By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
December 19, 2020
| 8:38 p.m.
Chip Wullbrandt
Wullbrandt reportedly submitted his resignation late last week, ending his gig as city attorney days before Monday’s special meeting of the Solvang City Council. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Monday.
That meeting, called by new Mayor Charlie Uhrig at the end of Dec. 14 meeting, has two items set to be discussed in closed session as allowed by the Ralph M. Brown (Open Meetings) Act.
The first item identifies public employee discipline, dismissal or release of the city attorney.
A second item involves public employee appointment and identifies the position as the city attorney.
The town of Solvang on California’s Central Coast would normally be jammed with tourists now, strolling a main street bedecked with 100 brightly decorated Christmas trees or pouring into Danish-themed shops and restaurants, some with rooftop windmills, in search of tasty pastries and souvenirs like wooden shoes and puppets.
Instead, “People are calling from all over, saying, ‘What the hell is going on?’” City Councilman Mark Infanti said earlier this week after the community of about 5,000 announced it would not enforce the latest stay-at-home order Gov. Gavin Newsom put into effect Dec. 6.
Newsom’s order closed many businesses, forbids restaurants from offering anything other than takeout and delivery, and limits retail stores to 20% capacity, a level devastating for Solvang’s small storefronts that at peak times before the pandemic overflowed with shoppers.
California town says no to tough virus rules, then yes
by John Rogers, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 18, 2020 11:27 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 18, 2020 at 11:42 pm EDT
Groups of people, some wearing masks, take over the sidewalks downtown in Solvang, California, on Nov. 28, 2020. It was almost two weeks ago that the popular California tourist town of Solvang made headlines when it said it wouldn t enforce Gov. Gavin Newsom s tough new stay-at-home orders. But that was a week before a new City Council took over and told everyone to obey the rules to save lives. (George Rose/Santa Ynez Valley Star via AP)
This town says no to tough virus rules, then yes
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Patrons at the popular Paula s Pancake House on Hwy 246 enjoy new outside seating arrangements brought about by COVID-19 on Oct. 10, 2020, in Solvang, California. It was almost two weeks ago that the popular California tourist town of Solvang made headlines when it said it wouldn t enforce Gov. Gavin Newsom s tough new stay-at-home orders. But that was a week before a new City Council took over and told everyone to obey the rules to save lives. (George Rose/Santa Ynez Valley Star via AP)
(AP) – The little California town of Solvang would normally be jammed with tourists now, strolling a main street bedecked with 100 brightly decorated Christmas trees or pouring into Danish-themed shops and restaurants, some with rooftop windmills, in search of tasty pastries and bric-a-brac like wooden shoes and puppets.
The little California town of Solvang would normally be jammed with tourists now, strolling a main street bedecked with 100 brightly decorated Christmas trees or pouring into Danish-themed shops and restaurants, some with rooftop windmills, in search of tasty pastries and bric-a-brac like wooden shoes and puppets.
Instead, “People are calling from all over, saying, ‘What the hell is going on?’ ” City Councilman Mark Infanti said earlier this week after the community of about 5,000 announced it would not enforce the latest stay-at-home order Gov. Gavin Newsom put into effect Dec. 6.
Newsom’s order closed many businesses, forbids restaurants from offering anything other than takeout and delivery, and limits retail stores to 20% capacity, a level devastating for Solvang’s small storefronts that at peak times before the pandemic overflowed with shoppers.