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B2 Cos Angeles (Times WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 OCSE LATIMES.COM SACRAMENTO JOURNAL Brown OKs plan to target blight The measure creates entities similar to redevelopment agencies to aid downtrodden areas. League of California Cities, which supports the bill. "It puts another tool back in the toolbox, although one nowhere nearly as financially robust as the former redevelopment program," he said. Opponents, including the California Alliance to Protect Private Property Rights, a group of farmers, landowners and taxpayer advocates, said other programs set up after redevelopment should be given time to work. They object to restoring to local agencies the ability to take private property through the power of eminent domain and to pay for it using property tax money, said Marko Mlikotin, executive director of the group.

"I'm absolutely shocked," he said of the governor's approval of the bill. "It's a major setback for private property rights in California." A companion bill signed by Brown, SB 107, will help local government cover the costs of dissolving redevelopment agencies, and allows municipalities to honor some contracts and loans approved before the Legislature's 2011 vote to eliminate these agencies. It also allows local agencies to use all approved debt to provide low- and moderate-income housing. In addition, that bill provides $23.75 million to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to forgive debts owed by the newly formed cities of Jurupa Valley, Menifee and Wildomar for services rendered by Riverside County. patrickmcgreevy latimes.com Twitter: mcgreevy99p melanie.mason latimes.com Twitter: melmason services.

On Tuesday, Brown took action to replace the old system with a more limited one that will target downtrodden areas with financial assistance. "These important new measures enacted today will help boost economic development in some of our most disadvantaged and deserving communities," the governor said in a statement. Though some supporters of the bill praised its approval, opponents, including taxpayer advocates, said it would set off a "land grab" by local governments. Brown signed a measure that would create entities similar to redevelopment agencies to fund affordable housing, hazardous waste cleanup and other projects in disadvantaged communities. Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D-Watsonville), author of the bill, AB 2, said new NlCKUT Associated Pres.

GOV. JERRY BROWN said the change would boost economic development in poor communities. PATRICK MCGREEVY MELANIE MASON SACRAMENTO Four years ago, Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature dissolved 400 redevelopment agencies throughout California that provided public subsidies to spur economic development and housing construction in blighted city cores. Critics said the agencies were rife with waste and corruption, and noted that much of the property tax money they diverted as incentives to development came from schools and other essential government CALIFORNIA BRIEFING EDUCATION WATCH L.A.

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A man who identified himself as the victim told KCBS-TV Channel 2 that the argument was triggered by a joke about Bautista winning Oscars. When Clayton Haymes, 23, arrived home after dinner with friends, Bautista declared that he would win five Oscars someday. "When he said 'five we all kind of laughed a little bit, and he got really upset," Haymes said. A warrant was issued for Bautista's arrest on Sept. 10, and he surrendered a week later at the U.S.

Embassy in Mexico City. Matt Hamilton LOS ANGELES Man accused of soliciting rape A man who pleaded no contest to being part of a ring that burglarized the homes of Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities has been charged with attempting to hire someone to rape a woman who was acquitted of an attempted murder charge last year. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says Nicholas Prugo, 24, was charged Tuesday with one count of solicitation to commit sexual assault and three counts of stalking. He was jailed in lieu of $485,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. Also charged was 34-year-old Edward Feinstein, who prosecutors described as Prugo's "acquaintance." Prosecutors say the pair's target was Dawn Da-luise, a once -prominent Los Angeles skin-care specialist.

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Police say widely available photos of guns and other images from the Internet were used to populate the account. The youth was arrested Tuesday and taken to Placer County Juvenile Hall. Roseville police say they began investigating after receiving calls and messages from parents about a rumor on Monday being spread through social media of threats of violence on the Roseville campus. Associated Press VAN NUYS Emmy winner pleads not guilty An Emmy-winning producer has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to kill his roommate with a kitchen knife, authorities said. Colombian actor and producer Andre Bautista, known by his stage name Andre Bauth, entered the plea Monday in a Van Nuys courtroom, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.

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"Our maintenance team Expert Since 1974 going online daily and three-quarters have access to smartphones, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center report sexting has proliferated. Across the nation, police and prosecutors have charged teens with criminal offenses, and more than 20 states have enacted legislation to deal with sexting. In the L. A. Unified video, a school police officer tells students that texting sexually explicit photos of those under 18 even themselves is considered child pornography.

City Atty. Mike Feuer also appears in the video, saying that sending, forwarding or possessing child pornography could result in a criminal record and lifelong registration as a sex offender. But Zipperman said school police have dealt with only a "handful" of cases. Deputy City Atty. Tracy Webb, who speaks about cybersafety at as many as 2 0 schools a month, said the vast majority of students she encounters say they sext to "goof around" or as part of a romantic relationship, often involving breakups.

She said L.A. prosecutors generally try to handle cases with education. "We can't arrest and we can't prosecute our way out of this problem," Webb said. Mileidy Maldonado and Alexandra Hernandez, high school students at the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center, said sexting wasn't that widespread but both knew girls who had been victimized by it.

In one case two years ago, Alexandra said, a boy texted nude photos of his then-15-year-old girlfriend that went viral, following the victim from one school to another until she finally had to be home-schooled. She was bullied and called names," Alexandra said. "It was horrible." Holly Priebe-Sotelo, the district's intervention coordinator, said educators will be asked to incorporate the new materials into the current required lessons on bullying and sexual harassment. Lessons in cybersafety will be offered to younger children, with middle school students taught about safe online chatting. More explicit material on sexting will be presented to high school students.

Bilingual materials for parents are also available on the website. Much of the material was provided by Common Sense Education and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. teresa.watanabe latimes.com TERESA WATANABE Two Los Angeles high school students are hanging out when a friend shows up with gossip: Someone text-ed a naked picture to a classmate and it was forwarded "all over the place." When one of the students expresses skepticism, another takes her friends on a journey of discovery about "sexting." Educators, an attorney and a police officer lay out the consequences public humiliation, loss of educational and job opportunities, possible criminal violations. And, they hammer home a message: Think twice. What you do now matters later.

The scenario is featured in a video unveiled Tuesday as part of the Los Angeles Unified School District's new campaign against sexting. Officials have asked principals at about 900 elementary, middle and high schools to incorporate information from the district's Now Matters Later website, which offers the video, lesson plans, posters, bilingual tip sheets for parents and other resources. "What we're trying to accomplish is to educate kids today so they have a clear understanding that sexting is against the law," L.A. Unified Police Chief Steven Zipperman said at the school police headquarters Tuesday. "This program will reach out to our students, our parents, our staff and our community and hopefully eradicate this dangerous trend." Zipperman has said the campaign was not directly sparked by the Venice High case this year in which 15 boys were arrested on suspicion of sexual assault after an explicit photo of at least one girl was widely circulated on social media.

Prosecutors ultimately declined to file charges because of insufficient evidence. But Zipperman said that sexting is "serious stuff" that students and their families should understand. A 2012 study of more than 1,800 L.A. Unified high school students found that 15 of those with cellphone access said they had texted a sexually explicit message or photo of themselves and 54 knew someone who had. The study by researchers from USC, Clark University and elsewhere found those who sexted were more likely to be sexually active.

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