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Yahoo Real Estate sites 1582 properties in some stage of foreclosures in Rancho Cucamonga. Visit this site and see the home in your neighborhood mapped and in foreclosure. This is a very sobering view of the condition of the local real estate market.
It may well be some time before this glut of homes are [...]

Mayor Don Kurth, Rex Gutierrez, and Dennis Michael all look to be on the move in 2010. The campaigning will start soon with fund raising already begun for the assembly seat expected to be vacated by Assemblyman Bill Emmerson.
Rex is a little more candid about his intentions to run for the 63rd [...]

The show is over for the time being in the Democratic Party race for the nomination. Now comes the sequel, with the Vice Presidency spot to be filled. The temptation will be to put Hillary Clinton on the ticket to bring her democratic base along in November. The party split between the conventional base wishing [...]

The initiative process in California is loaded with all the political tricks you can stuff in a full-bloused sleeve.  The two initiatives on the June 3 ballot are prime examples.  The title of Proposition 98 “EMINENT DOMAIN. LIMITS ON GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY” does not mention rent control, or the limitation it could place on many other [...]

The OPARC Colonies Crossroads Champions Cup is pleased to have Sandy Forney President and owner of Impressions Gourmet Catering as a member of the organizing committee.
The 2008 OPARC Champions Cup charity golf tournament date at Red Hill Country Club has been set for September 15th 2008. The tournament benefits the OPARC speech therapy program for [...]

From ChinoHills.com
Inland Empire’s Diversified Industries adopts a new look
Division of OPARC adopts a new look
OPARC, the non-profit organization that provides services to more than 650 adults with developmental disabilities in the Inland Empire, has adopted a new logo for its Diversified Industries Division. The logo incorporates the division’s new tag line: “Competitive Prices from Dependable [...]

City council in no hurry to provide an alternative to Charter Communication:
Verizon DSL service is unavailable to much of the city where the maximum distance from the switching station is exceeded.  Verizon has not been able to begin the installation of a new technology, which would provide service to the entire city.
FIOS overlay projects have [...]

Earmarks have been characterized as Pork barrel spending, even graft or corruption.
Be careful before you through out the baby with the bathwater. Rancho has recently received over $4,577,000.00 in so-called pork, one for the senior physical fitness program, and another to improve the I-15 interchange at foothill blvd.
Follow these links for the details:
Rancho Cucamonga I’15 [...]

From Seanator Duttons website:
Sen. Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga) has been named Vice Chair of the Senate Budget Committee by Sen. Republican Leader Dick Ackerman (R-Tustin) and Sen. Republican Leader-Elect Dave Cogdill (R-Fresno).
Senator Dutton is a proven leader in the California State Legislature, said Republican Leader-Elect Cogdill. He knows the issues and takes a common sense [...]

If your interested in the city councils efforts to produce a new sign ordinace you may find this helpful.  Remember this issue was prompted by an interest to limit political signs.
The Center for Individual Freedom has published a helpful paper on the problem of limits on speech through political signs. Any time limit on the [...]