WISPPA | Weekly Newsletter May 19, 2020

• City Council meetings are recorded live and are replayed on two cable channels – Time Warner Cable Channel 19 and AT&T Channel 99 for cable customers who reside in South Pasadena. City Council meetings are also web streamed (click here) and are available for six months online. DVD recordings of the meetings are available at the City Clerk’s Office.

• **Public Comment may be submitted for the May 20, 2020 Regular City Council Meeting by emailing ccpubliccomment@southpasadenaca.gov. **Public Comments must be received by 6 p.m., May 19, 2020 to ensure adequate time to compile. Public Comment portion of the email is limited to 150 words. Please make sure to indicate: 1) Your name; 2) what agenda item you are submitting public comment on or if it is a general public comment; and 3) clearly state if you wish for your comment to be read during the meeting.

There are new letters on our WISPPA Opinion Page addressing the budget process and the 150 word limit for comments at city council meetings.. Please let us know if you are concerned about an issue and/or have an opinion about something happening in our city. You can just write us directly at wissporg@gmail.com or copy WISPPA when you write the city or media. This is especially important now since we are not sharing our thoughts at meetings during this time of social distancing. WE NEED TO STAY CONNECTED!

The following commissions will be meeting in the next week or so. Please click on the commission name for more info, agendas, video of past meetings, etc.:

• Finance Commission Tuesday, May 26 at 9:00 a.m.

Have you completed the Census? If not, click here to go to the U.S. Census page.

The South Pasadena Public Library will host an American Red Cross blood drive in the Library Community Room on Thursday, May 21st. Please visit www.RedCrossBlood.org and enter sponsor code: SOPASLIB to sign up. Safety and social distancing measures will be in effect. #GiveBlood #BeKind

City Hall Scoop: blog from South Pasadena City Hall providing short daily bursts on hyper-local topics of interest to our residents.

• COVID-19 Stage 2 Reopening | What’s Open, What’s Not SouthPasadenan
• Mission Bell Project | Carpenters Union Appeals City’s Approval SouthPasadenan The City Council is slated to hear the appeal during its regular meeting May 20.
• Nearly 5% of L.A. County residents might have already had coronavirus, study shows Los Angeles Times
• California is rapidly speeding up the reopening of the economy. Here’s what it means Los Angeles Times

• California Department of Public Health.
• CDC
• LA County
• South Pasadena
• County Supervisor Kathryn Barger’s website