Mayor Londres Uso says city staff bluffed when it took the fall for making improvements to a trail-head access site without council member direction.
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Tales of Official Overstepping in San Juan Capistrano
Mayor Londres Uso charges his predecessor and rival with circumventing the council on park improvements.
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San Juan Capistrano Mayor Says New Policy Is Sneaky Politics
Mayor Londres Uso suspects political motives behind a policy
that clarifies how he can represent the city. But he votes for it
anyway.
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San Juan Capistrano Puts $500 Bounty on Taggers
A recent wave of graffiti in the city has prompted the city to revise its anti-graffiti law to include a reward for people who turn in taggers. It also makes parents financially responsible if their kid is caught tagging.
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Wal-Mart Moves Fast in San Juan Capistrano
Wal-Mart executives wasted no time in making contact with the city after hearing about interest in bringing the world’s largest retailer to town.
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Going Dutch on Red Light Cameras
A Dutch tourist said traffic laws in his country are enforced entirely by cameras, and, he says, the citizenry is fine with it.
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Red Light Cameras Here to Stay in San Juan Capistrano
Mayor Londres Uso argues that red light cameras are more about money than public safety, but he cannot convince other council members to do away with the devices.
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San Juan Capistrano Might Invite Wal-Mart to Town
The city council will talk about making a pitch to the mega-retailer to buy a vacant site in the south part of town.
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San Juan Capistrano’s Brown Act Blues
A letter from the district attorney that surfaced last week casts new light on the city’s ongoing struggle to comply with the state’s sunshine law.
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Combating the High Cost of Doing Business in San Juan Capistrano
Council is considering a proposal to slash a host of fees that make the city three times more expensive for business owners than Oceanside.
