CLOCK TOWER at Westminster Civic Center. The English Tudor theme comes from the naming of the city (OC Tribune photo).

By Jim Tortolano
Orange County Tribune

Are they willing to let bygones be bygones?

On Wednesday, the Westminster City Council will consider a resolution lifting certain measures to punish Councilmember Amy Phan West for past conduct.

West was officially censured by the council in August 2024 for violations of the council’s ethics policy. She frequently clashed with Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen over her conduct during council meetings.

AMY PHAN WEST, District 1 councilmember (City of Westminster photo).

In addition to the censure, she was banned from serving as a city council delegate or representative to other agencies.

The mayor is asking that the censure and prohibitions be removed. “As a sign of unity, and reflective of [her] improvements toward a united city council,” he made the request.

West was in the news for her conduct in an incident for which the Orange County District Attorney filed misdemeanor attempted bribery charges against her.

The OCDA’s office brought the charges against her in February of 2024 over an encounter in April 2023 in which the City of Westminster sent two parking control officers in reference to an abandoned Jeep –registered to Amy Phan West’s husband  – parked on a city street.

They requested a tow truck to remove the Jeep when she allegedly identified herself, told the parking officers not to tow the Jeep — she would “move it herself,” she said

She then allegedly spoke of her friendship with the Westminster police chief and that she was in the process of “getting raises for police department personnel.”

The tow truck was cancelled and the Jeep left at the site.

She received a sentence of 20 hours of community service and to take a two-hour ethics course.

West is running for re-election for the city council District 1 seat, along with challengers Michael Fenton and David Johnson.