I guess I've lost the ability to ask a question clearly. Or David is more interested in answering questions other than my main one. Here was my last email to David: I absolutely agree with the idea that streets should not be blocked. My point is that this is not a street. It may be called a stree... [More]

Sometimes it is easy to get sidetracked in a discussion. Yesterday I sent email to David Wallsten in the San Bernardino Public Works Department asking about the process of changing the wording of the code that allows public access to streets that have been dedicated but not built (paper streets). He... [More]

Over the weekend I sent an email to Denise Anderson asking how I would go about getting the law changed to allow property owners to block paper streets until the county was ready to build a road there. She forwarded it to David Wallsten, who works in the Transportation Right-of-Way Section of the Sa... [More]

I was invited to speak today at the Homestead Valley Community Council meeting in the Flamingo Heights Community Center. The HVCC is a union of four historic homestead communities:   Yucca Mesa Landers Flamingo Heights (where we live) Johnson Valley   I spoke about our road dedi... [More]

“Paper Streets” is the term used to describe streets that have been dedicated (the government has the legal right to build a road on your land) but not yet constructed. They exist only on paper. Actually, in this day of fast digital access to public information, they also exist on many d... [More]

This is an overview of a situation I have been involved in with San Bernardino County for over a year. For more information see the blog I set up at http://toomuchgov.info. The blog includes links to the emails exchanged, forms involved, and other websites. Most of the same information is also on ht... [More]

The county inspector showed up today around noon. He was friendly and professional. He did a pretty thorough walk-through of the house and pointed out four minor things to be fixed. He signed off the permit and asked me to take care of the minor things as soon as possible. I drove to Home Depot and ... [More]

I have to admit that there was some relief in being done with tilting at this particular windmill. I realize that the county, having already used this ruling to obtain many road dedications, can’t afford to back down to me without a major legal battle that could take years…during which time we could... [More]

Today we signed the road dedication form and had it notarized. I then exchanged emails with Denise Anderson and Ryan Hunsicker (the Supervising Land Surveyor) and arranged to hand-carry the notarized dedication to San Bernardino tomorrow. Both were every bit as gracious in winning as they were in de... [More]

I never did receive an email response directly from Bow…but did get very polite and friendly responses from Denise. The first response passed back via Denise was that he hadn’t received the contact from the web site, but that he would look into the situation and get back to me by 11/4, which was in ... [More]