Politics, Government and Business in Southern California's Inland Empire
April 16, 2013; 07:12 PM
Legislation to restore millions of dollars in 2011 budget cuts to four Riverside County cities has been pulled from its first committee hearing.
To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.
April 15, 2013; 04:27 PM
Officials from three of Riverside County’s four newest cities will travel to Sacramento this week in a bid to reclaim state money they say they need to adequately serve their constituents.
To read story by Sandra Stokley in The Press Enterprise, click here.
March 26, 2013; 06:02 PM
SACRAMENTO – Inland lawmakers and local officials have taken a new tack to try to restore lost revenue for four Riverside County cities disproportionately hurt by a state budget shift two years ago.
To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.
February 21, 2013; 06:59 PM
Aid packages aimed at stabilizing the finances of two of the county’s newest cities — and staving off the fiscal collapse of Jurupa Valley — will go to Riverside County supervisors next week.
To read story by Sandra Stokley in The Press Enterprise, click here.
January 10, 2013; 06:55 PM
Riverside County senators Richard Roth and Bill Emmerson introduced legislation this week stating their intent to restore lost funding for California cities that have incorporated since 2004.
To read story by Jim Miller and Nelsy Rodriguez in The Press Enterprise, click here.
December 31, 2012; 05:02 PM
Restoring funding to four cities and securing money for health-services are among the top lobbying priorities for Riverside County in the new year.
To read story by Jeff Horseman in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Published: 17 October 2012 – 06:42 PM
In a sign of just how precarious Jurupa Valley’s financial picture is, the city council on Thursday, Oct. 18, will hear a report about how to disincorporate.
To read story by Sandra Stokley in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Published: 19 September 2012 – 09:18 PM
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation that would have allocated $14 million to Riverside County’s newest cities, citing the measure’s impact on last year’s shift of some criminal-justice, mental health and other services to counties.
To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Published: 14 September 2012 – 04:19 PM
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Voters in the new cities of Jurupa Valley and Eastvale will be asked Nov. 6 to set a constitutionally required amount of taxes and other revenue the cities may receive and spend annually.
To read story by Sandra Stokley in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Published: 30 August 2012 – 06:46 PM
SACRAMENTO – For the second year in a row, a group of Inland Southern California cities and lawmakers are making a last-minute push to restore millions of dollars in budget cuts.
To read story by Jim Miller in the Press Enterprise, click here.
Published: 13 August 2012 – 04:22 PM
Eastvale and Jurupa Valley City Council incumbents running for a full four-year term each will face challengers in the Nov. 6 election.
To read story by Sandra Stokley in the Press-Enterprise, click here.
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
Published: 10 August 2012 05:15 PM
Inland Rep Mary Bono Mack’s legislation seeking to lift taxes on the cash awards received by Olympic medalists gained a key supporter.
To read column in the Press-Enterprise, click here.
By Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times
July 30, 2012, 1:47 a.m.
The jagged foothills, withered pastures and a web of horse trails along the Santa Ana River give the state’s newest city a hint of the Wild West. Jurupa Valley’s money troubles, though, are pure modern-day California.
Jurupa Valley may be broke in a year, even though the city is so new that it has no permanent employees, no generous employee pension plan and runs City Hall out of a leased strip-mall storefront next to the Lucky Wok Chinese restaurant.
BY SANDRA STOKLEY
STAFF WRITER
sstokley@pe.com
Published: 30 June 2012 01:02 PM
As Jurupa Valley blows the candle out on its first birthday cake, it’s hard not to think of Riverside County’s newest municipality as the “hard luck city.”
BY SANDRA STOKLEY
STAFF WRITER
sstokley@pe.com
Published: 14 June 2012 10:38 PM
Staggered City Council terms mean that two council members in each of Riverside County’s two newest cities will face re-election in November.
Eastvale Councilmen Ike Bootsma and Jeff DeGrandpre, and Jurupa Valley Councilmen Brad Hancock and Frank Johnston were the lowest vote-getters in their respective 2010 and 2011 contests and were elected to two-year terms. Whoever wins election in the November, 2012 election, would serve a full four-year term.
BY JIM MILLER
SACRAMENTO BUREAU
jmiller@pe.com
Published: 24 May 2012 08:31 PM
SACRAMENTO Legislation to restore millions of dollars in vehicle-license-fee revenue for four Riverside County cities has stalled in the state Senate and is likely dead for the year.
Friday, May 25, is the deadline for bills to pass their respective houses’ appropriations committees. The Senate Appropriations Committee reviewed dozens of measures that had been parked on its “suspense” file because of the legislation’s perceived impact on the state’s bottom line.
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.
BY DUG BEGLEY
STAFF WRITER
dbegley@pe.com
Published: 27 March 2012 07:49 PM
Four Riverside County cities that took a financial hit in last year’s state budget might get a helping hand from the county, supervisors said Tuesday. But California lawmakers need to solve the problem they created, supervisors added.
Menifee, Wildomar, Eastvale and Jurupa Valley all face fiscal challenges as a result of the state budget passed last summer. The four cities lost $15 million, part of $200 million in vehicle-license fee revenue that the state redirected to pay for local law-enforcement grants.
BY JIM MILLER
SACRAMENTO BUREAU
jmiller@pe.com
Published: 02 March 2012 02:32 PM
SACRAMENTO — Inland Southern California lawmakers are making a new push to restore state budget cuts that threaten the solvency of Riverside County’s newest cities.
BY SANDRA STOKLEY
STAFF WRITER
sstokley@pe.com
Published: 02 December 2011 09:30 PM
Jurupa Valley will pay nearly $13 million for law enforcement services during its first year as a city, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department contract going to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors for approval Tuesday.
By PE Politics
September 10, 2011 2:15 AM
Four Riverside County cities that lost up to one-half of their revenue in the June budget deal failed to recover any of it in the final hours of the 2011 regular session that ended early this morning.
10:00 PM PDT on Thursday, September 8, 2011
BY JIM MILLER
SACRAMENTO BUREAU
jmiller@pe.com
SACRAMENTO – Attempts to restore millions of dollars for Riverside County’s newest cities will go down to the wire, amid last-ditch legislative maneuvers to allocate the money this year.
By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times
September 9, 2011
California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris on Thursday ventured into a community known as a “diesel death zone” for its heavy truck pollution and announced her intention to join a lawsuit challenging a massive warehouse project to be built nearby.
10:16 PM PDT on Thursday, September 1, 2011
BY JIM MILLER and SANDRA STOKLEY
STAFF WRITERS
jmiller@pe.com|sstokley@pe.com
SACRAMENTO – New state legislation would reverse deep state budget cuts to four Riverside County cities by partially restoring a higher tax on people’s vehicles.
10:00 PM PDT on Monday, August 15, 2011
By SANDRA STOKLEY
Staff Writer sstokley@pe.com
Stung by the loss of millions of dollars in state money, Riverside County’s newest city is asking the Board of Supervisors for a $1.7 million loan so it can gain its financial footing during its crucial first year.
10:00 PM PDT on Friday, July 1, 2011
By SANDRA STOKLEY and JIM MILLER
The Press-Enterprise
A day after Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that could spell insolvency for Riverside County’s newest cities, dignitaries and residents gathered on Friday to usher in a new era for Jurupa Valley: as Riverside County’s 28th city.
10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, June 14, 2011
By SANDRA STOKLEY
The Press-Enterprpise
With Jurupa Valley speeding toward its July 1 incorporation date, the City Council-elect will hold its final regularly scheduled meeting Thursdayand is set to make several decisions that will allow City Hall to open for business on schedule.
10:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, May 18, 2011
By SANDRA STOKLEY
The Press-Enterprise
The Jurupa Valley City Council-elect tonight will get a preview of law enforcement services they can expect from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department as the community moves from unincorporated area to Riverside County’s newest city.
10:00 PM PDT on Thursday, April 7, 2011
By SANDRA STOKLEY
The Press-Enterprise
The Jurupa Valley City Council-elect Thursday night selected seven longtime community volunteers to work on planning the celebration that will usher in the new era of cityhood.
11:33 PM PDT on Thursday, March 17, 2011
By SANDRA STOKLEY
The Press-Enterprise
The Jurupa Valley city council-elect met for the first time on March 17.
Published: 3/17/2011 11:13 PM
Mark that first and third Thursday of the month on the calendar.
The soon-to-be-city of Jurupa Valley’s City Council-elect voted Thursday night to hold its regularly scheduled meetings at 7 p.m. in the board room of the Jurupa Unified School District.
By PE News
on March 11, 2011 3:09 PM
The City Council-elect of the soon-to-be city of Jurupa Valley will hold its first meeting on March 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jurupa Community Center.
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