HomeMy WebLinkAboutIV(b)_Additonal Materials Received_MosherJuly 23 2025, GPUSC Item IV.a Comments
These comments on an item on the Newport Beach General Plan Update Steering Committee agenda
are submitted by: Jim Mosher ( jimmosher@yahoo.com ), 2210 Private Road, Newport Beach 92660
(949-548-6229)
Item IV.b. Placing a Matter Regarding Language Used in the General
Plan Update on the GPAC’s Agenda
I am not entirely sure why the GPAC needs the GPUSC’s blessing to put a matter on its agenda
for discussion, but I fully support inviting someone from the City Attorney’s Office to have an
opportunity, on a future GPAC agenda, to discuss with GPAC members the significance of the
language used in a general plan.
I think this should be put in the broader context of the extent to which general plan goals and
policies are regarded as aspirational versus regulatory, as well as what, if any, language in
general plans has led to litigation in the past.
The GPAC members should have an opportunity to ask how best to express the things they
strongly want to happen and how to differentiate those from things they only hope might
happen.
I think a live back-and-forth on these topics would be much better than a memo on the subject.
General Plan Update Steering Committee - July 23, 2025 Item No. IVb - Additional Materials Received Placing a Matter Regarding Language Used in the General Plan Update on the GPAC's Agenda