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Mountain Views-News Saturday, July 27, 2019
PHS Wiggle
Waggle Walk
House Unanimously
Passes PRIDE Act
Early Bird rate Ends
Wednesday
The Pasadena Humane
Society & SPCA’s (PHS)
biggest, most fur-tastic
fundraiser is just around
the corner. That’s right…
our 21st annual Wiggle
Waggle Walk steps off
Sunday, September 29th at
Brookside Park at the Rose
Bowl!
Whether or not you have
a dog, all are welcome to
wiggle and waggle on a one-
or three-mile route around
Pasadena’s iconic Rose
Bowl stadium. If you’re
not already registered or
are just learning about this
beloved community dog
walk, now is the time to
sign up and put your best
paw forward for the more
than 11,000 animals PHS
takes in every year.
Our goal is to raise
$225,000 to help provide
these animals with food,
shelter, veterinary care,
and much more… and we
need your help!
This event offers a host
of animal-related vendors,
demonstrations, a photo
booth, and food trucks. It’s
a day of fun for the entire
family! Day of registration
opens at 8 a.m. and the walk
steps off at 9 a.m., but sign
up at wigglewagglewalk.
org before July 31st to take
advantage of our Early Bird
rate of just $25 per person.
Sign up as an individual
or gather together friends,
family, and coworkers to
form a team. Create your
own fundraising page and
share your story about why
you’re supporting PHS
with everyone you know.
Every dollar you raise
helps to create a second
chance for the animals
and earns you some sweet
swag. We have prizes that
range from a cool t-shirt,
dog leash, PHS socks,
and on-trend waist pack,
to a chance to win either
a ride along with a PHS
Animal Control Officer or
a professional photography
session for you and your
pet.
All participants will
receive a dog bandana
and participant bib with
their registration. Fetch
your friends then visit
wigglewagglewalk.org to
register, make a donation,
and get all the details!
Council Postpones Hearing, Rejects Another
The House of Representatives
unanimously approved
Wednesday of H.R. 3299,
the Promoting Respect for
Individuals’ Dignity and
Equality (PRIDE) Act of 2019,
introduced by Representatives
Judy Chu and Andy Levin (MI-
09). The PRIDE Act would
remove gendered language like
“husband” and “wife” from the
tax code to accommodate same
sex couples. Instead, tax filings
will use words like “spouse” and
“married couple.”
The PRIDE Act also corrects
the tax code to allow same-sex
couples who married before
the Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA) was struck down to
claim the refunds they to which
they are entitled. For years,
same-sex couples in states
that recognized legal marriage
were wrongfully denied federal
refunds because DOMA did
not allow them to file federal
taxes jointly. That law was
overturned in 2013 by the
Supreme Court’s decision in
U.S. v. Windsor, but the IRS still
lacks the authority to override
limitations in the tax code that
limits to three years the period
within which a married couple
may file jointly after having
filed separate returns. This bill
would correct that to allow
the IRS to provide refunds to
same-sex couples who married
in states that recognized same-
sex marriage before DOMA
was overturned. In the Senate,
Senator Elizabeth Warren
(D-MA) has also introduced
companion legislation that
would allow for same-sex
couples married before the
repeal of DOMA to refile their
taxes as a married couple.
Reps. Chu and Levin issued the
following statements:
“This bill corrects injustices in
our laws that failed to recognize
the reality of legal same-sex
marriage in our country,” said
Rep. Chu. “For starters, it
removes gendered language
like ‘husband and wife’ and
replaces it with neutral wording
like ‘they’ and ‘married couple’.
It also allows same-sex couples
who married in states before
the repeal of the Defense of
Marriage Act (DOMA) to go
back and refile past taxes as
a married couple, something
they have been prevented from
doing even after the repeal of
DOMA by an IRS restriction
that only allows married
couples who filed separately
to refile returns going back
three years. Legalizing same-
sex marriage has meant greater
equality for families across
our country. It’s time our tax
code reflect that. I’m thrilled
to have the support of my
colleague Andy Levin and I
hope the Senate will act on this
legislation soon.”
“The House today sent a
message to LGBTQ married
couples across America that
their unions are recognized,
valued and dignified by the U.S.
government,” said Rep. Levin.
“The PRIDE Act moves our
country closer to true equality
and equity for the LGBTQ
community and I am proud
that the House today passed
this important bill. I commend
Congresswoman Chu for her
leadership in getting the PRIDE
Act to the House Floor, and
Speaker Pelosi and Chairman
Neal for their commitment to
passing legislation that affirms
the LGBTQ community.”
Fixes LGBT
Discrimination in Tax
Code
The city council postponed a
hearing for a project at 127-
141 N. Madison Ave. that was
scheduled for Monday night,
although went ahead with
another appeal for the housing
project at 253 S. Los Robles
Ave. (Pictured above) and then
rejected that project altogether.
“Several Board members,
Advocacy Committee members
and supporters attended the
meeting with Pasadena Heritage
staff, prepared to speak,”
Officials for Pasadena Heritage
said. “Many thanks are due to
our co-appellants, the Women’s
City Club of Pasadena and
the Blinn House Foundation,
for taking this on with us. We
were especially gratified to
learn that more than 70 letters
were received in support of
our appeal, a most impressive
showing.”
The Madison Ave project was
postponed after the council
presentations, comments, and
discussion on the Los Robles
Ave. went for more than four
hours. According to reports,
most of the debate was related
to the height of the building and
the impact of the project along
South Los Robles Ave.
At issue was a California
state law that would allow a
taller building 80 foot building
instead of 60 foot one in
exchange for two additional
affordable housing units.
Under an Affordable Housing
Concession Permit Pasadena
would have been forced to grant
more square footage 94,000,
opposed to 80,000 square feet.
This would also allow for 91
units as to 70 under the city’s
zoning laws.
The council deadlocked,4 to 4,
after voting and again re voting.
When asked what that meant,
Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek
replied “There is no project.”
Representative Richard
McDonald for the project
developer Zhuang & Zhong Los
Robles LLC told reporters that
the developer had no plans to
resubmit the design and would
likely file a lawsuit against the
city.
Officials for Pasadena Heritage
said “ The project at 127-141
N. Madison Ave is located
between two National Register
Historic Districts, and any new
building should be compatible
with its historic setting per
our General Plan and Design
Guidelines for the district. The
FAR (floor area ratio) requested
far exceeds the allowable FAR
in the Zoning Code that already
includes a density bonus.
Pasadena Heritage believes
that a successful project could
be developed here, but it must
comply with our General Plan,
Zoning Code, and Design
Guidelines.”
The council set the hearing for
the Madison Ave project at their
August 19 meeting.
NASA Mars 2020 Rover
Does Biceps Curls at JPL
Pasadena
Library
Huntington
Free Pass
The Huntington Pass
program with Pasadena
Public Library allows a
family of four (two adults and
two children) free admission
to The Huntington through
August. The pass is available
for checkout for one week
and allows one visit per
family during that week.
Two passes are available
for checkout at Pasadena
Central Library and one is
available at the La Pintoresca
Branch. Passes are available
on a first-come, first-served
basis each Friday. They
cannot be reserved. Each
pass is good for one week,
Friday-Thursday. Once the
passes are checked out, they
will not be available for
checkout until the following
Friday. The pass must be
checked out up by an adult
family member with a valid
Pasadena Public Library
Card and may be checked
out once during the six-
month period. Passes do
not need to be returned
to the library site. The
Huntington Library, Art
Collections, and Botanical
Gardens • 1151 Oxford Rd.
• San Marino
Pasadena Central Library is
located 285 E Walnut St. For
more information call (626)
744-4066.
The robotic arm on NASA’s
Mars 2020 rover does not have
deltoids, triceps or biceps, but
it can still curl heavy weights
with the best. In this time-lapse
video, taken July 19, in the
clean room of the Spacecraft
Assembly Facility at the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, the
rover’s 7-foot-long (2.1-meter-
long) arm handily maneuvers
88 pounds’ (40 kilograms’)
worth of sensor-laden turret as
it moves from a deployed to a
stowed configuration.
The rover’s arm includes five
electrical motors and five joints
(known as the shoulder azimuth
joint, shoulder elevation
joint, elbow joint, wrist joint
and turret joint). The rover’s
turret includes HD cameras,
the Scanning Habitable
Environments with Raman &
Luminescence for Organics
& Chemicals (SHERLOC)
science instrument, the
Planetary Instrument for X-ray
Lithochemistry (PIXL), and
a percussive drill and coring
mechanism.
On Mars, the arm and turret
will work together, allowing
the rover to work as a human
geologist would: by reaching
out to interesting geologic
features, abrading, analyzing
and even collecting them for
further study via Mars 2020’s
Sample Caching System, which
will collect samples of Martian
rock and soil that will be
returned to Earth by a future
mission.
“This was our first opportunity
to watch the arm and turret
move in concert with each other,
making sure that everything
worked as advertised —
nothing blocking or otherwise
hindering smooth operation of
the system,” said Dave Levine,
integration engineer for Mars
2020. “Standing there, watching
the arm and turret go through
their motions, you can’t help
but marvel that the rover will
be in space in less than a year
from now and performing
these exact movements on
Mars in less than two.”
Mars 2020 will launch from
Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station in Florida in July 2020.
It will land at Jezero Crater on
Feb. 18, 2021.
Charged with returning
astronauts to the Moon by
2024, NASA’s Artemis lunar
exploration plans will establish
a sustained human presence on
and around the Moon by 2028.
We will use what we learn on
the Moon to prepare to send
astronauts to Mars.
JPL is building and will
manage operations of the
Mars 2020 rover for the NASA
Science Mission Directorate at
the agency’s headquarters in
Washington.
For more information about
the mission, go to: mars.nasa.
gov/mars2020/
LEGO Robotics at the Library
Program inventions that
come to life. Take one of
America’s favorite toys to
the next level with LEGO
robotics. In this class,
boys and girls will design
and configure a variety
of creations using LEGO
blocks, batteries and
motors. The possibilities
for imagination and fun
are endless! For ages 7-12.
For information, call (626)
744-6530. To sign up, visit
cityofpasadena.net/reserve
or stop by any Pasadena
community center.
Saturdays, July 6-Aug. 24 •
10-11:30 a.m. Villa-Parke
Community Center • 363 E.
Villa St.
Community
ALERT:
Catalytic
Converter Thefts
According to the sheriff’s
department, the Altadena
community is currently
experiencing thefts of
catalytic converters. The
incidents are occurring
during the early morning
hours and most of the
vehicles targeted are parked
curbside. At this time, it
appears the suspects are
targeting Toyota Prius’ and
Honda’s. Please remain
vigilant and report any
suspicious activity. Anyone
with information about the
thefts or to report a theft at
(626) 798-1131.
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