AZUSA Azusa City Council members voted on Monday, Aug. 17, to approve new bonds to pay for the unfunded accrued liability of the city’s pensions. The city has approximately $83.5 million in unfunded accrued liability, the city’s staff report reads. In March, the City Council approved to move $10.7 million in cash from its sewer, […]
July 2020 – Cities Report
In Cities Report: California propositions, a new area code and updates on the Gold Line. The California Secretary of State has assigned numbers for the propositions to appear on the November 2020 ballot. I have highlighted those propositions in which CAR will play a role. Please note that Proposition 19 is the CAR-sponsored Property Tax […]
Cities Report May 2020
Compiled by CVAR Government Affairs Director Bill Ruh. This month in the Cities Report: Canceled 4th of July celebrations; renter and business assistance from El Monte; COVID testing in Baldwin Park; Chino Hills habitat; Citrus College donates masks to local hospitals; Pabst buys brewery; Upland repeals eviction rule and more! AZUSA Rexford Industrial Reality Inc., […]
March-April Cities Report
by Bill Ruh, CVAR Government Affairs Director During the many years I have written this report for CVAR members, I cannot re-call a time when our local governments were more challenged than they are now. The COVID-19 crisis has changed the focus of local governments from economic development, planning, land development and the more routine […]
Cities Report Dec. ’19-Jan. ’20
Compiled by Bill Ruh, CVAR Government Affairs Director AZUSA Avison Young announced the $7.5 million sale of Rockvale Apartments, a 34-unit, multifamily property located at 333 N. Rockvale Ave., Azusa. Avison Young’s Irvine office represented the seller, a private company with offices in Covina, as well as the buyer, a private investor group based in […]
Dec. 2 CVAR At A Glance
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Cities Report – November 2019
AZUSA After months of discussion and research, the Azusa City Council voted unanimously Monday to place a three-quarter percent sales tax increase on the March ballot. With the prospect of other agencies seeking to grab the last three-quarter percent before the local rate hits the state cap of 10.25%, City Manager Sergio Gonzalez had encouraged […]
Condos or Cocktails to Replace Sears in Montclair?
Now that the Sears store at Montclair Place is closing, the question becomes: What will take its place? Councilman Bill Ruh, who’s also CVAR’s Director of Government Affairs, cited the North Montclair Specific Plan, which calls for housing, retail and transit. “I would love to see a combination of something that involves housing and mixed-use,” […]
Oct. 2019 Cities Report
REGION – Gold Line News Local elected officials were in Pomona along with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Oct. 4 to commemorate the signing of a construction contract for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension. The initiative consists of 28 Metro projects for potential completion by the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. The […]
Sept. 2019 – Cities Report
AZUSA The City Council voted to approve an exclusive negotiating agreement with MW Investment Group for city-owned property at 600-622 N. San Gabriel Ave., just south of Foothill Boulevard, a fourth mixed-use development in the works for the downtown area. Details are few for the latest project, because it’s in the very earliest stages, but […]