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SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2020 /// Now including Coastline Pilot and Huntington Beach Independent /// dailypilot.com The Laguna Beach City Council unani- mously approved updates to its budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year, which began on July 1 — the second year of an already ap- proved two-year budget passed in 2019. The city initially projected a $12-million loss in revenue in April. Included in the updates are adjust- ments to the city’s capital equipment budget and setting salaries for city staff for the upcoming year. The current budget for 2020-21 does not reflect salary increases for city employees, with the exception of members of the Po- lice Employees Assn. Employees in the Municipal Employees Assn., Marine Safety Assn., management employees and City Manager John Pietig agreed to forgo 2.5% salary increases set to begin July 1. Police Employees Assn. members are scheduled to receive a 2.5% salary in- crease starting January 2021. A staff report prepared for Tuesday’s meeting said that the funding remains in the budget and may be revisited in the fall, depending on the current financial situation at the time. Increases for members of the Fire Assn. and Police and Fire Management Assn. were also removed. The City Council also approved its ap- propriations limit and revisions to 2019- 20. Members directed Pietig to return mid- year with a fee schedule proposal to offset recovery on various fire prevention serv- ices and a fire inspector position to over- see brush removal and serve as a fire-pre- paredness resource as part of the city’s Wildfire Mitigation and Fire Safety plan. Much of the discussion Tuesday night was focused on the community assistance grants, with speakers advocating both for or against allocations for organizations. Council members increased funding to the Assistance League, radio station KX FM, the Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce, Laguna Beach Pride 365 and Laura’s House. Councilman Peter Blake said he wanted to see increases in funding to $15,000 for KX FM and the chamber because the work of executive director Paula Horn- buckle-Arnold and executive committee chairman J.J. Ballesteros in response to COVID-19 “proved what an incredible as- set they can be.” “As far as [KX FM] goes, whether you lis- ten to the music or whether you agree with the politics or not; from a safety per- spective, given what they do for us in terms of an earthquake or fire ... I feel like these are two really viable resources for our community,” Blake said. Blake added that he wanted to see funding for Laguna Beach Pride 365 in- creased to $10,000, though the final ap- proved increase was $8,000. Mayor Pro Tem Steve Dicterow also spoke in favor of providing $1,000 to Laura’s House and another $500 to make an even $1,000 for the Assistance League. Changes to the community assistance grants were also unanimously approved. Laguna approves updates to 2020-21 budget, changes to community assistance grants BY LILLY NGUYEN [email protected] Twitter: @lillibirds File Photo THE LAGUNA BEACH City Council reviewed and approved updates to its budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year on Tuesday in response to the impacts of COVID-19. COMMENTARY: UCI PROFESSOR ASKS WHETHER OUR POLITICAL POLARITY COULD LEAD TO THE KIND OF DISCORD SEEN ABROAD PAGE A4 ALSO FROM THE DAILY PILOT: European Pressphoto Agency Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa — partially reoutfitted in April to accept hundreds of patients re- covering from COVID-19 but barely used while Orange County and surrounding areas kept infection curves flat — was set to be demobilized on June 30. Due to a consistently low patient cen- sus that barely crept into double digits, state agencies in charge of the facility were in the process of sending staff and resources elsewhere. But plans have changed. With re- gional COVID-19 hospitalizations con- tinuing to climb, a collaboration of state and county emergency and health agen- cies has decided to reactivate the Costa Mesa alternative care site. Orange County officials on Thursday reported 652 new coronavirus infections and said 556 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, amounting to an 11.4% increase in the three-day average hospi- talization rate. Among those being treated in hospitals, 193 patients were in ICU units. Orange County Health Care Agency Director Dr. Clayton Chau said in a news conference Thursday he was con- cerned with the recent spikes. “Our number of hospitalizations have increased in the past weeks, particularly this week,” Chau said. “If the numbers go up it means we really need to do more to prevent people from getting in- fected.” A former state-run facility serving in- dividuals with developmental disabili- ties from 1959 until its last patients were relocated earlier this year, Fairview De- velopmental Center has been equipped to accept low-acuity, ambulatory co- Fairview Center will stay open With regional COVID-19 hospitalizations rising, the Costa Mesa alternative care site, set to demobilize on June 30, will be reactivated. BY SARA CARDINE See Fairview, page A2 Many have felt that they had to put on a brave face to get through times of trouble, two students from one Fountain Valley high school found that sharing their strug- gles allowed them to grow stronger. Jacqueline Angeles and Brian Pacheco, two members of the Los Amigos High School class of 2020, demonstrated an abil- ity to deal with adversity well in advance of the coronavirus, the source of much lament for this year’s senior class. Angeles, 18, had told her story in a tele- vised segment with KCBS-TV, but there were still plenty of people who did not know. At the age of 3, Angeles lost her mom, Adriana, to skin cancer. By the fifth grade, her dad, Alberto, had died. She also had her right leg amputated due to cancer — os- teosarcoma — discovered when she was taken in for X-rays after she fell off her bicy- cle. The story would be revisited in an AVID class. Angeles said that students put to- gether a scrapbook sharing the journey of their lives. She did not want to do the as- signment initially, but she was inspired by the vulnerability that other classmates showed. She heard stories from classmates that varied from mothers, fathers or grand- parents passing away to growing up with- out their parents in their lives. “It honestly hit me because a lot of them were just not showing it,” Angeles said. “Everybody takes a struggle differently, and most of my classmates put themselves to- gether in such a way that you don’t expect it. “Out of those struggles, we all just try to grow stronger and learn from all the things that have happened to us.” Angeles and her brother, Alberto, were raised by her aunt, Margarita Garcia. “The mother figure I didn’t really have,” Angeles says. Although their time together was short, Angeles said she and her father formed a strong bond. After Angeles was diagnosed with cancer, it changed the dynamic of the relationship for a father who might have otherwise been compelled to shield his children from the details of their mother’s passing. He became Angeles’ greatest inspiration. Angeles said that while her father is not there physically, she finds comfort in the thought that he will see everything she does. “My dad would always tell me, ‘You’re going to do something. You’re going to be someone. You have to work hard for it,’ ” CLASS OF 2020 SERIES Kevin Chang | Staff Photographer GRADUATES JACQUELINE ANGELES, left, and Brian Pacheco stand outside of the Los Amigos High School gymnasium. Jacqueline Angeles, Brian Pacheco overcame obstacles on the way to graduating from Los Amigos High See Graduates, page A2 BY ANDREW TURNER Scott Smeltzer | Staff Photographer LOS AMIGOS HIGH’S Brian Pacheco carries the ball for a touchdown in the first half during a game against Ocean View at Garden Grove High School on Aug. 23, 2018. A pedestrian who was killed in a traffic crash in Fountain Valley on June 23 has been identified, officials said. Chandler Pentrack, a 19-year-old man from Virginia, was identified as the de- ceased, Fountain Valley police said in an update on the fatal collision. Police said that the victim died of his injuries after be- ing taken to a hospital. Several vehicles reportedly struck Pen- track at about 11:04 p.m. on June 23. The crash occurred on Warner Avenue, east of Brookhurst Street. Two drivers remained at the scene of the crash and cooperated with investigators. Fountain Valley police investigators were continuing to search for at least one addi- tional vehicle involved in the traffic colli- sion. Police said that debris at the scene indi- cated that an Infiniti- or Nissan-type cross- over vehicle incurred minor damage to the front of the car on the driver’s side. — Andrew Turner Fountain Valley police identify pedestrian killed in car crash June 23

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SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2020 /// Now including Coastline Pilot and Huntington Beach Independent /// dailypilot.com

The Laguna Beach City Council unani-mously approved updates to its budget forthe 2020-21 fiscal year, which began onJuly 1 — the second year of an already ap-proved two-year budget passed in 2019.

The city initially projected a $12-millionloss in revenue in April.

Included in the updates are adjust-ments to the city’s capital equipmentbudget and setting salaries for city staff forthe upcoming year.

The current budget for 2020-21 does notreflect salary increases for city employees,with the exception of members of the Po-lice Employees Assn.

Employees in the Municipal EmployeesAssn., Marine Safety Assn., managementemployees and City Manager John Pietigagreed to forgo 2.5% salary increases setto begin July 1.

Police Employees Assn. members arescheduled to receive a 2.5% salary in-crease starting January 2021. A staff reportprepared for Tuesday’s meeting said thatthe funding remains in the budget andmay be revisited in the fall, depending onthe current financial situation at the time.

Increases for members of the Fire Assn.and Police and Fire Management Assn.were also removed.

The City Council also approved its ap-propriations limit and revisions to 2019-20.

Members directed Pietig to return mid-year with a fee schedule proposal to offsetrecovery on various fire prevention serv-ices and a fire inspector position to over-see brush removal and serve as a fire-pre-paredness resource as part of the city’sWildfire Mitigation and Fire Safety plan.

Much of the discussion Tuesday nightwas focused on the community assistancegrants, with speakers advocating both foror against allocations for organizations.

Council members increased funding to

the Assistance League, radio stationKX FM, the Laguna Beach Chamber ofCommerce, Laguna Beach Pride 365 andLaura’s House.

Councilman Peter Blake said he wantedto see increases in funding to $15,000 forKX FM and the chamber because thework of executive director Paula Horn-buckle-Arnold and executive committeechairman J.J. Ballesteros in response toCOVID-19 “proved what an incredible as-set they can be.”

“As far as [KX FM] goes, whether you lis-ten to the music or whether you agreewith the politics or not; from a safety per-spective, given what they do for us interms of an earthquake or fire ... I feel likethese are two really viable resources forour community,” Blake said.

Blake added that he wanted to seefunding for Laguna Beach Pride 365 in-creased to $10,000, though the final ap-proved increase was $8,000.

Mayor Pro Tem Steve Dicterow alsospoke in favor of providing $1,000 toLaura’s House and another $500 to makean even $1,000 for the Assistance League.

Changes to the community assistancegrants were also unanimously approved.

Laguna approves updates to 2020-21 budget,changes to community assistance grantsBY LILLY NGUYEN

[email protected]: @lillibirds

File Photo

THE LAGUNABEACH City Councilreviewed and approved updates to its budgetfor the 2020-21 fiscal year on Tuesday inresponse to the impacts of COVID-19.

COMMENTARY: UCI PROFESSORASKS WHETHER OUR POLITICALPOLARITY COULD LEAD TO THEKIND OF DISCORD SEEN ABROADPAGE A4

ALSO FROM THEDAILY PILOT:

European Pressphoto Agency

Fairview Developmental Center inCosta Mesa — partially reoutfitted inApril to accept hundreds of patients re-covering from COVID-19 but barely usedwhile Orange County and surroundingareas kept infection curves flat — wasset to be demobilized on June 30.

Due to a consistently low patient cen-sus that barely crept into double digits,state agencies in charge of the facilitywere in the process of sending staff andresources elsewhere.

But plans have changed. With re-gional COVID-19 hospitalizations con-tinuing to climb, a collaboration of stateand county emergency and health agen-cies has decided to reactivate the CostaMesa alternative care site.

Orange County officials on Thursdayreported 652 new coronavirus infectionsand said 556 people were hospitalizedwith COVID-19, amounting to an 11.4%increase in the three-day average hospi-talization rate. Among those beingtreated in hospitals, 193 patients were inICU units.

Orange County Health Care AgencyDirector Dr. Clayton Chau said in anews conference Thursday he was con-cerned with the recent spikes.

“Our number of hospitalizations haveincreased in the past weeks, particularlythis week,” Chau said. “If the numbersgo up it means we really need to domore to prevent people from getting in-fected.”

A former state-run facility serving in-dividuals with developmental disabili-ties from 1959 until its last patients wererelocated earlier this year, Fairview De-velopmental Center has been equippedto accept low-acuity, ambulatory co-

FairviewCenterwill stayopenWith regional COVID-19hospitalizations rising, theCosta Mesa alternative caresite, set to demobilize onJune 30, will be reactivated.BY SARA CARDINE

See Fairview, page A2

Many have felt that they had to put on abrave face to get through times of trouble,two students from one Fountain Valleyhigh school found that sharing their strug-gles allowed them to grow stronger.

Jacqueline Angeles and Brian Pacheco,two members of the Los Amigos HighSchool class of 2020, demonstrated an abil-ity to deal with adversity well in advance ofthe coronavirus, the source of muchlament for this year’s senior class.

Angeles, 18, had told her story in a tele-vised segment with KCBS-TV, but therewere still plenty of people who did notknow.

At the age of 3, Angeles lost her mom,Adriana, to skin cancer. By the fifth grade,her dad, Alberto, had died. She also had herright leg amputated due to cancer — os-teosarcoma — discovered when she wastaken in for X-rays after she fell off her bicy-cle.

The story would be revisited in an AVIDclass. Angeles said that students put to-gether a scrapbook sharing the journey oftheir lives. She did not want to do the as-signment initially, but she was inspired bythe vulnerability that other classmatesshowed.

She heard stories from classmates thatvaried from mothers, fathers or grand-parents passing away to growing up with-out their parents in their lives.

“It honestly hit me because a lot of themwere just not showing it,” Angeles said.“Everybody takes a struggle differently, andmost of my classmates put themselves to-gether in such a way that you don’t expect

it.“Out of those struggles, we all just try to

grow stronger and learn from all the thingsthat have happened to us.”

Angeles and her brother, Alberto, wereraised by her aunt, Margarita Garcia. “Themother figure I didn’t really have,” Angelessays.

Although their time together was short,Angeles said she and her father formed astrong bond.

After Angeles was diagnosed with cancer,it changed the dynamic of the relationship

for a father who might have otherwise beencompelled to shield his children from thedetails of their mother’s passing.

He became Angeles’ greatest inspiration.Angeles said that while her father is notthere physically, she finds comfort in thethought that he will see everything shedoes.

“My dad would always tell me, ‘You’regoing to do something. You’re going to besomeone. You have to work hard for it,’ ”

CLASS OF 2020 SERIES

Kevin Chang | Staff PhotographerGRADUATES JACQUELINE ANGELES, left, and Brian Pacheco stand outside of the Los Amigos High School gymnasium.

Jacqueline Angeles, Brian Pachecoovercame obstacles on the way tograduating from Los Amigos High

See Graduates, page A2

BYANDREWTURNER

Scott Smeltzer | Staff Photographer

LOS AMIGOS HIGH’S Brian Pacheco carries the ball for a touchdown in the first halfduring a game against Ocean View at Garden Grove High School on Aug. 23, 2018.

A pedestrian who was killed in a trafficcrash in Fountain Valley on June 23 hasbeen identified, officials said.

Chandler Pentrack, a 19-year-old manfrom Virginia, was identified as the de-ceased, Fountain Valley police said in anupdate on the fatal collision. Police saidthat the victim died of his injuries after be-ing taken to a hospital.

Several vehicles reportedly struck Pen-track at about 11:04 p.m. on June 23. Thecrash occurred on Warner Avenue, east ofBrookhurst Street. Two drivers remained atthe scene of the crash and cooperated withinvestigators.

Fountain Valley police investigators werecontinuing to search for at least one addi-tional vehicle involved in the traffic colli-sion.

Police said that debris at the scene indi-cated that an Infiniti- or Nissan-type cross-over vehicle incurred minor damage to thefront of the car on the driver’s side.

— Andrew Turner

FountainValleypolice identifypedestriankilled incarcrash June23

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ronavirus patients whodidn’t require hospitaliza-tion but who, for varyingreasons, were unable to re-turn to their homes.

“They could be individ-uals who were at a hospitaland did not need addi-tional treatment but didneed that recovery time,”said Costa Mesa Fire &Rescue Chief Dan Stefano,who serves as a liaison rep-resenting the city in mat-ters relating to Fairview.

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beds — 11 of which are cur-rently occupied, accordingto Stefano — and has thecapacity to house up to760 patients, according tothe California Governor’sOffice of Emergency Serv-ices.

In a release issuedWednesday, Cal OES offi-cials connected the deci-sion to reactivate Fairviewand three other alternativecare sites in Tulare, Im-perial and San Mateocounties, to the statewiderise in COVID-19 hospitali-zations.

“As hospitalizations con-tinue to rise, these alterna-

tive care sites will expandcapacity and support addi-tional acute care specif-ically dedicated toCOVID-19 patients,” therelease stated. “The alter-native care sites will pro-vide care for patients andease strain on healthcaredelivery systems. This willallow hospitals to focustheir resources on thosewith the most acuteneeds.”

The reactivated sites to-gether have the capacity totreat 1,507 patients.

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Angeles said. “He wasthere through my wholeprocess of having the can-cer.”

Angeles, who has beencancer-free for 10 years,will be the first in her fam-ily to go to college. She isheaded to Cal State Bak-ersfield. Angeles said shewill feel close to her par-ents there, too — bothworked as farm workers,following the seasons inplaces like Bakersfield andOxnard.

“I’m happy because,honestly, what I’ve beenthrough, I never thought Iwould be able to graduatefrom high school,” Angelessaid. “I didn’t think Iwould make it past a cer-tain age because of mycancer.”

Having always knownthat she wanted to work inthe medical field, Angeleshas determined that heraim is to become a nursepractitioner.

“I’m giving back to otherpeople who have helpedme,” Angeles said of whyshe is pursuing that path.“I want to give back thathope that people need indifficult times.”

A good support systemcan provide a push in theright direction. Pacheco,18, said he was fortunateto have that after a prom-ising athletic career wassidelined.

Pacheco entered LosAmigos considering

basketball to be his pri-mary sport. A meetingwith the high school’s latefootball coach HaroldMcDowell nudged himtoward the sport.

By his sophomore sea-son, Pacheco was all in forfootball. His junior seasonhad started well from anindividual and team per-spective. The Lobos were3-1, with Pacheco postingthree 100-yard rushingperformances and ninetouchdowns.

Then in the final non-league game against Gar-den Grove, Pacheco suf-fered a torn left ACL.

Health insurance issuesforced Pacheco to post-pone the surgery sevenmonths, delaying the re-covery timeline. Pachecowould miss out on highschool sports for the re-mainder of his junior year.

“You get depressed,”Pacheco said, crediting hisparents and friends forgetting him over the men-tal hurdle. “You get sadbecause all your life, youplay your sport. That’swhat you do. You go toschool. You play yoursport, and I couldn’t dothat.”

Pacheco was told thathe would not be back toplay football his senioryear, either. It hurt to havethe game taken away fromhim, but there was light atthe end of the tunnel. Areturn to basketball wasstill a possibility.

He was scared of the in-jury recurring, but PeteSanchez, an assistant

coach for the Los Amigosboys’ basketball team, hadsome words that stuckwith Pacheco.

“You’re the only onethat could stop yourself[from being] who youwant to become in thisworld,” Pacheco said, re-calling Sanchez’s advice.

Pacheco went on to leadthe Los Amigos boys’basketball team. The Lo-bos went 19-9 overall and9-1 in the Garden GroveLeague, claiming their firstleague championshipsince the 2001-02 season.

Los Amigos also earneda 58-50 win over CalvaryChapel in the first roundof the CIF Southern Sec-tion Division 5A playoffs,marking the first playoffvictory for the programsince 1984.

“It felt out of thisworld,” Pacheco said. “Inever thought I was goingto come back and win aleague title for my coach,[Larry Isaacs]. I neverthought I was going to winanything in high school af-ter my [injury during] jun-ior year.”

Pacheco, the school’sLobo Grande Award recip-ient, averaged 12.8 points,8.3 rebounds, 2.5 assistsand 2.2 steals in GardenGrove League games as asenior. He also shot 44.7%from the field and record-ed four double-doubles.

Up next, Pacheco hopesto continue his basketballcareer in college.

Continued from page A1GRADUATES

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Frank L. FellerSeptember 18, 1935 - April 27, 2020

Frank Feller was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.He grewup in Huntington Park where he went to St. Mathis School,Cantwell High School and graduated from Huntington ParkHigh School in 1953. He spent four years in the Air Force.He attended East Los Angeles Junior College and graduatedfrom Cal State Los Angeles. He received a masters from CalState Long Beach.He married Shirley Peck in 1962 and they spent two

years teaching in the Marshall Islands. In 1966 he began hiscareer in the Newport Mesa School District first teaching atHarbor View then teacher principal at Balaric, then principalat Woodland, Mariners, Newport Elementary and Killybrookethen teaching at College Park. He retired in 1999.Frank was an active member of St. Andrews Presbyterian

Church. He led school tours for Sea and Sage Audubon,picked up food stuffs from markets for SOS and cookeddinners at St. Andrews for Northeast of the Well. In the past,he was a member of the Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club.Throughout his life he enjoyed planning trips with Shirley,

Pat, and Eric. Their last trip was this past December where12 family members spent Christmas together in Bethlehem.Frank’s family includes his wife Shirley of 58 years, sons

Pat (Alice), Eric (Carrie), Kiet (dec.) (Hong), grandchildrenChloe, Anais, Emma, Ellie Feller, Daniel and Ryan Pham,brother George (Joan) and many nieces and nephews.Burial was at Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego

with just family members. A memorial service will be held atSt. Andrews Church at a later date. If you would like to benotified when it will take place send your contact informationto Shirley at [email protected].

F or nearly 30 years, Ihave studied thedynamics of political

conflict, fragmentationand division in NorthernIreland, Lebanon, Israeland Palestine, and formerYugoslavia.

These countries havebeen traumatized by deepethnic and nationalisticinter-group conflict, sus-tained political violence,and a dissolution or decayof legitimacy of centralgovernment powers. Stu-dents and colleagues havetypically asked me, “Can ithappen here?”

With the George Floydprotests engulfing Ameri-can cities, they are nowasking me, “Is it happen-ing here?”

There are disturbingsimilarities between thepolitically polarized areasof my focus and the dy-namics of American politi-cal and social life today.However, there are also

assuring qualities of oursystem that make us dif-ferent from these extremecases. Yet, even my assur-ances may not be fullyreassuring to you.

Here are the similarities:Us versus them. Each

side — the multiculturalleft and the far-right wing— portrays the other sideof our political divide asnot only different, butwrong. We are resemblingthe “values-based dis-putes” of foreign exam-ples, where each side has adismissive and demeaninglack of respect for thevalues of the other side.Each side views them-selves as absolute andright, the other as inher-ently inferior, demandingthat the other side con-form to their correct view.

Assault on identity.Each side views the otherside as a direct threat tothe group’s well-being andidentity. For white nation-alists, multiculturalismassaults their formulationof America. For BlackAmericans, at stake aretheir bodies and lives.Beyond physical jeopardyhas been the larger con-

text of constant spewing ofhatred and demeaningrhetoric from the WhiteHouse for the past 31⁄2years. An effort to separatePresident Trump’s sus-tained verbal assaults onpeople of color from whatis happening in Americatoday is not possible.

Symptom versus root.Troubling events occur —the suffocation of GeorgeFloyd, and the beating ofRodney King in L.A. in1991 — that are symptomsof underlying systemicinequalities and injustices.These events are thesparks that ignite wide-ranging civil disturbancesthat seek to call attentionto this systemic violence.The powers-that-be at-tempt to focus on, andeven apologize for, thesingular event. The op-pressed and marginalizeddemand consideration ofboth the event and thelonger history of grievanceof which it is part.

Hopelessness breedscivil unrest. Loss of faithin the system of govern-ance and policing leads tohopelessness. For manyon the political left, ournational politics and gov-ernance has failed. Withlegitimate means of ex-

pressing grievance cut ofor ineffectual, civil dis-obedience becomes theonly method remaining.

Battle over symbols andimages. In past foreigncountry conflicts, particu-lar actions — a flag atop aconquered building, graf-fiti that marks militia turf,checkpoints establishedoutside neighborhoods —carried highly symbolicsignificance. Now, whetherit is a white nationalistsporting an AR-15 on thesteps of a state capital, afiery protest at LafayettePark near a darkenedWhite House, or the riot-ous looting of Macy’s inNew York, these all carry

highly potent meaningswhen their images hit ourhyper-media environ-ment. They test ourunderstanding of moraland legal boundaries in ademocracy and incite ouremotions.

Extremists dominatepeople’s attention. Thereis an important distinctionbetween the mass of an-gry, nonviolent protestersand the propagators ofmore extreme violenceagainst property (whetherwhite nationalists or left-wing antifascists). Here, asin violent conflicts over-seas, the extremists overtime start to dominatepublic discussions. Thisdetracts attention from thefocus of protesters onsystemic injustice. It playsinto the hands of right-wing extremists who cravesuch multiracial chaos.

Use of urban space inconflict. The territorialpush and pull of protestersand police in Americancities is akin to the actionsof paramilitary militias inthe tight quarters of placeslike Belfast and Beirut. Togain territory and to markit is to assert politicalcontrol.

Here are the assurances:Government system is

remaining intact. In con-trast to foreign examples,we are not in a fight overthe basic legitimacy of ourgovernment system. Itremains intact, althoughincreasingly strained andtattered. The fighting isover how goods, resourcesand respect are distributedby our authorities, notover the foundations ofour democratic system.

No coherent group-based strategy of vi-olence. Viewing the streets

of American cities youlikely think I am off here.In foreign examples ofsustained polarization,there is commonly theemergence of strong eth-nic militias on each sidewho excel in sustainedand targeted attacks onthe other side. In America,what is absent are system-atic bombing or killingcampaigns by either far-right wing groups or leftistextremists that targetsymbolic buildings orwell-known individualsassociated with the otherside.

The distressing elementof my assurances is thatour democratic system ofgovernance, while remain-ing intact and sovereign, isbeing severely eroded infunction and stature. Formany experiencing thepandemic and protests,governance in Washing-ton, D.C., has morallyfailed.

Loyalty to, and respectfor, public authority isunder assault by both theleft and the right. We arein a downward spiraltoward intractable divisionand, for many, the systemof authority in this coun-try appears unable, orunwilling, to reform itself.

We may end up likeIsrael and Palestine, whereunresolved political con-flict coexists with domi-nating hegemonic controlby one side, or like Leba-non, where the fragmenta-tion of its society bleedsinto its political structureto produce governancedysfunctionality and grid-lock.

COMMENTARY | SCOTT BOLLENS

‘IS IT HAPPENING HERE?’UCI professor askswhether our politicalpolarity could leadto the kind ofdiscord seen abroad.

EuropeanPressphotoAgency

QUEENELIZABETHII shakeshands withformer IrishRepublicanArmycommanderMartinMcGuinnessin 2012.

SCOTT BOLLENS is a UCIrvine professor or urbanplanning and public policy.

Republicans insist on notequating wearing masks toreopening our businessesand keeping our citizenrysafe. Whether it is politicalor personal, they are on thewrong side of science andhealth.

Why is it up to Demo-cratic legislators like Rep.Harley Rouda (LagunaBeach) and state Assembly-woman Cottie Petrie-Norris(Laguna Beach) represent-ing these areas to be thevoices of reason in coastalOrange County?

It’s time to unmask thecandidates who would put

our residents and busi-nesses at risk by ignoringthe sound public healthpractices which all expertsendorse. And, it’s time forour local economy to getwell the right way.

Tim GeddesHuntington Beach

Slow climatechange now

Re “Commentary: Jointhe Costa Mesa counciland members of the O.C.delegation in supportingclimate bill,” (June 17):This excellent piecepoints to the need tosolve climate change.

Support of local coun-cils can help, but what isreally needed is passageof House Resolution 763.That bill solves climatechange by attacking thereal problem: We do notnow pay for the pollutionwe cause.

Kadence MartinHuntington Beach

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