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Supervisors vote to ‘pause’ the program open after hundreds of people speak out against it at ameeting on Tuesday. eyes BY BEN BRAZIL ABOVE: A store owner alters hanbok, traditional Korean Orange County won’t for the clothing worn for celebrations, in Through UC Irvine’s VOICE time being offer a digital vaccina- her shop which is one of a few in tion record to residents after hun- Orange County. project, researchers used dreds of people spoke out against Courtesy Ivy Duong photography to capture nonexistent “vaccine passports” RIGHT: While working at Target at a county Board of Supervisors as a cashier, Sidra Ali encountered the pandemic’s impact on meeting on Tuesday. an Asian mother who told her AAPI communities. At least 600 people held a rally how difficult it was to find outside the meeting and took to supplies that she needed like the podium to urge the board not baby wipes because people kept to allow a COVID-19 vaccine pass- buying them for general cleaning port in the county, even though purposes. officials have repeatedly said par- Courtesy Sidra Ali ticipation in the program would not be a requirement. FAR RIGHT: UCI student In response to the public out- housing residents, like Grace cry, the board ended up voting 4-1 Choe, are prohibited from using to “pause” a plan to offer a digital the common room in the dorms vaccination record to residents while they share the same who request it. Supervisor Katrina restrooms, kitchens and laundry Foley cast the only dissenting facilities. Furniture from the vote. common room was wrapped in Courtesy Ivy Duong Much of the movement against the middle of the space. the record seems to stem from Courtesy Grace Choe confusion around the county’s announcement in early April that it would be starting a vaccine “passport” program, prompting immediate uproar from some residents. The announcement

“...this (voluntary digital record provision) was intended as a courtesy and not a mandate. There is no vote to mandate vaccine passports. Anyone suggesting otherwise is directly harming the county’s BY VERA CASTANEDA rely on words and texts,” said Judy Tzu-Chun ABOVE LEFT: Workers at the public health and Wu, a project lead and director of the UCI hair salon plastic wrapped vaccination outreach ast spring, a group of UC Irvine staff and Humanities Center. “This really foregrounds chairs and created plastic students who work across departments the visual and allowed us to sort of step in the barriers that they can move efforts.” L in Asian American studies, public health shoes of people who are experiencing the around the stations. The — Katrina Foley and the university library’s Southeast Asian pandemic. There’s also more of the emotional barriers are made from O.C. supervisor archive began discussing a project that would impact of thinking about photographs. It’s plastic, hair clips, and help document the impact of the COVID-19 foregrounding the voices of people who are movable stands in order to pandemic on Asian American and Pacific Is- experiencing the pandemic because we want create an extra source of came amid a national conversa- lander communities. to hear their stories.” protection. tion over potential government- They settled on a project based on photogra- By the fall, a diverse group of 24 UC Irvine Courtesy Ivy Duong issued vaccine passports, which phy or a photovoice research technique in undergraduates were selected to be part of a the state and federal government which participants use a camera to document research project called Visualizing Our Iden- ABOVE RIGHT: Emma Hong aren’t requiring. and express experiences from their own point tities and Cultures for Empowerment or Nguyen's cat, Leo Candy At a mid-April board meeting of view. The intention of the technique is to VOICE. The project focused on Orange County, Nguyen, acting like a about a week after the announce- foster community empowerment and social which is made up of the third largest AAPI classmate sitting next to her. ment, Orange County Health Care change in an ethical way that minimizes the population in the country. However, the stu- Her companion made her feel Agency Director Clayton Chau power dynamics between the researcher and dents were well into distance learning and less lonely during a distance- clarified that the county was not the researched. spread out throughout — O.C., learning year when it was considering a vaccine passport “We found it to be a really compelling meth- difficult to make new friends. but rather will offer a voluntary odology. A lot of research approaches tend to See Eyes, page R4 Courtesy Emma Hong Nguyen

See Vaccine, page R5 O.C. plumeria growers help stem the losses of a Texas cold snap

BY LORI BASHEDA

When David Konishi lost his plumerias in the Orange County freeze of 2007, complete strangers mailed him cuttings from their own trees so he could rebuild his collection. Humbled, Konishi vowed that one day, if ever called to do so, he would pay it forward. That day ar- rived this past February. Konishi, who owns Konishi Plumeria in Cypress, was on his Kevin Chang | Staff Photographer plumeria growers Facebook group when messages started popping PLUMERIA PLANTS grown from up from Texans who were help- seeds at Konishi Plumeria in Cypress. lessly watching their deliciously scented tropical trees die in a freak when weather forecasters warn cold snap. that a cold snap is coming. Houston is home to the Plume- But who has a plan for a power ria Society of America, so there are outage on top of a freeze? Without alot of growers in that state. heat in their homes, Texans had Plumeria, heat-lovers native to the no chance of saving their collec- tropics, need to be protected when tions. Specimens, some decades the temperature drops below 40. old, perished within hours; That’s why growers build green- branches just falling off, bleeding houses for wintertime. And if you brown mush. don’t have a greenhouse, you have “I live in Texas and lost all my aplan to haul your plumerias into plumeria in the arctic blast,” a Courtesy of the L.A. Arboretum your house (even digging them out of the ground if you have to) See Plumerias, page R5 PLUMERIAS BLOSSOM DURING the L.A. Arboretum's Plumeria Day on July 20, 2019, in Arcadia. R2 SUNDAY,MAY 16,2021 TIMESOC WWW.TIMESOC.COM Irvine council opposes Musick jail expansion

The city votes to put THE COUNTY Board of pressure on the Board Supervisors of Supervisors to hold a approved a public meeting to address $261-million residents’ concerns. construction contract last BY BEN BRAZIL year for the expansion of Irvine’s decades-long fight to the James A. stop the expansion of the contro- Musick jail. versial James A. Musick jail is not over yet. The Irvine City Council voted Tuesday night to put pressure on the county Board of Supervisors to hold a public meeting on the issue. The board approved a $261-million construction con- tract for the expansion last year. The item was proposed by Mayor Farrah Khan and Vice Mayor Tammy Kim at the urging of the Stop the Musick Coalition, agroup of social justice organiza- tions in Orange County working to halt the expansion. File Photo “Unfortunately we’ve reached a point where we’ve exhausted all Times legal resources or all legal avenues to stop the county of Orange from pushing through with this expan- mayor of the city. day’s resolution. Braun said in mid-April that the by 54% to 1,886 cases, meaning sion,” Kim said at the meeting. During Tuesday’s meeting, “It was a step in the right direc- average daily jail population is about two in five inmates re- “But I agree that a resolution af- Agran said he hopes the Board of tion, we are considering it a win,” down to 3,300. It was 5,200 before quired mental health treatment. firming our strong opposition to Supervisors quickly take action. Drake said. “It’s definitely not the the pandemic. “Musick is not a mental health this expansion will demonstrate “It would be very unfortunate if end, we consider it the beginning. Ajudge ordered Sheriff Don jail,” Braun said in an email last our values as a city. And further- the Board of Supervisors just sat We are hoping the City Council Barnes in December to cut the jail month. “It is the responsibility of more, I hope this resolution will on it and did not honor the re- continues to support our efforts population in half due to the Sheriff’s Department to pro- send a strong message to the Or- quest with the scheduling of a opposing the expansion.” COVID-19 outbreaks among in- vide for the care and custody of ange County Board of Supervisors meeting,” Agran said. “So I as- Drake said the coalition has re- mates. incarcerated individuals who by urging them to hold a public sume, Mayor, that you and the quested for the city to support a The Musick jail has sat empty have broken criminal law. The meeting to address the concerns Vice Mayor will be conveying the separate, independent public fo- for the last two years. beds at Musick are designed to be of our residents, whom they were importance of this in the strong- rum in Irvine to educate residents The O.C. Sheriff’s Department capable of accommodating in- elected to serve.” est terms to our own supervisor on the expansion. previously had a controversial mates with minor mental health The council initially discussed as well as to the other supervisors, “We want to do something spe- contract with U.S. Immigration illness issues if needed. Those the Musick facility in mid-April af- in the hope that this will be on cifically for Irvine residents be- and Customs Enforcement to with more serious mental health ter the coalition requested it. The their agenda in a matter of weeks, cause it’s so close and a lot of peo- house ICE detainees at the Mu- issues are housed at other O.C. jail coalition specifically chose to get not deferred for months.” ple don’t know about it,” Drake sick jail. In 2019, Barnes ended facilities. the city of Irvine involved due to The coalition believes the said. that agreement, and the Musick “While inmates are in our care, its history with the facility. $289million — not including op- Spreading awareness is cur- jail facility was emptied. the sheriff has committed to en- City leaders over the years have erating costs — devoted to the ad- rently the coalition’s primary fo- The department held at the sure they are kept safe, provided taken issue with the jail’s proxim- dition of nearly 900 new beds to cus. time that the agreement was ter- opportunities to reach mental ity to residential neighborhoods, the Musick facility are unneces- “We think that one of the rea- minated to make space for the in- health stability and/or sobriety if the Orange County Great Park sary because the county’s jail sons the Musick expansion is creasing need for mental health needed and have access to pro- and Portola High School and has population has decreased. happening is because the Orange beds in the county’s jails. grams that will reduce the likeli- filed four unsuccessful lawsuits The coalition — which includes County Board of Supervisors The expansion includes adding hood of recidivism upon release.” on the matter. Transforming Justice Orange snuck it through,” said Jacob Reis- two new housing structures and Braun said construction began At the mid-April council meet- County, the ACLU of Southern berg, a member of the coalition 896 new beds, which will bring on the Musick facility in August ing, the council seemed to con- California and the People’s and a jails conditions advocate the total beds at the Musick facil- and is expected to be completed clude that there wasn’t much the Budget, among other groups — with the ACLU of Southern Cali- ity to about 2,200. The expansion by the end of 2022. Inmates are city could do because it doesn’t also believes that incarceration is fornia. “There was zero public de- will bring the total beds in Orange estimated to be moved in by Feb- have land-use authority over the not an effective treatment for so- bate and zero public education County jails to almost 7,500, ac- ruary 2023, she said. jail, which sits on county property cial ills, and the money could be about the harms that the expan- cording to stats provided by Kim took aim at the mental surrounded by Irvine and Lake better spent on social programs sion would cause to the commu- Braun. health component of the jail dur- Forest. Councilman Larry Agran, that address the root causes of nity, both financial and moral. So Braun said that jails have seen a ing Tuesday’s council meeting. who has served on the council pe- crime. we think the only way to repair nationwide increase in the num- “We cannot jail our way out of riodically since the late 1970s, said Coalition member Chelsea that is to have that public educa- ber of inmates with mental ill- this public health crisis,” Kim that the council should engage Drake said in a phone interview tion. We are calling on the Irvine nesses. In 2015, Orange County said. with county supervisors, particu- that it was also important that the City Council to help make that had an average of 1,220 daily open larly Supervisor Don Wagner, who council stated its opposition to happen.” mental health cases, she said. In [email protected] represents Irvine and used to be the Musick expansion in Tues- Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie 2019, that number had increased Twitter: @_benbrazil

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EYES funding from the universi- Majority of Anaheim council doesn’t ty’s Undergraduate Re- Continued from page R1 search Opportunities Program, held one of the support ‘hero’ pay for grocery workers Fresno, Ontario, Oxnard first workshops earlier this and Sacramento. week for Anaheim middle Part of the strategy to and high school students BY BEN BRAZIL connect student research- teaching a curriculum ers to the local AAPI com- plan on how to use the Amajority of Anaheim’s munity was teaming up photo voice technique City Council members are with staff from six non- and identify social issues not in favor of approving profit organizations: the they want to address. hero pay for local grocery Cambodian Family, Kore- Sorina Neang Long, and pharmacy workers who an Community Services who focused on co-cre- many argue have put them- Health Center, the Orange ating the teaching curric- selves in harm’s way during County Asian and Pacific ulum, said, “We talked the pandemic to provide Islander Community about participatory action essential services to the Alliance, the Pacific Is- and civic engagement. community. lander Health Partnership, They were really into it, The council discussed the South Asian Network which was exciting. At the issue on Tuesday night and the Vietnamese their age, I was confused at the request of Council- American Cancer Founda- about everything. I feel man Jose Moreno. Mem- tion. like I’ve just recently dis- bers did not vote on the The students held virtu- covered methods like matter, though the item will al focus groups to discuss photovoice that people be brought back before the their photos, archived can use in their commu- council at the next meeting. materials and made their nities to share their sto- Orange County cities that project public. ries.” Luis Sinco have approved hazard pay “For our students, it’s Now, the VOICE re- for grocery workers include A CASHIER helps a customer at the checkout stand in a Vons grocery store in Long Beach. been a very difficult time searchers have a proposal Irvine, Santa Ana, Buena with the pandemic,” Wu in the works to get fund- Park and Costa Mesa. Those ment.” Diaz said he doesn’t sup- Afew Anaheim grocery said. “There’s issues about ing to continue the proj- cities mandated hero pay Several cities — including port it because “the mar- workers showed up to the mental health, economic ect. They are interested in for a temporary period Oakland, Seattle, Santa ket” should determine how meeting to voice their sup- insecurity ... they’re trying capturing California re- starting in February and Monica, San Jose, Monte- much an employee gets port for the wage hike. to do homework as they opening and examining March. bello and Long Beach — paid, not the government. Many described the harsh may be helping to care for what love looks like in a “We are still in the midst have adopted hazard pay Sidhu said it’s unnecessary conditions they have had to their families. There’s a lot time of hate. of the pandemic, we are for grocery and pharmacy to adopt hazard pay be- endure and the risk to their of stress on their lives. TimesOC checked in still in the midst of folks store workers, though the cause the state is set to fully health and that of their Being able to capture and with five VOICE student struggling to work with cus- ordinances have not been reopen next month. He also families. share some of those expe- researchers to talk about tomers on the front line without controversy. The said raising grocery worker Gladys Gonzalez, a phar- riences was something the most memorable who may not believe in vac- California Grocers Assn. pay could lead to a rise in macy technician at a CVS in that was very empowering photos they took in 2020. cines or masking,” Moreno has sued many of these cit- grocery prices. Anaheim, said she couldn’t for them.” said. ies, including Irvine and O’Neil said he didn’t sup- visit her mother during the The result was intimate ANNIE MY PHAN “We do know that for 14 Santa Ana. port hero pay because pandemic because she views of a hanbok shop Vietnamese American, months there has been one Supporters of hero pay many industries have suf- didn’t want to expose her to owner at work, health- Public Health Science industry that has been argue that grocery store fered during the pandemic, the virus. Her mother related restrictions of major open, that has been a savior workers deserve a wage and the city shouldn’t single ended up passing away. She dorm life, a grandmother Phan currently lives in to many of us. We’ve all hike due to the hazardous out a single profession. urged the council to ap- passing down her home- Little Saigon. When she highlighted the incredible conditions they’ve endured “We have thousands and prove hero pay. made samosa recipe, tools heard about the project, heroic efforts beyond our over the last year. They also thousands of Anaheim “No money will ever an asthmatic essential she knew she wanted to healthcare workers is those suggest the grocery indus- workers that have lost their bring back the time I lost worker needs to leave the do research related to her in our grocery stores. Be- try should share some of its jobs during the pandemic, not seeing my mom before house, empty Sikh tem- community. She decided cause essentially the most profits made during the and here we are talking she passed away,” she said. ples and a cat resting his to take on mental health important aspect of our so- pandemic with employees. about higher wages for a Brenda Ruiz, who works head on a laptop. as a subject, bringing in ciety is making sure that we Those in opposition to small group of workers who at El Super, said she wanted The public showcase for her experiences as a stu- can have access to goods hero pay contend that the were fortunate enough to to stop going to work and their work was set for a dent and a high school that we depend on. government shouldn’t be keep their jobs,” O’Neil risking the health of her day after the Atlanta tutor. Phan took a photo “Many of them have had determining raises, and cit- said. “I certainly under- family, but she didn’t have a shooting, but they de- of her work desk area to defer their rent, credit ies may face costly lawsuits. stand the value of these choice because she needed cided to postpone their located in her bedroom. card bills, car payments, Councilman Avelino Va- workers and I appreciate to pay rent. She ended up kickoff event and hold Throughout COVID-19, forbearance on mortgages. lencia generally agreed with their service of the commu- contracting the coronavirus space for a conversation the area changed from a And while there may be Moreno but said he would nity in doing their jobs. But last year and had to be con- to process the shooting comfortable space to a some federal and state sup- like any hero pay ordinance every one of us has, in fined away from her son. instead. source of stress and anxi- port, that tends to focus on to be a $3 hourly bump in some way, been impacted Noah Stevens, who works Later in the spring, they ety. those who are unemployed. pay for 60 days. Moreno by the pandemic. at Ralphs, said grocery held a virtual exhibit titled “In the AAPI communi- So I really believe that it’s and Councilman Jordan “There are many differ- stores have become greedy “Through Our Eyes, Hear ty mental health is not an economic hazard that Brandman were open to ent types of essential work- and need to provide extra Our Stories,” launched a really something that’s our employees and our Valencia’s proposal. ers, yet here we are talking pay to their employees. website showcasing the addressed,” Phan said. “In community members and As the discussion prog- about one narrow class of ”I want to be able to feel photos and created an high school for my stu- our neighbors are facing. ressed, Mayor Harry Sidhu workers. All of these work- physically safe as well as fi- Instagram account (which dents, it’s a very competi- They are still likely the few and council members Trev- ers should be thanked for nancially secure,” he said. is still actively posting tive environment because who are working in their or O’Neil, Jose Diaz and the work that they’ve con- photos). we’re trying to get to the household in an already- Stephen Faessel expressed tinued to do during the [email protected] Asubcommittee of stressed rental environ- opposition to hero pay. pandemic.” Twitter: @_benbrazil students, who received See Eyes, page R6

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wrap it in some newspaper, ded.” Plumeria Society of PLUMERIAS drop it in a box and send. All He started snapping off America President Ray Alli- Continued from page R1 the recipient needs to do branches in his own back- son, a commercial Realtor upon arrival is stick it in yard to ship to the Lone Star in Houston, said he has woman named Nelda some dirt, water it and put it State — and reached out to been overwhelmed by the posted on Facebook. “My in the sun. Jaki Kamphuis, a professor response. heart is broken, so many Konishi wasn’t the only at Orange Coast College and “We were getting phone hours … nurturing them for Orange County plumeria fa- president of the South Coast calls from people who years.” natic to spring into action. Plumeria Society. She or- wanted to help, and we And from a woman C.d. Larson encountered ganized a cutting drive. were ‘Hey, we haven’t even named Monica: “Lost my his first plumeria in Tahiti in “People were posting pic- thawed out yet!’” Allison plumeria that I brought 1985. Now he has a dozen tures of their plumerias cov- said. home from Hawaii 24 years mature trees at his Foothill ered with snow,” Kamphuis He reckons he’s received ago as a gift to my mother. Ranch home; making leis said. “It would be devastat- 1,500 donated cuttings, Heartbroken as she passed, with their blossoms to wear ing. We kind of treat them more than half of them and the plant was like a me- around town during the like our babies.” from the Southern Califor- morial.” summer months. Aself-described “plume- nia plumeria community, Kevin Chang | Staff Photographer Konishi, who figures he “People look at me like, ria addict,” she confesses to with clubs in Ventura and has spent at least $10,000 on OWNER DAVID KONISHI inside of his shop in Cypress. ‘Did you win something?’ ” at one point mothering counties also his own private plumeria It warms his heart to see about 300 of the tropical coming to the rescue. collection at his home in single branch can cost any- on his Facebook growers plumeria trees festooning trees at her Huntington “It warms my heart to Cerritos, said he actually where from $20 to up to group, which has members countless yards throughout Beach home. hear so many people offer- spoke with some of the several hundred dollars for as far as Malaysia, Indone- Southern California, many “For me it’s all about the ing to donate for those of us growers. one of the trendier varieties. sia, Africa and Iceland. He grown from branches peo- fragrance,” she said. “Some here in Texas that have lost “There were people cry- And mature plants cost would pay for shipping if ple brought back from their smell like roses, some smell so much,” a woman named ing to me on the phone,” he even more. they didn’t have the money; honeymoons. like peaches or Bazooka Michelle posted on the soci- said. “A nd I understood “We had some private just send him the receipts. “There’s a certain ro- bubble gum.” Even suntan ety’s Facebook page. “Thank what they were going moments, and they said In case you’re not familiar mance to that,” he said. lotion. you so much for your com- through.” goodbye,” he said. with plumeria, by the way, So when he saw the social “There are so many vari- passion and generosity!” Afew told him they were Konishi started snapping you should know they might media posts from Texans eties (over 500). That’s why too devastated — and/or branches off of his own be the easiest plant to mail. watching their trees col- people have so many LORI BASHEDA is a broke — to start again. A trees and rallying the troops Just break off a branch, lapse, he was “just shred- plants.” contributor to TimesOC.

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point where the noise may be difficult for people D 888-881-6181 VACCINE around this whole vaccine to replace their vaccination Continued from pageR1 passport has reached a card if it gets lost and said point where it’s becoming he hoped the county would digital vaccination record counterproductive,” Do provide an easy way to re- for residents who request it said. "... So what I’m place it. However, he didn’t in the form of a QR code in proposing today is, in order add anything to the mo- the Othena app, which the that we can move ahead tion. county has used for sched- with vaccination, that we County Chief Executive uling coronavirus testing say definitively today that Frank Kim clarified that and COVID-19 vaccina- Orange County will stop people will still be able to tions. Close to 200 people moving ahead in establish- look up that they’ve been $ spoke out against vaccine ing any kind of digital vaccinated in their personal passports at that meeting. record, any QR code, any- profile on the Othena app. Supervisors have also thing involving vaccination, Do’s motion concerns the 0 sought to allay the con- beyond the CDC paper card QR code that would have cerns of the public, repeat- that we get when we get been used by businesses or edly pointing out that the vaccinated.” other third parties to verify county is not considering a In a couple of heated ex- that someone has been mandatory vaccine pass- changes with other supervi- vaccinated. The public out- port. sors, Foley came out cry and vote to pause the But the assurances of against Do’s motion and QR code come as the county officials have fallen said it would only appease county is dealing with how 1 on deaf ears, as hundreds of asmall faction of the com- to combat vaccine hesi- members of the public have munity. tancy among the public. overtaken the last few She pointed out that the For the most part, Cali- Board of Supervisors meet- people speaking out against fornia’s recent success ings to rail against the idea the vaccine passports re- against the virus has been of vaccine passports. Many peatedly say they don’t be- the public’s willingness to No Points of those protesters have lieve in the efficacy of get vaccinated, data show. compared the idea to prac- COVID-19 vaccines, so not Yet some remain hesitant No ClosingCosts tices of the Nazis, who mur- offering the digital record for a number of reasons, dered an estimated 6 mil- won’t encourage anyone some of which may be fu- lion Jewish people during else to get vaccinated. eled by misinformation. Up to $3 Million the Holocaust. “I feel very strongly that Last week, the county’s Some of the attendees the supermajority of the mostly right-wing Board of Your rate canonlychange once have worn yellow stars on community that we serve Education approved a every5years with amaximum their arms during the meet- support having a conven- statement against manda- rate adjustment of 5% over ings, meant to symbolize ient digital record so that tory vaccinations and a res- the yellow stars of David they can go about living olution against digital vac- thelife of theloan. that the Nazis forced Jewish their lives,” Foley said. cine passports. people to wear. The Jewish Foley added that she was Several residents spoke at community has criticized concerned the public the public comment sec- the comparison. wasn’t able to voice its sup- tion against vaccine pass- During Tuesday’s meet- port for the digital record ports, echoing similar senti- ing, board Chairman An- because Do’s proposal ments to those expressed at drew Do limited speakers wasn’t put on the agenda. the Board of Supervisors to 30 seconds due to the “I don’t think that the meetings. One woman said high volume of public com- public comments here to- she doesn’t want to become menters. The speakers con- day reflect a balanced view agenetically modified or- tinued to compare vaccine on the issue,” Foley said. ganism from taking the vac- passports to Nazi Germany Foley further clarified her cine, and another said a Payment examplefor a$548,25030yeartermwithaninitial 3.151%APR andwith maximumperiodicrate in- and other tyrannical gov- stance on the issue in a vaccine passport is in viola- creases: $2,166.25permonthat aninterestrate of 2.500%forthefirst5years;$2,683.97permonthatan interest ernments. statement that was released tion of the Nuremberg rate of 4.500% foryears6-10; $3,163.04per month at an interestrateof6.500%for years11-15; $3,366.03per As with other meetings, following the vote. Trials, the military tribunals month at an interest rate of 7.500% foryears16-30.Payment example does notinclude amounts fortaxes or speakers regularly invoked “The voluntary digital held after World War II to insurancepremiums;actualpayment obligationmaybegreater.Rate andAPR areaccurateasof3/10/2021.Rates the power of God and told record provision would prosecute Nazis who took supervisors that they will be have provided a convenient part in the Holocaust and andterms aresubjectto change withoutnotice. “judged” for their actions. option for individuals, committed war crimes. More than one speaker ref- should they need to show Andrew Noymer, a UC Therateisfixed for5years, then becomesadjustable andmay increase or decrease once every5years. Maximumrate adjustment is 2% perfive erenced the Book of Revela- proof of vaccination for ac- Irvine professor of popula- yearsand 5% over thelife of theloan. Theinterestratefloor is 2.75%. Theinterest rate is determined by theweeklyaverage yield on theUnited StatesTreasurysecuritiesadjusted to constant maturityof five years(CMT)as made availablebytheFederal ReserveBoard plus amarginof2.75%. tions, the apocalyptic book cess to businesses and en- tion health and disease pre- Available forloanamountsupto$3,000,000 at 80%loan-to-value.Verificationofincome,credit, assets, homeowners insurance, hazard,and,if of the Bible. tertainment venues,” Foley vention, said the Board of applicable,floodinsurancerequired. APR, rates, terms andconditions aresubjectto change.Thisoffer doesnotapplytorefinances. “My forefathers fought said. “As I have previously Education is stirring the pot for my freedom to be able stated, this was intended as by reinforcing and echoing ¹NoClosingCosts offeravailable forowner occupied primaryresidential purchases,propertiesowned free andclearand external (non-SDCCU) to choose,” one woman acourtesy and not a man- the beliefs of people who refinancesonly.Subjecttoapproval.SDCCUwillpayyourclosingcostsincludingbutnotlimitedto:lender’stitleinsurance,titleservices,appraisal,tax said at the meeting. “This date. There is no vote to are hesitant to get a vac- service, creditreport,floodcertificationandrecording fees.Paidclosingcostsdo notinclude pre-paid interest,rate lockextension, rate re-lock,rate floatdown, homeownersinsurance,initial escrow deposit, owner’stitle insurance, or cityand/orcountytransfertax.Primaryresidential purchase isn’t communist Russia. mandate vaccine passports. cine. transactions where seller and/or agentcontributions are provided will be appliedtothe non-recurring closingcosts first.Inthe event seller/agent This isn’t communist Anyone suggesting other- “What the O.C. Board of contributionsdonotcoveralleligibleclosingcosts,SDCCUwillcoveranyeligibleremainingcosts.Borrowermayselectescrowand/ortitlecompany. China. This isn’t Nazi Ger- wise is directly harming the Education is doing is mak- Other restrictions mayapply.Reimbursement of closingcosts:ifthe loan is paid offwithin 36monthsoforigination, aproratedamount of closing many. The Jews had pass- county’s public health and ing a statement that they costswillbeaddedtothe loan payoffamount.SDCCU will notreimburseforany unusedseller/agent contributions. ports, look what that led vaccination outreach ef- won’t allow involuntary to.” forts. This misinformation vaccination of Orange It’s not big bank banking.It’sbetter.® Do made the motion to campaign is led by the County children, but no- “pause” the development of same people who deny body’s saying that that’s go- the digital vaccination COVID-19 and have op- ing to happen,” Noymer record, he said, because it is posed vaccines and masks said. deterring some residents altogether.” (877) 732-2848 from getting vaccinated. Supervisor Doug Chaffee [email protected] Equal Housing Opportunity “We have come to the expressed concern that it Twitter: @_benbrazil R6 SUNDAY,MAY 16,2021 TIMESOC WWW.TIMESOC.COM

Courtesy Annie Phan A VIEW OF Annie Phan’s work zone located in her bedroom, which she describes as changing from a Courtesy Cynthia Fok comfortable place to an area of stress and anxiety resulting from distance learning as both a student and an educator. CYNTHIA FOK captures a once busy alleyway in from their home. Her work ’s Chinatown EYES focused on her grandmoth- and a mural that it includes Continued from pageR4 er’s hospital bed in the the words “housing for all” Courtesy Leyna Tran middle of the living room. and imagery representing best colleges and become “I think the most impact- LEYNA TRAN’S family cares for her 93-year-old grandmother, who entered hospice care in Chinese American’s well known in our career ful picture that I haven’t February 2020, from their own living room. history of resistance. fields. It was very hard taken was of my grand- adjusting to distance learn- mother’s hospital bed,” the green tent is a very large during COVID-19. Although ing when in the previous Tran said. “Throughout the symbol for funerals. In this she wasn’t able to engage two quarters I was able to entire pandemic, I hadn’t moment, we were mourn- with O.C. communities in experience some freedom realized how much it im- ing a death due to person, she’s done so at UCI and meet new peo- pacted me. I realized after COVID-19. The person who through Zoom. Some of her ple. But when you’re con- our [focus group] presenta- had passed away was my work is centered on Sacra- stantly sitting in your room, tion, there are also other lolo [grandfather]. He lived mento. At one point, she staring at a Zoom screen, students, community in the United States and traveled to San Francisco, taking notes and not having health partners and project sponsored my dad to come where she took a photo of a that working-life balance leads that had also felt the over from the Philippines. I mural in a nearly empty that you used to have, it same impact of helpless- was watching my dad cap- alleyway that used to be was a very difficult process. ness and sadness about ture these last moments at busy pre-pandemic. Icould see it in my stu- those in our family who the funeral procession. I “One picture that I took dents because they were won’t be with us for long. didn’t take the picture in- fell under the theme of burnt out and they couldn’t We had taken the time tentionally. He was having resilience,” Fok said. “It was find the motivation to com- throughout the pandemic issues trying to figure out apicture of a mural in [San Courtesy Jessica-Gabriela plete any of their assign- to really feel closer with our his smartphone because Francisco’s] Chinatown. It Ramirez Courtesy Sidra Ali ments. One of the mentors families and to create he’s not very tech savvy. I wasn’t necessarily painted from the Cambodian Fam- stronger bonds, which I was JESSICA-GABRIELA was still [video] recording, APPLYING HENNA with in response to COVID-19. ily and I wanted to high- really grateful for … At the Ramirez helps her and I accidentally recorded family was one of the first I’m sure it’s been there for a light mental health. Lately, time when I took that father videotape a loved my hand helping his.” social activities that Sidra Ali few years now. It had [rep- [the nonprofit] realized how photo, I was having nega- one’s funeral. was able to engage at home resentations of ] the Tape important mental health is tive feelings and thinking SIDRA ALI with her family as a result of vs. Hurley case, which was for people in all age ranges negative thoughts. I was was hesitant at first. She Pakistani American, COVID-19 restrictions on aSupreme Court case stat- so they’ve held mental remembering the time that didn’t know where she fit Public Health Sciences public gatherings. ing that it was unlawful to health activities, especially she was in the hospital and within the AAPI community major discriminate against Chi- for seniors.” she was practically unre- since she is both Asian Ali’s main sense of com- tant to me because it was nese Americans in the sponsive to us when we American and Mexican munity is through her one tradition we still have education system. There LEYNA ASHLEY TRAN talked to her. I wanted to American. She said the mosque. Before COVID-19, that I was able to do during was another sign that said Vietnamese American, reflect on that feeling [in VOICE project gave her a she usually went to the COVID. We couldn’t go to housing for all. COVID-19 is Public Health Sciences the black-and-white chance to speak her truth. Islamic Center of Yorba the mosque and we being called ‘China virus,’ major photo].” One of her significant pho- Linda on weekends and couldn’t pray with our and it’s molding the xeno- Tran was born and raised tos captured what it was during Ramadan to break community. But we were phobic nature of our coun- in Orange County while her JESSICA-GABRIELA like attending a funeral fast. Although her mosque still able to have henna, try. Many people were parents immigrated to RAMIREZ service for her grandfather. is open this year with social which is traditionally fe- attacked on the street solely California from Vietnam in Filipino and Mexican “I had taken a photo of distancing practices in male. I was still able to get on their race. I thought this the 1980s. For her, the American, Public Health my dad and it was just our place, Ali didn’t feel com- dressed up and do that with mural was a good reminder VOICE project was a Policy major hands,” Ramirez said. “His fortable going. In her work, my two younger sisters and of the resilience in the chance to broadcast an In the middle of a rise in hands are calloused and she captured one of the few my mom.” Chinese American commu- important topic that reso- anti-Asian sentiment and more aged compared to activities she was able to do nity and our ability to fight nated with her. In February COVID-19, Ramirez wanted mine. It was a contrast of at home. CYNTHIA FOK back, regardless of the 2020, her now 93-year-old to get involved in the proj- generation. Some of the “One year ago, I took a Chinese American, Pub- oppression that we faced.” grandmother needed hos- ect that addressed the student researchers pointed picture of my hand with lic Health Sciences major pice care. Tran’s family was social and political turmoil this out to me, and I had henna on it,” Ali said. “That Fok moved back to her [email protected] able to provide the care she was witnessing. 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