Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, February 23, 2019

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SOUTH PASADENA - SAN MARINO

Mountain Views-News Saturday, February 23, 2019 

Chu Votes on Consolidated 
Appropriations Bill & Proposed 
Emergency Declaration

PHS Free Adoption Day

South Pasadena Library 
Free February Events

 

 The Pasadena Humane 
Society & SPCA will be 
hosting a free adoption day 
on Sunday, February 24th 
as part of the Hallmark 
Channel’s American Rescue 
Dog Show Adoption 
Marathon. During the 
event, the adoption fee will 
be waived for all available 
dogs, cats, rabbits and 
other critters. The adoption 
includes the spay/neuter 
surgery, a microchip and 
up-to-date vaccines. After 
adopting, visitors can head 
over to the shelter’s retail 
store to pick up food and 
other supplies for their 
adopted pet. The Pasadena 
Humane Society & SPCA is 
located at 361 S. Raymond 
Avenue in Pasadena, 
California. Adoption hours 
are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
Regular adoption policies 
and screening apply. View 
pets at pasadenahumane.
org.


BARKS AND BOOKS, March 11

Ages 5 – 10 years 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

Children’s Room

Children are invited to visit the library to read animal-
related short stories of their choice to dogs

from the Pasadena Humane Society Companion Animal 
Program. Not only does this make reading

more fun, it also builds a child’s confidence in reading 
aloud. Also, the available books will help

children realize that animals experience a range of emotions 
similar to their own and that they have

basic needs too. This will, in turn, encourage them to 
appreciate the importance of treating all

animals with respect and kindness. Sign-ups are required. 
Go to: southpasadenaca.gov/register.

CALIFORNIA YOUNG READER MEDAL VOTING 
March 4 – March 10

Children’s Room

The Library will have a voting booth set up in the Children’s 
Room for children and teens to cast

their ballots to select the California Young Reader Medal 
Award winners. Children and teens who

read the nominees may visit the Children’s Room in the 
second week of March to vote. The CYRM

website at http://californiayoungreadermedal.org/nominees 
lists the selected titles for this year’s

voting.

CALIFORNIA YOUNG READER MEDAL 
CELEBRATION March 9

All ages 10:30 a.m.

Children’s Room

Children of all ages are invited to a celebration of the CYRM 
nominees. Picture book nominees will

be shared and children will have an opportunity to create a 
craft to promote their favorite nominee.

In addition, children may cast their votes at the CYRM 
ballot box. For more information, call (626)

403-7358 or e-mail Maida Wong at mwong@
southpasadenaca.gov.

 Judy Chu voted, last week, 
to pass the conference report 
to accompany H.J. Res 31, 
which provides funding 
for the Departments 
of Homeland Security, 
Agriculture, Commerce, 
Justice, Interior, State, 
Transportation, and other 
related agencies through 
the remainder of Fiscal Year 
2019.

 “I’m relieved there could be 
a bipartisan agreement that 
avoided another harmful 
shutdown while also 
providing for necessary and 
positive appropriations that 
needed to be passed. That 
this bill is so similar to what 
President Trump was offered 
last year simply underscores 
just how unnecessary the 35-
day Trump Shutdown was. 
And it showed that, when the 
President is removed from 
the equation, Congress is 
able to work together to craft 
bipartisan solutions like the 
one we have today. This is 
not the bill that I would have 
written myself, but it is a 
reasonable compromise that 
sticks with existing policy, 
prevents the construction of 
a xenophobic and wasteful 
concrete wall, and provides 
necessary funding for 
humanitarian assistance 
and actual border security 
that, unlike a wall, can 
keep our country safer. It 
is also superior to another 
continuing resolution 
which lacked environmental 
protections and would 
have allowed more money 
for more border wall 
construction. This bill also 
increases funding for the 
Census Bureau by $1 billion, 
secures a 1.9% pay raise for 
federal civilian workers, 
and increases the budget for 
the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration 
(NASA) by $763.9 million. 
I congratulate the conferees 
on their bipartisan work.

 “But I am troubled by 
the President’s declaration 
of a national emergency. 
This declaration blatantly 
circumvents the will of 
Congress and is an obvious 
overreach that flies in the 
face of the Constitution and 
other existing laws. National 
emergencies should be saved 
for actual emergencies, not 
failing to get what you want 
out of Congress. And he 
can only justify it through 
a completely false narrative 
that a wall will have any 
impact on curbing crime 
or drug trafficking. This 
declaration will certainly 
be challenged in the courts 
but I fear the precedent that 
is being set by Republicans 
ceding constitutional 
authority to a dangerous 
executive.”

Woman’s Civic League 
of Pasadena Luncheon

 The Woman’s Civic League 
of Pasadena’s monthly 
luncheon will be on Monday, 
March 4th at 12 noon at 
the Women’s City Club, 
160 N. Oakland, Pasadena. 
Free parking behind the 
Clubhouse on Madison. 
GUEST SPEAKER, Patti La 
Mar, a long time volunteer 
at the Pasadena Playhouse 
will give a presentation that 
covers the colorful history 
of this Pasadena landmark 
theater and also talk about 
the current season. Patti 
will share some little-known 
stories of this historic 
Pasadena treasure. Cost for 
lunch is $25 at the door. 
Lunch reservations must 
be made by 8pm Weds. 
February 27th. To make 
luncheon reservations, call 
626-888-9404. There is no 
cost to attend the ‘program 
only’ beginning at 12:30pm. 
Visit our website at www.
wclpasadena.org and for 
more information about 
joining The Woman’s Civic 
League contact Membership 
Chairman Lela Bissner at 
lbissner@gmail.com

Community 
Input 
Requested: 
Next Year’s 
Priority 
Initiatives

 The San Marino budget 
process for Fiscal Year 
2019-2020 is currently 
underway, and City 
Council is considering 
what special projects – or 
priority initiatives – staff 
should dedicate time and/
or financial resources to (in 
addition to their standard 
operating tasks) next year. 

 Using the City’s 8 “Critical 
Success Factors” as a 
framework, City Council 
has identified 21 initiative 
ideas to consider further. 
These 21 options are still 
in the idea phase; they 
are not fully fleshed out 
plans. Before making any 
final decisions and turning 
them into fully planned 
initiatives, City Council is 
interested in hearing which 
initiative ideas community 
members think are the most 
important. 

 If you have clarifying 
questions about any of the 
potential initiative ideas, 
please feel free to call us at 
(626) 300-0781 or email us 
at CityManagerOffice@

 CityofSanMarino.org. 
To take the survey visit: 
cityofsanmarino.org. 

The Huntington and LA Arts 
Organization Clockshop 
Reunite for Art Initiative

 

 The Huntington Library, Art 
Collections, and Botanical 
Gardens named Los Angeles 
arts organization Clockshop 
as its partner for the fourth 
year of The Huntington’s /five 
initiative. Artists invited to 
participate in this year’s project 
are Nina Katchadourian, 
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, 
and Rosten Woo, along with 
writer Dana Johnson and Poet 
Laureate for the City of Los 
Angeles Robin Coste Lewis. 
Each participant will create 
new work based on research 
in The Huntington’s collections 
that will be presented in public 
programs and an exhibition 
scheduled to be on view Nov. 
10, 2019–Feb. 25, 2020.

 A part of The Huntington’s 
Centennial Celebration, which 
runs from September 2019 to 
September 2020, the 2019 /five 
project uses Thomas More’s 
satirical work Utopia (1516) as 
a thematic point of departure, 
focusing on perfection, utopia, 
and the utopian ambitions 
of railroad and real estate 
visionary Henry E. Huntington, 
the institution’s founder.

 “We couldn’t be more thrilled 
to be working with Clockshop 
on this year’s /five initiative,” 
said Jennifer A. Watts, curator 
of photography and visual 
culture at The Huntington. 
“They’ve helped select a stellar 
interdisciplinary cohort of 
artists, as well as a compelling 
theme that holds particular 
resonance for the institution’s 
hundredth year. In a sense, 
The Huntington stands as one 
man’s utopian dream. Henry 
Huntington spent millions of 
dollars over decades collecting 
rare books, fine art, and 
botanical specimens from all 
over the world. These artists are 
sure to bring new meanings to 
bear on The Huntington and its 
rich collections.”

 Founded by artist and 
filmmaker Julia Meltzer in 
2004, Clockshop commissions 
work by artists and writers and 
curates public programs about 
social and political issues. It 
partnered with The Huntington 
in 2016 on “Radio Imagination,” 
a project exploring the work of 
the late science fiction writer 
Octavia E. Butler, whose papers 
The Huntington holds.

 “The Huntington’s collections 
provide endless opportunities 
for artists, writers, and the full 
range of creative voices,” said 
Meltzer. “They include rare 
and wonderful treasures. And 
we are inviting these artists 
to plumb the treasure chest 
to consider questions around 
the idea of utopia and how we 
might find or build these spaces 
here and now.”

 More information will be 
announced later in the year.


Coexisting 
with 
Coyotes

 An illustrated talk on 
coexisting with coyotes by 
The Pasadena Humane 
Society & SPCA

 The South Pasadena Animal 
Commission is pleased to 
announce that the Pasadena 
Humane Society & SPCA’s 
Wildlife Coordinator Lauren 
Hamlet will be providing a 
presentation on coexisting 
with coyotes on Wednesday, 
February 27 at 7:00 pm in 
the Library Community 
Room.

 Our communities are 
teeming with native 
wildlife. Years of drought 
and warmer weather have 
caused wild animals, like 
coyotes, to venture further 
into our communities in 
search of food, water and 
shelter. A 45-minute visual 
presentation will cover 
topics such as: how to make 
your property uninviting for 
coyotes, keeping your pets 
safe in coyote prone areas, 
and techniques to use if 
you encounter a coyote. A 
question and answer session 
will follow the presentation.


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