Familiar faces in Jurupa services race

By SANDRA STOKLEY/The Press-Enterprise

MIRA LOMA - Nine candidates will seek election to the Jurupa Community Services District board of directors in the district's first-ever election by division this November.

Several of the candidates cited the district's woes and the need for new leadership as the reason they decided to run.

The district's problems include a $5 million budget deficit and a potential water rate increase to reduce that deficit.

The directors came under heavy criticism when a Riverside County grand jury issued a report June 29 that found the district board circumvented state law in a land sale to Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Corona.

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