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http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4853 By Don Juan Ortega, on September 19th, 2014 For those of you who attend Coffee Chat on Fridays in San Juan Capistrano, there will be an informal candidates forum on October 3rd for the individuals running for City Council. All the candidates have been invited to participate. Each candidate will be permitted a short speech followed by Q&A from the audience. The candidates [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4733 By Don Juan Ortega, on August 11th, 2014 On Friday, we discussed the candidates seeking a spot on the Ladera Ranch Civic Council. Today we will discuss the nine, count ‘em, nine candidates vying for three open seats (serving a four year term each) on the San Juan Capistrano City Council in the November 4, 2014 election. The nine candidates are:
Greg Acho [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4435 By Don Juan Ortega, on May 15th, 2014 In the wake of the failed attempt to recall Mayor Sam Allevato, we are closely watching the upcoming City Council elections in San Juan Capistrano. Last we heard, there were three candidates declared for three open seats. Among those who have declared their candidacy are incumbents John Taylor and Larry Kramer. Also declaring was Jan [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4313 By Don Juan Ortega, on April 25th, 2014 The Capistrano Dispatch has an update on who will be running for City Council in San Juan Capistrano this election. We’ve previously mentioned Jan Siegel’s candidacy. About Siegel, the Dispatch reports:
Jan Siegel, a 13-year member of the city’s Cultural Heritage Commission, also publicly announced she will be running for City Council during a Coffee [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4277 By Don Juan Ortega, on April 21st, 2014 Residents of the unfinished Pacifica San Juan neighborhood have long had to suffer the blight of a vacant parcel caught up in the SunCal/Lehman Brothers bankruptcies. The Capistrano Dispatch has the latest news on that property here. From the article:
The owner of an unfinished housing development was given 30 more months to prepare the [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4248 By Don Juan Ortega, on April 14th, 2014 We here at the Rancho Ortega Blog are big fans of San Juan Capistrano historian Jan Siegel. We are avid readers of her Moments in Time historical column in the Capistrano Dispatch and we’ve linked to many of her works here on the blog, including this mother’s day tribute to Ysidora Forster, the wife of [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4156 By Don Juan Ortega, on April 2nd, 2014 We recently reported that the group attempting to recall San Juan Capistrano Mayor Sam Allevato abandoned their recall effort. That’s not to say that they are giving up on their efforts. In an article posted on the Community Common Sense web site, one of the recall group’s volunteers explained the reason why the recall effort [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4132 By Don Juan Ortega, on March 27th, 2014 San Juan Capistrano residents and other interested in SJC city politics may be interested in knowing that City Councilman Larry Kramer has started writing a blog. It is located at http://larrykramercapo.com and seems primarily focused on reporting City Council actions.
In this blog post, Kramer posts his thoughts on the City Council and Utilities Commission’s [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4055 By Don Juan Ortega, on March 7th, 2014 The campaign to recall San Juan Capistrano Mayor Sam Allevato faced an important deadline today. As you might remember from this article, today was the day the signatures were due:
The recall organizers, Residents for Honest Government, now have 120 day to gather signatures from 20 percent of San Juan Capistrano’s 17,511 registered voters, or [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/3842 By Don Juan Ortega, on February 18th, 2014 According to its published meeting agenda, tonight the San Juan Capistrano City Council will consider another application to develop residential housing at “The Oaks” — the equestrian property that belongs to Joan Irvine Smith. This proposal — the third developer to submit a proposal for building homes on the property — contemplates 32 single family [...]
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