Adelanto (Spanish for "Advance") is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

It is approximately 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Victorville in the Victor Valley area of the Mojave Desert, in the northern region of the Inland Empire.

As the wartime emergency developed early in 1941, the Victorville Army Air Field was established with land within the Adelanto sphere of influence.

In September 1950, the airfield was named George Air Force Base in honor of the late Brigadier General Harold H.

It boasted a fine restaurant and bar and people came from all over San Bernardino County to play cards.

[13] During the 2000s United States housing bubble, many large suburban subdivisions were built in the southern portion of the city, along Highway 18.

Like neighboring Victorville, Adelanto suffered severely from the collapse of real estate values after the 2007–2008 financial crisis.

While most of California has seen property values rise to historic highs, much of the Victor Valley region has yet to recover to the 2006 peak.

Formerly affordable areas in the Inland Empire have become increasingly expensive, and the region has experienced a major boom in logistics and industrial development.

As a result, residents and businesses seeking affordable properties have been increasingly looking further north along Interstate 15 and into Victorville and Adelanto.

[16] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 56.0 square miles (145 km2).

[17] According to 2022, American Community Survey,1.0% are of English ancestry, 0.4% German - 1.7% Irish, 1.3% Italian, 1.3%Norwegian, 0.1%Polish, 0.1% Scottish and 0.5% Subsaharan African - 0.5%.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Adelanto had a median household income of $41,113, with 32.0% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

"[23] Matt Tinoco of Vice wrote that "the prisons have failed to stimulate lasting growth in Adelanto" and that "all ultimately ended up contributing little to the city's coffers.

The city had little latitude to deny the private project as the land was appropriately zoned for use as a prison.

[7] Upon the legalization of the sale and distribution of cannabis in 2016, marijuana cultivation was considered a possible new source of revenue for the city.

[23] Companies must be licensed by the local agency and the state to grow, test, or sell cannabis and the city may authorize none or only some of these activities.

Local governments may not prohibit adults, who are in compliance with state laws, from growing, using, or transporting marijuana for personal use.

The city decided to allow multiple types of marijuana businesses, including cultivation, manufacturing and retail sales.

[32] El Mirage Dry Lake, west of Adelanto, has been used for filming movies and television commercials, most notably the opening sequence of the later episodes of the TV series Sky King.

[33] For the 2017 season, the Pecos League established the High Desert Yardbirds to fill the void at Adelanto Stadium.