W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
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October 25, 2018
Vol 1 7, NO. 06
Ana Gonzalez eyes Rialto City Council seat By Manny Sandoval
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Rialto city council candidate Ana Gonzalez’s main priorities as equal access and services to all residents, environmentally responsible projects, and public safety.
City Council ialto Candidate, Ana Gonzalez, is a mother, educator, businesswoman, volunteer, and community advocate. Gonzalez attended public schools in Rialto, she is raising her children in the city, and she currently works for the Rialto Unified School District as the district parent center assistant. “My top three priorities are to promote equal access and services to all residents. Having a 76 percent Hispanic population, it’s so important to provide bilingual agendas, minutes and everything else…so the Spanish population can get involved,” said Gonzalez. She also shared that her second priority is to create environmentally responsible projects…with good pay. “For example warehouses are generally temp agency jobs, which hire short term and those are not sustainable wages; with no health care or union benefits. With diesel traffic, it’s making the air quality worse. In 2015 a report by an environmental group
reported that Rialto’s air quality is 201 points and the nation’s air quality is 75 points,” continued Gonzalez. As a council member she will ensure that public safety departments have all of the resources they need to have fast response times when attending emergencies. “We want to make sure our city is safe and that no one dies because our public safety does not reach out to them quick enough,” Gonzalez said. She also shared that one of the biggest challenges is the unfunded liabilities in Rialto. “We’re facing a $5 million deficit in paying pension plans… if we don't start paying those down our city can end up going bankrupt. That debt is expected to increase dramatically within the next five years. City council needs to prioritize making these payments instead of taking on new projects…in order to make sure our city council is being fiscally responsible,” continued Gonzalez. Gonzalez, cont. on pg. 2
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Students Marie Gonzalez, Alejandro Cervantes, and Roberto Garcia duck under their desks during the Great Shakeout.
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alifornians took an important step toward earthquake safety on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 10:18 a.m. during the 10th annual Great California ShakeOut drill, by
practicing how to “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” when the ground shakes. “Like millions of Californians, our District also participated in the Great Shakeout. A site facilitator/designee was assigned to each location. All our 29 schools’
classrooms and support sites participated. Although the students chuckle and giggle because they understand that this is just a drill and not an actual quake, these drills are beneficial. We are more content when we are prepared, especially when children’s lives
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are involved.” stated RUSD Spokeswoman Syeda Jafri. Most Californians live within 30 miles of an active fault. Scientists say there is a 99 percent chance of a magnitude 6.7 or greater ShakeOut, cont. on next pg.
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