Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The City’s Information Technology and Harbor department teams have upgraded the Newport Beach mobile app, MyNB, to include an interactive map of Newport Harbor. Boaters using the app while out on the water can now easily find Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Our next City Council meeting is Tuesday, May 24. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/68240/72. A special joint meeting of the City Council and Finance Committee will Read More
Hal Landon Jr. in South Coast Repertory’s 2022 production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder. Photo by Matt Gush/SCR. By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy “Our Town” is the quintessential South Coast Repertory show, and if you don’t believe that, catch the new Segerstrom Stage production. Thornton Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The proposed annual budget for Fiscal Year 2022-23 is now online for public review. The proposed budget is balanced with a strong projected surplus of revenues over expenses, enhances funding for building replacement and maintenance, and increases the speed of the Read More
A view of the Banning Ranch property in Newport Beach. — Photo by Christopher Trela © In a victorious moment, a goal that has taken decades to come to fruition, the darling of the coastal preservationists, Banning Ranch, acquired $11.5 million dollars from the Coastal Conservancy last week to complete Read More
Noah Blom Op/Ed by Noah Blom, Newport Beach City Council Member As a small business owner, I hold myself accountable for the service and quality in my restaurants. As your City Council Member, you hold me directly accountable for decisions we make and the outcomes of those decisions too. How Read More
Will O’Neill By Will O’Neill, Newport Beach City Council Member You don’t elect your Mayor. Instead, your Mayor is chosen by the city council every year, rotated only from amongst themselves. But you can change this system and ensure that your Mayor is directly accountable to you. Ballots hit mailboxes Read More
I’ve seen the ballot question for Measure B, the “Elect Our Mayor” initiative. Shall the Newport Beach City Charter be amended to provide for the direct election of the Mayor? That’s simple. It’s straightforward. Should voters choose their Mayor or should other people choose for us? Right now, the City Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager All of our City departments went above and beyond in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that was especially true for the Newport Beach Fire Department. The volume of calls and demand for services for our firefighters, emergency medical personnel and Read More
There is no better candidate for District 5 Supervisor than Katrina Foley. As Airport Commissioner, I witnessed Supervisor Foley working collaboratively with residents, JWA staff, Cities, and the General Aviation community to develop a Fly Friendly program that will bring relief to noise-impacted OC communities. Supervisor Foley tackled homelessness the day Read More
