Guest Opinion: City Council Gets It Very Wrong on In-N-Out
By Mark Nielsen The City Council’s approval of another drive-through with In-N-Out replacing Marie Callender’s on Del Obispo Street is ...
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City’s Survey Reveals Strong Support from Community to Leave Open Space As Is
By Shawn Raymundo A majority of the community would prefer to see San Juan Capistrano’s Northwest Open Space remain as ...
Orange County Tribal Community Holds Prayer Demonstration over Open Space
By Shawn Raymundo At the city council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 20, councilmembers heard from a small handful of ...
City to Continue Working on Open Space Zone Amendments Following Workshops
By Shawn Raymundo To clean up inconsistencies and ambiguous language regarding the use of open space in San Juan’s municipal ...
Letters: The Open Space Issue
MARY ANN NEWHART HILE, Indio I was born and raised in San Juan Capistrano and have only lived in the ...
Guest Opinion: Open Space No Longer Open to Public?
By Mark Nielsen, former mayor of San Juan Capistrano The City of San Juan Capistrano is holding public workshops ...
City to Hold Public Workshops on Open Space Use
By Shawn Raymundo A pair of public workshops for San Juan Capistrano residents to weigh in on how the city’s ...
Former Councilmember Presses City to Let Public Vote on Northwest Open Space Use
By Shawn Raymundo A handful of former city officials continue to voice their opposition to the San Juan Capistrano City ...
Guest Opinion: The Selling of San Juan Capistrano’s Heart and Soul
By Mark Nielsen Our city appears to be heading down a path of abandoning our decades-long commitment to preserving San ...
Guest Opinion: The Facts about the Unresolved Save Our Historic Town Center Lawsuit
Lawsuit aims to revoke entitlements for 30 condos on downtown hotel site Mark Nielsen By Mark Nielsen, former San Juan ...
City Council to Consider San Juan Hotel & Villas Project
By Brian Park The San Juan Capistrano City Council is scheduled to give final consideration to a developer’s plan to ...
Guest Opinion: Retaining San Juan Capistrano’s Character
Our city has a unique brand, developed over centuries, that needs to be protected By Mark Nielsen, former San Juan ...
Letter: Plans for Retail Center Beneficial to Residents
By Erin Kutnick, San Juan Capistrano Landowner Gretchen Stroscher Thomson is proposing to build The Shops at Capistrano, a 41-square-foot ...
Guest Opinion: Why Are We Considering Giving Up Our Identity?
Proposed ‘strip mall’ takes away from downtown’s historic character By Mark Nielsen, former San Juan Capistrano City Councilman Apparently the ...
Guest Opinion: Apartment Project at Odds with our High School
Council’s approval would benefit a private developer at the taxpayers’ expense By Mark Nielsen, former San Juan Capistrano City Councilman ...
