Park agency seeks to thwart Calvert development plan
By Susan Crabtree
A parks and recreation agency in Rep. Ken Calvert’s district is trying to stop the California Republican and his business partners from building a Dollar Storage facility on land they have long wanted to turn into a Little League field for the surrounding Hispanic community.
Last Thursday, the directors of the Jurupa Area Recreation Park District (JARPD) voted to write a letter to Riverside County’s Planning Department urging officials to delay indefinitely a zoning change that would let Calvert and his partners build a storage facility on the property, located in Mira Loma, Calif.
They also voted to offer Calvert and his partners $320,000 for the four acres of land, which he bought from a local water and sewer agency for $1.2 million. They made the offer in a letter sent to Calvert and his partners last week and asked for a response by Nov. 20.
“The people speaking at our board meeting are quite concerned that [the land] would be turned into a Dollar Storage facility,” said Dan Rodriguez, the JARPD’s general manager.
