Santa’s Village by the Sea and Puttin’ on the Glitz, a combined event full of activities, food and shopping, provided fun for all ages Saturday night, Dec. 3.
The San Clemente City Council approved an ordinance on second reading that will allow MemorialCare to build a mixed-use development on its former hospital site. The council’s formal approval comes as members of the community have lobbed unfounded claims that Mayor Pro Tem Chris Duncan violated ethics rules by holding improper discussions with MemorialCare—allegations that both Duncan and the medical group dispute.
In an at-time emotional ceremony, the new city clerk and city treasurer were sworn in Friday morning, Nov. 18, at City Hall to replace the retiring Joanne Baade and outgoing Mark Taylor, respectively.
The San Clemente City Council chose not to send a letter urging the Orange County Board of Supervisors not to sign off on “unreasonable pay raises” during the board’s labor negotiations with the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriff’s.
In another step towards constructing pickleball courts at Richard T. Steed Memorial Park, the San Clemente City Council on Tuesday, Nov. 15, approved a roughly $404,000 contract to design the project.
In a pointed effort to reduce San Clemente’s unfunded pension liability, Mayor Gene James’ motion to start the process toward spending 33% of revenue from visitors on a pension pay-down was approved by the City Council on Nov 1.
In a contested 3-2 vote, the San Clemente City Council on Tuesday, Nov. 1, approved MemorialCare’s project to build a senior housing facility and medical office on its former hospital site.
San Clemente officials ran through a gamut of topics related to homelessness and crime at the Public Safety Town Hall the City Council hosted on Wednesday night, Oct. 26.
Since January, there have been 10 residential burglaries in San Clemente’s Talega neighborhood. According to Capt. Tony Benfield, OCSD has seen reports of burglaries across the city rise to their previous levels from before the pandemic—when more people were at home and there were fewer burglaries.
The City of San Clemente will issue a Request for Proposals for either in-house or contracted legal services, per a 3-2 vote from the San Clemente City Council on Tuesday night, Oct. 18.
Mayor Gene James joined a dozen individuals by taking a jump off the San Clemente Pier on Sunday morning, Oct. 2, as part of an annual fundraiser that the nonprofit PierPride Foundation holds.
The San Clemente City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 20, voted to enter an exclusive negotiating period with Pacific Medical Buildings to determine whether to transfer use of city-owned land off of Avenida Vista Hermosa and Avenida La Pata for potential development of a medical facility.
With City Manager Erik Sund stepping down from his post on Friday, Sept. 9, the San Clemente City Council voted, 3-2, to approve a candidate to handle the role’s responsibilities in the interim at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Following a recent shooting at Max Berg Plaza Park that left one man with a minor head injury, city officials are working with Police Services to address some critical needs to protect residents in the surrounding area, such as the installation of cameras and upgraded lights. The City Council is also set to consider a proposal to finance an additional deputy sheriff.
A Citizens Committee will soon be established as part of an ongoing effort to build an amphitheater in town, per a San Clemente City Council vote on Aug. 16.
