September 9, 2025: Inland Action met with Heather Dyer, Chief Executive Officer/General Manager, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District. Dyer provided a map of the the ground water basins in the SB Valley: SB Basin, Yucaipa Basin, and Rialto-Colton. The Railto-Colton Basin is in desparate need of a recharging project but has complications due to historical contaminates. Dyer shared a second map of the entire state water project beginning at Lake Oroville, through the Delta to our service area covering about 500 miles of needed infrastructure and spoke on various projects.
September 16, 2025: Inland Action heard from three new representatives regarding their work with member organizations including Ben Lopez – New Primary Representative for the new member organization, Rebuild SoCal Partnership; Carrie Schindler – New Primary Representative for the longtime member organization, SBCTA; Aram Ayra – New Alternate Representative for the new member organization, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire.
September 23, 2025: Inland Action met with County Supervisor Jesse Armendarez from the 2nd District of San Bernardino County. Armendarez shared top priorities and initiatives with the top two identified as homelessness and mental health issues. He believes in investing in the community and putting his discretionary funds back to work including initiating a Suicide Prevention Office, Partnering with Genentech to develop biotech curricula for local school districts, Stay Here program providing 100,000 wristbands to help those experiencing homelessness connect with essential resources, infrastructure projects, and initiating the “Spark” program for Fontana Unified School District students.
September 30, 2025: Inland Action met Katie Schappert, Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis for Clark Construction Group based out of Washington DC. Schappert provided an update on the construction market highlighting economic trends, inflation, and forecasts for our region, as well as projections for labor and material costs. Construction prices have risen, with home-building costs up 3% from last year. The Architectural Billings Index suggests a decline in future contracting activity. Currently, there is cautious business construction taking place with an underlying concern about uncertainties due to tariff fluctuations.