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31911 Crestwood Place Laguna Beach
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JULY 12, 2024 | Volume XXI, Issue 28
Visitors Flock to Laguna’s Coastline for July 4 By Clara Beard | LB Indy With beach chairs, coolers and umbrellas in tow, visitors braved heavy traffic and congested beaches to enjoy Laguna Beach’s coastline during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures soared into the triple digits last week, causing a heatwave in Southern California’s interior areas and valleys, reaching as high as 115 degrees Fahrenheit in Palmdale, Calif. on Monday. Along the coast, temperatures maxed out in the mid 80s, almost 30 degrees cooler and prompting an influx of visitors to Laguna Beach. A handful of residents voiced their concerns at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, saying the sheer number of visitors migrating to the coast negatively impacts the quality of life of residents, as well as other visitors. “We know influencers have been exposing once secluded spots in Laguna for years, with photos taken off-season or carefully photographed,” said Mary Hurlbut, a fourthgeneration Laguna Beach resident. “And then people arrive. I watched people arrive at Woods Cove, my beach, for decades, come JULY 4, PAGE 20
Top: Visitors at Main Beach on July 4. Bottom left: Drone specialists prepare machines at the Laguna Beach Lawn Bowling green. Bottom right: Drones create Laguna’s Main Beach lifeguard tower in the night sky. Photos/Mitch Ridder
City Council Candidate Judie Mancuso Runs on Environmentally Conscious Platform Left to right: Laguna Beach residents Kris Evans, Jacque Gallagher, Suzi McDuffie, Jinger Wallace, Eva Hodjera, Judie Mancuso, Cindy Love, Mike Beanan, Charlotte Masarik, MJ Abraham at a campaign event at Hotel Laguna on May 16. Photo courtesy of Judie Mancuso
By Clara Beard | LB Indy A self-named “true environmentalist,” 30-year Laguna Beach resident Judie Mancuso has entered the city council candidacy ring for the third time. Already a several months into her campaign, Mancuso’s platform focuses on public health and safety, environmental stewardship, climate resiliency and sustainability, community-led government, small business advocacy and animal rights. Mancuso, who spent five years as vice chair and is the current acting chair of the Laguna MANCUSO, PAGE 20
City Streamlines Laguna Beach Artists’ Live-Work Occupancy Process By Jackie Connor, Special to the Independent In a unanimous vote, Laguna Beach City Council approved expediting the application process for artists seeking live-work spaces, amending section 25.16 of the city’s municipal code and local coastal program during Tuesday’s regular meeting held July 11. The code requires the three-person artist review panel to meet in person to determine permits for artists to acquire a live-work space. The decision aims to eliminate the need for an artist review panel and shift the review process to a singular administrative level. “It slows things down for the artists,” said Mayor Sue Kempf, a liaison between the City of Laguna Beach Arts Commission and the Laguna Beach City Council. “They’ve (the artists) submitted their applications and they’re ready to go. (The process) is a little clunky. It doesn’t change the criteria…it doesn’t matter if it’s three people reviewing [applications] or one.” Under the current system, artists must submit their body of work, prove they’ve received formal training in the arts, show evidence they have featured their work within public programming such as an exhibition, performance or reading, and provide three letters of recommendation from other art professionals. ARTISTS, PAGE 18
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