Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, September 29, 2018

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

AROUND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY

SOCALGAS JOINS COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR TO 
ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR 
DAY ON OCTOBER 3

NATIONAL WOMEN’S POLITICAL CAUCUS ENDORSES A 
RECORD NUMBER OF WOMEN CANDIDATES

The Greater Pasadena Caucus Declares 2018 the Year of the Women

San Gabriel Valley — The National Women’s 
Political Caucus - Greater Pasadena (NWPC-
SGV) interviewed a record number of women 
candidates for local government positions. Today 
we announce our San Gabriel Valley endorsed 
candidates in the November 6, 2018 elections. 

NWPC-
SGV is excited to see a record number of 
women from San Gabriel Valley running for elected 
offices! We are proud to endorse and support these 
women as they strive to create change in their 
community! To assist with the large number of 
candidates for endorsements the Los Angeles 
Metro Caucus sisters joined in process! 

5 CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES 

Alhambra Dist. 1 Andrea Lofthouse-Quesada 

Alhambra Dist. 5 Adele Andrade-Stadler 

El Monte Maria Romero-Morales 

Pomona Nora Garcia 

South Pasadena Diana Mahmud* 

15 SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES 

Azusa D Xilonin Cruz-Gonzalez* 

Azusa USD Gabriela Arellanes 

Hac-LaPuente USD Penny Fraumeni* 

Monrovia USD Selene Lockerbie 

Montebello USD Jennifer Gutierrez 

Montebello USD Micaela Moreno 

Mountain View SD Cindy Wu 

Mountain View SD- Veronica Sifuentes* 

MT. SAC CD/5 Ruth Luevand 

Rio Hondo CCD -1- Norma Garcia* 

So Pasadena USD Ruby Kalra 

So Pasadena USD Julie Giulioni* 

So Pasadena USD Michele Kipke* 

South Whittier SD Natalia Barajas 

West Covina USD Rose Lopez 

2 WATER BOARD CANDIDATES 

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER 
DISTRICT #5 Diana Reyes-Williams 

UPPER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MUNICIPAL 
WATER DISTRICT #5 Jennifer Santana 

3 ALTADENA LIBRARY CANDIDATES 

Altadena Library - Special Betsy Kahn** 

Altadena Library Dawn M. Degrius 

Altadena Library Katie Clark 

ENDORSED BY LOS ANGELES COUNTY 
CAUCUS 

4 SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES 

Patti Hunter JUDGE - 16 (Dual Endorse) 

Sydne Jane Michel JUDGE 16 (Dual Endorse) 

Veronica Sauceda JUDGE - 4 

Holly Hancock JUDGE - 60 

*Incumbent, **Appointed Incumbent 

The National Women’s Political Caucus is 
a nonpartisan, pro-choice, multicultural, 
intergenerational, and multi-issue grassroots 
organization dedicated to increasing women’s 
participation in the political process and to identify, 
recruit, train and support women for election and 
appointment to all levels of public office. 

While in pursuit of this goal, we will strive to win 
equality for all women; to ensure reproductive 
freedom; to achieve quality dependent care; to 
eradicate violence and poverty; and to eliminate 
discrimination on any basis. 

Natural gas utility pledges to limit yearly energy use at each of its 60 work 
locations, reducing its overall electricity usage by more than 86,000 kWh – the 
equivalent of more than 157,000 miles driven

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2018 – Southern California 
Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today joined the Coalition for 
Clean Air (CCA), local elected officials, industry 
representatives, businesses, and community leaders 
at Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles to 
announce plans for California Clean Air Day, a 
multifaceted, statewide program built on the idea that 
shared experiences unite people to action to improve 
community health, taking place on Oct. 3, 2018. In 
celebration of Clean Air Day, SoCalGas has pledged 
to reduce its yearly use of air conditioning at each of 
the company’s 60 work locations on an ongoing basis, 
starting on Oct. 3, 2018. The new initiative is expected 
to reduce the utility’s overall electricity usage by more 
than 86,000 kWh per year – the equivalent of more 
than 157,000 miles driven by an average passenger car. 
In addition, more than 125 SoCalGas employees, so 
far, have taken the Clean Air Pledge, which includes 
actions like reducing car use by telecommuting, 
taking mass transit to work, biking, turning off lights, 
changing the filter in their car or home heater, planting 
trees, and encouraging friends and family members to 
take the pledge. Photos from this morning’s event are 
available here.

 “Earlier this year, California celebrated as we 
announced that our statewide efforts had reduced 
greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels and four 
years ahead of schedule,” said George Minter, regional 
vice president of external affairs and environmental 
strategy for SoCalGas. “But a closer look at the data 
shows that GHG emissions from the transportation 
sector are actually increasing. And this year, we had 
more days with unhealthy air than at any point in 
the last two decades. We can address pollution and 
emissions linked to climate change today with balanced 
energy policies that encourage the rapid deployment 
of near-zero emissions natural gas trucks fueled with 
renewable natural gas sourced from farms, landfills, 
and wastewater treatment plants.”

 “Heavy-duty trucks fueled with renewable natural 
gas reduce air pollution and help protect against climate 
change. It’s a win-win combination,” said Joseph K. 
Lyou, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Coalition for 
Clean Air.

 Earlier this year, SoCalGas announced that, for 
the first time, renewable natural gas produced from 
organic waste was being introduced into the company’s 
pipeline system. Renewable natural gas is already 
being used by a local waste hauler as fuel for 400 of its 
collection trucks and is reducing emissions equal to 
taking 130,000 cars off the road.

 SoCalGas also recently announced it will soon begin 
using renewable natural gas for the first time at the 25 
utility-owned natural gas vehicle fueling stations across 
its service territory, as well as at six fueling stations in 
the San Diego area.

 SoCalGas is a leader in reducing emissions. Since 
1990, the company’s energy efficiency and rebate 
programs have reduced emissions equal to taking 
almost 700,000 cars off the road.

 Through the Clean Air Pledge, individuals, 
communities, businesses, government, schools, and 
other organizations across California commit to taking 
simple, personal actions to clean the air in ways that 
makes sense for them. Clean Air Day is a project of the 
Coalition for Clean Air. For more information about 
Clean Air Day, visit www.cleanairday.org. Reducing 
Emissions with Renewable Natural Gas

 Today, the transportation sector is responsible 
for about 41 percent of California’s greenhouse gas 
emissions and 80 percent of smog-forming pollution. 
The latest heavy-duty natural gas engines can cut 
smog-forming emissions by more than 90 percent 
compared to the cleanest heavy-duty diesel trucks 
on the road today. And, when near-zero emission 
natural gas trucks are fueled by renewable natural 
gas, greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by at 
least 80 percent. Each heavy-duty diesel truck that 
is replaced with a near-zero emissions natural gas 
truck is equal to removing 57 passenger vehicles 
from the road.

 Already, close to 70 percent of natural gas fleets in 
California are fueled with renewable natural gas.

 In support of renewable energy and the state’s vision 
of a low-carbon future, SoCalGas has been working to 
rapidly expand the production and use of renewable 
natural gas in California. Renewable natural gas is a 
carbon-negative fuel produced from waste found at 
landfills, wastewater treatment plants, and agriculture 
and dairy farms that can be used in trucks and buses, to 
generate electricity, fuel heating systems in home and 
businesses, and for cooking.

 In addition, new research shows that renewable 
natural gas can play an important role in lowering 
carbon emissions in buildings. The analysis forecasts 
that replacing roughly 16 percent of the traditional 
natural gas supply with renewable gas captured from 
sources like dairies, wastewater treatment plants, 
and landfills can achieve greenhouse gas reductions 
equivalent to converting 100 percent of buildings to 
electric only energy by 2030. By using a mix of both in 
and out of state resources, the renewable natural gas 
strategy is three times more cost effective in reducing 
greenhouse gas emissions than an electrification 
pathway.

 SoCalGas also recently joined a new international 
collaboration with Canadian natural gas utility Énergir 
and French utilities GRDF and GRTgaz aimed at 
advancing the research and development of renewable 
natural gas and renewable energy storage technologies, 
such as power-to-gas.

 To help educate the public on renewable natural 
gas and assist developers who may be interested in 
interconnecting to the SoCalGas pipeline network, the 
utility developed a downloadable toolkit. Watch this 
video to learn more about the environmental and cost-
saving benefits of renewable natural gas: Digesting the 
Facts About Renewable Natural Gas.


LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM LEAD 
POISONING BILL SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

Sacramento, CA – Governor Brown signed 
Assemblymember Chris Holden’s legislation, 
Assembly Bill 2370, that expands lead testing in 
drinking water within California’s child care centers. 

 “Lead poisoning is a serious threat to children’s 
health,” said Assemblymember Chris Holden. 
“Increasing lead testing for California’s high-risk 
children is one of the single biggest steps we can take 
to prevent lead poisoning.” 

 A 2009 California Environmental Protection 
Agency report states that very young children 
absorb about 40 to 50 percent of the ingested lead 
when drinking contaminated water, while adults 
absorb between 5-15 percent. Even small amounts of 
lead in the bodies of very young children can cause 
irreversible harm to their brains and central nervous 
systems. 

 AB 2370 requires the Department of Social 
Services, in consultation with the State Water 
Resources Control Board, to adopt requirements 
to ensure that drinking water at child care centers 
does not contain elevated lead levels. AB 2370 also 
requires child care providers to receive instruction 
on the risks of and how to prevent lead exposure, 
and requires them to give parents written 
information about childhood blood lead testing 
requirements. 

 Under AB 2370, licensed child day care centers 
will be eligible to apply for loan funding through 
the Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund in order 
to remediate lead contamination at the child care 
center and receive grants from the State Water 
Board for testing and remediating lead in their water 
systems.

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