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Mountain Views News Saturday, July 13, 2024
Water Rate
Adjustments
Now in Effect
New Pasadena Transit Real Time Devices
Celebrate Pasadena’s Own
History of Bungalow Heaven
The Pasadena City
Council approved in June
new rates for water service
that went into effect July
1. The approved water rate
adjustments include a new
structure that is simplified,
while promoting water
conservation and ensuring
funding necessary for key
infrastructure investments
to sustain a resilient water
system. Pasadena Water and
Power (“PWP”) provides
safe and reliable water with
superior customer service
at competitive rates.
According to city
officials the new water rate
structure is comprised of
two components, a fixed
charge and a variable
charge. The fixed charge is
based on customer’s meter
size, much like the previous
water rate structure. The
variable charge is based
on the amount of metered
water used; the price of each
unit of water used increases
based on blocks, or tiers, of
water use. The amount of
water allocated in each tier
now varies by customer
classification/category
(single-family residential,
multi-family residential, or
commercial). As a result,
July bills will have different
line items and terminology.
Detailed breakdowns
of the new bill can be
found at PWPweb.com/
UnderstandingYourBill.
The water rate adjustments
also include rate increases
to be effective on July 1 for
each year through 2028.
To learn more about the
water rate adjustment,
visit PWPweb.com/
WaterRateDesign. To view
the current and past rate
cards, visit PWPweb.com/
RateCard.
Pasadena’s Santa Catalina
Branch Library is proud
of its Preservation Corner,
a collection of books and
materials highlighting
the architectural styles
evident in neighboring
houses. In celebration of the
Library’s 140th anniversary,
authors Julianna Delgado
and John G. Ripley will
present the history of the
iconic Bungalow Heaven
neighborhood August 10
as seen through their book,
Pasadena’s Bungalow Heaven.
Pasadena’s first and largest
landmark district, Bungalow
Heaven contains the nation’s
finest collection of middle-
class homes of the American
Arts and Crafts period.
Saved from the wrecking
ball in the late 1980s by a
grassroots movement that
would regenerate the city, it
was listed on the California
Register and in the National
Register of Historic Places in
2008.
The event starts at 3 p.m.
Santa Catalina Branch
library is located at 999 E
Washington Blvd.
For more information
visit:https: cityofpasadena.
net/library.
The Pasadena Department
of Transportation (DOT)
announced Thursday that
they are deploying a trial
of five new solar powered
devices at local bus stops to
provide customers real time
bus arrival information at the
touch of a button.
According to DOT staff,
These new devices are
different than the existing real
time arrival devices currently
provided at 115 bus stops in
that they also have text-to-
speech to assist customers
with visual impairments. The
locations identified for these
five demonstration devices
are among the highest used
bus stops in the city they said.
The five demonstration units
are set to be permanently
installed over the course of
the next several months at the
following locations:
Northbound Lake Avenue
and Villa Street
Northbound Raymond
Avenue and Holly Street
Southbound Fair Oaks
Boulevard and Woodbury
Road
Northbound Lake Avenue.
and Colorado Boulevard
Eastbound Foothill
Boulevard and Sierra Madre
Villa Avenue
As part of this project,
DOT will collect feedback
on how these new units
serve transit customer’s
needs. Customers will be
able to provide feedback via
a survey at: cityofpasadena.
net/transportation. A QR
code and the link will also
be on every unit display. The
survey feedback will assist in
determining the effectiveness
of these new devices, as well
as informing the potential
installation of future devices
in the city.
These demonstration
devices are manufactured
by Papercast and are being
provided per the city’s
contract with Connexionz,
Ltd., which includes the
provision of real time bus
arrival information displays.
This demonstration project is
funded by the Caltrans Low
Carbon Transit Operations
Program (LCTOP).
Chu Praises Actions to Protect
Workers from Extreme Heat
The U.S. Department of
Labor’s Occupational Safety
and Health Administration
(OSHA) announced last
week a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) to
establish a federal standard for
heat stress protections against
occupational exposure to
high temperatures and heat
exposure.
Pasadena Congresswoman
Judy Chu author of
the Asunción Valdivia
Heat Illness and Fatality
Prevention Actt hat would
codify heat stress protections
into federal law, released the
following statement:
“Today, the Biden-Harris
Administration took a
historic leap forward in
adopting a federal standard
to give workers the same
protections Californians
already enjoy against
extreme heat, which have had
profound impacts and saved
lives. As we enter yet another
dangerously hot summer,
and as MAGA governors in
Florida and Texas block any
meaningful action at the
local level to protect workers
in their states from on-the-
job risks from heat, President
Biden and Acting Secretary
Su are putting workers’
health and safety first by
proposing a federal baseline
of protections from heat.
“When I was serving in
the State Assembly in 2004,
Asunción Valdivia died
from a heat stroke after
picking grapes in California
in 105-degree temperatures
for 10 hours. Whether on
a farm, driving a truck, or
working in a warehouse,
workers like Asunción keep
our country running while
enduring some of the most
difficult conditions—often
without access to water,
shade, or rest. Since his
tragically preventable death,
I worked first to successfully
implement a first-of-its-kind
heat standard in California,
and now I’m working to pass
similar protections at the
federal level.
“In 2021, I led a letter with
Ranking Member Bobby
Scott and Reps. Raúl Grijalva
and Alma Adams to OSHA
urging adoption of a federal
heat standard for workers,
and I am grateful to the
Biden-Harris Administration
for undertaking today’s
historic action. This is
a major milestone, but
Congress must still pass
my bipartisan Asunción
Valdivia Heat Illness and
Fatality Prevention Act to
give workers certainty that,
as the climate crisis worsens
extreme heat conditions,
federal heat stress protections
will be permanent.”
For more information visit:
chu.house.gov.
All of the new devices
will have text-to-speech
capability.
Tuning in to
the Invisible
Universe
Ever since a radio hiss was
discovered coming from the
center of the Milky Way,
radio light has revealed a
universe full of surprises:
black holes, rapidly spinning
neutron stars, remnant
light from the primordial
universe and more.
Learn about the origins and
history of radio astronomy,
its current puzzles and
future promises Thursday,
July 17, at 2 p.m. as part
of the Cultural Thursdays
series at the Pasadena
Senior Center, 85 E. Holly
St.
Allison Matthews, a
postdoctoral fellow at
the Carnegie Institute
for Science in Pasadena,
will lead the multimedia
presentation.
The event is free for
members of the Pasadena
Senior Center and only $5
for nonmembers 50 and
older. To register or for
more information, visit:
pasadenaseniorcenter.org
and click on Activities &
Events, then Special Events
or call 626-795-4311.
As a donor-supported
nonprofit, the center
operates without any local,
state or federal funding
and provides more services
to older adults in the San
Gabriel Valley than any
other organization. Hours
of operation are Monday
through Friday from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and
Saturday from 8 a.m. to
noon. To learn more, visit:
pasadenaseniorcenter.org
or call 626-795-4331.
Free Showing
Tonight of
‘Pitch Perfect'
Bill to Protect Teenage Girls
from Trafficking Passed
Public Safety Committee
One Colorado, in the heart
of Old Pasadena invites the
community to a showing
of “Pitch Perfect” as part
of its “Movies Under the
Stars” series tonight. The
movie will be shown in
The Courtyard beginning
at 8:30 p.m. While “Movies
Under the Stars” events are
free and open to the public,
space is limited and pre-
registration is requested at:
onecolorado.com .
Guests are encouraged
to bring their favorite
blankets, chairs, and
snacks. In partnership with
IPIC Theatres, guests can
enjoy VIP premier seating
when they show a receipt
for a minimum purchase of
$50 (per person) from One
Colorado restaurants and
shops. Each VIP guest will
receive an IPIC promotion,
popcorn and soft drink.
Premier seating is available
on a first-come, first-served
basis and begins at 7:45
p.m.; VIP guests do need
to pre-register to attend.
Additional “Movies Under
the Stars” showings will be
held in July and August.
For more information,
visit: onecolorado.com.
A measure authored by Senator
Anthony Portantino to combat
human and sex trafficking and
protect California’s youth from
exploitation, was approved last
week by the Assembly Public
Safety Committee. Los Angeles
City Attorney Hydee Feldstein
Soto is a sponsor of SB 1128, and
the measure was unanimously
supported by the Los Angeles
City Council.
“Failing to require registration
for engaging in unlawful
sexual activity with a minor is
unacceptable and appalling,”
stated Senator Portantino. “As
the father of two daughters, this
issue breaks my heart and I am
determined to do what I can
to help stem the tide of sexual
exploitation in our state and I’m
hopeful this bill will help. It is
imperative that we do everything
we can to protect vulnerable
youth and hold offenders
accountable.”
California has standards
requiring sex offender
registration for all those
convicted of a wide variety
of sexual offenses. However,
current law does not require
adults convicted of unlawful
sexual activity with a minor in
violation of Penal Code section
261.5(c) or (d) to be listed on the
sex offender registry.
SB 1128 will require tier one
sex offender registration if an
offender engages in unlawful
sexual acts with a minor and the
offender is more than 10 years
older than the minor.
“This is another positive step
toward holding sexual predators
of minors accountable, helping
law enforcement and vindicating
the most vulnerable victims
- our children,” said Hydee
Feldstein Soto, Los Angeles City
Attorney. “Protecting our kids
has been one of my priorities
since taking office, and SB 1128
closes an existing loophole in
our registration so as to assist
law enforcement and deter sex
offenders who target teenage
girls. I am proud to partner
with Senator Portantino on this
critically important bill.”
For more information visit:
sd25.senate.ca.go.
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