Mountain Views News, Combined Edition Saturday, February 1, 2020

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, February 1, 2020 

SAM KANG ELECTED MAYOR OF DUARTE; BRYAN 
URIAS ELECTED MAYOR PRO TEM IN ANNUAL 
DUARTE CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION

2020-21 DUARTE MAYOR SAM KANG 
2020-21 DUARTE 
MAYOR PRO TEM 
BRYAN URIAS

Duarte, CA, January 
15, 2020 - Duarte 
City Council members 
voted to elect Sam 
Kang from District 5 
as Mayor for the 2020-
21 term and Bryan 
Urias from District 6 
to serve as Mayor Pro 
Tem during the first 
official Duarte City 
Council meeting of 
the year on January 
14, 2020.

Mayor Kang was first elected to the Duarte City Council 
in 2013 and is the first Chinese American to serve 
the community in this capacity. This is his second time 
serving as the community's Mayor, and his focus for the 
upcoming year is to foster the completion of the many 
development projects currently underway, as well as lead 
the community back to fiscal stability. Kang, a business 
entrepreneur and adjunct professor at Azusa Pacific University, 
was voted unanimously to serve as Mayor by his 
colleagues. In addition to his duties on the Council, Kang 
serves as the official Council representative to both the 
League of California Cities and the Duarte Community 
Services Council, and as alternate to the Foothill Employment 
and Training Consortium. Kang is also a member 
of the League of California Cities Asian Pacific Islander 
Caucus. 

 Urias was first elected to the Duarte City Council in November 
of 2018 and represents District 6. Bryan prides 
himself on bringing new leadership to the City Council 
and offering fresh perspective and experience in making 
government work for residents. Urias serves as the Council 
representative to the Duarte Community Coordinating 
Council, and alternate on both the Gold Line JPA 
and the Duarte Community Services Council. For the 
eight years prior to joining the Council, Urias represented 
Duarte residents as the District 5 Director on the Upper 
San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District Board and 
also worked with Duarte as a staff member for both then-
Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis, and later Congresswoman 
Judy Chu. 

ARCADIA CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS 

TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY APRIL 14, 2020 

REGISTER TO VOTE TODAY! 

January 28, 2020 – The City of Arcadia will be holding an election 
for City Council Members representing City Council Districts 1 and 
4 on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. This will not be a citywide election and 
only registered voters in Districts 1 and 4 will receive a vote-by-mail 
ballot beginning March 16, 2020. The deadline to register to vote for 
this election is March 30, 2020. To determine whether you live in 
District 1 or District 4, please visit ArcadiaCA.gov/elections. The 
City Council candidates are: 

District 1: 
April Verlato 
Yuli Sira 

District 4: 
Paul Cheng 
Peter Amundson 

Completed ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday, April 14, 2020 
in order to be counted. Alternatively, you can drop off your ballot at 
Arcadia City Hall, located at 240 W. Huntington Drive, by 8:00pm on 
Tuesday, April 14, 2020. 

Other elections being held in 2020 include the Tuesday, March 3, 
2020, Primary Election as well as the Tuesday, November 3, 2020, 
General Election. Registered voters will have the opportunity to use 
any of LA County’s new Vote Centers or can mail in their ballot depending 
on how the individual is registered. To find a Vote Center 
near you or to confirm your voter registration, please visit LAvote.
net. 

CHINESE NEW YEAR LUNCHEON

YEAR OF THE RAT!

Come to the Arcadia Community Center, 
365 Campus Drive, on Friday, February 7 at 
11:30am to celebrate Chinese New Year, with 
a delicious lunch and entertainment. Tickets 
are $10 and are for sale now at the Arcadia 
Community Center. Don’t wait to purchase your ticket for this 
fun event as they are going fast! If you have any questions, please 
call 626.574.5130.

For more information, please visit ArcadiaCA.gov or follow us 
on Twitter by texting DISCOVER to 33222:

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MONROVIA FIRE & RESCUE’S COMMUNITY 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING 

Monrovia CERT is offering Community Emergency Response 
Training this February. The Winter 2020 CERT Basic course is 
the first three Saturdays of February, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, 
each day. 

Join your fellow residents learning about:

• Personal preparedness

• Fire and utility awareness

• Disaster medical

• Light search and rescue

• Disaster psychology

• CERT organization/incident command

• Terrorism

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-cert-basic-training-february-
class-registration-81837962549

CITY OF ARCADIA SENIOR 
SERVICES

NOMINATIONS FOR 2020 SENIOR 
OF THE YEAR

Nomination forms are available at the Arcadia Community 
Center, 365 Campus Drive and the Recreation Department 
office, 375 Campus Drive for the 2020 Senior of the Year! Do 
you know someone who is: 

- 55+ years of age or older
- A current resident of Arcadia for a minimum of one 
year
- Contributed to better the Arcadia Community


If so, please stop by one of these locations or log onto the City’s 
website at www.arcadiaca.gov and download the nomination 
criteria and nomination form. Recipient of the award will be 
honored at the Arcadia Rotary Club Salute to Seniors Luncheon 
on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at the Arcadia Community Center. 
Nomination forms must be submitted to Gina Hernandez, 
Recreation Supervisor, by Friday, February 21, 2020 by 
5:30pm. For more information, please call 626.821.4328.

For more information, please visit ArcadiaCA.gov or follow us 
on Twitter by texting DISCOVER to 33222:

DUARTE HOSTS RIBBON 
CUTTING IN HONOR OF 
THE NEWLY RENAMED 
DONALD AND BERNICE 
WATSON MULTI-PURPOSE 
TRAIL FEBRUARY 6

 The City of Duarte's ever-popular 
Royal Oaks multi-purpose 
trail will be officially renamed on 
Thursday, February 6 at 3:30 pm 
at the corner of Buena Vista Street 
and Royal Oaks Drive, in honor of 
legendary residents; Donald and 
Bernice Watson. The trail was officially 
renamed in accordance with 
City policy at the June 25, 2019 
City Council meeting. 

 Donald and Bernice Watson both 
played unique and pivotal roles in 
Duarte history. Donald was the 
first African American elected to 
the City Council, also making him 
the first elected African American 
in the San Gabriel Valley. He was 
also the first elected black Mayor in 
the City and as well as the Valley. 
Donald's civic life is best remembered 
by his ability to foster cooperation 
amongst the City Council 
and the community in support 
of large-scale undertakings. His 
ability to bring people together 
was best exhibited through the 
creation of both Royal Oaks Park 
and the beloved Royal Oaks Trail; 
iconic projects that required multi-
agency collaboration to come to 
fruition. 

 Bernice, the long-time Public Information 
Officer for the DUSD, 
was also a strong supporter of the 
community in her own right. During 
her professional role with the 
District, she createD the first pamphlet 
documenting the history of 
Duarte in response to numerous 
inquiries from school families. 
Together, with former councilmember 
and long-time historian 
Aloysia Moore, she co-authored 
"On the Duarte," a comprehensive 
account of the lives and times of 
persons and events that influenced 
Duarte's rich history. 


Chu Statement on New 
NAFTA Signing By Trump

Chu To Bring Victim of 
Muslim Ban as Guest 

to State of the Union

 
On December 19, 2019, 
House Democrats voted 
to pass HR 5430, a bill to 
implement the US-Mexico-
Canada free trade agreement 
(USMCA). Today, President 
Donald Trump signed the 
legislation. Rep. Judy Chu, a 
member of the House Ways 
and Means Committee, 
which has jurisdiction over 
trade, and who took part in a 
CODEL to Mexico to engage 
in talks about the trade 
deal, issued the following 
statement:

 “The trade deal the President 
is so enthusiastically signing 
today is not the trade deal he 
originally negotiated. That is 
because House Democrats 
spent months working with 
the Administration to craft 
a deal that actually helps 
American workers and 
protects the environment. 
For instance, before passing 
the new NAFTA, House 
Democrats, having seen 
firsthand the horrible 
working conditions in 
Mexico which encourage 
companies to outsource 
in search of cheaper labor, 
added stronger labor 
standards that will stop the 
bleeding of American jobs 
to Mexico. For example, we 
added penalties for union 
busting tactics, and made 
it so that repeat offenders 
cannot ship their goods to 
the US. We also added new 
environmental rules and 
enforcement that prevent 
companies from harming our 
environment while looking 
to relocate to the countries 
with the most lax standards. 
Last, the original deal the 
President wanted included a 
giveaway to pharmaceutical 
companies that would have 
kept medicine prices high. 
I’m glad we succeeded in 
removing that handout. Still, 
while the deal we helped 
negotiate and pass is a strong 
improvement on NAFTA 
and the original deal the 
President wanted, we still 
have more to do to lower 
our own emissions and 
raise worker standards. I’m 
committed to working with 
our partners to continue to 
build our economy, attract 
new jobs, make goods more 
affordable, and protect our 
environment.”

 
On Friday, as President Trump 
considered an expansion of 
the Muslim Ban, Rep. Judy 
Chu announced that she will 
be bringing Islmail Alghazali 
as her guest to the State of the 
Union. Ismail is a US citizen 
living in New York City who 
was separated from his family by 
the Muslim Ban, unable to even meet his newborn daughter for 
months. Rep. Chu issued the following statement:

 “Since the day President Trump’s Muslim Ban was first announced, 
it has caused chaos, separated families, and created avoidable 
pain and trauma. For people like my State of the Union Guest, 
Ismail Alghazali, that meant missing the birth of his daughter 
and being apart from his family at great financial and emotional 
expense. And it was all on purpose, since the US has for years 
demonstrated an ability to safely vet visa applicants. Even the 
Supreme Court, when upholding the President’s authority to issue 
such a ban, said that in order to demonstrate a ‘legitimate national 
security interest,’ the Administration had to provide visa waivers. 
Yet, despite that requirement, only about 10% of waivers have 
been issued. That means the Trump Administration believes 90% 
of visa applicants – the majority of whom happen to be Muslim 
- are national security threats. That includes people like Ismail’s 
wife, Hend, who aspires to be a nurse, but whose visa request was 
rejected after just a 5 minute interview.

 “Clearly, the purpose behind this ban was never about security, 
but about spreading fear and sowing distrust of Muslims. And 
despite that horrendous legacy, President Trump is actually 
considering an expansion of this hateful ban to include more 
countries. That is why I am bringing Ismail as my guest to the 
State of the Union. The President should have to face those he 
has cruelly victimized with his war on immigrants and campaign 
of bigotry and xenophobia. He needs to understand that this is 
not just some political game for him to play, but that when he 
advances Stephen Miller’s white nationalist agenda, there are real 
humans on the other side being needlessly hurt, and families 
needlessly separated. This is not who we are as a country, and it is 
not what we need.

 “Of course, the best way to stop the President’s Muslim Ban is 
by passing my bill, H.R. 2214, the No Ban Act, which, earlier this 
week, Speaker Pelosi announced would be brought to the floor 
for a vote.”

 
The President should 
have to face those he has 
cruelly victimized with his 
war on immigrants and 
campaign of bigotry and 
xenophobia.


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