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Trucks off our neighborhood streets.
Sacramento gave cities the tools to control truck traffic. Now Moreno Valley has to put them to work.
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They clog the freeway. You sit behind them on the 60 and the 215 every day, and at Perris, Heacock, and Day. And more are coming: the World Logistics Center alone is approved for 40.6 million square feet on the east side of the city.
You're breathing it. Diesel exhaust carries fine particulate pollution that the state classifies as a toxic air contaminant. It doesn't stay on the freeway. It settles into the neighborhoods, schools, and parks along the truck routes.
They don't stop at night. Warehouses run around the clock, and so do the trucks: idling, braking, and rolling past bedroom windows at 2 a.m.
They're on our streets, not just the freeway. Trucks cut through neighborhoods and park on residential streets that were never built for 80,000 pounds.
Sacramento took the right step. Now it's our turn. AB 98 requires cities like Moreno Valley to adopt truck routes that keep trucks on freeways and major roads and away from homes and schools. The state set a January 1, 2026 deadline. Residents and community groups have put real work into drawing those routes. The next step is getting them adopted and enforced, because a route on a map doesn't enforce itself.
Moreno Valley is a destination, not just a corridor. Trucks don't only pass through here. They deliver and pick up here. State law lets a truck leave the truck route to make a delivery (Vehicle Code §35703). As warehouse traffic grows, more trucks will be on more streets legally, and that takes clear signs, trained drivers, and real enforcement to manage safely.
What David will do
Finish the job on truck routes.
Build on the work residents and community groups have already done, get the routes adopted, and set a public date for when enforcement starts.
Fully staff truck enforcement.
The city has a commercial enforcement deputy, but one deputy can't cover a city with this many warehouses, and that job competes with everything else on patrol. David will push for the sheriff's department contract to fund deputies who work truck enforcement full time.
The right equipment and training.
Portable scales, inspection gear, and certified training so those deputies can pull over unsafe trucks and inspect them, not just write a ticket for the wrong street.
Signs at every truck route entrance.
So no driver can say they didn't know, and every off-route truck can be cited.
Plan for deliveries, not just through traffic.
Trucks can legally leave the route to deliver, so the city should map the delivery routes they actually use, post signs to keep them on the most direct path, and work with warehouse operators so routing is built into their dispatch.
Hold warehouse operators accountable, not just drivers.
Truck routing, idling, and overnight parking rules should be part of every operator's conditions, and they should be enforced.
Make it easy to report.
A simple way for residents to report trucks off-route, idling, or parked on residential streets, with the results published.
Why David
David serves on the Planning Commission. He has sat through the hearings, read the staff reports, and seen how these projects get approved. And he isn't funded by the people who profit from building them.
"We need growth that makes sense, and a council that listens to the residents, before the outsiders."