MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012
Volume 12 Issue 1
Santa Monica Daily Press
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Young voters turned the tide for Brown’s Prop. 30 JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown secured a convincing win for his tax initiative on last week’s ballot, thanks partly to
voters who might not seem like a natural constituency for the 74-year-old, lifelong politician — young voters. Those under 30 helped Brown win relatively easy passage for his Proposition 30, which will raise the statewide sales tax for four years and income taxes on high earners
for seven years. College students and the parents of school-age children had the most at stake with the initiative. If it failed, Brown and state lawmakers were poised to cut $6 billion from K-12 schools and higher education. Faced with the prospect of more tuition
Santa Monica’s newest CERT class graduates
hikes, students rallied for Proposition 30 on social networking sites and breathed new life into the Democratic governor’s plan to stabilize state finances. Exit polls conducted for The Associated SEE VOTERS PAGE 9
Nation pays tribute to sacrifices of its many veterans CHRISTINA HOAG
BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Daily Press Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES From sea to shining sea, the
CITY YARDS One by one, a second class of Santa Monica residents walked through a gauntlet of instructors from the fire and police departments, shaking hands and accepting a certificate of completion to the imaginary strains of “Pomp and Circumstance.” The graduation ceremony for Santa Monica’s second Community Emergency Response Team was rapid and efficient, similar to the training that each of the 26 individuals had received over the past three Saturdays at the City Yards. Much of it applies to the everyday life disasters like kitchen fires, water line breaks or minor home injuries. The rest painted a sobering picture of the reality that will face Santa Monica and Southern California in the event of a major catastrophe, the kind of thing people try to push to the back of their minds, comfortably shelved behind more acceptable stresses of life. After accepting the certificate and green backpack of disaster goodies, there were 50 trained CERT members in Santa Monica. The city needs more people to step up and learn how to care first for themselves, and then for their neighbors, family and friends, City Manager Rod Gould told the graduating class. Preparedness and basic knowledge combine to remove stress from the limited number of first responders like police officers and firefighters that will be able to mobilize in a sudden event. “You are what Colin Powell called ‘force
FLYING HIGH
Brandon Wise brandonw@smdp.com Hand-made kites from artist George Peters ride the wind in front of Casa del Mar during the Tom Van Sant kite event on Saturday. Sculptor, conceptual artist and kite maker Van Sant teamed up with Casa for a one-of-a-kind exhibit featuring Van Sant’s unique flying sculptures.
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nation paid tribute to its members of the armed services Sunday, both with somber traditions such as a Virginia wreath-laying ceremony attended by President Barack Obama to honor those who didn’t make it back from active duty, and more lighthearted perks including red-carpet treatment at Las Vegas casinos for those who did. In California, a long legal case drew to a close as a war memorial cross that had been deemed unconstitutional was being resurrected Sunday in the Mojave desert, capping a landmark case for veterans fighting similar battles on public lands. Sunday marked the official commemoration of Veterans Day, but the federal holiday will be observed Monday. President Barack Obama laid the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Memorial Cemetery in Virginia and noted that this is the first Veterans Day in a decade with no American troops in Iraq, and that a decade of war in Afghanistan is coming to a close. In a speech at the Memorial Amphitheater, he said America will never forget the sacrifice made by its veterans and their families. “No ceremony or parade, no hug or handshake is enough to truly honor that service,” the president said, adding that the country must commit every day “to serving you as well as you’ve served us.” He spoke of the Sept. 11 generation, “who stepped forward when the Towers fell, and in
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