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La Habra council interviews six applicants for Planning and Community Services commissions; appointments deferred

2477743 · March 3, 2025
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Summary

The La Habra City Council conducted interviews March 3 for six applicants to fill expiring and alternate seats on the Planning Commission and Community Services Commission. Several councilmembers recused themselves from individual interviews; the council voted to carry the item to a future meeting for appointments.

La Habra City Council met March 3 in a special session to interview six applicants for expiring and alternate seats on the Planning Commission and the Community Services Commission; the council did not make appointments and moved the item to a future meeting.

The interviews, held in the City Council Chamber, featured candidates who described volunteer and professional experience they said would inform service on either commission. Applicants included Denise Schmidt, a longtime Community Services Commission member; a recent homeowner who identified himself as Miranda; Carrie Surridge; Lindsay Lefebvre; Ginger Logan Cannon; and Yami (Yamile) Lara. Jeanette Cortez had withdrawn her application prior to the meeting.

The council's consideration of the applicants included disclosures and recusals. During the Denise Schmidt interview a councilmember disclosed that Schmidt was a relative…

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