Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
Joe Nelson, The Sun
Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Stephen Wall, The Press-Enterprise
Posted: 06/21/16 – 10:09 PM PDT |
Inland public employees aren’t just earning a paycheck, but collecting hefty compensation packages that often dwarf their base salaries, an open-records advocacy group announced Tuesday.
By Stephen Wall, The Press-Enterprise
Posted: 06/21/16 – 8:21 AM PDT |
Inland public employees aren’t just earning a paycheck, but collecting hefty compensation packages that often dwarf their base salaries, an open-records advocacy group announced Tuesday, June 21.
By Jim Steinberg, The Sun
Posted: 01/28/16 – 10:54 PM PST |
FONTANA >> Mayor Acquanetta Warren said Thursday that “inclusiveness for all citizens” is vital to the city of more than 204,000 residents.
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 – 05:00 p.m.
The Lou Desmond and Company Show is coming to you from the Toyota of San Bernardino Recording Studios!
Tonight on the show, Adrian Moore of the Reason Foundation is on the show. First off, he and Lou talk about a whistle blower in Fontana who was laid off for reporting sexual misconduct. Then, the fight for local control of Ontario Airport is heating up.
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 07/06/15 – 7:45 PM PDT |
A jury has awarded a former Fontana Unified School District police dispatcher more than $315,000 after she alleged she was fired for reporting a police officer accused of raping or sexually assaulting other dispatchers.
By Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Posted: 04/08/15, 9:14 AM PDT |
Several cities in Southern California will have to reduce water use by as much as 35 percent under a new conservation schedule released by the State Water Resources Control Board.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 – 10:30 a.m.
A San Bernardino Civil Jury, on Monday, awarded a multimillion dollar judgement to a former Fontana Unified School District employee, who alleged she was raped by a School Police Officer.
By Mark Gutglueck
Posted on January 10, 2015
(January 9) Acquanetta Warren, the Fontana mayor who has for the past several years been serving as the city of Upland’s assistant director of public works, abruptly resigned her post with the City of Gracious Living Thursday.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 – 09:30 a.m.
Here’s some area election results of note.
In San Bernardino, voters dumped charter reform Measure Q. The measure would have removed wage-setting provisions from the city charter to collective bargaining. The city’s police and fire unions easily tubed the measure. The result is a blow to novice Mayor Carey Davis and backers, who put very little effort in support of the measure.
By Leslie Parrilla, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 10/26/14, 8:20 PM PDT | Updated: 49 secs ago
FONTANA >> At first blush, it may appear that political veterans such as former Rep. Joe Baca have a slam dunk chance at winning local races like the mayoral seat he is vying for, having served at the federal level.
By Leslie Parrilla, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 10/02/14, 10:56 PM PDT |
FONTANA >> From building a Legoland museum to bringing solar and wind energy to the city, the list of ideas from candidates running for City Council and mayor ran the gamut at a public forum Thursday evening.
By Leslie Parrilla, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 09/27/14, 8:32 PM PDT |
Candidate forums for the City Council and mayoral election will be held next week in a race that pits a long-time mayor against a former U.S. congressman.
By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 09/20/14, 6:32 PM PDT |
Two new large warehouse distribution centers are planned for Fontana and Eastvale that would bring thousands of new jobs to the Inland Empire.
Published: Aug. 16, 2014 Updated: 6:31 p.m.
The man they call “Working Joe” is working on another comeback.
Joe Baca is running to become mayor of Fontana, where he and his wife bought a home two years ago. The campaign follows an unsuccessful bid earlier this year to return to Congress, where the Democrat served seven terms representing part of San Bernardino County.
To read story by Jeff Horseman in the Press-Enterprise, click here.
By Grace Wong, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 08/05/14, 8:51 PM PDT | Updated: 29 secs ago
Across the Inland Empire, residents are filing papers to run for city councils.
By Jean Merl
JUly 28, 2014
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Baca, who earlier this year lost a bid to return to the House, has found another office to try for — mayor of Fontana.
By Leslie Parrilla, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 05/03/14, 10:32 PM PDT |
FONTANA >> New City Manager Ken Hunt was disturbed when he overheard a couple sitting next to him at a Rancho Cucamonga restaurant in 1999 describing the city he worked tirelessly to change as too dangerous a place to go alone, even during the day.
By Leslie Parrilla, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 05/03/14, 10:35 PM PDT |
FONTANA >> Each of the 44,000 metered customers in the Fontana division of the San Gabriel Valley Water Company could see a check for $240, and a retroactive rate decrease, according to the Office of Ratepayer Advocates.
By Jim Steinberg, The Sun
Posted: 12/13/13, 8:08 PM PST |
FONTANA — A Los Angeles Police Department detective sergeant has announced plans to run for mayor, challenging Mayor Acquanetta Warren as she seeks a second term in the November 2014 elections.
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 12/12/13, 7:15 PM PST | Updated: 6 mins ago
FONTANA >> A woman has filed a $2 million claim against the school district, alleging one of its former police officers raped her in his office.
By Jim Steinberg, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 10/19/13, 1:55 PM PDT |
FONTANA >> “I know it’s a race weekend. I see all the motor homes loading up groceries” in the parking lot of grocery stores, said Mayor Acquanetta Warren.
Area hotels and motels and restaurants were looking forward to a better-than-usual weekend as customers came in from out of town.
By Jim Steinberg, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 08/25/13, 8:54 PM PDT |
FONTANA >> Fontana Unified School District Police Chief Scott Mesa feels he is in a lucky position.
By Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
jim.steinberg@inlandnewspapers.com l @FontanaNow on Twitter
Posted: 08/06/2013 09:04:06 AM PDT
Updated: 08/07/2013 09:20:55 PM PDT
FONTANA — This city has been ranked as the 15th safest in America, according to Business Insider, an Internet-only publication that used the FBI’s preliminary 2012 unified crime report data for 2012 to compile city rankings.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/28/2013 09:29:54 PM PDT
Updated: 07/28/2013 11:20:23 PM PDT
FONTANA — City Manager Ken Hunt is a survivor.
“He rides the economic waves in good times and bad times,” said Councilman Michael Tahan. “He maneuvers creatively.”
Last week, the City Council approved a five-year contract for Hunt to remain the city’s top administrator, a job he has held since 1999.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/16/2013 09:36:15 PM PDT
Updated: 07/17/2013 12:38:54 AM PDT
FONTANA – In a lopsided contest, Fontana Unified School District voters ousted Leticia Garcia and Sophia Green, two controversial board members who raised the hackles of Mayor Acquanetta Warren, many district employees and parents.
July 14, 2013; 08:47 PM
Rep. Mark Takano, D-Riverside, may have switched careers when he was elected to Congress last fall, but the former high school English teacher still wields a mean red pen.
To read column by Jeff Horseman, Imran Ghori, Craig Schultz and Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/13/2013 05:18:03 PM PDT
Updated: 07/13/2013 06:49:41 PM PDT
FONTANA — The two trustees at the center of Tuesday’s school board recall election defended their records in the final days of a campaign to oust them, even as volunteers fanned out to push for last-minute votes over the weekend.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/09/2013 10:38:39 PM PDT
Updated: 07/09/2013 11:49:57 PM PDT
FONTANA — There are five candidates vying for a spot in the Fontana Unified School District special recall election if voters decide to recall two board members Tuesday.
William Cutting,
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 – 03:00 p.m.
Someone forwarded a bunch of emails from a person by the name of Keith McCarter to me. In the first one, he announced he is running for State Assembly and asked for our vote in June 2014. He also ran for mayor of Fontana a little while back.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/26/2013 05:34:32 PM PDT
FONTANA — The Fontana Unified School District and two other school systems have sued the city alleging that its now defunct redevelopment agency owes them millions of dollars.
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/24/2013 05:57:24 PM PDT
Four Fontana Unified School District Police Department employees claim they were raped or sexually assaulted by an officer with a history of sexual misconduct, according to lawsuits filed in San Bernardino Superior Court.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/27/2013 05:20:37 PM PDT
Updated: 04/27/2013 06:24:37 PM PDT
FONTANA — A recall campaign for two school board members is heating up even though the election is more than two months away.
Mayor Acquanetta Warren has been busy posting on her Facebook page – and others – posters made by proponents of recalling Fontana Unified school board members Leticia Garcia and Sophia Green. The election is July 16.
By William Cutting
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 – 11:45 p.m.
When you have grown up and spent your entire life in the Inland Empire you sometimes forget how big it is. It doesn’t help that we lack our own media market and we constantly live in the shadow of moronic Los Angeles newscasters. Every now and then I come across a story and figure it is happening in some place hundreds and thousands of miles away.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/15/2013 08:25:55 PM PDT
County election officials on Thursday announced they validated the signatures collected for the recall of Fontana Unified School District Board members Sophia Green and Leticia Garcia.
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/23/2013 07:01:29 PM PST
A joint powers authority including San Bernardino County and the cities of Ontario and Fontana will meet Thursday to consider proposals to fix the county’s foreclosure crisis.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/23/2013 11:27:30 AM PST
Updated: 01/23/2013 07:18:31 PM PST
FONTANA – Fontana Unified School District police have bought 14 military-style rifles to protect students and faculty in the event of a shooter on campus.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/31/2012 10:23:07 PM PST
FONTANA – The recall effort against two school board members is in full swing, according to one of its principal organizers.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/10/2012 05:00:35 PM PST
FONTANA – Retail giant Walmart’s decision to build two supercenters here already is drawing some opposition – even though those stores might not open until 2016, or even later.
Company lays off 12 employees in Ontario and Fontana
Canan Tasci, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/31/2012 08:30:01 PM PDT
Officials at Kaiser Permanente are calling the laying off of 84 employees a “modest downsizing of staff” across Southern California.
The layoffs do not include physicians.
Staff Report
Posted: 10/24/2012 08:47:32 PM PDT
Updated: 10/24/2012 10:43:37 PM PDT
To assist voters in the Nov. 6 election, the Daily Bulletin has asked municipal candidates questions about issues concerning their respective cities.
In some cases, the responses have been edited for space.
To read entire story, click here.
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/22/2012 09:58:51 PM PDT
The third meeting of the Homeownership Protection Program Joint Powers Authority, composed of San Bernardino County and the cities of Ontario and Fontana to address the county’s foreclosure crisis, has been canceled due to a lack of quorum.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/14/2012 07:12:47 AM PDT
Updated: 10/14/2012 08:00:29 PM PDT
ONTARIO – A new regional authority formed to manage L.A./Ontario International Airport will meet today for the first time.
The Ontario International Airport Authority is expected to take a series of actions to formalize the new multijurisdictional organization, which will run the airport if Ontario succeeds in gaining control.
Beau Yarbrough, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/09/2012 06:10:55 PM PDT
POMONA – Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn’t know if he agrees with eminent-domain powers being used to buy up the mortgages of homeowners who owe more than their homes are worth – but he applauds the experiment.
Jim Steinberg,Staff Writer
Posted: 10/03/2012 10:15:43 PM PDT
FONTANA – School board members on Wednesday night defended their decision to issue a controversial class of bonds to stave off a likely state takeover.
Posted: 10/02/2012 06:29:21 PM PDT
Updated: 10/02/2012 07:54:34 PM PDT
Related story: School financing methods attracting attention
FONTANA – A Fontana Unified School District plan to finance a $106 million bond payment due in December to stave off a likely state takeover has drawn fire from the county’s top financial official and two county supervisors.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/21/2012 08:54:01 PM PDT
Updated: 09/21/2012 10:04:32 PM PDT
FONTANA – An effort to recall two School Board members has gained an ally – the mayor.
Beau Yarbrough, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 09/14/2012 05:28:16 PM PDT
ONTARIO – If there’s one thing a high school community understands, it’s pep rallies.
Cheerleaders and mascots for the Chaffey Joint Union High School District’s 12 high schools on Thursday night marched down the aisles at Hill Auditorium to energize advocates for its $848 million bond that is on the Nov. 6 ballot.
By Andrew Edwards
Created: 08/16/2012 11:44:52 AM PDT
The special agency that helped start a national debate over a controversial eminent domain-for-mortgages plan aimed at helping San Bernardino County’s underwater homeowners soon will be able to accept formal proposals.
By Alejandro Lazo
July 27, 2012, 4:36 p.m.
One of California’s highest-ranking politicians, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, has told an investor group to “back off” and allow San Bernardino County to explore a controversial plan that would employ its eminent domain powers to seize and restructure troubled mortgages.
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/26/2012 05:30:00 PM PDT
A founder of a San Francisco company behind a proposal for local government to use eminent domain to take control of underwater mortgages predicted other companies may follow them and take the plan national.
Mortgage Resolution Partners co-founder and chief strategic officer John Vlahoplus said in an interview Thursday that he believes the controversial plan will survive legal challenges and may be emulated by other firms in areas heavily affected by the post-2007 housing market bust.
Point of View
David H. Stevens
Posted: 07/22/2012 07:04:38 AM PDT
California, once ground zero of the housing crisis, is and will continue working its way back to a stable real estate finance market.
However, the radical use of eminent domain to take over underwater mortgages could cause a spiraling effect of withdrawal of mortgage credit, declining home values and a threat to local economic recovery. Rather than taking actions which increase uncertainty, reduce the availability of credit and focus on the problems from the past, policymakers should look to homebuyers of the future and do what they can to efficiently get the process moving again.
BY IMRAN GHORI
STAFF WRITER
ighori@pe.com
Published: 17 July 2012 06:15 PM
A banking industry group continued to press its opposition to a proposal to use eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages, claiming the tactic would not withstand legal scrutiny and could end up costing San Bernardino County.
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, a Wall Street trade group, released a legal memo from its law firm on Tuesday, July 17, that attacked the proposal as impermissible under the federal and state constitutions and the county charter.
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Created: 07/13/2012 11:23:10 AM PDT
Leaders of the newly formed Homeownership Protection Program have yet to decide how they will try to solve San Bernardino County’s lingering foreclosure woes, but the potential use of eminent domain to take over mortgages continued to arouse objections from industry groups when the group convened its first meeting on Friday.
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/06/2012 06:15:26 PM PDT
FONTANA – A fresh source of money totalling close to $14 million means construction of a long-stalled freeway interchange project may begin before year’s end.
That, in turn, could facilitate the construction of thousands of homes as well as new office and retail space.
Eminent domain raises legal concern
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Created: 07/04/2012 11:15:06 PM PDT
Legal analysts are giving conflicting views on whether a proposed program in San Bernardino County to help homeowners with negative equity stay in their homes could withstand a legal challenge.
San Francisco-based investment firm Mortgage Resolution Partners has proposed the county use eminent domain to seize control of underwater loans and then modify them for homeowners at affordable rates.
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Created: 07/01/2012 05:51:46 PM PDT
San Bernardino County may be the site the nation’s next big debate over eminent domain.
A trio of of local governments – San Bernardino County, Fontana and Ontario – have created a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) in an effort to help “underwater” homeowners that may result in the use of seizure powers to buy mortgage-backed securities.
BY IMRAN GHORI
STAFF WRITER
ighori@pe.com
Published: 18 June 2012 07:48 AM
Six years after Cathy Piper purchased her 1,100-square-foot Rancho Cucamonga home for $420,000, she has seen its value drop to $232,300.
But like millions of homeowners across the country with underwater mortgages, she struggles to meet her $2,475 monthly mortgage payment even as she is stuck with a loan that is more than the property is worth.
BY IMRAN GHORI
STAFF WRITER
ighori@pe.com
Published: 14 April 2012 06:22 PM
With drag racing at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana halted due to a court order, racing enthusiasts are lobbying the county to get the racetrack reopened.
Supporters have formed a group called Save Auto Club Dragway, created a Facebook page and signed petitions. More than two dozen of them spoke at the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors meeting last week, urging the county to help the speedway get the approvals it needs.
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/11/2012 07:05:54 PM PDT
San Bernardino County and the cities of Ontario, Fontana and Hesperia are joining forces to establish a program to assist homewoners who are underwater on their mortgages.
It is part of the county’s “Vision” plan – a roadmap to the county’s future that establishes clear-cut goals to achieve optimum quality of life for the people who live in its 24 cities and unincorporated areas.
Southern California home prices slipped in January
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 02/15/2012 03:32:14 PM PST
New Southern California homes are selling at the slowest paces on record, but the wood frames of new houses under construction at the Rosena Ranch development near Fontana are a sign that builders are still willing to invest in the Inland Empire.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Created: 01/26/2012 11:35:17 AM PST
FONTANA – Mayor Acquanetta Warren on Thursday vowed to join forces with Ontario city leaders in the quest to wrestle ownership of L.A./Ontario International Airport from Los Angeles’ control.
That pledge was part of broad strategy focused on regional cooperation as Fontana moves forward with 2012 and in the succeeding years.
By Jim Steinberg Staff Writer
Posted: 01/24/2012 08:43:11 PM PST
The Fontana and Rialto city councils scrambled on Tuesday night to approve measures paving the way for a Feb. 1 deadline for the dissolution of their redevelopment agencies.
Meanwhile, because of the complexity of what needs to be accomplished in a short time frame, two bond-rating agencies have taken negative actions toward billions of dollars in California bonds secured by redevelopment tax increment revenue.
By Jim Steinberg Staff Writer
Created: 01/02/2012 06:05:05 PM PST
FONTANA – School board member Leticia Garcia is flying to New York City on Wednesday for an interview with Anderson Cooper related to the stigma associated with women professionals married to convicts.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Created: 12/15/2011 04:06:53 PM PST
FONTANA – Leticia Garcia quietly stepped aside as vice president of the Fontana Unified School District Board on Wednesday night, nominating longtime board member Gus Hawthorn.
Previous to that action, Hawthorn had nominated BarBara Chavez for a second term as the board’s president.
Both measures were unanimously approved.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/17/2011 06:36:41 PM PST
FONTANA – Despite a warning that the current school year is likely to end up with a $2.6 million deficit, the Fontana Unified School District Board on Wednesday night voted to bring back 10 laid off locker room attendants at a cost of $285,000.
Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/11/2011 04:37:50 PM PST
Members of Occupy Wall Street-inspired groups from throughout region will protest together today as Occupy Inland Empire for the first time in a rally in San Bernardino.
Sandra Emerson, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 11/06/2011 05:53:46 PM PST
RIVERSIDE – After nearly an hour and a half of group discussion in the human microphone fashion, members of several Occupy Wall Street movements in the Inland Empire raised their hands, wiggled their fingers and a consensus was reached – a committee will be formed to propose future activities bringing all their movements together.
Garcia
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Created: 10/19/2011 09:39:28 PM PDT
FONTANA – In a sparsely attended meeting, Fontana Unified School District board member Kathy Binks called for fellow board member Leticia Garcia to step aside until the District Attorney’s Office Public Integrity Unit can investigate whether Garcia violated any election code when she concealed her marriage to a convicted murderer who was in prison.
Ryan Carter, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/17/2011 06:47:45 PM PDT
FONTANA – School board member Leticia Garcia apologized Monday for not telling the public that she is married to a man convicted of murder, even as the mayor called for her to step down from her leadership position on the board.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Created: 10/16/2011 08:53:22 PM PDT
FONTANA – The vice chairwoman of the Fontana Unified School District board has admitted she has been married to a convicted murderer since 2002, but on her application to run for the school board last year, she said she was divorced.
By Jim Steinberg Staff Writer
Created: 08/18/2011 05:37:08 PM PDT
FONTANA – The Fontana Unified School District restored personnel and services to the tune of about $6.5 million this week.
Warren
By Jim Steinberg Staff Writer
Created: 06/23/2011 09:31:02 PM PDT
FONTANA – In action that city officials say will halt progress in the city, a group of business and property owners unleashed a two-pronged attack on the City Council this week.
On Thursday, a group calling itself Fontana United filed a notice of intent with the City Clerk’s Office to file a recall petition for Mayor Acquanetta Warren and the entire City Council.
Fontana voters reject effort to restore funds
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Created: 06/22/2011 06:31:20 PM PDT
FONTANA – Measure E, the parcel tax initiative that would have brought $16 million in additional funding to the Fontana Unified School District, was defeated in a special election Tuesday.
Voters to decide school district’s Measure E
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Created: 06/19/2011 09:05:31 PM PDT
FONTANA – The deadline for the area’s first parcel tax vote is 8 p.m. Tuesday.
And many in surrounding cities are going to be watching how it does during this era of rising hostility against government taxation.
James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer
Created: 05/17/2011 09:34:54 PM PDT
The revised state budget plan released Monday provides about $3 billion more to public schools, but local school officials say even if that money materializes, it won’t mean reversing the deep cuts districts have had to make.
With tax extension talks off, area educators worried
Canan Tasci, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/02/2011 07:06:34 AM PDT
Gov. Jerry Brown’s promise not to cut school budgets will soon be broken.
The governor’s budget proposal earlier this year to close a $25 billion budget gap without cutting funding to K-12 schools was contingent upon voters approving a five-year extension of temporary taxes in a special election in June.
By James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer
Created: 03/31/2011 11:44:13 AM PDT
Local school district leaders say it looks like they’ll have to implement their worst-case-scenario budgets because no deal is in place for the state to bring in more tax revenue.
City, fearing state cash grab, sets redevelopment spending
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Created: 03/23/2011 08:59:24 PM PDT
FONTANA – The city’s Redevelopment Agency funneled $19 million into 17 projects at a public meeting Tuesday night.
The action to put money to work comes at a time when there is uncertainty about the future of redevelopment agencies in California.
Fontana election to decide $50 million plan
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/21/2011 10:26:59 PM PDT
FONTANA – On a 3-2 vote, the Fontana Unified School Board on Monday night approved a special election for a new property tax to prevent or delay some $50 million in cuts approved in recent years.
By Jim Steinberg Staff Writer
Created: 03/17/2011 05:14:02 PM PDT
FONTANA – The school board will hold a public hearing Monday on the possibility of developing an emergency educational tax to help soften the effects of the crisis in education.
R.C., Fontana spurred growth
James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer
Created: 03/12/2011 11:09:52 PM PST
Growth in those areas and across the Inland Empire came largely because of affordable homes sold in the first half of the decade, said Brad Kemp, director of regional research at Beacon Economics.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Created: 03/09/2011 06:51:31 PM PST
FONTANA – Gullit Acevedo, 17, credits school counselors with steering him away from gangs. So he was shocked when the Fontana Unified School District board on Tuesday reversed a decision from last week and voted to warn all 68 of the district’s counselors they might not have a job next school year.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/08/2011 11:37:48 PM PST
FONTANA – The Fontana Unified School District board, by a 4 to 1 vote, has potentially eliminated all 68 of the district’s counselor jobs, reversing a decision made last week to save those jobs from budget cutting.
By Jim Steinberg Staff Writer
Created: 03/03/2011 09:48:51 PM PST
FONTANA – School district employees and board members are working on ways to carve money from the district’s budget after the board on Wednesday night voted against a recommendation to potentially fire all 68 of the district’s counselors.
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 02/09/2011 11:18:21 PM PST
FONTANA – The City Council has unanimously passed a resolution in opposition to Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to abolish redevelopment agencies in California, joining a growing number of cities lining up against the plan.