Pot Clinic Will Exacerbate Tourist Woes
Editor,
Re: “Medical Pot Initiative Still Not Final.”
The first sentence says it all, …“he initiative that would make Laguna Beach the only location for a...
Restrict Short-term Rentals From Neighborhoods
Editor,
I was excited to be moving to beautiful Laguna Beach in the late ‘80s, but had one firm requirement: I didn’t want to live...
Rental Restrictions Rely on Residents as Enforcers
Editor,
The short term lodging (STL) issue is coming to a head at next Tuesday's (Aug. 9) City Council meeting. Both the Planning Commission’s proposed...
Candidate Seeks to Redefine Sacrifice
Editor:
Drop in to any coffee shop in town and you'll hear people talking about it. No, not the hot weather, summer traffic or the...
Short-Term Rentals Impact Property Value
Editor,
On Aug. 9, our City Council will consider the sub-committee's short term lodging (STL) ordinance as an alternative to the unanimously passed Planning Commission...
Complaints a Cover for Intolerance
Editor,
It's very sad to see over and over again your paper prominently presenting (re: this week's front page) the views of a few paranoid South Laguna...
Uncivil Behavior Antagonizes Neighborhoods
Editor,
As a Sunset Street South Laguna homeowner I read the excellent “Visitors Overwhelm South Laguna Beaches” story (July 22) with interest.
But one overlooked item:...
Top Cop Knows Her Beat
Editor,
Police Chief Laura Farinella knows more local history than many locals, astutely citing MTV’s Laguna Beach show among factors shifting tourist demographics over the...
Restrict Short Term Rentals to Commercial Areas
Editor,
Rita Robinson’s recent article in the Indy describes how neighborhoods bordering South Laguna beaches are being inundated by a tsunami of day-trippers, unleashed by...
Allowing Short-Term Rentals Hurts Long-Term Rental Market
Editor,
Maybe I’m wrong, and I hope I am, but the council seems to be positioning for a defeat of those who oppose short-term rentals.
It’s...
Who Needs a New Ordinance?
Editor,
Since passing Ordinance 209 in 1940, the City of Laguna Beach has maintained a R-1 Residential Zone for “low-density, single family residential areas, which...
Regulations Seem Unrealistic to Enforce
Editor,
As a UC Irvine political science professor who has done research on public policy for more than 40 years, I know this key finding:...
Throwing Money Away
Editor,
Which project will be finished first? Donald Trump's border wall, paid for by Mexico, or the village entrance project, which Laguna Beach has been...
Lack of Awareness Creates Fire Risk
Editor,
I once mistakenly didn't check the references well enough on a renter. Five days later he approached me with a gun and aimed it...
Litter Spoils the Beauty of Crystal Cove
Editor,
Just recently my family and I had the pleasure of visiting your beautiful community of Laguna Beach from the east coast. While there we...