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THURSDAY
10.01.15 Volume 14 Issue 277
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Minimum wage rules delayed
Making waves in the face of genetic disease Charity surfing event provides escape for young cystic fibrosis patients
BY MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
Santa Monica will raise the minimum wage to $15 … eventually. After hours of discussion and deliberation at their Sept. 29 meeting, the council voted to endorse the concept of a minimum wage but delayed voting on a formal ordinance pending additional analysis of several issues including service charges vs. tips, mandatory sick leave, enforcement options, exemptions for seasonal/transitional employees, incorporation of a hotel living wage rule and definitions of covered employers. Council directed staff to conduct public outreach and additional research on each of those topics and return with a revised draft ordinance as soon as possible, with an expectation that council could
rehear the issue in December. “Staff was amazingly able to come up with a first reading of the ordinance, which we determined tonight after hearing from the public and our discussion, needed some work,” said Mayor Kevin McKeown. “So we’re now asking them, not to start fresh at all, but to go back with the direction we’ve given tonight and modify the draft ordinance tonight and address all these concerns. I think that’s a quite doable task.” While “doable,” the work won’t be quick. McKeown asked to have a new proposal back to council before Thanksgiving but staff said they would need more time given the large amount of public outreach required to resolve some of the pending questions. “We want it done in a timely SEE WAGE PAGE 9
Malibu issues command SMMUSD board attention Courtesy photo
HEALING: For some cystic fibrosis patients, activities like surfing can be therapeutic
Site-level state test scores to be analyzed for ‘bright spots’ BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
Andrew Hendrickson needs daily treatments just to stay alive. He takes several dozen pills, including medicine for his liver and enzymes before he eats because his pancreas doesn’t function properly. He spends two 40-minute sessions in a vest that vibrates to loosen the mucus that has accumulated in his chest. He had part of his left lung taken out two years ago. It makes sense, then, that the 8-year-old’s favorite remedy for coping with cystic fibrosis is a trip to the beach to catch a few waves. Hendrickson was one of several CF patients taking part in a special charity event Saturday at Surfrider Beach in Malibu, where Allen Sarlo SEE SURF PAGE 8
Today marks the local Board of Education’s first meeting in Malibu since the start of the school year, so it comes as little surprise to see the agenda packed with items related to chemical testing and cleanup at Malibu schools. The school board will consider making another tweak to the Santa Monica-Malibu school district’s agreement with the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, which was originally approved in early 2014 following the discovery of polychlorinated biphenyls at Malibu High School. What started as an a $41,664 agreement is now projected to cost the district more than $168,000, a fraction of the millions SMMUSD has spent on consultants and legal fees over the course of the ongoing
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controversy. The latest modification to the agreement is to account for $9,901 worth of additional work, according to the district. Meanwhile, the board is expected to close out its $59,980 contract with AirTek Indoor Air Solutions for duct cleaning at Malibu High and Juan Cabrillo Elementary school. Also up for board discussion are changes to policies and best practices regarding environmental safety, hazardous substances and pest management. The changes proposed by staff would align the district’s policies with those of the California School Boards Association and specifically address PCBs. A CLOSER LOOK
After reviewing district data from recent state test results at its SEE SCHOOLS PAGE 6
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