Unmasking CEQA and Historic Preservation
Editor,
As an owner of a C rated cottage, I have followed the events surrounding the city’s process to amend its outdated Historic Preservation Ordinance...
Historic Preservation Info Available on the City’s Website
Editor,
City staff has been assigned to revise the Historic Preservation Ordinance by the City Council and there has been a great deal of misinformation...
Marketing Promotes Value in C-Rating
Editor,
Those who oppose the historic preservation ordinance say that being identified as historic resources will diminish the value of their homes and make them...
Henderson’s Leadership Allowed Giving by Others
Editor,
I recall years ago when we in the neighborhood would prepare casseroles and other meal/food items to deliver to the Friendship Shelter on Coast...
New Group Honors LGBT Culture
Editor:
I am on a mission to see the rich heritage and culture of our LGBT community reflected in Laguna Beach. To be clear, I...
Gay-Friendly Elevated by City Declaration
Editor,
On May 9, Tuesday, at the Laguna Beach City Council meeting, Mayor Toni Iseman will proclaim June L.G.B.T. Pride month.
We can all be proud...
Hope for the Future
This letter is addressed to columnist James Utt:
Thank you for continuing to teach. Your column gives hope. By sharing your past personal experience, being...
Laguna’s Superb Resource
It blew me away!
Laguna Beach has an unsung treasure (no pun intended) as outstanding as anything I have experienced in Laguna in 42 years.
The...
New Historic Preservation Rules Should be Passed
Editor,
I was disappointed with the Independent’s misleading title, “Planners Step Away from Tighter Historic Rules,” to describe the Planning Commission’s decision not to approve...
Former Student Praises Utt’s Even-Handed Lessons
Editor:
I'm writing in response to Jennifer Welsh-Zeiter's letter to the editor (“Thanks for Not Teaching”) posted April 20, 2017.
Indy guest columnist James Utt was my...
Disagreement Over Poet Laureate Selection
Editor,
Mark (Chamberlain) and I were both surprised and upset to hear that Kate Buckley was selected as the first poet laureate of Laguna Beach.
We...
Longi’s Critics Question His Comments
Editor:
Concerning your piece: City Commissions Artist Work/Live Study (News, April 14)
It is troubling that, while your article provides significant space for developer Louis Longi...
Praise for a Youngster’s Inquisitive Civic Interest
Editor,
I attended the April 18 city council meeting and sitting behind me was a man with a young boy – perhaps 9 or 10...
A Shout-out by Fans of Construction Workers
Editor,
I only write this little blip to you as I see that we are in the starting phases of construction in Laguna, a time...
Give New Signs a Try
Editor,
A letter writer, who wrote about the plan to create way finding signs, incorrectly stated, “In mid-2016, a subcommittee member said the signage program...