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TESTING: Jennifer Salazar collecting data from water testing at Indian Creek on the Soboba Reservation. | Photo courtesy of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians.
MANAGER: Jennifer Salazar, at a community outreach event, was recently hired as the Environmental Manager for the Soboba Tribal Environmental Department. | Photo courtesy of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians.
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ennifer Salazar began working at the Soboba Tribal Environmental Department nearly five years ago as an Environmental Specialist. She was recently promoted to the position of Environmental Manager. “I’ve been in love with biology since I was born,” Salazar said. “I think my love for science makes environmental issues very important to me and getting a formal education in biology marries the science behind the issues and trying to respond to them.” She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology degree from Cal State, San Bernardino and said she always planned to be a scientist/biologist. She just wasn’t exactly sure in what capacity she would find her career. “Even though I didn’t know this work (at Soboba) would be where I ended up, it’s so important and meaningful that I’m glad that I can use my education and skills to help the Tribe and any environmental issues that affect this community,” Salazar, of Yucaipa, said. Whether directly attending to environmental issues/concerns on the Soboba Reservation or providing environmental educational outreach through classes or events, she said seeing the positive results within the community from those efforts is the most satisfying part of her job. “I have worked with so many Tribal members over the years and when they say how much they loved Earth Day (outreach event) or the community clean-up or how much they care for their land, it’s very satisfying to be a part of that,” she said. While working as an Environmental Specialist, Salazar has tested water quality and conducted water quality monitoring for surface waters at Indian Creek on the Soboba Reservation. She has written a few environmental technical docu-
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overnor Gavin Newsom submitted his 2021-22 State Budget proposal to the Legislature – a $227.2 billion fiscal blueprint that provides funding for immediate COVID-19 response and relief efforts where Californians need it most while making investments for an equitable, inclusive and broad-based economic recovery. With the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in sight, the Governor’s Budget prioritizes key actions that will urgently help the California families and businesses impacted most. It proposes $372 million to speed up administration of vaccines across all of California’s 58 counties, bolstering the state’s all-handson-deck approach to swift and safe vaccine distribution. It also includes a $14 billion investment in our economic recovery and the Californians who most need relief – those who have lost their jobs or small businesses, or are facing eviction – advancing direct cash supports of $600 to millions of Californians through the Golden State Stimulus, extending new protections and funding to help keep people in their homes and investing in relief grants for small businesses. As part of this investment in California’s future, the Budget intensifies the Governor’s commitment to equity in and for our school communities, reflected by the highest levels of school funding – approximately $90 billion total – in California’s history. The commitment includes investments to target the inequitable impacts of the pandemic on schools and families, including $2 billion to support and accelerate safe returns to in-person instruction, $4.6 billion to help students bounce back from the impacts of the pandemic and $400 million for school-based mental health services. In addition to these measures to support Californians through the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Budget also advances long-term strategies for an equitable, broadbased economic recovery so the state can emerge from the pandemic stronger than before. Building on actions the state has taken to support
California’s businesses throughout the pandemic, including emergency aid and regulatory relief, the 202122 State Budget makes investments across sectors and proposes supports for businesses of all sizes, including $777.5 million for a California Jobs Initiative, which focuses on job creation and retention, regional development, small businesses and climate innovation. The Budget recognizes how COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted Californians who were already struggling before the pandemic, exacerbating decades-long inequalities. Accordingly, it works to expand opportunity for some of the hardest hit Californians and help them get ahead. The Budget also proposes one-time and ongoing investments totaling $353 million to support California’s workers as they adapt to changes in the economy brought about by COVID-19. It lifts up proven, demand-driven workforce strategies like apprenticeship and High-Road Training Partnerships and advances collaboration between higher education and local workforce partners. “In these darkest moments of the COVID-19 pandemic, this Budget will help Californians with urgent action to address our immediate challenges and build towards our recovery,” said Governor Newsom. “As always, our Budget is built on our core California values of inclusion, economic growth and a brighter future for all. The Budget makes progress towards the goal I set when taking office to harness California’s spirit of innovation and resilience and put the California Dream within reach of more Californians. I look forward to working with the Legislature to enact these critical immediate and longer-term priorities for our state for the 40 million who call the Golden State home.” This Budget is built on the prudent fiscal management that has helped the state weather the COVID-19 Recession in 2020, and with an improved revenue forecast entering 2021. Through the end of this pandemic and beyond, it advances the Governor’s sustained
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y a 3-2 vote, the City of Hemet terminated the services of long time City Attorney Eric Vail to take effect immediately and in replacing him interim City Attorney, Steven Graham from Cole Huber LLP. A permanent selection will be in completing an RFP process. A number of actions were taken and approved in
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public session. Presentation on the Simpson Center by General Manager Dean Wetter was well received by the council as were other items on the agenda: 1. Appointment of Dana Hill to the Hemet Planning Commission for a Partial Term set to expire on June 1, 2021. Vacancy resulted due to the Resignation of Commissioner Tiffany Leaverton. 2. Authorize the City Manag-
On Jan. 14, 1942
President Franklin Roosevelt issues Presidential Proclamation No. 2537, requiring aliens from World War II-enemy countries -- Italy, Germany and Japan -- to register with the Department of Justice.
On Jan. 15, 1870
The first recorded use of a donkey to represent the Democratic Party appears in Harper's Weekly, drawn by political illustrator Thomas Nast. Four years later, Nash originated the use of an elephant to symbolize the Republican Party in a Harper's Weekly cartoon.
On Jan. 16, 1938
Benny Goodman brings jazz to Carnegie Hall, a notion so outlandish at the time that Goodman
er to Execute a Lease Agreement with Congressman Raul Ruiz for one office. 3. Adoption of Ordinance Repealing Residential Rental Registration and Crime-Free Rental Housing Ordinance and Chronic Nuisance Abatement Ordinance. 4. ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT (ZOA) NO. 20002 (Height and FAR Exceptions in the Commercial Zones) An Ordinance of the City Council
himself initially laughed off the idea. The concert at the citadel of American high culture sold out weeks in advance.
On Jan. 17, 1950
11 men steal more than $2 million ($22 million today) from the Brink's Armored Car depot in Boston. It was the perfect crime --almost -- as the culprits weren't caught until January 1956, just days before the statute of limitations for the theft expired.
On Jan. 18, 1990
Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry is arrested and charged with drug possession and use of crack cocaine. Barry was caught on camera at a downtown hotel smoking crack with Rahsheeda Moore, who had agreed
of the City of Hemet Amending Section 90-45.3 of the Hemet Municipal Code to Clarify the Approval Authority for Administrative Adjustment Applications and Section 90-895(d) to Establish Parameters, Procedures and Findings for the Granting of Exceptions to Maximum Height, and Floor Area Ratio Standards for Hotel, Medical Facility, and
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to set up Barry in exchange for a reduced sentence on a drug conviction.
On Jan. 19, 1809 Poet, author and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe is born in Boston. In 1836 Poe married his 13-yearold cousin, Virginia Clemm, and completed his first full-length work of fiction, "Arthur Gordon Pym."
On Jan. 20, 1961
87-year-old Robert Frost recited his poem "The Gift Outright" at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. Although Frost had written a new poem for the occasion, faint ink in his typewriter made the words difficult to read, so he recited "The Gift Outright" from memory.
“Let no man pull you low enough to hate him” Martin Luther King Jr.