After having placed the matter on hold for two months during which the State of California’s political watchdog agency sought and ultimately failed to work out some form of compromise terms with Adelanto City Councilman Daniel Ramos, the California Political Fair Practices Commission next week will take up once again its staff’s proposal that it impose on Ramos one of the largest campaign finance reporting penalty assessments against a local officeholder in state history.
A default notice issued to Ramos in May called for the levying of a $57,500 fine on him and/or his various campaign operations. Next week, based on Ramos’s unwillingness to make acknowledgments, comply with proposed conditions to be imposed and accept restrictions with regard to ongoing and future fundraising activity offered to him over a more than two-month negotiating period, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) is scheduled to proceed with the $57,500 assessment it was set to accept at its June 13 meeting.
Ramos is currently Adelanto’s mayor pro tem and is now engaged in a reelection campaign for the November 5 election in which he is seeking another four-year term on the council. Beginning late last year, despite numerous notifications and posted requests that he do so, Ramos did not submit campaign fund accounting paperwork for his unsuccessful 2018 campaign for the Victorville City Council and he had further repeatedly failed to provide an accounting of his victorious 2020 campaign for the Adelanto City Council. Continue reading →

The first toll lanes within the California Department of Transportation’s Freeway System – a span extending 10 miles on the I-10 Freeway from the county line at the Pomona/Montclair divide to the convergence of Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario and Fontana near Rancho Cucamonga’s border with Fontana – will open at the end of the month.
As a consequence, incumbent San Bernardino County politicians who must stand for reelection in November are hoping a significant portion of their constituents won’t take it out on them when the region’s residents, upon realizing the hassle, inconvenience, delays and outright aggravation they have been putting up with for the last two-and-a-half years will not result in four new free travel lanes but require that they pay money to use a key piece of infrastructure most believe they have already paid for, go to the polls in November.
According to the California Department of Transportation, known by its acronym Caltrans, and the San Bernardino County Transportation Agency, which goes by SBCTA, the two lanes going west and the two lanes going east will become operational on August 29.
Transportation officials confidently say the lanes, which are to become part of California’s FasTrak system which allow on-line, electronic or smart phone payments, will facilitate the flow of eastbound and westbound traffic by reducing congestion and alleviating traffic jams during the morning and late afternoon/early evening rush hours.
Experienced commuters are not so sure.. Continue reading →

If you are a pot smoker in Upland, there is reason to hope that a dispensary will be coming your way real soon.

Upland has ratified a contract with the Brea-based firm of Hinderliter, De Lamas and Associates, also know as HdL for consulting work.

According to  Hinderliter, De Lamas and Associates, it specializes in “guiding cities through the application process to identify the best potential cannabis-related businesses for your jurisdiction. Services include cost recovery fee analysis, application process development, application review, interview facilitation and background checks. HdL can help your jurisdiction regulate licensed cannabis businesses to ensure compliance with state and local law. Services include compliance inspections, financial audits and badge printing. HdL’s team has conducted over 11,000 cannabis compliance inspections and investigations in the states of California, Colorado and Nevada. HdL will help you develop cannabis regulations that maximize agency economic benefits while providing a framework for cannabis businesses to operate successfully. Services include fiscal analysis, land-use regulation development, regulatory and tax ordinance drafting, and ballot resolution preparation.”
According to HdL, half of the battle is getting city administrators on board to go along with transforming a city onto a marijuana-based economy. That is best done when the city manager and assistant city manager are potheads, themselves. Right now, Assistant City Manager Steven Parker is hamstrung by the consderation that, at home at least, he would rather not be seen by his not yet fully grown children taking drags off of a marijuana cigarette, referred to by guys who blow grass as a joint, or smoking weed out of a water pipe, called a bong.

City manager Michale Blay has no problem paying the principal with HdL $250 an hour, the company’s senior advisor $180 an hour and its analyst $100 an hour. They know where to get some of the best Pakalolo around. No stems, no seeds that you don’t need, Highland Grass is some bad ass weed!

Kamala Harris hätte gute Chancen auf olympisches Gold im Surfen. Immerhin reitet niemand eine Welle gerade besser als die frisch gekürte Präsidentschaftskandidatin der Demokraten. Das bestätigen auch die neuesten Umfragen. Die belegen mit Zahlen, was viele Menschen längst zu wissen glauben: Harris könnte Donald Trump tatsächlich schlagen.

Trump hat den Rollentausch freilich noch nicht verkraftet. Noch vor rund einem Monat trieb er seinen Thronräuber Joe Biden gemächlich vor sich her. Wenn er heute an seinen Sandkastenfeind denkt, übermannt ihn vermutlich Nostalgie.

Donald vermisst eben seinen Joe. Mit dem war alles leichter. Was ist der Joker ohne Batman?

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CIV SB 2422293
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner DARON WAYNE WILLIS filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
DARON WAYNE WILLIS to DARON WAYNE RANSOM
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing:
Date: August 26, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Department: S36
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
San Bernardino District-Civil
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Gilbert G. Ochoa
Judge of the Superior Court.
Filed: July 15, 2024 by
Leslie Zepeda, Deputy Court Clerk
Daron Wayne Willis
9491 Foothill Blvd. #C192
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
(909) 549-5698
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 19, 26 and August 2 & 9, 2024.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CIV SB 2422294
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner MARILYN DORETHEA WILLIS filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
MARILYN DORETHEA WILLIS to MARILYN DORETHEA RANSOM
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing:
Date: August 26, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Department: S37
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
San Bernardino District-Civil
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Gilbert G. Ochoa
Judge of the Superior Court.
Filed: July 15, 2024 by
Leanne M. Landeros, Deputy Court Clerk
Marilyn Dorethea Willis
11201 5th Street #D102
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
(909) 279-4676
trimblemarilyn@yahoo.com
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 19, 26 and August 2 & 9, 2024.

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