Hawthorne Press Tribune Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - June 15, 2017 SBWIB, Northrop Grumman Welcome Engineering Grads The South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) and its Aero-Flex Pre-Apprenticeship partners recently welcomed the first graduates from Northrop Grumman’s Spring 2017 HIP (High School Involvement Partnership) program. Among the 23 youth enrolled in Northrop Grumman’s HIP program, 20 enlisted in SBWIB’s pilot “earn and learn” Aero-Flex Pre-Apprenticeship in Engineering. Photo Provided by SBWIB Residents Strongly Support Tax Increase as Council Approves Ordinance for November Ballot By Derrick Deane As of July 1, 15 other California cities With overwhelming support from local will increase their municipal sales tax in residents in attendance, the Hawthorne City order to maintain a balanced budget without Council on Tuesday unanimously approved cutting services. Area cities include Compton, an ordinance that will place a proposal for a Inglewood, Culver City, Santa Monica and 75-cent municipal tax increase on November’s Long Beach. Special Election ballot. “During our recent budget meeting, I One after another, residents urged the Council mentioned that the structural deficit is still there to pass the ordinance and for Hawthorne and by no means are we out of the woods,” residents to support the increase later this year. City Manager Arnie Shadbehr said during his “I think this tax increase is necessary because fiscal presentation to the Council regarding I think Hawthorne is on the cusp of potential the tax increase. “A lot of work is ahead of greatness,” Neal Gaffney said. “We’ve landed us and $2.6 million of additional revenue in the Marriott, we’ve got a number of other the 2017-2018 fiscal year should not even be things going on with national chains, and for sure business developers are going to look at the status of Hawthorne from a financial standpoint and want to see stability.” Free Digital Many who addressed the Council spoke of the city being poised for a bright future. “I see Delivery us with a future that looks great,” Planning Commission member Pat Carey said. “We see Herald Publications is now improvement on Hawthorne Boulevard. I see the plans that are coming for the mall and the offering to send you a link developments that we’ve approved and blessed. I to your favorite community applaud the City’s efforts to proactively address newspaper every Friday! The the fiscal emergencies of the city.” emails will also include a list Tax increases are of course tricky issues to of upcoming local events. propose to voters. However, every person who addressed the Council echoed the necessity Just email us at: of this particular increase. “We don’t like dd@heraldpublications.com and tax increases, but this is very special,” Alex tell us which local community Monteiro said. “We need this. The City has newspaper you’d like. aggressively controlled costs by addressing almost $50 million in deficits for these past Simple as that and free!!! eight years. It is about time to pursue a balanced budget approach that cannot involve employee reduction, concession, or reduction of service.” called a surplus.” The City Council decided to set aside that surplus as a reserve, a move that Shadbehr called “a very responsible thing to do.” Shadbehr added that despite the current council’s best efforts, it cannot be expected to wipe away years of mismanagement that has put the City in its current financial state. “If the general fund is healthy, it should provide funding for street and park maintenance,--not the other way around,” he said of nearly $3 million of funding that has come from Public Works in the past two budgets. See City Council page 8 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................5 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............2 Food.......................................5 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals................................ 6-7 Pets........................................4 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 74˚/63˚ Saturday Sunny 73˚/63˚ Sunday Sunny 74˚/64˚ The Weekly Newspaper of Hawthorne
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