Laguna Beach Local News
Michael Minutoli is not a busker! The definition of a busker is: “a person who performs music or other entertainment in the street or another public place for monetary donations.” Michael has never asked for monetary donations!
Michael is a greeter in the tradition of Laguna greeters, beginning with Joe Lucas in the 1880s. Eilar Larsen is the most well-known of the greeters, commemorated with a statue, his footprints embedded in the sidewalk near Main Beach and “The Greeter” restaurant nearby. And don’t forget Number 1 Archer who was on the downtown scene In the 1980s. A 2016 film, “The Greeter,” was made about Laguna’s greeters, in which Michael plays an important role. Greeters have been and still are an important part of the Laguna Beach scene. They do not need nor deserve regulation! As far as Michael interfering with traffic, far more dangerous are the speeding cars with loud exhausts, and the jaywalkers, who do not use crosswalks and
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