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By Rhashad R. Pittman When you consume one of LVVR’s wines you can taste the richness of its texture on your palette. The rich creamy texture is due to a fermenta-tion process that takes place in a bottle rather than a tank, as is used in other methods. The wine is homegrown using a technique steeped in tradition and associated with the birthplace of Champagne – Champagne, France. Eric Donaldson, owner of the LVVR Sparkling Cellars label has brought that texture and technique to the Central Valley and his business is booming be-cause of it. “Everyone is going for (traditional method) Champagne,” Donaldson said.

“It’s an explosive growth right now.”In addition to LVVR sparkling wines being produced using the traditional method, the grapes used for the spar-kling wine are grown in the Lodi area. Donaldson manages the entire produc-tion process from his winery, which is also in the Lodi/Lockeford area. It involves the wines being aged lightly in the bottle. The traditional method is known to provide an elegant and long lasting sparkling wine. Since the bubbles are produced through fermentation in the bottle, the fermentation takes much longer resulting in smaller, much finer bubbles as opposed to the Charmat/bulk method, which involves ferment-

Por Rhashad R. Pittman Cuando consumes uno de los vinos de LVVR puedes probar la riqueza de su textura en tu paleta. La rica tex-tura cremosa se debe a un proceso de fermentación que tiene lugar en una botella en lugar de en un tanque, como se usa en otros métodos. El vino es de cosecha propia uti-lizando una técnica impregnada de tradición y asociada con el lugar de nacimiento del Champagne - Cham-pagne, Francia. Eric Donaldson, propi-etario de la marca LVVR Sparkling Cellars, ha llevado esa textura y técnica al Valle Central y su negocio está exi-tosamente creciendo debido a eso. “Todos van por (método tradicio-nal) Champagne,” dijo Donaldson. “Es un crecimiento explosivo en este mo-mento.” Además de los vinos espumosos LVVR que se producen utilizando el método tradicional, las uvas utilizadas para el vino espumoso se cultivan en la zona de Lodi. Donaldson maneja todo el proceso de producción de su viñedo, que también se encuentra en el área de Lodi/Lockeford. Implica que los vinos envejezcan ligeramente en la botella.El método tradicional es conocido en proporcionar un vino espumoso elegan-te y duradero. Dado que las burbujas se producen a través de la fermentación en la botella, la fermentación lleva mucho más tiempo dando como resultado burbujas más pequeñas y mucho más finas en comparación con el método Charmat/a granel, que implica la fer-

mentación en un tanque. Debido a la naturaleza de la química de la fermen-tación en botella, hay un nivel mucho más alto de artesanía, dijo. “Agrega más complejidad al vino,” dijo Donaldson sobre la forma tradicio-nal de hacer vino espumoso. Aparentemente, los expertos locales están de acuerdo. Desde el lanzamiento completo de su negocio en 2016, Wine Business Monthly Donaldson fue reconocido por Wine Business Month-ly como una de las 10 “Etiquetas del año de 2016” y ha recibido numerosos otros premios. Además de su marca que se ofrece en las tiendas locales y la sala de degustación en su bodega, Donald-son también produce vinos espumosos para otras bodegas en todo California.Los bebedores de vino espumoso se han vuelto más conocedores a través de los años y quieren un sabor más rico y complejo, dijo Donaldson. “La gente está buscando productos de mayor calidad,” dijo. “Cada grupo de edad ... desde personas en sus 20 hasta Baby boomers.” Originario de Ohio, Donaldson se graduó de la Universidad de Miami en Oxford, Ohio, con una especialización en emprendimiento de empresas. Más tarde completaría el Programa de Viticultura y Enología de UC Davis Extension. Después de graduarse de la Universidad de Miami, comenzó a tra-bajar en la industria del vino de Ohio en bodegas de las áreas de Cincinnati y Cleveland. Finalmente, decidió ampliar

By D’Vera Cohn For the first time since 1950, the U.S. Census Bureau is planning to ask every-one living in the United States whether they are citizens when it conducts its next decennial census in 2020. Anticipating that some immigrants might avoid an-swering the question, the Trump admin-istration wants to try using other govern-ment records to fill in missing responses. The new question would be included at the Justice Department’s request, ac-cording to a memo by Wilbur Ross, secretary of the Commerce Department (which oversees the Census Bureau). It would supply block-level data on the citizen and noncitizen voting age popula-tion. The Justice Department sought to include the question because it uses

data about eligible voters – the citizen voting-age population – to help enforce protections for minority voters (includ-ing those who speak languages other than English) under the federal Voting Rights Act. The Justice Department now relies on data from the Census Bureau’s Ameri-can Community Survey, a sample survey that covers 2.6% of the population each year. The department wants more “scope, detail and certainty” that only the full census can provide to enforce the Voting Rights Act, Ross said. Ross said the census form would use the same wording as what is already used in the Census Bureau’s American Com-munity Survey, which asks respondents to check one of five categories to describe their citizenship status. Three categories

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ing in a tank. Due to the nature of the chemistry of bottle fermentation, there is a much higher level of craftsmanship, he said. “You add more complexity to the wine,” Donaldson said of the tradi-tional way of making sparkling wine.Apparently, local experts agree. Since fully launching his business in 2016, Donaldson’s LVVR Sparkling Cel-lars was recognized by Wine Business Monthly as one of 10 “Hot Brands of 2016” and has received numerous other awards. In addition to his brand

being offered in local stores and the tasting room at his winery, Donaldson also produces sparkling wines for oth-er wineries throughout California. Sparkling wine drinkers have be-come more knowledgeable over the years and want a richer, more com-plex taste, Donaldson said. “People are looking for higher quality product,” he said. “Every age group…from people in their 20s to Baby boomers.” A native of Ohio, Donaldson graduated from Miami University in

Oxford, Ohio with a minor in entre-preneurship. He would later complete the UC Davis Extension Viticulture and Enology Program. Upon gradua-tion from Miami University, he began working in the Ohio wine industry at wineries in the Cincinnati and Cleve-land areas. Eventually, he decided to broaden his horizons and explore other areas. Following stops in Sonoma County and New Mexico, Donald-son landed in Lodi. Lodi’s warmer climate and reasonable cost to start a business appealed to him. After first working at a large winery, where he gained valuable knowledge about wine-making equipment and meth-

ods, he started his company, EMD Winemaking. Since he started renting the prop-erty for the business in 2014, he has built his operations from scratch, us-ing old equipment and refurbishing it himself, saving thousands of dollars in the process. Even with the shrewd business moves, moving to Lodi was perhaps the best move of all. The cost is reasonable, the community has been supportive and the area pro-duces good, quality grapes. He credits the location to much of his success. “It’s not that what I’m doing is unique,” Donaldson said. “It’s that I decided to go ahead and set up shop in Lodi.”

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CALIFORNIA HISPANIC CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES 2018 CALIFORNIA GUBERNATORIAL ENDORSEMENT The California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (CHCC) released the organization’s endorsement for the up-coming gubernatorial race in Califor-nia. The statewide organization voted to endorse Antonio R. Villaraigosa for his strong and committed pro-small business stance on policy issues. This is the first time in the CHCC’s his-tory that a candidate for governor has earned its endorsement. The endorse-ment was approved during the orga-nization’s second quarterly directors meeting in Oakland, CA. The CHCC Board considered every candidate. “The CHCC Board of Directors voted to endorse the Former Mayor of Los Angeles and Speaker of The Cali-fornia Assembly. For the small business community, job creation and economic prosperity will be the determining factor when casting their votes in the upcoming elections,” said Frank Mon-tes, Chairman of the Board. “Antonio is a dedicated public servant who has earned the trust of communities across the state by engaging in both urban and rural settings and presenting his stance on numerous issues important to both small business and the general population,” Chairman Montes added. Mayor Villaraigosa has participated in several CHCC events; whereas, candi-date Gavin Newsom has not responded to any of the organization’s invitations during the last four years.

As Mayor of the City of Los Ange-les, Mr. Villaraigosa reformed the city’s permitting process for new develop-ment, including establishing a Devel-opment Services Case Management Office to streamline the bureaucracy from requiring interactions with mul-tiple departments into one centralized and streamlined process. Furthermore, Mayor Villaraigosa used procurement dollars to grow small business and cre-ate jobs by setting concrete goals to increase the number of small, women, minority, and disabled veteran-owned businesses that bid successfully for City contracts, including passing a Local Preference Ordinance, giving an eight percent competitive advantage to L.A. County businesses to help them com-pete. As Governor of California, Mayor Villaraigosa will bring both large and small business leaders together to listen to their concerns and experiences and work to reach pragmatic solutions to difficult problems of regulation and standards. Mayor Villaraigosa is com-mitted to making business and job creation a top priority beginning with making sure government is doing its part as well and as effectively as it can and by building on the work that the Governor’s Office of Business and Eco-nomic Development has undertaken. The CHCC is committed to keep him accountable for that promise.

“I’m honored to have the endorse-ment of the California Hispanic Cham-bers of Commerce. I recognize how im-portant small business is to employing workers and growing our economy. As Mayor, I worked to create opportuni-ties for small businesses to thrive -- like championing the adoption of a three-year exemption from the gross receipts tax for new businesses. As Governor, I will work with our entrepreneurs to identify best practices on what we should change, what we should im-prove and what we should eliminate,”

said Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. “This race is too important for small business, and the Hispanic com-munity, to support a strong leader who can get the job done for all Califor-nians. That is why for the first time in the CHCC’s forty-year history, we are proud to endorse Mayor Villarai-gosa for governor,” said Julian Cañete, CHCC President/CEO. “Mayor Vil-laraigosa recognizes the importance of supporting small business, and the cor-relation to job creation and the state’s economic growth.”


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sus horizontes y explorar otras áreas.Tras paradas en el condado de Sonoma y Nuevo México, Donaldson aterrizó en Lodi. El clima más cálido de Lodi y el costo razonable para comenzar un negocio le atrajeron. Después de traba-jar por primera vez en una gran bodega, donde adquirió valiosos conocimien-tos sobre el equipo y los métodos de elaboración del vino, fundó su empresa, EMD Winemaking.Desde que compró la propiedad para el negocio en 2014, ha construido sus op-

eraciones desde cero, utilizando equi-pos viejos y restaurándolos él mismo, ahorrando miles de dólares en el proce-so. Incluso con los astutos movimientos comerciales, mudarse a Lodi fue tal vez el mejor movimiento de todos. El costo es razonable, la comunidad ha sido soli-daria y el área produce uvas buenas y de calidad. Él acredita la ubicación a gran parte de su éxito.“No es que lo que estoy haciendo sea único,” dijo Donaldson. “Es que decidí seguir adelante y establecerme en Lodi.”

HEALTH NET’S COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FORUM BRINGS AWARENESS TO ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCESWHAT: Health Net is bringing together more than 60 leaders from community organizations and public agencies to collaborate and find solutions for negative health behav-iors and chronic health conditions among children.WHEN:Friday, May 4, 2018, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.WHERE:Hilton Stockton, 2323 Grand Canal Blvd., Stockton CA 95207 - Delta Room.WHO:This year’s Community Connection Forum will engage non-profits and community-based organizations to build stronger and healthier communities. This year’s presentation will consist of a panel discussion and breakout sessions with representatives from El Concilio and the Greater Sacramento Urban League. In addition, Dr. Flojaune G. Cofer from Public

Health Advocates will serve as speaker and Mayor Michael D. Tubbs of Stockton will be on hand to represent our local county officials. Participants will discuss childhood trauma and its impact on health and wellness impacting local communi-ties and they will also focus on finding future paths forward.WHY:Health Net strongly believes in partnering with local elected officials, community-based organizations and agencies to help solve community needs. The Community Connections forum brings together many of the most influential stakeholders in Northern California.CONTACT:Mashi NyssenHealth NetOffice: 818-676-8042Mobile: 323-646-6445

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apply to people who are U.S. citizens at birth: born in the U.S., born in a U.S. territory, or born abroad with at least one U.S. citizen parent. People who say they are a naturalized U.S. citizen are asked for their naturalization year. The fifth catego-ry is “not a U.S. citizen.” The survey does not ask whether noncitizens are legally in the country. Lawsuit challenges new question The citizenship question is included in the list of census questions that the Census Bureau sent to Congress this week. But the new question’s inclusion has been challenged in court on the grounds that it could cause many immi-grants to skip the 2020 census out of fear their information could be used against them, even though it is illegal to share a person’s census responses with law en-forcement or immigration agencies. A lawsuit by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra contends that if the census undercounted immigrants, it would be an incomplete population count that violates its constitutional pur-pose, which is to divide up seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on the total U.S. population. (Census num-bers also are used to allocate billions of dollars in federal funds.) The California lawsuit also says the Trump administra-tion failed to follow government proce-dures for adding questions to the decen-nial census form. If immigrants shun the census, it could reduce the number of congres-sional seats and the amount of federal funding in states with large numbers

of foreign-born residents, such as Cali-fornia, which has more than any other state. Many of these states are dominat-ed by Democratic leaders and elected officials, who have taken the lead in pressing the issue. But an undercount also could affect Republican-dominated states such as Florida and Texas. More broadly, social scientists say that if im-migrants avoid the national headcount, the census results will be flawed, hurt-ing health and social science research. The California lawsuit quoted a 2017 Census Bureau memo that reported a recent rise in immigrants’ fears about the confidentiality of their personal in-formation in surveys and focus groups, with some citing Trump administration actions intended to reduce unauthorized immigration. But the Ross memo says there is no “definitive, empirical support” for the claim that putting a citizenship question on the 2020 census would re-duce response rates. The memo quoted data on the share of people who did not answer the question on the American Community Survey, including 11.6% to 12.3% of Hispanic respondents in 2013-2016, but it said there were “similar non-response rate ranges” for other questions on that survey. However, the Ross memo acknowl-edged that many noncitizens do give incorrect answers to the citizenship ques-tion. Quoting a Census Bureau analysis, it said that among noncitizens whose responses to census questions about their citizenship status could be matched with other government records about them,

about 30% erroneously said they were citizens. Filling in missing answers Ross said the citizenship question will be the last one on the form, in order to “minimize any impact on decennial cen-sus response rates.” He also ordered the bureau to make it a priority to acquire other federal and state government records that it could use to fill in missing responses to the citizenship question. The bureau al-ready fills in missing data about people in the census using a statistical tech-nique called “imputation,” relying on information about neighboring house-holds. In the 2010 census, imputation added more than a million people to the household population, and it filled in missing data about age, sex and race for even more people. The bureau is already studying how to use government records, such as Social Security or Internal Revenue Service files, to fill in missing data from people who do not turn in their 2020 census forms or answer specific questions on the form. There are some obstacles, though: Government records themselves can include errors and do not cover the entire population. The Ross memo states that he would like the Census Bureau to compare indi-vidual census responses with individual government records to determine “the inaccurate response rate for citizens and non-citizens alike using the entire popu-lation.” That would enable the bureau to establish “the accurate ratio of citizen to non-citizen responses to impute for that small percentage of cases where it is nec-essary to do so.”

The Census Bureau’s acting director, Ron Jarmin, told an advisory committee this week that the agency would conduct a survey of 50,000 households, as well as 42 focus groups, examining attitudes about the privacy and confidentiality of census data. Citizenship asked in the pastA citizenship question was asked in each decennial census of the total population from 1890 to 1950. (The 1820, 1830 and 1870 census questionnaires also included some form of a question about citizenship.) Until 1920, it was only asked of adult men; women and children automatically had the same citizenship status as their husbands or fathers. The question was not asked in the 1960 cen-sus. Since then, the citizenship question has been asked of only a sample of house-holds, either on the census long form or the American Community Survey, which replaced it in 2010. The government’s interest in asking about citizenship coincided with a rise in immigration to the U.S., ultimately peaking at nearly 15% of the popula-tion in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Immigration slowed sharply after re-strictions were enacted in the 1920s, to less than 5% of the population in 1970. The removal of the citizenship question from census questions asked of all households came as the Census Bureau reduced the number of ques-tions asked of all households and began asking more questions – including citizenship – of a sample of the popula-tion. Beginning in 1970, most people filled out their own census forms, rather than having census-takers fill out the information about them.


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Qué saber sobre la pregunta de la ciudadanía que la Oficina del Censo planea formular en 2020 Por D’Vera Cohn Por primera vez desde 1950, la Oficina del Censo de EE. UU. tiene la intención de preguntar a todos los que viven en los Estados Unidos si son ciudadanos cuando lleva a cabo su próximo censo decenal en 2020. Anticipando que algunos inmi-grantes podrían evitar responder la pregunta, la administración Trump quiere intentar usar otros registros del gobierno para completar las re-spuestas faltantes. La nueva pregunta se incluiría a la solicitud del Departamento de Justicia, según un memorando de Wilbur Ross, secretario del Departa-mento de Comercio (que supervisa la Oficina del Censo). Proporciona-ría datos a nivel de bloque sobre la población ciudadana y no ciudadana en edad de votar. El Departamento de Justicia intentó incluir la pregunta porque usa datos sobre votantes elegibles -la población ciudadana en edad de votar- para ayudar a hacer cumplir las protecciones para los votantes minoritarios (incluidos aquellos que hablan otros idiomas aparte del inglés) en virtud de la Ley federal de derechos electorales. El Departa-mento de Justicia ahora depende de los datos de la Encuesta de la Comu-nidad Estadounidense de la Oficina

del Censo, una encuesta de muestra que cubre el 2.6% de la población cada año. El departamento quiere más “alcance, detalle y certeza” que sólo el censo completo pueda pro-porcionar para hacer cumplir la Ley de Derechos Electorales, dijo Ross. Ross dijo que el formulario del censo usaría la misma redacción que la que ya se usa en la Encuesta de la Comunidad Estadounidense de la Oficina del Censo, que pide a los encuestados que marquen una de las cinco categorías para describir su estado de ciudadanía. Tres categorías se aplican a las personas que son ciu-dadanos de EE. UU. En el momento del nacimiento: nacidos en los EE. UU., Nacidos en territorio estadoun-idense o nacidos en el extranjero con al menos un padre ciudadano de EE. UU. A las personas que dicen que son ciudadanos estadounidenses naturalizados se les solicita su año de naturalización. La quinta categoría “no es un ciudadano de los EE. UU.”. La encuesta no pregunta si los no ciu-dadanos están legalmente en el país. Demanda desafía nueva preguntaLa pregunta sobre la ciudadanía está incluida en la lista de preguntas del censo que la Oficina del Censo envió al Congreso esta semana. Pero la in-clusión de la nueva pregunta ha sido impugnada ante los tribunales ale-

gando que podría causar que muchos inmigrantes salten el censo de 2020 por temor a que su información pueda ser utilizada en su contra, aunque es ilegal compartir las respu-estas del censo de una persona con la policía o agencias de inmigración.Una demanda del procurador gen-eral de California, Xavier Becerra, sostiene que si el censo no incluyera a los inmigrantes, sería un recuento de población incompleto que viola su propósito constitucional, que es dividir los escaños en la Cámara de Representantes de EE. UU. Según la población total de EE. UU. (Las cifras del censo también se usan para asignar miles de millones de dólares en fondos federales). La demanda de California también dice que la administración de Trump no siguió los procedimientos del gobierno para agregar preguntas al formulario del censo decenal. Si los inmigrantes rehúyen el censo, podría reducir el número de escaños en el Congreso y la cantidad de fondos federales en los estados con un gran número de residen-tes nacidos en el extranjero, como California, que tiene más que cual-quier otro estado. Muchos de estos estados están dominados por líderes demócratas y funcionarios electos, que han tomado la iniciativa para

presionar sobre el tema. Pero un re-cuento insuficiente también podría afectar a estados dominados por los republicanos como Florida y Texas. En términos más generales, los científicos sociales dicen que si los inmigrantes evitan el recuento na-cional, los resultados del censo serán defectuosos, perjudicando la inves-tigación en salud y ciencias sociales. La demanda de California citó un memorando de la Oficina del Censo de 2017 que informaba un aumento reciente en los temores de los inmi-grantes sobre la confidencialidad de su información personal en encuestas y grupos focales, y algunos citaron acciones de la administración Trump destinadas a reducir la inmigración no autorizada. Pero el memorando de Ross dice que no existe un “apoyo empírico definitivo” para la afir-mación de que al plantear una pre-gunta sobre ciudadanía en el censo 2020 se reducirían las tasas de respu-esta. El memo citó datos sobre la pro-porción de personas que no respondi-eron la pregunta sobre la Encuesta de la Comunidad Estadounidense, incluyendo 11.6% a 12.3% de los encuestados hispanos en 2013-2016, pero dijo que había “rangos de tasas de respuesta similares” para otras pre-guntas sobre esa encuesta.

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Las tropas de la Guardia Nacional en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México han contribuido a 1,600 cap-turas de inmigrantes que han cruzado la frontera de manera ilegal, según dio a conocer un funcionario de la Patrulla Fronteriza este miércoles. El funcionario dijo a CNN que las tropas de la Guardia Nacional también contribuyeron a que 451 inmigrantes abandonaran su intento de cruzar la frontera una vez fueron descubiertos. Según cifras oficiales del Depar-tamento de Seguridad Nacional hubo aproximadamente 38,000 capturas de inmigrantes que intentaban cruzar la frontera ilegalmente cada uno de los últimos dos meses. Eso es aproximada-mente 2.5 detenciones por cada agente estacionado en la frontera. Hay qu aclarar que las detenciones mensuales varían dependiendo de la tem-porada y otras tendencias, por lo cual es difícil atribuir los cambios a una sola causa. El funcionario describió a las tropas de la Guardia Nacional como un “mul-tiplicador de fuerza” y dijo que están relevando a los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de una variedad de respon-sabilidades, como el monitoreo de los sistemas de vigilancia desde los centros de control. Esto ha permitido que “La Migra” coloque agentes adicionales en el terreno donde puedan realizar arrestos. Por su parte este martes el secretario de Defensa James Mattis dijo que las fuerzas de la Guardia Nacional no están realizando arrestos. `“En este momento no estamos

El mes pasado el presidente Donald Trump ordenó el despliegue de la Guardia Nacional a la frontera con México

teniendo ningún contacto con los mi-grantes”, añadió Mattis. En la llamada telefónica con distin-tos medios de comunicación el oficial de la Guardia Nacional dijo que las tro-pas enfrentan una restricción: aquellos que vigilan los equipos de vigilancia, como las cámaras, tienen prohibido ver el lado mexicano de la frontera. Esas tropas “actualmente examinan el terrero en los Estados Unidos, no al otro lado de la frontera”, dijo el oficial de la Guardia Nacional. “No estamos

buscando en lo más profundo de Méxi-co lo que se consideraría más una capa-cidad de recopilación de inteligencia”. No obstante el oficial agregó que las tropas de la Guardia Nacional estacio-nadas en observatorios a lo largo de la frontera entre Texas y México operan bajo una autoridad legal diferente y no tienen prohibido inspeccionar el terri-torio mexicano con sus binoculares. Aproximadamente 775 efectivos de la Guardia Nacional trabajan actual-mente en la región fronteriza en respu-

esta a la directiva de abril del presidente Donald Trump. Un funcionario de CBP dijo que la agencia está trabajando en una tercera solicitud de asistencia del Departamen-to de Defensa. Los funcionarios de la CBP y la Guardia Nacional hablaron en una conferencia telefónica con reporteros de distintos medios de comunicación con la condición de que no fueran identi-ficados por su nombre.

Sin embargo, el memorando de Ross reconoció que muchos no ciu-dadanos dan respuestas incorrectas a la pregunta sobre la ciudadanía. Citando un análisis de la Oficina del Censo, dijo que entre los no ciu-dadanos cuyas respuestas a las pre-guntas del censo sobre su estado de ciudadanía podrían compararse con otros registros del gobierno sobre el-los, alrededor del 30% dijo errónea-mente que eran ciudadanos. Completando respuestas faltantesRoss dijo que la cuestión de la ciudadanía será la última en el for-mulario, con el fin de “minimizar cualquier impacto en las tasas de re-spuesta del censo decenal”. También ordenó a la oficina que priorice la adquisición de otros reg-istros del gobierno federal y estatal que podría usar para completar las respuestas faltantes a la pregunta sobre la ciudadanía. La oficina ya completa los datos faltantes sobre las personas en el censo utilizando una técnica estadística llamada “im-putación”, confiando en la infor-mación sobre los hogares vecinos. En el censo de 2010, la imputación agregó más de un millón de personas a la población de los hogares y com-pletó la falta de datos sobre edad,

sexo y raza para aún más personas. La oficina ya está estudiando cómo utilizar los registros guberna-mentales, como la Seguridad Social o Archivos del Servicio de Rentas Internas, para completar los datos que faltan de las personas que no entregan sus formularios del censo 2020 o responden a preguntas espe-cíficas en el formulario. Sin embar-go, existen algunos obstáculos: los registros gubernamentales pueden incluir errores y no cubren a toda la población. El memorando de Ross establece que le gustaría que la Oficina del Censo compare las respuestas cen-sales individuales con los registros individuales del gobierno para deter-minar “la tasa de respuesta incorrecta para los ciudadanos y no ciudadanos usando a toda la población”. Eso permitiría que la oficina establezca “la proporción precisa de respuestas de ciudadanos a no ciudadanos para imputar por el pequeño porcentaje de casos en que es necesario hacerlo”. El director en funciones de la Oficina del Censo, Ron Jarmin, dijo a un comité asesor esta semana que la agencia conduciría una encuesta de 50,000 hogares, así como 42 gru-pos focales, examinando las actitudes

sobre la privacidad y confidenciali-dad de los datos del censo. La ciudadanía se preguntó en el pasado Un pregunta sobre la ciudadanía se preguntó en cada censo decenal de la población total de 1890 a 1950. (Los cuestionarios del censo de 1820, 1830 y 1870 también incluyeron alguna forma de una pregunta sobre la ciudadanía.) Hasta 1920, sólo se le preguntó a los hombres adultos; las mujeres y los niños automática-mente tenían el mismo estatus de ciudadanía que sus esposos o padres. La pregunta no fue formulada en el censo de 1960. Desde entonces, la pregunta sobre la ciudadanía ha sido solicitada solo a una muestra de hogares, ya sea en el formulario largo del censo o en la Encuesta de la Comunidad Estadounidense, que lo reemplazó en 2010.

El interés del gobierno en pre-guntar sobre la ciudadanía coincidió con un aumento de la inmigración a los Estados Unidos alcanzando un máximo en casi el 15% de la población a finales de 1800 y prin-cipios de 1900. La inmigración disminuyó drásticamente después de que se promulgaron restricciones en la década de 1920, a menos del 5% de la población en 1970. La eliminación de la pregunta sobre la ciudadanía de las preguntas del censo a todos los hogares se produjo cuando la Oficina del Censo redujo el número de preguntas y comenzó a hacer más preguntas, incluida la de la ciudadanía, de una muestra de la población. A partir de 1970, la mayoría de las personas completó sus propios formularios de censo, en lugar de que los censistas completa-ran la información sobre ellos.

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UFW: WA high court ruling requiring pay for seasonal farm workers’ down time could mean millions over time United Farm Workers President Arturo S. Rodriguez issued the follow-ing statement from the union’s Keene, Calif. headquarters after the Washing-ton state Supreme Court ruled farm workers receiving piece rate pay must be compensated for “down time” tasks. The Supreme Court ruling is a landmark victory for all Washington state farm workers that over time could mean millions of dollars to help al-leviate the poor pay and poverty they endure. The state high court ruled when piece-rate farm workers are per-forming additional work that is not paid by a piece-rate, they must be paid at least the state minimum wage or any contractually agreed upon wage rate, whichever is higher. The company, Dovex Fruit Co. of Wenatchee, Wash., claimed its piece rates compensated workers for time spent on other tasks such as traveling between fields, attending mandatory meetings and hauling equipment. The

court rejected that argument on a 5-2 vote. The decision came in a case in which attorneys for the UFW col-laborated on an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief along with Migrant Clinicians Network that highlighted farm workers’ exclusion from the pro-tections of employment laws and the importance of compensating workers to protect them from wage theft. UFW attorneys submitted an am-icus brief in 2015 in another successful Washington Supreme Court case re-garding piece-rate workers, Demetrio v. Sakuma Bros. Farms Inc. State law re-quires workers to be provided with rest breaks and to receive their “regular pay” for those breaks. The court held “regu-lar pay” during rest breaks for piece rate workers means they must be paid sepa-rately for that time and compensated based on their average hourly earnings on their piece rate wages or the state minimum wage, whichever is higher.

Celebrating 40th Annual Senior Awareness Day Culture and Diversity: Explore our World This year we are celebrating our 40th annual Senior Awareness Day. Our theme is “Explore our World.” Senior Awareness Day originated in 1979. The concept was introduced by Frank Bodin, an Escalon community leader and Chairman of the County Com-mission on Aging. His vision was to enhance community awareness of older adults’ contribution to the prosperity and vitality of San Joaquin County and to increase seniors’ awareness of the many programs and services available to them at little or no cost throughout the County. The San Joaquin County Hu-

man Services Agency coordinates with many public and private agencies and hundreds of volunteers of all ages, work together to make this event possible. San Joaquin County is a huge melt-ing pot and this year we are embracing our Culture and Diversity within our county. Please come out and enjoy as we ‘Explore Our World’ together through entertainment, Classic Car show, Gio’s Wellness Walk, Art Show, Bingo and supporting our Information and Food Exhibitors. Those interested in volunteering and participating please call 209-468-1104

Changes to Amtrak San Joaquins Fare Policy Aimed at Benefiting Passengers The San Joaquin Joint Powers Au-thority (SJJPA) will be changing the reservation and fare policy for the Amtrak San Joaquins bringing numerous benefits to its passengers. On Monday, April 23, 2018, Amtrak San Joaquins will no lon-ger be “Revenue Managed” or “Reserved Ticketed”. SJJPA’s cancellation of “Rev-enue Management” means that Amtrak San Joaquins passengers will no longer see fare fluctuations based on ticket purchase time or capacity constraints. Amtrak San Joaquins will have one fare for each station pair no matter when or through what channel a passenger purchases a ticket. The past revenue management policy discouraged impulse travelers and disproportionately impacted riders pur-chasing tickets at stations. The new one-fare policy will increase the equity of the

ticket purchasing experience and benefit passengers immediately. The only excep-tions to this policy include potential peak travel times such as holidays and onboard ticket purchases. The cancellation of “Reserved Ticket-ing” will see Amtrak San Joaquins no lon-ger require ticketed passengers to travel on specific train numbers or on a specific date offering increased flexibility. In the past, tickets must have been purchased for a specific train on a specific date. If the reservation needed to be changed, the passenger needed to do so ahead of his/her departure time and potentially incur change penalties. With the new policy, a passenger will purchase a ticket and select a specific train and date, but he/she is not required to travel based on his/her selec-tion. If plans change or a meeting runs

long, the passenger can travel on another train/bus or date as long as he/she travels between the same origin and destination on the ticket. The flexibility of unre-served ticketing will benefit passengers and remove an impediment to riding the service. These fare policy changes put the San Joaquins in line with the other two California intercity rail corridors – Capi-tol Corridor and Pacific Surfliner. “These changes to our fare policy are passenger focused and will result in a simpler passenger experience,” says David Lipari, Marketing Manager for SJJPA. “We want passengers to not worry about pricing fluctuations or undue ‘sold out’ situations. Our hope is for passengers to think of train travel as an easy travel experience from the process of purchasing a ticket to the

disembarking at their destination.” The cancellation of “Reserved Ticket-ing” will also result in San Joaquins trains never appearing as sold out. Standees will be allowed in order to prevent travelers from being unable to purchase tickets on a specific train. The San Joaquins has not experienced significant capacity prob-lems, but at times, certain trips would show as sold out when just a short seg-ment of the corridor reached capacity. The fare policy changes are system wide, but the San Joaquins thruway bus system will remain “Reserved Ticketed” due to the capacity con-straints of the buses. Tickets for Am-trak San Joaquins can be purchased at amtraksanjoaquins.com. The San Joa-quins offer many discounts including 10-Ride and Monthly Passes.

CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE REAFFIRMS SUPPORT OF DISABLED-VETERAN BUSINESSES UPON START OF NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH SAN JOSE, Calif.—California Water Service (Cal Water) marked Na-tional Military Appreciation Month by reaffirming its commitment to doing business with disabled veterans through its supplier diversity program. Cal Wa-ter procured $6.6 million in goods and services from disabledveteran-owned enterprises in 2017, tri-pling its spending compared to 2016. The results were reported in the utility’s 2017 Supplier Diversity Report

to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in accordance with the CPUC’s General Order 156. Thesepurchases represented 2.75% of all discretionary spending, surpassing the CPUC’s goal of 1.5%, according to Cal Water President and CEO Martin A. Kropelnicki. “Disabled veteran-owned businesses have been a reliable and valuable partner for us, as they have brought values such

as leadership, self-direction, motivation, and a strong work ethic to the table with their operations,” Kropelnicki said. “This enables us to operate more efficiently,

which in turn benefits our customers and communities and helps us continue ful-filling our commitment to provide qual-ity, service, and value.”


Valley Rail Project Receives Major Grant Funding Today by State California State Transportation Agency announced a series of grant awards under the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP), and se-lected the Valley Rail Project as a major awardee, providing $500,500,000 to fund a series of new stations and track improvements to increase connectivity and frequency of service to the Sacra-mento region. The Valley Rail Project is a joint proposal by the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority and the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission to dramati-cally improve passenger rail service to the Sacramento region with both Am-trak San Joaquins and Altamont Cor-ridor Express (ACE®) service. The Valley Rail project will imple-ment a new transportation vision for serving the Sacramento region with integrated intercity and commuter rail service. The grant funds will help per-form track improvements on the exist-ing Union Pacific Railroad Sacramento subdivision freight corridor that runs just east of Interstate 5 to make it us-able for passenger service, and build new shared San Joaquins and ACE sta-tions in Lodi, Elk Grove, Sacramento City College, Sacramento Midtown, Old North Sacramento, and Natomas which will include a shuttle connec-tion to the Sacramento International Airport. “The Sacramento community is very excited about this project,” said Sacramento Vice Mayor Steve Hansen. “Right now we have train tracks that run through midtown without provid-ing any benefit to the local area. By building a new station in midtown we will now tap into that existing infra-structure, bringing customers to our lo-cal businesses, giving business travelers access to the Capitol without clogging up our roads, and providing new easy access for our local residents to reach key parts of the Bay Area or destina-tions throughout the Central Valley.”

“This TIRCP grant will revolution-ize the way that the SJRRC can grow by adding new service that would now include Sacramento for ACE and add-ing additional trains for the Amtrak San Joaquins. The State of California recognizes the important part the SJRRC plays in connecting the Central Valley, Bay Area, and State Capital, and we are grateful for their support,” says Steve Dresser, Chair, San Joaquin Re-gional Rail Commission Additional new stations will also be constructed along the ACE and San Joaquins routes as a result of this award: on the San Joaquins line, new stations will be built in Madera and Oakley; on the ACE route, new sta-tions will be built in Ceres, Modesto, Ripon, Manteca, and North Lathrop. The TIRCP grant program receives significant funding from SB 1, the state’s gas tax program that provides critical resources to improve California’s highways and local streets, bridges, and transit systems – providing broad ben-efits to every community in California. “This project would not be pos-sible without SB 1,” said Vito Chiesa,

Chair of the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority and Stanislaus County Su-pervisor. “With this funding, we will be able to move quickly in implementing an incredibly important transportation project that will better connect com-munities, improve mobility, reduce congestion, improve air quality, and support a good quality of life.” The Valley Rail project is a trans-formational, megaregional initiative. Valley Rail results in the initiation of San Jose bound commuter service from Sacramento using existing commuter rail equipment (expected by 2020). Four trains from Ceres are included in the proposal, with three heading up to Sacramento (with a transfer to San Jose in Lathrop) and one direct route to San Jose by no later than 2023. Feeder electric bus service will connect to Ceres from Merced. Valley Rail also adds two new San Joaquins round-trips between Fresno and Sacramento, on top of the two round-trips currently available. Total rail service between Stockton and Sacramento will be nine round-trips across all available routes and service providers, including one Sacramento to

Stockton only round-trip. The award also includes funds for ACE to procure zero emission buses to support feeder service between Merced and Ceres, and rolling stock for both corridors to support service increase. The grant is coordinated with 2016 TIRCP investments that are already being implemented in order to expand platforms to accommodate longer 10-car trains to add capacity on the four ACE round trips that currently cross the Altamont Pass. In addition, Valley Rail funding will help convert the entire fleet includ-ing the thruway bus network to renew-able diesel fuel, providing greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits across the entire existing (449 track miles) and proposed expanded (119 track miles) San Joa-quins and ACE services. “Improved passenger rail is an inte-gral part of Sacramento and the Valley’s regional transportation network. It is essential to support travel and eco-nomic growth in this interconnected economy, and connect communities in ways that are convenient and sustain-able,” said Chiesa.

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