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 …
Read More »Riverside County to help residents buy a home
Riverside County is allocating $1 million to help low-income, first-time homebuyers in the fifth supervisorial district. The money, from the American Rescue Plan Act, will be spent on up to 20 percent – a maximum of $100,000 – on a down payment, according to a statement on the county’s website. “Homeownership is …
Read More »City want to know how to spend Measure J revenue
Palm Springs is asking for suggestions regarding how to spend revenue from Measure J, the one-cent sales tax approved by city voters in 2011. Residents, businesses, nonprofits and neighborhood organizations may submit proposals explaining how they would spend a portion of the $6 million generated by Measure J, which was …
Read More »County Fire to replace fire station
The San Bernardino County Fire Protection District will build a station on land owned by the San Bernardino City Unified School District. Fire Station 227 will replace the current Station 227 at 282 W. 40th St., which has been in use since 1953, according to a statement on the county’s …
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