{"id":44800,"date":"2016-05-12T15:30:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T22:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?p=44800"},"modified":"2016-05-16T16:10:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T23:10:41","slug":"murrieta-mayor-randon-lane-candidate-3rd-district-supervisor-runs-three-pillars-infrastructure-public-safety-economic-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/05\/12\/murrieta-mayor-randon-lane-candidate-3rd-district-supervisor-runs-three-pillars-infrastructure-public-safety-economic-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Murrieta Mayor Randon Lane is candidate for 3rd District supervisor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Randon Lane, current Murrieta mayor, is running to unseat current 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington. Washington is a Democrat and Lane is a Republican.
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When Murrieta Mayor Randon Lane and family first moved to the Inland Empire from Santa Monica, they bought a new house in Murrieta. Lane said he had several flat tires in the first few weeks because of the bad condition of local roads. \u201cWhen we moved here there were no good roads,\u201d he related. His focused questioning of the city Planning Commission regarding the city\u2019s poor infrastructure led to an appointment to the Planning Commission.<\/p>\n

While on the commission, Lane focused on infrastructure improvement as the key to bringing in new businesses, increasing employment opportunities and improving quality of life for city residents. He championed improving roads, interchanges and facilitating better freeway access. In campaigning for mayor, Lane ran on an \u201cinfrastructure first\u201d platform. He cites Murrieta\u2019s low unemployment and FBI rating as one of the safest cities in the U.S. as evidence of what infrastructure improvement can do to improve quality of life for residents.<\/p>\n

Lane, a Republican, is now running for Riverside County 3rd District supervisor, an office currently held by Democrat Chuck Washington. \u201cRiverside County will have a million more people by 2025,\u201d said Lane. \u201cFor District 3 cities to prosper there need to be better highways, interchanges and E-W and N-S corridors.\u201d Lane proposes local control, from a combination of affected cities and Riverside County management, of Highway 74, from interstates 15 and 215 into Hemet and San Jacinto. \u201cThere also needs to be better access from Interstate 10 for these communities to grow,\u201d he noted. In addition to road improvements, Lane supports water reclamation projects as the county grows its population. \u201cWe need to be able to capture and retain water that is currently lost in runoff,\u201d he said. \u201cSimilarly, we need to look at all forms of energy savings, including solar and natural gas.\u201d<\/p>\n

With regard to spending priorities, Lane feels the Riverside County budget has not been well managed. \u201cIt\u2019s all about spending priorities,\u201d said Lane. \u201cI would make public safety a 110-percent spending priority. The first thing I would do, if elected, would be to request a full third-party audit of the budget from top to bottom. It\u2019s not necessarily to focus on negatives but to better see and understand what we are doing right and what we could do better. I want to look at an audit and comprehensive review before addressing budget cuts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lane also espouses measures that would make it easier to fast-track permits for new business and residential construction in the 3rd District. \u201cThat\u2019s what we did in Murrieta and that helped us get the Loma Linda University Medical Center \u2014 we fast tracked the process,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019d also move to do away with the deposit base [construction] permit process in Riverside County. People should know how much they\u2019re going to be spending on a specific project like building a garage. It should be a stated fee, not a requirement to deposit $30,000 against which county inspectors and administrators charge time.\u201d<\/p>\n

To prioritize business growth in the county, Lane believes in opening doors. \u201c[Supervisor] Washington believes we can get there by raising taxes,\u201d he noted. \u201cI believe in opening [regulatory] doors for economic development to make it easier for small and large businesses to relocate here and function here.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked to address unemployment in much of the district, compared to the relatively low unemployment in Murrieta, Lane said, \u201cThe safer the communities are, the better the infrastructure, the easier it is to get from one place to another, and the more fast tracking there is for new development, the more businesses will thrive and employ people.\u201d<\/p>\n

With regard to growth of homeless populations in the district, Lane proposed a joint power authority between cities and county. \u201cNo single jurisdiction can solve the problem on its own,\u201d he said. \u201cA JPA would allow everyone to have some \u2018skin in the game.\u2019 The issues are twofold \u2014 lack of finances and resources and growing mental health issues within the homeless population. This can\u2019t be solved just by building facilities. The mental health problems must also be addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked how Idyllwild\/Pine Cove fits into his priorities for the district, Lane demurred. \u201cThis is not a one-size-fits-all district,\u201d he noted. \u201cThe issues in Idyllwild are different from those in other parts of the district. My job is to listen to what residents in the unincorporated areas have to say.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked why he is running for this office, Lane said, \u201cI enjoy local politics. I never had the ambition to run for office before moving here.\u201d Lane has a business background, having worked for Nextel, Media-One, AT&T Broadband, Telecommunications Inc. and Sprint in the Los Angeles area. He currently serves as public affairs manager for SoCal Gas for Southern California.<\/p>\n

Lane, married and the father of three, became interested in working in the public sector after moving to the Inland Empire. Beginning in 2006, he served as field representative for California State Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries. In 2009, he became political director for Meg Whitman\u2019s campaign for California governor. In 2011, he was elected chair of the Republican Party in Riverside County and held that position until this year, when he stepped down to run for supervisor. He was elected to the Murietta City Council in 2008, elected mayor in 2011 and re-elected in 2012. He serves on the League of California Cities Board of Directors, its Riverside County board of directors, the Western Riverside Council of Governments, the Animal Control JPA and the Riverside Transit Agency board of directors.<\/p>\n

Lane holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Texas at Arlington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Murrieta Mayor Randon Lane and family first moved to the Inland Empire from Santa Monica, they bought a new house in Murrieta. Lane said he had several flat tires in the first few weeks because of the bad condition of local roads. \u201cWhen we moved here there were no good roads,\u201d he related. 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