Page April Meeting Recap 2 Nurse to Patient Ratios 3 Recap of Project 2025 4 Cottonwood Sand Mine 5 Growing Concerns of Censorship 6 2024 Dues Reminder 7 April Meeting Photos 8 Officers and Board 9
June 7 7 PM MEETING La Mesa Community Center 4975 Memorial Drive (social time begins at 6:30)
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The Progressive Voice is the monthly newsletter of the La Mesa - Foothills Democratic Club, serving the communities of La Mesa, Mt. Helix, San Carlos, Del Cerro, Allied Gardens, and the SDSU and other East County areas since 1984.
MAY 2024
La Mesa City Council Meetings Tuesday, May 14, 6:00PM Tuesday, May 28, 6:00PM Link for live stream available at: cityoflamesa.us/247/City-Council
La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club Location: La Mesa Community Center, 4975 Memorial Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942 Recap of General Meeting of April 3, 2024 Tina announces our guest speaker-Congresswoman Sara Jacobs. Congresswoman Jacobs is running for third term in Congress. Announced a Federal Budget was passed. San Diego received the following: Billion dollars for childcare and head start 1.56 Million dollars to address the Tijuana River Valley 6 Hundred and 50 Million dollars for Fema Shelter Program (helps asylum shelters) 13.5 million dollars for 15 projects for the county. Fema is able to assist with disaster relief for flood victims of San Diego County To apply for assistance is April 19, 2024, https://www.sandiego.gov/recovery Extend deadline for tax to June 17, 2024 Project 2025 which is very frightening and with only one republican majority in the House, there is already some support by republicans for this. The importance of the election of 2024. Congresswoman has traveled across the county to help democratic candidates. Bill Wells is the republican running against Congresswoman. Questions for Congresswoman: 1. About the Forest Service and the loss of personnel in the last three years. Also the low pay for the Forest Service Staff. 2. Mental Healthcare. 3. Infrastructure-Where is it. The Congresswoman explained that the process to receive the money is very slow. Goes to the State, to the County and the CIties and finally gets implemented. The State of California got 44 Billion dollars for infrastructure. 4. The bipartisan bill to eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision. Congresswoman is a co-sponsor of the bill. The republicans in the house need to bring it up for a vote and if they do it will pass. If you live in Darrell Issa district contact him. https://issa.house.gov/ 5. Mike Johnson-any chance the Democratic Caucus use their influence to get the republican to pass the bill passed for Ukraine, Border, Gaza. Congresswoman explained that the Democrats have a discharge to the bill-means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor without the leadership. At this time the 218 members of congress need to signed the petition. Currently has 185 signatures with only 1 republican. 6. Can the President declare a National Emergency about the immigration issue? Congresswoman has visited the border, one solution is to have more personnel to handle immigration from judges, etc. Unfortunately, the President can not declare a national emergency. 7. Tik Tok Ban. Congresswoman voted against the Tik Tok Ban. Congresswoman explained that this country informs other countries about banning freedom of speech and then to ban Tik Tok would be going against this policy 8. Nursing shortage. Maybe write a bill about the shortage. Nurses are leaving the profession. Congresswoman will have staff look into the issues. 10. Every month I worry about the shut down. Maybe change the process of the cycle? The solution to beat the republican by a large margin. 11. Suggestion for President Biden to win the election. The Key is two-fold to remind everyone about everything that was accomplished-influctural bill, environment bill, gun violence bill. Housing-how to address the lack of affordable houses and childcare. 12. The situation to get Israel out of Gaza. The Administration is working hard to help the relief efforts. And there should be a two state solution, The loss of trust of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs stated that she has called for an immediate and permanent cease fire. The cease fire that the Biden administration was able to negotiate was able to free some of the hostages and get aid into Gaza. The settlements on the West Bank are incredibly alarming. President Biden did put some sanctions on some of the settlers who are conducting the worst of the violence. 13. Question from Jay Stieger-If we win the House, Senate and the White House what are top three wish list or the Congresswoman: Codify Roe V Wade, Federal investments in ChildCare and Housing, voting rights and campaign finance 14. The ending of the financial support of Israel. There are ongoing conversations including from Senate Chuck Schumer about leverages to try and change Israel behavior in the interest of the World. The way that Israel has conducted this war has not made Israel any safer. 15. Health related- In about 1995 congress set a formula for allocating money for medical residents. Congress Sara Jacobs encouraged anyone to reach out to her or her staff for any information or assistance. at https://sarajacobs.house.gov/ *** Trinity Dubrow, our board member, just got accepted to graduate school at UCSD. Trinity spoke about Project 2025, it is a 180 day blueprint from the Heritage Foundation. This blueprint is how rich conservative plan to reform the Executive Branch of the government if Trump is elected. It is a Christian Nationalist Authoritarian regime. The Foundation contributes almost a million dollars to Republicans across the nation. They are training individuals to jump in as soon as a republican is in the White House to execute their agenda. You can go online to read this over 900 page document, https://www.project2025.org/playbook/ The suggestion that the LMFDC members take a section of the document and read and report to the membership. A handout is on each table to sign up for a section to read and discuss with the membership. Tina Rynberg is asking anyone in Congresswoman Sara Jacobs district to vote for her running for National Delegate to go to the National Democratic Convention. Candidates speakers: Gina Jacobs is running for San Diego County Board of Supervisors, District 2, ginajacobsforsupervisior.com Jay Steiger endorsed by LMFDC-is running for the Grossmont Union High School District Board Area 2- jaysteiger.com Lauren Cazares-endorsed by LMFDC-is running for La Mesa City Council laurencazares.com Brenda Miller is running for Grossmont Healthcare District, Board of Directors, zone 3 votenursemiller.com Debbie Justeson to ask voters to vote for Elena Adams who is running for Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District 4 Jackson Rodelander is the Campaign Coordinator for Congresswoman Sara Jacobs jackson@sarajacobsforca.com. Merrill Perry needs volunteers for the La Mesa Earth Day Fair on Saturday, April 20th at MacArthur Park, 4975 Memorial Drive, La Mesa 91942 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Please text/call 619-820-2199 Meeting Adjourned at 8:15PM Please go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDUN5PP9Zji3WcTlBfM6wwQ to view the entire meeting on Youtube Rosamond Trujillo-Blevins
March Meeting Recap by Rosamond Trujillio Blevins
Unsafe nursing staffing ratios not only compromise patient safety because they fail to adhere to the ultimate priority of the healthcare system, which is providing patient-centered care. In a study shows that worse patient outcomes have a direct correlation with unsafe staffing levels and emphasized that increased workload from unsafe nursing staffing ratios leads to omission of patient care. The complex needs of patients are overlooked with the time pressures nurses face. Ball et al. (2014) found that most nurses reported that they failed to complete all the patient care tasks during their daily shifts, and the primary reason attributed to a lack of time. Some of the tasks missed were patient-centered tasks such as basic bedside communication and patient education. Nurses often have an average of 7-10 patients in all day, afternoon, and night shifts. The study went on to show that nurses who staffed medical-surgical wards reported that the care was missed due to unsafe ratios included providing patient surveillance. This becomes a major safety risk because it was associated with poor nursing staffing with increased mortality rates. The increasing complexity of the healthcare system is evident due to the rise of chronic conditions and people living longer in the current population. In the 2001, Institute of Medicine, Crossing the Chasm (2001) reported that serious flaws that fail to provide safe and effective patient-centered care characterize the current healthcare system of the United States. Unsafe nursing ratios in all types of nursing settings are one of the main factors that compromise patient safety and affect the way that nurses are able to work and provide care. This was especially evident during disaster and emergency situations that have affected the healthcare system. Flaubert et al. (2021) emphasized that the sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic intensified the daily challenges faced by nurses as they faced with overwhelming workloads along with limited resources, and stigma towards healthcare professionals. Furthermore, the unsafe workload ratios nurses have combined with insufficient PPEs also had a direct effect on healthcare personal health leading to a high number of health professionals’ mortality. Mason and Friese (2020) showed that 3300 healthcare professionals in China were infected and had died because of these unsafe working conditions. The Joint Commission (2020) acknowledges that the absence of adequate staffing resources leads to potential staffing deficiencies and can affect patient outcomes. The welfare of nurses and making sure they are provided with safe staffing ratios will not only affect the quality of care they provide patients but also the healthcare system as a whole. Artz et al. (2015) study demonstrated that appropriate and minimum nurse-to-patient ratios improved clinical outcomes by reducing medical and medication errors, patient mortality, unplanned readmissions, and preventable events such as patient falls, pressure ulcers, and patient infections. The study by Siriporn et al. (2024) showed that the patient-to-nurse ratio proved to be the strongest predictor of nursing performance regarding patient safety. This was not only limited to the United States further but in other countries. In conclusion, appropriate nursing ratios improved the performance of nurses ensuring patient safety as well as enabling them to provide high-quality care. Brenda Miller LMFDC,VP of Programing `
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A Call for Safe Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios by Brenda Miller
Recap of Project 2025 from April Meeting by Trinity Debrow
Project 2025 https://www.project2025.org/playbook/ is an 180-day playbook made by the Heritage Foundation. This “playbook” or “blueprint” is about how rich conservatives plan to reform the executive branch should a conservative president be sworn into office. Project 2025 is at heart a plan to create a Christian-Nationalist authoritarian regime. The Heritage Foundation, founded in 1973, is a conservative non-profit and “think tank” who pair with other conservative organizations to promote conservative policies. In 2022, the Heritage Foundation provided almost a million dollars across multiple republican organizations that have professionals on the Heritage Foundation board. This donated money has been allocated to training republican loyalists on how to implement Project 2025 when in office. Where does the Heritage Foundation get their money from? According to open secrets.org, who follows the amount of money donated to various organizations, states that big names such as Ron DeSantis, Trump, Niki Haley, and the National Republican Congressional Committee. The Heritage Foundation is the Nation’s most broadly supported public policy research institute. In the January 2024 NY Times interview, Kevin Roberts told Lulu Garcia-Navarro that Project 2025 was aimed at “institutionalizing Trumpism.” Calling it a blueprint for transition into the White House, it maps what needs to be done step-by-step ”to consolidate power in the executive branch, dismantle federal agencies, and to recruit and vet government employees to free the next Republican president from a system stacked against conservative power.” Roberts states the lesson drawn from Trump’s first year in office was that "the Trump administration, with the best of intentions, simply got a slow start. Heritage and its allies in Project 2025 believe that must never be repeated.” Unfortunately, Project 2025 is a document almost 1,000 pages long and uses language inaccessible for many Americans due to their level of Education. It makes truly understanding and dissecting the document difficult. Here are some notable concerns: Project 2025 calls for purging key members of the federal workforce. About 2 million people work for the U.S. government. Roberts believes the number subject to dismissal would be 50,000. A slew of health policies such as the federal abortion ban, prohibiting stem cell research, adding work requirements to receive Medicaid, and abolishing Head Start Services. Dismantling the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security States Government will gain control of the Media Reminds regulations prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics The La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club has requested that the membership form groups and take one topic per group. Read, study, research the topic and report back to the club at several general meetings. If you have not signed up for any of the topics listed below, please contact by text-Merrill Perry at 619-820-2199 or Trinity Dubrow at 619-873-6420 Topics that the Club Signed Up For: Executive Office of President., Dept. of Defense, Intelligence Community, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, EPA, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Transportation, Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Human Services, Dept of Interior, Dept of Labor, Homeland Security, Media Agencie, Dept of Commerce, Federal Government Election Commission, Fed. Communications Com, Central Personnel Agency, Dept of State
Status of Cottonwood Sand Mine Project by Elizabeth Urquhart
The Cottonwood Sand Mine is proposed by New West Investment and investor Michael Schlesinger, who purchased Cottonwood Golf Club in 2015, four years after the golf course filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As originally filed, the proposal is to mine 4.7 million cubic yards with approximately 3.8 million cubic yards (5.7 million tons) of construction aggregate produced over ten years, in phases with reclamation planned after each phase. 251 acres of the approximately 280-acre site are proposed for extractive use which would occur in a total of four phases. The project application was filed in November 2018 with the San Diego County Planning & Development Services. In the case of the Major Use Permit sought by the developer, the detailed list of requirements previously released by the County underscores the same concerns expressed by the community regarding a long-term open pit mine along the Sweetwater River, most notably in the middle of an established residential neighborhood surrounded by homes, schools, and businesses. Those concerns include traffic, safety and noise, health hazards, impacts on the environment, and decreased property values. A draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) went out for Public Review and Comments 12/16/21 –2/28/22. Revised EIR documents were then presented for Public Review and Comments 6/29/23 –8/21/23. Since that time, the County and the Applicant have been reviewing all submitted comments from individuals, organizations, legal groups, and local/state/federal agencies. Once the County finalizes the EIR, they will present the completed document along with their recommendations to the San Diego County Planning Commission. This is not expected to occur until late Summer 2024 or even later. The Planning Commission will have a public hearing to receive community input regarding the proposed Sand Mine project prior to deciding whether to ironmeapprove the Major Use Permit or not. Most likely, the Planning Commission’s decision will be appealed either by the Applicant or the Community, depending on the decision outcome. At this point, it will be the San Diego County Board of Supervisors who will hold a public hearing and will ultimately decide whether the project should be approved or not. StopCottonwoodSandMine.org has been keeping community members updated on each stage of the process and will inform everyone who is on the website’s Contact List the date and time of upcoming public hearing meetings with the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors. It is the belief of many who oppose the Cottonwood Sand Mine project that the draft Environmental Impact Report is a flawed and incomplete document that does not adequately analyze the significant environmental impacts of the potential project to the people, wildlife, water, air, and roads of the community. The project does not propose adequate mitigation measures or alternatives to address the immense impacts. It also does not comply with applicable goals, policies or requirements of the San Diego County General Plan as well as the Valle de Oro Community Plan. It has been determined that the draft EIR is incomplete and not in compliance with CEQA and therefore must be revised and reissued to the public for further review. The most significant issues noted in the Cottonwood Sand Mining project EIR documents include: 1. Aesthetics have a significant unmitigable environmental impact. Willow Glen Drive is designated as a County Scenic Road. Impacts to travelers using this road, persons walking and bicycling the road, and residences along the ridges that view this road will be heavily impacted. The draft EIR stated that “overall, the visual character of the landscape is suburban in nature due to the integration of the built environment primarily comprising suburban residential neighborhoods and the golf course with natural features of the river corridor and surrounding hillsides and mountainous landforms”. This visual character will be decimated with a Sand Mine present. 2. The proposed project is inconsistent with the Valle de Oro Community Plan in terms of land use and community character. The character of the area is developed and consists of residential, recreational, civic, and open space uses. The VDO plan identifies Cottonwood Golf Club serving as a buffer area and providing a larger setback to sensitive habitat areas. A Sand Mine operations will destroy these sensitive habitat areas. The project is also inconsistent with the Land Use Element of the County of San Diego General Plan. The designation for the entire project site is Open Space-Recreation which applies to large, existing recreational areas and allows for active and passive recreational uses. 3. Biological Resources are a significant impact that cannot be mitigated. There were 23 animal species identified in the draft EIR as potentially being significantly impacted. Mitigation measures proposed involving relocation of species, removing their habitat by eliminating trees and plants, or having minimal setbacks and noise barriers are wholly inadequate. The report minimized the fact that the project site is currently a vital and critical wildlife linkage/corridor connecting protected wildlife habitat near and adjacent to the project site. A decade of project mining could cause permanent impacts affecting wildlife community health by fracturing and isolating wildlife communities. 4. Noise is a significant impact that cannot be mitigated. There will be two conveyor belts used to transport backfill material and the mining operation noise is assessed as potentially significant. Mitigation measures described in the draft EIR will not mitigate the high level of cumulative noise experienced by all community residences and nearby schools around the sand mine location, especially residences at higher elevations. 5. The health risks associated with Silica and Valley Fever were drastically minimized. The reference made to San Diego County Incidence Rates, in the draft EIR, were shown without the presence of a Sand Mine. Missing is what the range of infection might be with the project in place. Data for communities that currently contain comparable projects should be disclosed as valid references, essential to a conclusion that this risk falls below any level of concern. Local physicians and veterinarians should be queried to understand the prevalence of Valley Fever and other respiratory conditions in people and animals that could be exasperated by an industrial sand mining operation. 6. The draft EIR glossed over the impact on air quality as not being significant. However, even a moderate impact could be catastrophic and must be considered and studied. Throughout the draft EIR analysis of airborne dust and particulate risks, the use of twice daily watering was identified as an effective mitigation strategy. Missing is any reference to valid studies that show, to a reasonable certainty, the effectiveness of this posited mitigation strategy. 7. Traffic is a significant envntal impact with incomplete analysis. Since the Applicant’s studies mostly occurred during the COVID-19 Pandemic when transportation was diminished between 2020 and 2022, they should be conducted again and identify the impacts of the project to traffic in 2024. If approved, the project will produce 147 round-trip truck trips or 294 trucks either coming to or leaving the Sand Mine location. This will result in a large hauling truck traveling to or from the project site every 1.3 minutes or 78 seconds. 8. The Stormwater Quality Management Plan was quite generic and lacked specifics. The recirculated draft EIR documents focused more on what the final product would look like following mining rather than how the Sweetwater River drinking water source will be protected from pollution in the event of future storms during the ten plus years of mining. StopCottonwoodSandMine.org, a non-profit, civic organization made up of concerned community members and other stakeholders adamantly oppose the Cottonwood Golf Club turning into a 10+ year open pit sand mine in the middle of a beautiful residential community in Rancho San Diego and adjacent to the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge. As much as the sand, used to make concrete, is a needed commodity, the location proposed by the Developer is inappropriate. Sand mines do not belong in developed, residential areas – they don’t exist in these areas – nor should this one at the expense of the community and the environment. The Environmental Impact Report documents can be reviewed online at: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/pds/ceqa/MUP-18-023.html (project specific link) All related documents and links are also available at: www.StopCottonwoodSandMine.org website. Comments on the project can be sent to Christopher Jacobs, Planning & Development Services, 5510 Overland Avenue, Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92123 or emailed to Christopher.Jacobs@sdcounty.ca.gov.
Just a few weeks ago, the house passed a bill regarding a Nationwide Ban on TikTok, soon to make its way to the Senate. Stated by many in Congress, TikTok is supposedly a National Security Threat, especially as the United States gears up towards another election. Tiktok’s fate is in the hands of the Senate, and many Americans are worried about what this means for the free exchange of ideas and journalism. Sara Jacobs, who voted NO on the bill, reports the proposed concerns for National Security have all been security issues on every single social media platform. TikTok draws a primarily younger, progressive audience, many of which get their news from the platform. V Spehar, a progressive long time journalist and the host of popular TikTok series Under the Desk News, https://underthedesk.news/expressed, states major concern for the surveying and censoring of American citizens online. Spehar is especially concerned about the quieting of voices of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities, who do not have proportional representation in traditional media to their counterparts. In Project 2025, an ongoing topic of interest and concern for LMFDC, it reports that an interest of the Republican Party has been to defund public broadcasting such as NPR and PBS for being “too leftist” and “non-educational.” This has created a sense of distrust for public broadcasting, stating that it “suppresses the conservative voice.” According to the Pew Research Center in 2022, only 42% of Republican voters trust National News Organizations. Needless to say, regardless of party, there is growing mistrust in the news we see everyday. People are unsure where to find accurate, nonpartisan news that allows them to use their critical thinking and education to make informed decisions and beliefs. Trinity Dubrow LMFDC Board Member At Large
Growing Concerns of Censorship and Mistrusting Journalism by Trinity Debrow
This is your reminder that your 2024 membership dues for the La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club was due in January 2024. We hope you plan to continue as a member of our club as every member is vitally important in reaching our progressive goals. We have collected 2024 dues in November and December 2023 and in January, February, March and April 2024. Thank you for your membership. If you have not paid your dues, please join us for our May 1 2024 meeting. Our State Assemblymember Dr. Akilah Weber will be our honored guest speaker and RL Miller Founded Climate Hawks will be our second speaker. Both of our speakers will come as virtual presentations . DO NOT MISS THIS! Please bring your completed dues envelope and cash or check to the May 1, 2024 meeting or https://lamesafoothillsdemocraticclub.com/membership-form/. We are proud to say many members have worked in various ways to make a difference in our political landscape. Many members pass on to their family and friends the valuable insights and information received at our meetings As a group we march in parades, have booths at loca events, attend fundraiser and work to collaborate with other clubs in an effort to increase Democratic visibility in East County. You should take enormous pride in the fact that , as a result of all this hard work by our members, our club was awarded 2016 Club of the Year by the San Diego County Democratic Party Council of Clubs, an honor we shared with the Dan Deigo Democrats for Equality. Please consider renewing your membership today at whatever level you can and continue to work towards a bright future with your friends at the La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club. Katie Sigeti Vice President, Membership
2024 Dues Reminder by Katie Sigeti
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-031 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA IN SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY BILL 3024 (AB 3024): THE STOP HATE LITTERING ACT, INTRODUCED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER CHRIS WARD WHEREAS, in 2022, the Attorney General, Rob Bonta reported a 20% increase in hate motivated crime events mirroring national trends; WHEREAS, one area that has seen a significant rise is hate-motivated propaganda, including hate littering in the form of racist, anti-Semitic and ant-LGBTQ+ flyers, sticker, banners, graffiti and posters; WHEREAS, data collected by the Anti-Defamation League's (AOL) Center on Extremism shows a 38% increase in these incidents from the previous year, reaching 6,751 cases in 2022, the highest number of white supremacist propaganda incidents AOL has ever recorded; WHEREAS, hateful materials are often placed directly on the private property of vulnerable community members, without authorization, with the expressed intent to make their targets fear for their safety; WHEREAS, California has some of the strongest hate crime statutes in the country, current law has largely focused on more direct forms of hate violence and our laws must keep up to counter the methods hate groups have evolved to using; WHEREAS, AB 3024, The Stop Hate Littering Act will make necessary improvements to existing law by strengthening the Ralph Civil Rights Act of 1976 to ensure victims are provided adequate protections against hate littering and create new legal tools to deter terrorizing activity and hold offenders accountable; WHEREAS, AB 3024, clarifies the definition of intimidation by threat of violence under the Ralph Act, includes the distribution of hateful materials with intent to terrorize; and WHEREAS, hate has no place in our communities, and we must provide everything in our power to ensure law enforcement has the tools necessary to go after perpetrators and that victims have proper recourse after an incident has occurred. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of La Mesa declares support for AB 3024 and urge the State Assembly and Senate to pass this legislation and for the Governor to sign it into law as soon as possible. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 9th day of April 2024, by the following vote, to wit: A YES: Council members Dillard, Parent, Shu, and Mayor Arapostathis NOES: Vice Mayor Lothian ABSENT: None CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK I, Megan Wiegelman, City Clerk of the City of La Mesa, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and exact copy of Resolution No. 2024-031, duly passed and adopted by the City Council of said City on the date and by the vote therein recited. MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk ( )
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The La Mesa-Foothills Democratic Club represents the communities of San Carlos, Del Cerro, Santee, La Mesa, Mt. Helix, Allied Gardens, College Area, Casa de Oro, and other nearby communities. Monthly meetings of the La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club typically feature office holders, candidates for office, community leaders and subject matter experts.
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