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Westminster speakers urge council not to return $1 million pledged for Little Saigon gateway and to let court decide councilmember lawsuit
Summary
Dozens of residents at a closed-session oral communications period urged the City Council not to return $1,000,000 pledged for a Little Saigon gateway and asked the city to pursue a lawsuit involving two councilmembers; council later reported no reportable action from the closed-session discussion.
Dozens of residents addressed the Westminster City Council during the closed‑session oral‑communications period on Aug. 13, pressing the city to resist an Orange County demand to reclaim $1,000,000 pledged for a Little Saigon gateway and urging the council to let the courts decide a lawsuit involving two councilmembers.
Speakers said the gateway is a cultural and economic priority for the large Vietnamese‑American community in and around Westminster. “The gateway is not just a structure, it’s a symbol of 50 years of Vietnamese American perseverance, success, and contribution to Orange County,” Gigi Vo told…
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