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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

CA License Law AB 60 Cause Delay For Blonde Countries


By Karen Ostlund   
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) reported earlier this month, 
January 6 2016, they had issued 605,000 driver licenses under Assembly Bill 60 (AB 60) since it was implemented on January 2, 2015, but the 'blonde countries in Europe' are still waiting. 
One of the reasons - their consulates do not keep track of updates of new immigration laws. 
Native American Indians (by Martin Grelle) They killed who trespassed inland of USA (their country)
AB 60 licenses law made eligible California residents able to receive an AB license regardless of immigration status, which meant an applicant did not need to have proof of lawful presence.
These AB 60 licenses were first created for ID purposes, and to count the illegal Mexican in CA and see how many pursued a legal work circle, with potential health reform in near future.

 When CBS News posted this article October 3, 2013, the AB 60 License was still meant to be CA State ID, January 2, 2015; (not yet a license)
 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-oks-giving-drivers-licenses-to-illegal-immigrants/

“DMV committed to successfully implementing this new law to increase safety on California’s roads by putting licensed drivers behind the steering wheel,” said DMV Director Jean Shiomoto. “One year after AB 60 implementation there are 605,000 more drivers on the road who have passed all testing requirements and demonstrated their knowledge of California’s rules of the road.”
Under AB 60, the DMV can issue an original driver license to an applicant who lacks proof of legal presence in the United States and meets all other requirements to obtain a driver license, including proof of identity and California residency and meeting all other licensing requirements including written and drive tests.
During the program’s first year, the DMV has administered 2,091,000 knowledge and drive test examinations. As of December 31, 2015, approximately 830,000 AB 60 applicants have applied for a driver license.  
On average, DMV issued approximately 50,000 new driver licenses per month under AB 60 during the first year of implementing the new law.


 AB 60 licenses also apply to many other countries, among Scandinavian Countries.

 Sweden closed their Los Angeles consulate in 2010, and they have stopped issuing Swedish passport in USA, unless the applicant travel to Washington DC with both proof of US residency and Swedish birth certificate. This cause further delay, explained on the website Swedenabroad.com:

http://www.swedenabroad.com/en-GB/Embassies/Washington/Services-for-Swedes/Passport-Applications-and-Name-Registration/

CA DMV.org see it as the main duty of the foreign consulate to give their countrymen passports, if the foreign consulate is established on US ground. Only their birth certificate, and their own Dr. License is needed, as 2nd ID.

  Finland and Sweden history goes way back in USA, when they were the same country 1638 and  immigrated to US and established a colony on the Delaware River naming it 'New Sweden'.
The same time Mexico had their own Spanish colony at the border of Mexico. Either Sweden/Finland or Mexico could not enter inland of USA without taking the risk of getting killed of Apache. (American Indians)

Sweden has ancient laws, created before the automobile and the Drivers License existed. The ancient law explains Swedish is a Caucasian of various shades of Ashe colored hair, who origin from the Viking,(a straight-haired Arab blonde) - A true Suede can both renew their passports and represent the country outside Sweden. (Law still valid)

Same ancient Nordic laws explain other ethics groups and countries, that live and are born in Sweden, must show their own passport traveling outside Scandinavia.
This law has been created because the Scandinavian countries are too small to be approached. Sweden is the biggest Scandinavian country, and has the same population as Los Angeles County.
 The Scandinavian countries had only war with their neighbors, (Finland, Norway) the last 1000 years. Sweden and Norway were the same country 1814-1905 (same King), then separated and draw the border, where the accent changed.

The countries that create problem inside Sweden today have similar laws, which explain Scandinavians can't show their passport. If they do, it should be taken and exchanged to their own.
Sweden can resolved this problem by changing the color of their passports, using their own flag
colors. For example, only the Swedish born in Sweden get the yellow Swedish passport, other ethnic groups and countries living in Sweden, get the blue Swedish passport. The Swedish blue passport need to show a second passport,(their own foreign passport) when leaving Scandinavia. (old original law)

Oil painting hanging at the White House in Washington DC Declaration of United by Armand Dumaresq


At the Petersen Museum, the first car 1886 on display. No Dr. License existed.
 Anyone can take a friend and drive around to Los Angeles County different DMVs offices, and ask about requirements to obtain the AB 60 license, for someone that already have a renewable US State ID - but expired from another US State.
The forms given to the applicant ask to list history of expired numbers of other US State IDs and US State Dr. Licenses on the application form (DL44):
Question on DL44 Form: Have you ever had a Driv. License or Identification Card that was issued by California or other State/country in US?
If you mark off YES,- list DL/ID nr, State and expiration date.

After applicant done that,  Los Angeles DMV offices staff explain that other US States ID/licenses can not be renewed/transferred to California, because other US States have different laws, but they don't know which other laws, which means the applicant had to start over.

Leaving expired documents in other states are direct target for identity theft.  A person can return to a State, one or two decades later, where he/she left the document, and be listed 'passed away'.
This happened in Florida 1992 where 1000 US State IDs got stolen (online brake-in). The middle name (on the ID card) got changed to an initial, so a man can use a woman's name, and the birth year got changed, to an age too old to go to military or jail.- City, state, first name and last name remained the same on the card.

A lot of European consulates follow instruction-guide for their countrymen to apply for the AB 60 license, which read that you had to prove your identity and California residency to the DMV by using a combination of documents.
DMV AB60 Guide-instruction, revised Dec.11 2014 (22 days before the the AB 60 LAW went in use) and online instructions read: Expired foreign passport need to be accompanied by Apostille authentication and translated by their own consulate.When Apostille Authentication was presented to Los Angeles DMVs, the staff said they only wanted a valid Passport, and not a foreign Birth Certificate with Apostille Authentication.



 Driveca.org posted the letter that made applicants believe Apostille Authentication of expired passports were OK. Letter 29 May 2015: To Mr Ronald Coleman from DMV Director Jean Shiomoto, updates regarding CA License Law AB 60:
 Page 3 Documents Requirements
Admit expired passports in conjunction with certain other documents
Link to the letter:
 

 Many 1980s actors, models and other performers from east-coast (New York, Florida) succeeded to get a US State ID in 90-91, after paying tax many years with a TIN card (Tax ID card)
 Many of these talents moved to CA, and were preparing documents to be able to transfer US State IDs from east coast to CA State, using the AB 60 State ID Law, but this was not working.

CA Department stores ask the buyer when doing exchange/returns of holiday shopping, for any valid US State ID - When the clerk is told expired US State IDs outside CA are not transferable, the clerk wonder "Why, it's the same country?"


USA have today millions of new immigrants who are related to the Hip Hop Culture since 1989-90 They have valid Dr Lic, SSN cards and registered voters, but very few know part of the U.S. history as:
Black men could vote before white women (15th amendment Feb.3 1870) and any other race group of women. The reason, men supported a family with one salary,  went to military and made political decisions.
 "Coming to America VHS" with actor Eddie Murphy,  released June 29 1988, was considered by the  video rental store NY Blockbuster as first Motion Picture movie with all African American cast. The movie was on the 'new releases shelf' in 1989.
Easy-to-remember songs in radio and MTV as: "Ice Ice Baby" with Vanilla Ice, recorded 1989,  released July 2 1990.
The hit-song"U Can't Touch This" with MC Hammer was recorded 1989 and released Jan.13 1990.
Very few knew the black music consisted earlier of: rhythm & blues, soul, jazz, trumpet orchestras and pop (Michael Jackson).

The forgotten group that wanted to use CA AB 60:Entertainment Industry

In 1987s 'super agents in New York' knew professional modelling were under law of sports-law, because they got hired by height and birth-year. Actors, musicians and writers were under law of "special skills".
The executive office of these  super-agents used to drive by DMV every morning 8.30AM, to see if any of the people that lined-up related to them. Their clients requested to see talents that had a resume over-seas (which was the original law) - but no-one wanted sponsor anyone, unless the person became famous first.
This resulted, many of these agents were forced to hire their talents on the 'Forever-6-Months -Tourist-Visa' - which never expired even if passport got renewed, but the talent had to leave US one week every 6 months, to avoid a fine. This VISA was issued by the US Embassy inside their own European capital city with interview, because the visa-bearer could change status inside US and get sponsored.

This 'Forever-6 Months-Tourist-Visa' got cancelled 1990 with a stamp "cancelled" , when VISA-bearer left for Europe. The stamp "cancelled" can be evoked (but all legal offices need to know), because the Hip Hop music was in full swing, and its music was/is under US Law to become successful in their own country first.
 All this created a big problem for European models, actors and musicians in 1990 because they had already obtained a valid Tax ID card (TIN) by paying tax in their foreign passport name, as well as a 4 year renewable US State ID from DMV, only for id purposes (New York, Florida) - but they could not proceed with the green-card application.

In October 1981 the requirements of professional print models age 14-21 were (171-174 cm) 5.7" to 5.8 1/3".
The runway female model height started at 175 cm (5.8 1/2" and up). Junior size went over to Misses adult size at age 14 and 16.
 Major NY model agencies used to recruit their models in European countries with health-care, no war and same ethnic group as the Cowboys. The agencies used to help their models deduct 21% tax and send in to the IRS, before giving the checks, and later help to open up a checking account in their foreign passport name.
Before digital film, model agencies used their own contact-man living in the capital city, to scout new talents, measure heights, then sending over a 36ex roll-films to their New York Agency.
Later, NY agency owners traveled to these over-seas capitals to do final castings.
The models selected to start, got free portfolio photos, provided by photographer working with the agency.
The models started out in Paris and Milan, and then traveled to US on the 'Forever-6-Months -Tourist-Visa'. (same as the actors and musicians)

DMV.org (NY,FL) told actors, models, musicians they had to have the same name and nr on a Social Security (SSN) card as the TIN card,  after passing the driving test, to be able to pick the US State Dr License.
If not - they were told to wait for new laws, or get married.
In Oct.1997 a new immigration law was created to help these people, and to be first in line get the SSN nr faster, which guidelines read;
No more exit US more than one week - once a year. Pay tax with your TIN card, but with no social security benefits for at least 7 years.
Have all bills and legal papers in the foreign passport name.

Nothing more happened with that law because of Mexico,  their consulate started to issued quantity of the Matricula card.
The Matrícula Card (MCAS)  (identification card issued by the Government of Mexico through its consulate offices to Mexican nationals proof of resident outside of Mexico)
The purpose of the card is to demonstrate that the bearer is a Mexican national living outside of Mexico.

 Final answers to resolve this, can still be found at 1800 US Law book, which explain the ethnic group (cowboys) that took away the land from the American Indians, are the first race group to obtain US Passports regardless of speaking accent. The native American Indians lost their land, and had to go and live in 'Indian reserve and Territory'.
- Caucasian can use race-hair on head to open up a bank account in USA.
- There is another law regarding 'race upset and revolution' involving 1000 people and more, which relate to 1992 Rodney King riots/race-upset in Los Angeles. Statistics of the Rodney King riots:
April 29-May 4 1992, 53 Death, 11.000+ arrested, 4000+ CA Army Patrolled Los Angeles and $700 millions and more in property damages.

The ancient US Law read, if the people who create race-upset/revolution do not belong to the ethnic group that took away the land of Apache,  American Indians.- Then, the people w/highest hair-cell (any color) on head, can go and pick up a US.passport regardless of nationality, as a second Passport.
To use this law, the person had to prove both Caucasian hair-cell on head (analyze) and prove to be inside the country the time-era of the race upset/ revolution.
This law has been created, because USA need Caucasians (any hair-color) to stay inside the country and take a job, when race upset/revolution occurs. This law is still valid but all law offices need to know.


A poll can be made - in case Caucasian immigrants do not get equal voting rights, the Presidential Election,  November 8, 2016, can be postponed or cancelled - and as a replacement, a group of politicians with high knowledge of the problem can be formed. 


Wednesday, January 20, 2016

LA Art Show & Los Angeles Fine Art Show will return Jan. 27-31 2016




 By Karen Ostlund
St. Jude Patron Reception speakers,  hosted by
Anne Hathaway & Adam Shulman


The LA Art Show and the Los Angeles Fine Art Show will return Jan. 27-31 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, West Hall 1201 South Figueroa Street, 90015. 
 www.laartshow.com
Actress Anne Hathaway & Adam Shulman will host LA Art Show & Los Angeles Fine Art Show Opening Night Premiere Party Benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Jan. 27, 2016.
Premiere Night will also feature exclusive performance art pieces, special installations and a live musical performance.

“We are thankful to Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman for their continued support of our lifesaving work and for hosting this special event,” said Richard Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “St. Jude has made great progress in the fight against pediatric cancer, but it’s a fight that wages on. This annual fundraiser helps St. Jude continue to advance its mission of finding cures and for children fighting cancer and other life-threatening diseases.”
St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Thanks to support from events like the LA Art Show & The Los Angeles Fine Art Show, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
“We are thrilled to have St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital return as our benefiting organization,” enthused Kim Martindale, general manager and producer of the LA Art Show. “St. Jude is the leading researcher in pediatric cancer. They freely share their research protocol worldwide, and as a result, more lifesaving treatments are available for children.”

LA Art Show at LA Convention Center

Last year (2015) more than 7,000 guests attended the 20th Anniversary LA Art Show, which was hosted by 5-time Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo. The evening welcomed several distinguished guests including Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Melanie Griffith, Nixx Sixx, Seth Green, Olivia Holt, Yara Shahidi, Dania Ramirez, Josh Bowman, James Franco, Joanna Cassidy, AFI’s Davey Havok, U.A.E. Consul General Alsabusi, Eli Broad, Councilman Tom LaBonge, and Lubov Azria, among others.
In recent years, the LA Art Show (WEST HALL A) has become the most internationally diverse art platform in the Western world, bringing in the largest groupings of Korean, Chinese and Japanese galleries outside of Asia. Beginning in 2010, the show has actively developed its international gallery offerings to provide collectors with a unique opportunity, to spot international trends and zeitgeist through art, a medium that has the ability to transcend language. 

With a focus on historic and traditional contemporary works, the Los Angeles Fine Art Show (WEST HALL B) provides a dedicated experience for collectors of traditional works, from paintings, to sculpture and works on paper.
 LosAngelesFineArtShow.com


 The LA Art Show has attracted collectors and art enthusiasts for more than 20 years, and will present 120 galleries representing 20 countries from the Americas, Europe and Asia.






2016 Exhibitors Modern & Contemporary

Leading galleries include: ACE Gallery Los Angeles, Praxis International Art, Tachibana Gallery, Jack Rutberg Fine Art, Copro Gallery, Red Truck Gallery, Sloan Fine Art, Spoke Art, the Verne Collection, Antena Estudio and Rehs Galleries. 
Images from the Opening Night LA Art Show, January 27, 2016
 Highlights from the opening


St. Jude Patron Reception Hosted by
Anne Hathaway & Adam Shulman
Performance Art by Yana Clark


Robert Vargas art


Beyond Kaisho Live Ink Painting by
Issai Tanaka
National Exhibition of China Opening




Tuesday, January 12, 2016

PHOTO L.A. Fair Celebrates 25 Years, January 21-24 2016

 By Karen Ostlund

The international photographic art exposition - photo l.a. - will celebrate its 25th anniversary fair this January 21-24, 2016 at The REEF, located in the historic LA Mart building in Downtown Los Angeles. 
The fair kicks off on Thursday, January 21st at 7pm with an Opening Night Gala, held in honor of artist James Welling with proceeds going to benefit Best Buddies International.
photo l.a. has a long and rich history of bringing the photographic and arts communities together. 
Each year the show expand with a diverse showcase of photographic art, ranging from 19th Century works to contemporary and innovative photo-based art. Galleries, dealers, museums, schools, and non-profit organizations participate to define what photography has been, what it is today, and what it might evolve into. The show presents programming, which includes lectures, round table discussions, special installations, and docent tours with distinguished members of the photography/arts community.
James Welling "7690'' 42" x 63", 2015 Inkjet print on rag paper Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects

www.photola.com

2016 Exhibitors
1650 Gallery
AD Gallery: Contemporary Fine Art
Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc.
Archival Image
artbarltd
Artists Corner Gallery
ART LEXING
ASMP
Be-hold
Best Buddies International
CHIMENTO CONTEMPORARY
Cohen Gallery
Couturier Gallery
Duncan Miller Gallery
Galerie des Soupirs
GALLERY 1/1
Gallery (WAS)
Halsted Gallery Inc.
Hayworth Gallery
ITALIAN TRAMER Art Lounge - Los Angeles
John Nichols Gallery
Lauren White Pop-Up
Lucie Foundation)
MJ Kim Pictures
Monroe Gallery of Photography
Photo12 Galerie
Press Photographers of Greater Los Angeles
Ricardo Fernandes
Santa Monica Auctions
School of Visual Arts
Scott Nichols Gallery
Select Vernacular Photographs
Simpleimage
Smith Andersen North
Street Gallery
TAG Gallery
Thomas V. Meyer - Fine Art
Timothy Yarger
Venice Institute of Contemporary Art
Willem Photographic
Yale University Press
ZERO+ Publishing
Tetsu Okuhara, Susan, NYC, 1978.      Courtesy of the artist and Katrina Doerner

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Sue Wong's NYE 2016 Celebration w/Retrospective Fashion Installation

Sue Wong gets the Diamond Rose Award from MMPF
By Karen Ostlund

SUE WONG PARTNERED WITH SPONSOR RIVERA PRODUCTIONS TO RING-IN 2016.
Designer Sue Wong was pleased to announce that Rivera Productions (Oscar Riviera) sponsored her New Years’ Eve Fête to ring in 2016. It took place at Sue's own home "The Cedars" - a historical estate built in 1920's w/16 rooms and 15 acres in Silverlake.
She bought the The Cedars in 2004.
The estate was commissioned by French director and screenwriter Maurice Tourneur in 1921 (A Doll's House, Last Of The Mohicans, Lorna Doone) and based on the Venetian styled palazzo of the Duke of Alba in Spain.
 For a time, it was also known as the Talmadge estate after another one of its former owners, silent screen star Norma Talmadge. Through the years, The Cedars has been a host to so many illustrious celebrities, including tycoon Howard Hughes and different generations of stars and musicians including Bela Lugosi, Errol Flynn, Marilyn Monroe, Dennis Hopper, Johnny Depp, Jimi Hendrix, Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Arthur Lee and the band Love and Bob Dylan. Its interiors have been shot for scenes in classic films like Sunset Boulevard and Easy Rider.

New Year's Eve guests enjoyed a retrospective model fashion installation of her gowns designed 10 years ago (2005):
24 signature couture dresses from various eras such as Weimar Berlin, 1930s Shanghai, Hollywood and Manhattan jazz age - Fabrics shimmering with incandescent beads, embroideries and layered textures embellished with passementerie and soutache.
 Retrospective and ushering in 2016 were bubbly champagne sponsor Moreno BHLV Sparkling Wine  & ToastVodka.com . Shots were provided by a new liqueur "Jimi Purple Haze" inside late guitarist Jimi Hendrix Moroccan style bedroom. HINT provided flavored mineral water all night.
 "Purple Haze" was a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second record single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17, 1967. As a record chart hit in several countries and the opening number on the Experience's debut American album, it was many people's first exposure to Hendrix's psychedelic rock sound.

The enchanted evening was  accented with gorgeous floral arrangements from Zina/ Four Seasons Flowers & Design whose beautiful flowers can be viewed at www.fourseasonsflowers.org/. 

British singer Steve Cooke counts down 2016 w/British rock
Sue Wong's retrospective models wearing dresses from 10 Years ago
Actress Carolyne Hennessey

























Actress Bai Ling
Sue Wong (center) w/opera singers Oleksandra Hrabova & Michael Peers


Guests arriving in ballroom NYE 2016 at The Cedars


Jimi Hendrix historic Moroccan bedroom at The Cedars during 1960's
Myself at Sue Wong NYE Bash 2016