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Lake Forest officials will decide today on whether their city should join a regional renewable energy agency, along with a host of others in Orange County that either recently took action or will do so this week.
But advocates for such a program are raising concerns about the Lake Forest City Council’s upcoming vote specifically around the mayor’s employment with a prominent natural gas company that some see as a major force standing against these efforts.
Because of this relationship, they argue, Mayor Neeki Moatazedi should recuse herself.
Moatazedi, on the other hand, argues her employer, the Southern California Gas Company, isn’t relevant or affected by the current energy debate and that she’s keeping an open mind.