By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager
The next meeting of the Newport Beach City Council will be on Tuesday, January 28. A closed session meeting will begin at 4 p.m. The regular meeting begins at 5 p.m. The full agenda is available here: https://www.newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/77119/72.
Agenda items include:
A $1.2 million...
Sherman Library & Gardens, the nonprofit organization and destination in Corona del Mar that serves as an educational and cultural center (including a premier botanical garden and research library), planted the financial seeds needed to flourish last summer when it announced the Grow the Gardens campaign.
The campaign seeks to...
By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager
In addition to signing up for Newport Notified at https://newportbeach.genasys.com/portal/en to receive timely emergency alerts, I encourage you to download the City's MyNB smartphone app at https://newportbeachca.gov/government/data-hub/online-services/mynb-mobile-app for many day-to-day transactions, information and service requests.
MyNB is designed to give residents, businesses and visitors...
Assemblymember Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach) introduced House Resolution 5 to raise awareness about January Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
HR 5 recognizes and acknowledges the resilience of trafficking survivors and the efforts of many who work to prevent human trafficking.
According to 2022 statistics from the National Human Trafficking Hotline, in California...
Applications are now being accepted for the Community Development Block Grant for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
The Federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, provides Community Development Block Grant funds to the City of Newport Beach for projects that promote the development of viable urban communities by providing...
By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager
The City's Permit Center received largely favorable reviews for customer service in 2024, according to a year-end report. Survey responses are prompted by a text asking customers to rate their experience. The City received 448 surveys in total last year.
About 94% of...
By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager
The next Newport Beach City Council meeting is Tuesday, January 14. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeach.legistar1.com/newportbeach/meetings/2025/1/3736_A_City_Council_25-01-14_Agenda.pdf?id=3ee596c4-565f-4350-b528-98460b9d0ab0
A closed session meeting will begin at 4 p.m. The regular meeting begins at 5:30 p.m.
Agenda items...
With the horrific and devastating fires happening in Los Angeles County, the City of Newport Beach would like to update our community on the City's fire prevention, response and water system capabilities.
Mutual Aid
Newport Beach is part of the California Master Mutual Aid System, which provides a statewide framework to...
This winter, Visit Newport Beach – the noted marketing agency representing the city of Newport Beach – wants residents of cooler climates to say farewell to snow and hello to the warmth of a luxurious escape in Newport Beach.
As they did last winter, Visit Newport Beach invites travelers to...
By Blake Foster, Financial Advisor, UBS (Newport Beach)
As of 2024, there were a record 813 billionaires worth a combined $5.7 trillion in the United States, according to Forbes, up from the 756 billionaires quoted by World Population Review in 2023. That year, the U.S. was the country with the...
