Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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Last week I supported bi-partisan legislation signed by the Governor to mitigate the economic and social damage done by the long, state-imposed COVID-19 shutdowns. This legislative package, funded without new taxes from existing General Fund revenues, included a bill I co-authored to provide assistance for small businesses and nonprofits, many right here in our region. Thousands of businesses throughout California have seen their revenues plummet, with many forced into bankrup...
COVID relief legislation I have recently co-written multiple legislative measures aimed at assisting California workers, business owners, parents and students‚ as well as placing some checks on Gov. Gavin Newsom's state of emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first of these measures, Assembly Bill 54, would prohibit state agencies from revoking a business license for non-compliance with shutdown orders without first proving the business was a cause of w...
Lake Wohlford Dam is an important water storage, flood control and recreational facility that has served Escondido for generations. Restoring storage capacity and making it earthquake-safe is critically important, which is why I introduced AB 692. The dam was originally constructed in 1895 to store water transported via a wooden flume from the San Luis Rey River to Escondido. One of the first rock-fill dams in California, Lake Wohlford Dam was 76 feet high and had a storage...
The subject letter begins with this challenge: "When you say the election was fair and refuse to even look at all the mountain of evidence, it’s all I need to know about you.” If that’s all you need to know about me, then all the challenges that follow that first one are irrelevant. Also, the first challenge is written in the same form as this classic: Answer yes or no. Have you stopped beating your wife? So, before I can look at, or refuse to look at, “a mountain of evidence,” it has to exist. Please present at least a small...
Being up in years and having a spouse with compromised immune issues, I’ve been mostly at home with cabin fever. However, being a former lacrosse coach, I was really looking forward to February when I usually get to see college games on TV. This past Saturday (Feb. 20) was especially rewarding. The news that youth sports was going to be permitted again, having been cancelled for a year due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, brought this day into perspective. In 2006, my college teammate, Chas Mudie and I started the Fallbrook W...
I never expected that the Fallbrook Village News would become a welcome source of honest commentary on our government “leaders,” but it has. Publisher Julie Reeder’s no-nonsense way of explaining things – and her evidently not being too concerned with upsetting the easily triggered types – is commendable. A recent letter to the Village News, from a person of that persuasion, demonstrated that these are not happy people. There is no jubilation among them at Biden’s being sworn-in as president. The L.A. Times, for example, can...
We are back to the purple tier in the County of San Diego, in fact we’ve been in purple ever since Governor Newsom rescinded the stay-at home order in California. As you probably know by now, by being in the purple tier this allows some businesses to open, including outdoor dining, hair salons and other services. However, many businesses remain closed, or limited by outdoor operations. So, how do we get to the next tier? I’ve always argued this color-coded system is fla...
We are hearing stories locally about people going to the hospital with COVID-19 and being told to return home with no treatment. If they get worse, they return to the hospital for treatment. This is opposite of what many frontline doctors, after treating thousands of patients, are telling us is the best way to treat COVID-19 patients. A doctor friend of mine recently sent me an interview of another doctor in New York, Dr. Vladimir Zelenko. Zelenko has boasted a near 100%...
The economic fallout from the pandemic has made it difficult for thousands of Californians to keep a roof over their heads. Early on, federal funding provided some assistance to renters and landlords alike, but many were unable to access that aid. More needed to be done. That’s why I joined my colleagues to pass Senate Bill 91, bipartisan legislation that was signed into law by Governor Newsom. The bill, which became effective Feb. 1, provides assistance to qualified landlords...
SACRAMENTO – Senator Brian W. Jones (R-Santee) introduced Senate Bill 397‚ a measure which would classify religious services as an essential activity during a declared state of emergency and ensure that the government does not take any discriminatory actions against religious organizations. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees religious freedom and the right to peaceably assemble. However, since Governor Newsom first declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19, many of his executive actions have con...
San Diego County has administered over 500,000 vaccines and that number continues to climb. While we are limited on supply, San Diego County has the infrastructure ready for when we receive more vaccines. I know it may seem slow, but San Diego County is well ahead of many others in the State, and we are ready for the next doses to arrive! Also, Operation Collaboration (a collection of fire agencies) have been going out to the unincorporated areas and administering vaccines....
I would like to thank Michelle Turley and her sister, Laura Denny, for their tireless efforts that went into making the Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary Christmas Store a huge success. I know Michelle personally collected and stored donations for the store, a year in advance. Throughout November and December, even with the challenges brought on with COVID-19, Michelle and Laura, with the help of volunteers, kept the store open in the safest manner possible. Michelle and Laura’s mother was a huge supporter of animal rescue, and i...
When you say the election was fair and refuse to even look at all the mountains of evidence, it’s all I need to know about you. When a mother hangs a sign on her White child reading “White Privilege” and makes them wear this “scarlet letter,” it’s all I need to know about you. When you try to cancel my voice, my ideas and opinions, it’s all I need to know about you. When we watched for over 10 months as the domestic terrorist Antifa and BLM burn and riot our cities, infiltrate a peaceful demonstration and hijack it wit...
We have a republican form of government in this nation where we the people elect our leaders; therefore the integrity of our elections is fundamentally important. Most of the elections during my long life have been accomplished manually. It took some time to count the ballots and the election results weren't known for many days, but we had confidence in the integrity of our elections then. Now faith in the integrity of our elections has eroded substantially. Can our voting machines be manipulated to change votes once they are...
Some lawmakers’ push to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour is “truly maddening,” small business owner Stuart Hornsby says. Hornsby owns a frozen yogurt shop, a business he built from the ground up in 2013, in a small city in northwest Georgia. With the exception of the manager and a few other employees, Hornsby employs primarily high school students. While he enjoys being able to provide so many young people with what is often their first job, he says he simply couldn’t afford to pay all his employees $15 an hour...
Sunday morning, San Diego Sheriff Deputies raided an illegal pot shop in Spring Valley near elementary schools, a park and around the corner from two churches. I am proud to say that with the support of three of my colleagues, I was able to direct $500,000 for the immediate and aggressive enforcement to close down illegal pot shops just days prior to this action. Over 400 pounds of illegal marijuana, as well as an illegal firearm were seized from a known felon. When I served...
Wildfires are an ever-present threat in California. Last year was the worst on record with over 4.2 million acres burned. As we can all remember, local fires such as the Cedar, Witch, Cocos, Guejito, and Lilac fires have devastated this region as well. We’ve been spending billions trying to prevent and fight wildfires, but the situation has worsened. What we’ve been doing simply hasn’t worked. We need a comprehensive, multi-pronged approach to preventing wildfires, which...
Sue Jones’ response (co-president, Republican Women of Fallbrook) clearly reveals the state of delirium that currently exists in the GOP. In her letter defending Rep. Issa’s vote to overturn the results of this past November’s presidential election, she states … “By voting to object to the ‘certified’ votes in several states, he was doing exactly what we, his constituents, elected him (Issa) to do and that was to support former President Donald Trump.” First I would hope, whether we voted for Mr. Issa or for Mr. Campa-Najjar,...
While the physical damage to the U.S. Capitol building that occurred on Jan. 6 can be calculated in dollars, the damage done to our democracy is incalculable. The FBI has now charged more than 180 individuals involved in the insurrection. There seems to be a paucity of Antifa participants vs Trump supporters: or is that I can’t get the image of the “QAnon Shaman” out of my mind? More than 60 of Trump’s election lawsuits lacked merit. Trump wasn't an official plaintiff in all of them; some were his allies or support...
So as of press time on Tuesday, we are starting the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. My hope is that everyone will watch the proceedings in their entirety themselves and not watch one minute of nightly news. You don’t need anyone to interpret anything for you. Please just watch it yourself, despite what a waste of time it may seem. I understand that it is easier to be spoon fed someone’s interpretation or narrative on what is happening for a few min...
The U.S. Population is 330,000,000 and in five months the number of COVID-19 deaths was 130,000. The number of deaths as a percent of the population is 0.03939%, compared to the number of cancer cases diagnosed in 2019 (1,762,450) and 607,000 deaths. This doesn’t seem far-fetched because it is happening before our eyes. A very well-orchestrated plan, or an unimaginable set of events that just fell into place...with the United States front and center. You tell me! Scare people with a virus, force them to wear masks and p...
For years we have been the brunt of your jokes with your endless parade of pejoratives demeaning us. You have misrepresented our policies and disparaged our character. For four years, you were dismissive of our beliefs and openly bullied and badgered us in front of our homes, in restaurants, and in other public places across the country. Wishing now to set aside differences, you want to pretend that the last four years of your malicious behavior did not occur. Your present overtures for reconciliation do not amuse us, and...
The rollout for the COVID-19 vaccine has been frustrating, not just in San Diego County, but across the State of California. While there is some good news, with the opening of the Super Station at Cal State San Marcos, there is a growing disappointment with the way the vaccine is being allocated and I completely understand. The County of San Diego has created the infrastructure to be able to administer the vaccines, the challenge is, there are simply not enough doses. The...
Can you help us? Friday morning, Feb. 5, a woman was speeding up Via Puerta Del Sol. Where the asphalt turns to dirt, she accelerated into my son's car that was coming from the opposite direction. If not for quick thinking and evasive action, it would have been a head on collision. She took out my son's left side of the car and stopped on the berm about 3 inches from rolling over into the canyon. She admitted full responsibility and that she'd fallen asleep at the wheel. Upon reporting the information she gave him (name,...
Recently, the Village News published information presented by the San Diego County Water Authority related to the proposed Regional Conveyance System Project. As the general managers of the Fallbrook Public Utility District and Rainbow Municipal Water District, we would like to explain why both of our locally elected board of directors oppose this project. In its press release, published in the Village News on Jan. 21, 2021, the Water Authority contends that the proposed project, which will cost more than $5 billion, will...
