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Developers who want to build warehouse distribution facilities in the Inland Empire are almost always allowed to do so. Mostly because it’s close to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and because it has an ample supply of affordable land – “cheap dirt” in the words of longtime …

Rep. Norma Torres, D-Pomona, is co-sponsoring a bill meant to reduce pedestrian accidents and fatalities. Introduction of the Pedestrian Hazard, Awareness and Safety Expansion Act [PHASE] follows National Pedestrian Safety Month, observed in October, which promotes safe transportation systems, according to a statement released by Torres’ office. “With rising pedestrian …

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that will bring homeless shelters to Patton State Hospital, starting next January. AB 349, which Newsom signed on Oct. 8, makes it possible to build accommodations for homeless individuals starting on the grounds of the mental hospital near Highland. The bill …

Some state lawmakers are recommending that $3 billion be included permanently in the state budget to be spent on affordable housing and reducing homelessness. More than two dozen assembly members and senators have signed a letter supporting the League of California Cities’ request for that funding, according to a statement …

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation meant to restrict the growth of California’s gaming industry for the next 20 years. Assembly Bill 341, which Newsom signed into law May 21, returns provisions sponsored by the cardroom industry in the 1997 Gambling Control Act which kept California from issuing new cardroom …

Riverside has won a major battle in its lawsuit with the state involving the city’s former redevelopment agency.    A Sacramento Superior Court Judge ruled that city should be repaid for the $18.5 million in loans it made to the former agency, according to a published report.   That ruling, …