At its 11 July 2017 meeting, the City Council overturned the ‘informal’ Essential Employee Housing Assistance Program that had been created in April 2000.  The idea behind the program was that certain ‘essential’ city employees should live in the city so as to be readily available in case of emergency.

After several residents spoke out against the continuation of the program and when the total remuneration paid to current program participants was revealed, the council made the fiscally prudent decision to halt providing housing assistance to additional city employees.

See the Laguna Beach Independent article on the decision by clicking here