Jurupa district voters endorse using eminent domain for park site -

Published on Tuesday, August 26, 2008
By SANDRA STOKLEY

GLEN AVON - By a nearly 3-1 margin, voters on Tuesday gave Jurupa parks officials the green light to begin eminent domain proceedings to seize 4.3 acres of land from Rep. Ken Calvert and his partners for development as ball fields.

The final tally overwhelmed even Jurupa Area Recreation and Park District officials with 74.3 percent of voters who returned their ballots signaling their approval for Measure P.

"I thought we'd get maybe 50 percent," said Robert "Bobby" Hernandez, president of the park district's board of directors. "This is awesome."

Measure P needed the approval of 50 percent plus one vote of the returned ballots to pass.

Out of 30,487 ballots mailed last month, 5,712, or 19 percent, were returned to park district headquarters.

The final tally was 4,128 votes in favor of Measure P and 1,421 opposed.

As the final tallies were announced at the Jurupa Community Center, the room erupted in cheers Read Full Article...

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