In September, supervisors Chuck Washington (3rd District) and Kevin Jeffries (1st District) asked the Riverside County’s Executive Office to develop a strategy and then budget for increased Code Enforcement staffing on evenings and weekends. They requested a response within 60 days. As part of the first quarter review of the county’s 2021-22 budget, Executive Officer…
Opal Hellweg, legislative assistant for Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington, will retire at the end of December. She has served district residents for nearly 20 years. While she and husband, Dean, will travel and devote more time to their gardening, Opal also plans to continue to serve even with the advent of retirement….
Update: Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to put the Hill in District 4, just before the Town Crier was set to go to print. Story in next week’s paper. The Advisory Redistricting Commission (ARC) as well as the Riverside County Planning Commission met Wednesday, Dec. 1. The commission reviewed the three maps for which the board…
Depending upon the results of the county’s supervisorial redistricting, Idyllwild, Pine Cove and the rest of the Hill communities may have two supervisors from 2023 to 2025. In preparation for creating new boundaries for the supervisorial districts, the board of supervisors also had to repeal Ordinance 813 that officially set the current boundaries. On Nov….
At the Nov. 3 meeting of the county’s 2020 Advisory Redistricting Committee (ARC), its Executive Office Technical Redistricting Committee (EOTRC) presented more than a dozen possible revisions of the current supervisorial district boundaries. EOTRC created six of the maps and the rest (including slight modifications of a few) were public submissions. Ultimately, ARC unanimously recommended…
Wednesday evening, Nov. 10, at 6:30 p.m., a group of concerned citizens has organized a public meeting at Town Hall to discuss the short-term rental situation in Idyllwild, Pine Cove and elsewhere on the Hill. “The basic premise is to inform the town people of the latest 927 Ordinance draft and what’s in it,” said…
On Wednesday, Nov. 3, the Executive Office Technical Redistricting Committee will present a series of maps to the 2020 Advisory Redistricting Committee. The intent is for ARC to make recommendations to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors on how the supervisorial boundaries should be adjusted based on the 2020 federal census data. The board plans…
Less rain, lack of precipitation, water shortage, drought and emergency are all familiar terms to Californians, especially in Southern California. The San Diego office of the National Weather Service reported that during the past water year, Idyllwild endured in eighth driest year since rainfall has been recorded. Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom extended his drought…
On Tuesday, Oct. 19, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors held a special evening meeting to discuss realigning the supervisorial districts as a result of the 2020 census. The board agreed to eliminate the four original staff-drawn maps. The next step is more detailed analysis of the maps initially presented to the supervisors at this…
Early last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a revised State Proclamation addressing the statewide drought emergency. The new proclamation includes Southern California counties, including Riverside County, in its application. In July, the governor asked Californians to voluntarily reduce water consumption by 15% This goal has not been met. With the anticipated arrival of a second…
