Jurupa Violates Laws

On July 3rd, the Jurupa Community Services District violated state laws when it sold 4 acres of public land to Rep. Ken Calvert and his investment partners without offering the land to other public agencies first. They local park district wanted the land too. The Riverside County grand jury concluded this violation tuesday. The punishement is to pay a fee of $1.2 million for the Jurupa Area Recreation and Park District. Monthly investigations found that unnamed officials used district credit cards to buy personal items. Numerous violations were found from this investigation and the information was presented to the grand jury. I believe this is a minor problem and can be solved quite easily with and meeting of officials. If other public agencies wish to purchase the land, I think they should have a chance to buy it. And for the laws that were violated, i think they should regulate the laws much more better to enfore that these actions will not happen again. For more information on this topic, visit http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_C_report04.40f2068.html.