below ground. Saltwater intrusion is of even greater concern in the Chesapeake Bay region, climate scientists say, because the area’s land surface is sinking.

Massachusetts

Boston: No Charlie Card required to board these MBTA trains – just about $500 cash. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is auctioning off seven vintage subway cars. To make room for hundreds of news cars coming in the years ahead and to comply with safety laws, the MBTA removes salvageable parts from inoperable trains, then puts the cars up for auction. “The old cars are sold to the highest bidder, usually for the scrap metal,” MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo told The Boston Globe. “Old cars are retired after they are no longer capable of providing safe and reliable passenger service.” Made by Boeing and Kinkisharyo in the early 1970s and ’80s, the cars have sat idle for at least three years, according to the auction posting. Bidding for the lot of seven cars – Orange Line subway cars and Green Line trolley cars – starts at $500. The auction ends Jan. 28.

Michigan

Detroit: A national competition is underway that seeks artists’ proposals for a planned public sculpture outside the main entrance to the TCF Center downtown. The Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority and its Art Foundation say the proposals for the permanent sculpture cannot be taller than 30 feet and no more than 8 feet in diameter. Artists must register for the competition and are encouraged to consider physical placement, material and size in their proposals. Themes may reflect positive changes and growth in Detroit and southeastern Michigan, the area’s strong spirit of innovation and design, the global impact of Detroit, and the region’s renaissance. Proposals will be reviewed by a jury of expert panelists. The winning proposal will be awarded a budget of $250,000 to support the sculpture’s conceptualization, fabrication and installment. An additional $50,000 will go to the winning artist.

Minnesota

St. Cloud: State troopers will be carrying more than 600 kits to give to homeless people who need clothes, food and toiletries. The Department of Public Safety collected donations and assembled them into “Care and Go” kits. “A lot of times people will think it’s just a metro issue,” said Booker Hodges, assistant commissioner of law enforcement in the Department of Public Safety. “In greater Minnesota, our troopers do encounter quite a few people who are homeless.” Hodges said he wanted to start the program in the Department of Public Safety after seeing a similar initiative used in Ramsey County for recently released inmates. Hodges said he hopes to have kits in place by Feb. 1. He said the “goal is that every state trooper will have one in his or her squad car.” The kits include socks, T-shirts, toothpaste, conditioners, hand wipes and feminine products. They also include protein bars and water.

Mississippi

Meridian: The state will pay $3 million for a fence to keep wild animals off the runways of a military base. A Navy official said the state’s job-creation agency, Mississippi Development Authority, has offered a grant to pay for the barrier at Naval Air Station Meridian. The new chain-link fence would be built inside an existing fence surrounding the base, and the bottom of the new fence will be buried deep, the Meridian Star reports. Deer, cattle, hogs and coyotes have reached the property in recent years, and a farmer reported that a hunter killed a sow near the fence last month, said Jim Copeland, community planning and liaison officer for the base. Pigs have a low center of gravity and can cause a plane to lose control if they are hit by the nose wheel, Copeland said.

Missouri

Jefferson City: The state Supreme Court on Tuesday gutted a voter ID law that has been called “a solution in search of a problem.” In a 5-2 decision, the court cleared the way for Missourians to vote with non-photo IDs like current utility bills and bank statements, as well as Missouri college IDs, without having to swear they are who they say they are on penalty of perjury. Republican politicians had said the law combats voter fraud. Studies say the kind of fraud voter ID detects is practically nonexistent. Judge Mary R. Russell wrote for the majority Tuesday that the sworn statement requirement was “misleading,” “contradictory” and ultimately unconstitutional. Two dissenting judges, both appointed by Republicans, argued that the court could fix the issue by editing out “contradictory” language or prohibiting voting with non-photo ID entirely. Russell called both ideas “nonsensical.”

Montana

Billings: Federal environmental regulators say the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs violated an order to repair a public water supply system serving about 1,300 people on the Crow Indian Reservation. Environmental Protection Agency officials said in a letter that the bureau has repeatedly missed deadlines to complete repairs following concerns last spring about potential water contamination. Last March, a main line on the Crow Agency water system broke, prompting an advisory for users to boil water or use alternate supplies as a precaution. The concern was that loss of pressure because of the line break could have allowed contaminated water to seep into the system through cracks and joints. EPA spokeswoman Lisa McClain-Vanderpool says the Bureau of Indian Affairs has completed enough required work that there is no longer an imminent public health danger.

Nebraska

Waverly: A woman who fell off a bridge while stargazing has been transferred from a Lincoln hospital to one in Omaha, authorities said. Lindsay Kroger, 37, of rural Lincoln, had gone with five other people to the bridge about 2 miles southeast of Waverly to look at the sky early Sunday morning. She leaned back, thinking there was a support piece behind her, but instead fell 27 feet to the ice below, the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office said. She was flown to a Lincoln hospital and then sent Monday to the Omaha facility.

Nevada

Las Vegas: Organizers of a protest of new city ordinances affecting the homeless say 12 demonstrators were taken into custody. About 100 protesters blocked a downtown street Monday to voice their opposition to two laws that ban camping. They had tents, sleeping bags and cardboard boxes. One ordinance prohibits camping on sidewalks if there are available beds at a shelter. The second bans sitting or camping on city sidewalks during street cleaning hours. Violation of either law could result in a misdemeanor. Police Lt. Jeff Stuart says about a dozen people were arrested after they refused to move from the road. It was not immediately known Tuesday what charges they might face. Opponents of the ordinances have been protesting since the first ordinance was passed in November. Supporters of the measures say they are necessary for public safety and sanitation.

New Hampshire

Concord: The state is holding a weeklong celebration of wine. New Hampshire Wine Week includes the 17th annual Winter Wine Spectacular, which benefits EasterSeals New Hampshire. The event, on Thursday, attracts more than 1,500 guests who get to sample more than 1,800 wines. A new event, “Cellar Notes: An Evening of Wine and Music,” will be held Wednesday evening at the Rex Theater in Manchester. It will feature a panel discussion and tasting.

New Jersey

Jackson: An ad in the Waze navigation app is misdirecting motorists headed to Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa into the wilderness of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, police said. Jackson Township police posted on Facebook that officers in recent weeks have had to help motorists who followed the directions into the Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area, where they became stuck on unpaved roads. “The wildlife area is comprised of more than 12,000 acres, mainly located in Jackson and Plumsted townships, which is about 45 miles away from the actual Borgata Casino in Atlantic City,” police said. The Borgata is off the Atlantic City Expressway. According to police, the problem stems from an orange ad logo in the Waze app. The address on the ad is correct, police said, but the location pinned with the ad is actually in the Colliers Mills wildlife area, police said. Waze was working to fix the problem, police said.

New Mexico

Santa Fe: The Democrat-led Legislature is looking for new ways to bolster a lagging public education system and open up new economic opportunities by legalizing recreational marijuana and providing tuition-free college education, as a 30-day legislative session begins Tuesday. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is pushing for new investments in public education that include $74 million in new annual general fund spending on early childhood programs. She’s also calling for the state to underwrite tuition-free college education for residents. A state scholarship fund from lottery proceeds already covers 60% of in-state tuition, and at least $35 million is needed to cover the remainder plus fees. Record-setting oil production is producing an economic windfall for state government, with state economists forecasting an $800 million budget surplus.

New York

Battenville: The state is planning restoration work on the early childhood home of women’s rights advocate Susan B. Anthony. The house Anthony’s father built in 1833 in Battenville is water-damaged and in rough shape. The state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation bought the foreclosed property in 2006 but has done little to preserve it. The Albany Times-Union reports the agency now plans to invest $700,000 this year on the Greek Revival-style house where Anthony lived from age 6 to 19 when her father managed a nearby cotton mill. The official Susan B. Anthony Museum and House is in Rochester, where she lived for 40 years while she was a national figure in the women’s rights and suffrage movement. No plans have been developed yet for the Battenville house, beyond preserving it. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote, as well as the 200th anniversary of Anthony’s birth.

North Carolina

Raleigh: An appeals court on Tuesday upheld the legality of a legislative session Republicans quickly called in December 2016 to push through laws that weakened the power of incoming Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The unanimous decision of three judges on the intermediate-level Court of Appeals affirmed a 2018 trial-court ruling that declined to declare as unconstitutional the procedures used in calling and passing legislation during the three-day session. The group Common Cause and several citizens who sued in 2017 argued that the rushed session – announced and convened mere hours after another legislative session on Hurricane Matthew relief – violated their right in the North Carolina Constitution to “instruct their representatives.” The GOP-dominated General Assembly used it to pass laws that in part diluted the governor’s powers.

North Dakota

Bismarck: A new agreement between the state and Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation means bighorn sheep could be roaming the reservation in the next couple weeks. North Dakota Game and Fish director Terry Steinwand says 30 to 40 bighorns will be brought to North Dakota once they are captured on a Montana reservation. They’ll be released in the Mandaree and Twin Buttes areas. The Bismarck Tribune says the state-tribal agreement includes a provision for a ram hunting season. Williams says that will depend on how well the animals do in their new habitat. The pact is the third such agreement between the state and the tribal nation. The others are twin agreements with MHA Nation in 2008 related to hunting and fishing access issues and a 2017 pact with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe for an elk hunting season.

Ohio

Columbus: The state Supreme Court has rejected a recommendation that tools used to measure offenders’ suitability for being released after an arrest be made available to all judges as they make bail decisions. Requiring the availability of so-called risk assessment tools was the top recommendation of a task force commissioned by the court last year to examine Ohio’s bail system. The tools – there are several nationally – look at a variety of factors, including defendants’ age, criminal history and past failures to appear, when analyzing what type of bond conditions should be set. More than 70 courts in Ohio already use them. Supporters say the tools are a more accurate way to examine the two most important factors that judges consider when setting bond: Will the offender skip out, and will they pose a public safety risk if released? Detractors say the tools can be racially biased, are costly to smaller courts and improperly override judges’ own experiences in setting bond.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City: A lawmaker is seeking to repeal the state’s controversial permitless carry law that took effect last year. Rep. Jason Lowe, D-Oklahoma City, who tried to prevent permitless carry from taking effect, filed legislation to repeal the law that allows most Oklahomans to carry a firearm without a permit. The legislation faces unfavorable odds in Oklahoma’s Republican-controlled Legislature, where majorities in both the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved of permitless carry last year. The Legislature also passed similar legislation in 2018, which was vetoed by then-Gov. Mary Fallin. House Bill 3357 would repeal the permitless carry law dubbed by supporters as “constitutional carry.”

Oregon

Salem: A beloved but decaying piece of artwork created from an industrial eyesore faces limited, costly options, according to an action plan from the city. Restoring Eco-Earth, the massive mosaic tile sculpture at Riverfront Park, would cost an estimated $475,000, and removing what was once an acid ball and repurposing the site would ring in at $680,000. “What would that say about Salem if they scrapped it?” said former Mayor Roger Gertenrich, who chaired the Eco-Earth project 20 years ago. The community turned the 25-foot-diameter black tank from the long-gone Boise Cascade paper mill into a colorful, one-of-a-kind globe. It once held liquid and chemical gases used to cook wood chips into pulp and has been a fixture of the riverfront since 1960, when the tank was floated up the Willamette River from Portland. Volunteers logged more than 30,000 hours to transform it, but more than 86,000 tiles have failed, and asbestos has been revealed underneath. Eco-Earth’s fate lies with the Salem Public Art Commission.

Pennsylvania

Greensburg: A defense attorney says he expects to appeal the murder conviction of a man who asserts that his now-deceased twin brother was the shooter. Jurors in Westmoreland County deliberated for about two hours Friday before convicting 30-year-old Darrelle Tolbert-McGhee of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 32-year-old Michael Wilson. McGhee had asserted that he was in Florida at the time of the April 2017 slaying in downtown Jeannette. He said the shooter was his twin brother, Dwayne, who was killed in a shooting 13 months later in Wilkinsburg. The Tribune-Review reports that defense attorney Tim Dawson said he was surprised by the speed of the verdict. “Apparently, they convinced the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that one identical twin committed the murder rather than the other,” Dawson said.

Rhode Island

Pawtucket: A woman is taking legal action against the city for handcuffing and arresting her 13-year-old daughter after a fight with another student, the American Civil Liberties Union says. Tre’sur Johnson, an honors student who had no prior disciplinary infractions, was charged with disorderly conduct and kept in a police station holding cell for about an hour last June, ACLU lawyer Shannah Kurland said at a news conference Monday. The ACLU is representing the girl’s mother, Tiqua Johnson, who is seeking $100,000 for physical pain, emotional distress and other damages. The school and police violated state law that bars the arrest of someone on misdemeanor charges, Kurland said. The brief confrontation at Goff Middle School involved physical contact, Kurland said, but neither student was hurt, and it was quickly broken up.

South Carolina

Greenville: Twenty-four years ago, the Greenville County Council passed a resolution, with three members opposed, condemning homosexuality as incompatible with their community values. Today, an Upstate group representing members of county’s LGBTQ community says it is time for the current County Council to reverse that action. Terena Starks, the diversity officer for Upstate Pride, together with the board of her organization sent an open letter Thursday to every member of the council. The letter, which is posted on the organization’s website, also links to a change.org petition, which by late Friday had drawn more than 1,200 signatures. Upstate Pride has gotten more active over the past year, most notably with the Upstate Pride Festival last summer.

South Dakota

Sioux Falls: Prisoners at the South Dakota State Penitentiary are trying to raise money and awareness about Native American women who are crime victims. The nonprofit organization Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women says Native American women are more than twice as likely to experience violence as any other demographic. The inmates made 200 pairs of earrings and raised $5,000, which they donated to Urban Indian and Health of Sioux Falls and Rapid City. Connie Hopkins, vice president of prisoner support, tells KELO-TV the money will be used in a variety of ways to bring awareness to what some say is an epidemic when it comes to Native American women. “It’s going to help them get more media out there or pay for fliers or to help people travel to go look for these women,” Hopkins said.

Tennessee

Memphis: The state’s college athletes could financially benefit from the use of their names, images and likenesses under legislation introduced by a pair of lawmakers from the city. The bill would allow athletes to sign contracts to advertise for local businesses or other companies and would also prohibit schools from “discriminating against players based on donations by coaches to universities.” “It’s time we treat college athletes like everyone else in America and allow them to earn money in the free market,” Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, said in a statement. Kelsey and Rep. Antonio Parkinson, D-Memphis, each brought the legislation to their respective chambers months after a University of Memphis basketball player, James Wiseman, was suspended by the NCAA.

Texas

Austin: The number of foster care children who slept in state offices, hotels and other temporary housing spiked last year, as the child welfare system continues to grapple with recruiting and retaining specialized foster homes. Last year, the monthly count of foster care children who did not have a home for at least two nights totaled 678, a 49% increase from 2018, according to data from Child Protective Services. Many of them were teens, and most slept in state offices. The number of foster children without placements has increased every year but two since 2011. The problem became particularly acute last year amid the loss of 197 foster beds across the state, lengthier discharges from residential treatment centers, and an uptick over the summer in foster youth who rejected the placements assigned to them.

Utah

St. George: A new survey has found that in the Beehive State more than anywhere else in the nation, divorce doesn’t necessarily mean contention. USAWillGuru.com, which provides will and testament information, surveyed 5,000 divorcees across the country and asked if the divorce ended on good terms. Utah has the highest percentage of amicable breakups at 79%. Neighboring Nevada ranked the lowest, with only 15% saying their marriage ended amicably. The survey also looked at what percentage of divorcees include their ex in their will. According to the survey’s findings, 12% of divorced Utahans include former spouses in their will. Loni Stookey, a licensed marriage and family therapist in St. George, said there’s a “strong family element” in Utah that may contribute to why parents try to split on good terms.

Vermont

Montpelier: The state House on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposed constitutional amendment to make clear that Vermont prohibits slavery. The Senate passed the proposal last session. Vermont was the first state to abolish adult slavery. The state Constitution currently says no person 21 or older should serve as a slave unless bound by their own consent or “by law for the payment of debts, damages, fines, costs, or the like.” The amendment would remove that language and add that slavery and indentured servitude in any form are prohibited. The proposed constitutional amendment must be considered by the 2021-2022 Legislature. If it passes, the question will be go before Vermont voters in 2022.

Virginia

Richmond: The state Senate has advanced legislation to scrap the state’s Lee-Jackson holiday celebrating two Confederate generals. The Democratic-led Senate voted largely along party lines Tuesday to pass legislation that would make Election Day a state holiday instead of Lee-Jackson Day. The legislation now goes to the House for consideration. Lee-Jackson Day, established more than 100 years ago, is observed annually on the Friday preceding the third Monday in January. It honors Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, both native Virginians. Critics of the Lee-Jackson holiday view it as a celebration of the state’s slaveholding history that’s offensive to African Americans. Many cities and counties have opted not to observe it.

Washington

Seattle: State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is challenging the lavish personal spending of bankrupt anti-tax activist and candidate for governor Tim Eyman, saying Eyman’s assets must be preserved so he can pay his debts to the state. Eyman’s been spending an average of nearly $24,000 a month over the past year, The Seattle Times reports, citing his bankruptcy filings. At the same time, the state is seeking more than $3 million from Eyman, including $230,000 in contempt-of-court sanctions for failing to cooperate with Ferguson’s campaign-finance case against him. Eyman’s expenses include legal fees, a vacation to Orlando, rent on a Bellevue condo, $4,000 a month in unspecified business spending and at least $2,400 to buy 97 Starbucks gift cards during a 10-month span. The first month after filing for bankruptcy, he ate out on 20 days. Last February, he made 74 restaurant purchases. Last month, Eyman reported meals at three separate restaurants to celebrate his birthday.

West Virginia

Charleston: People interested in portraying historical figures for the West Virginia Humanities Council’s History Alive program can submit proposals through Feb. 1. The council is seeking proposals for portrayals of influential people who have made important contributions to state, national or international history. The roster of characters now includes Gabriel Arthur, Nellie Bly, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Ostenaco, Theodore Roosevelt, Sacagawea, Charles Schulz, Harriet Tubman and Mark Twain, The Herald-Dispatch reports. The council will consider portrayals of historically significant people who are no longer living, from any period in history.

Wisconsin

Madison: All day care centers, child care providers and children’s camps would have to test their water for lead under a bill the state Senate approved Tuesday. Current state law requires anyone who cares for at least four children under age 7 less than 24 hours a day to obtain a license from the state Department of Children and Families. The state agriculture department licenses recreational and educational camps. Under the bill, child care center operators, child care providers, group home operators and camp runners would have to test water from every source in their facilities for lead contamination to obtain or renew their licenses. If the water is contaminated, the applicant would have two options: They could stop all access to the water, come up with a remediation plan and supply drinkable water in the interim. Or they could come up with a plan for supplying drinkable water on a permanent basis.

Wyoming

Cheyenne: A second Democrat has entered the race for an open U.S. Senate seat. University of Wyoming ecology professor Merav Ben-David, of Laramie, announced her candidacy Saturday at the annual Women’s March in downtown Cheyenne. A native of Israel, Ben-David has lived in Wyoming for 20 years. She says she decided to get involved in politics to get more involved in decisions affecting ecosystems worldwide. She says her goal in Washington, D.C., would be to develop new sources of income and industries in Wyoming, where fossil-fuel extraction is a critical part of the economy. Another Laramie resident, community organizer Yana Ludwig, announced her candidacy in June, the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle reports. Three Republicans including former U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis are running to replace U.S. Sen Mike Enzi, who plans to retire in 2021 after four terms.

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Florida editorial roundup

Recent editorials from Florida newspapers:

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May 18

Orlando Sentinel says the long-stalled campaign for equality deserves more Republican support:

There’s been a sea change in public opinion on gay rights in Florida over the past decade. In 2008, 62 percent of voters in the state approved a constitutional amendment restricting marriage to a man and a woman. By 2014, a year before the U.S. Supreme Court declared bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, a Quinnipiac University poll showed Floridians favoring marriage equality 56-39.

But when it comes to legislation prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in Florida, Tallahassee is stuck in a time warp. Bills are introduced in the Florida Legislature every year, and every year they get buried in committee. Yet as far back as 2013, a statewide poll by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service found 73 percent of Floridians supported such legislation.

Now some Central Florida Republicans , to their credit, are trying to break the cycle of futility and inequality. As the Sentinel reported, an event in Orlando recently organized by a group called Conservatives on the Right Side of Equality was attended by an array of GOP leaders from Orange County: commissioners, mayoral candidates and legislators, including Winter Park Rep. Mike Miller, who is now running for Congress.

Organizers said each leader committed to support legislation protecting LGBT Floridians from discrimination. Republican backing in Tallahassee is crucial, because the party has strong majorities in both houses of the Legislature, and has controlled the governor’s office since 1999.

John Stemberger, head of the Orlando-based Florida Family Council, told the Sentinel he opposed such legislation, calling it "an unconstitutional weapon to punish free speech and freedom of religion." If that were true, surely courts somewhere would have struck down laws banning LGBT discrimination. But they’re still standing in the 18 states where they’ve been passed.

Florida could join them if legislative leaders would finally allow the bill known as the Competitive Workforce Act to be heard in committee and reach the House and Senate floors for a vote. The bill’s name comes from the view of its bipartisan supporters that Florida will better compete for the best employers and the most talented workers, who are drawn to diverse and creative communities, if it bans discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

For the same reason, a coalition of more than 450 businesses in the state, calling itself Florida Competes, is also backing the bill. There are 10 Fortune 500 companies in the group, including Disney World and Darden Restaurants — not a surprise, considering that at least three-quarters of Fortune 500 companies have their own policies against LGBT discrimination.

Florida law already bans discrimination based on "race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, handicap, or marital status." Rather than wait on Tallahassee to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list, a dozen counties in the state — including Orange, Osceola and Volusia — have passed their own ordinances. So have 30 municipalities — including Orlando and Mount Dora.

Even so, about 40 percent of Floridians do not live in counties or cities that bar LGBT discrimination. They can still legally be turned away for service at a business, evicted from their apartments, or fired from their jobs based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Gov. Rick Scott’s office, asked about the mission of Conservatives on the Right Side of Equality, told the Sentinel that state agencies don’t discriminate against their employees based on sexual orientation because it’s against federal law — an evasive, narrow answer that is also open to dispute. U.S. Justice Department lawyers argued in court last year that federal law doesn’t protect against LGBT discrimination.

Supporting the Competitive Workforce Act shouldn’t be a stretch for Republicans. The legislation promotes fairness, opportunity and economic growth — all values that resonate with conservatives. More of them need to take a stand for equality in Florida.

Online: http://www.orlandosentinel.com

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May 19

Palm Beach Post says Publix has polarized with political contributions to gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam:

Publix, the supermarket giant that ranks high among things that residents love most about Florida, is learning the perils of political participation in our polarizing age.

Recently, it was reported that the beloved grocery chain has given more money to Adam Putnam’s gubernatorial campaign than to any candidate since 1995, and probably in its entire history.

Publix, the heirs to the company’s founder and its current and former leaders have given the Republican $670,000 in the past three years. Or, as the Tampa Bay Times put it, "enough money to buy 74,527 chicken tender subs."

"No other Florida candidate has ever come close to that kind of subsidy from Florida’s largest Fortune 500 company," the Times said. "Its most recent contribution, a $100,000 donation on April 30, was the largest, too, according to the latest campaign finance filings."

Publix immediately ran into a deli-slicer of criticism. That’s largely because Putnam, a 43-year-old former congressman who is now the state’s agriculture commissioner, famously responded to criticism of his fondness for the National Rifle Association by calling himself "a proud NRA sellout" — a not-so-funny wisecrack given the mass shootings at Pulse nightclub in Orlando and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

The backlash against Publix was fierce. It included tweets like this, from state Rep. Carlos G. Smith, D-Winter Park: "How many flowers did I buy from your stores for funerals, graves, + memorials for Pulse + MSD victims? #BoycottPublix"

Publix, shifting quickly to damage-control mode, tweeted that it "has not provided financial support to the National Rifle Association." And it swiftly released a statement meant to distance itself from all controversy: "We support bipartisan, business-friendly candidates, regardless of party affiliation and we remain neutral on issues outside of our core business."

The trouble with this explanation is that, while certainly business-friendly, Putnam has not shown himself to be "bipartisan." He’s not a candidate for centrists. He makes overt appeals to social and religious conservatives and the Trumpian anti-immigrant right.

While in Congress, Putnam voted to roll back requirements for the Voting Rights Act. He pressed for stricter voter IDs beyond driver licenses in a thinly disguised effort to suppress minority votes.

As a candidate for governor, he is pushing a "Florida Families First" agenda that includes promises to "fight for the life of the unborn and make Florida first in protecting life," create an "Office of Faith-Based and Community-Based Initiatives within the Executive Office of the Governor" and establish a "Home School and School Choice Ombudsman."

Putnam’s NRA rating is A+. He has endorsed the open carrying of firearms, and the carrying of guns on college campuses. He criticized Florida’s recently passed law that raised the firearm-purchase age to 21 from 18 and requires mandatory three-day waiting period for firearm purchases.

Sorry, Publix, these are not bipartisan positions.

Publix and Putnam go way back. Putnam was just 22, running for state representative, when Publix made its first donation, for $500, to the local up-and-comer: Publix’s base in Lakeland is 20 minutes from Putnam’s hometown of Bartow.

The generosity seems to go both ways. As agriculture commissioner, Putnam oversees regulation of Publix’s 800 Florida stores. When a TV station reported in 2016 that seven Tampa-area Publix stores failed health inspections, "Putnam responded the next day by pulling the inspections from the department’s website and eliminating the pass/fail grading system," the Tampa Bay Times wrote. "He replaced it six months later with a new rubric. Instead of a failing grade, the worst rating issued now is ‘re-inspection required.’ "

Publix can support whomever it wants. That’s its right as a corporate citizen. With 2010’s Citizens United, after all, the U.S. Supreme Court has given the green light to corporations and unions to spend whatever they like in independent political expenditures.

But in a nation as divided as ours, Publix can’t expect to bankroll a candidate without alienating some portion of its public. Call it a sign of the times, but our system is producing few, if any, "bipartisan" politicians. And now, not even a trip to the grocery store "Where Shopping Is a Pleasure" is immune from the tensions pulling the country apart.

Online: https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com

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May 18

The Florida Times-Union says education needs to be a bigger part of the South’s playbook:

We love football here in the South.

And that’s only fitting, because the "State of the South" dossier by MDC, a North Carolina-based nonprofit, is like reading an extensive scouting report on a football team.

The areas of strength are noted:

? The South is more racially and ethnically diverse than ever before in history, and has "shifted from a biracial to a multi-ethnic region."

? The South has been able to reinvent itself as a region with "hubs of excellence and innovation in medicine, health and science, providing the benefits of modern medicine."

? The South "has more affluence, a more diverse economy with a potent corporate sector, a stronger middle class (blacks and Latinos as well as whites) … than it did 50 years ago."

? Major Southern cities Charleston, Biloxi and New Orleans have all "largely recovered" from massive weather-related devastation during the last 15 years; meanwhile, Houston has made strides rebuilding after Hurricane Harvey last fall.

But just as a football scouting report also focuses on a team’s weaknesses, "State of the South" identifies the region’s vulnerabilities, too.

And this one clearly stands out in the MDC report: "Most Southern states still lag the national average in K-12 achievement …"

. Which has been caused by this trend across the South: "(A) decade of budget austerity has left most states with a lower level of investment in public schools … than before the Great Recession."

. Which has led to this rather humbling fact about the South: "In every state in the South, born-elsewhere residents exceed born-in-state residents in the percentage who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher."

. Which presents this huge challenge now facing the South: "To elevate their economies and spread prosperity, Southern states have to rely on — and educate more of — their own at-home citizens to meet the talent deficits that immigration is not erasing."

. Which, if ignored, may have this stark consequence for the South: "(The) pattern of increasing divestment in public institutions could affect long-term upward economic mobility prospects in the region."

Make education a big part of the playbook

No, this is no trivial area of vulnerability. But it’s clear how we in the South should be addressing it:

? First, Southern states — including Florida — must make investing in education an equally high priority for all students, instead of pitting public schools against charters, urban districts vs. rural ones, etc., in some Hunger Games-style "survival of the fittest" battle for funding and resources.

As the "State of the South" report suggests, our region will need the talents of all of our residents to achieve sustainable prosperity.

That means all Southern states have to provide levels of funding that will enable all Southern students to flourish.

? Second, we in the South have to stop rewarding the buffoonish anti-intellectualism embraced by many of our lawmakers and power brokers to justify starving educational systems of needed money.

They justify it by throwing around pandering words and phrases like "elitist," ”snowflakes," ”failing urban schools," ”so-called experts" and "powerful teachers’ unions."

And they get away with it because we let them.

Clearly, that’s a big reason why there isn’t a single state in the South where native residents have as many bachelor’s degrees as fellow residents who were born elsewhere.

This must change.

In a nod to our region’s love for football, let’s put it this way:

If we want tomorrow’s South to keep moving the chains and putting up the points, we need to demand that our leaders make education a bigger part of the playbook.

Just as Southerners will not accept losing football teams, we must not accept underperforming educational systems.

Online: http://www.jacksonville.com

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