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Tuesday, March 8, 2011 – Daily News – 7A Obituaries ROBERT JOSEPH GILL August 14, 1924 - March 5, 2011 Robert (Bob) was born in Lancaster and raised in Ba- kersfield, CA. He served in the Navy for two years, during World War II. He retired from the Southern Pacific Rail- road in 1983. Robert and Pat moved to Concord in 1957 and then to Red Bluff in 1997. Bob is survived by his wife of 58 years, Pat, daughter Shaunna of Concord and son Bob and daughter-in-law Darcie of Orland, three grandsons and two granddaughters. LORENE H. (BABE) FRIES November 27, 1919 - February 28, 2011 seph Alexander Elam and Myrtle May Stroing. She is sur- vived by seven children; Frances (Victor) Mokulihua of Curivensville, PA., Loretta (Roger) Burgess of Los Molinos, Alberta Niegal of Fairbanks, AK., Lyle Turner of Redding, Joey (Jody) Turner of Chico, Bobbie (Andy) Houghton of Red Bluff, Karen (Gary) Crawford of Redding; step- children Elmer (Babs) Fries of Red Bluff, Chris (Byrd) Fries of Red Bluff, and her sister Shirley (Shan) Patterson, and her neighbor and special friend Carol Yingling, 25 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by husband Elmer Fries, Sr., step-daughter Toni Scott and step-son Freddy Fries, brothers Robert and Delbert Elam and sister Violet Cofer. Mom loved to cook for her family, play bingo, go shop- ping and visit the casino. A celebration of her life is being planned for Saturday, March 12th at 11:00 a.m. at the Los Molinos Veterans Hall. PLAY Continued from page 1A he did not play on the equipment, but his chil- dren and grandchildren did. He thought this was an example of too much regulation. “It’s bureaucracy that’s pick us to death,” Flynn said. City Attorney Richard Crabtree said there is a point when people should not let lawyers tell them what to do. The report has recommendations from the insurance agency only. There is nothing in the report that requires the council or city to remove the equipment. “If someone got hurt on these things, they’re going to sue us anyway,” Crab- tree said. “I’m of the opin- ion that you shouldn’t let lawyers rule our world.” Carlisi said the city has never been sued over peo- ple getting hurt at the parks. “We have not had a lawsuit or claim on any of these equipment,” she said. The council decided to have the public works department evaluate the corrosion of the spiral Prop 8 sponsors oppose lifting of gay marriage ban SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lawyers for the sponsors of California’s gay marriage ban are urg- ing a federal appeals court to continue blocking same- sex unions while it consid- ers the constitutionality of Proposition 8. The lawyers said in court papers filed Monday that the rationale for keep- ing the voter-approved ban in effect are the same now as they were last summer, when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put a trial judge’s order overturning Proposition 8 on hold. They say the Obama administration’s recent announcement that it would no longer defend the federal law prohibiting the government from recog- nizing same-sex marriages has no bearing on the state ban. Lawyers for two gay couples are asking the 9th Circuit to let same-sex marriages to resume in California by lifting its stay on the lower court’s order. BOOK BARN Used Books Tues-Fri 10-5 Sat 10-2 Serving Tehama County since 1994 619 Oak St., Red Bluff (530) 528-2665 slide and get more absorb- ing material for all the park sites. Flynn said if Carlisi felt there was a specific piece that was dangerous to play on, those pieces should be addressed individually, but there was no need to remove all the equipment. In the days following the council’s decision, families continued to visit the parks unaware of the reportedly dangerous equipment. When parent Sarah Mayfield learned that the equipment had been deemed unsafe she was not too worried about her children getting hurt. She would rather see the city restore the struc- tures and keep them on the playgrounds than have them be removed, she said. For the most part, she was more concerned about the cleanliness of the equipment than its safety. “This is stuff that’s been here forever, even when I was a kid, she said. “I’d hate to see them just take it away.” ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.co m. Lorene was born November 27, 1919 in Las Flores to Jo- California review faults redevelopment agencies SACRAMENTO (AP) — A review released Monday criticizes California redevelopment agencies for lacking performance measures that track how well they are fight- ing blight and creating jobs, but supporters countered that the report was done hastily to support Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to abolish the agencies. The report by the state con- troller’s office found great differ- ences in how cities define blight. Palm Desert, for example, used redevelopment money to renovate greens and bunkers at a 4 1/2-star golf resort. Near San Diego, Coro- nado’s redevelopment area covers every privately owned parcel in the city, including multimillion dollar beachfront homes. As part of his plan to close Cal- ifornia’s budget deficit, Brown, a Democrat, wants to eliminate the state’s more than 400 redevelop- ment agencies to send more local tax money to schools, police, fire and other local services. Local governments are defending the agencies and say Brown’s plan is illegal. The 18 agencies subject to the review represent 16 percent of all redevelopment dollars statewide in fiscal year 2009-10. Controller John Chiang said the findings are troubling because the lack of accountability and transparency “is a breeding ground for waste, abuse, and impropriety.” “For a government activity which consumers more than $5.5 billion of public resources annual- ly, we should be troubled that there are no objective performance measures demonstrating that tax- payers are receiving optimal return for each dollar invested,” Chiang said in a statement. John Shirey, executive director of the California Redevelopment Association, said the review was misleading because the con- troller’s office has no experience conducting regular reviews beyond an annual report that sim- ply compiles information gathered from the agencies. He said agen- cies also have not received guid- ance from the controller’s office on how best to count the number of jobs created. “This is a ’hurry up, get it done’ job in order to have some report come out on the eve of an impor- tant vote in the Legislature on “For a government activity which consumers more than $5.5 billion of public resources annually, we should be troubled that there are no objective performance measures demonstrating that taxpayers are receiving optimal return for each dollar invested.” — Controller John Chiang statement abolishing redevelopment agen- cies,” Shirey said. “This is a polit- ically motivated effort.” The controller’s office found that only 10 of the 18 redevelop- ment agencies attempted to track the number of jobs created. Four of the 10 agencies could provide no methodology or explanation for their figures. In a response, the city of San Jose defended its approach. Exec- utive director Harry Mavrogenes wrote to the controller that the agency had documents to support its jobs calculation and that it used a valid methodology. The controller’s report also found that redevelopment dollars often went to pay for city and county employees’ salaries with- out proof that it was for redevelop- ment services. For example, in the eastern San Francisco Bay area city of Pittsburg, the redevelop- ment agency transferred $3 mil- lion to the city’s general fund, but no documents exist to show the money went to redevelopment ser- vices. Five of the agencies reviewed failed to make $33.6 million in required payments to school dis- trict, which increases the state’s obligations to local school dis- tricts. And many agencies made inappropriate charges to their affordable housing funds, includ- ing $833,000 by the city of Los Angeles for administration costs. Shirey said the state was already aware that eight redevel- opment agencies were having trouble meeting payments to schools but noted that such a move was not illegal. He said it was curious that five of the eight agen- cies ended up being reviewed by the controller’s office. The state controller’s office STATE BRIEFING Serial killer suspected in SF Bay area cold case SANTA ANA (AP) — Authorities say a convicted serial killer on death row is suspected in the long- unsolved murder of a 19- year-old aspiring actress in the San Francisco Bay area. The Orange County Register reported Monday that Marin County investi- gators believe Rodney Alcala was responsible for the death of Pamela Lamb- son in 1977. However, detectives say Alcala won’t be charged because of insufficient genetic materi- al. Alcala was convicted last year of murdering a 12- year-old girl and four women in Southern Califor- nia in the late 1970s. He was recently indicted in the deaths of two women in New York. Lambson disappeared after she went to pose for a freelance photographer in San Francisco. Her battered body was found the next day. Alcala, who acts as his own attorney, is in prison and could not be immedi- ately reached. Fatal shooting prompts outcry among Sikhs, Muslims WEST SACRAMEN- TO (AP) — Sacramento- area Sikhs and Muslims say they will not be deterred after two elderly men were gunned down, one fatally, in a suburb south of the state capital. Police are investigating last Friday’s slaying as a possible hate crime, poten- tially linked to the men’s appearance. Both were Sikhs and wore turbans and sported long beards. Navi Kaur (NA’vee Kar), the granddaughter of the man who died in the shooting, said Sikhs would not bow to extrem- ists. During a news confer- ence Monday, she said her community “will continue to wear our turbans proud- ly.’’ Also Monday, police in suburban Elk Grove said there were no suspects in the shooting of Surinder Singh and Gurmej Atwal, but they are looking for a tan or beige Ford F150 pickup truck made between 1999 and 2003. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Family owned & Operated Honor and Dignity 527-1732 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 Oakland officer reinstated with back pay OAKLAND (AP) — An arbitrator has ruled that an Oakland police officer who was fired after he killed an unarmed man in 2008 should be reinstated and awarded back pay with interest. Officer Hector Jimenez shot 27-year-old Mack ‘‘Jody’’ Woodfox III in the back as the suspect ran away after being pulled over for suspected drunken driving. The city later paid $650,000 to Woodfox’s family to set- tle a wrongful death lawsuit. Jimenez’s lawyer, Justin Buffington, says the arbitra- tor ruled Friday that the Oakland Police Department improperly fired him because the officer had been trained to assume that motorists in high-risk traffic stops are armed. Police spokeswoman Holly Joshi confirmed Mon- day that Jimenez will be returning to the force. She says the department has since updated its training to include decision-making skills on appropriate use of force. California census data to be released Tuesday LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities will release the first detailed data for California’s population from the 2010 U.S. Census on Tuesday. The release will include data on population, race and ethnicity that will be used by a state commission to redraw congressional and state legislative districts. The data was sent to Cal- ifornia’s governor Monday. The Census Bureau reported in December that California’s population reached 37.3 million in 2010 after growing 10 per- cent during the prior decade. It is the first time the state will not gain additional House seats after a census. Demographers say they expect the state’s inland areas grew as Californians moved beyond the expen- sive coastal region, but that migration may have slowed since the economy slumped. They also expect the state’s population increase stemmed largely from growth in the Latino popu- lation. announced in January that it would examine how well tax dol- lars were being used by redevelop- ment agencies, which have emerged at the center of a debate over California’s budget. The 18 agencies, including those in Los Angeles, Sacramento and River- side, were selected to reflect urban, suburban and rural commu- nities. While Brown has proposed a phase-out of redevelopment agen- cies as one way to help close Cal- ifornia’s $26.6 billion deficit, city and local government officials defend redevelopment agencies as one of their main tools to kick- start construction projects and cre- ate jobs. On Monday, a coalition of local government leaders, business, labor and community groups announced a grass-roots campaign to try to stop the state Legislature from voting on Brown’s proposal. They argue that the move would violate Proposition 22, which vot- ers passed in November to prohib- it the state from raiding local rede- velopment funds. “You can’t just tell 5.7 million voters ’your vote doesn’t count,’” said Chris McKenzie, executive director of the League of Califor- nia Cities. “This type of illegal end run around the voters’ will breeds greater voter cynicism and discontent.” Meanwhile, the California Pro- fessional Firefighters and the Cal- ifornia School Employees Associ- ation announced it began airing radio ads supporting Brown’s pro- posal. The ad says it’s time to end taxpayer subsidies for developers, including a bar in downtown Sacramento that features live mer- maids, and instead protect local schools and public safety services. 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