By Jim Tortolano Investigations into allegations by Councilmember Kimberly Ho about the hiring of a former city council member as a consultant and the 2016 sale of a portion of a city […]
A pair of investigations are ordered by the city council
Wider driveways win vote
An ordinance allowing the widening of driveways by five feet at houses with an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit was approved by the Westminster City Council Wednesday night. The […]
Controversy likely at council
The sometimes uncivil “civil war” on the Westminster City Council may resume on Wednesday as the agenda contains several items touching on what have been sore points in the past. Among the […]
The censuring of Mayor Ta and Vice Mayor Nguyen advances
By Jim Tortolano The sharp divisions within the Westminster City Council were underlined at Wednesday’s meeting as members clashed angrily and loudly over the censure of two members of the council and […]
Is a homeless shelter feasible?
By Jim Tortolano Frustrated by the seeming lack of progress in reducing the problem of homelessness in the community, the Westminster City Council voted Wednesday night to direct staff to prepare “feasible […]
Controversies before council
Controversies past and recent will be on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council. The council will consider a request from Councilmember Kimberly Ho to rescind a 2019 resolution […]
Another recall petition rejected
For the second time in less than a week, a proposed recall petition aimed at a member of the Westminster City Council has been rejected. According to a letter to Thinh T. […]
Local recalls starting to fall
We said in a recent version of “Usually Reliable Sources” that recalling elected officials can be a heavy lift and at the local level, that’s turning out to be true. In Huntington […]
Youssef retires; Cordon steps in
Westminster will have its fourth city manager in a year and a half after Marwan Youssef announced his retirement at a special meeting of the city council on Monday. His retirement will […]
Special council mtg. Monday
A special meeting of the Westminster City Council has been called for Monday with an evaluation of the city manager in the closed session, and modification of the compensation plan for the […]
