Tag: Casey McKeon

Huntington Beach Leaves Orange County Power Authority Over Continued Transparency Concerns

The Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) will stop providing power to residents and businesses in Huntington Beach after a split vote on May 16, where city councilors voted 4–3 to leave the embattled green energy agency. Huntington Beach’s actions follow the December withdrawal from the agency also by the Orange County Board of Supervisors. The…


Huntington Beach Approves 90-Day Plan to End Homelessness

Huntington Beach city council unanimously approved April 4 a 90-day plan to end homelessness, first initiated by Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark last December. Included in the plan is $40,000 for social workers and overtime for the city’s homeless task force, which will be funded from its police and homelessness division budgets. Funds…


Huntington Beach Seeks to Dismiss State Lawsuit

The City of Huntington Beach filed new court documents April 3 asking an Orange County Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by the state, saying the state’s charges in the suit, relative to housing, have been remediated. The action comes after the Huntington Beach City Council voted 6–1 March 21 to…


Huntington Beach Seeks to Dismiss State Housing Lawsuit

The City of Huntington Beach filed new court documents April 3 asking an Orange County Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by the state, saying the state’s charges in the suit, relative to housing, have been remediated. The action comes after the Huntington Beach City Council voted 6–1 March 21 to…


Huntington Beach Saves Over $200,000 Annually Changing Plans With Energy Provider: Officials

The Huntington Beach City Council voted Jan. 17 to change the city’s energy plan option for all the city’s customers with the Orange County Power Authority—a non-profit public agency that offers energy to Southern California cities—from the 100 percent renewable plan to one at 38 percent. The vote—motioned by Councilman Casey McKeon—was approved 4–3, with…


Conservative Majority Takes Over Huntington Beach City Council

The Huntington Beach City Council flipped to a majority of conservatives Dec. 6, when four newly elected members—Casey McKeon, Gracey Van Der Mark, Pat Burns, and Tony Strickland—were sworn into office during the council’s regular meeting replacing Mayor Barbara Delgleize, Mayor Pro Tem Mike Posey, and councilors Kim Carr, and Erik Peterson. This is the…


Working Together Brings Victory in Reach for 4 Huntington Beach City Council Candidates

Four conservative candidates running for the four open seats on Huntington Beach’s City Council have been working as a team and are ahead in the vote count as of Nov. 10 at 5 p.m. Pat Burns, a 29-year resident and retired police lieutenant, is in the lead with 13.67 percent of the vote. Behind him…


Working Together Brings Victory Within Reach for 4 Huntington Beach City Council Candidates

Four conservative candidates running for the four open seats on Huntington Beach’s City Council have been working as a team and are ahead in the vote count as of Nov. 11 at 5 p.m. Pat Burns, a 29-year resident and retired police lieutenant, is in the lead with 13.64 percent of the vote out of…


EpochTV Review: California Housing Crisis

Commentary In this episode of California Insider, host Siyamak Khorrami interviews real estate developer Casey McKeon in “California’s Workforce Housing Program Explained.” Many cities in California are already offering or considering offering workforce housing. In these programs, the city purchases rental properties and offers them to middle-class families at discounted rates. The problem with these…