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By BRIAN WHITEHEAD | [email protected] | San Bernardino Sun

PUBLISHED: October 17, 2017 at 1:16 pm | UPDATED: October 17, 2017 at 6:08 pm

LOCAL NEWS

Meet Gary McBride, San Bernardino County’s new CEO

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Gary McBride on Tuesday, Oct. 17, was appointed new San Bernardino County chief executive of cer by the Board of Supervisors. He begins Nov. 25.(Courtesy of San Bernardino County)

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday appointed Gary McBride as new chief executive of cer, effective Nov. 25.

McBride, 46, has served as the county’s chief nancial of cer since 2013.

“Gary is someone who is very well known and loved within the county organization,” said David Wert, county spokesman. “He grew up in San

Bernardino, went to local schools, worked for the county for his entire professional life.

“He’s made a great impression on everyone and has become a trusted adviser to the board in terms of scal issues.”

As the county’s top unelected of cial, McBride will earn a yearly salary of $301,000, about $18,000 less than his predecessor, Wert said.

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Chosen from a pool of 34 interviewees, he replaces Greg Devereaux, who announced his retirement in January. Devereaux had served as

county CEO for seven years, and will continue serving the county in an advisory role per the terms of his 10-year contract.

McBride on Tuesday thanked the board for its con dence. “We have some great things headed our way, a lot of opportunities,” he said in a

release, “and I am excited to share in the future with all ve of you.”

Interim CEO Dena Smith, the county’s chief operating of cer, will work with McBride to ensure a smooth transition, Wert said.

Third District Supervisor James Ramos on Tuesday extended congratulations to McBride on social media.

I proudly join the Board of Supervisors as we appoint GaryMcBride as the new Chief Executive Officer for @SBCounty.Congratulations!11:56 AM - Oct 17, 2017 · San Bernardino, CA

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“I am con dent Mr. McBride, with his abundant wealth of institutional knowledge, will excel our county towards greater heights and into new

horizons,” he wrote.

Fifth District Supervisor Josie Gonzales also took to social media Tuesday to welcome the new CEO.

Gonzales, whose nal term in of ce ends in 2020, had previously said she was interested in hiring a candidate who met hers and her colleagues’

expectations.

“They are the ones that will be remaining in of ce for a longer time,” she told The Sun in May. “Ultimately, we have to look toward the future.”

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Please join me in welcoming Gary McBride, who we selected totransition into the role of @SBCounty's new Chief ExecutiveOfficer!11:11 AM - Oct 17, 2017 · San Bernardino, CA

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A San Gorgonio High and Cal State San Bernardino graduate, McBride started with the county as a 23-year-old human resources scal clerk,

Wert said. “Pretty much as entry level as you can get.”

He later moved up the ranks.

As county CFO, McBride is responsible for monitoring and forecasting the county’s $5.2 billion annual budget and its $1 billion in outstanding

debt.

Over the years, he demonstrated his expertise and displayed a knack for discussing complex issues in simple, easy-to-digest terms for

policymakers, Wert said.

“That’s why the board seemed very comfortable with him in this (CEO) role,” Wert added. “He established a track record for providing sound

advice that paid off in the long run.”

Second District Supervisor Janice Rutherford lauded McBride as “incredibly smart and thoughtful” in a release, adding: “He has a passion for

this organization and a genuine, deep commitment to the County team that will serve him well in this new leadership role.”

Come Nov. 25, McBride will manage the day-to-day operations of the county and be guided by the list of goals and objectives the board puts

before him annually. As CEO, he’ll not only focus on the county’s scal health, but also on its programs and the board’s visions for the future.

“When you spend any time with Gary, you can see he’s constantly focused on the long-term scal health of the county organization,” Wert said.

“He’s very familiar with what challenges lie ahead.”

The board on Tuesday also appointed Michelle Blakemore as new county counsel, effective Nov. 25. She’ll replace the retiring Jean-Rene Basle.

Since 2010, Blakemore has served as chief assistant county counsel.

“Her appointment as county counsel is well deserved, and I know the public will be well served by her integrity, commitment and experience in

the law,” Board Chairman Robert A. Lovingood said in a release.

Gonzales called Blakemore “the perfect choice” to lead the county legal team.

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Brian WhiteheadBrian Whitehead covers San Bernardino for The Sun. Bred in Grand Terrace, he graduated from Riverside Notre Dame Highand Cal State Fullerton. For seven years, he covered high school and college sports for The Orange County Register. Beforelanding at The Sun, he was the city beat reporter for Buena Park, Fullerton and La Palma.

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Board selects County CFO Gary McBride as nextCounty CEOPosted: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 4:39 pm

County Chief Financial Officer Gary McBride, a lifelong San Bernardino County resident who has spent hisentire 23-year professional career working his way through the county government organization, earningknowledge and trust along the way, was appointed today by the Board of Supervisors to serve as thecounty's next chief executive officer effective Nov. 25.

Board members praised McBride's dedication to the county organization and the community, hiscommitment to innovation in the cause of public service, and his ability to grasp and translate into lay termscomplex issues and provide sound, trustworthy advice.

Board members also praised Interim CEO Dena M. Smith for leading the organization during the past sevenmonths since the retirement of former CEO Greg Devereaux. Smith, who plans to retire and was not acandidate for the CEO position, will stay on board to assist in McBride's transition.

"You don't get this far in your career without the support of a great family," McBride, 46, told the boardtoday. "Thank you for the confidence from the board. We have some great things headed our way, a lot ofopportunities, and I am excited to share in the future with all five of you."

The board conducted an exhaustive seven-month recruitment and interview process prior to appointingMcBride as CEO. The board conducted more than 34 interviews over the course of 12 meetings withcandidates from within county government, other public agencies and the private sector.

"Gary's integrity, strong financial background and experience with the county made him the stand-outcandidate for Chief Executive Officer of San Bernardino County," said Board of Supervisors ChairmanRobert A. Lovingood. "I have trusted his advice in the past and look forward to working with him as wepursue the opportunities ahead."

"Gary McBride has provided outstanding leadership and skillful financial management for over four yearsas Chief Financial Officer for the County of San Bernardino," said Board of Supervisors Vice ChairmanCurt Hagman. "I have benefitted from his wise counsel, innovative management style and commitment toaccept nothing but the best from himself and all those around him. Gary will make an outstanding CEO andI look forward to working with him and my Board colleagues in making San Bernardino County the best runcounty government in America."

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Board names Michelle Blakemore to top legal postPosted: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 5:15 pm

Michelle Blakemore, a trusted and respected attorney who has served the County for 28 years, wasappointed County Counsel by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.

Blakemore joined the Office of County Counsel in 1989 as a Deputy County Counsel and was promoted toPrincipal Assistant County Counsel in January 2009. In December 2010, she was named to her currentposition as Chief Assistant County Counsel.

“With over two decades of serving our county as a legal professional, Ms. Blakemore has my trust andrespect to lead us as our new County Counsel,” said Third District Supervisor James Ramos. “We areprivileged to have a team of a knowledgeable and experienced individuals providing us with sound legaladvice. I extend my congratulations to Ms. Blakemore and I look forward to working with her in thefuture.:

The Office of County Counsel provides civil legal services to the Board of Supervisors, the CountyAdministrative Office, County departments, commissions, special districts and school districts. CountyCounsel also provides legal services to various joint powers authorities.

The County departments Blakemore has served over the years include Purchasing, CommunityDevelopment and Housing, the Economic Development Agency, the Redevelopment Agency, SpecialDistricts and the Administrative Office. Blakemore has a strong background in municipal finance, publiclaw and real property transactions.

Blakemore graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California, majoring in public affairs witha concentration in public policy. She earned her juris doctorate at the University of California, Los Angeles,School of Law. Blakemore began her career in Los Angeles as a public finance attorney specializing inutility, airport and healthcare financing and then on to Philadelphia, where she specialized in hospitalfinancing. Before joining the County, Blakemore spent three years working for an Orange County law firmrepresenting schools.

Blakemore will lead a staff of about 100 employees, including 53 attorneys. Blakemore begins the job onNov. 25 following the retirement of County Counsel Jean-Rene Basle.

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By CITY NEWS SERVICE |October 18, 2017 at 3:31 am

FILE PHOTOBritish heavy metal band Iron Maiden performs before approximately 25,000 fansSaturday night July 1, 2017 during its Book of Souls tour at Glen Helen Amphitheaterin Devore.

LOCAL NEWS

Apple Valley man sues promoterover burns from bonfire at IronMaiden concert in Devore

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LOS ANGELES >> Promoter Live Nation was sued today in Los Angeles by a man

who says he was severely burned by �ames from a bon�re started by other fans

during an Iron Maiden concert at the Glen Helen Amphitheater in San

Bernardino.

Mario Esteban Barron’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit also names as

defendants Pavilion Partners GP, Staff Pro Inc. and Contemporary Services Corp.

He is seeking unspeci�ed damages.

A Live Nation representative could not be immediately reached for comment on

the suit, which alleges the plaintiff “is aware of multiple incidents of guests being

severely burned at the subject premises spanning decades.”

Barron was at the July 1 concert with his family when he and one of his relatives

decided to explore the grounds and came upon a mosh pit that had been formed

around a bon�re, the suit states.

“Attempting to walk around the mosh pit, plaintiff was knocked into the �ames by

the mosh pit,” according to his complaint.

Barron, 47, of Apple Valley, felt helpless and, “consumed by the �ames, he

accepted that he would not survive this ordeal,” according to his court papers.

No security or �rst aid was available, and he was rescued by other fans as “the

skin on his legs peeled off,” the suit says.

Barron claims he was forced to walk to the entrance of the amphitheater, where

he begged for help at a �rst-aid station. He was eventually taken by ambulance to

a hospital, where skin gra�s he received became infected, nearly causing him to

have to have both legs amputated, the suit states.

Barron has not been able to return to his sheet worker job because of his injuries,

the suit states.

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Lack of emergency alerts during firestormsprompts calls for improvements

By Alene Tchekmedyian, Phil Willon and Joseph Serna

OCTOBER 17, 2017, 9:05 PM | REPORTING FROM SANTA ROSA, CALIF.

idespread complaints that residents did not receive cellphone alerts before wildfires swept

through California’s wine country, destroying thousands of homes and killing more than 40

people, has prompted calls to improve the system.

The so-called Wireless Emergency Alert system allows authorities to push out warnings that trigger loud alarms

and vibrations to cellphones in geographic areas, unless people specifically opt out.

But neither Sonoma County nor Napa County sent them.

Now, as the North Bay reels from the devastation, California’s two U.S. senators have raised questions about

deficiencies in the federal system after many wine country residents failed to get warnings that they were in the

path of last week’s destructive wildfires.

With California's wine country reeling from deadly wildfires, two U.S. senators are raising questions about deficiencies in the federalemergency alert system that kept residents out of the loop. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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Because of the system’s imprecise geo-targeting capabilities, the Democratic senators wrote, authorities have to

decide whether to notify too many people — or not nearly enough — when disaster strikes.

In a letter dated Tuesday to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Sens. Kamala Harris

and Dianne Feinstein said authorities instead relied on alert systems that were far less effective.

“These emergency services are caught in a bind between notifying individuals in imminent danger and risking

mass panic,” the senators wrote. “As a result, these services are compelled to rely on emergency messaging

systems with far less reach and far less capacity.”

The senators wrote they were disappointed that the FCC had not fully implemented a 2016 proposal to require

wireless carriers to enable more precise geo-targeting for emergency alerts.

“We are also concerned that the FCC has granted a temporary waiver of the existing, imprecise geo-targeting

requirements for certain carriers,” they wrote.

The senators asked FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to get feedback from officials in Northern California, as well as those

who responded to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Jose, about how the warning system should be improved.

When the fires erupted, some residents had minutes to escape. Neighbors pounded on one another’s doors and

blasted car horns. Friends called friends and urged them to get out.

Some couldn’t outrun the flames.

Meanwhile, Sonoma County officials contemplated sending out a mass alert. Ultimately, they decided not to out

of concern it would have pinged every cellphone connected to a cell tower in Sonoma County.

They worried about unnecessary gridlock on streets far from the fire and impeding first-responders trying to

reach threatened areas.

Instead, the county sent out warnings through its SoCoAlert service and Nixle, both of which require residents

to register before an emergency. The county also sent out reverse 911 calls to landlines in unincorporated areas.

Santa Rosa, where rows of suburban tract homes were destroyed, sent out alerts through SoCoAlert, Nixle and

on social media.

Napa County issued alerts through Nixle, but officials said some residents had trouble receiving the warnings.

By Tuesday, the string of wildfires raging for more than a week had scorched more than 210,000 acres and

destroyed whole neighborhoods.

Dozens of people are still missing.

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Fire crews have, however, turned a corner in battling the blazes, reaching more than 50% containment on the

four largest wildfires. Tens of thousands of residents were allowed to return home and at least one hospital

reopened.

The 52,894-acre Nuns fire, which gave firefighters the most trouble over the weekend, was 78% contained.

A smaller, stubborn fire that ignited Saturday near the Oakmont neighborhood on the eastern edge of Santa

Rosa burned 1,029 acres and was 27% contained as of Tuesday evening.

Officials told firefighters to be meticulous about extinguishing smoldering piles of grasses and leaves because

higher winds expected later Tuesday could send embers into unburned areas, igniting new fires.

“Mop-up’s going to be the key. As we get to the point where the perimeter’s controlled, all the stuff inside needs

to be controlled, 100%,” said Don Watt, a fire behavior analyst for the state Department of Forestry and Fire

Protection.

The biggest danger to firefighters over the next few days is fatigue, which has set in after eight long, smoky days

of firefighting, officials told crews in Sonoma on Tuesday morning.

“You guys have been in warp drive,” said Bret Gouvea, the Cal Fire incident commander. “Now the adrenaline is

coming off. You’re feeling the fatigue. You’re getting tired. Let’s finish this thing strong, without any major

accidents.”

Willon reported from Santa Rosa, Serna from Calistoga,Tchekmedyian from Los Angeles. LauraJ. Nelson in Santa Rosa and Rong-Gong Lin II in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

UPDATES:

9 p.m.: This article has been updated throughout additional quotes and background information.

This article was originally published at 7:25 p.m.

Copyright © 2017, Los Angeles Times

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By Matthew Cabe Staff Writer Posted Oct 17, 2017 at 3:52 PMUpdated Oct 17, 2017 at 3:52 PM

APPLE VALLEY — The Town Council met in closed session Tuesday during a special meetingto review what Council member Barb Stanton called “a large pool of applicants” for the townmanager position left vacant since Frank Robinson’s retirement in July.

The nationwide search began in earnest following the Council’s June 27 approval of a $26,200contract with Ralph Andersen & Associates for headhunting services, but Tuesday’s meetingmarked the start of the Council’s full involvement in the future hiring, according to Stanton.

“We had time to review the applicants,” Stanton told the Daily Press after the more than two-hour meeting, “but this was our first chance to become active in the process.”

Stanton participated from a conference room inside a hotel in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee,where she is currently on vacation. She said the closed-door talks, which included at least oneRalph Andersen & Associates representative, were a productive step forward in “a longprocess.”

″(We have) the opportunity in front of us to set the course for the future,” she said. “We hadextensive talks on the type of person we’re looking for, so there’s a sincere effort on finding theright mix for our community.”

Town spokesperson Gina Whiteside said Council and staff do not have “a firm timeframe” forhiring at this point, but interviews are expected to begin in November.

For a comparison, though, the hunt that brought Robinson to Apple Valley took approximatelynine months after former Town Manager Bruce Williams was abruptly fired in September2007, according to a previous Daily Press report.

Meanwhile, the current pool of applicants cannot be discussed at this time, according toWhiteside, so unclear is the size of that pool and whether interim Town Manager Lori Lamsonis swimming in it.

Prior to Tuesday’s meeting, Assistant Town Manager Nikki Salas had been tapped to act on theCouncil’s behalf amid the search for applicants, according to the contract. As a result, RalphAndersen & Associates initially could take direction only from Salas or someone she designated.

Apple Valley’s town manager search discussed in specialmeeting

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Heather Renschler — president and CEO of Ralph Andersen — was appointed to “supervise anddirect” the search; however, Senior Consultant Greg Nelson has likely been the town’s mainpoint of contact as Stanton said he was included in Tuesday’s meeting.

Per the contract, payment to Ralph Andersen & Associates is broken into four categories ofservice: $5,250 after finalization of the recruitment brochure, $11,000 after the closing date,$6,500 after finalist interviews and $3,450 upon placement of the new town manager.

Whiteside said the town has received an invoice for the brochure only.

Meanwhile, Stanton said the next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 2 and will likely be an all-daysession.

“It will be the actual interview process,” she said. “We will have whittled down the field to ourtop applicants at that point.”

Matthew Cabe can be reached at [email protected] or at 760-951-6254. Follow him on Twitter

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By Matthew Cabe Staff Writer Posted Oct 17, 2017 at 9:28 AMUpdated Oct 17, 2017 at 4:24 PM

APPLE VALLEY — Town officials were undeterred Thursday in response to theCity of Claremont’s settlement with Golden State Water Company, a move thatended an eminent domain takeover bid in that city and cost its taxpayersmillions.

Word of the abandoned acquisition attempt, first reported by the Inland

Valley Daily Bulletin, came during an Oct. 10 meeting of the Claremont City

Council. Per the settlement, the city will pay $2 million to Golden State by Dec.31 and $2.8 million in interest over the next 12 years.

In return, the company, which that also supplies water in Barstow and parts ofApple Valley, waived the remaining $5.8 million in legal fees so long asClaremont does not sue again during that 12-year period, the Daily Bulletinreport shows.

Claremont remains on the hook for $6.1 million in its own legal fees, incurredduring a years-long battle for ownership that included a failed right-to-take trialand — until Oct. 10 — an appeal of the decision against the city.

Claremont was represented by Best Best & Krieger LLP, the law firm that hasalso represented Apple Valley throughout its own contentious takeover

attempt of Liberty Utilities, but spokesperson Gina Whiteside said “the

situation in Claremont is a poor indicator of the town’s likely success.”

“These cases are very fact dependent,” Whiteside said. “The town’s case involvesa different public agency taking over the system, a different proposed operator,and a different water company.”

Claremont settlement reignites Apple Valleywater war

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Claremont’s Council looked to nearby La Verne for operational services,according to previous Daily Press reports. That move led attorneys for GoldenState to attack La Verne’s water record in court and point out multiple violationsthat factored into last year’s ruling.

The town, by contrast, has proposed running the local water system itself,Whiteside said, a decision that has drawn its own criticism via claims of

inexperience; however, the record of a nearby provider would likely not factor

in at trial as a result.

“The case is also in a different court and involves a different judge than theClaremont case,” Whiteside added. “A more appropriate comparison can befound in Missoula, Montana, where earlier this year a court issued a final orderof condemnation against a water company owned by the exact same company ashere in Apple Valley.”

Liberty officials, meanwhile, viewed the Claremont settlement as a small victoryamid an ongoing battle that pits private ownership against local control. GregSorensen, president of Liberty’s western region, said the outcome “speaks foritself” from a financial perspective.

“We believe that our Apple Valley customers will recognize that Claremonttaxpayers now have to pay more than $11 million for a failed eminent domainlawsuit with nothing to show for it,” Sorensen said.

Whether Liberty’s customers recognize the risk might be a moot point, though;7,200 voters approved Measure F in June, a win for the town that authorized

the use of up to $150 million in revenue-bond debt to finance a potential futurepurchase of Liberty’s water system.

Still, Sorensen remained confident of, in his view, a positive outcome for hiscompany.

“Instead of the same divisive conflict and outcome,” he said, “Liberty Utilitiesprefers to continue providing safe and reliable water service to Apple Valleyresidents in collaboration with the town, as will now be the case betweenClaremont and Golden State.”

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As of Aug. 31, 2016, Apple Valley has spent nearly $1.6 million on

acquisition and water-related costs, according to a transparency report

available on the town’s website.

In response to a request for an updated amount, Whiteside said the town hasspent $942,085.82 “in legal fees and costs, which includes the costs associatedwith experts and consultants.”

The new figure is for “eminent domain action only,” according to Whiteside,who said the transparency reports are no longer relevant as they include costsnot associated with the eminent domain process.

“The transparency reports were an attempt to show all the water-related costs,”she said, “but moving forward our focus are the costs associated with eminentdomain, including the right-to-take trial and valuation, which are the true costsof acquiring the water system.”

Liberty officials have declined all previous requests for financials related to itsfight against the town’s acquisition attempt. The company, however, did spend

more than $1 million campaigning for Measure V in 2016 and against

Measure F earlier this year.

In Claremont, combining what the city now owes, excluding interest, with whatGolden State waived totals $7.8 million in legal fees.

A trial-setting hearing for the town’s right-to-take trial is scheduled for Oct. 20,according to San Bernardino Superior Court records.

But a suit Liberty filed alleging California Environmental Quality Act violationsrelated to the town’s final Environmental Impact Report for acquisition willlikely need to conclude before the right-to-take trial begins.

Matthew Cabe can be reached at [email protected] or at 760-951-6254. Follow

him on Twitter @DP_MatthewCabe.

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By Staff reportsPosted Oct 17, 2017 at 11:44 AMUpdated Oct 17, 2017 at 11:44 AM

ADELANTO — City officials recently welcomed a commercial cannabiscultivation and manufacturing facility expected to generate up to $250,000 eachyear in taxes and employ 40 employees once its fully operational.

Goldentree Company Technology Corporation is behind this venture, whichwas ushered in late last week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, according to cityspokesman Michael Stevens.

The four-building, 50,000-square-foot facility at 10431 Yucca Road is currentlyunder construction, with the foundations and framing complete. It’s expected tobe operational as early as February, according to Franz Chan, the founder andchairman of Goldentree.

The company’s planned operations include “cultivation, manufacturing includingextraction for oils, and a kitchen that can produce edibles,” Chan said. Theoutput will become product for Goldentree’s 10 dispensaries in the metropolitanLos Angeles area.

“We’re excited to see this project is more than just a vision, it’s becoming areality and we’re thrilled that the owner’s vision is in line with Adelanto’s vision,”Mayor Rich Kerr said in a statement.

“This project will generate up to $250,000 in taxes each year and the 40employees to be hired will support the local economy,” he continued, “with gasand food purchases whether they shop in Adelanto or elsewhere in the HighDesert.”

The ribbon-cutting, held Oct. 12, drew city officials, project family and friendsand throngs of Asian media, according to Stevens.

Commercial cannabis facility to employ 40 inAdelanto

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For more information about Goldentree, city officials say to visitGoldentreectc.com or contact Susan Hamilton, senior vice president andmarketing director, at 626-800-8327 or at .

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By Paola Baker Staff Writer Posted at 8:32 AMUpdated at 8:32 AM

The man was apparently lying in the No. 1 and No. 2lanes of the roadway, face up, when the crash occurred,CHP officials said.

LUDLOW — Officials are continuing to investigate how a man struck and killedon Interstate 40 ended up on the roadway early Monday morning.

Reported just after 1 a.m., California Highway Patrol officials said a 73-year-oldLake Elsinore man died after he was struck by a tractor-trailer headed west on I-40 near Ludlow.

The man was apparently lying in the No. 1 and No. 2 lanes of the roadway, faceup, when the crash occurred, according to Barstow CHP Officer AdamCarmichall.

“It sounds like he had a flat on his vehicle and for some reason ended up walkinginto the middle of the road,” Carmichall said in an email Tuesday.

Carmichall said a Volkswagen sedan with minor collision damage was foundparked on the right shoulder approximately one-eighth of a mile east of theoriginal crash scene. It sustained damages “consistent with running off theroadway,” Carmichall said, including scratches and a flat tire.

“These two collisions are separate incidents and it is unknown why the maleparty was lying in the roadway,” Carmichall said.

Authorities investigating why man struck, killedby tractor-trailer on I-40 was lying in themiddle of lanes

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The driver of the tractor-trailer swerved to the right to try to avoid the collision,but was unable to. Carmichall said the driver immediately stopped after the crashand tried to pull the man from the roadway.

“It could be medical or drug-related; however, we are waiting for the autopsyand toxicology report,” Carmichall said. “No foul play is suspected at this point.”

The incident remains under investigation, and anyone with information is urgedto contact the Barstow CHP office at 760-255-5900.

Paola Baker may be reached at 760-955-5332 or [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter at @DP_PaolaBaker.

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By GAIL WESSON | [email protected] | The Press-Enterprise

October 17, 2017 at 9:05 pm

A 60-year-old Yucaipa transient died at a hospital after he walked onto Yucaipa

Boulevard east of Third Street in the dark and was struck by a vehicle Monday night,

Oct. 16, according to a San Bernardino County Sheriff/Coroner’s news release.

Deputies responded at 8:39 p.m. to nd Samuel Ortiz injured in the city’s

commercial business area. He was transported to Loma Linda University Medical

Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:59 p.m.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s Major Accident Investigation

Team is investigating the collision. Information on the vehicle involved in the incident

and the driver was not immediately available.

 

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By SANDRA EMERSON | Press-EnterpriseOctober 17, 2017 at 7:38 pm

The late Redlands City Council member Pat Gilbreath. File photo from Dec. 20, 2016. (Frank Perez/Correspondent)

The city will begin taking applications this week to �ll Councilwoman Pat Gilbreath’s seat on the City Council.

On Tuesday, Oct. 17, the council voted to appoint someone to �ll the vacancy following Gilbreath’s death Oct. 3 rather than hold a costly

special election.

“I think it’s more responsible to �ll it by appointment,” said Councilman Eddie Tejeda.

The council has until Dec. 1 to �ll the vacancy either by appointment or calling a special election, according to state law.

The council decided against holding a special mail-in ballot election due to cost. The city estimated an election would cost between $80,000

to $100,000.

Gilbreath, who served on the council for 22 years, was reelected in November 2016. The appointee, however, would serve until the next

election in November 2018.

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Here’s what applicants need to know:

“There will be a cost for an election regardless,” said Councilman Jon Harrison. “It just would be less if we go through the 2018 and 2020

election process versus just 2018.”

-The application period begins at noon Thursday, Oct. 19.

-Applications must be returned to the City Clerk’s of�ce, at 35 Cajon St. Suite 4, by 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13.

-The City Council will interview applicants during a public meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21. The selected appointee will be sworn in

immediately.

-Applicants must live in Redlands.

-Along with the application, the potential council member will need to �ll out a questionnaire and �le a Statement of Economic

Interest. The questionnaire asks applicants their thoughts on issues facing the city, a speci�c issue of interest and why they are the

strongest candidate, among other questions.

Mayor Paul Foster said he will be looking for a female candidate who lives within Gilbreath’s district, which is District 4.

“Frankly I think it’s in the best interest for the community that this council look for an appointee from within the district that Council

member Gilbreath would have represented when this goes to a district election,” Foster said. “I also feel we should look for a quali�ed

candidate who is a female to replace Council member Gilbreath. This council needs the diversity and I also believe it is a way to honor

Council member Gilbreath’s seat on the council to �ll it with a woman.”

The new council member would be the third appointed to the council in recent years.

In 2015, the council selected former Councilman John James out of 13 applicants vying for the vacancy created by then-Mayor Pete

Aguilar’s election to Congress.

Aguilar himself was appointed to the council in April 2006. He was selected from a group of 11 applicants.

The council adjourned the meeting in honor of Gilbreath, 75.

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'A Major Distraction': Is A Mega-Deal LikeAmazon's HQ2 Always Worth It?

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On a wall in Greg LeRoy's office is a frame with a custom-engraved wrench and a

photo of workers in front of the Diamond Tool and Horseshoe factory in Duluth,

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Minn. It's from his days helping unions fight plant closings — when he first started

digging into the convoluted financial relationship of corporations and local

governments.

These days, LeRoy is the guy to call if you want to know about corporate subsidies.

Lately, his phone has been ringing about one company in particular: Amazon.

Thursday marks the deadline for bids in Amazon's highly publicized search for the

location of its second headquarters, dubbed HQ2. Cities are clamoring to land the

conglomerate's project and its unparalleled promise of up to 50,000 jobs paying an

average of $100,000, at one of the world's fastest-growing companies.

But with that comes some public soul-searching: How much should a city or state

subsidize a wealthy American corporation in exchange for such a shiny promise?

"There is a whole system in economic development that has pitted states and cities

against each other for corporate relocations. Amazon just happens to be very good at

it," says Amy Liu, who runs the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings

Institution.

Corporate subsidies, by one conservative estimate, top $70 billion a year. That's what

cities and states give away in foregone taxes and other concessions to companies —

sometimes for the prospect of new jobs and sometimes just to keep existing ones.

In some cases, all the competition does is get concessions from cities that the company

would have picked anyway. Amazon representatives have insisted that the company

didn't begin soliciting HQ2 bids with a pre-existing choice.

Either way, "it's created a major distraction from what the real day-to-day economic

development activity should be," Liu says, meaning the long, arduous work of

grooming and nurturing locally grown businesses.

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'A hefty dowry'

When communities chase mega-deals, they're hoping for an influx of well-paying jobs.

That means more wealthy residents spending more money, boosting local businesses

and maybe drawing new ones — things that are generally good for the economy.

"Our concern about [the Amazon] deal is that states and cities are going to overspend

for the deal so badly that they'll never break even," LeRoy says. "If you as a mayor

think, 'Oh, I've gotta break the bank for this deal' ... what money will you have left to

maintain the quality of life that you have?"

Either public services diminish, he says, or taxes go up for everyone else.

“President Trump, suggesting one way that companies can choose to stay in the U.S.

Dec. 1, 2016

And they can leave from state to state, and they can negotiategood deals with the different states and all of that.

In Atlanta, this worry made its way into the mayoral race. Seattle, the original home of

Amazon, has seen its housing costs rise and traffic worsen with the company's growth

to 40,000 employees there. Knowing that, one of Atlanta's mayoral candidates penned

an open letter to Amazon framed as a marriage proposal.

"While many cities will put up a hefty dowry to gain your nod," wrote Cathy Woolard,

"Atlanta is a more modern suitor looking for an equal partner in success." Though

Atlanta's bid submission will precede the mayoral election, Woolard made her case

that the city's qualifications warranted a commitment from Amazon to help with

housing affordability and transit improvements.

Amazon is still in the process of figuring out its role as a corporate citizen, says King

County Executive Dow Constantine, speaking from his office blocks away from

Amazon's Seattle headquarters. He says he has seen this gradual evolution play out

before, with another King County-based company — Microsoft.

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"I'm very confident Amazon is going to continue to grow its business and continue to

grow as a major social and civic player," Constantine says.

Perhaps in an illustration of that confidence — or just how remarkably irresistible the

HQ2 competition is — Constantine's county, already home to one Amazon

headquarters, has joined with a neighboring county to bid on the second HQ as well.

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'I always felt we got used'

Financial incentives are among numerous criteria Amazon included in its solicitation

of bids. The public response has varied. An example on one end is Canada's Ontario,

already a region with booming tech jobs, saying it wouldn't play the subsidy game. An

extreme example on the other end is New Jersey, with its plan of up to $7 billion in tax

incentives over 10 years; Amazon expects some $5 billion in capital investments.

By multiple estimates, Amazon has already cashed in on more than $1 billion in

taxpayer-funded subsidies and incentives for its warehouses, data centers and other

operations.

Yet, there's a widely shared understanding in economic development: Tax incentives

are not what drives companies.

"I never made an investment decision based on the tax code," Paul O'Neill, former

CEO of the industrial giant Alcoa, told lawmakers in 2001, during his confirmation

hearing to be U.S. treasury secretary.

"If you're giving money away, I'll take it. If you want to give me inducements for

something I'm going to do anyway, I'll take it. But good business people don't do

things because of inducements."

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In fact, economic development officials in several states said they hoped Amazon

wouldn't decide based on financial incentives. So, tax breaks are more of a cherry on

top.

But the competition in corporate discounts has long been part of the U.S. federalist

system. Last year, President Trump even called it out in a speech, warning companies

against leaving the country, but saying they "can leave from state to state and they can

negotiate good deals with the different states."

A unilateral decision by a state to withdraw is hard to fathom, let alone pull off.

"I often thought, as governor, it would be sort of nice, if all the governors just got

together and said, 'Look, we're just not going to play this anymore,' " says former

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle.

Doyle was at the helm during the financial crisis in 2008, when General Motors

shuttered plants, including a factory in Janesville, Wis. But later, the automaker said it

would reopen one location, bringing back the jobs. Wisconsin put together its largest

incentive package yet — Doyle says he felt an obligation to — but it lost to Michigan's

even bigger offer.

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"I understand why they were going to Michigan, they closed more plants in Michigan,"

he says, "but I always felt we got used just as somebody to drive the bidding up."

Since then, Wisconsin has become infamous for its eye-popping $3-billion financial

incentive to get a Foxconn liquid-crystal display plant.

To Doyle, however, Wisconsin's best success stories are homespun companies, like

Oshkosh Truck, Harley-Davidson or health care software company Epic Systems.

"That's the home run," he says. "They are less likely to be a big company that sort of

out of nowhere decides to move into your state."

That isn't to say, he adds, that states shouldn't and won't chase both the locally

groomed businesses and the mega-corporations' jobs promises.

NPR researcher Will Chase and Business Desk intern Yu-Ning Aileen Chuang

contributed to this report.

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Southern California cities to submit bids forAmazon's new headquarters site

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OCTOBER 18, 2017, 6:00 AM

ince Amazon rolled out the reality show-like competition for its second headquarters last month,

communities have come up with a multitude of creative ways to generate buzz for their bids.

In Tucson, an economic development group tried to gift a 21-foot tall saguaro cactus to Amazon Chief

Executive Jeff Bezos. The city of Birmingham, Ala., placed giant Amazon boxes around town. And in Kansas

City, Mo., the mayor announced he purchased 1,000 items on Amazon and left a review for each that touted the

city.

“The idea was easy – make Kansas City the most-well reviewed city on Amazon,” Mayor Sly James boasted in a

news release.

A rendering of a proposed redevelopment for the former Orange County Register headquarters, one of the sites included in Santa Ana'sAmazon bid. (Gensler)

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But the submissions that will be delivered by Thursday’s deadline won’t rely on such gimmicks. Instead, they’re

likely to tout combinations of tax incentives and the assets Amazon identified in its request for proposals: top-

notch university systems and enough land to accommodate 8 million square feet and 50,000 employees.

The contest has been seen by some as an opportunity to spread tech wealth beyond the traditional hubs of

Silicon Valley and Seattle and has attracted interest from across the country, including communities in the Rust

Belt eager to build up their own clusters.

If the Seattle company wants another West Coast headquarters, the Southern California region has several

willing candidates that are expected to submit bids, including Irvine, Santa Ana and San Diego.

Other known contenders will be communities in Los Angeles County, where a regional effort includes locations

in Los Angeles and Pomona, where Cal Poly Pomona and the Fairplex have offered up land.

In a statement, a spokesman for L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti did not reveal any potential sites in the city, but said

the mayor is working with the county and cited local universities, a growing rail network and LAX as reasons

why Amazon should pick the area.

“This project is an incredible opportunity to bring new jobs and investment to Los Angeles,” spokesman Alex

Comisar said.

According to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., which is helping coordinate the regional

effort, the L.A. County bid contains nine separate sites that would each fulfill Amazon’s requirements. Some of

the locations are outside Los Angeles and Pomona, but a spokesman declined to name them or the individual

sites.

“This is a highly competitive process and we do not want to give our competitors around the country any

information that could be used to strengthen their hands,” Lawren Markle said.

The city of Irvine and the Irvine Co. are expected to submit a combined bid. They, too, have been largely mum

since the developer issued a news release a day after Amazon announced its competition.

A possible location for Amazon could be land the Irvine Co. owns around the Irvine Spectrum. A company

spokesman didn’t return emails seeking comment.

“A lot of communities have been out there with a good amount of bravado, [but] … there is really not much to

be gained by promoting in advance of submission,” said Larry Kosmont, a Los Angeles-area urban development

consultant. His company is working on Amazon proposals for communities he declined to name.

Gov. Jerry Brown has been supportive of the effort to lure Amazon, writing a cover letter for communities to

include in their proposals.

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Addressed directly to Bezos, the letter cites the state’s strong university system and talented workforce as

reasons the company should give “careful consideration to the many California cities interested in becoming the

next home for Amazon’s newest headquarters.”

Brown’s office also supplied communities with a list of possible state tax credits available to Amazon —

something the tech company asked for in its request for proposals.

Some cities are considering packages of their own. In Chula Vista, the City Council was expected to debate a

$400-million incentive deal Tuesday evening.

However, California isn’t expected to offer as much as some states. New Jersey, for instance, has floated a $7-

billion tax incentive package. Historically, the Golden State has tended to rely on its inherent attractiveness

rather than large public subsidies.

Brown spokeswoman Ali Bay declined to release a list of California cities submitting bids, but said “there’s been

interest statewide.”

Mike Harrah, a flashy Santa Ana real estate developer, has been more willing to talk.

He’s working with the cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove on a proposal that would include the former

Orange County Register headquarters near the 5 Freeway.

Harrah earlier this year revealed a $1-billion plan for the 20-acre site in Santa Ana that would include building

Orange County's tallest towers, more than 1,000 residences, a 171-room hotel, offices and retail shops.

Within five miles are the proposal’s other two sites: Harrah’s long-planned One Broadway Plaza office tower

and the Willowick Golf Course. The 102-acre course is in Santa Ana but owned by Garden Grove, and both cities

recently voted to explore redeveloping the land.

The three sites are adjacent to stops along the proposed OC Streetcar, which would also stop in Santa Ana’s

downtown, where a flood of new restaurants and shops have opened in recent years.

“It’s the ultimate urban empire,” Harrah said of the proposal he calls “Silicon City.”

Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido said he’s also worked with nearby cities to highlight housing options in

Anaheim’s Platinum Triangle near Angel Stadium and educational opportunities at Chapman University in

downtown Orange.

“They are talking about 50,000 jobs,” Pulido said. “I think those jobs will make us strong for decades to come.”

There is also a San Diego regional bid that includes potential sites in downtown and Chula Vista.

An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment on next steps following Thursday’s deadline, other than to say

the company will evaluate the proposals and make a decision sometime next year.

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By MONICA RODRIGUEZ | [email protected] | Daily BulletinOctober 17, 2017 at 5:47 pm

Supervisor Hilda L. Solis holds up the proposal as officials from Fairplex, Cal Poly Pomona and the city of Pomona announce their PolyPlexproposal to Amazon at Innovation Village at Cal Poly Pomona in Pomona., CA., Monday, October 16, 2017. Amazon is looking for a location toopen their second headquarters. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

POMONA >> Residents, elected of�cials and representatives of businesses and nonpro�ts turned out Monday night to encourage the

Pomona City Council to support a proposal to bring the second headquarters of Amazon, a leading online retailer, to Pomona.

The council voted unanimously to have the names of all seven members appear on the letter to be submitted with the proposal this week.

Mayor Tim Sandoval said Pomona has been “the jewel of the valley” and was a leader in the citrus industry. A�er World War II, General

Dynamics brought the defense industry to the city, and the company became a major economic engine for many years.

But the company le�, and Pomona has faced years of challenges.

Now, “we have an opportunity before us. It’s a long shot,” Sandoval said, but one that must be pursued and one that has generated

enthusiasm across the city.

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The leadership in place, which includes Cal Poly Pomona President Soraya Coley and Miguel Santana, president and chief executive of�cer

of the Los Angeles County Fair Association, has made it possible to assemble an impressive proposal, Sandoval said.

The proposal is one Santana has said meets all of the requirements Amazon is asking for as it looks for a place in North America to open its

second headquarters. Amazon anticipates the second headquarters, referred to as HQ2, will employ about 50,000 workers who will

earn salaries averaging about $100,000 a year, according to Amazon’s request for proposals.

The company also estimates it will invest more than $5 billion in capital expenditures.

The letter that will accompany the proposal, which is due Thursday and represents a partnership among Cal Poly, Fairplex, the city and Los

Angeles County, will also be signed Coley and Santana.

Marc Hanson, district director of the Rep. Norma Torres, D-Ontario, presented a letter of support that her son, Councilman Robert Torres,

read.

“I write to express my support for Cal Poly Pomona,” Torres said in the letter that gave all the reasons why Cal Poly is well suited to

accommodate Amazon. Her letter never made mention of Fairplex.

Hanson said the Congresswoman has signi�cant concerns about Fairplex’s involvement in the partnership because of past issues,

including some that have strained the relationship with some residents living near the fairgrounds.

As it is, “this combo bid weakens it a little,”  Hanson said of the proposal.

Resident Anne Henderson, who lives next to Fairplex, said she supports the proposal.

“I think this is something the city needs,” Henderson said. “I do not see any downside to what is proposed.”

Erica Frausto, executive director of the Pomona Chamber of Commerce said the organization supported the proposal. If the partnership is

successful it will mean thousands of jobs coming to the city that would bene�t Pomona and the region. The city’s youth will bene�t by

having a source of well-paid jobs.

“We want them to have opportunities,”  she said.

In addressing Santana, Torres said he has attended a series of strategic planning sessions associated with charting the future of Fairplex

and has met with Santana, but Amazon never came up.

Santana said six weeks ago Amazon announced it was seeking proposals.

“We didn’t create the opportunity, the opportunity came to us,” Santana said.

Pursuing the Amazon project �ts in with the work Fairplex has carried out since the �rst L.A. County Fair took place 95 years ago, a place

where those with an entrepreneurial spirit are able to pursue opportunities.

Amazon represents “the opportunity to create a ripple effect that will transform this area,” Santana said.

Torres asked Santana what was being done to communicate with neighbors and address past concerns.

Residents in the past have expressed concerns associated with previous Fairplex management and electronic dance music festivals, or

raves, that drew unruly crowds and brought noise, traf�c and trash to the area. In 2015, two young women attending a rave died as a result

of drug overdoses

Santana said, in the nine months he has been at Fairplex, he has worked to reach out to Fairplex’s neighbors, the community at large, the

business community and City Council members all in an effort to “do a better job being a better neighbor.”

He added the “history of Fairplex and the history of Pomona are intertwined and so is our future,” Santana said.

Torres asked Santana if he would commit to working with the community on issues of concern and ways to address them and Santana said

he would.

Councilwoman Cristina Carrizosa said sometimes proposals come up that appear to be good for Pomona but her instinct tells her they are

not good for the city.

“This one is different,” she said.

The involvement of prestigious academic institution such as Cal Poly, Fairplex, a decades-old institution and the support of institutions

from across the city tells her this is something unlike others.

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By NORMA TORRES |October 17, 2017 at 7:19 pm

File photo by Walt Mancini, Pasadena Star-News/SCNGBuckhorn Campground in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Thursday, June 25, 2015.

In California, we’re fortunate to have many national parks and monuments. As a child, I spent every summer camping, �shing and

swimming at national parks in the western region of our country. I have so many wonderful memories of spending time at those parks and

want my constituents to have some of those same experiences with their children — regardless of who they are or where they live.

Everyone should be able to experience and enjoy our public lands.

That’s why my colleagues and I introduced a congressional resolution supporting the inclusion and meaningful engagement of Latinos in

environmental protection and conservation efforts. Despite the growing number of visitors at our national parks, the latest National Park

Service survey found only 9 percent of American visitors were Latino. This number is alarming and makes you wonder why more Latinos

aren’t visiting these special places throughout our country.

One problem is national monuments can be hard to get to. Access to our national monuments should not be limited to only those who can

afford it. In 2014 President Obama designated the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, right in our own backyard. While its

creation was not without controversy, this national park now provides access for the more than 15 million Americans who live within a 90

minute drive. I am excited to know that this great opportunity will bene�t our youth for generations to come.

Unfortunately, our current president is trying to take away some of our region’s national monuments. Treasured national monuments like

the Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow and the Castle Mountains, and even the San Gabriel Mountains, are at risk.

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Together we can protect our cherished national parks

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current status of 27 national monuments created since 1996 under the Antiquities Act. This puts our public places in California and all

around the nation in danger of losing the special protections afforded by the monument designation.

Latinos have proven to be a critical and strong voice in the �ght to protect our national monuments. Just last month, Southern California

Latino communities joined others to speak out against the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink or rescind our local national

monuments. I’ve recently joined my colleagues in Congress in calling on President Trump to not revoke the San Gabriel Mountains

National Monument, a national treasure that deserves protection. But our work is not yet done.

In Congress, I will continue to do everything I can to uphold national monument designations and make sure local communities and

economies are not hurt by the administration’s proposed changes. I want to increase Latino participation in the national parks and ensure

that monuments inspired by Latino leaders like César E. Chávez are protected, so future generations of Americans can visit them and

become inspired by their meaning.

Now is the time for us to come together to protect our irreplaceable public lands for our children and future generations. If we do not act

now, there may not be another opportunity to save these critical public lands.

My goal is to make sure all Americans, no matter their religion, race or sexual orientation feel welcome and have access to our national

parks and monuments, and that the parks re�ect the history, culture and heritage of our great country. Will you join me?

Norma Torres, D-Pomona, represents the 35th congressional district which includes the communities of Chino, Fontana, Montclair,Ontario and Pomona.

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By ALEJANDRA MOLINA | [email protected] | The Press-EnterprisePUBLISHED: October 17, 2017 at 1:40 pm | UPDATED: October 17, 2017 at 1:51 pm

AP Photo/Damian DovarganesIn this Sept. 1, 2017 file photo, Loyola Marymount University student and dreamer Maria Carolina Gomez joins a rally in support of the DeferredAction for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, outside the Edward Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles. from deportation.

A new interactive map broken down by Congressional Districts illustrates the economic loss of removing DACA recipients from the

workforce in regions across the nation.

The map, provided by USC Dornsife’s Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration and the Center for American Progress, also shows the

number of people who are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program by U.S. Congressional Districts.

The Obama-era program, which has offered deportation relief and work permits to about 800,000 young immigrants, is being phased out

by the Trump administration.

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In California, the area most impacted is the 40th Congressional District — represented by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D–Los Angeles —

which includes Downey, East Los Angeles, Commerce, Paramount, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bell�ower, Cudahy, and Huntington Park.

An estimated 10,800 DACA recipients live in Royball-Allard’s district, according to the data.

It’s one of the most Latino districts in the nation with 89 percent among the total Latino population, according to data released by the Pew

Research Center in 2016.

The district stands to lose about $589 million in annual Gross Domestic Product, or GDP.

For Rep. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, his 46th Congressional District — which includes Anaheim, Orange, and Santa Ana — is expected to lose

about $530 million in annual GDP. An estimated 9,700 DACA recipients live in Correa’s district, the map shows.

Another heavily impacted area is the 44th Congressional District — represented by Rep. Nanette Barragán, D-San Pedro — which includes

Compton, South Gate, Carson and San Pedro.

That district, with an estimated 8,100 DACA recipients, is expected to lose about $443 million, according to the data.

In the Inland Empire, Republican representatives who represent thousands of DACA recipients could face further pressure to support a

DACA deal.

Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Corona, for example, represents 3,100 DACA recipients. His 42nd Congressional District includes Corona and Murrieta

and is expected to lose $170 million in GDP, the map shows.

Calvert has been a critic of the DACA program.

He’s said Obama “overstepped his Executive Authority when he single-handedly adjusted legal status for a group of people.”

“The only way our country and affected individuals can have long-term certainty is by Congress changing our immigration laws,” Calvert

said in a previous interview.

Press-EnterprisereporterAlejandraMolina attheRiversideoffice,Monday,June 1,2015.

Alejandra MolinaAlejandra Molina has been a reporter since 2006 and has covered a number of beats -- from crime and transportation toreligion and immigration -- for The Orange County Register and The Press-Enterprise.

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By ERIC BOEHM |October 17, 2017 at 7:24 pm

Coolcaesar at English WikipediaCalPERS headquarters at Lincoln Plaza in Sacramento.

Funding for schools, parks, civil services and just about everything else that California governments fund will have to be cut as increasing

pension obligations consume larger shares of budgets.

As recently as 2003, California’s state government paid about $1.3 billion toward the state’s two biggest pension funds — CalPERS, which

funds retirements for state workers and public safety employees, and CalSTRs for the state’s teachers. This year, the state will spend more

than $8.7 billion on those two pension funds. By 2030, those annual payments will exceed $19 billion, according to projections in an

extensive new report released this week by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.

“Pension costs have crowded out and will likely to continue to crowd out resources needed for public assistance, welfare, recreation and

libraries, health, public works, other social services, and in some cases, public safety,” says Joe Nation, the author of the report and former

Democratic member of the California state Assembly.

The state’s pension costs have climbed by 423 percent since 2003. By comparison, spending on higher education, something that is

typically viewed as being on an unsustainable �scal course as annual cost increases strain schools and students, have climbed by “just” 47

percent over the same period of time.

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Compounding the state-level pension crisis, local governments are facing similar straits. The Stanford report includes case studies for

more than a dozen cities, large and small, across California. In Sacramento, for example, pension costs are projected to hit $150 million by

2023, up from $42 million in 2008. Pension costs have already forced cuts to its cultural programs, neighborhood services, transportation

and police, Nation says. By 2030, the increasing costs will require eliminating $94 million in non-pension spending — equal to a 25 percent

reduction in both police and �re expenditures, or 10 percent across-the-board expenditure reductions.

California is in many ways the poster child for America’s ongoing public employee retirement crisis. The reputation is well-earned.

Consider the trouble facing El Monte, where a retired city manager named James Mussenden could very well be the face of California’s

municipal pension crisis. Mussenden pulls down more than $216,000 in retirement bene�ts each year, along with free health insurance

and the promise of annual cost-of-living increases.

While Mussenden is living the good life, more than a quarter of the city’s population lives in poverty and the local government is groaning

under the weight of pension bills that consumed more than 28 percent of the budget last year, according to a report from the Los Angeles

Times.

He’s hardly the only one making bank from the pension system. According to a report from Transparent California, there were 20,900

public workers in California who pulled down more than $100,000 in retirement bene�ts during 2015.

California’s pension crisis is worse than most, but it is by no means alone. Major cities across the country are facing the same dif�cult

choices. Using data from Merritt Research Services, Governing Magazine determined that American cities with a population of more than

500,000 spend, on average, about a quarter of their budgets on debt service — including payments to pension systems. More worrisome is

the fact “that legacy costs are rising, taking up ever-larger shares of budgets,” writes Mike Maciag, Governing’s data editor.

Annual budget outlays for debt payments, pension costs and other post-employment bene�ts for cities in Governing’s analysis have crept

upwards from about 20 percent in 2011 to more than 22 percent in 2016. In some places, the increase has been much greater. “The trend

continues to squeeze out other operating expenses over time,” Richard Ciccarone, president of Merritt Research, told the magazine.

Americans could almost certainly make do with fewer government services — the silver lining of all this is that increasing budget pressure

is a good way to force cuts to wasteful and ineffective programs.

But the pension crisis will only reduce the scope of government, not the cost of it.

You’ll be paying more, but getting less.

Eric Boehm is a reporter at Reason.com.

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By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | [email protected] |October 17, 2017 at 7:14 pm

AP Photo/Paul SakumaA woman walks next to a “For Rent” sign at an apartment complex in Palo Alto Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2006.

The high cost of home ownership is continuing to drive up the cost of renting, according to a recent report by the University of Southern

California Lusk Center for Real Estate.

Declining home ownership rates, falling vacancy rates, an increasing population and job growth in Southern California will all contribute

to rising rents over the next two years. Practically, this means average rent increases of $149 a month in Orange County, $136 a month in

Los Angeles County and $124 a month in the Inland Empire.

While each of the four counties are experiencing similar problems, there are also distinct problems.

Los Angeles County renters, for instance, are particularly burdened by the reality that the construction of new housing has lagged for

decades in the county. Though there have been improvements in recent years, nearly 60 percent of the county’s housing was built before

1970. With a home ownership rate of 45.1 percent as of 2015, this leaves renters with few options in the county.

While Orange County had a surge of multifamily housing construction in the years a�er the recession, the report notes that building has

decelerated in recent years, growing just 0.7 percent between 2015 and 2016. Worse, the number of multifamily housing permits plunged

40.5 percent in the �rst 7 months of 2017 compared to 2016.

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Higher rents are driving many people out of the coastal counties and into the Inland Empire, and the region’s historically high vacancy

rates have begun to fall. With the home ownership rate in Riverside County dropping from 68.4 percent in 2010 to 64 percent in 2015, and

from 62.6 percent to 57.2 percent in San Bernardino County over the same period, the region’s rental market is under greater pressure.

As a recent survey by the University of California Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies found, the high cost of housing has led 56

percent of Californians to consider moving, with one in four considering moving out of state due to the high cost of housing.

State and local policymakers must take seriously the deleterious consequences of costly housing and be willing to reform and repeal

regulations and restrictions that disincentive and limit new housing construction.

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | |October 18, 2017 at 8:40 am

Unidentified bystanders embrace as police and Emergency Medical Services respondto a shooting at a business park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md.,Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2017. (Matt Button/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

By JULIET LINDERMAN

EDGEWOOD, Md. — A gunman opened �re at a Maryland of�ce park on

Wednesday morning, killing three co-workers and wounding two others,

authorities and the business owner said.

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Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler identi�ed the shooter as 37-year-old Radee

Labeeb Prince. He said Prince opened �re with a handgun and then �ed the

Emmorton Business Park in Edgewood.

Police were looking for him, and he was considered armed and dangerous. The

sheriff did not release a motive for the shooting.

The owner of a home improvement company in the of�ce park said the victims

and the suspect all worked for him at Advanced Granite Solutions.

Barak Caba told The Associated Press in a brief telephone interview that the

suspect has been an employee for four months. He said the man was a machine

operator.

Caba was shaken and would not provide additional details.

The wounded were in critical condition, according to a spokeswoman for the

University of Maryland Medical Center’s R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in

Baltimore.

The FBI is assisting local authorities to �nd Prince. Investigators are currently

treating the shooting as a case of workplace violence and don’t see ties to

terrorism, said Dave Fitz, a spokesman for the Baltimore FBI �eld of�ce.

Nearby schools have been locked down as a precaution.

The business park is just south of the Interstate 95 interchange with Route 24.

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