Politics, Government and Business in Southern California's Inland Empire
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/24/2013 05:59:56 PM PDT
Updated: 05/24/2013 06:01:15 PM PDT
Special Section: Ontario Airport
The claim by Ontario seeking to end its agreement over LA/Ontario International Airport has been rejected by the city of Los Angeles.
May 21, 2013; 06:14 PM
When Ontario International Airport opened its two modern terminals in September 1998, many of Inland Southern California’s top business executives lauded the event as a great way to make a first impression on would-be customers and investors from out of town.
To read story by Jack Katzanek in The Press Enterprise, click here.
May 20, 2013; 06:34 PM
Ontario, San Bernardino County and Culver City filed an appeal late Monday, May 20, of the Los Angeles County Airport Land Use Commission’s approval of an LAX expansion plan.
To read story by Cassie MacDuff in The Press Enterprise, click here.
By Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
@InlandGov on Twitter
Posted: 05/18/2013 04:28:16 PM PDT
Updated: 05/18/2013 04:35:54 PM PDT
Related: Union money looms big in L.A. mayor’s race
The next mayor of Los Angeles – City Councilman Eric Garcetti or City Controller Wendy Greuel – can be expected to have political influence well beyond their city’s limits.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/17/2013 07:41:52 PM PDT
Updated: 05/17/2013 07:42:00 PM PDT
ONTARIO — Attorneys representing several cities and San Bernardino County opposed to a plan to modernize Los Angeles International Airport say they are in the process of filing a lawsuit against the agency that oversees LAX.
Posted on | May 15, 2013
A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has bad news for Ontario International Airport.
To read column by Cassie MacDuff in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Saturday, May 11, 2013 – 01:30 p.m.
It’s what you get when you rely on local economist John Husing as your cheerleader, not to mention area expert, in a fight to wrestle control of a regional airport from the city of Los Angeles.
By Brian Sumers Staff Writer
brian.sumers@dailybreeze.com @briansumers on Twitter
Posted: 05/09/2013 06:34:18 PM PDT
Medium-size airports like LA/Ontario International Airport have lost a significant number of flights in the past six years, while larger facilities have been less affected, according to a study released this week by researchers at MIT.
By Brian Sumers Staff Writer
brian.sumers@dailybreeze.com @briansumers on Twitter
Posted: 05/07/2013 06:50:20 PM PDT
Updated: 05/07/2013 07:32:30 PM PDT
Los Angeles World Airports officials have a suggestion for business leaders and politicians in the Inland Empire who want airlines to add flights at LA/Ontario International Airport: Open your checkbooks.
Liset Marquez and Joe Nelson, Staff Writers
Posted: 05/07/2013 11:00:57 AM PDT
Updated: 05/07/2013 09:49:23 PM PDT
Ontario and the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors will join Inglewood and Culver City in a legal battle over an environmental plan for LAX approved by the Los Angeles City Council last week.
By Brian Sumers, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/04/2013 01:13:27 PM PDT
Updated: 05/04/2013 05:28:25 PM PDT
Hoping to jump-start business at L.A./Ontario International, airport executives would provide hefty financial incentives to airlines offering new flights beginning this summer under a plan to be considered Tuesday.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/30/2013 11:37:47 AM PDT
Updated: 04/30/2013 07:36:59 PM PDT
Related: Two Los Angeles County supervisors push for local control of ONT | ONT special section
View: Agenda item | Agenda amendment | Ontario letter | ARSAC letter
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has joined more than 100 government entities and officials calling into question the management of L.A./Ontario International Airport and advocating it would be better under local control.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/29/2013 11:10:55 AM PDT
Updated: 04/29/2013 07:05:51 PM PDT
View: Agenda item
Special Section: Ontario airport Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Don Knabe and Mike Antonovich are recommending that the agency that oversees LA/Ontario International Airport return it to local control.
Route 66 Rendezvous loss another fiscal crisis black eye
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/27/2013 06:22:32 PM PDT
The announcement that San Bernardino’s signature Route 66 Rendezvous – or at least the essentials that made it a local mainstay – was leaving for Ontario struck many San Bernardino residents as sad but almost inevitable.
It’s not that Ontario didn’t have the resources to do a good job, many said. Far from it.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/23/2013 09:32:22 AM PDT
Updated: 04/23/2013 07:52:33 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES — With Ontario threatening to sue for control of LA/Ontario International Airport, Los Angeles council members were warned by the city’s top administrator on Tuesday that it could be in for a long legal battle before a resolution is reached.
By Liset Marquez
liset.marquez@ inlandnewspapers.com @DBOntarioNow on Twitter
Posted: 04/18/2013 07:20:56 PM PDT
Updated: 04/18/2013 09:15:38 PM PDT
Special Section: ONT
ONTARIO — Inland Empire economist John Husing is not backing down from his harsh criticism of Los Angeles World Airports – the agency that operates L.A./Ontario International Airport – saying Thursday LAWA has deliberately run operations at the midsize airport down to the ground.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/16/2013 07:12:16 PM PDT
Updated: 04/16/2013 07:45:22 PM PDT
Negotiations with Ontario for local control of LA/Ontario International Airport have ended, according to a report issued by Los Angeles’ top administrator to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Liset Marquez
Posted: 04/15/2013 08:26:15 PM PDT
Updated: 04/15/2013 08:26:53 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES – The city’s top administrator issued a report Monday to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa detailing what action it and Los Angeles World Airports should take in response to Ontario’s claim to get control of LA/Ontario International Airport.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/11/2013 10:22:54 AM PDT
View: Ontario letter to LAWA | Ontario’s administrative claim to LAWA and City of Los Angeles
Special Section: Ontario Airport
ONTARIO — After rejecting a $474 million offer for LA/Ontario International Airport from LA, the city of Ontario intends to file a suit seeking the court invalidate a joint powers authority agreement the two entities have.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/06/2013 08:40:27 PM PDT
Updated: 04/07/2013 12:20:47 AM PDT
ONTARIO — L.A./Ontario International Airport was not alone when the economy crashed in 2008. A handful of similar-sized airports in the nation found themselves together in a downward spiral.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/06/2013 03:54:03 PM PDT
Updated: 04/06/2013 05:27:12 PM PDT
ONTARIO — It is a question that often comes up – why would Los Angeles World Airports want to keep a struggling airport rather than focus its attention entirely on modernizing the region’s largest airport, Los Angeles International?
By Liset Marquez and Andrew Edwards
liset.marquez@
inlandnewspapers.com
@DBOntarioNow on Twitter
Posted: 04/03/2013 07:04:01 PM PDT
Updated: 04/03/2013 08:31:13 PM PDT
Special Section: Ontario International Airport
ONTARIO — The Ontario International Airport Authority has conducted its own study of L.A./Ontario International Airport and found it would cost more to operate than it is worth if the medium hub facility were privatized.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/01/2013 11:57:21 AM PDT
Updated: 04/02/2013 01:09:23 AM PDT
ONTARIO — It’s no secret: Airlines are still reducing their presence at L.A./Ontario International Airport. Fewer and fewer passengers are choosing to travel out of ONT.
It’s the same depressing news that the Ontario International Airport Authority has been hearing for the past couple of months.
Liset.Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/20/2013 10:30:20 PM PDT
Updated: 03/20/2013 10:56:13 PM PDT
ONTARIO – The city is focused – focused on creating jobs, improving public services and continuing its efforts to regain local control of L.A./Ontario International Airport, Mayor Paul Leon said during the State of the City address on Wednesday night.
Thursday, March 7, 2013 – 10:00 a.m.
Is the Joint Powers Authority (JPA) established to capture control of Ontario International Airport (OIA) a publicity stunt, or hapless thinking?
Liset.Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/06/2013 07:50:18 PM PST
Updated: 03/06/2013 09:19:54 PM PST
ONTARIO – A city councilman is calling for some civility after Councilman Paul Vincent Avila made some critical remarks about an opponent for the 32nd state Senate District seat at Tuesday night’s meeting.
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/03/2013 04:08:51 PM PST
Updated: 03/03/2013 06:10:39 PM PST
Ontario Councilman Paul Vincent Avila’s unorthodox decision to endorse an opponent in the race for a vacant state Senate seat has led to his expulsion from the San Bernardino County Democratic Central Committee.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 02/26/2013 06:37:34 PM PST
Updated: 02/26/2013 06:39:16 PM PST
ONTARIO – The bad news just keeps coming for LA/Ontario International Airport.
On Tuesday, the airport was hit with the news that it had recorded dismal figures for the first month of 2013.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 02/05/2013 10:51:30 PM PST
Updated: 02/06/2013 01:11:01 AM PST
ONTARIO – L.A./Ontario International Airport will continue to see a decline in passenger traffic for the first half of this year, according to projections from airlines.
By Dan Weikel, Los Angeles Times
February 3, 2013, 11:30 p.m.
A report prepared for Los Angeles County’s top administrator claims the operators of LAX have virtually ignored legal requirements to reduce effects on the environment by dispersing growth in commercial flights to other airports in the region.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/28/2013 06:26:51 PM PST
Updated: 01/28/2013 06:33:45 PM PST
ONTARIO – It was a dismal Christmas for LA/Ontario International Airport which had 7.3 percent fewer travelers using the airport in December from the same period in 2011.
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.
Liset Márquez, Staff writer
Posted: 01/22/2013 10:58:57 PM PST
Updated: 01/22/2013 10:59:58 PM PST
ONTARIO – The Ontario Planning Commission Tuesday night recommended a substantial plan, which will change land use designation, go to the city council for approval.
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/22/2013 06:33:54 PM PST
Updated: 01/22/2013 07:48:14 PM PST
ONTARIO – A major donor to the Democratic Party is supporting the city’s Republican mayor in his campaign to fill a vacancy in the state Senate.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/19/2013 01:20:06 PM PST
Updated: 01/19/2013 10:56:49 PM PST
ONTARIO – Cost-cutting measures in the 2011-2012 fiscal year resulted in $7million savings for carriers at L.A./Ontario International Airport, officials said.
The news comes as officials welcomed the airport’s first new air service in 18 months – a nonstop daily flight to Reno – last week.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/07/2013 12:14:03 PM PST
Updated: 01/07/2013 08:48:39 PM PST
View: OIAA Adopted Strategic Business Plan – Executive Summary
ONTARIO – It’s a question that has been asked over and over again: What would the Ontario International Airport Authority do if it had control of Los Angeles/Ontario International Airport?
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/22/2012 06:09:12 AM PST
Updated: 12/22/2012 07:08:55 PM PST
ONTARIO – For most of this year, air cargo at L.A./Ontario International Airport has been on the rise from previous years.
And all signs indicate traffic figures this holiday season also will be up.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/17/2012 10:05:34 AM PST
Updated: 12/18/2012 01:15:37 AM PST
View: Reports
Los Angeles World Airports’ governing board has approved a resolution establishing the guidelines for the potential sale of L.A./Ontario International Airport to the city of Ontario.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/09/2012 01:49:02 PM PST
ONTARIO – Negotiations over a transfer of control of LA/Ontario International Airport may be ongoing, but one councilman already has a plan if they fail – filing an antitrust lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/05/2012 03:59:31 PM PST
Updated: 12/05/2012 09:47:15 PM PST
ONTARIO – Paul Vincent Avila’s first meeting as a councilman may have provided a glimpse of what is to come during his tenure.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/05/2012 11:57:06 AM PST
Updated: 11/06/2012 01:07:45 AM PST
ONTARIO – The mostly empty terminals and parking lots say it all – passengers are no longer flocking to L.A./Ontario International.
A report provided to the recently created Ontario International Airport Authority indicates that trend is expected to continue at least through spring 2013.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/04/2012 11:53:38 AM PST
Updated: 11/04/2012 05:14:19 PM PST
ONTARIO – In a bid for local control of LA/Ontario International Airport, city officials have rallied the support of more than 100 cities and local organizations.
Now a nonprofit has formed with the mission to get a new ally in the fight: the business community.
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: 10/15/2012 12:06:42 PM PDT
Updated: 10/15/2012 10:45:37 PM PDT
ONTARIO – Councilman Alan Wapner has one goal and one goal only – to gain control of L.A./Ontario International Airport.
What would be the first thing he would do if he succeeded? Wapner says he’d go after the Los Angeles World Airports flag, which hangs at ONT.
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.
Liset Márquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/10/2012 01:03:45 PM PDT
Updated: 10/10/2012 05:53:45 PM PDT
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday gave final approval on a plan for the city to enter into negotiations for the possible transfer of LA/Ontario International Airport to a new regional authority, despite opposition from two council members.
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.
By Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/08/2012 11:36:24 AM PDT
Updated: 10/08/2012 12:44:07 PM PDT
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday is expected to give the final approval on a plan to enter into negotiations for the possible transfer of LA/Ontario International Airport to a new regional authority.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/29/2012 03:51:39 PM PDT
Updated: 09/29/2012 06:05:26 PM PDT
Airlines across the nation are still adjusting to a tumultuous four-year period in the aviation industry that has forced many to adopt a new business model, according to an aviation industry performance report released by the Department of Transportation.
Liset Márquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/27/2012 12:22:55 PM PDT
Updated: 09/27/2012 11:03:32 PM PDT
ONTARIO – An Inland Empire economist says the demise of passenger traffic at L.A./Ontario International Airport in recent years has not been the result of the region’s weakened economy.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/25/2012 03:22:34 PM PDT
Updated: 09/25/2012 09:16:57 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles City Council subcommittee has agreed with a recommendation from its top city administrator on opening up discussions for transferring control of L.A./Ontario International Airport.
Published: 24 September 2012 – 09:20 PM
Southwest Airlines, the company ferrying the majority of passengers at Ontario International Airport, cut its daily departures there from an average of 53 in 2007 to 33 this year.
To read story by Kim Pierceall in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/24/2012 09:17:16 PM PDT
Updated: 09/24/2012 10:04:20 PM PDT
ONTARIO – The case for local control of L.A./Ontario International Airport, and its economic importance to the region, will be heard at a special congressional hearing on Thursday at City Hall.
Liset Marquez and Andrew Edwards, Staff Writers
Posted: 09/22/2012 11:48:56 PM PDT
Updated: 09/23/2012 12:09:54 AM PDT
L.A./Ontario International Airport could become the busiest midsized airport in its region, a top Los Angeles official wrote in a report that contemplates serious talks between his city and Ontario that could lead to the airport changing hands.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/21/2012 04:39:23 PM PDT
Updated: 09/21/2012 10:45:44 PM PDT
PDF: LA Ontario Airport Report
LOS ANGELES – The city administrative officer here has recommended that Los Angeles and Ontario officials begin a dialogue on negotiations for the transfer of the troubled LA/Ontario International Airport to a recently formed airport authority.
Liset Marquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 09/17/2012 03:50:48 PM PDT
PDF: Read the 2012 ONT Valuation Report
A report released Monday by Los Angeles World Airports detailed the value of the Ontario airport ranged from $243 million to $605 million, based on several factors.
The exact figures depends on how much the airport would bring in the next 50 years.
Liset Marquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 09/17/2012 04:55:56 PM PDT
The average household income in the Inland Empire – not the economy, or rising jet fuel costs – has been the main challenge in attracting new service to LA/Ontario International Airport, according to research provided by a consultant for Los Angeles World Airports.
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.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 09/13/2012 05:10:02 PM PDT
Special Section: ONT Rentgal fees Classic
ONTARIO – Airlines at L.A./Ontario International that bring in new flights could benefit by having their rental fees waived for two years or aided by a $500,000 marketing campaign.
Published: 12 September 2012 – 03:02 PM
Free rent, a break in fees and up to $500,000 a year worth of advertising appear to be offers to any airline that adds new daily flights at Ontario International Airport, according to a proposal from the airport’s owner Los Angeles World Airports.
To read story by Kim Pierceall in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Liset Márquez, Staff Writer
Created: 09/11/2012 06:24:05 PM PDT
ONTARIO – Airlines at LA/Ontario International Airport are expected to respond, as early as today, on an incentive plan designed to attract more flights to the troubled facility.
Thursday, September 6, 2012 – 09:30 a.m.
The newly-formed and mostly purposeless Ontario International Airport Authority has two new members appointed by the Ontario City Council.
Sandra Emerson and Neil Nisperos, Staff Writers
Posted: 09/05/2012 08:57:48 AM PDT
ONTARIO – Council members decided to spread their reach when filling the final two slots on the Ontario International Airport Authority.
Riverside Mayor Ronald O. Loveridge and Lucy Dunn, the president and CEO of the Orange County Business Council, were appointed Tuesday by the council to the recently formed five-person authority.
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Created: 08/28/2012 11:53:56 AM PDT
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a joint-powers agreement with Ontario to guide marketing and development of the distressed L.A./Ontario International Airport should the city acquire it from Los Angeles.
Staff reports
Created: 08/28/2012 05:29:20 PM PDT
Passenger traffic at L.A./Ontario International Airport saw only a slight drop in July, falling 2.74 percent compared to the same month in 2011.
Remaining members to be appointed in September
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 08/22/2012 06:34:17 PM PDT
Special Section: ONT
ONTARIO – In a major step to returning local control of L.A./Ontario International Airport, the City Council has approved a joint powers agreement creating the Ontario International Airport Authority.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 08/22/2012 06:34:19 PM PDT
ONTARIO – A new plan to provide incentives at LA/Ontario International Airport could reduce the rental rates for airlines that increase flights there.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 08/21/2012 08:40:04 PM PDT
ONTARIO – In a major step to returning local control of LA/Ontario International Airport, the City council has approved a joint powers agreement creating the Ontario International Airport Authority.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 08/20/2012 05:30:05 PM PDT
ONTARIO – Carriers at LA/Ontario International Airport are expected to weigh in by next month whether they are in are in favor of proposed incentives at the struggling small-hub facility.
Monday, August 20, 2012 – 08:00 a.m.
San Bernardino County governments is leaving Riverside County governments behind in forming a highly dubious Ontario International Airport Authority.
At least that’s the way it appears this morning.
Point of View
Congressman Joe Baca
Created: 08/18/2012 07:08:35 AM PDT
The genesis of Ontario Airport dates back to 1923, when a landing field was established east of Central Avenue on land leased from the Union Pacific Railroad. Throughout its storied history, the airport has had many shining moments. In 1974, Ontario was the only Inland airport to host the Concorde supersonic aircraft as it made its promotional around-the-world flights in October of that year. In 1998, the airport’s beautiful new terminal complex opened.
Saturday, August 18, 2012 – 09:00 a.m.
One would have to believe LAX/Ontario International Airport was a crown jewel or made of gold.
In observing the way San Bernardino County governments are pursuing control of the airport it would sure seem that way.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 08/17/2012 09:32:48 AM PDT
Storify: The battle over ONT
ONTARIO – In its latest grab for control of L.A./Ontario International Airport, city officials announced Friday they are forming a Joint Powers Agreement with San Bernardino County to create the Ontario International Airport Authority.
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