Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
Friday, April 15, 2011 – 06:00 a.m.
Tax extension, Tax extension, Tax extension………
Not any longer.
By Joe Nelson Staff Writer
Posted: 04/14/2011 09:52:34 PM PDT
San Bernardino County has spent $21 million on its lawsuit seeking to recoup the cost for its $102 million settlement with Rancho Cucamonga- based developer Colonies Partners LP in 2006.
Zellerbach
11:43 PM PDT on Thursday, April 14, 2011
By RICHARD K. DE ATLEY
The Press-Enterprise
The Sacramento tax stalemate and Gov. Jerry Brown’s unfunded plan to put thousands of state prisoners back in county jails are front-burner issues faced by local law enforcement, Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach said Thursday.
By Josh Dulaney Staff Writer
Posted: 04/14/2011 10:32:00 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – The not-yet fully formed board of the San Bernardino Economic Development Corp. – a nonprofit agency recently given oversight of millions in city redevelopment dollars – held an informal workshop Wednesday night to discuss how to move forward under Gov. Jerry Brown’s lingering proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies.
By William Abernathie
Created: 04/14/2011 06:51:24 PM PDT
There has been a lot of talk lately about the salaries and retirement benefits of public employees. I have been listening not only as the President of SEBA, the San Bernardino County Safety Employees’ Benefit Association, but as someone who has worked my entire adult life in law enforcement in California. I am a sergeant with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, with more than three decades of experience working in my community.
By James Rufus Koren Staff Writer
Created: 04/14/2011 09:52:35 PM PDT
San Bernardino County firefighters have agreed to pay more toward their pension benefits and take smaller raises, but only if other unions agree to the same concessions.
By Sandra Emerson Staff Writer
Created: 04/14/2011 03:56:53 PM PDT
UPLAND – The San Antonio Water Co. has lost more than 16million gallons of its water due to planned landscaping work at the water basin in the Colonies.
By Monica Rodriguez Staff Writer
Created: 04/14/2011 09:52:55 PM PDT
POMONA – For some employees of Pomona Unified School District, the notices that they may not have jobs next school year came earlier this year.
The same news will soon be going out to a large group of classified employees.
Cabriales
April 14, 2011 4:11 PM
Brooke Edwards
VICTORVILLE • The city has asked the Fair Political Practices Commission for advice in a possible conflict of interest claim involving Mayor Pro Tem Rudy Cabriales and his connection to the High Desert Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
By PE Politics
April 14, 2011 4:32 PM
School officials from the Riverside and Corono-Norco unified school districts warned state senators Thursday of major repercussions if lawmakers go ahead with as much as $4.5 billion in additional cuts to schools.
Mlynarski
By David E. Mlynarski
Posted: 04/14/2011 07:00:44 PM PDT
A few years ago some were skeptical about using public dollars to help ease the region’s foreclosure crisis and stabilize neighborhoods. The organization formed to receive these public dollars, the Inland Empire Economic Recovery Corporation (IEERC), has successfully used the funding to buy, restore and resell distressed homes. Today, I’m happy to say that despite early criticism, the corporation and its public-private model has proven to work well.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
April 14, 2011
No major breakthroughs to report on the state budget, but a few notes from the past couple days:
— Senate Republicans don’t seem particularly motivated to vote for taxes or a tax ballot, though they are still willing to engage in budget talks that involve pension changes and a long-term spending cap.