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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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