Beaumont Has no Fire Department or Fire District

At Tonight's Beaumont City Council Meeting; Southern California Edison will stand in a City that refuses to build Fire Stations and present their Wildfire Mitigation Presentation.

After it was discovered that the City of Beaumont embezzled millions of dollars in Fire Station Fees from the Mello Roos CFD Bonds a phony fire station committee was quickly organized to deflect the corruption.

The phony fire station committee consisted of long-time Pass Area crooks like Russ Bogh and Castaldo and 'new faces' in Pass Area corruption like Nancy Carroll and Melhman.

How many Fire Stations have been built in Beaumont since the start of housing construction in 1994?

Zero.

How many Fire Stations have been built in Beaumont since the Raids and 'new Beaumont'?

Zero.

How many more houses have been approved by the 'new Beaumont'?

Thousands - nobody knows because the 'new Beaumont' removed the number of houses being built from their reports and all public records' request are returned 'the information does not exist'.

How many Fire Stations have been built in Beaumont since the Raids and 'new Beaumont' has approved thousands more houses?

Zero.

From the July 2, 2019 Beaumont City Council Meeting:

1:26:30 Lloyd White: The Fire Stations is something I think we should highly prioritize and even use the Waste Management money that’s coming in soon to build that first. I’ve heard from a number of Citizens that areas south of the 10 that their insurance rates have just been increased because they do not have a Fire Station close by. I know we’ve already got the design work done or in the process of being completed. I thought if this was an opportunity to prioritize, and I know we don’t want to get into a list of prioritizing everything.

1:27:00 White: But I just thought there should be mention to the Fire Station and to verify the fact that it’s near the end of the list doesn’t mean it’s that low on our priorities.

Mayor Julio Martinez: We can verify that it’s ‘on the list’, right?

Rumblings of assurance from City Manger and Public Works Engineers.

Lloyd White: Okay, great. Thank you.

California Government Code 38611. The legislative body of a city organized under general law shall establish a fire department for the city. The fire department shall be under the charge of a chief who shall have had previous training and experience as a fireman. The other members of the fire department shall consist of paid firemen or such companies of volunteer firemen as the legislative body may

determine. The city legislative body shall fix and pay the compensation of the chief and other paid firemen.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, and of subdivision (e) of Section 36501, no general law city shall be required to appoint or elect a fire chief or establish a fire department if such city is included within the boundaries of an established fire protection district.

(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 674.)

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE - HSC

DIVISION 12. FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION [13000 - 14960] ( Division 12 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. )

PART 2.7. FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 [13800 - 13970] ( Heading of Part 2.7 renumbered from Part 3 (as added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013) by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1360, Sec. 91. )

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [13800 - 13806] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11. )

13800. This part shall be known and may be cited as the Fire Protection District Law of 1987 or as the Bergeson Fire District Law.

13801. The Legislature finds and declares that the local provision of fire protection services, rescue services, emergency medical services, hazardous material emergency response services, ambulance services, and other services relating to the protection of lives and property is critical to the public peace, health, and safety of the state. Among the ways that local communities have provided for those services has been the creation of fire protection districts. Local control over the types, levels, and availability of these services is a long-standing tradition in California which the Legislature intends to retain. Recognizing that the state’s communities have diverse needs and resources, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this part to provide a broad statutory authority for local officials. The Legislature encourages local communities and their officials to adapt the powers and procedures in this part to meet their own circumstances and responsibilities.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)

13802. As used in this part:

(a) “City” means any city whether general law or charter, including a city and county, and including any city the name of which includes the word “town.”

(b) “Day” means a calendar day.

(c) “District” means a fire protection district created pursuant to this part or created pursuant to any law which this part supersedes.

(d) “District board,” means the board of directors of a district.

(e) “Employee” means any personnel of a district, including any regular or call firefighter hired and paid on a full-time or part-time basis, or any volunteer firefighter. “Employee” also includes any person who assists in the provision of any authorized emergency duty or service at the request of a person who has been authorized by the district board to request this assistance from other persons.

(f) “Principal county” means the county having all or the greater portion of the entire assessed value, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county or counties, of all taxable property within a district.

(g) “Zone” means a service zone formed pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 13950).

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)

13803 (a) This part provides the authority for the organization and powers of fire protection districts. This part succeeds the Fire Protection District Law of 1961 and all of its statutory predecessors. Any fire protection district organized or reorganized pursuant to the Fire Protection District Law of 1961 or any of its statutory predecessors which was in existence on January 1, 1988, shall remain in existence as if it had been organized pursuant to this part, except that when the district board is a county board of supervisors the number and method of selection of its board of directors shall continue to be governed by the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 13831) of the Fire Protection District Law of 1961 in effect on December 31, 1987, as if that chapter had not been repealed. Any special fire protection zone formed pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 13991) of the Fire Protection District Law of 1961 or any of its statutory predecessors which was in existence on January 1, 1988, shall remain in existence as a service zone as if it has been formed pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 13950).

(b) This part does not apply to any reorganization which was filed pursuant to the Fire Protection District Law of 1961 and which is pending on January 1, 1988. Those pending reorganizations may be continued and completed under, and in accordance with, the Fire Protection District Law of 1961. The repeals, amendments, and additions made by the act enacting this part shall not apply to any of those pending reorganizations, and the laws existing prior to January 1, 1988, shall continue in full force and effect as applied to those pending reorganizations.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)

13804. This part is necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)

13805. If any provision of this part or the application of any provision of this part in any circumstance or to any person, city, county, district, the state, or any agency or subdivision of the state is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this part which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application of the invalid provision, and to this end the provisions of this part are severable.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)

13806. Any action to determine the validity of the organization or of any action of a district shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)