Yucaipa council summarizes major votes: referendum, flood ordinance, procurement and oversight moves

The Yucaipa City Council reached several formal outcomes at its Oct. 27 meeting, including moving a referendum to a June election, adopting an urgency floodplain ordinance, directing rebidding for a park tree-trimming contract and creating a short-term payments oversight process.

The council accepted the county Registrar of Voters’ certificate of sufficiency for a referendum on Resolution No. 2025‑54 (the freeway corridor specific plan update) and voted to submit the measure to the voters on June 2, 2026, consolidating it with the June ballot. City staff told the council the Registrar had verified signatures and formally transmitted the certificate on Oct. 14, 2025; the clerk’s office reported 5,666 signatures were filed (the threshold required was 3,617). City Clerk Anna (City Clerk) reported the county’s current cost estimate for a June consolidated election at about $124,000.

On an urgency item the council approved updated floodplain-management code language that staff and the city attorney said is required to keep the city in compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program and state partners. City officials warned that failure to adopt the ordinance by the federal deadline could suspend residents’ ability to purchase or renew flood insurance…