tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post7287438888410812663..comments2024-02-26T03:01:28.791-08:00Comments on Wildomar Rap: • Who Was Clinton Keith?Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-882604973700412882019-07-13T23:16:01.446-07:002019-07-13T23:16:01.446-07:00nice read. wonder how baxter to central came boutnice read. wonder how baxter to central came boutsteven enziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01457977683647506579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-59088111621204295882019-04-29T10:07:37.678-07:002019-04-29T10:07:37.678-07:00Wonder if there was actually a slaughter house the...Wonder if there was actually a slaughter house there way back when???Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950543044984762591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-77433783264753453872018-08-26T10:55:28.967-07:002018-08-26T10:55:28.967-07:00Thanks for the added details. Thanks for the added details. Joseph Morabitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-62775054066151088602018-08-25T20:47:38.516-07:002018-08-25T20:47:38.516-07:00The following is what I have for Clinton Keith His...The following is what I have for Clinton Keith History from the County of Riverside Transportation Department. Check the link, no longer works. But history is history. Either Bud or his real first name would have been a hoot.<br />http://www.rctlma.org/trans/gen_info_history.html <br />Adna Clinton Keith was appointed to fill the unexpired term of A.C. Fulmor when he retired from the position of County Surveyor in 1945. Mr. Keith was elected to continue as Surveyor in 1946. The next year the State of California implemented the Collier-Burns Highway Act of 1947. An act to provide for a system of public streets and highways in the State of California and for the financial support thereof. The Act was profound in its impact on the management of roadways by local jurisdictions. Implementation of the Act required substantive changes by the County. Some significant particulars include:<br />Local jurisdictions were mandated to create a system of primary roads. Each jurisdiction was required to select the roads on the basis of greatest general importance and it was specified that the mileage of primary roads could not exceed fifty percent of the total mileage of all roads. The Act further required that taxes collected under the Act could only be spent on roads identified in the primary road system.<br /><br />The Act also required the appointment of a single "Road Commissioner" for all road districts and raised management of the roads to a county level. Prior to the Act, there were literally five road departments - or one run by each county supervisor. Each member got his slice of road money each year and operated his own department and equipment as he saw fit from a need as well as a political viewpoint.<br />In compliance with the Act, the Board of Supervisors gave Mr. Keith the newly created position of Road Commissioner in October 1947, effectively combining the management of survey and roads once again. And in 1948, the County adopted a resolution establishing a 491.59-mile primary road system. The original primary road system has grown through the years to what is now the 2598-mile County Maintained Road System. <br /><br />In 1962, the Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance establishing the Surveyor's position as an appointive position. The Board was concerned that if the Road Commissioner position was appointive and the County Surveyor was elective, they may be forced to have two separate individuals. By making the County Surveyor appointive the Board was able to assure that a single individual held both positions. Mr. Keith continued to hold both positions until his retirement at the end of 1971. "Clinton Keith Road" was named after Mr. Keith in honor of his many years of service.<br />Kenny Mayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08065933893548235242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-19196732545803626222018-08-21T06:57:20.307-07:002018-08-21T06:57:20.307-07:00Nice story.... Interesting too. Thanks.Nice story.... Interesting too. Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067092637679856661noreply@blogger.com