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Decided this week ✅

• OCFA Board of Directors (Sept. 24) — per the draft minutes, the five-year firefighters’ contract passed 15-1-1 (Tettemer opposed, Frackelton abstained); the consent calendar with its $27,997,932 fire-station carryover passed 17-0, and the board named TJ McGovern Fire Chief out of closed session
• Brea City Council (Oct. 6) — per the draft minutes record, Ordinance No. 1277 (higher e-bike fines) adopted 5-0 on consent; both Mercury Lane hearing items — Ordinance No. 1278 and the up-to-$60,000,000 conduit bonds for Mercury Senior Apartments — passed 5-0; the city attorney’s office lease was pulled from the consent vote
• Cypress City Council (Sept. 22) — per the posted minutes, the 112-unit Melia Homes townhome project at 4691 Katella Avenue was approved 3-1 (Strong Carnahan opposed; Mayor Medrano recused); the consent calendar, including the $20,780,000 reserve transfer, passed 5-0
• Newport Beach City Council (Sept. 22) — correction: per the draft minutes, the $2,445,000 Bonita Creek Park turf award was pulled by staff and continued, not approved as we first reported; the rest of the consent calendar, including Ordinances No. 2026-15 and 2026-16 and the $4,506,801.18 Axon amendment, passed 7-0 · Sept. 18 special meeting — correction: per the draft minutes, the motion that failed 3-4 was one to stop the mailing of military and overseas ballots; the election update was received and filed
• OC Sanitation District Operations Committee (Oct. 7) — per the Legistar vote record, every action item approved with no dissent: the consent items 10-0, and the $849,780 sedimentation-basin design contingency and the $300,000 right-of-way services agreement recommended to the Board with 13 ayes; the full Board makes the final decision
• Garden Grove Planning Commission (Sept. 3) — per the draft minutes, the Little Saigon design guidelines were recommended to the City Council 3-1 (Ashland opposed; Cueva, Flanders and Lindsay absent)
• Westminster City Council (Aug. 26) — per the signed minutes, the council voted 4-1 to negotiate with TLC, Inc. as the Rose Center Theater operator (Manzo opposed; his substitute motion for Latin Asian Hospitality Group died without a second) and 4-1 to lift the ban on Council Member Phan West speaking at city ceremonial events; the military equipment ordinance was introduced 5-0 and a $1,168,400 water-board refund accepted 5-0
• Huntington Beach City Council (Oct. 6) — per the Legistar vote record, the state and federal lobbying contracts passed 5-2 and the Art Center Advisory Committee was established 5-2 (Gruel and Williams opposed on both); the Park Bench Café lease assignment passed 5-2 after a motion to continue failed 2-5; the Downtown BID assessment, the $541,750.28 Main Street seatwall contract and the consent calendar passed 7-0
• San Clemente City Council (Oct. 6) — per the Legistar vote record, every motion 5-0: building-code Ordinance No. 1813 adopted on second reading and Resolution No. 26-161 adopting the two-year Strategic Implementation Program
• Irvine City Council (Sept. 22) — per the draft minutes, the “Target ’28” deficit plan was accepted in concept 5-2 (Carroll and Mai opposed) after a substitute motion to eliminate council pay, benefits and office budgets failed 3-4; the worker retention ordinance was introduced 5-2; everything else carried unanimously, including the $2,401,992.00 Great Park shade contract and first readings of the zoning, hazardous-materials and electronic voting-lights ordinances
• Fountain Valley City Council (Sept. 15) — per the draft minutes, every vote 5-0: the purchasing ordinance adopted on second reading, the Successor Agency dissolution resolution, and the $165,000 A2Z Construct Inc. fire-station contract with a $116,450 budget amendment; the CARSS committee appointments were continued to Oct. 6
• Fountain Valley City Council (Sept. 1) — per the draft minutes, every vote 5-0: the purchasing ordinance introduced, and consent including the $19,918.42 MWDOC addendum and the Cintas and Baker Tilly amendments; no reportable action from closed session
• Laguna Hills City Council (Sept. 8) — per the draft minutes, the Beckenham Park residential permit parking resolution was adopted 5-0; a motion directing staff to bring back a resolution on Laguna Hills Drive parking passed 3-1-1 (Pezold opposed, Wheeler abstaining); consent, including the $437,649.11 warrant register, passed 5-0
• Fountain Valley City Council (July 14) — per the draft minutes, the objective design standards (Bui opposed) and the MemorialCare parking structure ordinance (Harper opposed) were adopted 4-1; the 16300 Euclid Street final map passed 5-0; the fire impact fee and kratom ordinances were introduced, then adopted Aug. 18
• Los Alamitos Planning Commission (Aug. 26) — per the draft minutes, the tattoo-business conditional use permit at 10676 Los Alamitos Boulevard was approved 5-0 · July 22 — per the adopted minutes, a 4-0 recommendation that the council rezone 11021 Winners Circle for professional offices
• Costa Mesa Planning Commission (July 13) — per the minutes, every vote 6-0: the Title 13 land-use rewrite recommended to the council with ten amendments (adopted by the council Sept. 1) and the 2200 Harbor Boulevard trampoline park permit approved · July 27 — every vote 7-0: the 4-unit Mesa Drive and 15-unit 2075 Harbor Boulevard projects approved; the climate plan and Fairview Developmental Center study session received and filed
• Placentia City Council special meeting (Sept. 8) — per the signed minutes, both votes 5-0: the two uniform-allowance resolutions were continued to Sept. 22, and the rest of the consent calendar was approved, including the $302,848 Golden Avenue Bridge construction-management amendment and the $60,171.64 R.J. Noble street-rehabilitation amendment
• OCTA Regional Transportation Planning Committee (Oct. 5) — per the Legistar vote record, the consent calendar passed 5-0 (Tettemer and Kleiman absent), approving the $3,870,044 Measure M2 environmental cleanup list with the Huntington Beach exception, the State Route 74 Ortega Highway agreement, the $1,670,000 State Route 55 amendment and the $321,437 coastal rail change order; the cleanup funding goes to the full Board
• Fullerton City Council (Sept. 15) — per the draft minutes, the council split 3-2 on the trash contract: a substitute motion to continue negotiations with CR&R and Republic Services passed with Valencia and Jung opposed, and the original motion naming Valley Vista and Republic Services failed; the consent calendar passed 5-0 (Zahra voting no on the August check register), including the $285,285 Sunny Crest Alley storm drain contract
• San Juan Capistrano Planning Commission (Sept. 23) — per the draft minutes, the commission voted 4-1 (Fancher opposed) to recommend the City Council approve Distrito La Novia — an auto dealership and 95 for-sale residential units on 18.7 acres; the JSerra pool scoreboard and sound system was approved 5-0
• Dana Point City Council (Sept. 15) — per the draft minutes, with two members absent every vote was 3-0: the local emergency resolution was adopted, both ADU ordinances were adopted on second reading, and staff was directed to return with further data before issuing additional short-term rental permits
• Dana Point City Council (Sept. 1) — per the minutes, every vote 5-0: both ADU ordinances introduced, the first with a permit-revocation section removed; staff directed to implement the phased palm weevil treatment program and return with funding requests; the community survey contract with FM3 approved after being pulled from consent
• OCTA Regional Transportation Planning Committee (Sept. 8) — per the minutes, approved Oct. 5, the Measure M2 funding guidelines and 2027 calls for projects passed with Director Harper opposed; the committee’s vote is a recommendation to the full Board
• Aliso Viejo City Council (Sept. 16) — per the adopted minutes, every vote 5-0: consent including $601,567.85 in accounts payable and Resolution No. 2026-24 reappropriating fund balances; the Family Assistance Ministries lease renewal, pulled by Ackley, was approved separately; “no reportable action” from the closed session with four homebuilders
• Laguna Niguel City Council (Sept. 15) — per the draft minutes, the whole consent calendar passed 4-0, Oddo absent: the $649,920 Tyler Technologies agreement and the $425,564 Psomas agreement for the Crown Valley Parkway westbound widening among them
• La Palma City Council (Sept. 1) — per the draft minutes, both votes 5-0: consent including the $198,597.59 OpenGov agreement and the $143,883.26 Southern California Edison license, and Resolution No. 2026-33 creating the Economic Development and Business Engagement Ad Hoc Committee
• Yorba Linda City Council (Sept. 15) — per the draft minutes, the consent calendar passed 5 to 0, including the $22,968,167.25 check register and the resolution finding five city-owned parcels exempt surplus land; no reportable action from closed session
• Aliso Viejo (Sept. 23) and Laguna Niguel (Sept. 24) State of the City special meetings — per the draft minutes, no votes at either
• Costa Mesa City Council (Sept. 15) — per the draft minutes, the Fairview Developmental Center plan was approved 7-0 with the maximum cut from 4,000 to 2,300 units (920 affordable units unchanged), minimum open space raised from 14 to 25 acres and no route through the Mesa Linda Golf Course; the ordinance is up for adoption October 6. The Climate Action and Adaptation Plan and the master fee schedule were both continued to October 20
• Tustin City Council (Sept. 15) — per the signed minutes, the $7,574,038.81 Armstrong Avenue Pedestrian Bridge contract was awarded 5-0; the Tustin Legacy senior housing development agreement (Ordinance No. 1580) was adopted 5-0; the Mariners Church development agreement was introduced 4-1, Fink dissenting; and Enderle Center Drive was vacated 5-0
• Placentia City Council special meeting (Sept. 22) — per the draft minutes, the consent calendar passed 4-0-1, Smith absent, including the $100,737.12 storm water pump station amendment; the City Attorney also reported a $73,750 settlement with the Orange County Healthcare Agency authorized at the prior meeting
• San Juan Capistrano City Council (Sept. 15) — per the adopted minutes, every motion carried unanimously: the San Juan Hills Golf Club landscape maintenance agreement, the amended executive salary schedule with a $230,000 appropriation for executive recruitment, and direction to study a native plant ordinance
• Costa Mesa City Council (Sept. 1) — adopted minutes now posted: all seven roll-call votes carried 7-0 — Ordinance No. 2026-07 rewriting non-residential land-use classifications, Resolution No. 2026-38 amending the Sixth Cycle Housing Element to add RHNA opportunity sites, Resolution No. 2026-39 declaring intent to overrule the Airport Land Use Commission (a further hearing follows after 45 days), the successor police and city-employee MOUs with salary Resolutions 2026-40 through 2026-47, and a $297,500 Caltrans grant appropriation; the Ohio House sober living appeal was continued 7-0 to October 20 at the applicant’s request
• Villa Park City Council (Aug. 25) — minutes now posted: the bicycle and e-bicycle ordinance amendment, the 9431 Featherhill Drive variance, the Lincoln Street/Center Drive parking changes and the $55,519.21 A/V camera contract all passed 5-0; the NV5 Public Records Act amendment passed 4-0 with McBride abstaining
• Buena Park City Council (Sept. 22) — per the draft minutes, the motion to join CSCDA and the Statewide Community Infrastructure Program for the former Amway campus fee financing failed 2-3 (Ahn, Franco and Hoque opposed); the $6,238,582.79 Zeco, Inc. Friendship Park contract, the $199,710 Commonwealth Avenue design agreement and the consent calendar were all approved without a no vote
• Newport Beach Planning Commission (Sept. 17) — per the city’s vote record, the commission voted 5-0 (one member recorded absent) to recommend the council approve the Fairway Three development agreement for up to 78 units at the Newport Beach Country Club; the Reef View Circle setback cut was recommended 6-0 and the surrendered Five Crowns patio permit was confirmed void 6-0
• Laguna Beach Planning Commission (Sept. 2) — minutes now posted: the downtown Ocean Avenue streetscape project was tabled 5-0 with no return date, at staff’s own recommendation; the Pacific Edge Hotel construction staging permit was continued 5-0 after 17 speakers opposed it, with the commission backing only employee parking with a shuttle
• Placentia City Council (July 21) — signed minutes now posted: every vote 5-0 — the citywide fee schedule (effective September 21, 2026), three district annexations, the e-bike ordinance, and a $571,370.47 Tynes Gymnasium renovation with $250,000 in county funds
• Brea Planning Commission (Sept. 8) — per the draft minutes, the commission voted 5-0 to recommend cancelling the 2020 Mercury Lane development agreement, clearing title for the 85-unit affordable Mercury Senior Apartments; a City Council ordinance is still required
• Brea Planning Commission (July 14) and (July 28) — signed minutes now posted: a 5-0 vote on The Hive Gym’s permits on July 14; on July 28 the commission was “unable to take action” on Brea Towne Centre for lack of a quorum (it was approved August 25)
• Newport Beach City Council (Sept. 8) — per the draft minutes, the council rejected the Ad Hoc Public Safety Committee 4-3 (Weber, Weigand, Blom and Kleiman in the majority; Grant, Barto and Stapleton opposed), introduced the large-gatherings and curfew ordinance 7-0, and passed the rest of consent 7-0, including the $1,652,496 Turbo Data Systems amendment and the Balboa Bay Club ground lease
• Garden Grove City Council (Sept. 8) — Ordinance No. 2980, the hotel worker safety ordinance, was adopted and is scheduled to become operative January 1, 2027, per a city staff report; minutes with the vote counts are not yet posted
• Tustin City Council (Sept. 1) — signed minutes now posted: Clearwater at Tustin Legacy approved 5-0 (172 senior units plus a 103-unit assisted living and memory care facility), seven proposals advanced to Round Two for the ±44 acres at Tustin Legacy, a $974,949.78 gym and senior-center contract on consent, and Ordinance No. 1582 introduced 4-1, Fink dissenting
• Irvine Planning Commission (Sept. 17) — continued, not decided: per the city’s notice, the hearing on the residential project at 16842 Von Karman Avenue was continued to the date certain of October 1, 2026
• Aliso Viejo City Council (Sept. 2) — signed minutes now posted: every vote 5-0 — $1,180,741.08 in accounts payable, the $29,627 Willdan amendment (pulled by Ackley for contract-language clarification), and the 2027 health benefit allowance; “no reportable action” from the closed session with four homebuilders
• Buena Park City Council (Sept. 8) — per the draft minutes, every vote was 5-0: the $832,926 sewer manhole and $412,734.81 Bellis Yard contracts on consent, Preferential Parking District No. 16 approved as amended to add Los Encinos Street and three Valley View addresses, the 6591 Beach Boulevard restaurant lease, and Ordinance No. 1770 rewriting the Zoning Code
• Brea City Council (Sept. 15) — per the draft minutes, the consent calendar passed 5-0 without Ordinance No. 1277: the e-bike fines ordinance was pulled and returns October 6; the Tracks at Brea Trail easement at 3200 Nasa Street was approved and the wastewater pipeline franchise hearing set for October 20 (corrected Oct. 2: we earlier reported the ordinance as adopted)
• Huntington Beach City Council (Sept. 15) — the two lobbying contracts were put off 7-0 on a motion the record labels “Alternate Motion: Two week delay”; the $388,625.00 Huntington Harbour dock contract was approved 7-0; the library and America 250 plaques each passed 5-2, Gruel and Williams opposed
• San Clemente City Council (Sept. 15) — per draft minutes entries, every recorded vote was 5-0: first reading of Ordinance No. 1813 on building enforcement, the $135,000 sole-source vehicle barrier and the $116,213 pier inspection contract; the record has no action entry yet for the emergency proclamation (Item 10C)
• Newport Beach City Council (Sept. 11) — called the November 3, 2026 special election on three charter initiatives 4-3, Blom, Weber and Weigand voting no; a separate motion failed 2-5
• Cypress City Council (Sept. 8) — per the city’s posted minutes (not yet approved), adopted the Los Alamitos Race Course development agreement 3-1, Strong Carnahan opposed and Mayor Medrano recused; approved the $29,402,271.42 City–Park District loan item 3-2 “with the modification to forgive interest for the duration of the loan,” Peat and Medrano opposed; continued the playground design standards 5-0
• Huntington Beach City Council — adopted the three-year Police Officers' Association MOU 4-3 (Kennedy, McKeon, and Burns opposed); the two legislative-advocacy contracts passed 6-1 on an alternate motion, the RRM Design Group and HdL contracts 7-0, and the America 250 plaque design 5-2
• San Clemente City Council — adopted a resolution on Proposition 39 (voter ID) 3-1-1, Enmeier opposed and Mayor Loeffler abstaining; tabled the press-conference policy review 3-2; approved the $2 million Coastal Conservancy sand-retention grant and the revised pension investment policy 5-0
• Orange City Council — took the first formal step toward annexing four unincorporated county islands (El Modena, North El Modena, Olive Heights, Santiago Creek/Bond Pits), 5-2, with staff due back by February 2027; approved the future transfer of the ~67.7-acre former Sully-Miller property to the city as open space, 7-0
• Newport Beach City Council — three citizen charter initiatives (public meetings/records oversight, lifetime term limits, district-only voting) cleared signature verification; the election resolutions passed 5-2, Barto and Grant dissenting
• OC Sanitation District Board — $27.9M mid-year budget increase to $676,901,688 approved 24-0-1, and the annual Prop. 218 hearing on collecting sewer charges via the property-tax roll
• OC Sanitation District Operations Committee — recommended the $2,781,000 HDR Engineering siphon-assessment contract to the Board 11-0, the $1,260,350 Ayala manhole contract and the Polydyne polymer agreement 12-0, and cleared the $1.84M fleet purchases and the rest of the consent calendar 11-0, with no dissenting votes
• Mission Viejo City Council — minutes now posted: continued the Housing Element overlay-zone hearing to September 22 (4-0, Mayor Bucknum abstaining), awarded the $703,719.80 slurry-seal contract, and adopted the City Manager's contract amendment
• Mission Viejo City Council (Sept. 8) — per the city’s posted meeting summary (not yet the approved minutes, and with no vote tallies), approved the $280,000 Nieves Landscape and $180,000 Bistline Engineering agreements and the $500,000 Trabuco Wetlands budget amendment, adopted Resolution 26-46 launching the Oso Creek clubhouse public-private partnership study, and directed staff to bring the pest-management item back on September 22
• Buena Park City Council — per draft minutes, approved the $1,034,916.64 Hardy and Harper final payment 4-0 and the consent calendar 4-0, Council Member Hoque absent
• Brea Planning Commission — per draft minutes, approved the Brea Towne Centre precise development and parking permit 4-0-1, Chair Perez recused
• Orange City Council (July 14) — adopted minutes now posted: the council voted 4-3 to put a proposed City Charter before voters on November 3, 2026, keeping a three-term limit on a substitute motion and striking the section that would have required a supermajority to submit new taxes
• Orange City Council (July 28) — adopted minutes now posted: a park smoking and vaping ban failed 3-2, was reconsidered, and then passed 4-1; the council removed Adrienne Gladson from the Design Review Committee 4-1; the library renaming was pulled from the agenda
• Tustin City Council (July 21) — minutes now posted: with Mayor Lumbard absent, every vote was 4-0 — a $938,865 police dispatch and records system, $832,000 in added IT implementation support, plans and specifications for the Armstrong Avenue Pedestrian Bridge, and a first reading of Ordinance No. 1578 on accessory dwelling units
• Tustin Planning Commission (July 28) — signed action minutes now posted: with all five commissioners present, every motion carried 5-0, approving the Enderle Center redevelopment (Resolutions 4547–4552) along with a church on Chambers Road (Res. 4546) and the Cue 8 Billiards parlor (Res. 4545)
• Irvine Planning Commission (July 16) — adopted minutes now posted: the 422-unit Fairchild Residential project approved unanimously, short-term rental zoning rules recommended to the City Council, and the Objective Design Standards Manual change approved 6-1, Mansfield dissenting
• Yorba Linda City Council (July 21) — minutes now posted: with Singh absent, every vote carried 4-0, including Ordinance No. 2026-1132 on Housing Element zoning, the Rockey Murata landscape-maintenance amendments on consent, and $32,500 for a Small Business University program
• Yorba Linda Planning Commission (July 29) — minutes now posted: conditional use permits for Angelica’s Table (Res. 5678) and The Artisan (Res. 5679) approved 4-0, Masterson absent; the Messiah Lutheran Church sign request continued to a date uncertain
• Garden Grove Planning Commission (July 16) — minutes now posted: a four-unit building at 13042 Safford Street and two site-plan time extensions each approved 4-0, with Beard, Flanders and Lindsay absent
• Buena Park City Council (July 14) — signed minutes now posted: the aquarium and butterfly conservatory deal at 7711-7733 Beach Boulevard approved 5-0 (Ordinance No. 1769, Resolution No. 15145); the $769,978 Toro Enterprises sewer contract 5-0; the Korean Food Festival discussion “pulled from the agenda”; no reportable action from closed session
• Brea City Council (July 21) — adopted minutes now posted: the whole consent calendar passed 5-0 on one motion, including the fire and police labor agreements (Resolutions No. 2026-58 and 2026-59), the City Manager’s contract amendment and the $5,900 campaign contribution limit (Resolution No. 2026-56)
• Buena Park Planning Commission (July 22) — minutes now posted: the contested short-term rental at 7490 Santa Elena Drive approved 4-0 (Resolution No. 6414), Davis absent
• Laguna Beach Planning Commission (July 15) — minutes now posted: with Goldman and Whitin absent, a sign permit (Res. 2026-1342) approved 3-0; the permanent lifeguard tower concept drew feedback but no vote
• Laguna Hills City Council (July 14) — adopted minutes now posted: the council approved the Village at Laguna Hills mall redevelopment 3-2, with Wheeler and Pezold opposed, after a hearing with 35 written comments in favor and 13 against; it also awarded the Moulton Parkway acceleration-lane project to Hardy & Harper, Inc. for $149,000.00
• Laguna Hills City Council (Aug. 25) — adopted minutes now posted: all four land-use ordinances passed, three of them split — the Urban Village Specific Plan amendment 4-1 (Pezold opposed), and the Housing 50/80 overlay rezone and the Inclusionary Housing Program 3-2 (Wheeler and Pezold opposed); the council also rejected all bids on the citywide street rehabilitation and on five park projects
• Tustin Planning Commission (Aug. 25) — minutes now posted: with Chair Pro Tem Kozak absent, every vote was 4-0-1 — approving 177,696 square feet of warehouses at 2441 Michelle Drive and the Mariners Church campus on 3.32 city-owned acres, with the land conveyance still ahead of the City Council
• La Habra Planning Commission (July 13) — minutes now posted: the Corn Festival permit passed 4-0 with Chair Ramsland recused, and the five-condominium map at 431 West Lambert Road passed 3-2, Ramsland and Logan-Cannon opposed, after the City Attorney reminded the commission that a project’s timing is not a required finding
• Orange City Council (Sept. 8) — vote record now posted: the whole consent calendar passed 6-0 with Tavoularis absent; the 13-Year Financial Sustainability and Investment Strategy drew no action entry, as the agenda anticipated — staff asked only for direction
• Rancho Santa Margarita City Council (Aug. 26) — adopted minutes now posted: a consent-only agenda approved 4-0, Holloway absent — one motion carrying $1,756,521.18 in warrants, two $175,000 geotechnical agreements and the 20 mph school-zone speed limit
• Newport Beach City Council (July 28) — vote record now posted: both police headquarters contracts passed 6-1 with Robyn Grant the lone no vote — $12,459,820 to LPA, Inc. for architectural services and $346,330 to EPD Solutions for a subsequent EIR; the 132-unit 1300 Dove Street townhome project was adopted 6-0, Stapleton absent
• Newport Beach City Council (July 14) — vote record now posted: the council overrode the Airport Land Use Commission 5-0, adopting Ordinance No. 2026-10 and Resolution No. 2026-53 on inclusionary for-sale housing in the Newport Place overlay; the 2350 Bristol Street driveway appeal was denied 6-0
• Huntington Beach City Council (July 21) — vote record now posted: the America 250 plaque at Pier Plaza passed 5-2, Gruel and Williams opposed; Zack Zithisakthanakul was appointed Chief Financial Officer 5-0; the consent calendar, carrying a $2,500,000 SCADA contract, passed 7-0
• OC Sanitation District Board (July 22) — vote record now posted: not one no vote all night — the $55,800,000 AECOM/Jacobs engineering agreements 21-0 with Erik Weigand recused, and authorization to refund up to $50,700,000 in wastewater obligations 22-0
• Huntington Beach Planning Commission (Sept. 8) — vote record now posted: the commission overturned the Zoning Administrator and denied the two Pecan Avenue ADUs — a motion to approve Coastal Development Permit No. 26-006 failed 2-4, and a motion to deny then carried 4-2, Bush and Goldberg opposed, McGee absent
• Orange Planning Commission (Sept. 10) — vote record now posted: the homeless-shelter and Low Barrier Navigation Center ordinance was continued a second time, 7-0, now to October 19, 2026 — still no recommendation to the City Council
• Orange Planning Commission (July 20) — vote record now posted: the same shelter ordinance was continued 6-0 (Maldonado absent) after the commission asked staff to justify each unmade revision, with the City Attorney warning that any city-added standard “cannot become an unlawful barrier to housing”
• Orange Park Planning and Community Events Commission (July 21) — vote record now posted: the Eisenhower Park lower playground was chosen over Hart Park for the FY 2026-27 replacement project, 3-2 — Kushon and Lozano opposed, two commissioners absent
• Anaheim City Council · Garden Grove City Council — official results still pending at the clerk's office

Newly published this week

• Garden Grove City Council (Oct. 13) — a commendation for retiring City Manager Lisa Kim and a City Treasurer appointment, first readings of four zoning text amendments and an AB 1572 water-conservation ordinance, plus $100,000 for Caltrans fencing repairs and $45,959 for two Mobile Crisis Response Team vans
• Rancho Santa Margarita City Council (Oct. 14) — a $99,999.99 Civic Center artificial-turf contract with a CIP budget amendment, a $33,364 stormwater-treatment contract, a $38,770 pavement-consultant increase and a retired annuitant as interim Development Services Director; no public hearings
• Fountain Valley Planning Commission (Oct. 14) — FAM Vans’ 87,255-square-foot van-storage deck on Kalama River Avenue with a no-trees variance, an exotic-car rental warehouse on Young River Avenue, Innovation High School’s resource center on Newhope Street, and the FY 2025–26 annual planning report
• Laguna Hills City Council (Oct. 13) — a three-year Transtech Engineers building plan check contract (no amount on the agenda), the city’s response to the OC Grand Jury “California Housing Mandates” report, and a $1,923,594.41 warrant register
• OCFA Board of Directors (Oct. 22) — a $22,668,692 design-build award to EC Constructors for a new Fire Station 10 in Yorba Linda, three Chief Officers Association side letters, a firefighters’ side letter and new cost reimbursement rates effective Nov. 1
• Laguna Niguel Planning Commission (Oct. 13) — cancelled; next regular meeting Oct. 27
• Newport Beach City Council (Oct. 13) — a hearing on the Fairway Three development agreement for up to 78 homes at the Newport Beach Country Club (a public benefit fee of $128,205 per unit), the Five Crowns permit appeal and an $847,324 traffic-signal contract
• Orange City Council (Oct. 13) — staff ask for about six more months on the Mills Act program, a contract-by-contract review, and a deferral of the Mills Act fee increases the council already adopted
• Buena Park City Council (Oct. 13) — a $3,420,065 contract to repave Valley View Street, a 12 a.m.–5 a.m. no-overnight-parking rule for Commonwealth Avenue, and new City Attorney rates (a $28,125 monthly retainer)
• Costa Mesa City Council (Oct. 13) — a study session on Phase II of the IT Strategic Plan: 30 initiatives totaling approximately $8.5 million over five years; no vote is scheduled
• San Juan Capistrano Planning Commission (Oct. 14) — the French Hotel, a 70-room boutique hotel built around the Garcia and Yorba adobes, and its Environmental Impact Report
• Garden Grove Planning Commission (Oct. 15) — a three-lot subdivision at 11861 Loara Street and a one-year extension for the approved six-story, 53-unit Choisser Road apartments
• La Habra Planning Commission (Oct. 12) — a recommendation on Zone Change 26-0003 (zoning code amendments) and a one-year extension for a shopping-center facade remodel on South Harbor Boulevard
• Tustin Planning Commission (Oct. 13) — regular meeting cancelled; a special-meeting walking tour of The Colonnade Apartments at The Market Place instead · Irvine Planning Commission (Oct. 15) — cancelled; the in-lieu affordable housing fee amendment moves to Nov. 19
• Cypress City Council (Oct. 13) — a hearing on a new park fee program: $23.44 per square foot on new subdivisions (replacing a flat $23,421 per unit) and a new $17.41 per square foot fee on other new housing; plus an Active Transportation Plan workshop and $121,435 for network security monitoring
• Huntington Beach Planning Commission (Oct. 13) — cancelled; next tentatively scheduled meeting October 27
• Irvine City Council (Oct. 13) — the Target ’28 interim report with a staff recommendation to suspend CicloIrvine (about $677,000 this fiscal year) and review every other citywide event, a kratom ordinance, and final adoption of the worker retention and electronic voting-lights ordinances
• Fountain Valley City Council (Oct. 6) — agenda first retrieved the night of the meeting: a mutual-aid pay resolution adding nine fire classifications, first appointments to the CARSS Advisory Committee, and a $4,284,618.94 register of demands
• Brea City Council (Oct. 6) — a hearing on up to $60,000,000 in conduit bonds for the 85-unit Mercury Senior Apartments (the borrower’s obligation, not the city’s, per the staff report), an ordinance cancelling the 2020 development agreement on the same site, and the second reading of the e-bike fines ordinance
• Costa Mesa City Council (Oct. 6) — adoption of the Fairview Developmental Center Specific Plan ordinance, the Ohio House sober-living appeal at 115 East Wilson Street, new school-zone speed limits, an $863,000 “Fair Drive For All” design contract and a $292,144.59 drone purchase
• Tustin City Council (Oct. 6) — a disposition and development agreement for 172 senior rental units plus assisted living and memory care at Tustin Legacy, with a purchase price of $15,054,243.00; second readings of the Mariners Church development agreement and the police military equipment policy
• Aliso Viejo City Council (Oct. 7) — public hearings on a 58-unit townhome community at 15 Argonaut (General Plan amendment, zone change, tract map and development agreement), changes to the Objective Design Standards, and a CrossFit expansion at 6 Journey
• Fullerton City Council (Oct. 6) — direction on the solid waste services RFP, the 19-camera Flock license plate reader program and a lobbyist registration program; five proposed historic landmarks; a $2,379,112 State College Boulevard contract
• Yorba Linda City Council (Oct. 6) — a hearing on a resolution authorizing condemnation of property interests at 22401 Old Canal Road for the Savi Ranch Parkway project, and a $546,222 storm drain replacement contract
• Placentia City Council (Oct. 6) — direction on the Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District, road rehabilitation contracts of $1,936,000.00 and $1,291,412.00, and an additional $528,505.87 for the Golden Avenue Bridge replacement
• Dana Point City Council (Oct. 6) — a conceptual design and development agreement for Lantern Bay Park improvements, first reading of an ordinance rewriting appeal procedures, and the fourth-quarter financial report
• San Clemente City Council (Oct. 6) — final adoption of Ordinance No. 1813 on building regulations and construction enforcement, and the two-year Strategic Implementation Program
• Laguna Niguel City Council (Oct. 6) — a $954,000 synthetic turf replacement at Bear Brand Park, a $195,543 La Paz Road engineering amendment and a resolution supporting Proposition 39
• La Palma City Council (Oct. 6) — first reading of an ordinance on potable-water irrigation of nonfunctional turf under AB 1572, an updated records policy and a $57,000 water meter contract
• La Habra City Council (Oct. 5) — a $496,252.59 alley improvement contract and a hearing on abatement costs at 250 North Monte Vista Street
• OCTA Regional Transportation Planning Committee (Oct. 5) — $3,870,044 in Measure M2 environmental cleanup funding for eight projects and a $1,670,000 State Route 55 construction support amendment
• OCTA Transit Committee (Oct. 8) — cancelled per OCTA’s notice (next meeting Nov. 12); the agenda as originally posted listed a $2,726,457 agreement to run the natural gas fueling stations at three bus bases, and $6,652,885 for the Santa Ana Bus Base hydrogen fueling project
• Orange County Water District Board (Oct. 7) — lending bulldozers and operators to Newport Beach for emergency beach repairs, $11,448,442.99 in disbursements to ratify, and an update on the GWRS pipeline’s mortar lining
• Orange Planning Commission (Oct. 5) — cancelled; next regular meeting October 19 · Rancho Santa Margarita Planning Commission (Oct. 7) — cancelled; next regular meeting November 4
• Huntington Beach City Council (Oct. 6) — a $2,700,000 workers’ compensation claims administration contract, two legislative advocacy contracts at $270,000 and $234,000, the $628,600 Newland House Museum restoration and $541,750.28 Main Street seatwall awards, the downtown business district assessment hearing and a first look at the police management MOU
• San Juan Capistrano City Council (Oct. 6) — an ordinance changing how council vacancies are filled, a resolution of intention to vacate parts of Rosenbaum and Trabuco Creek roads and sell 1,115 square feet of city land to St. John Chrysostom American Coptic Orthodox Church, and more environmental analysis for Legacy Ranch
• San Juan Capistrano Planning Commission (Oct. 7) — the Legacy Ranch code amendment and conditional use permit for the 65.5-acre Northwest Open Space, including event use with alcohol service, plus a recommendation that the council certify the project EIR
• OC Sanitation District Operations Committee (Oct. 7) — an $849,780 design-contingency increase on the Plant No. 1 sedimentation basin replacement (total contingency $2,266,080), a $300,000 right-of-way services contract and a rate study update for ratepayers
• Costa Mesa Planning Commission (Sept. 28) — the continued “Neighborhoods Where We All Belong” hearing: a recommendation to the council to certify the Program EIR, rewrite the zoning code and map, adopt citywide objective design standards and repeal four urban plans; plus a 21-home density-bonus subdivision at 396 East 21st Street
• Los Alamitos City Council (Sept. 28) — rezoning 11021 Winners Circle from Planned Industrial to Professional Office with three shared parking spaces, a 12-month extension of Lennar’s Lampson Avenue tract map, $3,071,234.72 in August warrants, the police military-equipment policy renewal and a park security-camera pilot
• Irvine Planning Commission (Oct. 1) — KB Home’s 108 Von Karman townhomes return after the Sept. 17 continuance, 107 apartments proposed by Dupont Properties at 2152 Dupont Drive, and a Studio Golf use permit in the Dupont Business Center
• Garden Grove City Council (Sept. 22) — a referendum against the Nickelodeon Hotel resort zoning has qualified with 9,700 valid signatures (9,674 needed): the council must repeal the ordinance or send it to voters, and staff recommends a June 8, 2027 special election at approximately $1,000,000; plus a 60-day extension of the 12122 Western Avenue chemical-tank emergency
• Orange City Council (Sept. 22) — public hearings on new posted speed limits, a rewritten historic preservation ordinance that replaces the Design Review Committee with a Heritage Commission, and a revised city fee schedule; permit parking on Almond and Washington avenues
• Villa Park City Council (Sept. 22) — adoption of the bicycle and e-bicycle ordinance, a zoning code amendment on first reading, new no-parking zones on Santiago Boulevard, and a trail maintenance award not to exceed $82,000
• Aliso Viejo City Council special meeting (Sept. 23) — the Mayor’s State of the City address at Aliso Viejo Ranch; no votes on the agenda
• Laguna Niguel Planning Commission (Sept. 22) and Rancho Santa Margarita City Council (Sept. 23) — both cancelled per the posted notices; next regular meetings October 13 and October 14
• Buena Park City Council (Sept. 22) — a $6,238,582.79 contract to Zeco, Inc. to rebuild Friendship Park (a $7,000,000.00 project that closes the park through August 2027), a hearing on joining the Statewide Community Infrastructure Program so the 5600 Beach Boulevard developer can bond its impact fees, $199,710 in Commonwealth Avenue design, and a study session on a 10 mph e-bike limit
• Newport Beach City Council (Sept. 22) — second readings of a large-gatherings public safety ordinance and the police military-equipment policy, a $4,506,801.18 Axon drone and body-camera amendment, $2,445,000 for Bonita Creek Park turf (since pulled and continued — see the correction above), a $185,000 water-rate study and $262,500 more for the Avon River Homekey project
• La Habra City Council (Sept. 21) — $448,855.30 in Dell network equipment, $272,594 to MIG, Inc. to finish the La Habra Boulevard Specific Plan update, a Basin 8-1 groundwater evaluation, a live-entertainment permit for La Habra 300 Bowl, and a briefing on a recent industrial chemical incident
• Newport Beach City Council special meeting (Sept. 18) — a second special meeting in two days on the November 3 special election, with direction on election contracts and ballot mailing, plus a closed session on two lawsuits
• Laguna Hills City Council (Sept. 22) — a council-requested review of the automated license plate reader program, parking changes on Laguna Hills Drive, and on-call engineering and GIS hosting contracts with no price on the agenda
• Placentia City Council special meeting (Sept. 22) — a $100,737.12 storm-water pump station maintenance amendment, $4.6 million in registers, and a closed session on two anticipated cases and one claim
• Brea Planning Commission (Sept. 22) — a height exception for a 799-square-foot ADU above a new garage at 432 S. Orange Avenue, and the annual Mills Act report: 11 of 20 historic properties complete, one to be dropped for non-response
• Los Alamitos Planning Commission (Sept. 23) — bike-lane restriping of Los Alamitos Boulevard between Katella Avenue and Bradbury Road, the 2026 Local Road Safety Plan, and a CDBG community meeting
• Orange Planning Commission (Sept. 21) — cancelled per the posted notice; next regular meeting October 5
• Cypress City Council (Sept. 22) — a public hearing on a 112-unit townhome development at 4691 Katella Avenue, a $20,780,000 transfer from the General Fund to five reserve funds under the city’s Fund Balance Policy, and a user fee study award to Willdan Financial Services not to exceed $65,000
• San Juan Capistrano Planning Commission (Sept. 23) — a public hearing on the 18.7-acre Distrito La Novia site: an auto dealership and 95 for-sale residential units, with a General Plan amendment, tentative tract map and development agreement; plus a larger digital pool scoreboard and sound system at JSerra Catholic High School
• Huntington Beach Planning Commission (Sept. 22) — two public hearings on three-story live/work units: two at 712 Pacific Coast Highway and five with accessory dwelling units at 210–218 3rd Street, both asking to join the Downtown Parking In-Lieu Program
• Newport Beach City Council special meeting (Sept. 17) — a status update on the November 3, 2026 special election on three charter initiatives, with direction to staff on the “continued performance, modification, or cessation” of election contracts, vendors and ballot mailing
• Orange County Fire Authority Board (Sept. 24) — our first brief on OCFA: a five-year firefighters’ union MOU running March 19, 2027 through March 11, 2032, seven carryover budget adjustments led by $27,997,932 for fire stations and facilities and $13,193,452 for fire apparatus, a resolution appointing Liliana Escobedo as Clerk of the Authority, and a closed session on an Interim Fire Chief appointment
• Tustin City Council (Sept. 15) — a $7,574,038.81 Armstrong Avenue pedestrian bridge contract to Toro Enterprises, Inc. on the consent calendar, second reading of the Clearwater at Tustin Legacy development agreement (172 active-senior units plus a ~143,000-square-foot assisted living and memory care facility), a first reading for a 33,422-square-foot Mariners Church, and the North Hangar fire in closed session
• Orange County Water District Board (Sept. 16) — our first brief on the district: a $6,747,796.48 contract to Big Ben Inc. for PFAS treatment at Fullerton’s Well 10, $6,934,145.88 in cash disbursements, further PFAS work in Santa Ana and Buena Park, and OCWD v. 3M Company et al. in closed session
• Laguna Woods City Council (Sept. 16) — wildfire detection cameras at The Towers under memoranda with UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography (the ALERTCalifornia program) and Laguna Woods Mutual No. 50, a second reading on waiving or reducing city building fees, and an $841,565.55 payment register
• Laguna Beach Planning Commission (Sept. 16) — a construction employee parking lot running from October 2026 through October 2028 for the Pacific Edge Hotel remodel, the Jahraus Park renovation, and a concept review of replacing roughly 2,045 wood deck boards on the Main Beach Boardwalk; the agenda carries no dollar figure at all
• Newport Beach Planning Commission (Sept. 17) — a Fairway Three development agreement covering up to 78 residential units at the Newport Beach Country Club, with the agenda stating “no actual project is proposed at this time,” and front setbacks cut from 34 and 39 feet to 10 feet on three Reef View Circle lots
• Yorba Linda City Council (Sept. 15) — a $22,968,167.25 check register and Resolution No. 2026-6007 declaring five city-owned West Bastanchury parcels “exempt surplus land,” with price-and-terms talks on seven more parcels in closed session
• Lake Forest City Council special meeting (Sept. 17) — a $5,783,274.31 warrant register, Tyler Technologies kept as the city’s enterprise software provider through December 7, 2031, a CDBG performance hearing, and encroachment-permit deposits left to council discretion
• OC LAFCO Commission (Sept. 9) — our first brief on the commission that redraws city boundaries: the Santa Margarita Water District briefed it on the completed annexation of San Juan Capistrano’s water and wastewater utilities, plus a countywide water and wastewater provider report and the post-MSR survey; no public hearing and no closed session were scheduled
• Huntington Beach City Council (July 7) — filling a gap in the record: a $6,783,480 arterial rehabilitation contract to Sequel Contractors, Inc., a $480,000 water production office renovation, and a 5-2 vote approving a pier stairs advertising pilot — Gruel and Williams opposed
• Rancho Santa Margarita City Council (July 8) — filling a gap in the record: the council continued its development-fee public hearing to August 12, answered two Orange County Grand Jury reports (pulling the housing-mandates response from consent for its own 5-0 vote), and approved $649,679.97 in warrants
• Newport Beach Planning Commission (July 9) — filling a gap in the record: the commission approved 139 for-sale townhomes at 1301 Dove Street 7-0, clearing the way for a ten-story, ~218,000-square-foot office building to be demolished in the project’s second phase, and approved a Bayside Drive coastal development permit and variance 7-0
• Orange Planning Commission (July 6) — filling a gap in the record: adopted minutes show an 864-student charter elementary school at 1937 and 2011 W. Chapman Ave. approved 5-0, and a Type 47 liquor licence at 237 W. Chapman Avenue approved 5-0 only after the commission rewrote the condition barring a bar or lounge without food service; Vazquez absent
• Garden Grove City Council special closed session (Aug. 31) — filling a gap in the record: the council met on a Monday afternoon for two closed-session items, both about the appointment of a City Manager; eight days later the Sept. 8 agenda carried an employment agreement with Matthew S. West
• Costa Mesa City Council (Sept. 15) — the 110-acre Fairview Developmental Center land-use decision, with an EIR certified on a Statement of Overriding Considerations, plus a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan and $275,500 in state traffic-enforcement money; the closed session covers three Ohio House cases and the state’s housing suit against the city
• Newport Beach City Council special meeting (Sept. 11) — whether to call a November 3 special election on three City Charter initiatives — public-records oversight, lifetime term limits and district-only voting — and whether to write ballot arguments against them
• San Clemente City Council (Sept. 15) — revised agenda: a new Item 10C would proclaim a local state of emergency over “unanticipated costs associated with current and near-future weather, tidal and El Niño events” under Resolution 26-160
• Dana Point City Council (Sept. 15) — a resolution proclaiming the existence of a local emergency on September 9, 2026, final adoption of two ADU ordinances, and direction on short-term rental policy
• Laguna Niguel City Council (Sept. 15) — a five-year $649,920 Tyler Technologies agreement to replace the city’s financial system ($714,912 with contingency) and $425,564 to Psomas for the Crown Valley Parkway westbound widening
• Fullerton City Council (Sept. 15) — direction on which proposer wins the solid waste services RFP, a $285,285 Sunny Crest Alley storm drain contract, and $175,000 in county park money
• Santa Ana Planning Commission (Sept. 14) — 101 for-sale townhomes across two density-bonus projects, one of them rezoning commercial and light-industrial land into a new Specific Development district, plus eight parcels redesignated Open Space for a new public park
• Costa Mesa Planning Commission (Sept. 14) — the citywide “Neighborhoods Where We All Belong” zoning rewrite heads to the council, alongside a height variance for Dick’s House of Sport and a conditional use permit for a padel club
• Fountain Valley City Council (Sept. 15) — the Successor Agency moves toward dissolution, a $165,000 A2Z Construct contract for fire station ambulance improvements, and a $5,206,521.04 register of demands
• Irvine Planning Commission (Sept. 17) — KB Home’s 108 for-sale townhomes at 16842 Von Karman Avenue, including six very-low and five moderate income units under a State Density Bonus
• Aliso Viejo City Council (Sept. 16) — closed-session negotiations over public facilities at four properties with Shea, Meritage, Brandywine and Lennar, a withdrawn medical-office application on Aliso Creek Road, and $601,567.85 in accounts payable
• Brea City Council (Sept. 15) — final adoption of Ordinance No. 1277 raising e-bike fines, an easement for the Tracks at Brea Trail extension, and the 2026 State of the City
• Orange Park Planning Commission (Sept. 15) — a recommendation to the City Council on the FY 2027-28 list of potential park capital projects
• La Habra Planning Commission (Sept. 14) — a conditional use permit for a sign program at a multi-tenant commercial building on East Whittier Boulevard
• Huntington Beach City Council (Sept. 15) — $270,000 and $234,000 state and federal lobbying contracts, $628,600 to restore the Newland House Museum and Water Tower, $388,625.00 for Huntington Harbour dock replacement, and closed-session talks on three labor units and the state's housing lawsuit
• San Clemente City Council (Sept. 15) — a first reading of Ordinance No. 1813 on building regulations and construction enforcement, a $135,000 sole-source vehicle-barrier purchase, $116,213 for pier structural inspection, and a resolution backing SB 329 and SB 490 on sober-living oversight
• Seal Beach City Council (Sept. 14) — up to $3,765,411 in state financing for trenchless watermain lining, three-year labor agreements with three bargaining units, $234,455.81 in replacement vehicles, and a closed-session conference on a threatened lawsuit over a proposed development at 4665 Lampson Avenue
• San Juan Capistrano City Council (Sept. 15) — closed-session conferences on the Compass Energy Storage Project and three anticipated lawsuits, a San Juan Hills Golf Club right-of-way landscape agreement, an amended executive salary schedule, and a declared commission vacancy
• Stanton City Council (Sept. 8) — a second amendment pausing Cloud House developer impact-fee payments after the GKN evacuation, a $1,034,420.00 sewer rehabilitation contract, a $42,300 sidewalk award, and the Orangewood Complete Streets conceptual plans
• Santa Ana City Council (Sept. 15) — a $17,507,799 aggregate jail health-care contract, TEFRA hearings on $50,000,000 and $45,000,000 in housing bonds, a 274-unit mixed-use density bonus on East Fourth Street, and first readings on immigration-enforcement outside employment and e-bike rules
• Irvine City Council (Sept. 22) — now covering both sessions: the 1:30 PM special meeting on the General Fund structural deficit and the staff-recommended “Target ’28” plan, then the 4:00 PM regular meeting with a $2,401,992.00 Great Park shade contract to Moalej Builders, Inc., $1,987,597.20 to GFT Infrastructure for Marine Way realignment design, first readings on a citywide zoning-ordinance update, a hazardous-materials overlay district and a worker retention ordinance, and a closed session with Drop Mobility over two Barranca Parkway properties
• Garden Grove City Council (Sept. 8) — an employment agreement with Matthew S. West as City Manager, final adoption of the hotel-worker safety ordinance, a Charter City discussion, and a $768,535 per year janitorial contract
• Newport Beach City Council (Sept. 8) — a crowd-event and curfew ordinance, a new Ad Hoc Public Safety Committee, a $1,652,496 parking-citation contract, 15 police vehicles, and a rewritten Balboa Bay Club ground lease
• Buena Park City Council (Sept. 8) — an $832,926 Ayala Engineering contract for 139 sewer manholes, a $412,734.81 Bellis Yard job, a new "Beach Cafe" lease at 6591 Beach Blvd., and a zoning-code overhaul
• Placentia City Council special meeting (Sept. 8) — $302,848 more for Golden Avenue Bridge construction management, street-rehab extra work, and closed-session property talks with BNSF Railway
• Laguna Hills City Council (Sept. 8) — a Beckenham Park permit-parking resolution, CDBG curb ramps out to bid, an Advantec signal-sync amendment, and a $437,649.11 warrant register
• Mission Viejo City Council (Sept. 8) — $500,000 more for the Trabuco Wetlands Habitat Rehabilitation ($280,000 Nieves Landscape and $180,000 Bistline Engineering agreements), a public-private partnership study for a new Oso Creek clubhouse and event venue, and a third amendment to the Assistant City Manager's contract
• Rancho Santa Margarita City Council (Sept. 9) — a public hearing on a CEDA tax-exempt loan of up to $10,000,000 for St. Junipero Serra Catholic School, $353,548.05 in warrants, and the Veterans Monument notice of completion
• Tustin Planning Commission (Sept. 8) — a tentative parcel map splitting a 13.56-acre parcel at 1100 Valencia and 1101 Bell Avenues into two lots, and the department's 2026 mid-year review
• Costa Mesa City Council study session (Sept. 8) — a single-item 5:00 PM session to review the revenue set-aside provisions of the Measure Q ordinance and give staff direction; the agenda lists no dollar figures
• Orange City Council (Sept. 8) — initial review of a preliminary 13-Year Financial Sustainability and Investment Strategy · Orange Planning Commission (Sept. 10) — staff asks to continue the homeless-shelter and Low Barrier Navigation Center ordinance hearing again, to Oct. 19
• OCTA Regional Transportation Planning Committee (Sept. 8) — revised Measure M2 grant guidelines and the 2027 call for projects · OCTA Transit Committee (Sept. 10) — action record now posted: the $784,876 lot-sweeping contract, the 2026 Language Assistance Plan and the November OC Bus service change were all approved for the Board of Directors, with no roll call or tally recorded; no action on the rider survey results or the project updates
• Fountain Valley Planning Commission (Sept. 9) — a new Chew Chew Dental office on Talbert Avenue and a Type 47 full liquor license for Que Vida Taqueria
• Garden Grove Planning Commission (Sept. 3) — a recommendation that the council adopt Gensler's non-binding Little Saigon design guidelines, developed with Fountain Valley and Santa Ana
• Brea Planning Commission (Sept. 8) — cancelling a 2020 development agreement to clear title for the 85-unit Mercury Senior Apartments, a 100 percent affordable project at Mercury Lane and Berry Street
• Seal Beach Planning Commission (Sept. 8) — a Verizon rooftop cell facility at the Shops at Rossmoor and a roof-height permit in Surfside Colony
• Cypress City Council (Sept. 8) — a $29,402,271.42 amended park-loan agreement between the city and its Recreation and Park District, final adoption of the Los Alamitos Race Course development agreement, a 5:00 PM General Plan workshop, and $117,775 in police vehicles
• San Juan Capistrano City Council (Sept. 1) — a Downtown Parking Implementation Plan presentation, a massage-business ordinance, and closed-door talks on city land at Calle Jardin and Alipaz Street
• Anaheim City Council — a $10,265,000 purchase of two Claudina Street properties, a Central Anaheim sewer-fee hearing, and a closed-session City Manager appointment
• Garden Grove City Council — a hotel-worker safety ordinance, a $1M mobile crisis-team agreement, and the Little Saigon design-guidelines study session
• Laguna Hills City Council — four Village at Laguna Hills / Housing Element ordinances up for adoption, and staff recommending rejection of all bids on two capital projects
• Mission Viejo City Council — Housing Element overlay zones for a low-barrier navigation center and emergency shelters, plus a $703,719.80 slurry-seal award
• Westminster City Council — selecting a venue operator for the Rose Center Theater, a police "military equipment" policy hearing, and a closed-session dispute over Little Saigon Archway funds
• Buena Park City Council · Villa Park City Council · Rancho Santa Margarita City Council · Brea Planning Commission · Tustin Planning Commission · Los Alamitos Planning Commission
• Cancelled, per the posted notices: Irvine City Council (Aug. 25) · Huntington Beach Planning Commission (Aug. 25) · Laguna Niguel Planning Commission (Aug. 25) · Laguna Niguel City Council (Sept. 1) · Placentia City Council (Sept. 1) · Irvine Planning Commission (Sept. 3) · Rancho Santa Margarita Planning Commission (Sept. 2) · Irvine City Council (Sept. 8) · La Habra City Council (Sept. 8) · Laguna Niguel Planning Commission (Sept. 8) · Placentia Planning Commission (Sept. 8) · Placentia City Council (Sept. 15) · Garden Grove Planning Commission (Sept. 17) · Orange Planning Commission (Sept. 21) · Laguna Niguel Planning Commission (Sept. 22) · Rancho Santa Margarita City Council (Sept. 23) · Garden Grove Planning Commission (Oct. 1) · La Habra Planning Commission (Sept. 28)

Coming up

• La Habra Planning Commission — Monday, October 12 — Zone Change 26-0003
• Irvine City Council — Tuesday, October 13 — the Target ’28 update, CicloIrvine and a kratom ordinance · Cypress City Council — the park fee hearing
• Also Tuesday, October 13: Newport Beach (the Fairway Three hearing) · Orange (the Mills Act) · Buena Park (Valley View repaving) · Costa Mesa (IT plan study session)
• San Juan Capistrano Planning Commission — Wednesday, October 14 — the French Hotel · Garden Grove Planning Commission — Thursday, October 15 — the Loara Street subdivision
• Also Tuesday, October 13: Garden Grove (the city manager’s retirement, zoning text amendments) · Laguna Hills (the Grand Jury housing-mandates response)
• Wednesday, October 14: Rancho Santa Margarita City Council (Civic Center turf contract) · Fountain Valley Planning Commission (FAM Vans, Innovation High School)
• OCFA Board of Directors — Thursday, October 22 — the $22,668,692 Fire Station 10 design-build award

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