Locals face off with landowner over development
- Stacey Moore, Hi-Desert Star 08/17/2022
"One of the developers proposing to build a campsite with a store, restaurant and bar on about 25 acres in Flamingo Heights faced an unhappy crowd at a meeting held Monday, Aug. 15, in Yucca Mesa.
Steve Botthof and his project manager, Nancy Ferguson, presented their plans at the Homestead Valley Community Council. Several locals told them they did not want the development in their community."
View Hi-Desert Star newspaper story August 17, 2022
HOMESTEAD VALLEY GROUP HOSTS Q&A SESSION ON PROPOSED CAMPGROUND
- 08/17/2022
There was an overflow crowd at Monday’s meeting (August 15) of the Homestead Valley Community Council at the Yucca Mesa Community Center. The monthly meetings feature informational reports from County, State, and Federal representatives, as well as Law Enforcement, and Fire agencies. This one saw a bigger draw because the developers of a controversial private campground proposal had agreed to come and respond to local concerns.
View Z107.7 FM Online Story August 17, 2022
Captain to retire from sheriff's department
- Stacey Moore, Hi-Desert Star 07/20/2022
"Capt. Lucas Niles will retire July 28 after 20 years with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Niles, who has headed the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station since March 2020, announced his retirement at a Homestead Valley Community Council meeting Monday, July 18."
"After he made his monthly presentation to the Homestead Valley Community Council Monday afternoon, council President Jim Harvey presented him with a wooden plaque. Showing a desert landscape and the San Bernardino County sheriff’s seal. The plaque was inscribed with his name and the words, “Always Homestead Valley’s Captain.”
View Hi-Desert Star newspaper story July 20, 2022
Homestead locals ask county to reject glamping resort
- Stacey Moore, Hi-Desert Star 04/20/2022
"The Homestead Valley Community Council is asking the county to require the more comprehensive environmental impact report, predicting it would disclose significant impacts on animals, plants and cultural resources."
View Hi-Desert Star newspaper story Apr 20, 2022
HVCC Expresses Concerns Over "Glamping Proposal" in Flamingo Heights at March HVCC Meeting
- 03/25/2022
"Jim Harvey, president of the Homestead Valley Community Council, called the project misguided during a council meeting Monday. The county was getting ready to release environmental studies on the project and he was skeptical about whether the California Environmental Quality Act report would be done in good faith."
View Hi-Desert Star newspaper story Mar 25, 2022
Z107.7 FM Radio features Homestead Valley Community Council and President Jim Harvey on the Up Close Show hosted by Gary Daigneault
- 02/11/2022
Jim talks with Gary about the challenges facing the rural areas and their collective needs (Flamingo Heights, Johnson Valley, Landers, and Yucca Mesa).
Listen to the full podcast here
County to revise vacation home rental rules
- 12/23/2021
“It is my theory that through enforcement and compliance, we can all live together with short-term vacation rentals,” Rowe said at the Homestead Valley Community Council meeting in Yucca Mesa Monday.
View Hi-Desert Star newspaper story Dec 23, 2021
Locals seek solution to mailbox strikes
- 11/17/2021
"Judy Laffoon stood up at the Homestead Valley Community Council meeting Monday to ask for suggestions on how to stop mailbox destruction and mail theft."
View Hi-Desert Star newspaper story Nov 17, 2021
Third round of pot farm raids starts
- 09/22/2021
"Niles updated locals on Hammer Strike, the county sheriff’s ongoing operation to take down marijuana farms, during a Homestead Valley Community Council meeting Monday, Sept. 20, in Landers."
View Hi-Desert Star newspaper story Sep 22, 2021
Pot farm foes pin hopes on Newsom
- 09/22/2021
"With the legislation season over, leaders in the rural desert are encouraging residents to spark a call for an emergency session to pass harsher penalties for illegal marijuana cultivation. The main topic of the Homestead Valley Community Council Monday was again cannabis farms."
View Hi-Desert Star newspaper story Sep 22, 2021
Locals want to raze marijuana farms
- 06/25/2021
"Residents of the more remote areas of the Basin speaking at the Homestead Valley Community Council Monday told county officials they want faster, harsher punishments for suspected marijuana grows."
View Hi-Desert Star newspaper story June 25, 2021
Captain: No cartel ties in recent marijuana busts
- 05/19/2021
"Last week at the Morongo Basin Municipal Advisory Council public meeting and last month at the Homestead Valley Community Council meeting, Niles provided community updates about the efforts of the marijuana eradication team based out of the Morongo Basin station."
View Hi-Desert Star newspaper story May 19, 2021
Neighbors protest 'glampsite' plan
- 04/21/2021
"Residents of Flamingo Heights shared their opposition to a developer’s proposal to build a restaurant, store and campsite with a landing pad for helicopters during the Homestead Valley Community Council Monday."
View Hi-Desert Star newspaper story April 21, 2021
Remote areas drowning in marijuana grows, locals say
- 04/21/2021
"Niles gave a report on cannabis farms at a Homestead Valley Community Council meeting Monday, April 19 — just a couple of days after sheriff’s deputies reported seizing 6 tons of marijuana plants at nine farms in Twentynine Palms and Desert Heights."
View Hi-Desert Star newspaper story April 21, 2021
