Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, July 21, 2018

SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2018

AROUND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY

HORSE 
RACING'S 
NEXT 
GENERATION 
OF WINNING 
JOCKEYS!

BARGER: STORMWATER MEASURE EXCEEDS 
REQUIREMENTS, OVERBURDENS TAXPAYERS, 
ADDS TO HIGH COST OF HOUSING


LOS ANGELES COUNTY – Supervisor Kathryn 
Barger cast the lone vote opposing a motion to 
place a measure on the November ballot which 
seeks to increase property taxes on residential and 
commercial properties to generate approximately 
$300 million a year to fund additional stormwater 
projects. 

“The proposed initiative far exceeds the 
requirements of the MS4 permit which governs 
pollutant levels in local waterways,” said 
Supervisor Barger. “The permit is based on 
assumptions that are antiquated and require 
updating before we go to the taxpayers for more 
money.” 

“A California State Auditor’s report cites that 
the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control 
Board has failed to account for the unrealistic 
cost of compliance with the permit faced by the 
county and its cities,” she said. “Additionally, the 
added tax liability would certainly be passed onto 
renters and would increase already-high housing 
costs.” 

“The Flood Control District does a remarkable 
job with stormwater, capturing 90 percent of 
runoff from the waterways of the Upper San 
Gabriel Valley watershed,” Barger added. “While 
clean water and recycling and capturing efforts 
are important, the county needs to step back 
and reevaluate funding priorities, especially 
considering a recent increase in public health 
fees, a new business registration fee, the County 
Library’s structural deficit, and a potential ballot 
measure requested by the Fire Department to 
address its structural deficit.” 

Photo and caption by Joan Schmidt

 Congrats to Apprentices Asa 
Espinosa (Victor’s nephew) and 
Heriberto Figueroa. They each had 
twelve wins during the recent twelve 
racing day Meet at Los Alamitos. 
Thanks to Heriberto’s agent, Nelson 
Arroyo for this great photo. It’s off to 
Del Mar where the turf meets to surf! 

NAPOLITANO’S ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL 
COMMISSION ACT PASSES HOUSE

23-YEAR-OLD INVENTS 
METHOD TO BREAK DOWN 
UNRECYCLABLE PLASTIC 
INTO VALUABLE LIQUIDS 


(WASHINGTON, DC) Yesterday, the U.S. House 
of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 66, 
the Route 66 Centennial Commission Act, a bill 
coauthored by Reps. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-
32) and Rodney Davis (R-IL-13).

 “The City of Duarte celebrates Route 66 
every year in September with a parade of classic 
cars, equestrian groups, and marching bands,” 
Napolitano said. “The theme of the LA County Fair 
this year is Route 66 with memorabilia and Route 
66-themed movie nights. San Gabriel Valley cities 
and those in the seven other states connected by 
the Mother Road are reinvesting in Route 66. The 
federal government should be involved in this effort 
as well. Route 66 is a significant part of America’s 
past, and it continues to provide transportation, 
economic, and community benefits to our region 
and society today. We must revitalize and preserve 
this historic road, which is an icon of American 
history and culture.”

 H.R. 66 creates a Commission to recommend 
improvements and activities to commemorate 
the 100th anniversary of Route 66 in 2026 and 
now moves to the Senate for consideration. It 
is the second of two bipartisan bills on the topic 
coauthored by Napolitano to pass the House this 
year. H.R. 801, the Route 66 National Historic Trail 
Designation Act, is already awaiting consideration 
by the Senate.

 Route 66 is an integral part of the San Gabriel 
Valley’s culture and economy and runs through 
the cities of La Verne, San Dimas, Glendora, 
Azusa, Duarte, and Monrovia, known in most of 
Napolitano’s district as Foothill Boulevard and 
Huntington Drive.

 Link: https://bit.ly/2NnDq1f

There are over 6 billion tons of plastic waste languishing 
on the planet, unable to be recycled – but this 23-year-
old college student may have come up with an ingenious 
way to reuse all of that trash. Miranda Wang is one of 
the co-founders of BioCellection: a company that uses a 
chemical process to break down plastics and turn them 
into an essential ingredient for nylon, which otherwise 
uses petroleum. 

Wang’s method specifically targets polyethylene, a cheap kind of plastic that is only recycled less 
than 3% of the time. Despite being the most used plastic in the US, much of this plastic is rejected 
from recycling plants because it’s covered in dirt, food, or grime. The young Canadian researchers 
then adopted a catalyst that can destabilize and break down the plastics into liquid chemicals 
without causing surface contamination to react.

Miranda Wang

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