San Bernardino Councilwoman Charged After Allegedly Recording Police Illegally; Arraignment Set for Feb. 19
By Manny Sandoval
Criminal charges were filed Wednesday, Jan. 21, against San Bernardino City Councilwoman Dr. Treasure Ortiz in a case tied to allegations that she illegally recorded San Bernardino police personnel. Ortiz is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 19.
The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office filed the case — identi-
fied by the city as District Attorney Case No. 2026-00-0000627 — alleging a violation of Penal Code section 632(a). The city alleges Ortiz “intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, used an electronic amplifying and recording device, to eavesdrop and record communications with San Bernardino Police Department personnel.”
The city’s statement was released at the start of Wednesday’s City Council meeting
By Manny Sandoval
ore than 200 volunteers gathered at the NOS Center before dawn Thursday, Jan. 22nd and deployed across San Bernardino for the city’s annual Point-in-Time Count, a oneday survey used to help determine federal funding for homelessness programs and guide local decisions on services and shelter.
at Feldheym Central Library, shortly after 5 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Kim Knaus, stepping in for Mayor Helen Tran, asked City Attorney Albert Maldonado whether there were closed-session items to report. Maldonado announced “Treasure Ortiz v. City of San Bernardino,” and said the council, by a 5-0 vote, directed the city to issue a press release.
Councilman Fred Shorett made the Criminal Charges, Cont. on next pg.
The count began at 6 a.m. and was expected to conclude at 10 a.m., with support from the San Bernardino Police Department and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department as teams fanned out across the city.
Nearly the entire San Bernardino City Council attended the early-morning kickoff, including Mayor Helen Tran and San Bernardino County Supervisor Joe Baca Jr., as organizers briefed volunteers on
safety, survey procedures and the distribution of hygiene kits intended to provide immediate aid to unhoused people.
Baca thanked volunteers and said the count is meant to do more than generate a number — it’s intended to guide near-term action and connect some people with help the same day.
“The most important thing about today is PITC, cont. next pg.
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San Bernardino City Councilwoman Dr. Treasure Ortiz speaks outside San Bernardino City Hall during an Aug. 12, 2025 press conference about her lawsuit against the city.
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San Bernardino City Councilwoman Dr. Treasure Ortiz speaks after being sworn in during a Dec. 18, 2024 City Council meeting at Feldheym Central Library.
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San Bernardino Mayor Helen Tran addresses Point-in-Time Count volunteers at the NOS Center on Jan. 22, urging teams to “count every” person and listen to unhoused residents’ stories.
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- motion and Councilman Ted Sanchez seconded it. The council approved it 5-0, with yes votes from Councilmembers Ibarra, Sanchez, Shorett and Flores, along with Mayor Pro Tem Knaus. Councilman Juan Figueroa was not present for the vote. Ortiz was present at the meeting.
The city links the criminal case to Ortiz’s federal lawsuit against San Bernardino, in which she is seeking more than $2 million in damages over what she alleges was an illegal search of her confidential information in the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, commonly known as CLETS.
Ortiz previously framed the dispute as an effort to expose wrongdoing.
Speaking to Inland Empire Community News on Aug. 12, 2025, during a press conference on the steps of San Bernardino City Hall about her lawsuit, Ortiz said: “I will never, ever be threatened to be quiet and not expose corruption in this city.”
The city said it hired an outside firm to review Ortiz’s claims and disputes her allegations.
“After Councilmember Ortiz filed her claim, the City engaged an experienced independent outside firm to review and investigate her allegations and found them to be entirely unfounded,” said attorney Stephen Larson, who is defending the city in the
lawsuit.
Larson also wrote in an email: “The investigation found that any criminal background searches as alleged in the complaint were conducted in strict accordance with the law, a fact confirmed by official audits.
The City believes that Councilmember Ortiz’s allegations of wrongdoing are entirely baseless and will be exposed as such in court.”
The city also said the CLETS system is “heavily regulated and audited annually by the State of California Attorney General’s Office,” and said that despite Ortiz’s complaints to the California Attorney General and other law enforcement agencies, “no agency has pursued charges against those who she alleges engaged in wrongdoing.”
The city called Ortiz’s lawsuit a “complete misrepresentation of the facts and an unfair disparagement of City employees and officials in an attempt to obtain millions in taxpayer dollars from the City.”
Ortiz has said she has audio recordings she describes as “receipts” and contends they support her claims about the CLETS system, the city said.
“At this time, the City will offer no further comment on the criminal matter which is the responsibility of the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office,” the statement said.
Kaiser Strike Returns to Fontana, Riverside, Ontario as Union Cites Staffing, Kaiser Says Pay Offer Stands
By Manny Sandoval
An open-ended strike by Kaiser Permanente nurses and other health care professionals began Monday morning across California and Hawaii, with picket lines forming in the Inland Empire outside Kaiser facilities in Fontana, Riverside and Ontario — the latest escalation in negotiations that also led to a multi-day walkout in October 2025.
The work stoppage, called by United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, started at 7 a.m. local time and is expected to continue until an agreement is reached, the union said.
UNAC/UHCP said 31,000 frontline registered nurses and health care professionals are participating across California and Hawaii, affecting more than two dozen hospitals and hundreds of clinics, calling it the largest strike of health care professionals this year.
UNAC/UHCP said its members have been bargaining with Kaiser since May 2025 and that in December, Kaiser management walked away from negotiations and attempted to bypass the agreed-upon national bargaining process. The union said it filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging Kaiser violated federal labor law by abandoning good-faith bargaining and undermining workers’ protected rights.
Kaiser Permanente said it is pre-
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- to say thank you,” Baca told the crowd. “Because really this is about the partnership and collaboration, collaboration with the city of San Bernardino, the National Orange Show, the County of San Bernardino, and all our county departments and city departments that are here.”
He said the information gathered can help agencies identify people in need and plan services, then pointed to major county investments leaders have highlighted as part of the region’s response — including the $75 million Pacific Village Phase 2 expansion and All Star Lodge, a former hotel converted into housing for older adults.
Tran urged volunteers to approach the work with urgency and care, emphasizing the importance of listening to the people they encounter. “Listen to what’s going on in their lives so we could understand more and how we could address the concern that’s really out there in our neighborhoods, in our streets, in our city, in our county,” she said. Police reinforced the safety message with practical guidance, warning volunteers not to conduct surveys alone even if it seems faster.
“For efficiency’s sake, you may think it’s a good idea just to go get the count by yourself,” an officer told the group. “Please, please, please do not do that. Always have a partner with you.”
Officers told volunteers to use the phone numbers provided for law enforcement contacts if they needed help in the field, and to be ready to describe their location by cross streets or landmarks because police would not have the capability to track volunteers’ phones by GPS.
2025, is planned to include 58 units of permanent supportive housing, a 32-bed substance use treatment facility and 32 recuperative care units.
“This project is about compassionate care,” Board of Supervisors Chair Dawn Rowe said at the June 2025 groundbreaking. “We’re creating an environment where people are treated with dignity and supported on their journey to recovery.”
“The groundbreaking of the next phase of Pacific Village marks a critical step toward a stronger, healthier and safer Inland Empire,” Aguilar said. “By expanding access to behavioral health and addiction care, we will improve the health and well-being of our community.”
Baca framed the project as a pathway to stability rather than a temporary fix. “This campus will transform the lives of people who have gone through rough times by giving them a safe place to recover, rebuild, and regain their dignity,” he said. “It’s about providing opportunity, not just shelter.”
Construction on the Pacific Village expansion is underway, and county leaders have said it is scheduled for completion in winter 2026.
Baca also highlighted All Star Lodge as an example of senior-focused housing. “This is really about providing 76 rooms, which will be permanent supportive housing for seniors,” he said, adding that seniors have been among the larger groups identified in past counts.
pared to maintain care, arguing the strike is unnecessary given what it described as a historic wage proposal and emphasizing that hospitals and most medical offices will remain open.
Picketing in the Inland Empire is centered outside Riverside Medical Center, 10800 Magnolia Ave., Riverside; Fontana Medical Center, 9961 Sierra Ave., Fontana; and Ontario Medical Center, 2295 S. Vineyard Ave., Ontario, according to the union’s strike notice.
In a statement dated Jan. 25, Camille Applin-Jones, Senior Vice President for Kaiser Permanente Southern California, said, “We have been informed that United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals have agreed to return to local bargaining where we look forward to being able to finalize new contracts for our employees and their families.”
Applin-Jones said talks with UNAC/UHCP and the Alliance of Health Care Unions have stretched more than seven months. “These negotiations come at a time when health care costs are rising, and millions of Americans are at risk of losing access to health coverage. This underscores our responsibility to deliver fair, competitive pay for employees while protecting access and affordability for our members. We’re doing both.”
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The early-morning deployment comes as city officials have publicly argued that San Bernardino’s homelessness challenge is both large and highly visible — and that the count itself, while required and useful, may understate what residents see day to day.
At a Jan. 15 special San Bernardino City Council meeting focused on an update to the city’s homeless navigation center, SB Hope Center, Deputy Director of Housing & Homelessness Cassandra Searcy told council members San Bernardino continues to have the highest concentration of homelessness in the county.
“Not to sound redundant, but our city does continue to have the highest concentration of homeless people in the county,” Searcy said. “We have nearly 40% of the county’s homeless that reside in our streets.”
Searcy cited the 2025 point-in-time count showing 1,535 unhoused people in San Bernardino, up from 1,417 in 2024 — an 8% increase — but warned the tally does not match what staff and residents observe daily.
“You can drive around the street and see that that number is not accurate,” she said. “Experts will tell you you should probably take your point-in-time count number and double, if not triple it if you want a more accurate reflection.”
Baca, speaking Thursday, said homelessness is among the issues residents most frequently raise with county offices. “We hear it every day. We get phone calls, you know, people talk about it,” he said.
He pointed to Pacific Village Phase 2, describing it as a $75 million project intended to expand treatment and recuperative care capacity. The county’s Pacific Village Campus Expansion, which broke ground in June
“Seniors and formerly incarcerated people are a big part of our population,” Baca said. He also pointed to a 30-bed project in Muscoy aimed at serving what he described as the “forensic population” — people leaving jail who he said “cannot help themselves” — and said it is expected to open in April. County records describe the effort as the Kern Street Project, expanding an existing 10-bed social rehabilitation home into a 30bed adult residential program.
County records say the project is backed by a 20-year agreement to increase capacity. Funding includes $2.5 million in Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Round 3 grant proceeds awarded to the county, $1.3 million in Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program funding received from the Inland Empire Health Plan, and $360,180 from Molina Healthcare.
The Kern Street Project is intended to serve individuals with severe mental illness and/or substance use disorders who may also be justice-involved, with services such as case management, care coordination and transportation to medical and psychiatric appointments. A California Policy Lab publication has also reported that unsheltered people surveyed described far more frequent law enforcement contacts than those in shelters, reflecting how homelessness and the justice system can overlap.
Baca closed by thanking volunteers and emphasizing that the count — and the work that follows it — depends on coordination across agencies and sustained involvement from the community.
As teams departed the NOS Center, organizers reiterated two goals for the morning: document what volunteers see across the city to inform funding and resource decisions, and offer basic assistance where possible through the hygiene kits distributed at the start.
Adelanto Detainees, Represented by Public Counsel, Chirla, Immdef, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher Llp File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Inhumane Conditions at Adelanto Ice Processing Center
By Public Counsel
Public Counsel, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of current detainees, challenging the unconstitutional conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center.
The lawsuit exposes a detention system that is cruel, inhumane, and degrading, with Adelanto serving as a stark example of the harm such conditions cause —where people have been forced to live in unsanitary conditions and subjected to punitive isolation and neglect, conditions that would be considered abuse in almost any other setting. It specifically challenges the denial of basic necessities at the facility—including medical and mental health care, access to the outdoors, adequate nutrition and water, and sanitary living conditions.
The Adelanto facility, a forprofit detention center housing nearly 2,000 immigrants, subjects detainees to conditions that violate constitutional rights and basic human dignity. The lawsuit details a pattern of these abuses, including detainees denied critical medical care for life-threatening conditions, inadequate nutrition, lack of basic sanitation, and prolonged solitary confinement.
On September 22, 2025, Ismael Ayala-Uribe, a 39-year-old DACA recipient, died in ICE custody at Adelanto. A month later, on October 23, 2025, 56year-old Gabriel Garcia-Aviles died after being detained at Adelanto for only about a week. Both deaths remain under investigation.
“Our immigrant neighbors are
being subjected to conditions that violate their most basic human rights—denied medical care, given inadequate food, and treated with cruelty rather than dignity,” said Rebecca Brown, Supervising Attorney with Public Counsel. “The Constitution does not allow the government to cage people in conditions that cause serious injury, worsening illness, and lasting trauma. This lawsuit demands accountability and immediate action to ensure that every person detained at Adelanto receives the humane treatment they deserve under our Constitution. No one—regardless of immigration status— should be subjected to these conditions.”
“Being detained for a civil infraction should never result in serious illness or even death. Our lawsuit aims to stop the human rights violations that our federal government is committing against people they are choosing to imprison, separating them from their loved ones, and in some instances costing them their lives,” said Alvaro M. Huerta, director of litigation and advocacy at Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef).
“Overcrowding, squalid conditions, and denial of proper medical care are pressure tactics ICE is using to coerce ‘voluntary’ departure. ICE bears responsibility for every preventable illness, every avoidable death, and every unconstitutional injustice these conditions bring about, and we intend to hold them fully accountable in court.”
The facility’s population has surged alongside increased ICE enforcement in Los Angeles, reflecting a pattern where reckless, rights-violating street operations continue once people are detained.
Inside Adelanto, oversight is practically non-existent, and detainees are often made invisible,
Dignity Health Stops Human Trafficking in its Tracks
By Dignity Health
As January marks Human Trafficking Awareness Month in the U.S., Dignity Health is underscoring its unwavering commitment to combating human trafficking and supporting survivors with dignity and compassion across California, a state that consistently reports one of the highest rates of this pervasive issue.
Newly released data offers critical insights into the scope and dynamics of trafficking within the state and highlights Dignity Health’s pivotal role in intervention:
Dignity Health's Impact: Across its hospitals in Arizona, California, and Nevada, Dignity Health identified potential signs of human trafficking in nearly 30,000 patient screenings and social work assessments.
This translates to over 80 potential victims identified daily.
facing punitive conditions that include overcrowding and solitary confinement. In fiscal year 2025 alone, 95 individuals were placed in isolation for one or more days. Operated under contract by the private prison company GEO Group, which is guaranteed payment for a minimum of 640 beds, the facility exemplifies a system where human confinement is monetized and the incentive is to keep people detained rather than safe.
“The rights and humanity of our loved ones do not end when forced into these detention camps for weeks, many for months. Our government’s reckless and brutal treatment of our neighbors in the streets continues inside the camp’s walls by private corporations profiting from our suffering. We must call for accountability and respect of the laws while also appeal to compassion and humane treatment of all whose lives have already been upended by this racially-motivated crackdown,” stated Angelica Salas, Executive Director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
The lawsuit seeks to improve medical care standards, guarantee adequate nutrition and sanitary conditions, end excessive use of solitary confinement, ensure transparency in detention operations, and establish independent oversight to prevent future human rights violations. Detention cannot mean lawlessness and no government agency operates above the Constitution.
Through this litigation, the legal coalition aims to set a precedent that will improve conditions at detention facilities nationwide and challenge a system built on harm that treats detention as the default response rather than investing in care, dignity, and due process.
more challenging to identify and assist. From 2015 to 2021, the percentage of human trafficking cases involving sex trafficking increased from 87% to 89% in California.
Dignity Health’s comprehensive initiatives include specialized training for healthcare providers to recognize the subtle indicators of trafficking, strategic partnerships with local organizations to provide essential support services, and survivorcentered programs that prioritize holistic healing.
Dignity Health - Community Hospital of San Bernardino (CHSB) hosts community education sessions on this topic.
This year, the Understanding and Preventing Human Trafficking workshop will be held virtually for all local partners and community members on Friday, January 23, 2026 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Crucially, more than threequarters of these detections occurred in common hospital areas like emergency rooms, demonstrating that healthcare settings often serve as the only safe touchpoint for victims.
California's Enduring Challenge: Between 2015 and 2021, California experienced a disproportionate rise in human trafficking cases.
In 2015, the state accounted for a significant 18% of all trafficking cases and 15% of all trafficked individuals in the U.S.. While the state's share of national cases has since decreased slightly, California continues to lead the U.S. in human trafficking reports.
Prevalence of Sex Trafficking:
The majority of trafficking in California (89% by 2021) is sex trafficking, frequently occurring in locations such as illicit massage parlors and hotels.
Labor trafficking also persists, often in private residences, though these victims are even
Additionally, CHSB joins the Family Assistance Program for its annual anti-human trafficking walk on Saturday, January 24, 2026 may contact CHSB Health Education Services at (909) 806-1816 to learn more or register for in-person and online health education.
“Guided by our mission of compassion and respect for human dignity, we are committed to supporting survivors with the care and resources they deserve,” said June Collison, President and CEO at CHSB.
Through these dedicated efforts, Dignity Health is actively contributing to building stronger, safer communities, reaffirming its commitment to treating every patient with respect and compassion.
For more information about Dignity Health's human trafficking programs and resources, please visit dignityhealth.org/inlandempire.
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Detainees talk on telephones at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto on Aug. 28.
Protesters packed both sides of University Avenue in downtown Riverside on Jan. 23, condemning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Trump administration after the fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Renée Nicole Good — and warning that a fastgrowing ICE workforce is being built too quickly to guarantee consistent training, vetting and accountability.
Organized by Indivisible Riverside as an “ICE Out for Good” protest, the action framed ICE’s street-level tactics as increasingly aggressive and, in the words of multiple participants, morally indefensible — especially as disputed accounts emerge in high-profile incidents involving U.S. citizens.
Cheryl Smith of Moreno Valley, a retired teacher and principal, said what brought her out wasn’t partisan politics so much as what she described as a collapse of basic decency. “This is not political now. This is human decency,” Smith said, pointing to videos she said show people slammed to the ground and children separated from parents. She said she wants local officials to host more public forums where residents can pressure lawmakers “up the chain” and demand enforcement that follows warrants and due process.
Along the protest line, a brief confrontation underscored the heat around the issue: a middle-aged man walking a small dog taunted a woman holding a “No Kings” sign, and she taunted him back as
drivers rolled by — lots of honking in support, few jeering.
Several demonstrators said Good’s death was their breaking point. Protesters referenced the Jan. 7 shooting in Minneapolis, widely reported and now under scrutiny, in which an ICE agent identified in reports as Jonathan Ross fatally shot Good; local reporting has said the Hennepin County medical examiner ruled her death a homicide.
Christopher Jorgenson of Grand Terrace said he had been “apolitical” for a long time, but the Good shooting pushed him into the street. He said he wants elected leaders to impose sweeping restrictions on ICE — “or have them out of ICE.” Asked what he’d tell President Donald Trump, Jorgenson responded with an expletive, then added: “Where’s your humanity gone? Can’t you at least see we’re all human people? We’re all equal. We all deserve to have rights.”
Shane McChristy of Ontario said he heard about the protest through Indivisible and described “immense support” from many drivers, punctuated by hecklers yelling for protesters to “get a job.” He said he wants local leaders to “hold law enforcement officers accountable,” enact protections against abuse of the justice system, and ensure due process.
Kristin Podgorski of Riverside said the steady drumbeat of immigration enforcement news has felt like “a moral wound,” and that protesting is how people build the collective energy to keep pressing back.
“This is doing something,” she said, arguing that public demonstration can sustain
civic engagement beyond a single day on the sidewalk.
Riverside resident Dan Hobsworth, who said he has spent his life working with immigrants and refugees, called immigrants essential to the U.S. economy and said civil-rights protections must be nonnegotiable. “It’s really disconcerting that the civil rights of Americans are being violated,” he said. He urged enforcement of California rules that restrict face coverings for law enforcement, saying local agencies should confront federal officers operating in the region.
About 15 hours after Riverside protesters repeatedly cited Good’s death, another disputed fatal shooting during a federal operation in Minneapolis intensified the outrage they said they feared was spreading.
At about 9 a.m. on Jan. 24, Alex (Jeffrey) Pretti — a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and ICU nurse who cared for veterans at the Minneapolis VA — was shot and killed in south Minneapolis near West 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue during a federal immigration enforcement operation, according to major-outlet reporting. Federal officials said agents acted in “self-defense,” claiming Pretti approached with a handgun and resisted being disarmed. But bystander video reviewed by major outlets has fueled sharp dispute over that account, with footage appearing to show Pretti holding a phone as he was subdued shortly before shots were fired.
Pretti’s parents, in a statement released
after his death, described him as “kindhearted” and said the family was “heartbroken but also very angry,” alleging the administration’s narrative about their son was false. In that statement, they asked the public to “get the truth out” and accused the Trump administration of spreading “lies” about what happened.
The timing of the two Minneapolis shootings — and the disputed accounts that followed — landed as the Department of Homeland Security publicly celebrated a dramatic hiring surge at ICE, touting a “historic 120% manpower increase” driven by a nationwide recruitment campaign.
That speed has triggered alarms among critics and some lawmakers, who have raised concerns that recruitment standards and training requirements may not be keeping pace with expansion — the very issue Riverside protesters said must be confronted before more people are harmed.
For Riverside demonstrators, the hiring and training questions weren’t abstract policy debates — they were presented as the throughline connecting a swelling enforcement apparatus to real-world consequences. As they dispersed, participants said they want independent investigations into disputed shootings, clearer standards for how agents are trained and supervised, and elected officials willing to challenge ICE’s expansion before, they say, more lives are lost.
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A protester holds a sign referencing 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was reported detained by ICE in Minnesota on Jan. 20, 2026, after returning home from preschool with his father
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Kristin Podgorski (far-right) poses with fellow demonstrators during Indivisible Riverside’s “ICE Out for Good” rally, saying “every day it feels like a moral wound” and that showing up in solidarity helps people keep going.
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A protester holds a hand-painted “No Kings” sign along University Avenue in downtown Riverside during Indivisible Riverside’s “ICE Out for Good” rally on Jan. 23.
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By Manny Sandoval
About 250 people packed the corners of Redlands Boulevard and Orange Street on Jan. 25 for a “We Stand with Minnesota” protest that condemned federal immigration enforcement tactics after the death of 37-year-old Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti — and called on Redlands leaders to do more to protect residents on local public property.
Organizers and speakers pointed to recent local-government efforts elsewhere — including a Jan. 15 action by the Jurupa Valley City Council adopting a resolution that denounces masked, unidentifiable federal agents and seeks to restrict the use of city-owned spaces for staging civil immigration enforcement operations — as a model they want Redlands to consider.
Kristin Washington, chair of the San Bernardino County Democratic Party, said the rally was organized quickly after the Minneapolis incident and still drew strong turnout.
“There has been a high, high level of energy,” Washington said. “The incident that really spurred today’s event, it happened yesterday, and so we weren’t sure that many people would come out. But I think there’s so much anger and frustration that people saw the notices on social media and on their inboxes, and they made a point of coming out.”
Washington said the demonstration was fueled not only by Pretti’s death, but by broader outrage at what she described as harm connected to mass deportation efforts.
“It’s so discouraging to see federal agents do what amounts to executing citizens right in front of cameras,” she said. “We need people to be held accountable for their actions, for the harm that they’re doing to our community.”
The Associated Press reported that Pretti, a U.S. citizen who worked at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, was killed by Border Patrol officers during a federal operation. The AP also reported that the Department of Homeland Security said Pretti was shot after he “approached” officers with a handgun, while bystander videos that surfaced soon after ap-
peared to show him holding a phone. At the Redlands protest, speakers said the incident intensified fears about how federal operations are being carried out — including concerns about who is being targeted.
“We’re out here because instead of going after the criminals as they claimed they were going to do, they’re going into the workplaces and finding people that contribute to our communities,” Washington said. “They are not going after criminals.”
Michael Paisner, a Redlands resident and a member of Together for Redlands, said the protest was aimed at what he described as an unacceptable “status quo” and urged elected officials to push back at multiple levels of government. “I think it’s really important that community voices express dissatisfaction with the status quo right now that we have a federal agency killing Americans,” Paisner said. “That is unacceptable.”
Paisner also addressed online claims that protests like this are about defending serious criminals.
“The reason we’re here is to protest the injustice that’s happening in our country,” he said. “We have an ICE organization that is out of control.”
He called on the Redlands City Council to take concrete steps, pointing to policy moves in other cities. “Some cities have passed rules that federal agents can’t use city property to conduct their operations,” Paisner said. “I would like to see Redlands City Council adopt at least that much to say, you know, we can’t stop you but we’re not going to support, push back.”
Paisner said Redlands officials have largely avoided the issue publicly. He singled out Councilmember Denise Davis as the lone exception, then criticized the other four councilmembers for what he described as silence on immigration enforcement even as, he said, they have been willing to engage on national political flashpoints.
“I would say four of our five city council members are not doing their job,” Paisner said. He said the councilmembers “express support for Charlie Kirk” while failing to publicly address immigration enforce-
ment or take steps he believes would protect immigrant residents. Paisner said the city should start by acknowledging the fear and instability he believes federal operations can create locally, adopt a policy barring federal immigration officials from using city-owned property for staging operations or arrests, and issue formal declarations of support for immigrant community members.
Redlands resident and community advocate Jennifer Maravillas said, “We are at the point in history where a tyrannical regime is executing people and getting away with it. Instead of posting about the death of racist YouTubers or commenting about foreign countries, elected officials, at ALL levels, need to be condemning the atrocities that ICE is committing.”
Overall, the rally remained peaceful, with demonstrators holding signs and chanting while a steady stream of passing drivers honked and cheered, drawing louder chants and raised signs from the crowd. “The energy is amazing,” Paisner said. “We did this with less than 24 hours notice, and we have 250 to 300 people here.”
Laura Perez, who traveled from Beaumont, said she came because of Pretti’s death and what she described as fear and grief surrounding enforcement actions. “I’ve come out to other protests, but mainly for today … because of the murder of Alex,” Perez said. “ICE is basically murdering people.”
Washington said she wants to see greater oversight from local and federal officials when immigration enforcement activity occurs in the region. “I want to see our elected officials start talking about holding people accountable and providing oversight on what these agents are doing when they come into our community,” she said. “They’re not making us any safer. We’re seeing now that they are the deadly element.”
Washington also urged residents to get involved locally, saying Democratic clubs across San Bernardino County are organizing rallies and advocacy efforts. “There is a lot of work that people can do so that they’re not just at home yelling at the TV,” she said.
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Michael Paisner of Together for Redlands (front center left) and Kristin Washington, chair of the San Bernardino County Democratic Party (front center right), stand with demonstrators holding anti-ICE signs during the “We Stand with Minnesota” protest at the Peace Corner in downtown Redlands on Jan. 25.
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Protesters fill the corner of Redlands Boulevard and Orange Street in downtown Redlands on Jan. 25, holding “In Solidarity With Minnesota” and anti-ICE signs during the “We Stand with Minnesota” rally.
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A protester writes “We the People Want Peace” in sidewalk chalk along Redlands Boulevard during the “We Stand with Minnesota” demonstration in downtown Redlands.
to follow all requirements of the State of California Labor Code as it relates to public works contracts Before work can begin on a
works contract the CONTRACTOR shall submit a Public Works Contract Award Information Form (DAS 140) to an applicable apprenticeship program that can supply apprentices to the site of the public work The CONTRACTOR must request dispatch of required apprentices from an Apprenticeship Program for each apprentice able craft or trade by g ving the Apprenticeship Program The CONTRACTOR is to use a Request for Dispatch of an Apprentice Form (DAS 142) to subm t his/her written request Bidders are hereby notified that the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations appl cable to the work to be done for the locality in which the work s to be performed in compliance with Section 1773 of the Labor Code of the State of California are on file in the AUTHORITY s principal office at the address listed above and w ll be made available to any nterested party upon request This project is subject to compliance monitor ng and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations This project is funded through CALTRANS LOCAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS and s subject to the provisions of the Davis–Bacon Act The Davis-Bacon rates current as of 10 days prior to the bid opening will be applicable to the contract The CONTRACTOR sha l pay all labor the higher of the two rates between the Department of Industrial Relations and the DavisBacon Act, subject to the trades The AUTHORITY reserves the right to accept or reject any or al proposals, to waive any irregularity or to award the contract to other than the lowest bidder consistent with the award of the contract to the lowest responsible bidder Bidder may not withdraw their bid for one hundred and twenty (120) days after bid opening Pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act tree removal shall occur during bird non-nesting season (September 1 to January 31) Tree removal may occur during the nesting season provided a nesting bird survey has been conducted and results in no find ngs w th n 5 days of tree removal INLAND VALLEY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY San Bernard no California By: \s\ Jill an Ubaldo Clerk of the Board CNS-4006367# PUBLISHED EL CHICANO 1/29 2/5/26 E-176 NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids w be received in the Nutrition Services Department of the San Bernardino City Unif ed Schoo District 1257 Northpark Boulevard San Bernard no, Ca ifornia, 92407, on or before 11:00 a m on Thursday February 26 2026 for Bread/Tortilla Products, under NSB 2026-27-1 Bid documents required for bidding may be secured at the above department Please cal the Nutr tion Services Purchasing Office at 909-8818008 for more nformation Bid/addendum posts: h t t p s : / / s b c u s d n u t r i t o n services org/?page=Bidsand Proposals
The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any irregularit es or informal t es in any bid or in the bidding and to accept or reject any items thereon
1st Pub ication: January 22, 2026 2nd Publication: January 29, 2026 By: Joanna Nord Admin strative Ana yst Nutrition Services Department San Bernardino City Unif ed Schoo District CNS-4004121# PUBLISHED EL CHICANO 1/22 1/29/26
AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA
AYUNTAMIENTO DE LA CIUDAD DE SAN BERNARDINO AVISO DE UN PERIODO DE COMENTARIOS
PÚBLICOS DE 30 DÍAS
PARA LA ENMIENDA SUSTANCIAL DEL AÑO FISCAL 2025-2026
Esta es una corrección al Aviso de Audiencia Pública y al Aviso del periodo de comentarios públ cos de 30 días para la Enmienda Sustancial del Año Fiscal 2025-2026 publicada el 8 de enero de 2026 SE EMITE UN AVISO de que el alcalde y el Ayuntamiento de la Ciudad de San Bernard no celebrarán una audiencia pública el 4 de marzo de 2026 en a Sala del Ayuntamiento de la Biblioteca Central Norman F Feldheym en 555 West 6th Street San Bernardino California Visita el portal de la agenda de la Ciudad en w w w s a n b e r n a r d i n o g o v para acceder a más información sobre las reuniones El propósito de la audiencia es considerar una Enmienda Sustancial para lo siguiente: La Ciudad planea modificar el Plan de Acción Anual (AAP) del Año Fiscal 20252026 para asignar fondos adicionales de la Subvención Conjunta para Desarrollo Comunitario y la Subvención CARES de la Ley CARES (CDBG-CV) a la activ dad de desarrollo comunitario y proyectos de vivienda del campus HOPE La ciudad recibió fondos del Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) y otros recursos federales del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de EE UU (HUD) El Plan de Acción Anual (AAP) detalla las iniciativas de desarrollo comunitario y v vienda apoyadas por estos fondos para e año fiscal 20252026 En el año fiscal 20232024 la AAP asignó 1 901 365 dólares en fondos CDBG al campus HOPE para la creación de un centro de navegación para personas sin hogar Para el e ercicio 2025-2026, el AAP ha destinado 1 074 214 dólares para apoyar aún más el desarrollo del campus HOPE La Enmienda Sustancial propuesta busca revisar el AAP 2025-2026 para aumentar la financiación del campus HOPE en 1 979 926 86 dólares La financiación total del proyecto cambiará de 2 975 579 dólares a 4 955 505,86 dólares
Las cantidades de fondos no gastados de CDBG y CDBG-CV que se asignarán son las sigu entes: 1) CFDCV 2020-2021 ($1272 805,06) 2) AFY 2021-2022 ($64,627,53); 3) Año fiscal 2022-2023 (305 884 60 $); 4) Año fiscal 2023-2024 (185 642 91 $); 5) 2024-2025 (58 392 47 $) y 6) 2025-2026 (92 574 29 $) con un total de 1 979 926,86 $ Se notifica que la Ciudad de San Bernardino considerará la reasignación de fondos CDBG de años anteriores de los años fiscales 20212022, 2022-2023, 20232024, 2025-2026 y los fondos CDBG-CV de 2020 a campus HOPE ya que son necesarios fondos adicionales para el proyecto El propósito de este aviso es solicitar los comentarios del públ co sobre la Enmienda Sustancial e informar al público sobre la audiencia pública Las copias de la Enmienda Sustancial propuesta estarán disponibles para el público para su revisión y comentarios a partir del 29 de enero de 2026 a 28 de febrero de 2026 en los siguientes lugares: 1 Departamento de Desarrollo Comunitario y Vivienda de la Ciudad de San Bernardino, 201-B
North E Street, San Bernardino CA 92401; o 2 Página web: https://www sbcity org/city h
notices ;or 3 Ciudad de San Bernardino Oficina del Secretar o Municipal 201-A North E Street San Bernardino CA 92401; o 4 Biblioteca Central Norman F Feldheym en 555 West6th Street, San Bernardino California Se notifica además que los miembros del público que deseen comentar sobre la audiencia pública podrán participar de as siguientes maneras: 1) los comentarios e información de contacto pueden enviarse por correo electrónico a public
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g antes de las 14:30 horas del día de la reunión programada; 2) asistir a la reunión en persona y proporcionar su comentario público en persona No debe superar los tres minutos
Si impugna el asunto en los tribuna es, puede verse limitado a plantear solo aquellos asuntos que usted o otra persona plantearon en a reunión públ ca descrita en este aviso o en la correspondencia escrita entregada al Secretario Municipal en o antes de la reunión pública
La ciudad se esfuerza por cumplir plenamente con la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidad Si necesita ayuda o ayudas auxiliares para participar en la reunión por favor contacte con la Oficina del Secretar o Municipal con la mayor antelación posible Se puede obtener información adicional sobre el asunto anterior en, y los comentarios escritos deben dirigirse a el Secretario de la Ciudad de San Bernardino 290 North "D" Street San Bernardino California 92401
CNS-4007127# PUBLISHED EL CHICANO 1/29/26 E-175 LIEN SALE
Notice s hereby given pursuant to sections 3071 and 3072 of the Civi Code of the State of California the undersigned will sell the fol owing vehic es at lien sa e at said address(s) at said time(s) on: Monday February 9 2026 to wit: YEAR MAKE VIN LICENSE STATE 16 FRHT
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To be sold by: Akal One Stop Service, 19366 Kendall Dr, San Bernardino San Bernardino County CA 92407 (10:00 AM) YEAR MAKE VIN LICENSE STATE
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To be sold by: Desert Va ley Towing 17177 Eureka Street Victorville, San Bernard no County CA 92395 (10:00 AM)
Said sa e is for the purpose of satisfying lien of the above signed for towing storage labor, materials and en charges together with costs of advert s ng and expenses of sa e LienTek Solutions Inc P O Box 443 Bonita, CA 91908 CNS-4006037# PUBLISHED EL CHICANO 1/29/26 E-177
NOTICE Extra Space Storage on behalf of tself or its affiliates Life Storage or Storage Express will hold a public auction to satisfy Extra Space s lien, by selling personal property belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated 13473 FOOT-HILL BLVD FONTANA CA 92335 February 11 2026 10:45 AM Pedro Vidales; Allen Rodriguez; Rick Jones; Prec ous Hewitt; Krystal Mays; Mike Jones The auction will be isted and advertised on www storagetreasures com Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility to complete the transaction Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property CN123732 02-11-2026
Published Rialto Record Jan 29 2026 R-465
NOTICE
Extra Space Storage on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will ho d a public auction to satisfy Extra Space's lien by sel ing personal property belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated 17197 Valley Blvd Fontana, CA 92335 on February 11, 2026, at 9:45 am Jordan Medal; Bryan Linares; Amanda Nerey; Adam Cervantes; Marco Lopez; Kedron Patterson; Daniel Duron The auction w l be listed and advertised on www storagetreasures com
Purchases must be made w th cash only and paid at the above referenced facility to complete the transaction Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possess on of the personal property
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Published Rialto Record Jan 29, 2026 R-466
NOTICE
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its aff liates L fe Storage or Storage Express, wi l ho d a public auction to satisfy Extra Space's lien by selling personal property belonging to those ind viduals listed below at the location ndicated 15723 Foothill Blvd Fontana Ca 92335 February 11 2026 12:00 pm Wendy Corona, Yorlis Hernandez, Ofelia Penuelas Eudelia Eguia Vanessa Leslie Cindy Starkweather, Cherish Nicho son The auction will be l sted and advertised on www storagetreasures com
Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may resc nd any purchase up unti the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property
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Published Rialto Record Jan 29 2026 R-468
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE Trustee s Sale No CAAEI-25021321 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/27/2022 UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on th s notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee benef ciary trustee or a court pursuant to Section 29249 of the California Civil Code The aw requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made ava lable to you and to the public as a courtesy to those not present at the sale If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, f app icable the rescheduled time and date for the sa e of this property you may cal 714730-2727 or visit th s Internet
Ada Armenta; Eunice Diabuah; Douglas Kweya; Enrique Carranco The auction will be sted and advertised on www storagetreasures com
Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility n order to complete the transact on Extra Space Storage may refuse any b d and may rescind any purchase until the winn ng bidder takes possession of the personal property CN123703 02-11-2026
Published Rialto Record Jan 29, 2026 R-464
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ARROWHEAD AVENUE ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE 351 NORTH ARROWHEAD AVENUE n the C ty of SAN BERNARDINO County of SAN BERNARDINO, State of CALIFORNIA PEAK FORECLOSURE SERVICES INC a Ca ifornia corporation as duly appointed Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by AHMAD TABIBI A SINGLE MAN as Trustors recorded on 7/28/2022 as Instrument No 2022-0261298, of Off cia Records in the office of the Recorder of SAN BERNARDINO County State of CALIFORNIA, under the power of sale therein contained WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER for cash cashier s check drawn on a state or national bank check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association or savings associat on or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financia Code and authorized to do bus ness in this state wil be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below of all right title and interest conveyed to and now he d by the trustee in the here nafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below The sale will be made but without covenant or warranty expressed or mplied regarding title possession or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust w th interest and ate charges thereon, as provided in the note(s) advances under the terms of the Deed of Trust nterest thereon fees charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the nitial publication of the Not ce of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below The amount may be greater on the day of sale Property is being sold as is — where s TAX PARCEL NO 0127-454-13-0000 LOT 78 OF TRACT NO 4315, IN THE CITY OF RIALTO COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 58 PAGE 76 OF MAPS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY From nformat on which the Trustee deems reliable but for which Trustee makes no representation or warranty the street address or
Riverside Homekey+ Grant Deadline Extended to Feb. 24 as Reconsideration Push Sparks Heated Committee Clash
By Manny Sandoval
Riverside’s rejected $20.1 million Homekey+ housing deal is back on the clock after the state granted a 30-day extension, reopening a narrow procedural path for the City Council to reconsider its 4-3 vote before a Feb. 24 deadline. More than 30 residents showed up to press that demand during public comment Monday at a Housing and Homelessness Committee meeting that grew heated after a speaker challenged Councilmember Sean Mill and he responded sharply from the dais.
Ward 2 Councilmember Clarissa Cervantes said Riverside Housing Development Corporation, the nonprofit tied to the University Terrace Homes project, asked the state for more time after the City Council voted Jan. 13 to reject a Homekey+ award of up to $20,137,410. The funding would have supported a plan to convert a University Avenue motel into 114 studio apartments.
“Originally the grant deadline we had was until January 16,” Cervantes said. “RHDC reached out and asked for an extension and they were granted.”
Cervantes said state officials granted the extension because the city indicated there is still a procedural pathway to accept the award — but only if a councilmember makes a motion to reconsider by February 3 to bring it back to council by the Feb. 24 deadline.
“We shared with them that there is a pathway,” Cervantes said. “The pathway would be if one council member made a motion of reconsideration.”
Cervantes said the reconsideration window is tied to the next two City Council meetings.
“We have a city council meeting on January 27th and on February 3rd,” she said. “If we can get one of them to reconsider before the end of day, February 3rd council meeting, it will then bring the item back to the city council for a vote one more time.”
The Jan. 13 vote halted University Terrace Homes, which would have acquired and rehabilitated the Quality Inn at 1590 University Ave., converting existing rooms into 114 studio units with kitchens, bathrooms and living areas. The plan included on-site operations space, offices for property management and case managers, a resident meeting and training room, a gated perimeter, round-theclock security and on-site staff.
Under the proposal, 94 units would have been permanent supportive housing affordable at 30% of area median income and 20 units would have been affordable housing at 50% of area median income, with priority for local seniors and veterans. Eighteen units were slated to be reserved for residents with mobility disabilities and 12 for residents with hearing or vision disabilities.
Cervantes voted yes on Jan. 13 alongside Councilmembers Jim Perry and Steve Hemenway, while Councilmembers Philip Falcone, Steven Robillard, Chuck Conder and Mill voted no. After the vote, Inland Empire Community
News asked the four “no” votes what influenced their decisions. Falcone responded, “I spoke at length on this topic at the May 2025 City Council meeting when the grant application was discussed. Those comments remain true.” Robillard did not comment; his assistant said he was “unable” to comment and encouraged reviewing the council recording. Conder did not respond.
Cervantes said the project has been repeatedly mislabeled, including being described as a shelter. “People were calling it a homeless shelter,” Cervantes said. “That’s not what this is and that’s not what it was going to be.”
Instead, she said, the units were aimed at people already moving through the housing system and seeking placement.
“These are people on a wait list that are preapproved, that are seeking to be housed, that want to call one of these units home,” she said. “We should applaud that.”
Cervantes said the extension should force a broader reevaluation of what Riverside’s rejection signals to state funders and regional partners who rely on grant dollars.
“The impact of us getting future state funding has now become part of the discussion,” she said.
“A lot of nonprofits in the region and housing groups — and even developers that rely on state funding for some projects — are now raising doubts and questions as to how this will affect Riverside as a whole,” Cervantes said. “I don’t know if some of my colleagues realized that they weren’t just saying no to $20+ million. They were closing the door for hundreds of million dollars of projects down the line.”
Her warning echoes what she said after the Jan. 13 vote. “When a big city says no to funding, the state usually doesn’t then take your future applications seriously. Why are we going to award you if you’re going to say no?” Cervantes said.
Residents who spoke at Mondays Housing and Homeless Committee Meeting repeatedly demanded that the councilmembers who voted no file a reconsideration motion before the Feb. 24 deadline. The meeting turned contentious during public comment from Becky Watley, a Ward 1 resident who said she lives downtown.
“First of all, I’d like to say that if this city is really serious about homelessness and solutions, they need to give Michelle Davis (Director of Housing & Human Services) more than a 20 minute presentation to do that,” Watley said.
Watley called for more time and public participation around the city’s homelessness action plan, then turned to an invocation Mill delivered at the Jan. 13 City Council meeting and repeated portions of it aloud, saying she was unsure “if you were being sincere or sarcastic,” but that she chose to believe he was sincere.
“I’d like to revisit the invocation from the January 13th City Council given by Councilman member Mill,” Watley
said. “I’m going to repeat his words.”
Watley then referenced Mill’s “teach a person to fish” parable and tied it directly to Housing First. “Housing first is a philosophy that you provide the basic need of safe and secure housing so that they have a place to sleep and eat and cook and bathe and rest,” she said.
As Watley walked away from the podium, Councilmember Mill responded abruptly.
“Ms. Watley, since you wanted to make this personal and direct this at me, let me just say you. You bear as much responsibility for the failure of this as anybody up here,” Mill said. “You made it personal. You were inept and disrespectful. You were inept and disrespectful in your actions. And it was actually malpractice on your part in your actions.”
Watley shouted back, “Well then lets have this dialogue.”
Cervantes intervened and addressed the chamber.
“We need order in the chamber,” Cervantes said.
Cervantes told IECN the project could house people quickly because a pipeline already exists.
“We have enough people pre-approved to literally move them in the moment this project is complete,” she said, adding that the 94 permanent supportive housing units would have been “primarily seniors.”
Riverside resident Dan Hoxworth, a Ward 3 resident, spoke with IECN on Jan. 23 at the “ICE Out for Good” protest in downtown Riverside. “The Riverside Housing Development Corporation asked the state for an extension of the grant,” Hobsworth said. “Therefore, if one of the opposing city council members votes to reconsider by February 3 and the motion passes by February 24th, the project will be built.”
Hobsworth identified the councilmembers who voted no as Falcone (Ward 1), Robillard (Ward 3), Conder (Ward 4) and Mill (Ward 5). He said opponents centered their arguments on fear about nearby businesses and skepticism of Housing First.
“We heard two big things from the opposition,” Hobsworth said. “The opposition was for some fear based impact on businesses … and then Mills questioned housing first, which is permanent supportive housing, which is evidence based.”
Hobsworth also asserted that Housing First has “an 86% success rate” in helping people stabilize, and said rhetoric attacking Housing First has stirred backlash among housing providers.
Cervantes said arguments that reduce homelessness policy to “housing versus mental health” often miss what supportive housing is designed to do once people are housed, and she warned that “mental health” is frequently used in ways that deepen stigma.
Read the complete story at IECN.com.
PHOTO CLARISSA CERVANTES
During a Jan. 23 call with Inland Empire Community News, Cervantes urged one of her City Council colleagues to file a motion to reconsider the council’s vote rejecting a $20.1 million Homekey+ grant tied to the University Terrace Homes housing proposal.
PHOTO CITY OF RIVERSIDE
Resident Becky Watley (left) speaks during public comment at the City of Riverside Housing and Homelessness Committee meeting on Jan. 26 as Councilmember Sean Mill (right) responds from the dais during a heated exchange in the council chambers.
