Laguna Residents First

11/10/2022

The electorate has spoken. Thank you to our volunteers, donors and supporters for all your help over the last three years to enact the reasonable growth guidelines of Measure Q. Our message was simply overwhelmed by the massively funded litany of misinformation by the opposition. Stay tuned as we continue to put Laguna residents first and hold our elected officials to do the same.

11/03/2022

Alternative facts about Measure Q have painted a distorted picture downtown LRF Co-Founder David Raber explains in his column in this week's Laguna Beach Independent. A "yes" vote offers multiple benefits to residents, business owners and visitors . Read more here:

As this campaign season is winding down, there are a few myths that need to be addressed about Measure Q.Ballot Box Planning?

11/01/2022

Yes on Measure Q!

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10/29/2022

It was another great rally at Main Beach in support of Measure Q this morning! Dozens of residents turned out wearing blue and holding signs. Voting yes on Q is the best insurance policy against a 3 council majority pushing through major projects that residents may not want in their neighborhoods. Give yourself the right to vote! Get the facts at: https://lagunaresidentsfirst.org/

10/27/2022

Have you got a question about Measure Q? This important ballot measure puts power into the hands of the People, giving them the final say on projects that impact the quality of life and property values in Laguna Beach. The LRF website has frequently asked questions but if you don't find what you're looking for, please feel free to reach out: [email protected] or the LRF hotline at: (949) 424-6608. Please share this post with your friends and ask them to Vote Yes on Q Nov. 8th.

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10/24/2022

Thanks to Saturday's Yes on Q rally at Main Beach, we're feeling the love: community support for Measure Q is strong and it's getting stronger! Residents clearly want the right to vote on big projects in Laguna Beach. Said one attendee: "I didn't move here for more hotels, more bars, more everything. I moved here to raise my family in a small town." If you missed the rally this weekend and would like a lawn sign, please email: [email protected]

10/11/2022

"Voting yes on Measure Q tells the city council that you disapprove of just ignoring the problems that growth and intensification bring" says co-founder David Raber in his column in the Laguna Beach Independent. Read more reasons to vote yes at:

Laguna’s downtown, its small businesses, and the merchants and restaurateurs who run them are important to all of us. The false narrative that somehow Measure Q takes aim at small businesses in Laguna is a politicalized, sensationalized distortion of reality.

09/30/2022

"Measure Q requires the City to carefully evaluate commercial intensification proposals when they would impact neighborhoods" says David Raber in his column in the Independent. Read the rest regarding "Laguna's Future" at:

By Dave Raber Would you trust a developer to give you information to help you stop overdevelopment? Consider that Measure Q’s opponents, “Citizen’s for Laguna’s Future” is funded almost exclusively by developer and business interests whose priorities are likely very different from yours. T...

09/27/2022

"Measure Q will allow residents to determine how their city will look for their children" says Laguna Beach resident Susan Skinner in this week's issue of the Independent. Read why--as well as what benefits Newport Beach has enjoyed since passing their initiative 22 years ago--at:

In 2000, Newport's Greenlight slow growth initiative prevented Newport from looking like Manhattan Beach. In 2022, Laguna's Measure Q has the ability to stop Laguna Beach from ultimately looking like Newport. The opposition in Newport Beach screamed that Greenlight would destroy the economy and harm...

09/23/2022

"They say you can't fight city hall," says LRF Treasurer Gene Felder in this week's Laguna Beach Independent. "It is pretty tough as city insiders and developers do like favors, variances and to promote tourism to make money." Measure Q offers an alternative by leveling the playing field. Read more here: https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/letter-to-the-editor-last-chance-to-save-laguna-beach/

09/13/2022

"The unique value that is Laguna Beach is important to residents, our traditional merchants, and restaurateurs. If we lose that we will become just another overdeveloped, overcrowded coastal town" says Laguna Residents First co-founder David Raber in this week's column refuting the disinformation about Measure Q:

Last week Chris Quilter was trying to make a case against Measure Q, the Laguna Residents First Ballot Initiative. Here‘s the truth, the real story that he left out of his column.

09/08/2022

'Curious about how combining lots and the cumulative effects of development can impact coastal towns? Find out at our fun, free mixer this Tuesday, September 13th, 7-8 p.m. at the Universalist Unitarian Fellowship, 429 Cypress Drive. Refreshments will be served; bring a friend and get your questions answered, too: Yes on Q!