RIVCO unincorporated areas have a $52m annual funding gap  Riverside County (RIVCO) 1st District Supervisor Kevin Jeffries displays much candor and public transparency when he shares with citizens the following data in his December newsletter: Revenues Generated in Unincorporated Areas of the County: ▶ County Share of Unincorporated Property Taxes: $53.3 million ▶ County Share of Unincorporated Supplemental Taxes: $0.8 million ▶ Unincorporated Share of Motor Vehicle In-Lieu Fees: $26.7 million ▶ Sales Tax Collected in Unincorporated Areas: $27.9 million ▶ Unincorporated Franchise Fees $6.9 million TOTAL REVENUES: $115.6 million Expenses for Basic Public Safety Services in Unincorporated Areas of the County: ▶ Sheriff Patrol: $92.7 million ▶ Fire Protection: $56.5 million ▶ Code Enforcement: $6.4 million ▶ Animal Services: $11.8 million TOTAL EXPENSES: $167.4 million "This $52 million annual gap further il...

( CORONA   in sync with   ALTACITIES ) Most of the tenets of community for common interest developments (homeowner associations or HOAs) in California are codified and specified by the Davis-Stirling Law.  But clearly, one matter on which that law is silent is how to negotiate and deal with county property zoning laws in any given locality. Such is the challenge for our greater community of Temescal Valley, a story that is partially detailed in the following archive. ▶ Flip②▶  STORIFY  ♥  FLIPBOARD ★  BLOGGER  ▲ ALTACITIES  ® ▶  TWITTER [ View the story "Mining a 'dust up' in happy valley" on Storify ]