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Council approves wide-ranging policy rewrite after debate over tree, parks and review processes
Summary
After public comment and debate over the timing and scope of proposed policy revisions, Newport Beach council approved a 150-page package of policy changes, rejecting a substitute motion to delay and voting 5–2 to adopt the revisions while acknowledging commissions could ask for later changes.
The Newport Beach City Council voted 5–2 on Feb. 24 to approve a package of proposed revisions to multiple council policies, a set of changes that prompted extensive public comment and requests for additional commission review.
Councilmembers and members of the public flagged several specific concerns in the 150‑page package: the Parks, Beaches & Recreation (PB&R) Commission and several commissioners asked for more time to review changes…
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