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Volume 3, No. 33
California Water Use Drops 27.3 Percent, Exceeds 25 Percent Mandate for June San Gabriel Valley Water Company - Reduced Water Use by 35 Percent in June
- Photo by Ted Jorgensen
By Terry Miller What Speaker of the House, John Boehner failed to realize a couple of weeks ago when he attacked Arcadia for its water conservation efforts was that in California, we care about conservation and do not blame it ( the drought ) on President Obama. The absurd remark left Arcadia city officials almost speechless last month when
the Speaker posted a snarky comment about Arcadia’s “ Going Brown is the new Green” on his Facebook page. In Mid June we shared with our readers a photo depicting Arcadia’s efforts to reduce water usage and the Speaker of the House decided, in his infinite wisdom, to shed some “Republican light” on the drought – even more absurd than a Donald Trump remark, if that’s possible.
Here’s what Speaker John Boehner posted this on his Facebook page: “If ever there was a phrase that perfectly encapsulates liberal environmentalists’ backwards priorities and regressive ideology of restriction and scarcity, it is the one now displayed on a government sign in Arcadia, California: ‘It’s ‘green’ to go brown.’ Visit http://j. mp/1M8kIay to learn more
Baldwin Park Unified Expands Constellation of STEM Offerings
about what Congress is doing to end President Obama’s man-made water shortage in the West and allow water resources to be managed in a way that actually makes sense.” Arcadia’s illustrious city manager, Dominic Lazaretto, had this marvelous quip to the Speaker’s absurd remarks: “If the Speaker would like to send Arcadia the thousands of acre-feet of water we
level each year. Holland Middle School, meanwhile, is launching PLTW Gateway, which teaches students the principles of problem solving as they design playgrounds and furniture with specialized software. Santa Fe School, a grade three-to-eight school, will provide Gateway for eighthgraders, offer an introduction to robotics for fifthgraders and launch a PLTW club. “These programs will strengthen our students’ knowledge, especially in engineering, as we begin to incorporate the Next Generation Science Standards, which emphasize more
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A 32-year-old man was sentenced to 42 years and eight months to life in state prison for trafficking several teenage girls for sex in the Long Beach area between 2006 and 2013, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. On Nov. 25, 2014, a jury found Robert Jerome Walker of Compton guilty of six felony counts: four counts of human trafficking of a minor for a sex act and one count each of dissuading a witness from prosecuting a crime and lewd act upon a child in case NA096265. Deputy District Attorney Rachel Hardiman, who prosecuted the case, said Walker was a member of a group of pimps that referred to themselves as the Compton Division. The pimps forced teenage girls to prostitute themselves in the Compton and Long Beach areas, the prosecutor said. According to the prosecutor, Walker made each of his four victims engage in acts of prostitution by using force and threats of violence. The youngest Please see page 2
Board of Supervisors Approves Diversion and Jail Plan
By staff writer District partners with Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering to strengthen career pathways Baldwin Park Unified is expanding its partnership with Project Lead The Way (PLTW) – the nation’s leading provider of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum – to deepen student opportunities for career and college pathways. Baldwin Park High School – which launched Project Lead The Way’s freshman-year Introduction to Engineering Design class in 2014-15 – will add Principles of Engineering for sophomores this fall. The school plans to add a grade
would need to be able to keep our lawns green, I will happily accept them. Otherwise, Arcadia will continue to do its part to ensure that our residents have enough water to drink until the drought breaks.” Arcadia’s Mayor, Gary Kovacic, added this comment to the Speaker’s remarks: “If the Speaker’s perpetual golf game ever brings him to Santa
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By staff writer hands-on learning and more real-world application of science,” Superintendent Dr. Paul J. Sevillano said. Baldwin Park has partnered with Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Engineering as part of the effort. Cal Poly is training and certifying teachers; students who complete the engineering pathway will move to the front of the registration line for Cal Poly’s engineering program. District leaders say the new curriculum complements efforts by Baldwin Park High’s STEAM Academy, Holland Middle School’s exemplary science program Please see page 2
The Board of Supervisors approved a joint motion on jail diversion by Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Sheila Kuehl, with amendments by Supervisors Michael D. Antonovich and Hilda Solis. “Resuming the work on the jail plan, coupled with new strategies on diversion, is a step in the right direction and avoids further delays in much needed improvements to the existing jail conditions as well as treatment services for inmates with medical, mental health and drug addiction problems,” said Mayor Antonovich. Supervisor Sheila Kuehl moved to approve Antonovich’s motion regarding
the jail plan by amending the number of beds at Consolidated Correctional Treatment Facility (CCTF) from 4,600 to 3,885 which was approved by Supervisors Antonovich and Mark Ridley-Thomas but opposed by Supervisor Don Knabe with Supervisor Hilda Solis abstaining. Additional amendments to the diversion motion were also offered by Mayor Antonovich and Supervisor Solis and approved by the Board. Mayor Antonovich’s amendment required that development and expansion of treatment services and housing capacity in the community include robust outreach and input
from those residing in the surrounding neighborhoods directly affected. Additional amendments were also approved by the Board. Supervisor Solis’ amendment was to have the name be the “Office of Diversion and ReEntry” instead of the “Office of Diversion” and include greater community representation on the Permanent Steering Committee. The Diversion motion by Supervisors Ridley-Thomas and Kuehl and related amendments follow the recent independent study by Health Management Associates and Pulitzer/Bogard & Associates which recomPlease see page 4