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Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity's ReStore is a hardware/home improvement store that accepts "gently used" and new items. Donations can be dropped off at the store during regular business hours or residents may call for a free pick-up (909/399-0202). Please contact the store for donation restrictions. The ReStore is open to the public and offers low cost home improvement materials for sale. All proceeds go toward building homes for low income families.
A list of the types of donations the ReStore accepts is as follows:
- Hardware
- Doors
- Windows
- Insulation
- Lumber/Plywood/Sheetrock/Trim
- Carpeting
- Flooring
- Electrical
- Power, garden, and hand tools
- Home/Office/Furniture
- Plumbing/Bath
- Appliances
- Kitchen cabinets and counter tops
- Home furnishings
- Architectural itemsThe ReStore is located at 4609 Holt Boulevard, between Ramona and Monte Vista Avenues, and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please visit their website at https://habitatpv.org/restore/ To view the ReStore's video on YouTube, click here.
Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization and all donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by the Internal Revenue Service.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
President Donald Trump
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https://www.whitehouse.govSenator Kamala Harris
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https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/House Rep Norma Torres
District 35
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Governor Jerry Brown
https://www.gov.ca.govSenator Connie Leyva
District 20
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Assembly Member Freddie Rodriguez
District 52
http://asmdc.org/members/a52SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Supervisor Curt Hagman
District 4
http://www.sbcounty.gov/bosd4/- You must sue in the right court and judicial district. This rule is called venue. If you file your claim in the wrong court, the court will dismiss the claim unless all defendants personally appear at the hearing and agree that the claim may be heard. The right district may be:
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Where the defendant lives or where the business involved is located;
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Where the damage or accident occurred;
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Where the contract was signed or carried out;
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If the defendant is a corporation, where the contract was signed;
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For a retail installment account or sales contract or a motor vehicle finance sale—
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Where the defendant lives;
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Where the buyer (defendant) lived when the contract was entered into;
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Where the buyer (defendant) signed the contract; or
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Where the goods or vehicle are permanently kept.
Visit the Superior Courts website at http://www.sb-court.org/ for venue information.
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- Contact Monte Vista Water District at:
10575 Central Avenue
Montclair, CA, 91763
Phone: (909) 624-0035
Fax: (909) 624-4725
Or visit their website at:
http://www.mvwd.org/ - Spectrum (formerly know as TWC) 1-(800) 892-2253
For County of San Bernardino contact information visit their website at:
No, the City of Montclair does not carry tax forms. The tax forms are available at the IRS website: https://www.irs.gov/forms-instructions
- FREE public access to the Internet is available at all San Bernardino County Library branches.
See link below for more information on the San Bernardino County Library services:
http://www.sbclib.org/ You may access the Montclair Municipal Code at: https://library.municode.com/ca/montclair/codes/code_of_ordinances
Or you may contact the City Clerk's Office at (909) 625-9416
Where can I get a copy of a birth certificate, marriage license information, or a death certificate?
Birth, marriage, and death certificates are only available at:
San Bernardino County
Hall of Records
222 Hospitality Lane, 1st Floor
San Bernardino, CA 92415
(909) 387-8306Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
or click on the following link:
- Contact Spectrum at (800) 892-2253.
Recruitments are held on an as-needed basis when a position becomes available.
- San Bernardino County Personnel Department is located at:
157 West Fifth Street, 1st floor
San Bernardino, CA 92415-0440
(909) 387-8304
Or you may visit their website at: https://cms.sbcounty.gov/hr/Home.aspx - The American Red Cross offers classes in first aid. For information, call (909) 986-6651.
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There are two places you can contact for CPR classes; 1). American Red Cross at (909) 986-6651 2). Baldy View ROP AT (909) 624-0063.
Click to ViewIf you are indoors, stay there. Get under a desk or table, or crouch down along an inside wall or hallway. If you are outdoors, get into an open area away from trees, buildings, walls or power lines. If you are driving, pull your car to the side of the road and stop. Avoid overpasses or power lines. Remain inside until shaking is over. If you are in a high-rise building, stay away from windows and outside walls. Get under a table. Do not use elevators.
See the attached link for more information on earthquakes and preparedness.
Click to View- Yes, Montclair's Municipal Code can be accessed through the following link:
https://library.municode.com/ca/montclair/codes/code_of_ordinances - You can contact the Sergeant on duty at the time of the complaint to immediately resolve the issue or you can come to the police department located at 4870 E Arrow Hwy and complete a "Citizen Complaint Form." If you are not able to come to the police department, a form can be mailed to you upon request. For any questions or concerns, please contact the Montclair Police Department at (909) 621-4771.
- If a car alarm has been activated and is creating a disturbance because it has not reset or the owner is not available to deactivate it, call the Police Department at (909) 621-4771.
- Yes, please see the Human Services Department website here
- Contact the City's Code Enforcement Hotline at: (909) 447-3519.
- Contact the City's Code Enforcement Hotline at: (909) 447-3519.
- Contact the City's Code Enforcement Hotline at: (909) 447-3519
- Contact the Public Works Operations Division Monday through Thursday 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at (909) 625-9465.
- Contact the Public Works Operations Division Monday through Thursday from 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at (909) 625-9465.
- Contact the Engineering Division of Public Works at (909) 625-9446.
- Contact the Operations Division of Public Works Monday through Thursday from 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at (909) 625-9465.
- Contact the Public Works Operations Division Monday through Thursday 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at (909) 625-9465.
- Contact Code Enforcement at (909) 625-9477.
- Contact Code Enforcement at (909) 625-9477.
Contact the Engineering Division of Public Works at (909) 625-9440.
Also contact the Police Department at (909) 621-4771 if the speeding traffic is occurring now. Please be prepared to provide the dispatcher with a general vehicle description, including whenever possible the make, model, color, and vehicle license number.
To report ongoing traffic concerns, call the Police Department traffic hotline at (909) 448-3659
- Contact the Engineering Division of Public Works at (909) 625-9440.
- Contact the Engineering Division of Public Works at (909) 625-9478.
- Contact Code Enforcement at (909) 625-9477.
- If you are concerned that a fence/wall has been constructed without building permits, or is deteriorated and presents an unsafe condition, please contact Code Enforcement at (909) 625-9477. If you are concerned that the fence has been constructed in a manner that encroaches upon your property, you will need to pursue the matter through the civil process, as the City of Montclair has no jurisdiction in civil matters.
- Contact the Police Department at (909) 621-4771. Be prepared to provide the dispatcher with the vehicle description (make, model, color and license number) if possible.
- Contact the Public Works Department at (909) 625-9478.
- Contact City Hall at (909) 626-8571.
- At the time the noise is occurring, contact the Police Department at (909) 621-4771 so that an officer may be dispatched to the location to speak to the resident about the noise. If possible, have the address where the noise is occurring available to provide to the dispatcher.
I want to complain about noisy neighbors.
- You can come to the Fire Department headquarters located at 8901 Monte Vista Avenue and complete a "Citizen Complaint Form". If you are not able to come to the Fire Station, a form can be mailed to you upon request. For any questions or concerns, please contact the Fire Department at (909) 447-3540.
- You can contact the Sergeant on duty at the time of the complaint to immediately resolve the issue or you can come to the Police Department at 4870 Arrow Highway and complete a "Citizen Complaint Form." If you are not able to come to the Police Department in person, a form can be mailed to you upon request. For any questions or concerns, please contact the Police Department at (909) 621-4771.
- Contact the Ontario-Montclair School District at (909) 459-2500 for elementary and middle schools, or the Chaffey Joint Union High School District at (909) 988-8511 for high schools.
- Contact the Personnel Office at (909) 625-9407.
- Yard Sales are allowed only on the first full weekends (Friday-Sunday) of the months of February, May, August and November. Permits are required for Yard Sales and are available at City Hall from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday before each Yard Sale weekend. Two Yard Sale signs are provided with each permit and residents may purchase up to two additional signs for $1 each. Signs may not be attached to traffic signs, trees, utility poles, traffic signal poles or placed in street medians or on City property. Homemade signs are NOT permitted. A summary of Yard Sale regulations can be viewed by clicking on the link below. For further information, contact the Community Development Department at (909) 625-9477.
Each year Montclair provides a Christmas Tree Recycling Program. Beginning the first weekday after Christmas and through the first week in January, trees can be placed curbside. Please remove all stands, ornaments, tinsel, plastic, nails, and other objects from trees before setting them out. Flocked trees will not be accepted in the recycling program.
A 40-yard dumpster is also placed during this time at Chino Basin Water Conservation District (CBWCD), 4594 San Bernardino Street, for businesses and residences without curbside collection service.
For more information or exact dates regarding the Christmas Tree Recycling Program, please contact our Sewer and Trash Customer Service Representative at (909) 625-9472.
- The Planning Commission meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 5111 Benito Street. (The second meeting in December is typically cancelled because of the holidays.) The public is invited to attend and participate in the process.
- No, original application and signature are required for employment applications
- No, applications are accepted only for posted positions.
- Yes, interest cards are available at City Hall.
- No, an original application and signature is required for all employment applications submitted.
- This is a civil matter which the City has no jurisdiction. Try to resolve the matter by talking to your neighbor and explaining the problem. You can also trim up to your property line any branches that overhang or encroach on to your side of the property line. However, you may not discard any of the cuttings on to your neighbor's property.
- Contact the Engineering Division of Public Works at (909) 625-9440.
- You must make sure the defendant finds out about your lawsuit. This has to be done according to the rules or your case may be dismissed or delayed. The correct way of telling the defendant about the lawsuit is called service of process. This means delivering to the defendant a copy of the claim. You cannot do this yourself. There are four ways to serve the defendant:
Service by a Law Officer- A fee will be charged.
Process Server
- You may ask anyone who is not a party in your case and who is at least 18 years old to serve the defendant.
- Registered process servers will do this for you for a fee.
Certified Mail
- You may ask the clerk of the court to serve the defendant by certified mail for a fee.
- You should check back with the court prior to the hearing to see if the receipt for certified mail was returned to the court.
Substituted Service
- This method lets you serve another person instead of the defendant under certain circumstances.
- You must follow the procedures exactly.
- You may also wish to use the marshal or sheriff or a registered process server.
No matter which method of service you choose, you must be sure to follow all of the required procedures which you can find on the County of San Bernardino's court web page located at http://www.sbcounty.gov/courts/.
- Your case will be heard by a small claims court commissioner, a temporary judge, or a judge. A commissioner has all the responsibilities and powers of a judge. A temporary judge (judge pro tem) is an attorney who volunteers his or her time to hear and decide cases. A temporary judge also has all the responsibilities and powers of a judge. At the beginning of the court session you may object to the temporary judge and ask that your case be heard by a judge. The judge may decide the case at the time of the hearing or mail the decision to the parties later.
- For the Plaintiff
Contact the other party to discuss and try to resolve the problem. Consider mediation or other informal dispute resolution services.-
Familiarize yourself with small claims court procedures.
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Determine the exact amount in dispute.
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(a) File a claim form and pay the filing fee (Form: Plaintiff’s Claim and Order to Defendant), or (b) if you are a business, file a Fictitious Business Name Declaration if appropriate.
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Arrange for service of process on each defendant (make sure the Proof of Service form is returned to court before hearing; make sure minimum days of notice met.)
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Prepare for court (organize your thoughts, collect evidence, talk to witnesses).
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Keep communication open; try to resolve the dispute with the other party before hearing.
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Attend the hearing and present your case.
For the Defendant
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Contact the plaintiff and try to work out dispute. Suggest or agree to try mediation or other informal dispute resolution methods.
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Familiarize yourself with the small claims court procedures.
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If you have a claim against the plaintiff, consider resolving it at the same hearing (File the form called Defendant’s Claim and Order to Plaintiff.)
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Prepare for the court hearing (organize your thoughts, collect evidence, talk to witnesses)
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Keep communication open; try to resolve the dispute before the hearing.
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If you owe money, try to either pay it or work out a payment plan.
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If necessary, ask the court to postpone hearing to let you and the plaintiff resolve the dispute informally.
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Try to avoid a court judgment from being entered against you since it may appear on your credit record.
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Attend the hearing and present your defense.
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- You must be at least 18 years old to file a claim. If you are not yet 18, you may ask the court to appoint a guardian ad litem. This is a person who will act for you in the case. The guardian ad litem is usually a parent, relative or an adult friend. A person who sues in small claims court must first make a demand if possible. This means that you have asked the defendant to pay, and the defendant has refused. If your claim is for possession of property, you must ask the defendant to give you the property.
Unless you fall within two technical exceptions, you must be the original owner of the claim. This means that if the claim is assigned, the buyer cannot sue in the small claims court. You must also appear at the small claims hearing yourself unless you filed the claim for a corporation or other entity that is not a natural person.
If a corporation files a claim, an employee, officer, or director must act on its behalf. If the claim is filed on behalf of an association or other entity that is not a natural person, a regularly employed person of the entity must act on its behalf. - Small claims court is a special court where disputes are resolved quickly and inexpensively. The rules are simple and informal. The person who sues is the plaintiff. The person who is sued is the defendant. In small claims court, you may ask a lawyer for advice before you go to court, but you cannot have a lawyer in court.
Your claim cannot be for more than $5000. If you have a claim for more than this amount, you may file a limited civil case or you may sue in the small claims court and give up your right to the amount over $5000. You cannot, however, file more than two cases in small claims court for more than $2500 each during a calendar year. - Montclair City Hall is open Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Planning Division counter is located in the main lobby of City Hall and is open from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Appointments are also available outside of regular counter hours by calling (909) 625-9477.
- If the holiday falls on a weekday your trash will be delayed one day. The most common holidays that trash is not picked up are New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Remember, it only effects your trash day if the above holidays fall on a weekday.
- The Finance Department is located in City Hall at 5111 Benito Street, Montclair, CA 91763
- The City's general information number is (909) 626-8571.
- City Hall is located at 5111 Benito Street, between Central and Monte Vista Avenues.
- Elementary and middle schools (grades K-8) in Montclair are served by the Ontario-Montclair School District. High schools (grades 9-12) are under the jurisdiction of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District.
- (909) 625-9427
Mayor Paul Eaton - (909) 625-9400
Mayor Pro Tem Carolyn Raft - (909) 625-9400
Council Member J. John Dutrey - (909) 625-9401
Council Member Trisha Martinez - (909) 625-9401
Council Member Bill Ruh - (909) 625-9401
- Contact Customer Service at (909) 625-9472.
- City Hall is open Monday through Thursday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.