MBCA President Steve Bardwell sent an email to County Supervisor Dawn Rowe and Yucca Valley Town Manager Curtis Yakimow about the County Planning Commission’s October 9 agenda item “AB 98 Transportation and Mobility Study Session." President Bardwell repeated concerns MBCA expressed in January 2025, and annotated the Staff Report  to highlight major concerns. He further noted that two major new transportation hubs, Barstow International Gateway (BIG) and the Amazon warehouse in Desert Hot Springs, will inevitably affect traffic in Morongo Basin. The recording of the Planning Commission meeting including the presentation of the Staff report can be accessed here. The Planning Commission recommendations to the Supervisors are anticipated to be adopted at the October 23, 2025 meeting, then adopted by the Supervisors on December 16.