We have learned that the ORV ordinance will not be considered by the San Bernardino Board of Supervisors on July 24th. The new date is now August 21st.

Please continue your efforts to write your supervisors and gather signatures on petitions. There is great work being done in the community to save the ordinance and it must continue even though the date of the BOS hearing has changed.

We will keep you posted of new information as it becomes available.

REVISION OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ORDINANCE 3973
AS PROPOSED BY FRIENDS OF GIANT ROCK

INTERPRETATION AND RESPONSE

Community ORV Watch - July 2007

INTRODUCTION:

The Friends of Giant Rock proposal to revise San Bernardino County off-road vehicle Ordinance 3973 is not a proposal simply to revise that important Ordinance; it is a radical proposal to destroy that Ordinance. The removal of the trespass and staging provisions would gut the law and render it close to useless, sending us back to the conflict, lawlessness, and wasted enforcement resources that prevailed before the Ordinance went into effect. It would set the clock in reverse and blast us back to the “sand age.”

ORV Ordinance (3973) FAQ

• What is County Ordinance 3973 – the “ORV Ordinance”?
• Why do we need an ORV ordinance?
  

San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors to will meet on Tuesday, July 24 August 21 to consider changes that would weaken the county ORV ordinance

Rider's groups successfully lobbied the board to take up the matter and have recommended changes that will allow for large, uncontrolled stagings of ORVs in residential areas

IF YOU VALUE YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY, QUALITY OF LIFE AND PUBLIC LANDS YOU MUST COME TO THE MEETING AND DEFEND THE ORDINANCE.

TUESDAY, JULY 24th August 21 at the Board of Supervisors Chambers
385 North Arrowhead Avenue in San Bernardino

ORV riders have threatened to bring busloads of supporters asking to weaken and repeal the ordinance. They have sent hundreds of letters to the supervisors. We must show up in large numbers to protect our private and public lands and contact our supervisors to defend the law.

Call and write your supervisor TODAY and demand that the ordinance stay strong:

Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt (District 1) -- (909) 387-4830
Supervisor Dennis Hansberger (District 3) -- (909) 387-4833

San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
385 North Arrowhead Avenue, San Bernardino, California 92415-0181

The ORV Ordinance Review Meeting before the Board of Supervisors will be scheduled for June 2007 – the exact date has not been set yet.

Off-roaders are sending hundreds of letters (many of which are fabricated) to the San Bernardino Board of Supervisors advocating for the repeal and undermine the ORV ordinance. They want free reign to ride wherever they want whenever they want.

The Supervisors have responded by recommending changes to the ordinance that will allow for more ORVs per staging event and make it easier to get special use permits with less opportunity for residents to protest.

WE MUST ACT NOW TO SAVE THE ORDINANCE!

Write to your county supervisor and demand that they renew the ordinance WITHOUT CHANGES that will weaken it!

You can send a message supporting the as-is renewal of the ordinance to Supervisors Mitzelfelt and Hansberger by clicking here, or downloading and mailing this letter to each Supervisor.

REMEMBER a letter that you write yourself and mail to the supervisor of your district carries much more weight and will get a mailed response.

We will present the following resolution to the San Bernardino Board of Supervisors at the hearing where they will consider renewal of the ORV ordinance passed last year:

Whereas the sales of off-road vehicles have increased dramatically over the last few years …

ACT TODAY --

Last year, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors unanimously
passed a balanced and fair ORV ordinance. The ordinance is up for
review and vote before the board before July 1, 2007. Extreme ORV

Please help Community ORV Watch with its fight against illegal ORV abuse by making a donation to our organization. Any amount will help and is truly appreciated.

COW needs your financial support and any amount will help. We are fighting against big business interests and their paid lobbyists.

Help the Student Conservation Association Wilderness Restoration Crew in partnership with the BLM in an effort to clean up, restore and continue to protect this wilderness area, March 24 & 25, 2007.

From the Hi-Desert Star

By Mark Wheeler / Hi-Desert Star
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:53 PM PST

MORONGO BASIN - The Presidents' Day weekend was, by law-enforcement accounts, reasonably uneventful on the off-road vehicle front this year. Historically, the occasion has ranked second only to Thanksgiving weekend for citizen complaints about ORV activity in the Basin, but a pre-planned increase in enforcement presence this year seems to have had results.