SUISUN CITY: JUDGE ALLOWS LIMITED
RECALL PETITION ACTIVITY AT SHOPPING CENTER
07/15/08
SUISUN CITY (BCN)
Backers of a movement to recall Suisun CITY Mayor Pete
Sanchez and two council members will be allowed to
collect petition signatures at two locations of the
Heritage Shopping Center, a Solano County Superior Court
judge ruled today.
Mark Merin, attorney for the recall group Save Our
Suisun, said Judge Paul Beeman agreed the shopping
center is a quasi-public forum for the expression of
free speech and ruled the petitioners can collect
signatures in the monument area of the mall and at the
Ace Hardware store.
"Both sides will agree to a stipulated order," Merin
said. Save Our Suisun is still appealing the judge's
earlier decision prohibiting the petitioners from
collecting signatures in front of the Raley's
supermarket, Merin said.
Merin called the judge's ruling "a limited victory"
because the judge recognized the shopping center as a
quasi-public forum. Petitioners, however, will not be
able to freely roam through the shopping center
gathering petitions, Merin said.
Petitioners will be able to collect signatures at the
two locations six hours a day, six days a week, Merin
said. Another hearing on the issue is scheduled for Aug.
1, Merin said.
Linda Ward, the attorney for the shopping center was
not immediately available for comment.
The Heritage Shopping Center's owner asked the court
for a temporary restraining order prohibiting the group
from gathering the signatures on private property.
The Save Our Suisun group wants to recall Sanchez and
council members Jane Day and Michael Hudson.
The group claims they have risked the public's safety
by approving a 227,000-square-foot Wal-Mart SuperCenter
on 21 acres at state Highway 12 and Walters Road near
Travis Air Force Base over the objections of public
safety experts, including the county's Airport Land Use
Commission and the California Department of
Transportation.
Merin said the California Supreme Court ruled in 1979
that the PruneYard shopping center in San Jose was
obligated to allow free expressive speech even on its
private property and must yield to the public interest.
He said Suisun City has no central downtown and that
malls have become the new public market places in many
communities.
Save Our Suisun is already appealing the court ruling
that prohibited signature gathering outside Rayley's,
Merin said.
"This is a very significant question for all free
speech activity. This (the mall) is the preferred
venue," Merin said.
Save Our Suisun has until Aug. 8 to gather enough
signatures to put the recall measure on the Nov. 4
ballot
Landmark Civil Rights Battle Over Free Speech; started with
Wal-Mart
07/14/2008
In what could become a landmark case, civil rights lawyers
Tuesday will go to court to fight attempts to criminalize free
speech at a Solano County shopping center where residents have been
threatened with arrest for peaceably petitioning in public places as
guaranteed by state and federal law.
A hearing to decide whether a Suisun shopping center owner should
be granted a restraining order against residents is set for TUESDAY,
10 a.m., at the Solano County Superior Court (321 Tuolumne St.,
Vallejo), Judge Paul L. Beeman, Dept. 1.
A PRESS BRIEFING will be held at 9:45 a.m. at the courthouse
entrance.
The Law Office of Mark Merin, a major civil rights firm based in
Sacramento, will appear on behalf of "Save Our Suisun," an
all-volunteer community group gathering signatures to recall Suisun
City Mayor Pete Sanchez, and council members Jane Day and Michael
Hudson.
Merin - considered an expert on free speech issues involving
shopping centers - argues that the Heritage Mall in Suisun is
violating the constitutional, free speech rights of residents
circulating recall petitions and literature. He calls attempts to
ban or restrict peaceful petitioning "unconstitutionally
restrictive."
SOS is working to recall the city council members because they
have risked the public safety by approving a Wal-Mart SuperCenter
near Travis Air Base over the objections of public safety experts,
including the County Airport Land Use Commission, and CalTRANS. SOS
also charges the council members have lost the public trust by
raising their own compensation plans 118 percent, making
questionable loans, and other deals with taxpayer monies.
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Police Covered-Up Grandmother's Complaint Against Suisun
Councilman
7/8/2008
The Suisun City Police Dept. - investigating a complaint that a
Suisun City Council member harassed and accosted a grandmother
gathering signatures to recall him from office - did not make any
real attempt to seriously explore the charges, a spokesperson for a
community group said here today.
Police have told civil rights attorney Jeff Kravitz, representing
Suisun grandmother Mina Guerrero, that the Solano County District
Attorney did not find any reason to pursue the criminal probe - but
police also failed to interview any eye witnesses, or even the
accused, councilman Michael Hudson.
"We are not at all surprised. The police association has put up
billboards announcing its opposition to the Recall Election. Despite
their assurances, we knew they would not fully investigate the
charges," said Cres Vellucci, a spokesperson for "Save Our Suisun."
"We did, though, expect them to at least interview eye witnesses
and Michael Hudson. But, they did not even do that," added Vellucci.
He added that an outside agency, possibly the California Attorney
General's office, is being contacted to oversee a objective
investigation.
Members of "Save Our Suisun" - since they began gathering
signatures in April - have been sued, threatened with arrest by the
same police who did not probe the Hudson matter and accosted by
Hudson, and other Recall opponents. SOS has until August 8 to submit
about 2,030 signatures to force an election to recall Hudson, Mayor
Pete Sanchez and Vice-Mayor Jane Day.
Sanchez, Hudson and Day are the targets of a recall because, said
"Save Our Suisun," they risked public safety by approving a Wal-Mart
SuperCenter near Travis Air Force Base, despite the warnings of air
safety experts.
The councilmembers also raised their own compensation plans 118
percent and have made a series of questionable city financial
decisions. In addition more than $100,000 is missing from the city
coffers, according to one tally.
judythpiazza@newsblaze.com
Recall Campaign in Suisun Turns Dirty
06/19/2008
City Council member accosts petition gatherer, may have broken
law A Suisun City Council member - facing a possible recall on the
November ballot - may have broken state election laws and made what
could be considered racist remarks when he accosted a recall
signature-gatherer at a public event, proponents of the recall said
today.
Click here for rest of the story
Recall effort hit with order
By Danny Bernardini
06/13/2008
The group leading the recall effort of three Suisun City council
members was hit with a 30-day temporary restraining order Thursday
by Raley's and will no longer be able to collect signatures near the
two entrances. Ordered by Solano County Superior Court Judge Paul
Beeman, the group Save Our Suisun (SOS) must now vacate the doorways
of the Raley's supermarket in Suisun City for at least 30 days. They
may, however, still collect signatures in the surrounding parking
lot and shopping center, said Cres Vellucci, spokesman for SOS.
Click here for rest of the story
Wal-Mart yanks Vallejo project Friday announcement draws mixed
reactions from city residents
By RACHEL RASKIN-ZRIHEN/Times-Herald staff writer
05/31/2008
After four years of wrangling with the city and vocal opponents,
Wal-Mart on Friday withdrew its application to build a supercenter
in Vallejo's White Slough area, a company spokesman said. "Wal-Mart
had hoped to open a new store in Vallejo, but current growth plans,
coupled with the increased costs since the project was first
proposed in 2004, have made the project infeasible at this time,"
spokesman Kevin Loscotoff said.
The announcement elicited a wide range of reactions.
City Economic Development Program Manager Susan McCue had not
heard the development Friday, saying she had to digest the
information before commenting.
Click here for rest of the story
City Council Being Recalled Over Wal-Mart Vote
'Mayor Pete Sanchez...has not kept his public campaign promises to
oppose a proposed big box development that has negative impacts on
the health and safety of residents,'
Click here to read the full story
Residents hear critiques of big-box retailers
OAKLEY: Large, new stores are in direct conflict with plans to
restore downtown, activists say
By Paula King STAFF WRITER
A few weeks after Wal-Mart abandoned its plans to locate a
Supercenter in Oakley, a local citizens group opposed to the
megaretailer held a town hall meeting to discuss the impact of
big-box development on the evolving city.
The speakers at Thursday's meeting addressed community concerns
about the proposed 77-acre commercial project where Wal-Mart was
planning to move. They discussed the environmental review process
and future public hearings surrounding the River Oaks Crossing
shopping center.
"It's not too late to include the citizens and taxpayers of
Oakley in the process of deciding what kind of commercial growth we
want in our community. Bigger is not necessarily better," Save
Oakley Now spokesman Bob Caughron stated in a news release.
The panel of speakers urged Oakley residents to get involved in
the young city's impending commercial growth and hold public
officials accountable for any related impacts. Land use attorney
Mark Wolfe and Phil Tucker of California Healthy Communities Network
spoke about how big-box development in Oakley could harm ongoing
downtown revitalization efforts.
According to Tucker, the development of big-box shopping centers
and the redevelopment of Oakley's downtown represent two competing
visions. He added that the area doesn't have enough potential
shoppers to support both retail endeavors.
"These plans overlap each other and what that means is they are
drawing their primary shoppers from the same area," Tucker said.
"The downtown development plan doesn't have much of a chance."
Wal-Mart officials said that the Oakley Supercenter application
was withdrawn because of the nation's sluggish economy and stagnant
stock values. Wal-Mart has decided not to construct more than 140
planned stores.
The Supercenter was expected to bring more than 450 new jobs and
$700,000 annually in sales tax revenue. Meanwhile, city leaders are
pushing forward with River Oaks Crossing by luring other major
retailers to the site.
According to Wolfe, Wal-Mart realized the demand is not strong
enough in Oakley. "It still boils down to these competing visions
and the delusion that it doesn't exist," he said to a crowd of area
residents attending the forum at Vintage Parkway Elementary School.
Wolfe mentioned several California cities that have banned
superstores or imposed limitations on retailers like Wal-Mart. Among
those cities are Los Angeles, Oakland, Turlock, Stockton and
Vallejo, he said.
As Save Oakley Now's land-use counsel, Wolfe asked residents to
get involved in the public process for River Oaks.
"What we can insist upon is that all that information is laid out
in front of us," he said. Mark Gagliardi spoke as an Oakley resident
and board member of the Contra Costa Central Labor Council. He said
he is also interested in seeing the downtown successfully
redeveloped.
"I just think there is a smart way to do it," Gagliardi said. "We
don't need to put up a big store that is going to take out the
competition."
Oakley resident and Delta Green Party member Paul Seger said
Wal-Mart's way of doing business is un-American. He asked Oakley
residents to demand accountability from local officials.
"There are so many ways we can use this land," Seger said.
Paula King covers Oakley. Reach her at 925-779-7189 or pking@bayareanewsgroup.com
Recall bid gains traction Article Launched: 03/09/2008 08:12:59 AM
PDT
Opponents of the recently-approved Wal-Mart store in Suisun
decided Saturday to move forward with a recall effort against some
members of City Council.
More than 40 people reportedly attended the community meeting,
which was put on at Grace Baptist Church by a group calling itself
Save Our Suisun. Those assembled decided in favor of a recall effort
aimed at Suisun City Mayor Pete Sanchez, as well as council members
Jane Day and Mike Hudson.
The other two council members, Mike Segala and Sam Derting, are
not being included in the recall push because they are up for
re-election in November.
Describing the group that came together on Saturday, Suisun
Citizens' League member Dwight Acey said, "They were very, very
energized."The group's main grievance is the council's unanimous
approval of a Wal-Mart Supercenter, which is to be located at
Highway 12 and Walters Road.
In a press release this week, opponents claimed that council
members "disregarded public safety warnings by aviation experts and
other land-use professionals when they approved the controversial
project."
Acey said the intent is to file the necessary paperwork in the
coming days and to begin gathering signatures "within a week or so."
He added that the goal is to collect 3,000 signatures over the next
month.
Note from Save Our Suisun: Please go to our website for future
news:
http://www.saveoursuisun.com
No removal of airport panel chair By Danny Bernardini/Staff
Writer Article Launched: 02/21/2008 06:16:08 AM PST
A motion to remove John Foster as Solano County Airport Land Use
Commission chair died Wednesday night on a 3-3 vote by Solano
County's mayors. The issue to remove Foster was discussed during the
mayors' Solano County City Selection Committee meeting in Fairfield.
Click here for rest of story.
VACAVILLE REPORTER: Council must be sure of its numbers
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(EDITORIAL 2/10/2008) For months, the question of whether
a Wal-Mart Supercenter should be built on the northwest corner of
Walters Road and Highway 12 has divided Suisun City. But when
Suisun's City Council meets Tuesday to resolve the issue, it must
consider more than its own municipal matters. The project's
potential encroachment on Travis Air Force Base is of countywide
concern.
The possible conflict with Travis came to light when the Solano
County Airport Land Use Commission rejected the project in November
on the grounds that it could draw more people to the 20-acre site
than is acceptable under the base's Land Use Compatibility Plan.
That plan restricts development around the air base, mostly for
safety reasons. The site in question is inside "Zone C," which
limits the number of people at any site to an average of 75 per
acre, with no more than 300 within any one acre at any given time.
Depending on how they are calculated, estimates for the project in
question - which includes a Wal-Mart Supercenter, a sit-down
restaurant and a gas station - come out at well below the limits,
pushing the limits or over the limits.
There are legitimate differences in the way estimates are made.
But as a consequence, those in favor of the project are inclined to
use the methods that produce low numbers, while those opposed to the
superstore base their calculations on the methods that produces high
numbers. It is imperative for the Suisun City Council to base its
decisions on realistic calculations, no matter on which side of the
limit they fall.
What the council should not do is downplay the Land Use
Compatibility Plan's restrictions, as the consultant who prepared
the final environmental impact report suggests. That report claims
the standards set around Travis are arbitrary and more restrictive
than the state of California requires.
If they are more restrictive, it is because the citizens of
Solano County years ago agreed to protect Travis Air Force Base so
that future Base Realignment and Closure commissions could not use
incursion as an excuse to shut down the county's largest employer.
Remember, Travis contributes more than $1 billion to the local
economy each year.
As the environmental impact report points out, Travis has a
decent safety record - only five crashes since the base opened, none
in the vicinity of the proposed Wal-Mart - and the store won't lie
directly in the flight path. The report also notes that planes
flying in and out of Travis are too heavy to be blown off course,
but that assumes only the big planes will be flying in and out of
there in the future. Plus, should Travis ever be pulled out, the
county will almost certainly want to explore the possibility of
using the site as a regional airport. Unwise incursions now could
affect that decision down the road.
Councilmembers will have tough choices to make on Tuesday. Suisun
City certainly needs the tax base a Wal-Mart store would bring. But
the entire county needs Travis, and the city must not do anything to
jeopardize the air base.
Wal-Mart Gets Planner Ok Despite Huge Public Outcry About
'Safety'
Ignoring safety concerns of scores of residents who fear a new
Wal-Mart project here could lead to deaths along adjacent "Blood
Alley," or from low-flying planes from Travis Air Base or a buried
jet pipeline, the Suisun City Planning Commission recommended
Tuesday night the controversial project be approved by the City
Council.
The decision to rubber stamp the Environmental Impact Report at a
hearing attended by an overflow crowd of 150 residents was not
unexpected. The planners made it clear that hoped-for sales taxes
were more important than the environment or lives of residents.
Speakers even questioned the tax gain, saying stores in Suisun and
Fairfield would "cannibalize" each other.
The next step is approval by the Suisun City Council Feb. 12. It
will first have to vote, by a four-fifths margin, to override the
Solano County Airport Land Use Commission, which refused to approve
the 227,000 square foot project because, the ALUC said, the project
is too big to be that close to Travis Air Force Base.
The ALUC ruled the project was "unsafe," and would encroach upon
the base something that could cause the military to move the base, a
major concern for 65,000 military retirees in the county. Travis AFB
is the county's largest employer ($1.1 billion a year, 14,000 jobs).
"This is the biggest project in town. It will be the biggest
disaster in town," charged Dwight Acey, chair of Suisun Citizens
League, one of the community groups opposed to the project. He said
the EIR shows there will be as many as 70,000 additional vehicle
trips along Highway 12 known as "Blood Alley" because of all the
accidents making it even more dangerous.
Resident Anthony Moscarelli citing letters from a national
pipeline trust said there are major issues about a buried jet fuel
pipeline within feet of the project. "There's not one mention of the
fuel pipeline danger," he said, adding the city may be liable for
damages, and that an increase in insurance coverage would eat up all
of the anticipated sales tax gains.
"I object to my neighbors who will be killed by the project,"
said Wayne Monger, a geologist who lives near the site, and Paul
GreenLee of Suisun Alliance, said "People in the community have said
we do not want it. It does not fit our city." Another speaker called
the decision a "betrayal" of the people. Another called for a
"recall" of elected officials.
judythpiazza@newsblaze.com
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Suisun council must be sure of its numbers Article Launched:
02/10/2008 07:33:12 AM PST
For months, the question of whether a Wal-Mart Supercenter should
be built on the northwest corner of Walters Road and Highway 12 has
divided Suisun City. But when Suisun's City Council meets Tuesday to
resolve the issue, it must consider more than its own municipal
matters. The project's potential encroachment on Travis Air Force
Base is of countywide concern. The possible conflict with Travis
came to light when the Solano County Airport Land Use Commission
rejected the project in November on the grounds that it could draw
more people to the 20-acre site than is acceptable under the base's
Land Use Compatibility Plan.
That plan restricts development around the air base, mostly for
safety reasons. The site in question is inside "Zone C," which
limits the number of people at any site to an average of 75 per
acre, with no more than 300 within any one acre at any given time.
Depending on how they are calculated, estimates for the project
in question - which includes a Wal-Mart Supercenter, a sit-down
restaurant and a gas station - come out at well below the limits,
pushing the limits or over the limits.
There are legitimate differences in the way estimates are made.
But as a consequence, those in favor of the project are inclined to
use the methods that produce low numbers, while those opposed to the
superstore base their calculations on the methods that produces high
numbers.
It is imperative for the Suisun City Council to base its
decisions on realistic calculations, no matter on which side of the
limit they fall.
What the council should not do is downplay the Land Use
Compatibility Plan's restrictions, as the consultant who prepared
the final environmental impact report suggests. That report claims
the standards set around Travis are arbitrary and more restrictive
than the state of California requires.
If they are more restrictive, it is because the citizens of
Solano County years ago agreed to protect Travis Air Force Base so
that future Base Realignment and Closure commissions could not use
incursion as an excuse to shut down the county's largest employer.
Remember, Travis contributes more than $1 billion to the local
economy each year.
As the environmental impact report points out, Travis has a
decent safety record - only five crashes since the base opened, none
in the vicinity of the proposed Wal-Mart - and the store won't lie
directly in the flight path. The report also notes that planes
flying in and out of Travis are too heavy to be blown off course,
but that assumes only the big planes will be flying in and out of
there in the future. Plus, should Travis ever be pulled out, the
county will almost certainly want to explore the possibility of
using the site as a regional airport. Unwise incursions now could
affect that decision down the road.
Councilmembers will have tough choices to make on Tuesday. Suisun
City certainly needs the tax base a Wal-Mart store would bring. But
the entire county needs Travis, and the city must not do anything to
jeopardize the air base.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 11, 2008 Contact: Cres
Vellucci, spokesperson, Suisun Citizens League, 916.996-9170 (cell)
Attention: Daybook/Assignment Desk
SALES TAX or COMMUNITY SAFETY? Wal-Mart project, deemed 'unsafe'
by state agency & airport oversight group, is up for final vote on
Tuesday
SUISUN CITY – With the threat of a recall hanging over its head,
the Suisun City Council will decide whether to put sales tax revenue
over and above the safety of its residents when the Council meets
TUESDAY at 5 p.m. at Suisun City Hall (701 Civic Center Blvd) to
decide whether to approve a controversial Wal-Mart Superstore
project.
There will be a 4:30 p.m. NEWS BRIEFING by neighborhood groups,
who have threatened to recall council members if they vote for the
project over community concerns.
The independent Solano County Airport Land Use Commission already
rejected the Wal-Mart project in November for "safety" reasons
because the project interfered with the Travis Air Force Base
"compatibility plan." The Cal TRANS Aeronautics Division supports
the "safety concern" recommendation.
But, the Suisun City Council is considering overriding the ALUC
safety determination because the city wants the tax money from the
development. The Council could vote Tuesday with a "super-majority"
to take the highly unusual step of overriding the ACLC, which
consists of many pilots and other safety members who called the
project too "unsafe" to build.
"It's a simple matter of the city and staff believing the
hoped-for taxes will offset the risk to us, the residents. That's
wrong," said Dwight Acey chair of the Suisun Citizens League.
Acey also said the City will never see those big tax proceeds. A
Dixon councilperson Monday said his town is only getting a fraction
of what they anticipated from a Wal-Mart Supercenter which opened
there in 2005, and warned Suisun City officials to be wary.
Suisun City residents also cite high traffic danger (Wal-Mart
will be located just off Highway 12, known as "blood alley" because
of the high number of accidents), pollution, threat to nearby
wetlands, noise and an underground fuel pipeline located next to the
Wal-Mart.
URGENT NEWS ADVISORY Sunday, February 10, 2008 Contact: Cres
Vellucci, CIPI Strategies, 916.996-9170 (cell)
More bad economic news; Wal-Mart either failing, or
under-reporting sales & robbing city of taxes, Dixon councilmember
to charge Monday
DIXON – Wal-Mart is either grossly under-performing , or is
cheating the city of Dixon out of hundreds of thousands of dollars
in taxes a year, a member of the Dixon City Council will allege at a
major news conference here Monday.
Details of the charges will be revealed at Monday, Feb. 11, at
11:45 a.m., at the Dixon Wal-Mart main entrance (235 E. Dorset
Drive, off Highway 80).
Councilmember Michael C. Smith, in a letter late last week,
warned the mayor and city council of Suisun City to "verify" lofty
claims made by Wal-Mart that it would generate as much as $800,000
in sales tax the first year of operation in Suisun.
City officials in Suisun have said they need the projected sales
tax revenue from the project, and the taxes would mitigate the
safety concerns of residents and the Solano County Airport Land Use
Commission that rejected the project for "safety" reasons.
Suisun will vote Tuesday on whether to approve the controversial
Wal-Mart project over the objections of numerous neighborhood
groups, who have cited safety concerns over the proximity of Travis
Air Force Base, a buried jet fuel pipeline and increased traffic on
so-called "Blood Alley" on Highway 12 where the project is to be
built.
Councilmember Smith said his investigation now shows that rather
than hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax revenue, Dixon has seen
only a tiny fraction of that since Wal-Mart opened in 2003, and
expanded to a Superstore in 2005.
"We received the same rosy picture of hundreds of thousands of
dollars in additional sales tax now being floated to the city of
Suisun," said Smith, who will make public details of his probe on
Monday.
Officials May Fire Commission Pilots Who Rejected Wal-Mart
Project
Elected officials here are ignoring warnings about a public
safety threat from a Wal-Mart Supercenter project and instead have
initiated a plan to oust military pilots sitting on a county airport
commission which voted in November to oppose the project because of
those same safety concerns.
A news conference will be held TUESDAY, 10 a.m. at the
Solano County Board of Supervisors Meeting (675 Texas Street),
regarding not-too-secret plans to "decapitate" the Solano County
Airport Land Use Commission (SCALUC) leadership for political
reasons.
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Wal-Mart Gets Planner Ok Despite Huge Public Outcry About
'Safety'
Ignoring safety concerns of scores of residents who fear a new
Wal-Mart project here could lead to deaths along adjacent "Blood
Alley," or from low-flying planes from Travis Air Base or a buried
jet pipeline, the Suisun City Planning Commission recommended
Tuesday night the controversial project be approved by the City
Council.
Click here for the rest of the story
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That number is toll free
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What is the California Healthy Communities Network?
The
California Healthy Communities
Network (CALHCN) is a project of the Tides Center, an
independent nonprofit organization registered with the Internal
Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) public charity.
CALHCN is made up of organizations and individuals who share common
concerns regarding poorly planned,
environmentally unsustainable, economically discriminatory and
socially unjust land use and development practices in California.
There is also a deep commitment to social justice and economic
rights for communities. The Network’s goal is to advance the
interests of communities in the State of California by projecting a
unified voice in support of programs and policies that set new
standards and raise the bar for the people of California.
The Network is organized around a simple
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A wide-range of organizations have joined the Network, from social
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