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The Department of Adult ParoleOperations (DAPO) falls under the super-vision of the Department of Correctionsand Rehabilitation. It is the responsibilityof the Under-Secretary of the Departmentof Corrections and Rehabilitation current-ly Mr. James Tilton to insure that theDepartment of Adult Parole Operations isin compliance with all of the guidelines asnoted in the California Penal Code, mem-orandums, both state and federal laws toinclude county and city laws.

DAPO has four regions each of which isresponsible for various geographical areasthroughout the State of California. Eachregion has several parole districts, which ismade up of several parole units. Each dis-trict has a Parole District Administratorwho is responsible to insure that eachparole unit supervisor of each parole unit,is in compliance with all the above and isalso providing the best supervision foreach parole agent assigned to theirprospective parole unit. All parolees whoreside in Los Angeles County fall underRegion 3. Region 3 has four separateparole districts.

James Tilton is the currentUndersecretary of the Department ofCorrections and Rehabilitation however,he has recently submitted his letter of res-ignation. The Governor has submitted thename of Matthew Cate to succeed Tilton.The current head of the Department ofAdult Parole Operations is Tom Hoffman.

During the past several years it can best bestated that the Department of Correctionsand Rehabilitation and the Department ofAdult Parole Operations has been in a stateof disarray and it is anticipated that it willbe business as usual even with a newUndersecretary.

Deja-vuLets take a journey back in time to the

late fall months of 2005.State Assembly Bill AB 113 was to be

implemented and take effect January 1,2006. In essence AB 113 mandated that allHigh Risk Sex offenders under activeparole supervision could not reside withinone half mile of any public or private K -12 schools. As early as October 2005 fieldParole agents assigned to the EasternDistrict who were responsible for thesupervision of the High Risk Sex offendersvoiced their concerns both verbally and inwritten documentation that they were hav-ing much difficulty in obtaining appropri-ate housing for their High Risk SexOffender caseloads.

In December 2005 days before theimplementation of AB 113 the field paroleagents were given a directive from theActing District Administrator of theEastern District Maria Franco to move theHigh Risk Sex offenders anywhere, localmotels, hotels even if it violated the lawand the spirit of the law.

Parole Agents are sworn piece officers

and to violate the law at any degree wouldhave opened the door for criminal prosecu-tion.

Who can forget when noted TVInvestigative reporter David Goldsteinaired the story live on local televisionwhich showed parole agents movingparoled High Risk Sex offenders frommotels to motels all in violation of AB 113,violation of the residential requirements.It was also brought out that DAPOAdministrators wanted to circumvent statelaw surrounding the 290pc registrationrequirements. As noted on sworn state-ments by Eastern District AdministratorMaria Franco she was the individual whosuggested to the former head of Region 3,now retired that they classify the HighRisk Sex offenders as transient and man-date that the parolees register 290pc (sexregistration) every 30 days.

As per Ms. Franco the former head ofRegion 3 made the decision to house theHigh Risk Sex offenders in Motels andmove them every 4 days. Franco dis-agreed with the former head of Region 3but, non the less issued a written directiveto parole unit supervisors and paroleagents to move the High Risk Sex offend-ers every 4 days and to place them in loca-tions less than 1/2 miles from K-12schools thus, the intent to violate the law. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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Two teenage girls were pronounceddead at the scene which resulted when a50 year old taxi cab driver crash into K-rail concrete barrier, at the intersection ofMedford Street and Fishburn Ave thelocation is just outside of RamonaGardens Housing Projects.

The two girls had flagged the taxicabat 12:30 a.m. near Wabash Avenue andNorth Soto Street in Boyle Heights.LAPD Officer Sara Faden stated "the twoteenagers asked the driver to take them toa nearby apartment complex in BoyleHeights at approximately 12:30am onTuesday, April 8th and asked to be takento the nearby Ramona Gardens housingproject" stated Faden.

According to the taxi driver JavierHernandez, "one of the girls told him towait at the destination, because herboyfriend was going to pay for the fare",A man approached the cab with a hand-gun, said Hernandez "I panicked andsped off with the girls still inside in theback seat." According to Hernandezbelieved he was being followed by possi-ble suspects who originally approachedhim on foot (and) displayed a gun in hiswindow. Officer Norma Eisenman stated"one of the teens began cutting the driverin the neck and face with a blade, thedriver lost control of the car andcrashed".

The girls were ejected from the vehi-cle, the driver had his seatbelt on andprobably saved his life, the driver washospitalized in critical condition forbumps, bruises and facial cuts, statedDetective Dwain Field." The teens weredeclared dead at the scene.

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"Last month THE VOICE publishedan article regarding Officer InvolvedShooting in Ramona Gardens" A statement made by Ramona resi-dent Peter Galindo "stating that therewere two officer involved shootingsin Ramona Gardens within twomonths". The statement was rein-forced on video by LACouncilmember Jose Huizar. THEVOICE relied and reported based onthose two statements. LAPDHollenbeck Captain Blake Chowbrought this error to our attention.THE VOICE is correcting the inac-curacy and informing the communitythat there WAS NOT two officerinvolved shootings within the lastcouple of months, it was over a spanof a several years"

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this month we are continuing thisissue where we left off last month,reporting on the sex offender clus-ters and the people who areresponsible for placing them inour communities, this is part twoof a three part series.

We wish all the Mother’s of ourcommunity a Happy Mother'sDay, TASTE OF BRAZIL ishaving live entertainment onMother’s Day to celebrate theoccasion.

We like to remind our readersthat they can submit theirFather's Day Messages andCongratulations messages for allthe Graduates.

There is a COMMUNITYLEARNING FAIRE on SAT,May 17th at the PresbyterianChristian Church (See ad on page14).

THE VOICE is launching ourwebsite and podcast next month,we will feature interviews withcommunity stakeholders and localpoliticians, highlight upcomingevents in the area, showcase com-munity resources and many othersurprises. Stay tuned for all thedetails.

THE VOICE is seeking morecommunity volunteers to assist uswith writing and taken photo-graphs of community eventsthroughout the Northeast LosAngeles Area. We are also seek-ing Spanish writers to cover theevents in Spanish!

The last item I want to writeabout is to update everyone on myprogress of weight loss. As manyof you know, I had Gastric BypassSurgery two and a half monthsago. I have lost over 85 lbs so farand ten inches off of my waistline.It really feels great! Thank youfor all the phone calls and emailsfrom the community, it reallyhelps me get thru this change inmy life!

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After working in education forover 30 years the time has comefor me to start another chapter inmy life's story. Becoming ateacher was my way of helpingto make the world a better place.I was passionate about my life'smission. I taught elementaryschool for 15 joyful years. ThenI embarked on a mid life changeand became a school counselor.Along the way I've had manywonderful experiences, met mywife (Rosa Serrano at CoronaAve. Elementary), experiencedmany good people and taughtsome excellent students. For afew years Rosa, our son Carlosand our daughter Erika and Iwere at Malabar ElementarySchool together, one big happyfamily.

I was a member of almost allof the school's committees, was aunion representative at the local,state and national levels, servedas Chairperson of the Mexican-American Education Commission,organized citywide conferencesfor parents and teachers, foundedthe Eastside Association forGifted Children, was the leaderof both the Boy and Girl Scoutsamong other activities. I've beenawarded honors from the City,State and National levels of gov-ernment, was the "Educator ofthe Week" for KFWB, and washighlighted on Channel 11.

I felt that it was an honor tobe a teacher. My expectations ofmyself were high, and I ques-tioned myself and challengedmyself. I developed my skillsand turned my weaknesses intostrengths. I had high expecta-tions of my students and of theirparents. Unfortunately, theyoften had lower expectations forthemselves and for their childrenthan I had for them.

I've always made it knownthat I believe in personal respon-sibility and strong values of hon-esty, responsibility, reliability,

trustworthiness, loyalty andrespect. Here in this great stateof California, the opportunity fora good/excellent education isavailable to everybody. Wespend a large portion of our taxmoney on making education apriority and yet there are thosewho continue to not take theopportunity and then say that itwas everybody else's fault. I wasa top union recruiter and helpedthem gain political power. Theteacher's union mission is to getthe best benefits and wages forits members, so they will contin-ue to downplay education'sprogress, even in times of eco-nomic prosperity. Their abilityto get people elected to theschool board that are beholden tothem is a testament to their eco-nomic and political strength.

I did not go into teachingbecause of the pay, teacher'ssalary was at low when I startedin the 1970's. It was the idea ofhelping others to achieve thatenticed me. While teachers needthe public's support to keepsalaries and benefits at a profes-sional level, accountability isnecessary. It is virtually impos-sible to get fired, and pay raisescome to everyone, regardless ifthey merit them or not. It can beeasy to become complacent.

My fellow colleagues workhard and are dedicated souls.They need the full support ofparents, the administration andthe Board of Education.Personal responsibility is a keyissue. People have becomedependent upon local, state andthe federal government to domany things for them that theycould do for themselves. Parentsneed to prepare themselves andtheir children for school. If weare to have an educated and pro-ductive population, then parentswho send their children to publicschools need to have someaccountability. Parents need toset the tone for their children'sstudies. They need to help themdevelop good work habits and adesire to learn.

Education is a shared respon-sibility, teachers must have thesupport and cooperation of par-ents. In this great state, we pro-vide an abundance of opportuni-ties for parents to gain knowl-edge and skills in order to help

their children succeed. Lastmonth, the school that I work atidentified 600 students that arebelow grade level. We senthome letters, left phone mes-sages, and I sent home personalletters asking parents to comeand meet with those of us whoare counseling their children onan ongoing bases. Only 25 par-ents responded. I just spent over30 years of my life being seriousabout providing excellence ineducation, I wish that more par-ents were as serious.

Educators are facing more andmore students that are disre-spectful, defiant, aggressive andviolent. Teachers are not thepurveyors of those values.Parents often enable their childto display inappropriate behaviorby not providing consequencesto their behavior. I'd be rich if Ihad a quarter for every time Iheard someone say, "If myteacher called my parents, theteachers word was respected andI would be in trouble, no ques-tions asked". In spite of theheroic efforts that educators aremaking each day, they are tooften portrayed as being unin-spiring, mean spirited and uncar-ing. I found that my passion hasbegun to wane these last fewyears. I did my part, I fulfilledmy goal, now I have set newgoals and have more dreams tofulfill. What will I do when Iretire? Work, but not as muchand nothing as stressful. I willcontinue to help make this a bet-ter place to live within and, I willvolunteer time at school. Untilmy next article, God BlessTeachers and the work they per-form.

MARK,The Staff Of THE VOICECONGRATULATES You OnYour RETIREMENT. WETHANK YOU FOR YOURDEDICATION, STRIVING TOMAKE THE DIFFRENCE INTHIS WORLD MOLDINGCHILDREN TO BECOMEPRODUCTIVE SUCCESSFULCITIZENS. YOU ARE AGREAT EXAMPLE OF EDU-CATORS THAT CAN MAKE ADIFFERENCE IN SOME-ONES LIFE.

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Ola Grandma,Gracias por todo. . .Como te gusta mi foto ?Estoy en la cama queme regalo mi tioOscar y prima Luna.

MOMHappy Mother’s Day

Love, Carlos, Rene,Liz and Oscar.

We just wanted to take this opportunity to tell you what a greatmother you have been to us. If anyone deserves this day, it is You! You have given us endless love and support and have always beenthere when we needed you. You are a role model for us, thank youfor this example and so much more. We want to wish you a HappyMother’s Day, We truely love you, We know that God has blessed

us to have the honor of being your sonsGeorge & Joel Cabrera

On April 26, 2008, between thehours of 2 a.m. and 4:30 a.m., aseries of burglaries occurred in theLincoln Heights area.

In each of these incidents, knownas "hot prowl" burglaries, becausethe break-ins occurred while victimswere home, the suspect entered theproperty by removing windowscreens. Fortunately, no items were stolenbecause the victims awoke, whichstartled the suspect and caused himto run away.

The suspect is described as a male

Hispanic with short, black "buzz-cut" hair. He is 19 to 25 years oldand weighs 100 to 150 pounds. He isshort to medium in height and wasseen wearing a gray sweatshirt withdark pants. Residents are remindedto be very cautious when leavingwindows open and accessible to out-side entry, even in hot weather. Anyone with additional informationis asked to contact Hollenbeck Areadetectives at 323-526-3000. During off-hours or on weekends,calls may be directed to a 24-hourtoll free number at 1-877-LAW-FULL (529-3855). See sketch ofsuspect on Front Page of THEVOICE.

To our Mother, who has taught us to value education.From Carlos and Erika Overstreet

studying hard at UC Davis

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Plaza Area at Shops on Lake Avenue, 345 S Lake Av, Pasadena, co-hosted by Shops on Lake Avenue

Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Av, Pasadena, co-hosted by the City of Pasadena

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The 14th annual Bike to WorkDay is coming on Thursday, May15, 2008. METRO is encourag-ing everyone that can to bike towork on that day.

They are expecting a recordnumber of participants to partici-pate and enjoy a relaxing, healthy,

green bicycle ride to work. Andto help with that experienceMETRO is sponsoring free PITSTOPS for Cyclist who ride theirbikes to work that day.

Pit stops will be open from 6amto 9am, and metro will be givingfree rides on transit ALL DAY for

cyclist with a helmet. Cyclist willalso receive snacks refreshments,bike maps and other cycling relat-ed materials.

Below is a partial list of the pitstops. You can visitmetro.net/biketowork for all thedetails.

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Urban Expeditions rides happen on the last Saturday of the month, and are free, leisurely-paced, socially oriented, and family-friendly. Younger children should be transported in a bicycletrailer, child seat, or other safe child carrying device.For more information contact Liz or Shay at 323.478.0060, or email info (at) BikeNow.org.

Two Suspects Arrested for Scamsthat Target Elderly Victims

Two suspects have been arrested inan investigation by LAPDHollenbeck detectives of a group ofSouth and Central American sus-pects who attempt to scam elderlyHispanic victims.

By analyzing recent crime reportsdetectives were able to identify thesuspects' pattern of operations. Thesuspects were identified as welldressed, Spanish-speaking and most-ly from Colombia. They frequentlystaged their operations on Thursdaysbetween 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. and woulddrive victims to and from localbanks. Victims would then makewithdrawals and give the cash to thesuspects.

Hollenbeck detectives created anddeployed a task force to deal withthis crime in early April, utilized tac-tics that included static and rovingsurveillance concentrated on suspi-cious activity at specific banks. Anexample of the suspects' mode ofoperations is as follows: Suspectsapproach potential victims in asupermarket parking lot. One sus-pect would offer to help a victimwith groceries while a second sus-pect asks for help locating a churchto fulfill a grandparent's dying wishof giving $30,000 to the church. Thevictim would then be offered $2;500for providing help, but would also beasked to put up good faith money. Inthis instance the victim was in theprocess of obtaining $16,000 to giveto the suspects when detectives inter-vened.

Linked to these crimes was a grandtheft lotto scam out of Lancaster, CAThe suspects have admitted toattempted grand theft in both LosAngeles and Lancaster. The two suspects in custody are 40-year-old John Gomez and 33-year-old Carlos Gonzales. A third sus-pect, Hector Castillo, is still out-standing. Anyone with additionalinformation is urged to contactHollenbeck detectives at (323) 526-3000. After-hours/weekends, callsmay be directed to a 24-hour hotlineat -1-877-529-3855

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Continued from Page 1Due to public outcry after the

airing of Goldstein's story the pub-lic demanded an explanation.

Shortly after this exposure aTown Hall meeting in Norwalk,CA took place chaired by formerState Assemblyman RudyBermudez of the 56th AssemblyDistrict. Seated at the head tablewith Bermudez was State SenatorGloria Romero. The town hallmeeting was followed by a formallegislative hearing in Sacramento.

The Office of the InspectorGeneral namely Matthew Catecompleted an investigation on the2006 290pc. shuffle and referredthe matter to the Department ofCorrections and Rehabilitation forfurther actions on disciplinarymatters. As a result theUndersecretary of CDCR and thehead of Region 3 both retired.

Ms. Franco who had sent out ane-mail telling all, that she wantedto demote back to the position of aparole unit supervisor ended upwith a promotion and is currentlythe Eastern District Administrator.

All of the individuals involvedin the initial 290pc. shuffle of2006 are once again involved inthe illegal housing and placementof the sex offenders in the ElSereno area, (Ms. Franco, MsNorma Martinez and Parole Agent2 Albert Rivera) a violation of AB83 Jessica's law.

Our sources have heard theabove individuals bragging abouttheir close ties to both former andcurrent state and local elected offi-cials.

Review portions of CDCRJessica’s Law Policy. Affected Parolees DefinedEnforcement of this policy willfocus on all parolees required toregister as sex offenders pursuantto PC Section 290, released fromcustody on or after November 8,2006, subject to the 2,000 feet res-idency restriction set forth inJessica's Law. This includes: * Initial Releases. * Parole Violators With a New

Term * Parolees released after having

served a period of revocation. * Parolees released from any otherjurisdiction's custody; ie., federalcustody, court walk overs (individ-uals who serve their entireCalifornia Department ofCorrections and Rehabilitation[CDCR] commitment within thecustody of another jurisdiction).

As previously stated in the Apriledition of THE VOICE the loca-

tions used to house Paroled HighRisk Sex offenders in the ElSereno area were out of compli-ance by being less than 2000 feetfrom local High Schools. The2000 feet requirement is mandatedas per. AB 83 Jessica Law. ParoleAgent 2 Rivera failed to conductthe required hand held GPS meas-urements of the two noted ElSereno locations.

Here is the Policy for GPSAddress Verification for housingof parolled Sex Offenders:Prior to allowing a sex offender tomove into a proposed residence,the AOR must confirm the resi-dence is in compliance with theapplicable special condition ofparolee. This shall be done by uti-lizing the Global Positioninghandheld device to determine theexact distance from the proposedresidence to the nearest excludedlocation pursuant to PolicyNumber O6 13. The distance shallbe noted in the CDCR form1650D, Record of Supervision. Here is an example of the correctway for GPS measurement:

On 2-27-08, about 1500 hours,this agent conducted a Prop. 83and CDCR Policy 06-14 compli-ance check of the Dynasty Innlocated 17414 S. Western in thecity of Gardena. I started thesearch on Map guest and Itappeared to be in compliance withthe law and the policy. I went tothe location and utilized the hand-held GPS for the schools andparks. All of the schools were atleast 0.60 miles from the DynastyInn. Map quest did not show anyparks within a mile and a half.However, this agent found a parkat 17800 Gramercy in the city ofTorrance which was 1,455 feetfrom the Dynasty Inn. The parkhas a playground, ball diamond,running-walking track and a bas-ketball court. Children were thereplaying.It appears that the Dynasty Inn Isnot In compliance with Prop. 83.During the fall months of 2007Assistant Unit Supervisor AlRobles and Parole Agent Ramirezboth assigned to the Silver-lakeParole Unit went out to perform aGPS measurements of theExecutive Inn, located at 1030West El Segundo Blvd, Gardena,CA 90247, the above agents failedto document the GPS measure-ments in writing as per CDCRPolicy. They did however tell allthat the location was in compli-ance.

This past week a third parole

agent re-measured the same loca-tion and determined that the abovelocation was not in compliance.Currently as per Megan's Law, sixparoled sex offenders are residingat the same location.

Let’s take a moment and reviewMartinez’s history as a parolesupervisor

ln 1998 during her tenure as aparole unit supervisor in the ElMonte Parole Complex she creat-ed an environment that can best bedescribed as hostile. She openlyberated,degraded and humiliatedparole agents under her supervi-sion. As a result several paroleagents wrote letters and made tele-phone calls directly to top admin-istrators in Sacramento. As aresult Martinez with little or nonotice was advised that she wasbeing transferred effective imme-diately and to pack her personalitems and leave the El MonteParole Complex - This directivecame from Cal Terhune. DistrictAdministrator Henry Ponce wasalso instructed to depart from theEl Monte Complex. Martinezthen floated from one assignmentto another. She then obtained oneof two positions as a ParoleSupervisor for the old RevocationUnit located on the tenth floor ofthe State Building 320 West 4th.Street Los Angeles. One of herresponsibilities was to monitor theparole agents assigned to theRevocation unit.

One of the assigned agents wasoff work due to an extended med-ical leave and had parked her stateissued vehicle in front of her homeresidence. Martinez aware of thisfact failed to make arrangementsto have the state vehicle picked up.As a result the vehicle incurredmore than two thousand dollars intraffic citations and the vehiclewas subsequently towed by a locallaw enforcement agency.

The parole department Region 3had to pick up the costly tab. Nowthat is what you call good respon-sible leadership.

After Hours AdministratorOfficer of The day commonlyreferred to as the AOD.Duties and responsibilities.

Answer all telephone calls dur-ing after hours from various lawenforcement agencies as they per-tain to individuals under currentactive parole supervision.

Answer all questions honestlyand provide law enforcementagencies with parole holds when

deemed applicable and appropri-ate. First and foremost is the con-cern for the overall welfare andsafety of the community. AOD’sare given a broad latitude and havethe right to reject a request by lawenforcement for a parole hold on aparolee.

AOD’s are not to tell membersof the law enforcement communi-ty that when they request to speakto an individual in higher authoritythat no such person exists.Everyone has a supervisor.

On 08-14-2004 Los AngelesPolice officers assigned to theNortheast Division made tele-phonic contact with the AODNorma Martinez. The police offi-cers relayed to Martinez that earli-er on this same date they hadresponded to a dispatch call, malenaked seated on the passenger sideof a vehicle with the door opened.The police officers relayed toMartinez that they had communi-cated with a resident (highly popu-lated residential area, lots of minorchildren) and the witness statedthat the male in side the vehiclehad exposed his private parts tominor children on at least threeseparate occasions during daytimehours. When the police officersapproached the male (partiallydressed) identified as an individualon active parole supervision. Theparolee acknowledged that hechanges his clothes while seatedinside the car. The parolee alsotold the officers that he had left hisaddress of record, a ResidentialDrug Treatment Program and wasliving out of his vehicle. Theparolee additionally stated that hehad returned to the use of illegaldrugs namely cocaine. Also notedthat the residents to include theminor children (victims) and theadult residents also victims werefearful in filing a formal policecomplaint. The area is known forboth heavy illegal drug and gangactivity.

During the officers telephoneconversation with Martinez theyexplained in detail to her all of theinformation as noted. Martinezrefused to place a parole hold. Theofficers somewhat taken back byher refusal again explained theirconcern for the welfare and safetyof the minor children and for thewhole community. AgainMartinez refused to authorize aparole hold. Martinez’s explana-tion. If there are no formal felonycharges being filed then therewould be no parole hold.

The officers then requested to

speak to Martinez’s supervisor atwhich point Martinez lied by stat-ing that “she was it and that theycould not speak to anybody else”. Another parole supervisor wascontacted and a parole hold wasobtained. The parolees assignedagent of record completed a paroleviolation report and the report wassubmitted to the Board of ParoleHearings. Not only did NormaMartinez lie to the police officersshe by her actions displayed a totaldisregard for the welfare and safe-ty of the community, the residentsthat pay her salary. (See AttachedPolice complaint on page 5)

On 08/16/ 2004 Martinez asAOD received another telephonecall from Los Angeles Police offi-cers this time from Los AngelesPolice Central Division. LosAngeles Police officers weredetaining a male and a female.

The female was identified as aparolee at large (active warrantissued by the parole department)and the male being detained wasalso identified as a parolee. Themale had prior convictions formurder and rape and he was man-dated to register as a 290 pc. (SexRegistrant). Both the male andfemale were found to be in posses-sion of hypodermic syringes anon-felony criminal offense. Themale parolee told both officers thathe was residing on the streets ofSkid Row. Martinez during herconversation with the police offi-cers told the officers that shewould call them back in 5 minutes.

Martinez did not call back. After35 minutes the officers re-contact-ed Martinez. Martinez now askedthe question, is possession ofhypodermic syringes a felony or amisdemeanor? Can someoneexplain why Martinez did notalready know the answer to herown question? How long hasMartinez been a parole unit super-visor? Did she ever attend theacademy? The officers told herthat the offense was a misde-meanor. Martinez again told theofficers that she would call themback. The officers waited at the77th jail facility for 40 minutesand then drove back to CentralDivision. After waiting an addi-tional hour the officers contacted77th jail facility and receivedinformation that a parole hold hadnot arrived for the male parolee. Itwas at this point that the WatchCommander at Central Divisioncontacted Martinez and explained

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the parolees assigned agent ofrecord contacted the paroleagent. He relayed that Martinezhad told him that the parole agenthad called and stated they hadinformation on one of hisparolees. Martinez had onlywritten down the name of theparole agent who had called.

Martinez did not inform theagent of record that his paroleewas a named suspect for a mur-der, name of the parolee, thenames of the homicide detectivesor their telephone numbers.

The assigned agent of recordimmediately upon receiving theinformation from the parole agentcontacted the homicide detec-tives and within days with theagent of record assistance theparolee was located and arrested-by LAPD Central homicideInvestigators. He was chargedwith murder and subsequentlyreceived a new prison term.

Now one needs to ask. Whydidn’t Martinez at the very leasthave another agent (agent ofrecord was on vacation) contactthe homicide detectives? DidMartinez think that a paroleenamed as a murder suspect wasnot important? Did she think thatthe community was not at risk?Was Martinez concerned aboutthe welfare and safety of thecommunity? Was Martinez con-cerned about the welfare andsafety of the Law Enforcementcommunity? Did Martinez thinkthat a person wanted for MUR-DER would not kill again? NowI ask you. is this the kind of indi-vidual you would want or shouldbe a Deputy Commissioner forthe Board of Parole Hearings?Please review the attached andanswer the questions yourself.

Lets not forget Martinez wasthe Parole Unit Supervisor whosupervised the parole agentsresponsible for the illegal place-ment of sex offenders in the ElSereno area.

Ms. Martinez was recentlyappointed to a two year limitedterm position as a DeputyCommissioner for the Board ofParole Hearings. Ms. Martinezas a Deputy Commissioner cannow make decisions after anadministrative parole hearing orafter a review of a submittedparole violation report to asser-tain if a parolee has violated hisconditions of parole and if areturn to custody is warranted.Now I ask our readers is this thekind of person deserving of thisposition, overseeing our commu-nities safety, being paid by ourtax dollars?

In October 2006 administrativestaff of a Retirement Care facilitysent a letter to Region 3Headquarters requesting aninvestigation on Parole Agent 2Robert Alfaro. The letter notedthat Parole Agent Alfaro hadplaced a male parolee into theirResidential Retirement Facilityand had failed to disclose thefacts surrounding the paroleestrue past criminal arrest history.The parolee had a history ofArson convictions and was alsomandated by law to register asper. 290pc sex registration. Thefacility had set rules and guide-lines that they could not acceptanyone who had a history of

arson and or sex related crimes. The administrative staff at the

retirement facility only becameaware of the parolee’s true crimi-nal background from LosAngeles Police officers after theParolee set a fire at the facility.The parolee was arrested andcharged with arson. The paroleewas found guilty of the criminaloffense.

It appears that Region 3Headquarters failed to initiate aninvestigation as Parole Agent 2Alfaro transferred to Region 4and then received a promotion.(See Attachement Below pleasenote document has been redactedto protect the identity of theparolee and the retirement home ,staff member)

In 2007 a now retired paroleunit supervisor was facing adeduction in pay or possible ter-mination after an investigativeteam found that he had been lessthen truthful regarding the place-ment of High Risk Sex offendersa violation of AB 113. As per. theformer supervisor he told all thathe had received a personal tele-phone call from Tom Hoffmanthe current head of DAPO whomade the decision to drop all ofthe charges. The supervisordecided to retire after he becameinvolved in yet another incident.Recently California State SenatorGeorge Runner staff memberafter communicating with LosAngeles Police officers requestedan investigation on parole agent

Armen, assigned to Region 3.In brief a paroled High Risk

Sex offender had stolen a vehiclefrom a dealership. The vehicledid not have a low jack devise,GPS or license plates. The policeofficers were concerned that theparolee would go out and commita new serious and violent crime.Parole agent Armen was less thancooperative. The police officersthen made contact with Region 3Headquarters and a DistrictAdministrator completed thepaper work and the Board ofParole Hearings did issue a war-rant for the parolees arrest.

Once the warrant had beenrequested the Regional Office ofCorrectional Safety is to beimmediately notified. As you cansee by the attachments (On Page7) one being CDCR Policy, thesecond showing a lapse in time ofnotification as per policy.Parolee D. Brown was subse-quently arrested on 1/15/08 bythe Los Angeles PoliceDepartment Fugitive Team but,not before he did commit a veryviolent and serious crime.

Brown has been charged withauto theft, home envasion rob-bery and rape.

Unnamed persons inSacramento Parole Headquartersrequested the parolees field file .As per parole agent Armen

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Continued From Page 4to her what the previous officershad already explained to her thatthe parolee had a documentedcriminal history of violent crimi-nal offenses to and include felonyconvictions for murder, rape witha weapon, arson causing greatbodily injury and Assault with aDeadly weapon. It was at thispoint that Martinez sent a parolehold.

The Los Angeles PoliceDepartment sent a letter toRegion 3 Administration askingfor an investigation and an expla-nation surrounding Martinez’sstatements and actions. (Policecomplaint above) An investiga-tion was never initiated.Martinez has on numerous occa-sions boasted about her politicalconnections with RudyBermudez, Fabian Nunez, GloriaRomero and Gloria Molina. Onehas to ask did they run interfer-ence for her? Was this the reasonRegion 3 failed to conduct aninvestigation at the request of theLos Angeles Police Department?

During the first week ofFebruary 2006 Martinez receiveda telephone call from a paroleagent, who relayed to Martinezthat a parolee assigned to a paroleagent in her unit. (Martinez nowassigned to the Huntington ParkParole Complex as a Parole UnitSupervisor) was a named suspectfor a Murder which had takenplace in the area known as SkidRow. Martinez told the paroleagent that she was in a meetingand that she would call the agentback.

The parole agent again toldMartinez that the parolee was anamed suspect for MURDER.The parole agent then relayed toMartinez the name and CDCnumber of the parolee, the nameof the homicide detectives andthe direct telephone numbers forthe detectives. Martinez statedthat she took down the informa-tion and that she would call theparole agent back after her meet-ing. Martinez never called theparole agent back.

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Members of the Resurrection Neighborhood Watch received a recognition onApril 8th, 2008 at City Hall for our Environmental Justice efforts to prevent the

Vernon Power Plant from being build and for their campaign to preventIndustrial Oil from increasing there waste management by 40%.

By Brady WestwaterIf one wants a reel (i.e.,

Hollywood) world equivalent ofthe real world danger to the LARiver in Downtown, it would be asilent film starring Simon Legree(i.e., the appointed CommunityRedevelopment Agency leader-ship) tying the hopes and dreamsof Downtown Los Angeles, for aLA River lined with parks andmixed uses, to the railroad trackswhile a locomotive - packed withspecial interest groups comes bar-reling towards us at ninety milesan hour.

To back up a bit, the City of LosAngeles is planning to spend atleast a billion dollars (though nocomprehensive business plan yetexists) to turn the LA River into apublic amenity lined with parksand mixed uses except in onearea.

In the most per capita park poorpart of the entire city the part ofDowntown represented by theDowntown Los AngelesNeighborhood Council theapproved plan will not allow useven a single park in our neigh-borhood; we will also not get evenone unit of housing in the areawith the single biggest jobs/hous-ing imbalance nor will we getanything resembling the kinds ofpublic amenities every otherneighborhood in Los Angelesalong the river will get.

And when I asked over a yearago why we were the only neigh-borhood not to be allowed anyparks, I was told by two differentstaff members that it would con-flict with the city's industrial poli-cy since only industry was goingto be allowed along the 'new' LARiver in our neighborhood.

Now, no other city in this coun-try for that matter no city on thisplanet (since Stalinist five yearindustrial plans have gone out offashion even in Russia if not inLos Angeles) would ever dream oflining a river in the most congest-ed and populated part of the citywith railroad tracks, high tensionlines and wall to wall factoriesforever.

Ironically, though as I demon-strated in an earlier CityWatcharticle (www.citywatchla.com),while the city's industrial zoningpolicy will work in some parts ofthe city this policy will actuallydestroy jobs and prevent jobsfrom being created in the olderparts of Downtown.But here's the best part. Since

building heavy industry facilitiesin the heart of the city is no longerfinancially feasible the CRA willhave to give these factories 30years of vast tax subsidies to paythem to destroy the LA River inour neighborhood.

Please inset the appropriateVietnam War metaphor of yourchoice here.

But this situation had beenrecently seemingly looking up.Our three elected officials, JanPerry, Jose Huizar and Ed Reyeshad recently overturned theCRA's stonewalling of two majorlive work projects near the LARiver and the city council had alsojust passed a resolution condemn-ing the CRA and the PlanningDepartment's unilateral imple-mentation of their industrial poli-cy. And after public meeting, atleast 95% of the speakers andsometimes 100% of them stronglyopposed every aspect of this plan.

Every single Downtown com-munity and business organizationwith an elected board has opposedthis policy including those repre-senting the property and businessowners this plan is supposed toprotect.

The only people to support thisplan are appointed city officials,people being paid by city con-tracts and organizations that donot represent Downtown.

So one would think that sincethe public the CRA 'serves, theindustrial users the plan is sup-posed to 'protect' the councilper-sons elected by the public to rep-resent them are all opposed to thispolicy that the CRA would finallyback off from their plan.

Well, not in LA., Last week Iwent into an AIA (AmericanInstitute of Architects) meeting onthe future of Downtown. One ofthe panel members was CeciliaEstolano, the head of the CRA.She greeted me warmly before themeeting started and I took that asa sign that she finally was willingto work with us downtown todevelop a real world plan that willcreate jobs, housing and parksalong the LA River.

I say finally because after yearsof guarantees that the publicwould be involved in the draftingof this plan the long promisedpublic workshops were canceledlast December between Christmasand New Years Day when no onewas in town. And then, even afterthe CRA and Planning wereforced to hold public hearings on

their betrayal, they still refused toin any way discuss or debate theirpolicy with us. They just listenedto our testimony against theirplan, declined to engage in anykind of debate and then went backto implementing their plan with acomplete disregard of the publicinput.

But instead of addressing any ofthat during her presentation lastweek, Estolano instead announcedher latest initiative for Downtowna policy that was created, as usual,behind closed doors to line thebanks of the LA River - particular-ly within the Downtown LosAngeles Neightborhood Council(DLANC) boundaries with not justindustry but heavy industry."Green" heavy industryYes, her proposal is now todestroy our environment with'green' heavy industry to buildproducts to improve other peo-ple's environments.Again, insert appropriate VietnamWar analogy.

And the best part is this newplan was again developed withoutany input from or even the knowl-edge of anyone in the affectedareas. This was the first I had everheard about it and when I askedaround the next day, my suspi-cions were confirmed. Not a sin-gle one of the stakeholder groupshad been contacted plus no one atPlanning or even in the CRAoffice in Downtown had everheard of this new plan, much lesshad been consulted about it.

When the Q & A session start-ed, I announced we had just wit-nessed why this city does notwork; that we are still a city wheresome of the biggest decisionsaffecting our communities are stillmade behind closed doors. Andthat even when these plans areopposite of what the communitywants or needs the communitywill still be ignored if they are inconflict with the desires of politi-cally connected special interestgroups.Estolano's response to myremarks was that there was nogreen manufacturing policy forthe length of the LA River inDowntown even though she hadjust announced to the audiencethat there was one and she had justpassed out a map showing the pro-ject's boundaries.

I'll give her the benefit of thedoubt and agree she actually doesbelieve in her mind that there willsomeday be some

public involvement in this propos-al. I'll do this despite the fact theCRA has still refused to engage inany debate with us on thespecifics of the existing industrialzoning plan and that it has stillrefused to allow any kind ofmeaningful two-way dialoguewith the community on the plan-ning process for this issue for thepast two years.

Now, on a cynical sidetrack, itappears clear to me that changingthe 100% industrial zone alongthe LA River into a 100% 'green'industrial area even though thatwould prevent for a variety of rea-sons the actual re-greening of theLA River is just a new way of re-packaging their old idea by addingthe buzz word 'green' to their plan.

But the delusion that large fac-tories making green products aregoing to be suddenly built any-where in Los Angeles much lessin Downtown Los Angeles ( justlike the 1990's hallucination thatLA would suddenly become thecenter for the manufacturing ofrapid transit equipment if we builtsubways) is exactly that a delu-sion.

What the politicians and specialinterest groups are ignoring is thatwith Downtown's outdated infra-structure, high wage costs, highbusiness taxes, high utility feesand many other obstacles to man-ufacturing in Downtown no one isgoing to set up heavy industry inan area that is far more expensiveto do business within than in otherstates, other cities in LA Countyor even in other parts of the Cityof Los Angeles. And even if theywould the massive public subsi-dies would far outweigh the gains.

Even more to the point, sincegreen products are inherentlymore expensive than non greenproducts and they are often con-siderably more expensive manu-facturers must find the lowest costplaces to make their products ifthey are to be at all competitivewithin the marketplace.The bottom line is of all the typesof manufacturing green productsare among the least likely tolocate in a high cost area such asDowntown Los Angeles.

And everyone who has a clue ofhow business works and who isnot dependent on the publicknows this to be true. So wheredoes this leaves us? Well, prettymuch where we started.Nowhere.

But at some point in time theCRA's leadership might actuallylearn they need to work with us toget anything done. Someday, theymight even stop acting like anoccupying army determined todestroy all resistance to their ini-tiatives (and shooting anyone whodares go off message) and under-stand they are supposed to serveour community and not attack it.

The tragedy is that we all wantthe same things for our communi-ty. Good paying jobs, a greenerenvironment, parks along the LARiver, better transportation andhousing for everyone. But noneof this will ever happen with thecurrent bunker mentality of theCRA.

I might add that when Estolanofirst came into office, I was veryimpressed by her speech on howthe CRA would be activelyinvolved in grass roots communi-ty building. I was so impressed Ioffered to give her a tour ofDowntown to show how we hadturned the former heroin districtinto a vibrant community filledwith new jobs and how with mod-est amounts of working capital wehad accomplished far more thanpast, failed multi-million dollarprojects of the CRA had in thesame neighborhood. And she saidshe looked forward to that tour.But after six months and a half-a-dozen unreturned and unacknowl-edged phone calls and emails andletters I finally gave up.

Just like a lot of peopleDowntown are giving up on theidea that the CRA can ever be ourpartners in building a newDowntown for everyone. But itshouldn't and doesn't have to bethat way. So, just maybe, one daythat attitude might start to change. And, luckily, it will only take oneperson to accomplish that. Butfirst she will have to start return-ing our phone calls.

(Brady Westwater is a writer, along-time downtown and neigh-borhood council activist andChair of the LA NC CongressEconomic DevelopmentCommittee. Westwater is a regu-lar contributor to CityWatch andhas agreed to start contributingarticles to THE VOICEHe can be reached at: bradywest-water@gmail.com

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the assigned agent of record, hetold other parole agents assignedto his parole unit that theparolees field file is missing andtherefore he can continue withbusiness as usual namely NOINVESTIGATION.

Region 3 Headquarters admin-istrative staff are keeping quietand refuse to accept any tele-phone calls .

After careful review of CDCRJessica's Law Policy no where isit written that parole agents aremandated to run daily GPS track-ing on their 20-1 High Risk Sexoffender caseloads. Howevermost assigned parole agents do.(On the right) you can see foryourself the outcome and resultsof two High Risk Sex offendercases where both assigned paroleagents Armen and Ramirezwhich did not run daily GPStracks or made un-announcedhome site visits.

The Associated Press reportedon April 30th that CA. is stillstruggling to outfit all sex offend-ers with GPS, while it currentlyhas outfitted about half the state'sparoled sex offenders with GPSdevices but is falling short of arequirement to track them all.

CDCR officials announcedthey had attached ankle monitorsto 2,500 of California's most dan-gerous sex-offender parolees.That's in addition to the 2,300units already tracking paroled sexoffenders who are considered lessdangerous.

They estimate that it will takeuntil June 2009 to outfit all 9,000sex offenders who are on paroleat any given time with globalpositioning system anklebracelets. The devices areremoved once offenders com-plete parole.

The law is unclear about whoshould track the sex offendersonce they are off parole. Neitherthe state nor local law enforce-ment agencies wants to pay for it.

What determines a paroledsex offender to be classified as aHigh Risk Sex Offender?

Currently Prison clerical staffmembers most with the title of aParole Service Assistant (PSA)reviews the inmates C-file andthen fills out a form referred to asa Static 99. Based on the infor-mation in the C-File the PSAassess a rating score. If the ratingscore is 4 or above then theinmate upon their release onparole may be classified as aHigh Risk Sex offender.

The Static form can be re-assessed at any time based onadditional information obtained.

(See attachments on right) Prior to the PSA's completing

the Static 99 forms the responsi-bility fell on the Parole Agent 2with the title of Sexual ViolentPredator Coordinator assigned toeach parole region.

Prior to 2006 Regions 3 SVPCoordinator Johnny Verdugo wasallowing a clerical staff for anextended period of time to do hisjob related responsibilities. Afterthe exposure of the 2006 sexoffender shuffle Verdugo wassimply allowed to transfer toanother Parole Agent 2 position.No displanary actions were initi-ated. Verdugo referred to bymany as the want- a - be politi-

cian. Verdugo lost his electionbid for councilman for the city ofMontebello. As per Verdugo hehas established close ties to bothlocal and state Latino electedofficials namely Los AngelesCounty Board of Supervisormember Gloria Molina, StateSenator Gloria Romero, StateSenator Gil Cedillo, andAssemblyman Fabian Nunez.

Verdugo told many that he hadworked on the election cam-paigns for both former Stateelected official Rudy Bermudezand current Mayor of the City ofLos Angeles AntonioVillaraigosa. Verdugo was oftenobserved walking in and out ofFabian Nunez office which islocated down the hallway fromthe offices of Region 3Headquarters.

Even with the revelations andthe publication that Region 3namely the Eastern District ille-gally housed sex offenders in theEl Sereno area the practice ofillegally housing sex offenders inother areas within the city andcounty of Los Angeles continuesunabated.

On 11-21-2007 a parole unitsupervisor assigned to the SouthCentral complex communicatedwith one of the owners of a con-verted warehouse located at 2079E. 15th. Street. The ownerrequested that all of the sexoffenders residing at the locationknown as Mi Primera Casa beimmediately moved. The build-ing management had been cited

by the Los Angeles City FireDepartment.

(See Attachment on Page 8)With the full cooperation of all

South Central Parole UnitSupervisors and parole agents allof the sex offenders were re-located on this same date. Of sur-prise to all it was discovered thatone agent had more than 12parolees all residing under thesame structure a clear violation of3003.5 pc..

The Los Angeles City Attorneyoffice ended up filing criminalcharges aganist the owners of thelocation for multiple fire codeviolations.. As per. a StateSenator's office he was advisedby a deputy city attorney that LosAngeles Police officers had alsoresponded to the same locationdue to illegal Rave Parties. Nowone needs to ask. Why are paroleagents once again placing sexoffenders in this same location ?The same can be stated with thelocation at 2302 E. 15th. Street.This location as with 2079 E.15th. Street was also cited by theLos Angeles City FireDepartment.

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In Februrary, 2008 State SenatorGeorge Runner's office made arequest to Sacramento ParoleHeadquarters regarding theplacement of sex offenders at twolocations. 13939 Budlong,Gardena and 2079 East 15thStreet, Los Angeles.

On March 17th, 2008 CDCRPress Secretary Gordon Hinklesent an email stating that thelocations listed above were com-pliant. It took Hinkle threeweeks to respond to State SenatorGeorge Runners request.

(See Sex Offender Housing onPage 9)

As seen by the documents published; Parole agentscontinue to house paroled sex offenders in a loca-tion that has been cited by Los Angeles City FireDept. The email on the right from Vincent Thomas,current CDCR (South Central District Administrator)alerting his supervisors to remove parolees from2302 East 15th street email is dated March 12, 2008.Los Angeles City Fire Department listing the sameaddress in violation to house anybody for safety rea-sons dated March 14th, 2008.

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Hinkle stated that the locationswere in compliance. It was clearby Hinkle's response that he didnot do his homework. As noted two parole agentsassigned to the South Centralcomplex, had placed more than 6sex offenders at the same locationlocated at 13930 BudlongAvenue, Gardena a violation asper. 3003.5 pc.

What is of major concern isthat a member of a local lawenforcement agency communi-cated with a parole unit supervi-sor in the South Central Complexand shared their concerns aboutthe owner of several locationswhich provided housing for sexoffenders under the programname of Mi Primera Casa.

The parole unit supervisor dis-missed the concerns of the LawEnforcement agency. That iswhat you call good CDCR Publicrelations! The location onBudlong was shut down by theGardena Police Department dueto the fact the Mr. Marquez didnot have the proper permits.

As per an E -Mail by Ms. Perezfrom Parole Headquarters inSacramento, those paroleeswhich have been diagnosed witha mental illness and reside in aprogram the program providermust have obtained a permit fromthe California State Departmentof Mental Health Services.Currently Mr. Marquez is provid-ing housing for those paroleesclassified as Enhanced ParoleOutpatients and sex offenderswho attend Parole OutpatientClinic. Does Mr. Marquez havethe necessary permits to housethese parolees? As per StateSenators George Runner's Officestaff attorney, D Burkhart he per-sonally communicated with Mr.Marquez and Mr. Marquezadamantly denied that he wascurrently or has ever providedhousing for paroled sex offend-ers.

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Continued from Page 1The two girls were identified as AlexousAnn Sandoval and Daisy Orozco, both 17-years of age from the Ramona Gardensarea.

Police later arrested Hector Jasso, 20and Daniel Salvador Martinez, 21, on sus-picion of murder. Police believe the twoteenage girls allegedly conspired with themen in an attempted taxicab robbery andcarjacking. Their deaths are included inthe Report because under the so-called"felony murder rule," which classifiesdeaths that occur in the course of feloniesas homicides.

Ten days later near the same generalarea, another Taxi involved incident

occurred. Taxi driver Andres Delamadrid,37, was shot in the chest while driving histaxicab at 3453 Gleason Ave, in BoyleHeights about 8:15 p.m. Friday, April 18.

According to police, Delamadrid's cabcrashed into a parked vehicle after shotswere fired. Officers from LAPD'sHollenbeck Division later foundDelamadrid inside his taxi. He was takenby ambulance to County-USC MedicalCenter, where he was pronounced dead at10:48 p.m. Police said Delamadrid was onhis way to pick up a passenger in the 200block of North Chicago Street.

It was unknown whether Delamadridmay have been shot during a robberyattempt, authorities said. He was found inthe cab clinching to a fist full of money.

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The CERT Level 1 classes inBattalion 7 this month:Next month is Battalion 7s turn tohost the community meeting. June16, 2008, from 7:00 PM to 8:30PM, at LAFD Station 2 1962 CesarChavez, Los Angeles, CA 90033-1751Neighborhood Team LeadersMeeting: Troy's Burger (across thestreet from Station 16) on Tuesday,May 20th at 7 PM. We'll discussJune's Community meeting and theLevel 1 CERT Classes in the battal-ion. Feel free to come by and giveyour input.Fire Service Recognition Day,Saturday, May 10th, the secondSaturday of May is designated"Fire Service Recognition Day" inLos Angeles. Go tohttp://www.lafd.org/fsloc.htm tofind your neighborhood fire sta-tion.Battalion 7 is comprised of threeneighborhood councils. To promoteCERT and get involved in our com-munity I attend NeighborhoodCouncil meetings. If you want tojoin me, I try to attend the follow-ing meetings: Area 32 NC meetingsare held the first Wednesday of themonth 7PM at the El Sereno SeniorCitizen Center. Lincoln HeightsNC meetings are held the first andthird Thursdays of the month 6PMat Lincoln High School cafeteria.Boyle Heights NC meetings areheld the last Wednesday of themonth 6PM at the Boyle HeightsSenior Citizen Center.

SEX OFFENDER HOUSING 02/08REC 01ST UNIT CDC# LNAME FNAME STREET CITY ZIP 290 3 EASTERN HPRK5 V59107 ABRAMS MICHAEL 2302 Cl 15TH STREET#G LOS ANGELES 90021 Y3 EASTERN PASD1 V27441 GOODEN MYRON 230215TH ST. LOS ANGELES 90061 Y3 EASTERN PASDI P24440 DAVIS RELMON 2079 E 15TH ST LOS ANGELES 90061 V 3 EASTERN PASD1 V40049 GREEN LAWRENCE 2079 E 15TH ST#C LOS ANGELES 90021 Y3 EASTERN PASDI T78604 VIRGIL ISAAC 2079 E 15TH ST. #0 LOS ANGELES 90021 Y3 EASTERN PASD1 P74678 AVERHART ALFONSO 2079 E 15TH ST BLDG. #0 LOS ANGELES 90061 Y3 EASTERN PASDI T73214 EDMONSON CURTIS 2079 E 15TH ST BLDG. C LOS ANGELES 90081 Y3 EASTERN PASD1 P07163 ARANDA CRIS 2079 E 15TH ST BLDG. #0 - LOS ANGELES 90061 Y3 EASTERN PASDI T34230 VAN METER ARTHUR 2079 E 15TH ST BLDG. C LOS ANGELES 90021 Y3 EASTERN PASOI T93892 THOMAS LASHLEY 2079 E 15TH ST. #C - LOS ANGELES 90061 Y3 EASTERN PASDI V65232 MORALES ORI 2079 E 15TH ST. - LOS ANGELES 90061 Y3 EASTERN HPRK1 V32267 JONES SKY 2302 15TH STREET #G LOS ANGELES 900213 EASTERN HPRK1 H99058 FORD REGINALD 2079 EAST 15TH STREET - LOS ANGELES 90248 3 EASTERN HPRK1 F57733 CRAWFORD RICHARD 2079 EAST 15TH STREET LOS ANGELES 900213 EASTERN HPRK1 K37223 JONES CLIFTON 2302 15TH STREET #G LOS ANGELES 900313 EASTERN HPRKI P89769 WRIGHT MICHAEL 2079 E. 15TH STREET LOS ANGELES 900113 EASTERN HPRKI D57566 SMITH GREGORY 23029 15TH STREET #G LOS ANGELES 900213 EASTERN HPRKI T67158 GODBOLT DAVID 2079 EAST 15TH STREET - LOS ANGELES 900213 EASTERN HPRKI P52563 DURADO ARBILIO 2079 EAST 15TH STREET - LOS ANGELES 900213 EASTERN HPRK1 K70488 SCHARR DALE 2302 East 15TH STREET G LOS ANGELES 900213 EASTERN HPRK1 V16812 SANDERS ANDER 2079 E. 15TH ST LOS ANGELES 90023 EASTERN HPRK1 D90699 NORWOOD CHARLES 2079 E. 15TH STREET LOS ANGELES 900113 EASTERN HPRK1 V76829 PHILLIPS DZHONH 2079 15TH STREET LOS ANGELES 900213 EASTERN HPRK1 T99464 SMITH KELVIN 2302 15TH STREET LOS ANGELES 900213 EASTERN HPRK1 T52574 SANCHEZ JOEL 2079 E. 15TH STREET LOS ANGELES 90021

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MAP CDC# LAST NAME FIRST NAME STREET CITY734A2 V23790 ORTIZ GEORGE 13930 S. BUDLONG AVE GARDENA734A2 V96297 WHITE ANTHONY 13930 S. BUDLONG AVE GARDENA734A3 T51554 MCDONALD MELVIN 13930 S. BUDLONG AVE #A GARDENA

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During the fall months of2007, Assistant Unit Supervisor,Al Robles and Parole agentRamirez both assigned to theSilverlake Parole complex wentout on a weekend day to com-plete hand held GPS measure-

ments as per policy at theExecutive Inn, 1030 West ElSegundo Blvd., Gardena. BothRobles and Ramirez declined toput their measurements in writingas per policy. Both stated that theabove location was in compliance

as per CDCR Jessica Law Policy.Recently a third parole agentwent to the same location, re-measured it and found the loca-tion to be out of compliance.Currently as of 5/5/08 there aresix paroled sex offenders residing

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Penal Code Section 3003.5became law in 1998. Ten yearslater CDCR and DAPO adminis-trators have failed to adhere andabide by the law. CDCR andDAPO have also failed to seekways to provide adequate hous-ing for paroled sex offenders.CDCR Under Secretary JamesTilton earns a base pay salary of$225,000 per year and TomHoffman Head of DAPO earns$137,100.00.

Jason Marquez, a 19-year-oldLatino young man was shot andkilled at 4968 Axtell Street in ElSereno about 2:50 a.m. Sunday,April 27.

He was standing in a friend'sfront yard with a young man anda young woman when a white carpulled up, and four people gotout, all of them armed, said Det.Jacob Dugger of LAPD'sHollenbeck Division. Without aword, the four began shooting.Marquez was mortally wounded,and pronounced dead later at alocal hospital.

The young man with him wasgrazed by a bullet across his mid-section, and was treated at a hos-pital and released. The youngwoman was unhurt.

Dugger said investigatorsbelieved a gang or drug-relateddispute may have prompted theshooting. Marquez, a student atWilson High, had no criminalrecord

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Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Rep.Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-OH).Also featured are ChristopherEdley, former U.S. Civil Rights,Commissioner and Dean of UCBerkeley's School of Law, BBCjournalist Greg Palast, and VanJones, Executive Director of theElla Baker Center. American deserves and shouldexpect to have their vote count-ed," said Inaba. "We hope thatpeople across the nation will takea close look at our electoral sys-tem through the eyes ofCongresswoman CynthiaMcKinney and AmericanBlackout and remember this mes-sage when they vote this year andbeyond."

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On Saturday, April 26, as partof the ninth annual Global YouthService Day more than 26Wachovia employee volunteersworked at Hollenbeck MiddleSchool focusing on beautifyingthe campus through murals, land-scaping and clean-up projects.

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On Friday March 28, 2008 one of our own fromEl Sereno was honored as a Women of DistinctionCongressional Forum Award. Ms. Yvonne Lopez isa resident of El Sereno, she is an active volunteerwith the Calvary Chapel El Sereno, was one of thefounders of The Greater El Sereno Chamber ofCommerce and the El Sereno Coordinating Council.She was among one of many from an area thatCongresswoman Hilda L. Solis represents. Mrs.Lopez supported the fundraiser for Officer Simmonsat El Sereno Park and helps out at Calvary Chapel'sTuesday night Soup Kitchen that feeds and reachesout to the community. It is not often that a womenfrom El Sereno is honored by a Congresswomen ofthe United States. We hope other women have anopportunity to shine.

Tremblay, JPFrom: Treblay JPSent: Wednesday. February 08. 2006 8:40 AMTo: mellissa.decker@gov.ca.gov, Adam.Mendelsohn@GOV.CA.GOV' Cc: Bill.Maile@GOV.CA.GOV: 'Julie.soderlund@gov.ca.govSubject: Media Response to HRSO story on KCBS IMPORTANCE: HIGH

Melissa. I'll be bring over the memos and emails to you in about 15 minutes along with a draft press release. Here is how the communication office responded to this issue and what ourstrategy was for dealing with this issue. Our primary objective in this strategy is to keep this a localized as possible.

The Communications Office was first contact late Friday afternoon by Regional Administrator (A) Mark Epstein to let us know that areporter from KCBS TV 10 Los Angeles had contacted him about the placement of High Risk Sex Offenders. The decision was made totry to keep this issue a local story in the Angeles Area.

On Saturday the Secretary was contacted by a parole agent to let him know a reporter was digging into the issue and there was a problem with the placement of some High RiskSex Offenders in the Los Angeles area. The Secretary contacted the leadership of the department and directed then to look into the situation and report back to him Mondaymorning.

On Monday in consultation with. the regional office and realizing that only the one reporter had the information the decision was made totry to keep this story a local story and not let it spread to a statewide issue. The department had been proactive in responding to the issue and there wasnever any direction from Sacramento to move the parolees every four days. It became apparent that there was an issue in the local region with a local administrator whoapproached to have misinterpreted the law. The reporter was given all of this information end a copy of the clarification memo that went out on Tuesday.

We have prepared a draft press release saying that the department identified this problem and is fixing it in Region lll and as a precautionhas directed all other regions to review their HRSO case load to make sure that they are following the provisions of AB113 and the regis-tration law. I have a concern with putting out a press release on this issue it will then elevate it to a statewide issue and lead otherreporters in other regions to dig into the placement of these offenders in their community. If we can keep this a local story, It becomes astory of a local administrator misinterpreting the law and the department correcting the issue.

This reporter David Goldstein is someone who is always looking for a headlines especially during sweeps week and no matter how we present it to him he will use his'video footage of parolees being moved by parole agents, however, if we have someone talk to him and make a clear statement that this is a local issue that has beencorrected. We will vary likely keep this a local story. The biggest variable is whether or not we can keep it from being elevated to the legislatorssuch as Todd Spitzer. If he can be briefed on the issue and have it explained clearly to him that this is a local issue involving only 10 to 11parolees out the 2,000 HRSO's we supervise and that it was a result of a misunderstanding in the region, not the entire department, hecould be taken out of the story and possibly even support our effects to manage this population. However, if we elevate this with a pressrelease it becomes an even bigger story and he or Other legislators will be drawn into it.

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After reading the above letter one can see for themselves the extent thatAdministrators are the ones involved and responsible for the "CODE OFSILENCE".

Nothing has changed! Two years later and to this date Region 3 Administrators,Alfred Martinez, Capril Anderson, and Kenneth Ford have failed to initiate aninvestigation surrounding the Illegal placement of sex offenders in the El Serenoarea, a direct violation of law as per AB83 and CDCR own written policy.

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In 2004 then CDCR AgencySecretary Roderick Q. Hickmansent out a Memorandum, ZeroTolerance Regarding the "CodeOf Silence" to all employees ofthe department. Hickman alsoproduced a video and all employ-ees were mandated to view thevideo. Mostly all who were man-dated to view the video knew thiswas all a big joke and a waste oftime. For years all knew thatthere was a "Code Of Silence"within the Department ofCorrections as there exist in everyother California StateDepartment, however the majori-ty of the Code Of Silence can befound at the top Administrativelevel.

In 2006 investigative reporterDavid Goldstein aired on localtelevision his discovery of themass shuffle of paroled sexoffenders from motel to motelsevery four days. A deliberateintent to circumvent the law asper AB 113. Of all the four paroleregions within the state ofCalifornia and parole districts,the shuffle of paroled sex offend-ers only occurred in Region 3,and only involved the EasternDistrict. The same EasternDistrict identified as illegallyplacing the paroled sex offendersin the El Sereno Area.

CODE OF SILENCE is bothmore pervasive and pronouncedtoday than ever before within theDepartment of Adult ParoleOperations. Many of the parolesupervisors, Administrators andothers who either had priorknowledge, or participated in theInitial 290pc shuffle of 2006 andother related issues surroundingparoled sex offenders just turnedtheir backs and played a form ofmusical chairs. ExampleAdministrators rather than facethe music transferred fromRegion to Region with a new jobassignment. Ivory Roberts a

Region 3 District Administratorat the time was one of JohnnyVerdugo's supervisors and wasaware of Verdugo's job relatedactivities. Roberts wanting to getthe hell out of Dodge, simplytransferred to Region 4 only, laterto return to Region 3 and nowwith a new title and more poweris back at Region4. As previous-ly noted Verdugo transferred tothe South Central Parole com-plex. Those parole agents whowere honest and were forced toparticipate in the 2006 SexOffender Shuffle are no longerassigned to the Eastern ParoleDistrict. Many Rank and Fileparole agents feel that if theywere to come forward and dis-close the actions of misconductby their supervisors especiallyAdministrators they themselveswould face false allegations ofmisconduct and be the subject ofretaliation.

Parole Agent 3 SupervisorTerrance Burns during his tenureat Region 3 Headquarters was incharge of Investigations sur-rounding parole agents, supervi-sors and other DAPO staff mem-bers accused of misconduct. Foryears Burns told all that he wasan Attorney at Law and did pos-sess a California Bar card. It wasonly after sworn (under oath)statements made by Burns, thatBurns acknowledged that he wasnot an Attorney. Burns may havegraduated from Law school butthat in itself does not give some-one the right to call themselves apracticing attorney.

As an analogy let's take a lookat the recent allegations surround-ing the sexual misconduct of aneducator employed by the LosAngeles Unified School District.Initially high ranking administra-tors employed by the LA UnifiedSchool District denied any and allprior knowledge of the allegedsexual misconduct between the

educator and a minor student.Now it has come to light (LosAngeles Times article 05-06-2008) that the LA United SchoolDistrict Administrators did haveprior knowledge and failed to ini-tiate their own independent inves-tigation. As a result the sameschool Educator has been arrestedand charged with new allegationsof child sexual abuse. What canLAUSD now say regarding theirfailure by their own Code OfSilence to protect the welfare andsafety of minor children, whichhave been entrusted in their care?

The Administrators (as per theLos Angeles Times article 05-07-08) have just been re-assigned fornow. Time well tell if they get theboot. If the LA Unified SchoolDistrict follows DAPO's examplethen they well most likely obtainand receive a new promotion.

As noted James Tilton currenthead of the CaliforniaDepartment of Corrections andRehabilitation has turned in hisletter of resignation. TheGovernor has now appointedMatthew Cate current head of theCalifornia Department ofInspector General as his succes-sor.

Let's take a brief look at fourinvestigations and their findingswhich were conducted by theInspector Generals office. First isthe Initial 290pc sex offendershuffle of 2006. Cate instead ofusing the terms deliberate intentto circumvent the law simply stat-ed that there was a misunder-standing of the law AB 113. Catedid state that Administrators hadbeen less thantruthful (lied).The matter wasreferred back toCDCR for anyfurther actionsand sanctions.As a result twoAdministrators

simply retired and a third waspromoted. Now theAdministrator Maria Franco whowas promoted after the initial2006 sex offender shuffle is thesame person responsible for theillegal housing of paroled sexoffenders in the El Sereno area aclear violation of CDCR Policyand AB 83 Jessica's Law.

Second, are the allegations thata CDCR employee(Administrator) was viewingpornographic pictures and imagesof adult females during theirworking hours and on state com-puters. The investigation con-cluded that all of the allegationswere factual. The matter againwas turned over to CDCR forreview and sanctions. As aboveno actions or sanctions have beenlevied.

Third, is the investigation ofthe secret rooms behind prisonwalls. The Inspector Generalconducted an investigation andthen allowed PrisonAdministrators to refurbished therooms and eliminate their con-cealment. No one addressed orasked WHAT these secret roomswere used for?

Fourth, was the investigationcalled for by State AssemblymanTodd Spritzer. Spritzer hadobtained written documentationwhich clearly showed that aDistrict Administrator had doc-tored up (removed written state-ments by parole agents and paroleunit supervisors replacing thestatements with his own writtendocumentation but, leaving thesignatures of others) on legal doc-

uments. The Inspector Generalconcurred that the ParoleAdministrator did alter the legaldocuments however there was nodeliberate intent by the DistrictAdministrator. Case closed. TheDistrict Administrator received apromotion.

Currently CDCR and DAPOare both facing the possibility offalling under a complete FederalReceivership. In light of all ofthe Corruption, cover ups, codeof silence, fear of retaliation byAdministrators and supervisorsand the continuous violations oflaw and CDCR policy by supervi-sors and administrators perhapsthis may be in the long run thebest approach.

Next month we continue toaddress more on DAPO's Code ofSilence. We well also address theupcoming release of thousand ofinmates into our community clas-sified as non-violent criminaloffenders and explain in detail toour readers what defines a con-victed criminal as a non-violentoffender.

We well also explain in briefthe collapse of the CaliforniaCriminal Justice system,California State Sentencing laws,Los Angeles County Wholesaleplea bargain system. DAPO'sfailed drug treatment programs,and last what actions or lack ofactions led up to two separatehorrific killings at the hands oftwo parolees both classified asnon-violent offenders. One ofthose killed was Los AngelesPolice Officer Ricardo Lizzaraga.

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I used to say that I never knewmy father, but I'll never say itagain because now I know he washere all the time in Henry Sr. Hewould have given me anything if Ihad asked., and I was proud to bepart of his life.

Henry was brave in facing theend. He was always an optimist.Even planning a solo trip toMexico at age 93. He was proofthat there is no excuse to just letlife happen to you. No matter thechallenges he suffered over a life-time, he pursued his many inter-ests, filling himself up so healways had plenty to give. Isn't itincredible that a man so gentle andquiet in manner could have suchan impact?

Though he appeared quiet, itwas very rewarding to engage himin conversation. He was every-thing from a corny chuckling joke-teller, and lover of animals to anappreciator of beauty. A favoriteexpression of his was "Can youimagine that?" in his frequentamazement at life.

Most important, he was the onewith the easily expressed tender-ness. No one cried as much as hedid at the birth of his grandkids.He had such a strong feeling ofconnection to family. No one Iknow of took as many pictures of afamily as he did. Maybe it was tomake time stand still and to holdeveryone close. I appreciate the time I spent withhim as we organized and decoratedhis house. I cherish the memory ofpleasing him and Ill always lovehim. BRENDA

My grandfather had a peacefulheart and mind. His favorite say-ings were "Easy does it," and "Behappy." He focused on the positivetraits and actions of others. Hewas loyal and forgiving. Mygrandpa loved my grandmother,his family, friends, Flamencodancing and guitar, coffee, andsweets. He was always planning atrip to see family, and he wasalways thinking of something spe-cial to do for the people he loved.He was thoughtful. He was quiet-ly confidant, proud, and talented.

He was interested in the thingsaround him, and he was adventur-ous too.

When I gave birth, he drove 2hours in the heat with no air-condi-tioning in bumper-to- bumper traf-fic to see my baby and me and tobring her her birthday cake. Histhoughtfulness consisted of smallthings like mailing me a picture ora cartoon that he clipped out of thepaper for me, to buying me my lbrand new car.

He would occasionally remindme that once, IN OLD AGE, hewas able to capture a humming-bird in mid-flight. He also took upphotography in his later years. Hewas able to encapsulate greatmoments of beauty and emotion inhis pictures. Some of my favoritephotos were the ones that he tookon my wedding day when he was89 years of age.

One of his past adventures wasclimbing a very steep Pyramid inMexico. Not that many years ago,my sister and I had climbed thePyramid of Sol. We felt proud ofourselves and wanted to wavedown to Grandpa to get our picturetaken and to maybe see him cheerfor us. From the top, we lookeddown all the sides of the pyramid,but we could not see him. Thenwe heard his special bird whistleand were amazed that he had beenjust a few steps behind us. I do notknow any 79 year-old man thatcould climb a pyramid like he did.His recent adventure, at 92 yearsold, consisted of river rafting withhis niece. I don't think he knew itwas dangerous. I only know hethought it was fun.

Besides being thoughtful andadventurous, my grandfathertaught me the importance of for-giveness. He led by example, andhe made a point to teach me that itis one of the most important les-sons that we need to learn in life.

Recently whenever we would talk,he would always say "God hasbeen good to me." I feel God hasbeen good to us all, blessing thisearth and our lives with my grand-father's presence for 93 years.

I am very proud to be the grand-daughter of such an admirableman. I will miss his love and howspecial he made me feel. I willmiss his hands, his hats, his over-stuffed pockets. I will miss hisbirdlike whistle, miss him callingme "Heado" and "Doll," and I willmisshow he always say goodbye inFrench. "Easy does it Grandpa,Atutalu." HEATHER

Towards the end of my father'slife, while he was still fightingdeath but the morphine no longerpalliated his pain, especially thewound in his lower back, he saidto me: "Go to the house. There's aslab of foam rubber in the cellar,bring me a piece big enough to fitbetween the mattress and me."That was vintage Dad.In Columbus, New Mexico, thesmall desert town in which hegrew up-a steel water tower itsIandmark---some kind soul gavehim an old, 1920 something, tour-ing car his first car. He, built agarage for it of adobe bricks hemade, and, of timber and tin hescavenged. My Dad was a builder.

Years later in Los Angeles, myDad, poured the foundation anderected the walls of a house hedesigned. My Dad was a bornarchitect.

Lately, I have been goingthrough his things. I found out thathe subscribed to magazines as dif-ferent from each other, as PopularMechanics, the New Yorker andForbes. My dad was a thinker.In an old wallet, there was areceipt dated November 18, 1936,held together with Scotch Tape,for his wedding pictures. My Dadwas a romantic.In the same wallet, I found oldphotographs: one of he and mymom-one of me, a toddler, and heyoung and handsome-one of myex-wife, Brenda, and our children,Heather and Jill. He loved all ofus: his blood family, his family inMexico and the family I marriedinto. There was also a little foldoutstrip of paper with quotations fromholy Catholic men, like St.Ignacius Loyola, for each day of

the week. MyDad loved hisGod.

Three daysbefore he died,he asked me tocontact mem-bers of his fam-ilies, of theHoly NameSociety, of hisguitar class, ofhis Frenchclass. "Tellthem," he said,"that I lovethem." My Dadwas a lover.

His biggestlove was mymother. He wasdevoted to herfor over seventyyears. Surely,this man, who

loved so much, walks with Godnow. I will love my Dad until mydeath. Goodbye, old man. Gloria,in excelsis, Deo. Glory to God inthe highest. Amen. HENRY

My Grandpa, He was such agentleman wasn't he? He was talland always looked distinguished.He was so kind and courteous. Iwas proud of him. I rememberwhen he wore a tuxedo to escortme as a homecoming princess atmy high school's homecominggame. He looked great. I remem-ber too how dressed up and hand-some he was at my wedding. Itwas such a joy to watch him andmy grandmother dance togetherthat day. I wish I could keep thatmoment forever for them toenjoy6 and for me to watch.My grandpa was always there.Every holiday, every dance recitaland sports game, every importantevent of life, he was there cheeringme on and supporting me. I willmiss him so much. He was spe-cial! I know that it's such a greatblessing to have a grandfather likethat and I'm so grateful to havehim all the years I did.

These are some things thatcome into my mind when I thinkof him: how he put napkins underhis hat just in case someone need-ed them, how he'd say "Easy doesit now" and how he'd take my handin his hands and say... "I love you

doll.", I think about how I wouldrun my hand across his fuzzy crophaircut and feel the prickles on myfingers. It just felt good. I starteddoing that to him when I was verylittle and I kept doing that even upto very recently. It used to makehim smile. He had a great smile.

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Healthy Start ProjectWoodrow Wilson High School, El Sereno Middle School,

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TheHealthy Start Project fromFarmdale Elementary School, ElSereno Middle School andWoodrow Wilson High Schoolwill be having its 4th AnnualFamily Community LearningFaire on May 17, 2008 from8am-1pm. This great event willbe hosted at the Los AngelesPresbyterian Christian Churchlocated at 2241 N. Eastern Ave.,Los Angeles, CA 90032.

Ricardo Lopez, Healthy StartProject Coordinator feels that thisyear's theme "StrongFamilies…Strong Communities"is appropriate considering howmany daily stressors familiesendure and often times they for-get to focus on their strengths. Atthis event, through our keynotespeaker and workshops, we wantyouth, parents and communityresidents to acknowledge andbuild on their inner strengths.This event will also have aresource faire and be providing

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At 9am our bleechers were fullof kids, proud parents, family andfriends. We started with a briefintroduction of our staff: DIC-Chang Kim, Rec. Coordinators-Cheryl Flores & Ismael Flores,Rec. Assistants- Crystal Gonzalez,Stanford Tucker, Helen Hydro-Cerda, Wilson HS Cheerleadersand Wilson HS Police Academy.

Our Councilman Huizar wasoriginally scheduled to arrive, buthis office called and said he wouldnot be able to make it due toanother city event.

Understandable, we continuedwith the announcements of theteams starting with T-ball, Coachpitch, Minors, Majors, Juniors,Elementary softball, and endingwith our GPLA (Girls Play LosAngeles) Softball. All teams weregreeted with a wonderful 'human

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Following the announcementsof the teams the Wilson HS PoliceAcademy proudly marched ontothe center of the baseball diamondfor the flag presentation. Thepledge of allegiance was recitedby 5 girls from the Coach PitchDodgers.

The national anthem was sungby the younger cheerleaders fromXTREME Cheer. Lastly, theopening day pitch was thrown byone of our beloved volunteers andcoaches, Hector Aguilar who hastwo sons playing for El Sereno.

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The Wachovia Foundation's grantfunds a team of twelve City Yearcorps members named the CityYear Wachovia Team that worksfull-time in the East Los Angelesneighborhood of Boyle Heights atBreed Street Elementary Schooland Hollenbeck Middle School.This group works as tutors, mentors

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On Saturday, April 26, as part ofthe ninth annual Global YouthService Day and the largest annualcelebration of young volunteers,more than 26 Wachovia employeevolunteers worked at HollenbeckMiddle School focusing on beauti-fying the campus through murals,landscaping and clean-up projects.The event kicked off National

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