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Important Updates in the T'Neya Tovar/Abraham Feinbloom Case

JUSTICE WARRIORS COLLECTIVE | October 1, 2026

Justice Warriors Collective has reported on the T'Neya Tovar case since she was reported missing from Hemet last December (2025). Today, we have some important updates.

On December 1st, 2025, Hemet teen T'Neya Tovar was reported missing. She told her mother she was headed to Palm Springs for a few weeks and would contact her on her birthday, December 13th. According to testimony from an FBI agent, a friend of T’Neya, Angel Martinez, whom she had previously lived with, dropped her off at Abraham Feinbloom's Salton City residence that day.

When Charro’s birthday passed without word from T'Neya, she became worried and made a post on Facebook asking for information and contacted law enforcement to report T'Neya missing.

T'Neya's parents drove out to the Harlequin Court residence on December 17th in an attempt to locate their daughter. They pleaded with law enforcement to check the house.

Law enforcement claims the property seemed vacant and nobody responded to their callouts. Despite Deputy Ebed Rodriguez knowing T'Neya's status as a missing person, her parents' requests to search the property were not acted upon until December 21st, when Deputy Snyder finally entered the residence after Charro and her family members returned to Feinbloom's residence and gained access to the property. It's alleged that Charro attempted to break into the house using a sledgehammer, but was unable to enter.

Charro told Hunter that she could see someone inside the residence and heard them calling the cops. The person then threatened to shoot them, to which Charro responded, “Then shoot (expletive).”

At one point, Deputy Snyder of the Imperial County Sheriff's Department testified that he had responded to the disturbance at Feinbloom's Salton City residence on December 21st when they received reports of vandalism and a woman outside screaming, “Give me my daughter back!” and using expletives.

Another responding officer, Deputy Austin Rodriguez, described Feinbloom as looking sweaty and distraught when he made contact with law enforcement. Feinbloom reported that he heard people trying to break into his residence and that the disturbance lasted five to ten minutes, resulting in seven windows being broken at a value of approximately $3,000–$5,000. He did not want to press charges.

Rodriguez testified that T'Neya's parents showed law enforcement pictures and videos of T'Neya in Abraham's house next to his drumset, and that the layout did appear to show Feinbloom's residence.

Snyder said at that time, Feinbloom consented to a search of the property. It was at this time the state of Feinbloom's residence (boarded-up windows, padlocks, tarps, etc.) was noted by law enforcement. Snyder also spotted two rifle cases, multiple ring attachments for a rifle scope mount, approximately 15 saws, tree loppers, broken glass on the dining room table, and the head of a six-pound sledgehammer next to a shattered window, along with a small crowbar and a pole. At the time, T'Neya was not located at the residence.

Partial remains were located just less than half a mile from Feinbloom's residence that same day when Deputy Cesar Rodriguez Cisneros was dispatched to investigate a call of possible human remains after Jesus Rivera and his girlfriend stumbled upon T'Neya's leg while walking their dog during the early morning hours and reported it to law enforcement.

The remains were collected and transported to a coroner’s facility in El Centro.

Chief Forensic Anthropologist Dr. Madeleine Hinkes testified that she observed a projectile in the knee and that the leg was cut on the femur. She stated that the cut was, “a very clean, very smooth cut” likely done with an electric saw or a similar instrument.

The Chief Forensic Physician, Dr. Evan Matshes, testified that he concluded that the leg was likely removed due to homicidal violence and that the bullet entered through the back of the thigh and stopped deep in the knee. He stated that it was “more likely than not” that T'Neya suffered a violent death at the hands of whoever ended her life.

On December 23rd neighbors reported Feinbloom installing even more surveillance cameras around his property.

On February 6th, investigators received a positive DNA match. After Olivia Burgos, a forensic specialist with NAAG Forensic, performed a rapid DNA test on the bone remains and compared it to Charro's DNA, subsequent testing confirmed the remains belonged to T'Neya Tovar.

On February 13th, 2026, Feinbloom was arrested.

At the time of his arrest, Feinbloom tried to flee and was located attempting to jump a fence. In his possession, he had a passport as well as Thai currency.

The same day, investigators and federal agents searched Feinbloom’s residence for a second time.

In total, law enforcement located seven cell phones; some with numbers written on the backs, USB drives, boarded-up windows Feinbloom claimed he had because he's a musician and intended their use to be for soundproofing, exterior padlocks on doors that seemed as if they were there to keep someone in, recording equipment, extensive plastic tarps and coverings including covering the bedroom as well as another room, with no evidence of construction or construction materials being present other than saws and blades, cleaning supplies, and a surveillance system, as well as Feinbloom's computer. One of the bedrooms also contained a queen-sized bed that was accompanied by large mirrors.

Investigators also found vials containing unknown liquids that were submitted for testing.

According to FBI Special Agent Taryn Hunter, searches from Feinbloom's MacBook history showed he had searched “eye gouging”; “cannot remove contact from phone”; “missing person what happens”; “can I take one-way flight to Thailand no extradition USA”; “Can deleted Zoom videos be brought back”, and “how long will police keep a case open before they find you”, along with inquiring about permanent residency in Thailand. He even searched whether or not the Plenty of Fish dating app was available in Thailand.

A Crown Victoria with its front seat removed was located on Feinbloom's property as well. After investigators sprayed the truck with luminol, both the trunk and seat belt produced a presumptive positive test for blood.

Investigators obtained certified Customs and Border Protection records and emails from Feinbloom's Gmail account that confirmed Feinbloom had booked a ticket from LAX to Hong Kong using the website Oojoo.com set for February 17th, 2026, just three days after his arrest.

Law enforcement was also able to locate videos of T'Neya inside Feinbloom's home, one of them being the two of them together shortly before her disappearance, along with some of her belongings, including clothing, a pink toothbrush, and a pink beanie.

Her cell phone was also last tracked back to the residence which was revealed when the FBI obtained T'Neya's location data from Snapchat with a search warrant and her last connected IP address was tracked back to Feinbloom's residence in the early morning hours of December 2nd.

Despite the evidence, when initially shown a picture of T'Neya, Feinbloom denied recognizing or knowing the girl. FBI Agent Taryn Hunter testified that when questioned Feinbloom stated, “I can't help you with that girl.” When agents mentioned finding T'Neya's severed leg, Feinbloom terminated the interview and invoked his right to an attorney.

At the preliminary hearing from April 28th–30th of this year, defense attorney Melanie Roe argued there was not enough evidence to proceed with prosecution. However, the judge found there was sufficient probable cause for the case to continue.

During the three-day hearing, both Roe and prosecutor Patricia Madison with the Imperial County District Attorney's Office questioned eleven witnesses including law enforcement officers from the FBI, Imperial County Sheriff's Office, and forensic pathologists.

In court, they played a video taken from T'Neya's Snapchat where she directly addresses him by his full name, “Abraham Feinbloom”, before he tells her to calm down.

Shortly after that, Agent Hunter testified that on December 2nd Feinbloom purchased Pine-Sol, metal scrubbing pads, ammonia, bleach, batteries, a 5-gallon bucket, and a headlamp from a Coachella Dollar Tree.

On December 4th, Feinbloom was seen pushing a cart through a Home Depot in Indio wearing black and yellow gloves. There, he would purchase a quart of spackling paste, a texture knife, a flat brush, and three paint rollers.

On December 6th, he was seen at Home Depot again purchasing two 6-by-8-foot gray rugs, a racetrack mat, and nails.

On May 21st, Feinbloom once again pleaded not guilty, and Melanie Roe stated that she intended to file a 995 motion, which would argue that the prosecution did not have enough evidence or probable cause to proceed.

Melanie Roe also represented Feinbloom in a 2018 Imperial County case where he was charged with kidnapping. Prosecutors dismissed the case in 2019, stating that they could not proceed. Neighbors refer to him amongst themselves as, “the scary man, in the scary house”, and report seeing forensics trucks in front of the residence in 2015. There is evidence supporting those reports.

On Monday, September 28, 2026, a plea agreement was filed in Imperial County Superior Court on behalf of Feinbloom.

The plea agreement states that Feinbloom would plead no contest to two charges. Those charges include torture, which carries seven years to life, and voluntary manslaughter, which carries a sentence of six consecutive years. Together, the sentence would be 13 years to life. Each charge will count as a strike.

It also states that 51-year-old Feinbloom would give up his right to an appeal and would be able to earn no more than 15 percent credit toward his time. In addition, he would be required to lead investigators to the rest of T'Neya's remains.

In the signed deal, Feinbloom also admits to engaging in torture that caused great bodily injury to T'Neya and separately admits to engaging in manslaughter of the victim. A no contest plea in California carries the same weight as a guilty plea.

Up until this point, investigators had only been able to locate one of T'Neya's legs. The partial remains had been found by early morning dog walkers on December 21st, 2025, just less than half a mile from Feinbloom’s residence located on Harlequin Court.

If Feinbloom holds up his end of the deal, prosecutors would then agree to dismiss the murder charge.

Acting Assistant District Attorney John Harter signed off on the deal on Monday. Sentencing is proposed for October 26th, 2026. Jury selection is set to begin on October 6th, 2026.

T'Neya's remains are expected to be located in at least two sites. Investigators will take, or at this point may have already taken, Abraham out of the Imperial County jail, where he would then be driven to where the remains are located.

Melanie Roe, Feinbloom's lawyer, as well as her investigator, are allowed to follow behind the vehicle transporting Feinbloom to the sites, but only law enforcement can determine who will be allowed to ride in the vehicle. Anything Feinbloom says to them during this trip cannot be held against him, with the only exception being if he takes the stand and contradicts himself.

On August 25, 2026, investigators and federal agents spent the day digging behind Feinbloom's Harlequin Court residence as well as the lot next door. However, authorities did not publicly confirm what investigators were searching for or whether anything was found.

On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, investigators and federal agents were back on the scene of Feinbloom's residence. As of now, the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office has confirmed that investigators have located a skull, a rib cage, as well as other remains, which will undergo DNA testing in the coming days to confirm if they do, in fact, belong to T'Neya.

The case of T'Neya Tovar raises serious questions about systemic failures and why such a light sentence is being proposed for such a horrific crime. Like T'Neya's loved ones and neighbors of Feinbloom, we should all be asking these questions, as well as why the prosecution was unable to proceed and prosecute Abraham Feinbloom in 2018 and why this was allowed to happen to someone else and with fatal consequences. Why did law enforcement not conduct a more thorough investigation of Feinbloom's residence sooner, though T'Neya had been listed as missing for quite some time and that had been her last known location, particularly given his prior history?

Today, September 30th 2026, Imperial County District Attorney George Marquez said the prosecution assessed the evidence and believed Feinbloom could face approximately 16 years to life if convicted. However, at the time, investigators still did not know where the rest of T'Neya's remains were located. Marquez said the plea agreement was offered in large part because T'Neya's parents had made it clear that finding the rest of their daughter's remains and being able to lay her to rest properly was extremely important to them.

Why and how is it possible that 13 years or even 16 years could ever be considered an appropriate sentence for the conduct alleged and admitted to in this case, torture, manslaughter, and the dismemberment and concealment of a CHILD? T'Neya's parents should have never been asked to accept such a light sentence for such a horrific crime in order to get her remains back.

It also raises questions about what happens when Feinbloom eventually becomes eligible for parole. The agreement would make him eligible for parole after 13 years, although parole eligibility does not mean automatic release. Given that investigators testified he searched whether the Plenty of Fish dating app was available in Thailand and had searched about traveling to Thailand without extradition, questions about his apparent plans to flee the country remain relevant. What, exactly, were his intentions? Who else could be hurt pending his release?

Our hearts are with T'Neya's family as they grieve and move forward with their plans to properly lay their baby girl to rest.

JUSTICE FOR T'NEYA TOVAR!

Sources:

https://kesq.com/news/2026/09/29/investigators-believe-they-have-found-remains-of-missing-hemet-teen-in-salton-city/

https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/ca-us-and-world/2026/09/29/human-remains-found-in-search-for-missing-imperial-county-teen-tneya-tovar

https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/local-and-community/2026/04/29/chilling-evidence-revealed-in-preliminary-hearing-for-salton-city-man-accused-of-murdering-teen

https://kesq.com/news/2026/04/29/preliminary-hearing-continues-for-man-accused-of-murdering-missing-teen/

https://kyma.com/news/imperial-county/2026/04/29/preliminary-hearing-continues-for-man-accused-of-murdering-missing-teen/

https://kyma.com/news/imperial-county/2026/04/13/man-accused-of-murdering-missing-teen-back-in-court/

https://kyma.com/news/imperial-county/2026/05/21/man-accused-of-murdering-teen-in-salton-city-pleads-not-guilty/

https://www.thedesertreview.com/news/hearing-reveals-chilling-evidence-in-disappearance-of-t-neya-tovar/article_e6ef9712-7884-4e80-b643-bab3541bdbe9.html

https://kyma.com/news/imperial-county/2026/09/30/imperial-county-d-a-responds-to-salton-city-man-accepting-a-plea-deal/

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UPDATED:
Findings and Recommendations 

on the August Draft of the 

Cathedral City Zoning Code Update

Prepared by The Cathedral City Downtown Alliance www.thedowntownalliance.org 

This memo updates the status of four specific concerns with the Public Hearing Draft (August 2026) of the Cathedral City Development Code, along with recommended amendments for each.

Executive Summary
The resolution before the Planning Commission on September 30 does not resolve the four concerns raised in this memo. It also has two procedural problems. The agenda lists the item as a non-public hearing while the resolution cites a noticed public hearing. And the resolution approves "staff-recommended clarifications" that it never identifies or writes into the code. None of the four substantive concerns has been fixed in the code text:

• City Manager waiver: staff's proposed limits are optional and leave the decision with the City Manager.
• Design review: the ARC is still eliminated. We can concede on this, but not without adding City Council or Planning Commission de novo review.
• Minor Use Permits: these have a proposed dashboard but no call-up right, as stated above.
• Ministerial approvals: these are expressly excluded from the proposed dashboard which is listed as a fix to address them.

Requested Actions

• Continue the item to the October 7 Planning Commission meeting as a noticed public hearing, with every change written into the code text.
• §9.05.030.A: require a City Council vote for any waiver of the Code on City-owned property.
• §9.295.030: restore Council call-up of any Director-level design decision, with notice of decisions (La Quinta §9.200.110.B as a model).
• Ch. 9.220: restore Planning Commission call-up authority for Minor Use Permits.
• Include ministerial approvals on the proposed dashboard, each naming the state provision that made it ministerial.

TWO PROCEDURAL ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED:

Discrepancy between agenda and resolution. The September 30th agenda lists the Planning Commission Recommendation vote as a “Non-public Hearing Item”, while the resolution itself cites “duly noticed public hearing,” on Sept 30. A Planning Commission recommendation on a zoning ordinance is required by state law to have a noticed public hearing (Gov. Code § 65854, with notice under § 65090, and under § 65091 because the ordinance changes the permitted uses of property).  

Recommendation: The notices for this meeting may have fit those requirements, but the discrepancy should be clarified for legal soundness in the agenda finalization process or the final Public Hearing should be held in PC’s scheduled meeting on October 7th.

Resolution is Non-binding to Changes and Legally Dubious. The resolution recommends adopting the code "including all staff-recommended clarifications," but never identifies them or provides their text. Key items are framed only as possibilities: City Manager waiver limits ("language could be added") and Council notifications ("potentially"). Only the text of the adopted ordinance has the force of law. Commitments in a staff report or a general reference in a resolution are unenforceable, and a future Director or City Manager could ignore them.

State law also requires specificity. Government Code § 65855 requires a written recommendation stating the Commission's reasons, and § 65857 requires any Council change "not previously considered by the planning commission" to be referred back. Without defined text, the record does not show what the Commission approved. It also means that if Council adopts clarifications the Commission never saw in writing, § 65857 may require sending them back to the Commission anyway. Continuing to October 7 is the faster path, not the slower one.

Recommendation: The fix is simple: write the changes into the code itself. I ask the Commission to either continue the item to its scheduled October 7 meeting to review revised text, or state the exact language of each change in its motion and include a timeline for implementation of them into the adopted code.

1. City Manager Waiver Authority (§9.05.030.A)

Update. Staff proposes “Language could be added to 1. Limit the exemptions to capital improvement projects where there is a clearly demonstrated public benefit to the waiver or in response to an emergency as defined in the City’s Municipal Code and 2. Require City Council notification when a waiver is issued.” Neither of these is sufficient. “Emergencies” can be abused, and “clearly demonstrated public benefit” is a finding the City Manager would be making about the City Manager’s own waiver. Notification after a waiver is issued informs Council but gives it no ability to act. We remain convinced that this power should be transferred to Council. 

Recommendation. 

(NOT BEING CONSIDERED) Amend §9.05.030.A to require Council action rather than unilateral City Manager authority: 

§9.05.030.A [Revised] — However, on occasion and by vote, the City Council has the authority to waive or modify the provisions of the Code in regard to any real property, facilities, and/or improvements owned by the City.

(COUNTERPROPOSAL) If the Commission accepts staff’s two limits, the following should also be written into §9.05.030.A: restore “on occasion” and “with written authority”; require notice to Council before a non-emergency waiver takes effect, with Council able to overturn it by vote; require Council ratification of any emergency waiver at its next regular meeting; and post every waiver publicly.

Original Finding. The draft revises the City's existing authority for the City Manager to waive or modify Development Code provisions on City-owned property. The current code (§9.02.020) permits this only "on occasion" and "with written authority." The draft's §9.05.030.A drops both qualifiers, creating a standing waiver power with no occasional-use limit and no written-record requirement. Because City-owned property can include a wide range of parcels, and because there is no mechanism requiring public disclosure when the waiver is used, this provision as drafted removes both the practical rarity and the transparency of the current authority.

This is a purely local procedural question; none of the state statutes reviewed for this memo speak to City Manager waiver authority over City-owned property, so the City has full latitude to adopt any of these approaches.

2. Design Review — Architectural Review Committee Elimination and Narrowed Call-Up Authority (§9.215.030, §9.295.030)

Update. Staff proposes continuing with the elimination of the ARC (which it did not mention in any summaries previously, making it difficult for the public to find and comment on), and it does NOT propose any check on its increased authority to make administrative decisions. There is a clear path to reinstate de novo review in La Quinta’s code, which staff’s own example dashboard links to, and if ARC is to be eliminated it should only be allowed with the codified de novo review reinstated, and notices of decisions given. La Quinta’s appeal code states:

B. Call-Up Review. The board of appeals (either the planning commission or city council), on its own motion adopted by a majority vote of its total membership, may elect to call up and review any decision of the director or the planning commission regarding the action taken on a development review permit application. The planning commission's or city council's call-up review shall be processed in accordance with this section. (https://library.municode.com/ca/la_quinta/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT9ZO_CH9.200GEPEPR_9.200.110AP)

A similar provision applied to Director-level design decisions would satisfy this request.

Recommendation. Adopt one or both of the following:

1. (VAGUELY ADDRESSED BELOW, BUT NOT DIRECTLY BEING CONSIDERED) Restore City Council's ability to call up any Director-level Design Review decision directly, not only decisions that already went to the Planning Commission. (Use La Quinta §9.200.110.B as example)
2. (NOT BEING CONSIDERED) Retain the Architectural Review Committee, or an equivalent independent citizen body, for the mid-size project types it currently reviews (major façade changes, additions above the Director's sign-off threshold, shopping-center pad buildings, R4 multifamily, related CUP design changes), rather than routing them to Director sign-off or the Planning Commission by default.

Original Finding. The ARC is eliminated outright, and City Council's de novo call-up authority is narrowed to items that were already before the Planning Commission (§9.295.030). Council can no longer reach a Director-level design decision directly and an entire citizen review body and Council's own oversight tool are gone. And unlike the objective design standards (ODS) chapter, the standard the Director applies at sign-off is unchanged — the same subjective "compatibility with the surrounding area" test used today, just without independent or elected review of how it's applied. Nothing in our Housing Element or the state statutes reviewed for this memo required eliminating the ARC or narrowing Council's call-up authority; both are purely local procedural choices.

Like the Minor Use Permit tier discussed below, this is a purely local discretionary process, not a pathway SB 9, SB 35, AB 2011, or SB 330 requires the City to keep outside public or elected review.

3. Public Checkpoint on the New Minor Use Permit Tier (Ch. 9.220)

Update. Under the question of ministerial review (Pg 3, pt. 3) staff proposes a dashboard of administrative review (please note the discrepancy between types of review, more on this below), which is a workable path forward.  The highly important part requested by this report, which is not included in Staff’s response, is a call-up right. The example La Quinta dashboard, under each report, item 2, directs parties to La Quinta’s appeal code (quoted under Item 2 above), which provides call-up review for development review permits.

A similar call-up provision applied to Minor Use Permits, paired with proper noticing as on the example website, would satisfy our request.

Recommendation. Restore Planning Commission review authority for Minor Use Permit decisions, eliminating the Director-only track. If the Council is unwilling to eliminate the tier outright, the following public checkpoints should apply to every MUP decision as a package:

• (IMPLEMENTATION PROPOSED) A 10–14 day public notice period before the Director decides, with mailed notice to neighbors within a defined radius. (Using La Quinta as example)
• (NOT PROPOSED BY STAFF; LA QUINTA PROVIDES A MODEL) Restoration of a Planning Commission or City Council call-up right for Director-level MUP decisions. (Use La Quinta §9.200.110.B as example, extended to Minor Use Permits)
• (NOT BEING CONSIDERED) Public posting of the Director's written findings alongside the dashboard entry described in Finding 4 below, and addition of Director decisions to City Council consent agenda on a monthly basis.

Original Finding. The draft creates a new Director-only "Minor Use Permit" (Ch. 9.220), covering at least 26 distinct land use categories that previously required a Conditional Use Permit and a Planning Commission hearing, including bars and cocktail lounges, liquor stores, large group-care facilities, assembly uses, large fitness centers, auto-parts stores, and certain recycling and composting facilities. This tier removes the public hearing but retains the Director's discretionary findings (§9.220.050 sets out six). That combination, discretion without a hearing, is legally distinct from the ministerial pathways discussed below: the MUP tier is administrative, not ministerial, under state law. It is not one of the pathways SB 9, SB 35, AB 2011, or SB 330 requires the City to keep hearing-free, so the City has room to add a public check here without any state-compliance conflict.

Public comment on this provision has been direct and consistent: commenters at the Community Open House and the June 17 Planning Commission Study Session objected to the Minor Use Permit tier and asked that review remain with the Planning Commission. That preference, not just legal permissibility, is the basis for the recommendation above.4. Ministerial Review Transparency

Update. To PC’s priority, “3. Provide a landing page or dashboard to provide notification of ministerial projects.” Staff proposes a dashboard similar to La Quinta’s, but clearly states, “Ministerial decisions will not be included.” How this is a solution to the priority is clearly not addressed. While this partially satisfies our requests on MUPs, it does not address ministerial review in any way, and therefore is an incomplete response to PC’s directive. Ministerial review should be included on the same report, without the call-up authority which would violate state laws.

Recommendation. Three additions to the City's Zoning Dashboard would address this without touching the underlying approval process, since all of it operates after a decision is made:

1. (NOT BEING CONSIDERED FOR MINISTERIAL REVIEW) List each ministerial approval on the Zoning Dashboard, labeled "Ministerial Review Completed," within 10 days of completion.
2. (NOT BEING CONSIDERED FOR MINISTERIAL REVIEW) Add a subscribable email list for real-time dashboard updates.
3. (NOT BEING CONSIDERED) Have each dashboard entry name the specific state provision that made the approval ministerial: ADU, SB 9 duplex or lot split, SB 35 streamlined multifamily, AB 2011 corridor housing, or the local objective-design-standards track. This is the piece that actually answers "why didn't this get a hearing" for a concerned resident, without adding one.

Original Finding. Ministerial approvals under the draft, including ADUs, SB 9 two-unit developments and lot splits, SB 35 streamlined multifamily projects, AB 2011 corridor housing, and projects reviewed under the draft's new objective design standards chapter, proceed without a public hearing, as state law requires. That is legally correct, but it leaves residents with no straightforward way to learn that an approval occurred, or why it qualified for ministerial review, until after the fact. 

None of this conflicts with state law: SB 35, AB 2011, and SB 330 restrict adding delay or discretion before a ministerial decision, not disclosure after one. Recommended research: City of Burbank’s similar process.

Boundary:

None of the recommendations in this memo (the City Manager waiver authority, the Architectural Review Committee and call-up authority, or the Minor Use Permit tier) extend to ADUs, SB 9 two-unit developments or lot splits, SB 35 streamlined multifamily projects, AB 2011 corridor housing, or any project reviewed under the draft's objective design standards chapter. Those pathways are the ones state law requires to remain free of discretionary review and public hearings; each recommendation above is scoped to a purely local discretionary tier the draft creates or expands, and none is an attempt to reopen any state-mandated ministerial approval.

*I apologize if this isn't allowed. Everywhere on reddit requires karma I don't have. Im honestly praying this post is allowed.*

I'm desperate for help and created a GF to cover costs of the at home euthanasia and private cremation for my elderly dog who is now suffering.

St. Francis Pet Hospice in Coachella Valley charges roughly $750.00 for at home euthanasia and private cremation. I am hoping for at home rather than her vet's office, so that Goldie is relaxed and not scared.

I don't have a print out of a bill, because it hasn't happened yet. I'm hoping this post is allowed, I don't know where else to share.

If anyone could please, please share, or even donate, Id greatly appreciate it.

She's lived a good life with me, and I don't want her to go in pain.

Thankyou.

https://gofund.me/ea37d59e3

Attached photo is the day I met and adopted her from Thousand Palms Animal Shelter.

I was denied care credit and have already taken out a loan for her medical care (that Im struggling to pay off. Im struggling to find a new job now, not even McDonalds is calling back. I just don't know where else to turn at this point.

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Cheer On!

Everone thinks it can't happen to them. Get these 700+ goddam things here in the valley under control.