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August 26, 2025
Special Meeting
From: City Clerk's Office
Sent: August 26, 2025 1:53 PM
To: Mulvey, Jennifer
Subject: FW: Public Comments SPECIAL MEETING - 2:30 P.M 8-26-2025
From: Eplanet Thunderstriker <public.comments01(@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 1:52:49 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
To: City Clerk's Office <CityClerk@newportbeachca.gov>
Subject: Public Comments SPECIAL MEETING - 2:30 P.M 8-26-2025
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The FOIA request only returned one speaking date other than April 23, 2024, and I didn't
see my name in the minutes there anyways. On at least one other day that I spoke to the
council I submitted a document to the clerk at the office and also during the council
meeting. That document was not recorded as part of the agenda with the date returned
from the FOIA request.
The document submitted had issues with the clerk's office included. At some point one
clerk may have been a discretionary witness to inappropriate activity.
I would also like a copy of the letter received by the council where the reply to me indicates
it had nothing of substance for the council to address.
Feeling bad today and with little time I'll point out few things here:
There are many cross jurisdictional issues with various evidence/documentation that
coordinated suppression of my circumstances is happening in real time.
Beginning when I first started comments/civic interaction in Solvang a few years ago the
city manager left without notice. Staff changes where employees are privy to some of this
elsewhere.
Finally, I want to register concern about the City Attorney. With nine contract amendments
already, and his interruption of my later comment still unresolved, the ongoing
negotiations regarding clerk staff at this special session raise further questions about
continuity and accountability.
Supplemental Note on Broader Context and Accountability
The concerns raised above are not isolated. They exist within a wider, documented pattern
already presented to this Council and others:
• Record Integrity: My name and submissions are repeatedly missing from minutes and
agendas, despite being made in proper form. This is more than clerical error; it reflects a
breakdown of the public record system.
• Legal Exposure: At face value, repeated omissions and dismissals align with federal and
state violations, including misprision of felony (18 U.S.C. § 4), obstruction of justice
(18 U.S.C. § 1503), and violations of the California Public Records Act. These are not
abstract risks they are now part of the civic record.
• Cross -Jurisdictional Suppression: My experiences in Solvang, Santa Barbara, Irvine,
Riverside, and Newport Beach all display the same pattern of inaction and procedural
silencing. Taken together, this suggests coordination or at minimum a systemic culture of
neglect.
• City Attorney Accountability: The Attorney's history of repeated contract
amendments, coupled with direct interruption of my comment and current involvement in
negotiations over clerk staffing, makes neutrality difficult to presume. This is not just
optics it raises the possibility of entrenchment and insulation against oversight.
If this Council does not act, the record will show not a single procedural lapse, but a
deliberate civic silence across multiple jurisdictions.
I urge you to:
1. Acknowledge receipt and preservation of my submissions (including July 22, 2025).
2. Place a Public Records Integrity Review on a future agenda.
3. Clarify the City Attorney's role in relation to public comment handling and clerk staff
negotiations.
Silence at this point does not erase the issue. It defines it.
Respectfully,
Eplanet Thunderstriker