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City To Hold Second Park Design Forum
TUSTIN, CA — The City of Tustin Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a second Park Design Forum on March 19, 2014, at 6:00 pm in the City Council Chambers, adjacent to the Tustin Library. The...
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On the Planning Commission Agenda – March 25, 2014
Not much happening at the Tustin Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday. Prior to the meeting, the commissioners will meet as the Board of Appeals only to approve the minutes of the previous meeting....
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Sticking Your Foot In Your Mouth
You’ll be surprised and, hopefully, pleased to know it wasn’t a Jerry Amante wannabe or crony that stepped in it – this time. It could have been, but it wasn’t. This time it was another aspiring idiot...
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On The City Council Agenda – April 1, 2014
This Tustin City Council didn’t leave me much to work with this April Fool’s Day. In fact, the Closed Session is likely to take longer than the Regular Session this week. The Closed Session also had a...
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The SF Connection
Recently we wrote about State Senator Leland Yee’s arrest by the FBI on corruption and gun running charges. In a late-breaking revelation, we have discovered a Tustin Connection to Lee, also known as...
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On the Planning Commission Agenda – April 8, 2014
It looks like another easy week for the Tustin City Planning Commission due to the sole Public Hearing being postponed at the request of the applicant. The Public Hearing on CUP 2013-13 and Design...
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Don’t Bury Me on the Lone Prairie
Although only remnants of the bases remain, Orange County was home to tens of thousands of U.S. Marines and their families over the years. We still have on our soil hundreds of Marine, Navy and Army...
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Short Meeting, John’s MIA (Again?)
At 43 minutes, last week’s Tustin City Council meeting was the shortest of the year and one of the shortest on record. Even Mayor Al Murray joked about reaching the business and committee reports in...
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DUI Checkpoint Coming to a City Near You
The city of Tustin will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in an undisclosed location on May 9, 2014 from 8 pm to 3 am. According to the press release, specially trained officers will be looking for signs...
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On The City Council Agenda – May 6, 2014
It’s been a nice but short vacation since the Tustin City Council had an extra week off this past month. And, while the last meeting in April was extremely short, don’t expect that to happen again, at...
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Tustin Police Look For Sexual Batterer
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lt. Robert Wright (714) 573-3282 (714) 904-8210 rwright@tustinca.org CRIME WARNING: Sexual Battery Crime Series The Tustin Police Department has received...
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On The City Council Agenda – May 20, 2014
Unless we run into another protest in chambers, this week’s Tustin City Council meeting should be fairly short. In fact, the Closed Session, which starts at 5:30 may be longer than the public forum....
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Impatient Protesters Push Council’s Buttons
Apologies, I have been away from the computer for a few weeks due to heavy commitments. This week doesn’t look much better. However, I thought I would at least try to bring you up to date on an issue...
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A Flip Of The COIN
As labor talks with the county’s public safety arm have ground to a halt, the Board of Supervisors are openly debating whether negotiations should be open to the public. Supervisor John Moorlach is...
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On The City Council Agenda – June 3, 2014
A tough issue facing the Tustin City Council Tuesday will be the repeal of the majority of its local sex offender ordinances. As you may have read, the California Appeals Court has struck down most...
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No Protests But Plenty of Voices
I hope everyone enjoyed the Chili Cookoff on the 1st. With no Planning Commission meeting scheduled this week, I had plenty of time to look over the Tustin City Council meeting from the week before....
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On The City Council Agenda – June 17, 2014
Sex Offenders and Hangar Reuse highlight the agenda for the Tustin City Council this week. The Tustin City Council will consider the appropriation of $369 thousand dollars for consultant services to...
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Cop Happenings
A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting our new Tustin Police Chief, Charles Cellano. Cellano was named the interim Chief immediately after Scott Jordan’s retirement in mid-2013. He was...
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Just Hangarin’ Around
Surprisingly, the city technicians were able to post the video of the Tuesday Tustin City Council meeting in record time. More often than not, in recent history, they have had trouble getting it...
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Coming Home
I never thought that is is where I’d settle down, Thought I’d die an old man back in my hometown, They gave me this plot of land, Me and some other men, For a job well done. Arlington – Trace Adkins By...
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