At tomorrow’s regular 10 a.m. meeting of county supervisors in San Bernardino, one item is expected to serve up a big win for those in the Morongo Basin who are food insecure or need meal assistance. Reporter Mike Lipsitz tells us what is on the menu…
Supervisors are expected to adopt consent calendar item 20. That action will make available $331,400 to the Hi-Desert Memorial Health Care District to provide access to food to income-eligible, food insecure households through April 2022. The money will be provided from Community Development Block Grant Funds part of the federal CARES Act established in response to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The Health Care District will use the funds to set up and support a food distribution hub at the old Joshua Tree Elementary School.
Experts: Test for these toxins regularly if your drinking water comes from a well Ismail Turay Jr.
Most water from the region’s large underground aquifer is safe to drink untreated, but homeowners might not always be aware of all the potential contaminants, including “forever chemicals” that do not have a color, taste or smell.
Such was the case recently in Butler Twp., Montgomery County, when Earl Moyer and some of his neighbors said they learned about the chemicals known as PFAS for the first time after high levels were detected at nearby Aullwood Audubon Farm Discovery Center in October. Health officials sent letters to 180 homeowners nearby, urging them to test their wells for PFAS.
Oxnard s finance director has been known to break bad news.
Whether it s a budget in the red or decimated reserves, Kevin Riper has been the bearer of grim news ever since he was hired two years ago.
But the budget update considered during Tuesday s City Council meeting took on a different tone.
The financial situation has turned around for the general fund, Oxnard s main spending account, with $17 million more in revenues than anticipated at the start of the pandemic.
It s owed to a variety of reasons but the main driver of a much improved financial situation is the voter approved Measure E. The new sales tax, an additional 1.5% for city services, begins April 1.
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JOHNSTOWN The Common Council on Monday approved a resolution to have the city apply for an $81,500 Community Development Block Grant for the expansion of a city business.
The approval at City Hall was to aid the expansion of Evolution Recycling Inc.
Action by the council followed a public hearing in which no one spoke.
“I received no comments on it,” added Mayor Vern Jackson.
The resolution approved Monday noted the city of Johnstown has determined that there is a need to undertake economic development projects in Fulton County.
The city wishes to apply for funding under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Officials said the city is working to assist Evolution Recycling, Inc. to expand its recycling operations and which is projected to create five new jobs.