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In discussing the General Plan update, Newport Beach city staff, Council members, and residents all emphasized transparency, inclusiveness, and public engagement at a meeting this week. During Tuesday’s Council study session, city staff presented an overview of the process and...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the Newport Beach Independent during 2018. This week, January through June. Next week will cover the top news stories of the second half of the year. (click on the text to see original story)...

It seems that most projects and remodels in this town are built by exception . . . exception to the existing General Plan and Zoning Codes. Why is that? Why do we bother with plans, codes and a building department? All we really need is a big red rubber stamp that ...

The first Newport Beach City Council candidate forum of the year featured a range of topics, both agreement and disagreement between candidates, and a few jokes and jabs. About 100 people attended the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce hosted a forum to “Meet the Candidates” on...

Newport Beach City Council this week formally adopted the direction they gave staff during the annual planning session last month, with one distinct change regarding the general plan update process. While the Jan. 29 meeting included a fiscal, harbor, and public safety updates,...

The latest Mariners’ Mile Public Workshop that was held on January 26 at Marina Park was intended to provide the residents with a clear vision of what the City and the Consultant, Placeworks, have been working on since their last community meeting. It was clear that the City and...

Measure Y, the proposed general plan land use element amendment, has been a controversial topic recently and arguments on both ends have been heard. Political Action Committees have been formed on both sides of the issue to try and convince voters to check their preferred answer...

Judge Denies Lawsuit Disputing Measure Y Language An Orange County Superior Court judge this week denied a petition filed by two Newport Beach residents disputing the language in Measure Y, the proposed general plan land use element amendment. Petitioners Susan Skinner and Bert...

Two residents filed a lawsuit this week disputing the language in Measure Y, the proposed general plan land use element amendment. Petitioners Susan Skinner and Bert Ohlig allege there is a “complete lack of impartiality” in the ballot language and is an “egregious violation” of...

To get to a recent mid-summer respite, I parked near the entrance to Balboa Island, walked across the bridge, and continued along South Bay Front to Agate Ave. I boarded the Balboa Island Ferry, exiting at the Fun Zone on the Peninsula, and headed for dinner at the Balboa...

The official seal of the City of Newport Beach represents what drew so many of us here: the Pacific Ocean, with its countless pleasures. (What the seal doesn’t show is the traffic we sit in on the way to those pleasures.) Locals who attended the July 8 City Council meeting had...

The Newport Beach City Council approved a revised version of an amendment to the city’s General Plan Land Use element on Tuesday. After more than an hour and a half of discussion, the item passed 4-1, with Councilwoman Nancy Gardner dissenting and council members Mike Henn and...

Whether you grew up in this town or have lately arrived, it is heart-lifting each time you drive down Newport Boulevard, Jamboree or MacArthur and catch that first glimpse of the Pacific. Newport Beach is a great town to live in. Keeping it that way is the responsibility of our...

As you may have heard, on July 8 the Newport Beach City Council will consider placing on the November ballot a measure amending the General Plan – a plan that voters adopted, after extensive outreach and input, in 2006. The proposed amendment would reduce allowable development in...

The Planning Commission on Thursday will hear from former mayor Tod Ridgeway about why they should approve his Mariner’s Pointe project for now-vacant property at Coast Highway and Dover. They also will hear from a group of project opponents: Ridgeway’s neighbors on King’s Road,...