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SAN JACINTO, CA.
San Jacinto City Council in A 5-0 Mood RUSTY STRAIT| SENIOR REPORTER
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he San Jacinto City Council was in a conciliatory mood last night when (after the usual; preliminaries were out of the way, they voted 5-0 to pass all items on the agenda, out of a single negative vote. Approved minutes of October 19, 2021. Received and filed Treasurer’s Report for the month ending September 30, 2021. Approved Ordinance 21-09, an ordinance of the City of San Jacinto, California, adding Chapter 33 of Title 8 and Section 08.170 of Title 3 to the San Jacinto Municipal Code, and modifying Sec-
tion 32, 120 of Title 8 of the San Jacinto Municipal Code, regarding mandatory compliance with Senate Bill (SB) 1383 Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act, exempting the ordinance from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under the California Code of Regulations pursuant to sections 15060(c) (2), 15060(c)(3) and 15061(b)(3) in that the proposed regulations do not constitute a project under CEQA and have no potential to result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. The proposed ordinance is further categorically exempt from CEQA Guidelines pursuant to Section
15308(Class8), Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment, on the grounds that it can be seen with certainty that the enhanced solid waste regulations will not have a significant effect on the environment and that the new requirements, which strengthen requirements for the handling of solid waste, represent actions by a regulatory agency (the City) for the protection of the environment; and, INTRODUCE Ordinance 2109 for first reading entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 33 OF TITLE 8 AND SECTION 08.170 OF TITLE 3 TO THE SAN JACINTO MUNICIPAL CODE,
AND MODIFYING SECTION 32.120 OF TITLE 8 OF THE SAN JACINTO MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING MANDATORY COMPLIANCE WITH SENATE BILL (SB) 1383 SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANT REDUCTION ACT. Adopted Resolution No. 3889, amending the Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee (TUMF) program schedule, incorporating a 3% Construction Cost Index (CCI) adjustment for all TUMF land-use types, effective January 1, 2022, for all proposed development in the City of San Jacinto. Approved the plans and specifications for the 2021 Citywide Slurry Seal and Grind & Overlay Project (CIP 18-002); Award the
construction contract to Hardy & Harper, Inc. for the sum of $1,907,000; Allocate 10% of the bid amount for soft costs and 10% of the bid amount for construction contingencies; reject all other bids; authorize the City Manager to execute the construction contract, and allocate an additional $560,250 from Measure A funds and $106,750 from SB-1 RMRA to the project. City Manager update and adjournment. As slick as an ice skating rink which has become the mantra for San Jacinto City Council Meetings. Oh, if all meetings went so smoothly instead of dragging on for hours and hours into the wee hours of the following morning. Just saying.
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California school mask mandate opponents mull options after judge dismisses lawsuit San Diego County Judge Cynthia A. Freeland dismissed lawsuit filed by Reopen California Schools and Let Them Breathe ADAM SABES | CONTRIBUTED
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judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Gov. Gavin Newsom's mask mandate in K-12 schools, but opponents of the mandate are not admitting defeat just yet. San Diego County Judge Cynthia A. Freeland dismissed the lawsuit filed by Reopen California Schools and Let Them Breathe, which was aimed at challenging the governor's authority to issue a mask mandate for schools in California. Freeland said in the order dismissing the lawsuit on Friday that the state "has a compelling interest in minimizing the impact of contagious diseases like COVID-19 on children as those diseases may impact a child's ability to attend school." Jonathan Zachreson, founder of Reopen California Schools, told Fox News that the mask require-
PROTESTING: Members of the Unified Nurses Association of America and Union of Health Care Professionals protesting outside Pasadena City Hall on Oct. 30. | Photo courtesy of Unified Nurses Association of America/Union of Health Care Professionals
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MASK: A child wears a face mask on the first day for New York City schools amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Brooklyn, New York, Sept. 13, 2021. | Photo by Brendan McDermid via Reuters.
ment interferes with the students' education. "For younger kids, it has an impact on speech. You're trying to learn English as a second language. People who are hard of hearing," Zachreson said. "There's a variety of things that impact children in different ways." California Health and Human
Services Secretary Mark Ghaly has previously said that masking is a simple way to offer in-person learning. "Masking is a simple and effective intervention that does not interfere with offering full in-person instruction. At the outset
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Leaders from local Native American tribes and state lawmakers discuss cultural sensitivity in Riverside schools KVCR | CONTRIBUTED
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eaders from local Native American tribes, and state lawmakers met with Riverside Unified School District Monday to discuss cultural sensitivity issues. The meeting comes after a video of a Riverside high school teacher wearing a fake headdress and dancing during a math lesson went viral in October. Some ideas discussed included hiring more Native American teachers, highlighting accurate examples of Native American culture in history curriculum, and working with local tribes to develop sensitive and informed teaching practices. Butch Murphy, a member of the Pechanga Tribal Council, near Temecula, raised the importance of not just teaching tribal history, but also who these communities are today.
Tentative Agreement Made Between Kaiser Permanente and Unions Over the weekend, Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions reached a tentative four-year contract agreement after being at the brink of a potential strike KVCR | CONTRIBUTED
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f solidified, the agreement would cover nearly 50,000 Kaiser Permanente health care employees across multiple states. Douglas Wong is a Physician Assistant at Riverside Kaiser. He said, “Kaiser Permanente originally had wanted us to cut wages for the next generation of nurses and healthcare workers by 26%, which was something that you know we just didn’t feel was right.” The 26% cut for new employees was retracted from the proposed contract as part of their negotiations. Wong added that the contract would especially benefit jan-
itors, technicians, and assistants, whom he says would’ve been hit hard by the cuts. “I think it can’t be understated how important this was for folks on the ground, to be able to say that the work that we do is important and that the future of those doing this work is important, and that they deserve the opportunity to build maybe even something better than we’ve had,” said Wong. In a press release, Kaiser’s Senior Vice President Christian Meisner said the agreement underscores their unwavering commitment to their employees by maintaining industry-leading wages and benefits.
JAMES RAMOS OF HIGHLAND | Youtube. Also present was a representative from the Cahuilla Indian Reservation east of Temecula, and three state assembly members including, James Ramos of Highland, the first California Indian elected to the assembly, Jose Medina of Riverside, whose bill to make ethnic studies a high school graduation requirement was recently signed into law, and Sabrina Cervantes of Corona. The teacher involved in the incident is still on leave, while the district continues an investigation.
RALLY: Healthcare workers holding up their signs during Oct. 30 rally in Pasadena. |
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