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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2013
Volume 13 Issue 6
Santa Monica Daily Press
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THE SLIGHT CHILL ISSUE
Kuehl racks up endorsements for county supervisor BY GREG ASCIUTTO Special to the Daily Press
CITYWIDE Santa Monica leaders continue to
Daniel Archuleta daniela@smdp.com
GRAY DAY BY THE BAY: A group of people walk along the beach near the Santa Monica Pier on Monday afternoon.
Survey: Californians believe climate is changing City officials working to slow change, address negative impacts BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON & BRIAN ADIGWU Daily Press Staff
CITYWIDE More than eight in 10 Californians believe that climate change is happening, according to a recent survey
prepared by Stanford University. Clearly, Santa Monica, being next to the Pacific Ocean, will be heavily impacted so city officials are rushing to slow the change and address the negative impacts. The survey results were released by the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change
on which Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Santa Monica, serves as a chair. The survey said that 80 percent of Californians support government-imposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions caused by U.S. businesses.
Daily Press Staff Writer
LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL Santa MonicaMalibu Unified School District officials are holding the first in a series of workshop this afternoon to formulate an accountability
plan for the 2014-15 budget. The Local Control Accountability Plan will be built by the district and the community but approved by the State Board of Education. It will specify eight elements that each district must address. This afternoon, SMMUSD will explain the parame-
SEE KUEHL PAGE 10
UC, nurses reach tentative labor pact THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES The University of California
ters of the plan to the community so that they can form the plan at later meetings. The Local Control Funding Formula, a Gov. Jerry Brown proposal passed in June, distributes the same dollar amount per
has reached a tentative labor agreement with unionized nurses at its medical and studenthealth facilities, averting a possible one-day walkout by the nurses that was scheduled for Wednesday. The university said Saturday the preliminary deal calls for annual 4 percent pay increases through 2017 and UC paying the majority of health insurance premium costs for the more than 11,700 nurses who belong to the California Nurses Association. UC will contribute 8 percent of pay in pension benefits starting in 2014, and 9 percent of pay
SEE SCHOOLS PAGE 8
SEE NURSES PAGE 8
SEE CLIMATE PAGE 9
School district to give accountability plan input BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON
publicly endorse former State Sen. and Assemblywoman Sheila Kuehl in her bid for L.A. County Supervisor. Mayor Pam O’Connor and former Mayor Judy Abdo announced their support for Kuehl, a Democrat, via a Monday release. “We need a representative like Sheila who will fight for our progressive values KUEHL and work with community leaders to accelerate the improvements we need to continue to achieve,” said O’Connor. Added Abdo: “Sheila is a recognized leader who has dedicated a lifelong effort into bettering our neighborhoods.” Kuehl, a longtime Santa Monica resident,
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