Laity-Peebles

Teresa Lisbeth Laity-Peebles of Lansing, Michigan passed away on July 13, 2023 at the age of 71. Preceded in death by Danny Peebles ; father Ronald Laity and mother Leola Laity; brother Matthew Laity and his wife Victoria Laity. Proud mother of sons Chadwick (Meleana) Peebles and Jason (Colleen) Peebles; and sister to Kathryn Shishida and brotherin-law Mark Shishida. Loving Aunt to Krista (Cesar) Saldivia, Tatum (Franklin) Gonzalez, Jade Laity, and Hayley Laity; great Aunt to Diego and Antonio Saldivia, and Reeves and Nikolas Gonzalez; and Grandma to Maluihi. Teresa earned her BSN at Cal State University of Dominguez Hills. For the majority of her career, she worked as a dedicated Registered Nurse at San Clemente hospital in California. She was known for her unwavering kindness and selflessness, always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who came her way. She was a bookworm extraordinaire, always with a smile on her face as she delved into the pages of countless novels. She brought joy and color to our lives with her vibrant personality and her love for all things pink. She went by many names starting with Nean, Aunt Nene, Mama Peebs, The Pink Lady, and the football chili and rice crowd knew her as “Mother” Teresa. She will be greatly missed. A memorial service will be held later in the year.

Longtime resident of San Clemente, California, Wilma Marie Broccardo (Campbell) passed away with her husband by her side at their home in Wolf Creek, Oregon, on July 20, 2023. Wilma was born July 2, 1952, in Broken Bow, Nebraska. The family moved to San Clemente, California in 1953 where she attended Las Palmas, Concordia and graduated from San Clemente High School in 1970. On October 24th, 1969, Wilma married Fred Broccardo at the Fort Ord Chapel. Fred and Wilma raised two sons, Mark and Joseph, in San Clemente. Wilma retired from a career as an Escrow Officer around 2004 and helped care for four of her grandsons, by whom she was called Grandma Bubbles. In 2011,Wilma and Fred relocated to Wolf Creek, Oregon. Wilma was preceded in death by father John O. Campbell, mother Edna Mae Campbell, brother John A.Campbell, sister Linda Mae Campbell. She is survived by husband Fred Broccardo, sister Mary Jane Ponder, sons Mark and Joseph Broccardo, grandsons Teague, Aiden, Kohl, Seth, Hayes, and John, five great grandchildren and eight nieces and nephews. A celebration of life and memorial will take place in San Clemente at a future date to be determined.

(Cont. from page 5) that we can actually build something that is affordable, we’re going to continue to watch people leave because they can’t afford to live here anymore.”

Without housing laws in play, Davies argued that cities are still incentivized by the revenue that new residents bring in.

Davies added that cities are looking to at least maintain their current populations, if not continue to grow. Cities also need to plan for a variety of housing types to cater to different stages of life, Davies said.

“You start out where you have your apartments, but you’ve got your young adults staying there until they get married, and they move into more of a single-family home or maybe a condo,” Davies said. “Then perhaps into a little bigger house and then when the kids leave, they have the opportunity to sell the house but stay within their community.”

“So, you really want to make sure you have a little bit of everything there so that they’re not leaving the community,” Davies continued. “People love their communities; they want to be able to raise a family and stay there for that full generation cycle.”

In response to Davies’ comment about state legislature taking away control from city governments, the San Clemente Times sent a questionnaire to Dana Point, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano’s City Councilmembers and its Planning Commission Chairs to seek their perspectives.

San Clemente Councilmember Mark Enmeier noted that there is often a temptation to simplify the argument of state versus local control to win political points with constituents, arguing that the issue is “much more complicated and nuanced than what we would like to believe.”

“On one side, there is a desire to maintain the character and charm of our local communities,” Enmeier said. “The worry is that a state assembly, which does not understand the local charm of our town, will invoke a change that disrupts the historical fabric of our city.”

“On the other side, the argument is made that we are in a statewide housing crisis due to the fact that cities have not individually kept up with demand,” Enmeier continued.

Ultimately, Enmeier concluded that he didn’t believe there is “a perfect answer to addressing our housing predicament. I do believe, however, that there are multiple answers, and we find them when we are willing to listen to each other, and when we are willing to work together.”

San Clemente Mayor Chris Duncan noted that while local governments hold primary responsibility for local land-use policy, the state and federal governments protect renters from discrimination and the environment from unchecked development, as well as regulate insurance policies.

“All levels of government have some jurisdiction here, and they need to be working collaboratively to solve our housing crisis,” Duncan said.

Duncan noted that the city needs to build more affordable housing that fits with San Clemente’s character, adding that the population is shrinking because of the lack of affordable housing.

Following the San Clemente City Council’s majority vote on Nov. 1, 2022, MemorialCare will soon develop its 250-bed senior housing facility and 7,500-square-foot medical office on the site of its shuttered hospital on Camino de los Mares—a mixeduse project some city officials see as a successful action to help address housing woes.

Hart said he felt that anything beyond RHNA goals and consequences for not meeting those goals “is micro-management by our state government.”

FRIDAY, AUG. 11

Beachside Chat

8-9 a.m. Join San Clemente residents and dignitaries for the weekly Beachside Chat, a spirited, town hall forum on community issues led by a slate of rotating hosts. The chats are held at Dorothy Visser Senior Center, located at 117 Avenida Victoria, San Clemente. All are welcome.

MONDAY, AUG. 14

San Clemente Homeless Collaborative

4 p.m. The San Clemente Homeless Collaborative meets on the second Monday of each month at Christ Lutheran Church, 35522 Camino Capistrano, San Clemente. Bring your ideas on what to do about homelessness in San Clemente, and a willingness to listen to the ideas of others. streeter.tom@outlook.com.

San Clemente American Legion Post 423

Allowing cities to develop and enforce their own design standards “strikes the appropriate balance and gives homeowners the certainty in knowing what they can and can’t do with their property,” Duncan said.

Mayor Pro Tem Steve Knoblock of San Clemente claimed that state laws have had a “detrimental effect on affordable housing and the resulting community degradation and increased crime.”

Instead of local and state laws regulating housing, Knoblock argued that “the free marketplace determines best how to meet the local needs for housing, education and public safety.”

On the subject of ensuring that housing development is in line with the character of the community, San Juan Capistrano Mayor Howard Hart said the city “desires to build a community that enriches the lives of all who live here.”

“We don’t want to be just another sea of anonymous four-story stucco cubes that isolate our workers from their wealthy employers,” Hart said. “Statewide mandates undermine our ability to grow our community to meet housing challenges in a manner that fits our residents’ interests.”

Hart argued that state laws incentivizing “low-end housing construction” ultimately “help to ensure that the working poor remain relegated to standard housing and that a shortage of quality housing persists.”

Instead, Hart argued that the community needed to build more market-rate housing so “prices for these homes would not be as steep, natural upward home ownership progression would begin to churn again, and landlords would be incentivized to remodel and rehabilitate existing housing to compete for tenants.”

Both Hart and Davies argued in favor or reevaluating the CEQA process, which the two view as a hurdle for development.

Knoblock commented that San Clemente was “pretty much built out.”

“There are no available areas of undeveloped land on which to build,” Knoblock said. “Infill projects are our only areas which could be developed for housing.”

Duncan pointed to planned development of a new senior housing center and medical office as a success story resulting from a zoning code change, and pointed to the Los Molinos district as an area in the city where new housing could be developed.

Enmeier stated that if redeveloped, a mixed-use project at Pico Plaza, off the 5-Freeway and Avenida Pico, “has the potential to be a vibrant community that houses young professionals and civil service workers.”

Dana Point Councilmember John Gabbard noted that there are “a number of housing applications in process” and “each of those applications deserve our unbiased consideration without prejudgment or determination,” opting not to answer the survey questions in full.

“All that we can promise is that we are looking at all projects under the lens of the law and what benefits the fabric of our neighborhoods, the people and the community of Dana Point,” Gabbard said. “Boring, yes, but that’s what the impartial application of the law should be.”

None of the other councilmembers and none of the Planning Commission chairs for the three cities had responded to the survey as of press time.

Shawn Raymundo, C. Jayden Smith and Collin Breaux contributed to this report.

6 p.m. All Legionnaires and other veterans are invited for a complimentary light dinner, fellowship and the monthly meeting. This month, Mike Fluchere, Marine Ministry Leader at San Clemente Presbyterian Church, will discuss his church’s outreach to Camp Pendleton military members and their families, and how Post 423 might join in supporting them. Elks Lodge, 136 Calle de Los Molinos, San Clemente. For additional information, email l1900ahon@aol.com or call 949.606.3512.

TUESDAY, AUG. 15

San Clemente City Council

5 p.m. The San Clemente City Council will conduct its regularly scheduled meeting in person at the Council Chambers at City Hall, as well as virtually. The meeting will be livestreamed on the city’s YouTube channel. City Hall, 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente. 949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16

VA Disabled Claims Clinic

2-4 p.m. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) 9934 will sponsor a Veterans Affairs Disability Claims Clinic at the Dana Point Community Center the first and third Wednesday of each month. Veterans can walk in and meet with a VFW Service Officer and receive information on how to file a claim for service-related medical issues. Dana Point Community Center, 34052 Del Obispo Street, Dana Point.

Planning Commission

5-10 p.m. The city’s Planning Commission will conduct its regularly scheduled meeting at the Council Chambers at City Hall. The meeting will be livestreamed through the city’s YouTube channel. City Hall, 910 Calle Negocio. 949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

CUSD Board of Trustees

7 p.m. The governing board for the Capistrano Unified School District will meet to decide on local education matters. CUSD Headquarters, 33122 Valle Road, San Juan Capistrano. capousd.org.