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Candidate Julia Darden Lynch and others pitch community-first public art as panel ranks Amanda top
Summary
At interviews for San Clemente’s Arts & Culture Committee, candidate Julia Darden Lynch highlighted community-driven public art, Design Review experience and nonprofit leadership; the panel used ranked ballots and reported Amanda as the preliminary top vote-getter pending a public confirmation vote.
Julia Darden Lynch, a long-term San Clemente resident and former planning and design-review commissioner, told the interview panel she would push for community-led arts programming rather than standalone monuments.
"I think what we do should involve the community," Lynch said, describing eight years on planning and design-review bodies and work with local nonprofit efforts such as Peer Pride and Recasa. She said that background gave her both program oversight experience and public-engagement skills needed to advise the city.
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