New Huntington Park City Council members find themselves on the hot seat
HUNTINGTON PARK — In the spring 2013 election, then political newcomer Karina Macias constantly berated the existing council, charging mismanagement, dishonesty, corruption and a lack of transparency...
View ArticleHuntington Park changes days for council meetings
HUNTINGTON PARK — The City Council has tentatively agreed to change its meeting days from the first and third Mondays of the month to the first and third Tuesdays. No date was set for the change...
View ArticleHuntington Park fills last commission vacancy
HUNTINGTON PARK — The City Council July 20 filled a vacancy on its Planning Commission, but not without dissension as was the case in the appointment of the other four commissioners June 15. Mayor...
View ArticleHuntington Park places noncitizens on advisory panels
HUNTINGTON PARK — “We are making history in Huntington Park,” Councilman Jhonny Pineda said Aug. 3, after he appointed two undocumented residents to city advisory commissions. Pineda, who was elected...
View ArticleHuntington Park moves council meetings to Tuesdays
HUNTINGTON PARK — After informally agreeing in July to change their meeting days from the first and third Mondays of the month to the first and third Tuesdays, the City Council formally approved the...
View ArticleAppointment of non-citizens stirs controversy in Huntington Park
HUNTINGTON PARK — About 50 speakers clashed for two and a half hours before the City Council Sept. 8 both for and against the council’s recent appointment of two non-citizens to serve on advisory...
View ArticleHuntington Park council still under fire for appointments
HUNTINGTON PARK — Four members of the City Council found themselves under attack Sept. 21 for the second consecutive meeting by an area group called We the People Rising, who continued to protest the...
View ArticleHuntington Park cracks down on illegal park activity
HUNTINGTON PARK — The city plans to “take back our parks,” according to Police Chief Cosme Lozano under a plan already under way, proposed by his department and interim City Manager John Ornelas. In a...
View ArticleProtesters continue disrupting H.P. City Council meetings
HUNTINGTON PARK — Relegated to the end of the meeting, members of a regional group that has repeatedly criticized the City Council still made their voices heard early in the Jan. 19 session. Told that...
View ArticleRecall notices served on Huntington Park council members
HUNTINGTON PARK — Four City Council members, faced with possible recall, may have made their positions more tenuous Feb. 19 by approving an ordinance to allow up to three medical marijuana dispensaries...
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