Soaring Living Costs Hit Southern California In May
May consumer prices in the greater Los Angeles area jumped 1.3 percent, the steepest rise since March 1975, lifting the regional cost of living 15.6 percent year over year. Food and housing led the increase, with meat and dairy impact, used car and gasoline costs pushing transportation higher.
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California
Labor Department
Los Angeles
Jim Worth
Southern California
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Riverside
Worth
Housewives may pursue court action over dirt dumping
Two Home Gardens women threaten legal steps to stop dirt dumping and water drainage onto their property at Harlow and Meadow View. They report mosquito problems and green scum along a small stream, with county health officials saying the Corona office will investigate after they were notified.
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Home Gardens
Grace ‘Bissell
Helen Janice
Henry Leppard
Harlow
Meadow View
Health Department
Downman
Corona Office
Norco Council Approves County Help for Low Income Housing
Norco City Council unanimously passes a resolution to partner with the county under the Housing and Community Development Act to aid subsidized housing for low income renters. The plan covers 220 units in the west end, emphasizes dispersed housing to protect privacy, and aims to qualify tenants through county programs. The action follows a prior pattern tied to federal programs and faces ongoing investigation into a local brush fire area.
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Norco
Thomas Mauk
Housing and Community Development Act
Mank
Plarm
Planning Commission
Mauk
Kantor warns Norco on sewers amid council urgency ordinance
Frank Kantor tells Norco City Council that rapidly diminishing Corona Treatment Plant capacity risks disaster if new developments proceed without adequate sewers and septic tanks. He notes sewer fees have been paid and urges action as the ordinance, passed recently, addresses growing demand.
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Kantor
Bluffs
Norco considers zones change for horseshoeing business
Norco city council discussed a zone text amendment to permit a fixed horseshoeing shop in the C-2 zone. Dan Smalley seeks a Sixth Street site after the planning department denied the use, appealing to Mayor Nellie Weaver. The council sent the issue to planning staff for study by a 3 to 0 vote with two absentees.
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Norco
Dan _ Smalley
Sixth Street
Bill Cole
Leash
Latigo
Planning Department
Smalley
Nellie Weaver
Richard Brown
Corona joint meeting to discuss future growth goals
A joint Planning Commission and City Council session in Corona will review new goals and 29 objectives for a long range growth management plan. Consultants will use the goals to craft control strategies for zoning and services, including phased public services and sewage capacity.
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Corona
Planning Commission
City Council
Commission
Acto
Jim Refers
Devel
Connia
Wheaton
Wheaton Aid
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