Supervisors Dennis Hansberger and Fred Aguiar abstained from the vote. Supervisor Hansberger did not feel a holiday for state employees was a fitting tribute to Chavez, while Supervisor Aguiar did not want to endorse a bill that could still undergo revisions. The system keeps track of child immunizations in the county and sends reminders to parents when inoculations are due. Currently, more than 1.2 immunizations administered to more than 150,000 children are on record. The system was created in 1992 when the county was chosen as one of 12 grant recipients nationwide.
Riverside County has no such system.
The board endorsed a resolution to be considered by the San Bernardino Associated Governments on Wednesday raising concerns about a Regional Housing Needs Assessment prepared by the Southern California Association of Governments. The assessment states San Bernardino County needs to add 94,019 housing units 43,668 in the unincorporated areas alone by 2005 to keep up with regional growth. The assessment would be used to develop local general plan housing elements, which unless approved by the state puts the county at risk of losing state grants and financing opportunities. The county contends that would promote urban sprawl by concentrating development in outlying areas with lower levels of municipal services than found in urban areas and within cities. The agreement with the Lake Arrowhead Communities Chamber of Commerce is one of several the county has approved since the mid-1970s to help lure tourism dollars to unincorporated communities in the county.