The county’s elections chief plans to halt work on putting the measure on the upcoming governor recall ballot, after the state passed a law banning local measures from that ballot.
Tag: Jim Righeimer
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Babcock and Marr: Justice for All Includes Low-Income Residents
Kenneth Babcock and Kate Marr, Executive Directors for the Public Law Center and the Legal Aid Society of Orange County write about their recent settlement involving the City of Costa Mesa and why lawyers, for the past 60 years, have provided free legal services to low income residents in Orange County.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Costa Mesa Opposes Homeless Shelter at Fairview Mental Facility
The Costa Mesa City Council Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution against turning the Fairview Developmental Center into a homeless shelter.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, News Briefs, Top Stories
Costa Mesa Police Union Private Investigator Sentenced to County Jail for Acts to Discredit Councilmen
Christopher Joseph Lanzillo will serve one year in county jail for efforts to entrap two Costa Mesa city councilmen in embarrassing and illegal acts.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, News Briefs, Top Stories
Appellate Court Rejects Police Union’s Attempt to Block Costa Mesa Case
The Fourth District Court of Appeal denied an attempt by Costa Mesa’s police union to block part of a lawsuit by councilman Jim Righeimer and Mayor Steve Mensinger alleging a host of misdeeds by police union members and private investigators.
Posted inCosta Mesa
DA Arrests Investigators Who Tried to Ensnare Councilmen
Christopher J. Lanzillo and Scott Impola, who worked for a law firm retained by the Costa Mesa Police Officers Association, where charged with four felonies relating to their alleged efforts to trap two Costa Mesa councilmen in embarrassing or illegal acts.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Santa Ana
Costa Mesa Council Rejects Marijuana Ballot Initiative
City council members said the last-minute proposal didn’t give them enough time to vet the medical marijuana regulations.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Costa Mesa OKs Problem Motel Ordinance
New rules limit long-term guests at motels.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Councilwomen Bash Newly Proposed Public Speaker Rules
The ordinance, under consideration by Costa Mesa City Council, would ban “unduly repetitive” public comments. Councilwomen Wendy Leece and Sandy Genis call it an attempt to restrict Mayor Jim Righeimer’s critics.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Residents Demand Copies of Anniversary Event Contracts
Activists say the city has spent more than $250,000 on the event and refuses to disclose the contracts.
