John Mendoza

Moved on March 25, 2020 to expand Six Basins Watermaster’s review of stormwater projects to Pomona, Upland and La Verne, and create a project database and location maps. Also moved to assign staff to watershed-group meetings to provide technical guidance on groundwater-recharge projects. Both motions passed unanimously with 23 weighted board votes.

March 25, 2020Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted on June 24, 2009 for Three Valleys water-conservation rules covering its direct water customers. The ordinance restricted daytime landscape watering, required leak repairs, and established three levels of increasingly strict shortage restrictions. It passed 6–1, with Mendoza named among the Yes votes.

June 24, 2009Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted on April 15, 2020 for Three Valleys’ FY 2020–21 budget with $73.67 million in expenses, including $1.81 million for capital investment and $326,000 for capital repairs (7–0). Also supported a $6-per-acre-foot treated-water surcharge discount for 2021 (6–0, one abstention).

April 15, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Circulated a petition in 2013 to expand Pomona Unified’s school board from five to seven members and replace at-large elections with trustee areas. He argued that districtwide campaign costs discouraged residents of less affluent neighborhoods from running. His signature-gathering effort was documented in a July 7, 2013 report.

July 7, 2013Supports Civil Rights

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Seconded a September 23, 2020 motion directing Six Basins Watermaster staff to prepare a support letter for Fairplex, Las Flores Park and Larkin Park stormwater-recharge projects. The discussion reserved concerns about groundwater quality and high groundwater levels. The motion passed unanimously with 28 weighted board votes.

September 23, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted on June 17, 2020 to authorize a ten-year water-storage agreement among Three Valleys, Metropolitan Water District and Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster. The agreement authorized storage capacity of 50,000 acre-feet, up from 40,000. The motion passed 7–0. Execution by the parties and court approval remained separate requirements.

June 17, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted on April 15, 2020 for Three Valleys’ FY 2020–21 budget with $73.67 million in expenses, including $1.81 million for capital investment and $326,000 for capital repairs (7–0). Also supported a $6-per-acre-foot treated-water surcharge discount for 2021 (6–0, one abstention).

April 15, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

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Withdrew his initiative to repeal Pomona’s utility users tax on water service on February 5, 2026. His letter removed the measure from the June 2026 primary election, after the petition had qualified and the council had placed it on that ballot.

February 5, 2026

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Submitted a petition on October 30, 2024 to repeal Pomona’s 9% utility users tax on water service. The city later verified 1,411 valid signatures, enough to qualify the measure. Telephone, electricity and gas utility taxes were outside the proposal.

October 30, 2024

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Opposed the initial decision to focus on edited Map 130 for Pomona council districts on March 23, 2022, losing 6–1. After the commission made further changes, he moved to advance the final edited map for adoption at the April 7 meeting. His motion passed 7–0.

March 23, 2022

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Delivered signatures in December 2021 for a separate petition to expand Pomona Unified’s board from five to seven members. A county report dated February 28, 2022 documented the delivery and the county registrar’s validation of those signatures. The report listed a public hearing as the next step.

February 28, 2022

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Approved on April 15, 2020 Three Valleys employee policies providing paid sick leave and job-protected time off for COVID-19 reasons under the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The policies covered April 1 through December 31, 2020. Mendoza was named among the Yes votes in the 6–1 decision.

April 15, 2020

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Approved on April 15, 2020 Matthew Litchfield’s employment agreement as Three Valleys general manager, with a $250,000 annual base salary for July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023. Mendoza was named among the Yes votes in the 7–0 decision.

April 15, 2020

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Moved and voted on February 24, 2020 to approve fieldwork and reporting phases of the Bonanza Spring study, with quarterly progress reports. The study examined the connection between the spring and the proposed Cadiz groundwater project. His motion passed 4–1, with one abstention and one absent director.

February 24, 2020

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Petitioned for seven trustee areas in Pomona Unified. On April 8, 2015, the county school-organization committee rejected his seven-area proposal and approved the district’s five-area plan instead. Mendoza said the change to trustee-area elections still represented progress despite rejection of the larger board.

April 8, 2015

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Worked as a campaign worker for Norma Torres for Congress, as documented in the committee’s October 15, 2014 federal campaign-finance report.

October 15, 2014

Source: docquery.fec.gov