The Riverside County Board of Supervisors will soon vote on a proposed $9.6 million budget for the 2024-’25 fiscal year. If passed, that will be an 11 percent spending increase compared with the current fiscal budget, according to a statement. The new fiscal year begins July 1. “Our priority is …
Read More »San Bernardino County approves budget
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has approved a $9.8 billion budget for the 2024-’25 fiscal year, which will begin July. 1. The budget includes $376.3 million for multiple initiatives, including public safety, economic development, disaster preparedness, infrastructure, community projects, and emergency funds, according to a statement on the …
Read More »Riverside, Edison to proceed with above-ground power project
Early next year, construction is expected to begin on 9.3 miles of high-voltage transmission lines that will traverse Riverside, Jurupa Valley and a portion of Norco. Nearly twenty years in the marking, the $720 million Riverside Transmission Reliability Project will give the city – which operates its own public utility …
Read More »Riverside County to adopt budget
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to adopt the 2024-’25 fiscal year budget June 25. The recommended budget makes available more than $9.6 billion for essential services, a substantial increase of 11 percent compared to last year’s $8.6 billion budget, according to a statement on the county’s website. …
Read More »San Bernardino County street vendors protest
San Bernardino County has approved a $9.8 billion budget for the 2024-’24 fiscal year, a fraction of which has drawn the ire of the city’s street vendors. That’s because $485,657 of the budget is earmarked for the Illegal Street Vending Program, a Department of Health initiative that some vendors believe …
Read More »San Bernardino looks to regroup after firing city manager
San Bernardino recently added an important item to the list of things it needs to get done before it can proceed on some major projects. Hire a city manager. During a special closed session May 22, the city council voted unanimously to remove Charles Montoya as the city’s top administrator, effective …
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