Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach plans to move forward with new security measures
Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach will be adding surveillance cameras and a security guard as new security measures.
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
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Following a carjacking incident that occurred on the campus of Providence Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach last year, hospital staff came to the table to discuss some changes to its security plan with the Laguna Beach City Council.
Terry Wooten, chief operating officer for Providence Mission Hospital, presented to the council at the meeting on March 23, revealing that the hospital plans to add surveillance cameras to the parking lot, as well as in the interior lobby and the fourth-floor parking lot of the medical office building on the west side of the facility.
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Laguna Beach City Councilmember Peter Blake. File Photo
The Laguna Beach City Council voted late Tuesday to censure Councilmember Peter Blake, marking the first time councilmembers have enforced a decorum and civility policy adopted in 2019.
The Council’s 4-0-1 vote, Blake abstained, caps a months-long campaign by a relatively small group of vocal residents who have urged Mayor Bob Whalen to use a censure process he introduced into city law. Censure is essentially an official admonishment and doesn’t invalidate any of Blake’s votes or restrict him from speaking at future meetings.
“This is not about trying to quell his speech and his viewpoints it’s about how you communicate your viewpoints and treat people who come before the council,” Whalen said.
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Peter Blake
The Laguna Beach City Council will consider a request Tuesday to censure Councilmember Peter Blake, marking the first time councilmembers will vote on whether to enforce a decorum and civility policy adopted in 2019.
Councilmember George Weiss formally requested a censure vote earlier this week, arguing the City Council needs to intervene in light of multiple statements by the art gallery owner that violate city law governing the conduct of elected and appointed officials.
“The censure request is based on two categories of unprofessional acts that violate the City’s Rules of Decorum and Civility Policy,” Weiss wrote in a letter. “First, insulting public communications directed to or about different Laguna Beach residents, which convey the (false) impression that community input is held in disdain by the City Council. Second, public derisive comment about fellow long-term Councilmember Toni Iseman.”