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At its June 28 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a tentative budget for fiscal year 2016-17. The preliminary budget with these changes will return to the board at its July 26 session. But no adjustments will change the austere outlook for this year and next year. County officials are struggling to preserve…
Who knew your holiday trees could make life a little better for fish? The Riverside County Waste Management Department is working closely with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to collect Christmas trees at county landfills and provide them for fish habitat. CDFW will use the waste conifers in local lakes and waterways to create…
Given the upcoming general election, while Democrats represent 44.3 percent of the registered voters in California, the local registration tilts toward Republicans. Total state registration is higher than four years ago. Republicans are 39.8 percent of total Riverside County registered voters but only 28.2 percent of the statewide electorate. Republican registrants have been declining for…
On Friday, Aug. 31, the state Legislature sent Gov. Jerry Brown legislation (Assembly Bill 340) modifying public sector pensions. Most of the changes will affect new employees beginning Jan. 1, 2013; however, some of the changes will affect current employees. “With strong bipartisan support, the state Legislature today passed the biggest rollback of public pensions…