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While the California budget situation has evinced little improvement since the legislature enacted a budget in June, the Governor’s Finance Director announced her end of year projections last week. These were significantly better than the Legislative Analyst’s November estimates. Consequently, the necessary January budget cuts will be about $1 billion rather than the worse case…
Unlike the choices for state offices, Riverside County voters and statewide voters concurred on the disposition of the six propositions on the November ballot. Half passed and half were defeated. Voters easily approved the water quality and bond, and the state budget propositions by nearly two to one margins. Nearly 59 percent of voters throughout…
California’s Board of Forestry has released a draft report describing the collection and use of the Fire Prevention fee applied to structures within State Responsibility Areas. Since the state began collecting the fees in 2011-12, nearly $150 million has been received. Revenues have averaged nearly $75 million in each of the first two years. Cal…
Riverside County Supervisor Chuck Washington has selected Ruthanne Taylor Berger to fill the 3rd District’s open seat on the Riverside County Planning Commission. Taylor Berger is deputy executive director of the Western Riverside Council of Governments and has more than 30 years of experience in transportation planning, intergovernmental negotiations and land development. She has been a…
Jeff Stone, Supervisor for Riverside County’s 3rd District, has filed for re-election. If successful, Stone has announced this would be his third and final term. He defeated former incumbent Jim Venable in the March 2004 primary and his first term began in December 2004. Stone was re-elected in 2008 with more than 70 percent of…
In addition to his earlier appointment to the House of Representative’s Natural Resources Committee, Rep. Raul Ruiz was also appointed to serve on the House’s Veteran’s Affairs Committee “I am deeply humbled to have been chosen to serve on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs,” said Congressman Ruiz in a press release. “My top priority…