Open enrollment in California’s Covered California (Cal) began Nov. 1 and will end Jan. 31, 2023. Signing up soon will ensure coverage beginning Jan. 1, 2023. Open enrollment is the time of year when eligible consumers can sign up for health insurance. Although nearly 1.7 million Californians already get health insurance through Covered Cal, an…
At the Oct. 25 meeting of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, Ordinance 449.252 (a Temporary Moratorium on Short Term Rentals [STRs]) was approved unanimously. The board has now imposed a moratorium on issuing new STR certificates within the Idyllwild, Pine Cove and Mountain Center neighborhoods, and the Temecula Valley Wine Country. This moratorium will…
Monday, Oct. 24, was a big day for education administrators and possibly for the election in two weeks. The California Department of Education released the student scores from last year’s statewide assessments and national results from a separate testing set also were released. The overall message was “recovery is occurring.” The COVID pandemic’s effect on…
At the Oct 18 meeting of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, Ordinance 927.1 (Regulating Short Term Rentals [STRs]) and Ordinance 671.22 (Consolidated fees for land use) were finally approved without any new requests for the planning staff to make further revisions. The board also accepted the report on the current STR moratorium and set…
At its Oct. 25 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved increasing funding to plan for an emergency outdoor warning system (OWS) and travelers’ information stations (TIS) for the San Jacinto Mountains area. The intent is to improve public alert and warning systems. Idyllwild’s Mile High Radio Club (MHRC) has been pursuing this project…
At the Oct 18 meeting of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, Ordinance 927.1 (Regulating Short Term Rentals [STRs]) and Ordinance 671.22 (Consolidated fees for land use) were again on the agenda as well as the report due pursuant to Ordinance 449.251 (the STR moratorium). And more will come at the Oct. 25 board meeting….
The official name for Proposition 1 is the “Constitutional right to reproductive freedom.” The California Legislature initiated a proposal to amend the state constitution to give individuals the sole right to decide their reproductive actions — whether that is contraceptives to prevent conception or to terminate after conception. The actual language of the proposed amendment…
Editor’s note: On Nov. 8, the state’s general election will be held. Voters will have the opportunity to choose their U.S. Congressional representative. Idyllwild, Pine Cove, Garner Valley and Anza are in the new 41st Congressional District. To the west, the district includes Wildomar and Norco. To the east, it includes desert cities such as…
Editor’s note: On Nov. 8, the state’s general election will be held. Voters will have the opportunity to choose their U.S. Congressional representative. Idyllwild, Pine Cove, Garner Valley and Anza are in the new 41st Congressional District. To the west, the district includes Wildomar and Norco. To the east, it includes desert cities such as…
Editor’s Note: Seven propositions will be on the November ballot. The July 14 edition of the Idyllwild Town Crier had an article describing all seven propositions. Between now and the election on Nov. 8, the Town Crier will report on each proposition individually.In this edition is the fifth and sixth of these articles, Propositions 26…
