The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 4, No. 47 - November 20, 2014 Inside This Issue Business Briefs...................3 Calendar...............................3 Certified & Licensed Professionals.....................10 Classifieds............................4 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Food.......................................5 Legals....................................9 Politically Speaking............9 Real Estate.........................12 Sports................................ 6-7 TerriAnn in Torrance..........8 Weekend Forecast Burn Patients Moved to New Torrance Memorial Wing Hao Quan peers out the window of his new room with his son Jacob Quan, a patient in the Lundquist Tower’s Burn Unit. Jacob is one of the patients that were moved by staff and volunteers into the hospital’s newly constructed, seven-story Melanie and Richard Lundquist Tower. For story and more photos, see page 2. Photo by Christina House. Friday Sunny 67˚/53˚ Saturday Mostly Sunny 66˚/55˚ Sunday Mostly Sunny 69˚/53˚ Council Recognizes Kathy Young for Commitment to Volunteering By Cristian Vasquez Since 2009 Kathy Young has accumulated 500 hours of volunteer service and the City of Torrance City Council took the time to recognize her efforts and hard work. “I learn new things and meet new volunteers,” Young said. “I enjoy the staff.” Young used to work with kids but began volunteering with the South Bay Cities Council of Governments in September of 2009, just one year after the SBCCG began its efforts throughout the region. In just five years Young has accumulated 500 hours of volunteer service. “We are pleased to welcome Kathy back and to recognize her efforts to the South Bay Environmental Services Center of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments,” Torrance Mayor Patrick J. Furey said. “Kathy was first recognized in 2012 for volunteering a total of 121 hours. She is now being recognized with the special honor of the Silver Sustainability of the Year Award for enthusiastically volunteering a total of 500 cumulative hours with the South Bay Cities Council of Governments.” The SBCCOG is responsible for working on issues that are considered of mutual interest to its member cities, which include: Carson, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Torrance, and the Harbor City/San Pedro communities of the City of Los Angeles, along with the County of Los Angeles District 2 and 4. Issues of mutual interest for the member cities include water and energy efficiency, transit services, transportation issues, livable communities, air quality, LAX modernization and ground access as well as much more. SBCCOG meetings provide each locality and entity represented by the organization with a networking forum that makes coordinating programs and projects a streamlined process between all member cities. “Kathy does a lot of work in the office for us,” Executive Director South Bay Cities Council of Government Jacki Bacharach said. “We host 150 community events a year and that is why we started the volunteer program. People that want to go out and be at one of our tables is something very helpful to us. That means we can go farther out into the community.” Young’s responsibilities as a volunteer with the SBCCOG include preparing material for workshops to educate South Bay businesses, residents and public agencies about energy efficiency and water conservation. The SBCCOG›s Environmental Services Center (SBESC) is known as the South Bay›s clearinghouse for the regions going-green efforts such as energy efficiency, water conservation and environmental information. In order to better delivery different workshops, materials and an outreach effort to promote the organization’s programs, the SBCCOG has partnered with organizations like: Southern See City Council, page 3 Torrance School Board Supports CSBA Position By Cristian Vasquez During the Monday, Nov. 17 members of the Torrance Unified School Board agreed to support a resolution on local reserve caps set by the State, as well as sending copies of said resolution to Governor Brown, the State Legislature and the California School Boards Association. “That is a standard resolution that the California School Boards Association has asked their members to run on their agendas,” Torrance Unified School District Superintendent Dr. George Mannon said. “That is how that appeared on the agenda.” The request made by the CSBA to its member school districts is in response to a bill that was signed into law on June 20 by the Governor, SB 858 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, Chapter 32, Statutes of 2014), which is now embodied in the state’s education code. Under the new law, which has taken effect with the passaging of Proposition 2 during the Nov. 4, election. The staff report presented at the school board meeting indicates that the law will “require school districts across the state to spend their assigned and unassigned account balances down to no more than two to three times the minimum level of the statutory reserve for economic uncertainties in the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the State of California makes a payment of any amount to the Public School System Stabilization Account.” See School Board, page 10
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