Our Mission
CAREE is committed to improving the quality of life for everyone in Riverside County by:
- Promoting a healthy environment and vibrant economy.
- Creating good high paying local jobs and reducing the burden of long and arduous commutes.
- Mitigating the negative effects of development and pollution on communities neighborhoods.
- Working with local leaders towards a healthy balance of businesses and jobs consistent with the needs of the local population.
- To be announced
Major News
JPA Unanimously Rejects Warehouse Project
Amazon Plans to Depart March Airfield May 2025
https://riversiderecord.org/amazon-ending-airport-operations-at-march-air-field/
"Amazon is set to cease all air operations at March Air Field in May of this year, the company confirmed in a statement to The Riverside Record.
“We’re always evaluating our network to make sure it fits our business needs and to improve the experience for our employees, customers and partners,” said Sam Stephenson, Amazon spokesperson, in an emailed statement. “We’ve made the decision to cease operations at our Riverside Air facility.”
According to Stephenson, operations at the base are similar to other regional hubs around the country in that it acts as a sorting center with packages coming in, getting sorted and then either being flown or driven out to other fulfillment centers closer to their final destinations in the Inland Empire. He said there would be no impact on customers."
March JPA Tables Controversial West Campus Upper Plateau Project
https://riversiderecord.org/march-jpa-tables-controversial-west-campus-upper-plateau-project/
"The March Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Commission last month tabled a controversial project after hearing more than three hours of public comment in which dozens of people spoke against the project.
“The effect of that tabling of the item would be to basically take it off [the] calendar,” Thomas Rice, attorney for the JPA, said. “It will not come back unless you ask for it back, and it functionally operates like a denial.”
The project, as proposed at the June 12 public hearing, included approximately 143 acres of industrial development within the center of the site, about 65 acres of business park development to the north and south of the center and roughly 42 acres of mixed-use development to the west and south of the center."
Meridian D-1 Gateway Aviation: Adding up to 22 jets per day
Draft EIR comment period extended to Monday, July 22, 2024.
Tell them what you think!
Riverside County Supervisor Yxstian Gutierrez district5@rivco.org
Riverside County Supervisor Jose Medina district1@rivco.org
Riverside City Council member Chuck Conder cconder@riversideca.gov
Riverside City Council member Jim Perry jperry@riversideca.gov
Perris City Council member Marisela Nava mnava@cityofperris.org
Mayor of the City of Perris Michael Vargas mvargas@cityofperris.org
Moreno Valley City Council member Ed Delgado edd@moval.org
Mayor of the City of Moreno Valley Ulises Cabrera mayor@moval.org
March JPA Planning Director Dan Fairbanks fairbanks@marchjpa.com
March JPA Planner Jeffery Smith smith@marchjpa.com
March JPA Clerk Cindy Camargo camargo@marchjpa.com
CAREE CBFCentury@aol.com
Congressman Ken Calvert: https://calvert.house.gov/contact
Corona Office
400 S. Vicentia Avenue, Suite 125
Corona, CA 92882
Phone: (951) 277-0042
Fax: (951) 277-0420
Link to the draft EIR:
July 1, 2024 Community meeting JPA presentation: marchjpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2.-Meridian-D-1_Community-Presentation_Presentation_July-1-2024.pdf
Care about the City of Riverside? Let them know!
Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson: 2mayor@riversideca.gov
Ward 1 Philip Falcone: PFalcone@riversideca.gov
Ward 2 Clarissa Cervantes: ClCervantes@riversideca.gov
Ward 3 Steven Robillard: SRobillard@riversideca.gov
Ward 4 Chuck Conder: cconder@riversideca.gov
Ward 5 Sean Mill: SMill@riversideca.gov
CAREE CBFCentury@aol.com
What can we learn from the past?
Links to many Press Enterprise articles on the DHL cargo port fallout
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ynsCvDw2MYMVV1CGaRgOsJcLZkdr6EOt?usp=drive_link
Flight Tracking Websites
Use FlightRadar https://www.flightradar24.com/airport/riv/departures or Flightaware https://www.flightaware.com/live/airport/KRIV to track jets departing or arriving at March Airport (KRIV). Military flights don't always appear on the tracking sites. Both sites also offer an app for smart phones. Amazon flights often appear as Atlas Air.
Flight Tracks Presented in the Draft EIR
Additional Information
March Air Reserve Base / Inland Port Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan ( Adopted November 13, 2014
Projects to Improve our Economy & Environment
CAREE Park at March JPA
Curfew at March Inland Port Airport
- In 2003 CAREE and CCAEJ signed a settlement agreement with March JPA and their developer that requires a 48-60 acre sports park, police substation site and fire station site. March JPA has not fulfilled their agreement and the community is still waiting for the amenities promised 20+ years ago.
Curfew at March Inland Port Airport
Curfew at March Inland Port Airport
- March Inland Port Airport is a joint use facility with March Air Reserve Base. The Air Force has always had a Good Neighbor Policy of no non-mission critical flights from 10 PM to 7 AM so our families and children can sleep. Civilian flights need to honor the Good Neighbor Curfew.
Logistics Impacts
Logistics Impacts
- Mead Valley has been inundated with large industrial warehouses and excessive truck traffic and noise and pollution in a community with already terrible unhealthy air quality. Stay tuned for updates once we have a date for the hearing at the Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting.
The Impacts of Increased Air Cargo Operations
Evidence is mounting, jet noise negatively affects health
Elevated blood lead levels in children living near airports
Do cargo ports guarantee good jobs? NO!
Good jobs for robots: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocrq7jPSZko
Low wages and health risks: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/02/28/warehouse-and-trucking-industries-inland-empire-have-provided-more-jobs-also
"Ellen Reese, UCR’s faculty co-director of the Inland Empire Labor and Community Center and one of the lead researchers in the study, said the TDL sector is one of the top employing industries in the region, but is one that has contributed to air pollution and low-wage, unsafe, and insecure jobs.
“Our report documents these problems, the impacts of increasing workplace automation, and discusses potential strategies — for workers, community members, workforce developers, and policy-makers — to promote greater equity and environmental sustainability in the TDL sector and in our regional economy more generally,” said Reese, co-author of the book, “Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation” (UC Press, 2023).
The report provides new research findings that highlight the lack of living wages among truck drivers and blue-collar warehouse workers in the TDL sector. Laborers and stockers and order fillers, for example, are among the lowest paid positions, receiving a median salary of just over $25,000 per year, while packers and packagers receive a median annual salary of just over $23,000 per year. "
The DHL Experience:
“Before the DHL cargo port was approved, a developer and top managers with the March Joint Powers Authority resisted releasing a noise study that determined hundreds of Riverside residents could be awakened each night by DHL planes, a new report shows”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JZqff5vKzfAoldcsDnmEmipP-kcIm56a/view?usp=drive_link
“DHL cargo planes will fly over two Riverside neighborhoods, contrary to promises from a private developer and elected officials that those areas would be off-limits, local and federal officials confirmed Monday.”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dn9r8rX0undvRjpKIAyD4Jh3n07sJULD/view?usp=drive_link
Full investigative report conducted by attorney Leonard Gumport:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UvQxcL8fscGDxugKw1hqv7xCiTbAYx79/view?usp=drive_link
Do Accidents Happen at Airports? YES!
Follow the FAA Noise Policy Review
Everyone knows that "average" noise does not reflect the true impact of jet noise on residents near airports. The FAA is conducting a review of standard noise policy analysis. Although the comment period has closed, you can read about the review here: https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-opens-public-comment-period-noise-policy-review and here: https://www.faa.gov/noisepolicyreview
