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.
By Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times
May 13, 2013
Airline mergers, a deep recession and surging fuel prices have led to sharp cuts in airline service around the country. Hardest hit: medium-size airports.
Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, LA/Ontario International Airport and other mid-size airports lost an average of 26.2% of their flights from 2007 to 2012, according to a new study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s International Center for Air Transportation.
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.
May 09, 2013; 05:46 PM
The California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $70 million in funding to nine projects in Inland Southern California, including $12 million toward a four-lane grade separation on Riverside Avenue at the railroad tracks in Riverside.
To read story by Jan Sears in The Press Enterprise, click here.
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.
By Ronald D. White
May 2, 2013, 10:40 a.m.
California gasoline prices have fallen by 77.4 cents a gallon from the record of $4.671 set in October.
But the state’s prices remain among the highest in the nation, and today is no exception. California is running fourth behind Hawaii, Alaska and Illinois with an average of $3.897 a gallon, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report.
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.
By Mark Glover
mglover@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Apr. 30, 2013 – 11:05 am
Continuing a trend dating back to 2006, in-state consumption of gasoline declined in 2012 compared with the previous year, according to the California Board of Equalization.
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.
By Joe Nelson
joe.nelson@ inlandnewspapers.com @SBCountyNow on Twitter
Posted: 04/25/2013 07:28:25 PM PDT
The San Bernardino International Airport Authority has authorized a request for qualifications from companies interested in providing marketing services to the airport.
Adam Clark Estes
Apr 25, 2013
In a marathon session before a weeklong recess, Senators finally found a way to agree on something Thursday night, when they passed a bill to end flight controller furloughs.
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.
Sunday, April 23, 2013 – 10:00 a.m.
A local Inland Empire ‘economist’ is back at again this week.
It must be time to drum up some business for the area’s paid cheerleader John Husing.
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ | Associated Press – 10 hrs ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Flight delays piled up across the country Monday as thousands of air traffic controllers began taking unpaid days off because of federal budget cuts, providing the most visible impact yet of Congress and the White House’s failure to agree on a long-term deficit-reduction plan.
By Nathan Hurst
Roll Call Staff
April 22, 2013, 3:44 p.m.
“Why is President Obama unnecessarily delaying your flight?” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor tweeted as part of GOP lawmakers’ social media offensive. “FAA can reprioritize.”
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.
By Dan Weikel and Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times
April 18, 2013, 8:10 p.m.
State high-speed rail officials acknowledged Thursday that they changed their rules for selecting a builder for the bullet train’s first phase in the Central Valley, a shift that subsequently made it possible for a consortium led by Sylmar-based Tutor Perini to be ranked as the top candidate despite receiving the lowest technical rating.
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.
Builder blames past issues on governments changing specs
By Christopher Cadelago5:20 p.m.April 15, 2013
SACRAMENTO — The lowest-bidding partnership for the first segment of California’s high-speed rail line includes a firm with a history of cost overruns and costly lawsuits.
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 Mike Rosenberg
mrosenberg@mercurynews.com
Posted: 04/02/2013 06:17:39 PM PDT
Updated: 04/02/2013 10:52:54 PM PDT
SACRAMENTO — While much of the squabbling over California’s high-speed rail project has focused on its huge construction price tag, the cost to taxpayers just to plan the bullet train is also soaring.
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.
Sunday, March 31, 2013 – 11:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 1, 2013 – 08:00 a.m.
Could it be an attempt at brainwashing the public for maybe the twentieth time!
Maybe the term “deceiving” is more appropriate.
Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/31/2013 09:09:17 PM PDT
Updated: 03/31/2013 09:15:56 PM PDT
RANCHO CUCAMONGA — Rancho Cucamonga is waiting for approval from the California Department of Finance to use $31 million in bonds to begin construction on improvements to the Base Line Road and 15 Freeway interchange.
No tenant: Commercial carriers have yet to sign on to former military base
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/29/2013 06:48:36 PM PDT
Photo Gallery: SBIA
SAN BERNARDINO — Nearly two decades after Norton Air Force Base closed, the airport that replaced it has no passenger carrier.
March 29, 2013; 05:59 PM
When San Bernardino airport officials first began working with Scot Spencer in 2005, they said they did so with their eyes open.
To read story by Imran Ghori in The Press Enterprise, click here.
By Michael Doyle
mdoyle@mcclatchydc.com
Published: Friday, Mar. 29, 2013 – 1:12 pm
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON – Top congressional Republicans are preparing new roadblocks for an ambitious California high-speed rail project that’s received both praise and caution flags from a long-awaited federal audit.
By Joe Nelson
joe.nelson@ inlandnewspapers.com @SBCountyNow on Twitter
Posted: 03/27/2013 08:11:53 PM PDT
Related story: Report details Scot Spencer’s actions at San Bernardino airport
By Ronald D. White
March 25, 2013, 9:26 a.m.
The woeful condition of California’s road surfaces is costing drivers $13.9 billion a year in repairs and operating costs, according to a new report by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Airport to look for alternative funding
March 22, 2013 1:09 PM
Jim E. Winburn, Staff Writer
VICTORVILLE • Southern California Logistics Airport was named as one of 149 air traffic control facilities nationwide targeted for closure by the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday.
By Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times
March 22, 2013
Most days, about two dozen student pilots circle over downtown Riverside, taking cues on takeoffs, landings and the position of other planes from the air traffic controllers at the city airport.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
March 20, 2013
Californians remain sharply divided about California’s $68 billion high-speed rail project, even as officials prepare to start construction in the Central Valley this year, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll released tonight.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
March 18, 2013
The California High-Speed Rail Authority, brushing aside questions about their legality, Monday approved two major steps toward construction of a north-south bullet train system.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2013 – 8:27 am
The agency charged with building the nation’s first bullet train system in California took two big steps Monday.
However, the legality of both is under fire, thanks to some very specific conditions imposed on the controversial project by the 2008 ballot measure that authorized its construction with nearly $10 billion in state bonds.
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: 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.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 – 12:00 am
Last Modified: Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 – 7:49 am
On Monday, the Assembly Transportation Committee held what was supposedly an oversight hearing on the state’s nascent bullet train project.
It was a joke.
Monday, February 25, 2013 – 09:30 a.m.
The embarrassing details of the myriad of financial blunders at the dormant $150 million-plus San Bernardino International Airport continue to emerge.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 02/11/2013 12:43:00 PM PST
Updated: 02/11/2013 11:16:50 PM PST
Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe plans to introduce a motion today that would force Los Angeles World Airports to comply with a 2006 settlement that required the agency to redistribute air traffic throughout the region.
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 Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times
February 5, 2013
Average California gasoline prices jumped 23 cents in the last week, passing $4 a gallon in Los Angeles, fuel surveys show.
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.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 – 8:03 am
During Jerry Brown’s first governorship three-plus decades ago, no political issue burned more hotly than transportation, particularly a marked slowdown in highway construction.
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.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
California’s highly controversial bullet train project is headed for some kind of political collision.
While the California High-Speed Rail Authority is trying to quickly spend billions of state and federal dollars on a starter line in the San Joaquin Valley, the tens of billions in federal funds needed to expand the project appear to be entangled in frantic federal budget negotiations.
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.
PolitiCal
On politics in the Golden State
December 6, 2012 | 4:06 pm
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), the third-highest-ranking Republican in Congress, suggested on Thursday that the federal government should “cut its losses” and not provide any more money for the state’s high-speed rail program.
By Brian Sumers, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/30/2012 07:11:40 PM PST
In an era in which overall union membership has been steadily dropping, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union remains nearly as powerful as ever.
By Ronald D. White
November 21, 2012, 12:51 p.m.
How bad was California’s record gasoline price spike last month?
So bad that even after falling by 89.9 cents a gallon from the record $4.671 set on Oct. 9, the state’s average is still at a record level one day before the start of the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Published: 15 November 2012 – 05:26 PM
The man hired to oversee San Bernardino International Airport and its related agencies following an FBI raid and stinging county grand jury report last year will remain at the helm one more year at a higher price of $351,000.
To read story by Kimberly Pierceall in The Press Enterprise, click here.
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.
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/27/2012 05:42:59 PM PDT
Developer Scot Spencer’s affiliation with San Bernardino International Airport should be a thing of the past within the next two weeks, the airport’s interim executive director said Friday.
Published: 15 October 2012 – 05:39 PM
Scot Spencer’s companies could be evicted from San Bernardino International Airport as early as Friday, based on a bankruptcy judge’s ruling Monday afternoon.
To read story by Kimberly Pierceall in The Press Enterprise, click here.
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.
Published: 14 October 2012 – 06:12 PM
With Scot Spencer and San Bernardino International Airport, nothing is simple.
When airport officials were asked to account for three engines that Spencer used along with a Boeing 727 as collateral for a $550,000 loan from the airport, there wasn’t a yes or no answer. Instead, there was a question: Where are the engines?
To read story by Kimberly Pierceall in The Press Enterprise, click here.
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.
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.
By Stuart Pfeifer
October 7, 2012, 2:38 p.m.
Gov. Jerry Brown took “emergency steps” Sunday to try to bring down record gas prices in the state.
He directed the California Air Resources Board to increase the fuel supply by allowing the immediate sale and import of cheaper and more available winter-blend gasoline.
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