Steinorth
Joe Turner
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 – 4:24 p.m.
Assemblyman Marc Steinorth (R-Rancho Cucamonga) announced that he has earned the endorsement of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Employees’ Benefit Association (SEBA) in his bid to unseat incumbent Janice Rutherford.
The email announcement states:
Just days after announcing his campaign for San Bernardino County’s 2nd District, Assemblyman Marc Steinorth received the endorsement of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Employees’ Benefit Association.
“Marc is a proven leader for local law enforcement and has always made public safety a top priority,” said SEBA President Grant Ward. “Marc has been our ally fighting against disastrous policies coming out of Sacramento and now we’re looking forward to working with him to keep our County safe. I am confident Marc is the best choice to help us keep violent criminals out of our community and keep our hard-working deputies a priority.”
During his tenure in the State Assembly, Steinorth authored legislation to increase punishments for sex offenders, keep guns out of the hands of felons, and keep dangerous criminals behind bars.
“To have a thriving community we must have a safe community,” said Steinorth. “That’s why I’m so grateful to have the trust and support of our county law enforcement officers. Crime is increasing in our communities and there’s a shortage of officers on our streets to keep us safe. It’s unacceptable that our law enforcement hasn’t had the support they need and I look forward to working with them to tackle these issues.”
San Bernardino County’s 2nd District includes the cities of Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana, Upland, and the unincorporated communities of Devore, Lytle Creek, San Antonio Heights, Mt. Baldy and the Rim of the World mountain communities. Steinorth is a small business owner and father of two children, Madison and Mason.
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The endorsement is a huge coup for Steinorth who opted not to seek re-election to the California Assembly after Third District Supervisor James Ramos entered the race seeking his 40th AD seat.
It would be safe to assume that the union will max out its contributions to Steinorth. However, it remains to be seen how much money it will spend on independent expenditures.
Needless to say, if they make a six figure commitment to Steinorth it will put a lot of pressure on the Rutherford camp which is limited in the amount of contributions it can receive thanks to finance limits she pushed early in her tenure.
Is this endorsement suppose to impress anyone?
I am not sure you are asking the right question.
SEBA loves Ramos. Not a good combination.
Not a good combination for what?
We are talking about SEBA who has always supported DA Mike Ramos who has prosecuted cops and caused the Legal Defense Fund to fork out some serious money in their defense. Some of those prosecutions were very justified others were not.
SEBA has proven more than once their in house lawyers were in bed with County Officials on personnel matters.
SEBA without protest allowed a former Undersheriff to become a member of County Civil Service Commission. That Undersheriff spent most of his career in Internal Affairs and was hatchet man for the regime.
A serious conflict of interest by appearance alone.
SEBA did or still does have David Ellis the DA and Sheriff’s campaign manager on the payroll as a political adviser.
Ellis and certain SEBA members created the perp walk mailers of the Colonies Defendants to be used in Mike Ramos last reelection.
David Ellis was a witness in the Colonies.
SEBA now has three Sergeants on the Board of Directors. One of those Sergeants was caught red handed trying to destroy another member from obtaining a representatives position.
Ya think three Sergeants have to best interests of the rank and file in mind??
SEBA’s Executive Director was a witness in the Colonies case and spent a great deal of time on a blog talking trash about me and Jim Erwin under a screen name. Yes just another coward at the end of the day. That clown told a lot of people Erwin was toast and the evidence against him we could take to the bank.
That weasel turns out to be one of SEBA’s biggest frauds.
So Mr. Steinorth might have been better off being endorsed by James Comey or Robert Mueller.
SEBA hasnt fought a SWAMP battle in over a decade.
So I’d say SEBA’s endorsement is very suspect.
You take support where you can get it. The fact is Rutherford is toxic for sworn law enforcement. She has allowed the Sheriff’s department to become the lowest paid in the county. As a result, deputies are leaving and recruitment is plummeting.
@6 Agree. SBSD has become the laughing stock of Department’s when it come’s to pay. Can’t get much worse.
@6 agreed to a point but I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the support circle the toilet real quick.
I did a little google search of Mr. Steinorth and found TWO profound issues he has accomplished or tried to accomplish while in politics.
1. Pet adoptions
2. Junk mail received through USPS.
Now most of us know good or bad if you’re a mover and shaker, a warrior for the cause there SHOULD be a paper trail attached.
Some of us are smart enough to know after the dummy in the 1st District good elected after running on a anti corruption platform soon became a SWAMP gator.
So if someone wants to suggest that Mr. Steinorth is a Donald Trump I’ll be right here waiting for their fact based analogy.
Yes I hear cops are leaving SBSD in disturbing numbers.
I bet before that problem is solved those Sergeants on the Board at SEBA will be Lieutenants.
#8, I think you meant to say Captains, not Lieutenants!
@9 LOL usually they have to be LT’s first before that. But there is a time factor that makes your comment worthy of serious consideration.
So Joseph Turner would you like to put a Karl Rove political analogy on all this????
I seriously doubt Mr. Steinorth has a CLUE about all this heavy duty appearance of corruption and cronyism.
I guess we can talk about pet adoptions and junk mail and the life and times of a small business man and his qualifications to step into the SWAMP and tell Mike Ramos to stand down.