Conservationists opposed to the Banning Ranch development celebrated a major legal victory last week with a California Supreme Court ruling that would require the developer to go back to square one and redo the environmental analysis for the project.
Category: Newport Beach
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Newport Beach
League of Women Voters: Newport Beach City Council Can Hike Transparency
City planning and development should not occur in a vacuum. Televising Planning Commission meetings is an easy way to engage the community plus encourage transparent and easily accessible public information.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Newport Beach
Curry: Newport Beach Needs Political Reform
Will transparency prevail in Newport Beach or will it be blocked by political operatives maneuvering behind the scene?
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Newport Beach
Horn: Get the Cell Outta Here!
Citizens can fight city hall and win. Look at how these Newport Beach residents fought back against cell tower installations they had health concerns about.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Newport Beach
Schroeder: Lobbyist Registration for Newport Beach is a Smoke Screen
Michael Schroeder writes that Newport Beach Keith Curry’s idea on lobbyist registration at the city is a solution looking for a problem and takes direct aim at Curry, saying his new found penchant for disclosure is more about targeting opponents.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Newport Beach
Curry: Newport Beach Needs Political Reform
Newport Beach Councilman Keith Curry writes that its time for his city to enact campaign finance reform and calls out his colleagues and local political consultant David Ellis declaring he’ll push for a lobbyist registry to help citizens what interests are influencing council votes.
Posted inNewport Beach
Dana Rohrabacher’s Campaign Treasurer Accused of Embezzlement
Former Daily Pilot and Orange County Register columnist Jack Wu is accused of embezzling more than $170,000 in campaign funds from Rohrabacher’s campaign committee.
Posted inInvestigative, Newport Beach, News Briefs
Judge Grants Injunction Against OC Register for Leaked Memo
Hoping to stall publication of a leaked confidential memo, Newport Beach officials successfully sought a temporary restraining order against the newspaper. However, contents of the memo had already been published.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Newport Beach, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Brown’s New Water Mandates Put Scrutiny on Newport Beach
As Gov. Jerry Brown issues historic mandates on water use, records show the affluent coastal city uses four times as much water per capita as Santa Ana.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Newport Beach
Venezia’s View: Watch Focus on Newport Campaign Bunnies Fade
Voice of OC Columnist Barbara Venezia attends Newport Beach’s Mayor’s Dinner and assesses the hard campaign as well as what comes next in Newport politics.
