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Jesse’s Limo Service 310-877-6350 Anywhere Anytime Magnet Advertising Your business on a magnet! Manny the Magnet 3 Council Bans DBA.LA StArt your BuSineSS toDAy! (310)452-9900 WWW. Volume XVIV Number 2 Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words ™ January 11 - 17, 2016 Charges Recommended for Officer in Shooting • Local News Briefs - page 3 • Sports: Welcome Home, LA Rams - page 7 • Movie: ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES - page 10 Kids in Domestic Violence Shelters Get Year-Round Gifts from charity organization Present Now. Left: Present Now founders Erica Fisher and Melanie Neumann. Right: child volunteers delivering presents at a shelter. SM Votes to Raise its Minimum Wage Wage continued on page 8 Not All Gifts Are Given Over Holidays The holidays are over, but not all the presents were delivered. For children living in LA-area domestic violence shelters, Present Now’s year- round gifting program helps bring hap- piness to children, just when they need it most. On January 23-24, Present Now hopes to raise funds to support their efforts through their annual wom- en’s getaway event, Present Now in Palm Springs, at Riviera Palm Springs. Last year’s event netted $100,000, and the goal this year is $150,000. Present Now is a unique char- ity operated by two mothers, Erica Fisher and Melanie Neumann, that gives special presents to children in domestic violence shelters for their birthdays, Valentine’s Day and Back to School. The program has grown to serve 13 shelters across LA, OC and Palm Springs. Children are often the invis- ible victims of domestic violence, as they flee their homes with their bat- tered mothers and leave behind all of their toys and possessions. In an un- familiar place under stressful circum- stances, Present Now brings children in shelters a much-needed respite from the troubles around them, in the form of special presents, bringing them fun, excitement, comfort and joy. The presents, which are de- livered in decorative boxes beautifully wrapped with large purple satin rib- bons, include backpacks loaded with school supplies, digital toys for learn- ing and play, kits to make a homemade birthday cake, and restaurant gift cards so they can have a special dinner out with their mothers. Founders Fisher and Neu- mann, who each have three children of their own, leveraged their extensive contacts in the world of business and the entertainment industry to launch the charity and gather gift items from sponsors. The presents are collected and wrapped and with the help of other children and volunteers, giving other children the opportunity to give back to others in an immediate and gratify- ing way, which is how Fisher and Neu- mann were inspired to name the char- ity “Present Now.” The Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday night approved a minimum wage ordinance that would put it in line with its neighbors in Los Angeles city and county. As in Los Angeles, the law, which still must come before the coun- cil for a second reading in two weeks, would raise the minimum wage at most businesses in the city to $15 by 2020. Wages at city hotels and mo- tels of all sizes, and at associated busi- nesses located at hotels, would reach $15.37 per hour by 2017. Six council members voted for the ordinance. One abstained. The Santa Monica ordinance, unlike Los Angeles’, exempts union employees working under collective bargaining agreements -- a provision meant to encourage employers to be open to union organizing. It also requires paid leave for employees beyond the minimum three days required by the state. Employees at businesses with 26 or more employ- ees would be able to accrue nine days of paid leave, while those at smaller businesses could accrue five. Like the Los Angeles law, the Santa Monica measure phases in the wage increases and allows certain em- ployers to move a little more slowly. Certain nonprofits and employ- The Los Angeles police chief has recommended criminal charges against an officer who shot and killed an unarmed homeless man. The decision came after inves- tigators concluded that Brendon Glenn was on his stomach trying to push him- self up on May 5 when Officer Clifford Proctor shot the 29-year-old New York native in the back, Lt. John Jenal, a po- lice spokesman, said Monday. Investigators also found that Glenn wasn’t trying to take a gun from Proctor or his partner when he was shot. Proctor’s partner told investiga- tors that he didn’t know why the officer opened fire, Jenal said. The officers were not wearing body cameras, but the shooting was captured on surveillance video. Police have declined to release the footage. Jenal said police Chief Char- lie Beck made the recommendation on charges last month to Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey. She will decide whether to charge Proctor and does not have to follow Beck’s recommendation. Lacey said it’s her ethical obligation to remain impartial until her office finishes its own investigation. “Decisions on whether or not to file criminal charges will be based solely Chatges continued on page 8
Transcript of Volume XVIV Number 2 Community, Diversity, Sustainability ......Jesse’s Limo Service 310-877-6350...
Jesse’s Limo Service310-877-6350
Anywhere Anytime
Magnet AdvertisingYour business on a magnet!
Manny the Magnet 3 Council Bans
DBA.LAStArt your
BuSineSS toDAy!
(310)452-9900
WWW.
Volume XVIV Number 2 Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words ™ January 11 - 17, 2016
Charges Recommended for Officer in Shooting
• Local News Briefs - page 3
• Sports: Welcome Home, LA Rams - page 7
• Movie: ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES - page 10
Kids in Domestic Violence Shelters Get Year-Round Gifts from charity organization Present Now. Left: Present Now founders Erica Fisher and Melanie
Neumann. Right: child volunteers delivering presents at a shelter.
SM Votes to Raise its Minimum
Wage
Wage continued on page 8
Not All Gifts Are Given Over Holidays The holidays are over, but not all the presents were delivered. For children living in LA-area domestic violence shelters, Present Now’s year-round gifting program helps bring hap-piness to children, just when they need it most. On January 23-24, Present Now hopes to raise funds to support their efforts through their annual wom-en’s getaway event, Present Now in Palm Springs, at Riviera Palm Springs. Last year’s event netted $100,000, and the goal this year is $150,000. Present Now is a unique char-ity operated by two mothers, Erica Fisher and Melanie Neumann, that gives special presents to children in domestic violence shelters for their
birthdays, Valentine’s Day and Back to School. The program has grown to serve 13 shelters across LA, OC and Palm Springs. Children are often the invis-ible victims of domestic violence, as they flee their homes with their bat-tered mothers and leave behind all of their toys and possessions. In an un-familiar place under stressful circum-stances, Present Now brings children in shelters a much-needed respite from the troubles around them, in the form of special presents, bringing them fun, excitement, comfort and joy. The presents, which are de-livered in decorative boxes beautifully wrapped with large purple satin rib-bons, include backpacks loaded with
school supplies, digital toys for learn-ing and play, kits to make a homemade birthday cake, and restaurant gift cards so they can have a special dinner out with their mothers. Founders Fisher and Neu-mann, who each have three children of their own, leveraged their extensive contacts in the world of business and the entertainment industry to launch the charity and gather gift items from sponsors. The presents are collected and wrapped and with the help of other children and volunteers, giving other children the opportunity to give back to others in an immediate and gratify-ing way, which is how Fisher and Neu-mann were inspired to name the char-ity “Present Now.”
The Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday night approved a minimum wage ordinance that would put it in line with its neighbors in Los Angeles city and county. As in Los Angeles, the law, which still must come before the coun-cil for a second reading in two weeks, would raise the minimum wage at most businesses in the city to $15 by 2020. Wages at city hotels and mo-tels of all sizes, and at associated busi-nesses located at hotels, would reach $15.37 per hour by 2017. Six council members voted for the ordinance. One abstained. The Santa Monica ordinance, unlike Los Angeles’, exempts union employees working under collective bargaining agreements -- a provision meant to encourage employers to be open to union organizing.
It also requires paid leave for employees beyond the minimum three days required by the state. Employees at businesses with 26 or more employ-ees would be able to accrue nine days of paid leave, while those at smaller businesses could accrue five. Like the Los Angeles law, the Santa Monica measure phases in the wage increases and allows certain em-ployers to move a little more slowly. Certain nonprofits and employ-
The Los Angeles police chief has recommended criminal charges against an officer who shot and killed an unarmed homeless man. The decision came after inves-tigators concluded that Brendon Glenn was on his stomach trying to push him-self up on May 5 when Officer Clifford Proctor shot the 29-year-old New York native in the back, Lt. John Jenal, a po-lice spokesman, said Monday. Investigators also found that
Glenn wasn’t trying to take a gun from Proctor or his partner when he was shot. Proctor’s partner told investiga-tors that he didn’t know why the officer opened fire, Jenal said. The officers were not wearing body cameras, but the shooting was captured on surveillance video. Police have declined to release the footage. Jenal said police Chief Char-lie Beck made the recommendation on charges last month to Los Angeles
County District Attorney Jackie Lacey. She will decide whether to charge Proctor and does not have to follow Beck’s recommendation.
Lacey said it’s her ethical obligation to remain impartial until her office finishes its own investigation.
“Decisions on whether or not to file criminal charges will be based solely
Chatges continued on page 8
