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Wednesday, May 5, 2010 – Daily News – 7A Obituaries born on March 29, 1929, in Vallejo, California and passed away on April 27, 2010 at Tehama Estates in Red Bluff. He is survived by his son Jon and granddaughter Natalie. He was prede- ceased by his wife Pauline. Chapel services will be held at Lawncrest Chapel in Redding on Thursday, May 6, at 10:00 a.m. Graveside services will be held at Igo Veteram's Cemetery on Thursday, May 6, at 12:45 p.m. Vernon Stirewalt was VERNON STIREWALT (1929-2010) Death Notice Pamela R. Jorrick Pamela R. Jorrick, a 15-year resident of Tehama County, died Sat- urday, May 1, 2010, in Red Bluff. She was 57. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, May 5, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. HATE Continued from page 1A delay officers, adding another potential charge, while Poonka became involved in another fight with Luke D’etremont, 28, Red Bluff. D’etremont fled from police to the back of the Palomino Room, where he was arrested on suspi- cion of battery and resist- ing arrest. All except Poonka had made bail by Tuesday. —Geoff Johnson Ruling does little to improve Calif budget outlook SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday won the right to raid local redevelopment funds to help close California’s budget deficit, but it will likely do little to save the state from hav- ing to make deeper cuts to education, social services, and health care for children and the poor. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Lloyd Con- nelly ruled that the state can take more than $2 billion from local redevelopment funds and transfer the money to school operations. Local governments objected to divert- ing the money, which generally is used to promote public works projects and rehabilitate downtowns. ‘‘We dodged a bullet,’’ said Schwarzenegger’s spokesman, Aaron McLear. ‘‘This would have added $2 billion to our deficit.’’ California is projecting a revenue shortfall of roughly $20 billion in the fiscal year that starts in July, and that number is likely to go up, meaning the governor and state lawmakers will have to consider raising taxes or, more likely, make deeper spending cuts. Teachers, labor groups and social service advocates are already gearing up for battle before Schwarzenegger releases his revised budget later this month. Meanwhile, there are more signs of economic distress. State income and corporate tax collections took an unexpected drop last month after four months of steady improvement. The controller’s office reported personal income taxes in April were down about $3 billion, or 30 percent, from administration projections. April is a critical month because it’s when most Californians pay their taxes. Taxpayers could have sought more refunds and 2009 could have been economically weaker than expected, said Michael Cohen, deputy legislative analyst of the nonparti- san Legislative Analyst’s Office. ‘‘For those people who thought revenues were going to contribute a major piece of the $20 billion problem, that doesn’t seem very likely at this point,’’ Cohen said. ‘‘All the same bad options we had in January are still there, except in some cases, now we’ve lost the lead time to get things up and running.’’ Anticipating the difficult budget season ahead, Demo- cratic Assembly Speaker John Perez and Senate leader Darrell Steinberg traveled to Washington, D.C., this week seeking federal aid. They were scheduled to meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Health and Human Ser- vices Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to discuss the effect of federal health care reform on California. In January, Schwarzenegger proposed $82.9 billion in general fund spending for the upcoming fiscal year, which would take the state back to its spending level six years ago. The governor said he would not agree to any tax increases, unlike last year when the state imposed tempo- rary sales and income tax hikes. That extra revenue will begin to expire at the end of this year, just as federal stim- ulus funding begins to run out. Schwarzenegger on Monday also ruled out a plan to expand oil drilling off the California coast after the explo- sion on a Gulf of Mexico drilling platform that caused a massive oil spill. The plan would have provided some $100 million to keep state parks open next year. POT Continued from page 1A sial ordinance. Citing public safety fears and crimes stemming from medical marijuana theft, the county has issued requirements tying the number of medical marijuana plants grown to property size and is asking that all gardens be protected by a CRIME Continued from page 1A method for crimes that have limited investiga- tive information or urgency for police response, the department does not discourage peo- ple from calling, Bee- man said. That service is not being eliminated. The resource-strapped BEND Continued from page 1A favor of the bill claimed residence in the nearby town of Bend. Everyone in favor of the bill rep- resented either the BLM, which stands to gain additional funding if the bill passes, or business groups who expect to benefit from increased tourism. Representatives from the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce, the Job Training Center and the Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association all testified in favor of the designation. The association is credited with introducing the idea to the board, though its initial proposal was rejected. Tehama County Economic Development Corporation President WATER Continued from page 1A promise more this year. Even with the deeper snowpack, water man- agers remain cautious after several years of drought. Lake Oroville north of Sacramento, the state water system’s main reservoir, is about 61 per- cent of its capacity, which is about three-quarters of normal for this time of year. In addition, federal wildlife agencies have imposed pumping restric- tions intended to protect fish in the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta, which means less water can be delivered to farmers and cities in Southern Califor- nia, the San Joaquin Val- ley and San Francisco Bay area. six-foot fence. As a complaint-driven ordinance, the county is not expected to enforce the ordinance everywhere, but only in cases where a violation is report- ed. Sheriff Clay Parker has previous- ly stated he intends to handle all complaints personally and plans to work with individual growers to find solutions. department hopes online reporting will reduce the number of calls to which officers must respond. It takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour for an officer to deal with an incident from the time the officer is dispatched to when the officer finishes writ- ing the report, Beeman said. Online reporting would free up that time for officers to handle The ordinance remains unpopu- lar with Tehama County’s medical marijuana community. Patients and advocates have repeatedly stated their intentions to sue the county, which they say is in violation state medical marijuana laws. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohnson@redbluffdailynews.com. more serious crimes. Online reporting would benefit citizens by offering a convenient way to report crimes. If it is not a serious crime and the reporting party has to be somewhere, the party does not have to wait around for an offi- cer to show up, Beeman said. To encourage and remind citizens to use online reporting, the Bill Moule, who regularly lobbies the board on behalf of business interests, said he was “as conserva- tive as just about anybody in the room” before giving the bill his backing. The vote followed the county’s approval of a report by Chabin Con- cepts designed to improve the local economy. The report, which the county will use as a guideline in future decisions, calls on the county to market its natural resources, including the Sacramento River. Opponnents agured the bill will worsen the problems already associ- ated with the BLM land. Bend resi- dents say speeding cars, stray bul- lets and illegal fires plague the under-policed area already. Officials have promised to reme- dy that with additional BLM fund- ing. By placing the area in the National Landscape Conservation ‘‘That’s going to be a big issue for us, the fact that the delta pumping has been restricted and will continue to be restricted,’’ said Santa Clara Water District spokesman Marty Grimes. ‘‘We’re still rebounding from three years of dry weather. That’s another reason we’re going to be continu- ing to urge conservation.’’ The district had imposed a 15 percent con- servation requirement for much of the county of 1.8 million people that includes San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and Cupertino. The county exceeded the goal with a 17 percent cut through March. With a larger allo- cation, the board is likely to consider switching from a mandatory to a voluntary water conservation pro- gram later this month, he department’s site address will soon appear on the bumper of all patrol cars. For information or help in filling out a form, call the depart- ment at 527-8282 during regular business hours. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdai- lynews.com. System, the area will be prioritized over other bureau holdings. A local Advisory Council would then tell the BLM where the money should be sent, though some fear the bureau would ignore the council. Some still feared that the land, already under federal control, could see tighter environmental restric- tions as government attention increases. “The government is known now, famously, for shutting down (public land),” Red Bluff resident June Cooper said. Cooper was one of several speak- ers to cite the US Forest Service’s road closures as limiting access and use of public land. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohnson@redbluffdailynews.com. said. Farmers argue that water restrictions in the San Joaquin Valley, which is a major producer of fruits and vegetables, have caused hundreds of mil- lions of dollars in crop losses from fallowed fields and jobless farmworkers. The increased projec- tions come too late for farmers who made spring planting decisions based on earlier estimates that they would receive less than 10 percent of their requests this year, said Westlands Water District spokeswoman Sarah Woolf. ‘‘Whatever additional water we get is used for crops that are already in the ground,’’ said Woolf, whose sprawling district irrigates 600,000 acres of Central Valley farmland. The increase means farm- ers will draw less ground- water from shrinking aquifers, she said. A 10 percent water restriction has meant lim- iting outdoor watering to two days each week for nearly half the state’s pop- ulation, the 19 million customers served by Southern California’s Metropolitan Water Dis- trict. That, plus price incentives, brought a 15 percent drop in usage this winter, said district spokesman Jeff Kightlinger. A 40 percent state allo- cation means the district can meet demand without tapping reservoirs. ‘‘This really helps,’’ he said. ‘‘We’re not adding anything to our storage, but we’re not pulling any- thing out either.’’ Rescue effort under way for Shasta River salmon YREKA (AP) — State biologists have begun trapping coho salmon in a tributary of the Klamath River and moving them downstream in an effort to help the endangered fish survive. The California Depart- ment of Fish and Game is moving coho salmon from the Shasta River to the middle of the Klamath River, where officials say they will be less suscepti- ble to disease. The Shasta River has seen coho salmon popula- tions decline in recent years. In 2008, only 31 adult coho came back to spawn. Last year, that number dropped to nine. ‘‘What we’re hoping to get out of it is some increased survival of these few fish,’’ state biol- ogist Mark Pisano said. Pisano said even one or two additional salmon in 2010 could make a differ- ence since each produces hundreds of eggs. But critics of the trap- ping plan say it won’t do much to help the fish. Erica Terance of the group Klamath River- keeper said the real prob- lem is that irrigators and ranchers pump too much water from the Shasta River. State officials have not taken enforcement action to control pump- ing, she said. Last fall, the Shasta River almost dried up. Cat reclaim tried SACRAMENTO (AP) — The attorney for a Sacra- mento man who along with his wife was accused of keeping dozens of cats at his home in deplorable condi- tions says his clients are try- ing to come up with $6,000 to reclaim seven of the ani- mals from the city. Philip McCarthy, Paul Franco’s lawyer, said Fran- co and his wife Kathy love the cats and are hopeful they will raise the money this week. The Francos have plead- ed guilty to misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. Authorities raided their home in October and seized 77 cats in what they said was among the worst ani- mal hoarding cases they ever saw in the county. Most of the animals had to be put to death. Others say fishing, dis- ease and deteriorating ocean conditions are also to blame. Pisano said officials are working with those who take water from the river to increase flows. Is cremation your choice? They have also begun issuing permits to agricul- tural users. Habitat improvements under way on the Shasta River should also help the salmon in the long run, he said. owns and operates the only on-site crematory in Tehama County. • Your loved one NEVER leaves our care. • For your peace of mind, we personally perform cremations on site. • No hidden charges. Corning Calif. 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