Politics, Government and Business in Southern California's Inland Empire
BY ALICIA ROBINSON
STAFF WRITER
arobinson@pe.com
Published: 22 May 2012 05:09 PM
Riverside officials say they expect to recover only a portion of the $49.44 million that the former redevelopment agency spent to buy 80 pieces of land that are now up for sale.
Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer
Created: 05/22/2012 12:15:41 PM PDT
UPLAND – Planning commissioner and real estate broker Bill Velto has announced his intention to run for City Council in November.
Velto, vice president and managing broker for Tarbell Realtors, is seeking to fill a council seat that will be left vacant when Councilman Ken Willis retires at the end of his term.
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/21/2012 07:33:38 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – Each of three proposals to slightly change the boundaries of the seven wards that make up the city contained problems for some City Council members, leading them to delay a vote on those boundaries until staff members come up with a fourth proposal.
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
Published: 20 May 2012 07:52 PM
You know that old political joke, “Vote early, vote often”?
Yeah, Riverside City Councilman Mike Gardner’s heard it. And he’s been hearing it more lately, after his first mailer in his mayoral campaign assured people their vote counts … on June 4. (The election is June 5.)
BY IMRAN GHORI
STAFF WRITER
ighori@pe.com
Published: 20 May 2012 07:31 PM
The San Bernardino City Council must choose between three redistricting plans that will determine council ward lines in future elections.
The plans will go to the council Monday, May 21, for a 4 p.m. public hearing. If one of the options is selected, an ordinance will return to the council for adoption June 4.
BY ALICIA ROBINSON
STAFF WRITER
arobinson@pe.com
Published: 18 May 2012 05:39 PM
Besides choosing one of seven candidates for mayor, Riverside voters on June 5 will say yea or nay to seven proposed amendments to the city charter.
The proposals include creating a sustainability commission, changing to whom the city auditor reports, shortening the time between council elections and runoffs, and a number of minor adjustments.
BY ALICIA ROBINSON
STAFF WRITER
arobinson@pe.com
Published: 15 May 2012 06:30 PM
Riverside’s seven mayoral candidates are entering the home stretch, meeting Tuesday for a final forum hosted by a downtown business group.
After the opening stump speeches they’ve been giving for at least six weeks, candidates answered questions about how they’d support the arts, balance eco-friendly goals with economic development, and retool the downtown development plan.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/18/2012 12:01:03 PM PDT
Rep. Joe Baca has introduced a bill to expedite the transfer of L.A./Ontario International Airport to local control.
The Transfer Control of Ontario Airport Now Act gives Los Angeles World Airports, which manages ONT, 60 days to turn over operations and ownership.
Friday, May 18, 2012 – 09:45 a.m.
San Bernardino County Third District Supervisor Neil Derry has received the endorsement of the Barstow Police Officers Association in his reelection bid.
Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer
Created: 05/17/2012 07:23:12 PM PDT
UPLAND – The City Council has been updated on the condition of the city’s budget and will meet next week to decide where to make cuts.
City Manager Stephen Dunn presented the council with an update on the city’s fiscal condition during a special meeting on Wednesday, asking it to set its priorities so staff could find a way to absorb $3.4 million in obligated expenses.
By Liset Marquez
Created: 05/16/2012 03:23:20 PM PDT
DIAMOND BAR – A lively discussion about LA/Ontario International Airport, which was supposed to focus on the medium-hub facility’s importance to the region’s economy, quickly turned into a debate on the merits of local control.
For more than an hour Wednesday, a five-member panel discussed a bevy of issues and circumstances facing ONT at the Four Corners Coalition 2012 Economic Summit at the Diamond Bar Center.
BY JEFF HORSEMAN AND NELSY RODRIGUEZ
STAFF WRITERS
jhorseman@pe.com | nrodriguez@pe.com
Published: 16 May 2012 06:41 PM
Liberty Quarry opponents said Wednesday, May 16, that their dismay over county supervisors’ Tuesday decision to accept a report on the environmental affects of the quarry had turned to anger at the supervisor who cast the swing vote.
Posted: 05/14/2012 06:14:43 PM PDT
SBD Airport Services’ attempt to convince a federal judge to restore the company’s access to San Bernardinno International Airport’s fueling facilities has been postponed to June 18.
By Ed Mendel
Monday, May 14, 2012
A superior court judge this month upheld a voter-approved initiative giving lower pensions to all city of Menlo Park new hires except police, the first court ruling as unions challenge similar measures in Pacific Grove and Bakersfield.
Voters in the three cities approved cost-cutting pension reforms in November 2010 that bypassed bargaining with unions. California is one of only several states where public employee retirement benefits are set by labor negotiations.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, May. 14, 2012 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
When Vallejo declared bankruptcy in 2008, one collateral consequence was a years-long political duel in the Capitol between lobbyists for local governments and those for unions representing their workers.
Unions pushed legislation that would have required local governments to get permission from an obscure state agency before filing for bankruptcy – an agency that is and probably always will be dominated by union-friendly Democratic politicians.
Staff report
Posted: 05/12/2012 03:07:54 PM PDT
Attorneys for the bankrupt SBD Airport Services will go before a federal judge Monday to contend that interim San Bernardino International Airport chief A.J. Wilson acted improperly when he cut off the company’s access to jet fuel.
The hearing is scheduled to take place Monday afternoon at U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Riverside.
Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer
Created: 05/11/2012 02:53:23 PM PDT
UPLAND – As the city pieces together its 2012-13 fiscal year budget, it is faced with negotiations with employee groups and ever-increasing pension costs.
In 2011, numerous city employees earned more than $100,000 in compensation, including 26 out of 205 non-safety employees, 36 out of 42 fire personnel and 51 out of 85 police employees.
Ryan Hagen, The (San Bernardino County) Sun
Posted: 05/10/2012 11:09:14 AM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – The results of the election for city clerk will stand, a Superior Court judge ruled Thursday, rejecting a claim by 15 voters whose ballots weren’t counted because of signature mismatches.
The trial had the potential to change the outcome of the city clerk’s race, in which Georgeann “Gigi” Hanna – a former public relations official and journalist who took office March 5 – gathered six votes more than Amelia Sanchez-Lopez, who heads the county Alcohol and Drug Services Administration.
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/10/2012 09:02:22 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – Final layoff notices for 224 teachers were approved at an emergency school board meeting Thursday so the notices could be sent before a state-mandated deadline.
The decision, made by the board of the San Bernardino City Unified School District at a sparsely attended meeting, was an expected consequence of earlier budget decisions.
Liset Márquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/10/2012 09:11:14 AM PDT
ONTARIO – There are two entrenched sides in the L.A./Ontario International Airport ownership saga.
Ontario officials contend regaining local control of the airport could reverse a five-year trend that has seen passenger traffic increasingly drop.
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/09/2012 11:28:12 AM PDT
A trial will begin again Thursday that could change the outcome of the San Bernardino city clerk’s race by forcing the registrar of voters to count mail-in ballots that he initially discarded because he said signatures on them did not match those he had on file.
Wes Woods II, Staff Writer
Created: 05/09/2012 06:31:07 PM PDT
CLAREMONT – A three-year salary and benefits agreement has been approved between the city and the Claremont Police Officers Association.
The new contract ends months of contentiousness. The city declared negotiations to be at an impasse in late August, and union members on April 11 turned down by a single vote an earlier agreement, forcing additional negotiations.
By Ed Mendel
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Actuaries recommend a $213 million increase in annual state pension payments to CalPERS in July, bringing the total to $3.7 billion.
But $149 million would be added to the increase if the impact of a lower earnings forecast, dropped by the board in March from 7.75 percent to 7.5 percent a year, is not phased in over 20 years.
Administrator’s Note: This front-page article was published in last week’s Wall Street Journal.
THE A-HED
Updated May 2, 2012, 12:44 p.m. ET
Locals Call In Baseball’s Tommy Lasorda to Rally for Ontario; Hearing Birds Chirp
By TAMARA AUDI
ONTARIO, Calif.—The Ontario International Airport, 35 miles east of Los Angeles, offers nonstop flights to just 15 cities. Daily departures have plummeted to 62, less than half the number five years ago.
Baseball legend Tommy Lasorda has pitched for the Dodgers and for Rolaids and Slim Fast. Now he’s doing commercials for a struggling regional airport trying to win independence from Los Angeles.
BY IMRAN GHORI
STAFF WRITER
ighori@pe.com
Published: 07 May 2012 10:03 PM
The San Bernardino City Council is looking at leasing more city property for cellphone towers to help solve its budget troubles, but has tabled for now a proposal to bring parking meters downtown.
The proposals were brought to the council Monday night, May 7, after it rejected a plan last month that would have relied on across-the-board cuts and holding some positions vacant.
BY DAYNA STRAEHLEY
STAFF WRITER
dstraehley@pe.com
Published: 07 May 2012 10:39 PM
The Riverside Unified School District Board of Education voted 3-2 late Monday to send final layoff notices to 84 teachers for the 2012-13 school year, said Tim Martin, president of the Riverside City Teachers Association.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/07/2012 05:31:41 PM PDT
A marketing plan that was supposed to address the steep decline in passenger traffic at LA/Ontario International Airport was criticized by Los Angeles World Airports’ governing body Monday.
Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners, a seven-member civilian board that governs LAWA airports – such as ONT – and staff, including a longtime airline industry expert, discussed marketing strategies that could turn things around at the struggling airport.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/06/2012 03:27:45 PM PDT
ONTARIO – It’s no secret that finding daily flights in and out of LA/Ontario International Airport can be a bit of an issue.
For the past five years, since the peak of travel at ONT, the facility has lost more than 40 percent of its seat capacity.
The cause for the decline in air service?
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/06/2012 03:28:49 PM PDT
ONTARIO – More than 80 cities, organizations and elected officials have passed resolutions backing Ontario’s efforts to wrest control of LA/Ontario International Airport from Los Angeles.
The Inland Empire initiative, Set ONTario Free, was launched by Ontario at the start of the year. It quickly gained traction with a wave of cities throughout Southern California, including 17 from Los Angeles County, joining a growing number of agencies calling for local control.
By Ed Mendel
Monday, May 7, 2012
The mayors of San Jose and San Diego are backing local measures on the June ballot that aim to make the change critics of costly public pensions say is the key to major reform — cutting the cost of pensions earned by current workers in the future.
Using different methods, Measure B in San Jose and Proposition B in San Diego would allow current workers to keep pension amounts already earned, but pensions earned in the future could be cut or cost workers more.
Sunday, May 6, 2012 – 10:45 p.m.
It was interesting to see the approach, runway and taxi lights activated at San Bernardino International Airport on Sunday night.
An unusual event at the mostly dormant facility.
Rumor has it Wonder Woman was landing her invisible jet.
Sunday, May 6, 2012 – 10:30 a.m
Ramos struggles through final candidate forum.
Former San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Chairman and San Bernardino County Board of Supe’s candidate James Ramos showed up for the final candidate forum held at Copper Mountain College on Friday night.
Nothing changed.
Michel Nolan, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/05/2012 07:10:57 AM PDT
BIG BEAR LAKE – Here’s what’s new at the zoo.
The latest development in the Moonridge Animal Park’s relocation project is an artist’s nearly complete 3D scale model of the new wolf enclosure.
Third District Supervisor Neil Derry has spearheaded the effort to push the relocation along.
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/04/2012 06:52:55 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – The area’s economy got a significant boost with Amazon’s decision to open a 950,000-square-foot shipping center at the site of the former Norton Air Force Base, officials said Friday.
The facility will provide full-time jobs for more than 1,000 people as early as fall, said Amazon spokesman Ty Rogers.
Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer
Created: 05/03/2012 08:54:13 AM PDT
Anthony Orlando Sanchez pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Riverside, admitting to conspiracy to commit bribery.
Sanchez, 36, was charged with acting as a conduit between an Upland business and former Mayor John Pomierski. Pomierski pleaded guilty last week in the bribery case.
Liset Márquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/03/2012 06:01:14 PM PDT
ONTARIO – A local senator may soon revive a bill aimed at helping this city gain autonomous control of the struggling LA/Ontario International Airport.
Sen. Bob Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga, created Senate Bill 446 in early 2011 in an effort to move discussions along between officials from Ontario and Los Angeles World Airports, which operates ONT under a 44-year joint-powers agreement.
May 3, 2012 | 4:30 pm
Moving swiftly after a judge dismissed its case, the district attorney’s office refiled 24 perjury and voter-fraud charges late Thursday afternoon against Councilman Richard Alarcon and his wife, Flora Montes De Oca Alarcon.
The new charges make the same allegations as a case thrown out by Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy on Thursday morning, accusing the Alarcons of lying about living in a house in Panorama City so that the councilman could run for his 7th District office.
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Created: 05/02/2012 11:37:50 AM PDT
SAN BERNARDIN0 – The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors and the county’s transportation planning agency on Wednesday adopted the first set of goals for a 20-year vision plan to improve the quality of life in the county.
During a special meeting at the Santa Fe Train Depot, the board met with officials from San Bernardino Associated Governments, or SanBAG, to briefly discuss the goals, targeting cradle-to-career success and establishing a business-friendly atmosphere in the county, before moving to adopt them.
By Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer
Created: 05/02/2012 04:00:20 PM PDT
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – The city has been forced to let go nearly 20 employees due to the elimination of millions of dollars in redevelopment funding.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 – 08:55 a.m.
Another Tea Party forum snubbed?
That’s the story coming out of Big Bear this morning.
Monica Rodriguez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/02/2012 12:13:28 AM PDT
POMONA – Members of the Pomona Unified School District board of education adopted a resolution Tuesday evening authorizing district administrators to issue preliminary layoff notices to about 180 classified employees.
BY DARRELL R. SANTSCHI
STAFF WRITER
dsantschi@pe.com
Published: 29 April 2012 05:28 PM
The Highland City Council voted this week to renew a paramedic tax that has been in place, unchanged, longer than Highland has been a city.
The tax, $19 per residence and $38 per business, will raise about $351,000 in the fiscal year that begins July 1, City Manager Joe Hughes told the council Tuesday night.
By Ed Mendel
Monday, April 30, 2012
Stockton has enrolled three mayors and 14 city council members in CalPERS since 1991, despite a provision in the city charter that clearly states no council member shall receive retirement or death benefits, the Stockton Record reported last week.
The discovery of $276,954 in unlawful city pension contributions comes as Stockton is in the national media spotlight during a last-ditch attempt to avoid bankruptcy, mainly by getting unions to agree to cuts in retirement and other costs.
Sunday, April 29, 2012 – 09:30 a.m.
Here’s some interesting factoids from across the financial and political transom:
First Quarter GDP Revised Lower
First quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was revised lower last week to 2.2%. The revised number was mainly supported by strong auto sales. A component that may not be sustainable looking ahead.
Why? Consumer spending has been outpacing non-existent wage growth.
Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer
Created: 04/28/2012 07:19:08 PM PDT
UPLAND – Former Upland Mayor John Pomierski’s admission to accepting a $5,000 bribe from an Upland business does not worry city officials from a legal standpoint.
Pomierski pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Riverside to accepting a bribe from the owners of Chronic Cantina restaurant as part of a plea agreement.
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/27/2012 07:31:51 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – Associate Superintendent Mel Albiso, a 22-year veteran of the school district who in recent years was sometimes the target of heavy criticism from employees, has accepted an early retirement offer.
Albiso, 56, will retire at the end of the school year and receive an annuity for five years based on his salary of $151,188 per year.
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/27/2012 06:01:18 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – Scratch another $300,000 from the school district budget.
Following its earlier ruling that former Personnel Director Abe Flory was wrongfully terminated and should be given more than $550,000 in back pay and interest, the Personnel Commission decided Wednesday that the San Bernardino City Unified School District must pay Flory’s legal costs – more than $250,000 in attorney fees and nearly $13,000 in court reporter fees.
By E. Scott Reckard
April 27, 2012, 9:35 p.m.
Palm Desert National Bank was seized by regulators Friday and sold to Pacific Premier Bank of Costa Mesa, which promised to be open for business as usual Monday.
BY ALICIA ROBINSON
STAFF WRITER
arobinson@pe.com
Published: 26 April 2012 09:50 PM
The only punches thrown were verbal, but seven candidates hoping to be Riverside’s next mayor traded jabs Thursday over the city’s policy on ambulance service, the lack of action on the downtown library, and other city issues.
They met at a forum held at California Baptist University and sponsored by the Raincross Group, Charter Communications, The Press-Enterprise and La Prensa.
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/26/2012 07:24:56 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – Speaking in the sparkling Sturges Center for the Fine Arts – one of many city assets threatened by the abolition of the city Redevelopment Agency, which owned the building – Mayor Pat Morris focused on both challenges and opportunities Thursday evening in his annual state of the city address.
Rather, the states of the two cities.
Like 18th century Paris in the Charles Dickens novel, Morris said, San Bernardino is in the best of times and the worst of times.
By Joe Nelson
Posted: 04/26/2012 05:53:53 PM PDT
A jury on Thursday ruled in favor of the city of Colton and against its former police chief, Ken Rulon, in a wrongful termination lawsuit Rulon brought against the city in 2007.
By Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 04/26/2012 04:28:27 PM PDT
Los Angeles World Airports on Thursday released passenger figures that shows overall traffic at LA/Ontario International Airport is down 6.8 percent from last year.
Thursday, April 26, 2012 – 11:45 a.m.
Former Upland Mayor John “J.P.” Pomierski entered into a plea agreement before Federal Judge Virginia Philips in U.S. District Court in Riverside on Thursday morning.
The plea agreement stems from charges related to influence peddling.
Thursday, April 26, 2012 – 09:45 a.m.
Here’s some interesting news on the transom this week.
Retirement savings plans under attack.
Yes, it’s finally happening. The feds are discussing the taxation of various retirement savings accounts to generate revenue. As their coffers dwindle, expect federal, state and local government to squeeze taxpayers.
Draft report done; findings expected out in June
April 25, 2012 11:37 AM
Brooke Edwards Staggs, City Editor
VICTORVILLE • Three years after the Daily Press first reported that the San Bernardino County Grand Jury was investigating the city of Victorville, sources confirm a draft report of the citizen group’s findings is complete and will likely be released within the next two months.
City Manager Doug Robertson said he was recently given an opportunity to review the draft report. He was then asked to sign a confidentiality form on April 16, prohibiting him from discussing any of the report’s contents.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 – 10:45 a.m.
8th Congressional District candidate and Angela Valles (R-Victorville) has finally reported her fundraising results.
For the entire 2011-12 election cycle Valles has raised $32,584 and spent all but $175 of that amount.
Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer
Created: 04/24/2012 12:32:42 PM PDT
UPLAND – The City Council on Monday approved a contract with a Chino-based law firm Gutierrez, Fierro & Erickson to provide interim legal services while the city seeks a permanent firm to serve as city attorney.
April 24, 2012 5:41 PM
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Brooke Edwards Staggs, City Editor
VICTORVILLE • The class action lawsuit over Victorville’s red light cameras has been moved from state to federal court, with the city motioning to dismiss the case while a local attorney gears up for a potentially precedent-setting battle.
The venue change came at the request of Redflex Traffic Systems, the private company that operates 10 cameras in Victorville and is a codefendant in the case alongside the city.
BY JAN SEARS
STAFF WRITER
jsears@pe.com
Published: 23 April 2012 07:03 PM
Since December, members of Occupy Redlands have been appearing before the City Council, reading a resolution opposing corporate personhood and urging the council to vote on it.
They have appeared at almost every council meeting in the past four months, taking three-minute turns reading the resolution, and more recently, reciting a long list of U.S. cities and counties that have voted to support it.
They may finally achieve their goal next month.
BY JAN SEARS
jsears@pe.com
Published: 22 April 2012 06:19 PM
Redlands’ labor negotiator has begun meeting with representatives of employee groups to discuss salary and benefit issues that city officials say could help improve Redlands’ long-term financial health.
The City Council has directed its negotiator, Richard Kreisler, a partner in the Los Angeles law firm Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, to propose changes in employee retirement and lifetime health care benefits and overtime, city spokesman Carl Baker said in a news release.
BY ALICIA ROBINSON
STAFF WRITER
arobinson@pe.com
Published: 21 April 2012 06:24 PM
Despite being California’s 12th largest city, Riverside in some ways still operates like a small town, and that extends to politics.
That’s why some residents have been surprised that the upcoming June 5 mayoral election to replace a retiring five-term incumbent hasn’t made more of a splash.
Wendy Leung, Staff Writer
Created: 04/21/2012 07:07:01 AM PDT
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – Fifteen months in prison have hardly changed Rex Gutierrez.
The former councilman does not look older, thinner or more defeated.
His sense of humor, quirky sensibility and panache for flashy ties have not gone away.
BY ALICIA ROBINSON
STAFF WRITER
arobinson@pe.com
Published: 20 April 2012 05:50 PM
The state Department of Finance has rejected payment of nearly $159 million in projects and debts from Riverside’s former redevelopment agency, potentially leaving the city’s general fund on the hook for at least some of that amount.
BY JIM MILLER
SACRAMENTO BUREAU
jmiller@pe.com
Published: 18 April 2012 10:22 PM
SACRAMENTO — Legislation that would restore a critical revenue stream for Riverside County’s newest cities cleared its first committee this morning, the first concrete success for the cities and their supporters following months of efforts to roll back part of last summer’s state budget.
Jurupa Valley, Eastvale, Wildomar and Menifee lost a combined $14 million when lawmakers approved an $86 billion budget that diverted vehicle-license fee money to pay for local law-enforcement grants. Officials in the cities warned of fiscal calamity, including possible disincorporation, if there is no fix.
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/19/2012 06:17:07 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – Attorneys for the bankrupt SBD Airport Services are asking a federal judge to force San Bernardino International Airport administrators to restore the company’s access to the airport’s fueling facilities.
April 19, 2012 9:04 AM
Natasha Lindstrom, Staff Writer
VICTORVILLE • Current city employees and retired employees of the water district absorbed by Victorville in 2007 are suing the city to protect their benefits, arguing the city is reneging on promises made to fund their vested coverage.
The six plaintiffs charge that Victorville is not standing by agreements it made to some 49 employees who’d worked for the former Victor Valley Water District.
Thursday, April 19, 2012 – 09:45 a.m.
Victorville City Council Member Angela Valles (R-Victorville), candidate for the 8th Congressional District, is the only candidate not to have filed a campaign finance report with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
The deadline for her filing was April 14.
Sandra Emerson
Created: 04/18/2012 10:46:34 AM PDT
UPLAND – Mayor Ray Musser has thrown his hat in the ring for the city’s mayoral race in November.
Musser was appointed as mayor in February after serving on the City Council since 1998.
Money & Politics | Daily Report
April 19, 2012 | Kendall Taggart
In the flurry surrounding the end of redevelopment, 60 state Department of Finance officials are scouring local redevelopment budgets to determine whether their claims about existing debts and obligations are legal.
Cities and other local entities that are overseeing the shutdown of redevelopment agencies were required to submit a list of their ongoing financial commitments by April 15. Now, the department has a three-day window to raise objections. Of the budgets it has reviewed so far, the department has challenged almost two dozen, including budgets from the cities of Riverside, Orange and San Leandro.
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/17/2012 10:50:07 AM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – The special oversight committee in charge of unwinding the Inland Valley Development Agency’s redevelopment powers has yet to finish compiling a list of financial obligations that could determine whether planned improvements around San Bernardino International Airport are accomplished or not.
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/17/2012 11:43:29 AM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – In a court case that could change the outcome of the city clerk election, the registrar of voters will be required to explain why he didn’t count votes by people whose signature didn’t match records but signed affidavits swearing they had voted.
The decision by Judge Donna Gunnell Garza on Tuesday modifies her earlier decision not to allow any outside evidence.
Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer
Created: 04/17/2012 05:46:09 PM PDT
UPLAND – The city will be going out to bid for a new city attorney contract.
The City Council recently agreed to begin the search for a new city attorney contract due to increasing legal costs.
Council also to view changes to agenda policy
April 17, 2012 8:54 AM
From Staff Reports
VICTORVILLE • The two-year Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, twice-delayed water service hikes and proposed changes to a controversial policy about how issues end up on the agenda to begin with are all before the Victorville City Council Tuesday night.
During the closed session meeting starting at 5 p.m., before the regular session, the council will discuss the ongoing SEC investigation. The agency has been looking into Victorville’s bond expenditures since summer 2010, recently issuing a new subpoena and conducting interviews with city staff and officials.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 – 10:55 a.m.
Is there a plea deal in the long-running Upland corruption case against former Upland Mayor John “J.P.” Pomierski?
By PE Politics
April 16, 2012 4:37 PM
State Sen. Bob Dutton stood up from his table at a recent economic forecast event to announce he planned to push ahead with his long-tabled bill that would create an Ontario International Airport authority made up of local leaders and facilitate the transfer of the Inland airport from the city of Los Angeles to that local authority.
It sounded imminent, but it’s more like a maybe.
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