The fall 2018 election season will step off officially in a little more than a month as nomination papers for city council and mayoral positions for Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Stanton and […]
Races starting soon for Nov. 6 election
Master parks plan for Westminster OKd
A proposal to contract for a master plan for parks and recreation facilities was approved by the Westminster City Council on Wednesday night. The vote was 4-0 with Councilwoman Margie Rice absent. […]
Parks master plan on council agenda
The awarding of a contract for a master plan for city parks and recreation facilities will be on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council. What’s proposed is to […]
HB, Westminster to consider budgets
Budgets for the 2018-19 fiscal year will go before the Huntington Beach and Westminster city councils this week. In Huntington, the proposed budget will show $373.1 million in all funds with an […]
Housing, development plans examined
A closer look at the city’s plans for housing and the use of federal block grants will be offered at Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council. The city will hold a […]
City Council takes stand against SB 54
By Jim Tortolano After nearly five hours and nearly 90 speakers, the Westminster City Council voted Wednesday night to join with other Orange County cities in opposing Senate Bill 54. The vote […]
Retorts: Sift SB 54 facts from rumor
At every public meeting of city councils in Orange County, whenever the subject of sanctuary cities comes up, there seems to be a lot more heat than light. As I write this, […]
Council to consider “sanctuary” action
The issue of “sanctuary city” laws will go before the Westminster City Council when it meets on Wednesday. Councilwoman Margie Rice is asking the council to support the U.S. Department of Justice’s […]
Calm down and make a better case
The biggest thing in Orange County this week – other than Shohei Ohtani – is the struggles surrounding SB 54, which bars local law enforcement from communicating in some ways with federal […]
Green light given for Mendez monument
By Jim Tortolano A pair of civic landmarks occupied the attention of the Westminster City Council when it met on Wednesday night. The council approved the development of a new pocket park […]
