Meeting Minutes

SDORC Meeting Minutes

SDORC General Membership Meeting-July 2026
July 6, 2026
Ranch House Restaurant
6:30pm-7:50pm

Pledge of allegiance
Visitors
1. Paul and Debbie learned about SDORC from the Temecula Off Road Expo-welcome!
2. Fritz-welcome back!
Presidents Report
1. Fun Run Pre-registration begins July 15th-Square site is up and running!
  1. Off Road Meetup post (34 likes)-Please share!
2. Next Fun Run Planning Committee Meeting July 21st
Vice presidents report
1. Meet Up at Sunny Grove Brewing July 24th 5:00 pm
  1. First one, no sponsor-maybe in the future.
Treasures Report
1. Income
  1. June-$40 shirts at Off Road Nights
  2. General Donations $55
  3. Membership Dues $116.44 (120 members, 2 renewals)
  4. Total $211.44 (June)
2. Expenses
  1. Trifolds $269.38
  2. Alpha Site Logistics for Lost Lizard (Trash cans and portable toilets) $1705.03
  3. Dave Stahl $100.00
  4. Total $2074.41
Secretary Report
1. Social Media (Facebook 5,175, Instagram 2,411 followers)-Recent post for Off Road Meet up (not boosted/paid for) got 10,239 views (9,356 facebook, 883 Instagram), 71 interactions (56 likes, 8 shares, 3 comments, 4 saves, 11 click likes and 13 new followers.
2. Tri Fold printing-first run will be ordered
3. Shop Poster (Double sided) ready to print-Laura will coordinate with Rick and Jeff for quantity.
4. Meetup.com-1,050 members. Ed posted about the Off-Road meetup July 24th.
  1. Ed proposes a drive event in the future.
Highway Clean up
Club Liaison Report
1. Rick represents our club at other clubs meetings and events-no report for this meeting.
Land Use Report
1. Off highway safety bill likely will pass which means mandatory safety training for OHV use in state parks. Possibly an amendment in the future, Lori Wilson is the chair of the assembly transportation committee. Meeting with one of her employees Mark Russo tomorrow at 2pm to discuss proposed amendments including the addition of street legal vehicles to the bill. 3 other states Oregon, Utah and Arizona all have OHV training although OR and UT have no helmet requirements. Ed posits the likelihood of reciprocity (CA recognizing the validity of out of state training)
  1. Questions
    1. Does this apply to vehicles who are not “off-roading” (i.e. motorhomes, hikers, photographers, etc.) Ed replies that the bill has language that prohibits law enforcement from pulling a vehicle over for the purpose of checking for safety training but no there are no exceptions listed
2. San Diego Off-Road Park Update
  1. Feasibility study completed and results are that the park is a positive option-next step-Ed reached out to Andrew Hayes, they had a meeting 2 weeks ago. Agreements made about what the park should include. Ed wants to model after Prairie City (east of Sacramento- 4×4 challenge area, trails)
    1. Ed talked to owners of an off road park and got a lot of good information about how they operate, their expenses and what services they offer (races, events, etc.).
3. Golden Pacific Power Link
  1. Large powerlines 500 kV from El Centro to San Onofre (along highway 78 to Grapevine Canyon to Riverside/Orange). Membership in attendance agrees to dispute the project.
4. Rubicon Trail
  1. The portion has been deemed unstable by forest service-if it is deemed unstable the trail will not be used until it is repaired. Forest dept said they want to reroute the trail, off-roaders and property owners want to repair the trail and not reroute. Ed thinks they will most likely reroute.
5. Safety Summit
  1. Topic of this meeting was avalanches. Snow vehicles (they are green stickers) need safety training.
6. Tire Efficiency
  1. Certain brands of tires will only be available for purchase. They have to have the same rolling resistance as a stock tire. Exemptions-deep tread, mud tires and rock crawling tires. 2 wheel vehicles are also exempt.
New Trailer
1. Steve keeps getting called away for work trips
Bo is moving! Steve suggests a “Bo-ing away party”

Meeting ended.

SDORC May General Membership Meeting
May 4, 2026
Ranch House Restaurant
6:30pm-7:30pm

Treasurer’s Report- Rob Smith

Income: $5500.60

Sold orange trailer, $5,500.00, Interest on checking account $0.60

Expenses-$200.00

Jeff Jones-$100 for fuel expenses, Dave Stahl $100 for Radio Show

Membership Report-Jim McGarvie

April- 1 renewal, no new members

Current membership 124

Community Events

Thank you from Rob’s daughter Elizabeth for the donation to her school for teacher raffle prizes!

East County All Stars asking for their team, Levels ($250, $500-banner at the games all year-many of their families are off-roaders) Melody Field in El Cajon (near Granite Hills High School)

Kathleen makes a motion for $500 sponsorship, Rob seconds, no discussion, none opposed, motion carries.

Tim is here announcing the sale of his 4H pig!

Election

President- Jeff Jones

Vice President- Steve Rockwood

Secretary- Laura Rockwood

Director of Legislation-Ed Stovin

Club Liaison Director- Rick Moore

Highway Clean up Director-Jesse Willhite

Website Director-Jim McGarvie

Social Media Operator-Laura Rockwood

No response for other candidates, Rick calls for a motion to accept the nominees, Jim seconds the motion, no discussion, none opposed, motion carries.

Legislation News

AB1613-Off road safety bill requires safety training for anyone operating any vehicle in a green sticker off road area. Bill recently amended and headed into senate appropriations committee where they decide if there is funding to pay for what the bill will do. Currently state is in deficit and the adjustments we made on our amendment to ensue passing, Will be heard this Wednesday.

SB563-Special districts can apply for and receive federal grants

SB1392-Updated version of “Leno’s Law” doing away with smog laws for vehicles over 35 years old, had some pushback. Proposed to change smog to older than 1981 no smog.

HR1897– update to the endangered species act,

Oceano Dunes shut down due to failure of submission of Oceano Dunes Habitat Conservation Plan. The plan was submitted at the beginning of this calendar year, and it is in progress.

Events

Lakeside parade, SDORC had a float, Ed drove his TJ, lots of people showed up, Joel Anderson rode with Ed

Tierra Del Sol 4×4 Club of San Diego Corral Canyon Trail Maintenance Day-SDORC made breakfast, over 109 volunteer hours earned. 15 lbs. of bacon, pancakes (regular, blueberry or banana), biscuits and sausage gravy. Always a great time supporting our friends at Tierra Del Sol 4×4 Club of San Diego!

Trailer update

Old trailer officially sold, new trailer will begin work soon. Ed suggested orange pinstriping, Kathleen says it should be solid orange because it’s more visible. Steve mentions that we are doing sponsors and having a large orange stripe so the trailer would be orange with sponsor logos above that would be more easily removable. Sponsor stickers should not be on the vinyl wrap to make it easier to change out sponsors as time goes on.

Cleveland Nation Forest Update:

-109 volunteer hours for the past clean up event last Saturday, State of CA $15,000.00 worth of match collected.

-Kathleen asks about the kids track, Gabe reports that the straw bales are close to needing replacing. The last time was a few years ago and SDORC used Yamaha grant money to buy new bales and volunteers placed them.

-Rick reports at the Saturday event there was a lot of grass in the track and not a lot of motorcycle (use) tracks, Gabe mentioned that there has been a lot of rain this year so it grows up quickly.

-Steve mentions there was talk about paving the road to the staging area. Gabe says he was speaking to TDS and there is a person who would be able to donate some sealant. Cleveland has the asphalt patch, but sealant would help keep the road in better condition for longer. Ed mentions SDORC would be happy to advertise for volunteers. Gabe says they usually do the repave Monday-Thursday to avoid heavy traffic. Kathleen asks how much are the camping fees, Gabe reports $14/night single space, $28/night double space

-Gabe reports no fire restriction yet, Gabe will send an email to remind if fire restrictions come in. The tower is unmanned until June.

Radio Show

Mark the SDORC lobbyist called in and spoke on the show.

Jim will upload the show to the SDORC website tomorrow

San Diego County Off Highway Vehicle Feasibility Study

Ed had a meeting with Andrew Hays and he suggested having a meeting with people who would provide input for the off-road park. Andrew Hays has an office with a meeting room in El Cajon on Bradley Street. Joel has expressed an interest in leaving the county supervisor’s office and running for county tax assessor. Andrew Hays is considering running for Joel Andesons County Supervisor seat.

OHV Grants

-Commenting period ended. Ed watched this carefully and had no comments to provide this cycle.

Meeting ended.

SDORC April General Membership Meeting
April 6, 2026
6:30pm-7:34pm

1. Treasurer’s Report- Rob is out sick, will get a report next month.
2. Membership Report- 1 new, 126 total
3. Corral Canyon May 2, TDS Trail maintenance and SDORC breakfast. SD Jeep Club will attend as well. Steve, Derek, David and Jeff will be making breakfast. Last time we helped them reach $18,000 in funding from volunteer turn out!
4. Meetup Group-We still have 1,000 members. Ed poses a question about having an event through meetup, Norm mentions that if there is a problem SDORC would be liable. Matt also recommends that we get a release of liability written up by an attorney.
5. Trailers
a. Old still for sale-Jeff will be fixing a few things and relisting soon.
b. New getting upgraded!
6. SDORC Dirt Talk Radio-Amy Granat and Loren Campbell
7. Ocotillo Wells scoping Comments submitted-Ed submitted comments regarding Truckhaven being transferred to the park (without a management plan) Center for Bio Diversity sued state parks and there has not been a permitted event since 2007. Some of his comments include:
a. Not to add developed camping in the park.
b. The fenced area in the north-remove the lower half of the fence so animals can move freely.
c. For the park to make it priority as parcels come up for sale or parcels become available to make it a strong point to bring those into the park.
d. Asked for all animal species to be listed.—If you would like a copy of Ed’s comments, email SDORC and we will get those sent out to you.
Ray Lennox is the new superintendent for Ocotillo Wells, Ed met with him and believes he is off-road friendly. Norm asks what happened to Norb? Norb retired.
8. Lakeside Parade April 25th, lunch at Lindo Park, Kathleen asks SDORC for $250 for lunch supplies. Norm makes a motion, Doug seconds. No discussion, motion passes.
9. SD County OHV Feasibility Study complete, planning a meeting
a. Joel Anderson fulfilled campaign promise and got the study done, thank you!
b. Andrew Hays is setting up a meeting with County Parks with Ed to start talking about what’s next
10. Legislation News
a. Safety Bill AB1613-Green stickers vehicles will require training.Street legal vehicles will be included, according to our sources it will be a 30 minute online training. The Assembly Transportation Committee passed unanimously. Any amendments will result in it being sent back to the committee. Ed does not anticipate any issues and believes it will pass through all the next 6 assemblies without issue.
b. AB1756 Needles +3 miles
c. AB2453-Allows law enforcement and emergency responders to use OHV’s on highways.
d. SB563-Allows more entities to apply for State Parks grants
e. SB712 (Leno’s Law) collector motor vehicle, is at least 35 model years old 1981 no smog, SB1392 same as SB712. Leno’s Law is held in committee and can come back out.
11. OHV grants out for public comment
a. $28M in the budget available, Ed will keep an eye out and see what is going on and keep up his comments.
12. Open Discussion
a. Lost Lizard Fun Run planning meeting-next will be in May. Jeff reports all things are covered and event prep is going well. June we will start hitting the road with trifold and solicit sponsors.
b. Norm mentions that SDORC board members voted for Wednesday nights for new meeting night, there was an issue and Jeff takes responsibility for moving the meeting to Mondays. Jeff asks if we would like to have another vote, Norm says no and that Monday is fine he just wanted to bring it to the attention of the group that the voted upon date was not upheld.
Meeting ended.

SDORC February General Membership Meeting
February 3, 2026
6:34pm-7:47pm

Welcome to Sean from Cleveland National Forest!

Working on widening and maintaining the road up to 4 corners at Corral Canyon OHV. Also
putting up a new fence to reinforce existing barriers around the staging area near the
bathrooms. Ed asks why is it being done, Sean explained that it was previously approved
before his arrival with the agency. Beau suggested adding stone walls to tracks, Sean is
interested in hearing more about what the needs are from the community. Fuel reduction in
campgrounds (trees and brush). Dirt work will commence when weather permits. Sean asks for
suggestions sean.baldovid@usda.gov.

Sean notes that they have a long to-do list and not enough help and resources.

Bo oﬀers aid from our groups.

Ed asks:

1. Do you only work in Corral canyon- yes

2. Paid by OHV dollars? Yes

3. Potholes in Corral Canyon- let us know if we can help with this!

4. Would like a trail from Pine Valley trail to Corral Canyon OHV. Sean notes that they had to
clam up a large amount of discarded tires that were attempted to be burned-Sean says that the
likelihood of a trail being placed is not high because ﬁfth issues already with trash on Bear
Valley Road.

Sean is a member of a volunteer group who also does this work as volunteers.

Bo asks about putting in a new trail, Sean is interested and would be open to contacting
people on his end about furthering that goal.

SDORC, TDS and other clubs would love to help with anything he needs. Please let us know
when you have a schedule and we can organize our groups.

Brendan from Joel Anderson Oﬃce

1. County bought a new night ﬂying helicopter

2. Improvements to county disaster preparedness

Increased transparency for meetings

AI policy framework

Internship program is open.

Chairman, Vice chairman up for election

Mountain Lions- Ed got an email form center for biological diversity asking for the mountain
lion to be considered an endangered species. Ed looked into their meeting schedule and they
will be voting on. Ed contacted other leaders in the oﬀ road community and put together a
letter with their signatures and called the lobbyist who suggests making letter that will arrive
more than 12 days before the meeting so it will get places into the packet of materials for the
commission. Ed prepared a letter which included the fact that the mountain lion is already
listed as a protected species so this additional protection is unnecessary and redundant.

Sdorc Trailer

Upgrading the SDORC trailer with a newer model that is lighter and easier to tow. Orange
trailer was purchased in 2001 (2002 model). Jeﬀ notes that all of our supplies and equipment
are in this trailer and if something happens to it the group would be in trouble. Current trailer I
has a broke read door and you can’t open from the outside. Sources a trailer from

Trailers Plus. Considering a 16ft and 20ft model. Jeﬀ prefers the larger size as it is the same
size as current trailer .$12,500 29 ft, $11,600-16ft. Jeﬀ notes we can supplant the cost of the
trailer with the sale of the old trailer (approximately $8,000 needed to purchase). Bo notes that
we would need to add in heavier duty axles-it’s available f the manufacture but since it is not a
signiﬁcant cost we could wait on that and modify the trailer when needed. Steve notes that the
current weight of the trailer comes from the trailer itself- our equipment and supplies does not
represent a signiﬁcant of the total weight.

Discussion of new trailer: Jeﬀ makes a motion, Rick seconds.

Ed prefers a smaller trailer, Steve mentions the weight diﬀerence is negligible. Jeﬀ agrees that
20ft is preferred as it is the current size.

Vending window would have to be added. Suggestion to use a door sideways and to create the
vending window-easier and cost eﬀective.

Discussion closed.

Ed calls for a vote. For- unanimous, Opposed-none, motion passes.

Hi to Jim and Carrie from Megan’s Legacy-here to cost Ann’s show support

TDS is hosting Desert Safari- SDORC is hosting a checkpoint (game is a marble game-Pull a
marble and win a prize-Hat, koozie)

Safety Bill introduced, Ed is pleased with the author and

Carnegie Soil Plan, Ed is preparing comments that are due by 2/10/26. Ed is concerned with
what constitutes the onset of “erosion” and will focus his comments on this point as well as
other aspects he ﬁnds problematic to OHV use. Verbiage from bill below that was included in
meeting agenda:

From Carnegie Plan PRC 5090.02 requires that when OHV recreation areas or trails or
portions thereof cannot be maintained to appropriate established standards for
sustained long-term use, they shall be closed to use and be repaired to prevent
accelerated erosion. Those areas shall remain closed until they can be managed within
the soil loss standard or shall be closed and restored. Restoration of these areas means
that upon closure of the unit or any portion thereof, the return of land to the contours…
or at least those which existed prior to OHV use,
Question: When does erosion begin? Beginning of time or when plan is signed?
P68 Ensure no more than 11 acres of barren area within the SVRA, excluding
developed areas such as campgrounds/staging areas.
Radio Show

-Andrew Hayes was on the show, he was great and added a lot of good comments. Andrew is
running for county supervisor at next election.

-Next radio show Jeﬀ would like to invite Attorney King, Ed asks for TDS to ask their president
to come.

Sd4 Wheelers Superstition Run- Jeﬀ and Rick went, it was fun, no injuries!

Dirt Rider Foundation

-Desiree is stepping down and they are looking for a new leader. Ed suggested transferring Dirt
Rider foundation to the Barona Oaks MX

SD count DA oﬃce has a community beneﬁt program that is open. Ed applied last year for
OHV safety training online but was rejected. Ed asks for ideas on things to write a grant
application for. Will reach out to Sean and see if we could request materials for maintenance.

Next Board Meeting-2/17/26 5:00pm @Jimmy’s Santee

Adopt a Highway Clean up this Saturday 9am at Buckman Springs, donuts and a raﬄe!

Rick reports Jackie says hello!

Meeting ended.