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Moreno Valley utility earns praise

The Moreno Valley Utility has been recognized for its efficiency by a national trade organization. The American Public Power Association, which represents more than 2,000 not-for-profit community-owned utilities, compared Moreno Valley’s data with data from similar utilities throughout the United States, according to a statement. “The numbers clearly show that …

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Council makes controversial change to zoning rules in San Bernardino

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An attorney representing an unsuccessful applicant for a cannabis business permit charged last week that the San Bernardino City Council’s unanimous vote to alter a zoning requirement on April 3 was improper and may be challenged in court. The decision to clarify a zoning requirement prohibiting cannabis businesses from operating …

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Third Lawsuit Filed Challenging Cannabis Business Permits

A new lawsuit against San Bernardino alleges the city seemed to have “no rational basis” for how it scored applicants prior to awarding 16 commercial cannabis permits in February. The lawsuit, KP Investment Group LLC, versus the city of San Bernardino, filed Friday, March 29, in the San Bernardino District …

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Walk to end homelessness scheduled

SB County Helps Homeless Vets

Riverside will hold a walk this weekend to help end homelessness in the city. The Sixth Annual 5K Walk to End Homelessness, sponsored by the Riverside Ending Homelessness Fund, is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fairmount Park, 2601 Fairmount Blvd., according to a statement on the city’s …

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Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction in San Bernardino Cannabis License Case

Judge Refuses to Toss Corruption Charges

SAN BERNARDINO>> Superior Court Judge David Cohn brushed aside a request for an injunction and has allowed seven contested cannabis-related businesses to continue seeking city of San Bernardino approvals to operate. The city’s approval process for these businesses came under fire in a lawsuit filed in February by Stephanie Smith, …

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“Cannabis Landlord” Offers to Fund San Bernardino Animal Shelter

Riverside Attorney Ben Eilenberg and his client, Stephanie Smith, a Pacific Palisades real estate investor, have a proposal that could help keep San Bernardino’s troubled animal shelter alive and steer the city council away from outsourcing operations of its animal shelter to Riverside County. Smith is offering to donate more …

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