IRC was incorporated in 1971 and opened in February 1972 as the thirteenth of what became 21 such California centers established by the
Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act and contracted by the
California Department of Developmental Services. IRC also operated the San Gabriel-Pomona Regional Center from July 1985 to June 1986. In 1990, services for
Inyo and
Mono counties were switched from Inland Regional Center to
Kern Regional Center in
Bakersfield. In 1996, the center opened its current headquarters in San Bernardino. A
rail station next to the center was planned to open in 2020 as part of the
Arrow commuter rail service. However, , the station location is no longer planned to be adjacent to the center due to heightened security after the 2015 shooting.
Terrorist attack On December 2, 2015, husband and wife
Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik perpetrated a
terrorist attack at the center, which consisted of a
mass shooting and an attempted
bombing and resulted in 14dead and 22injured. The shooters targeted an event for employees of the San Bernardino County Department of
Public Health, held in an auditorium with about 80 people. The county had rented the conference center portion of the three building complex. The shooters fled in an
SUV. The perpetrators were killed by police after gunfire was exchanged with the occupants of the SUV. ==References==