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Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
2025520 housing units ($80.9M)
🗳️ Election results (5 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
Mayor 2024-04-09
R. Rex Parris ✓ 4,763 · Johnathon Ervin 3,648 · Mark Maldonado 3,190 · Michael Rives 467 · Shawn Cannon 421 · Nicolle McMillion 337
City Council 2024-04-09
Lauren Hughes-Leslie ✓ 7,152 · Ken Mann ✓ 5,488 · Robert Enos 3,280 · Irvine Carrillo 2,964 · Ayinde Frazier 566 · Frances Sereseres 536
City Council 2022-04-12
Raj Malhi ✓ 4,502 · Marvin E. Crist ✓ 4,395 · Leslie Underwood 2,070 · Shawn Cannon II 761 · Fran Sereseres 697 · King L. Moore II 609
Mayor 2020-04-14
R. Rex Parris ✓ 8,441 · David Paul 1,678 · Aubray McPherson 952 · Leslie L. Underwood 843 · Kurtis K. Wilson 671
City Council 2020-04-14
Kenneth "Ken" Mann ✓ 6,406 · Darrell L. Dorris ✓ 5,969 · Christian D. Green 3,926 · Jeremiah Westbrook 2,848 · Frances "Fran" Sereseres 1,545 · Shawntwayne Cannon, II 705
🗳️ Ballot measures (4)
Propositions decided directly by voters.
Measure LS
2024-11-05 · Passed — 24,308 yes / 12,162 no
Measure YM
2024-11-05 · Passed — 26,705 yes / 24,468 no
Measure C
2024-04-09 · Passed — 7,449 yes / 4,977 no
Measure H
2022-04-12 · Passed — 5,720 yes / 1,813 no

Recent meetings

Mon Jul 20, 2026 · 03:30 PM

Planning Commission

Planning Commission to consider Sierra Gateway Neighborhood Plan

The Planning Commission will review a neighborhood plan for 323 acres and a request to expand a community care facility. The body will also consider a modification to a tentative map for a residential project.

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LANCASTER PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MONDAY , JULY 20, AT 3:30 P .M. Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall The Commission Secretary hereby declares that the agenda was posted by 3:30 P .M. on Friday, July 17, 2026, at the entrance to the Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, California 93534 PLANNING COMMISSION Chair Steven Derryberry Vice Chair Irvine Carrillo Commissioner Ben Berk Commissioner Cynthia Hernandez Commissioner Leslie Underwood   This meeting will be video-streamed live on Channel 28 and the City’s website: https://www.cityoflancasterca.org/our-city/departments-services/city-clerk/meetings- agendas-and-minutes/public-meetings-web-streaming   CALL TO ORDER   INVOCATION   PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE   ROLL CALL Chair Derryberry, Vice Chair Carrillo, Commissioners Berk, Hernandez, and Underwood   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR   PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MONDAY , JULY 20, 2026 MINUTES   NEW PUBLIC HEARINGS   Any person who would like to address the Planning Commission on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Recording Secretary, and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given the opportunity to address the Planning Commission at the time such item is discussed by the Planning Commission. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Co [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jul 14, 2026 · 01:30 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

Lancaster City Council considers development extensions and law enforcement grants

The City Council will review several consent calendar items including a development agreement amendment for Avanti South. The meeting also includes discussions on residential tract maps, solid waste fees, and magazine production services.

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When I am to lay it to rest, I'm gonna go to the place that 's the best I'm gonna go to the place that's the best So you know that when I die, it's gonna set me up with the spirit in the sky Oh, set me up with the spirit in the sky That's where I'm gonna go when I die When I die and be made to rest, I'm gonna go to the place that's the best Go to the place that's the best Thank you. City Council member, agency director, authority members, Cassianos. Present. Mann. Present. White. Excuse me. Present. White. Vice Mayor, Vice Chairman Hughes-Leslie. Mayor, Chairman Paris. Here. We have a quorum. Thank you. The invocation today is with James Gibson from Grace Chapel . Thank you guys for having me. It changed up. I'm actually Pastor Jordan Corlew from Grace Chapel. James is on his way to the Czech Republic to do missions work over there. So I'm filling in. So let's pray. Dear Lord, again, we come here today, Lord, and I just want to take a moment, Lord, and settle our hearts, Lord, and just have a moment to give you thanks. In a world today that, again, sometimes swirls around and there's a lot of chaos, we can be so quick to blame and create more chaos rather than looking at what you are doing in our lives and to be able to breathe and say, Lord, we are thankful for the things that you have given us, Lord. So today I pray, Lord, that will be our breath, Lord. We will be thankful people, Lord. Lord, I'm thankful for the city, thankful for the things that go on around here, Lord. L [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Regular Meeting – 1:30 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 10:00 p.m. on July 10, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Lauren Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Rocio Castellanos Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Ken Mann Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Cedric White To join by telephone: Dial 661-749-2425 +input Meeting Code: 4393 FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING IS FOUND ON THE NEXT PAGE OF THE AGENDA   CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDAY , 07/14/2026 ~ 1 ~   AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete speaker registration either before the meeting or at the meeting by using this link: https://publicinput.com/MeetingKiosk/4825/r57672 . Completing the speaker registration will allow for the City Clerk/Agency/Auth [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Jul 8, 2026 · 10:00 AM

Criminal Justice Commission

Tue Jun 23, 2026 · 01:30 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

Lancaster City Council discusses equipment purchases and district assessments

The City Council will review several consent calendar items including infrastructure maintenance and personnel rules. Discussions include purchasing an asphalt paver, a sewer cleaner, and electric utility vehicles.

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Vincent Man >> Present. >> White >> Vice Mayor, Vice Chairman Hughes Leslie >> Present. >> Mayor Chairman Paris >> Here. >> We have a quorum. >> Thank you. The invocation today will be Brad Han from Grace Chapel. >> Good afternoon. Hi Mayor and to the city council members and ladies and gentlemen, let's pray. Dear sovereign God, I thank you for such a beautiful day here in Lancaster, California and for your presence here among us. And Lord, I pray for the city council today that you would make help them to make wise decisions that help us to live peaceful and quiet lives in this place. Lord, I thank you for our city. I thank you for our country as we celebrate 250 years of existence. Lord, what an amazing blessing that is and I pray for more years from you for our country, for our city. And Lord, I pray that you would bless us, that you would guide us, that we would have wisdom from you to make right decisions. I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you. Thank you. >> All right, if you'll face the flag, put your right hand over your heart. Ready to begin. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. >> Okay, the first thing on the agenda is a presentation and that's Victoria Reina who's doing it. >> Good afternoon, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and members of the city council. Today, we're honored to recognize the organizations that particip [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Regular Meeting – 1:30 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 7:00 p.m. on June 18, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Housing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Lauren Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Rocio Castellanos Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Kenn Mann Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Cedric White .     CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/HOUSING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDAY , 06/23/2026 ~ 1 ~ AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Legislative Body at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker car [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Mon Jun 22, 2026 · 05:00 PM

Measure LC Citizen's Oversight Committee Regular Meeting

Proposed budget program presentation for fiscal year 2026/27

The committee will review the proposed budget program for Fiscal Year 2026/27. Finance Director George N. Harris II is scheduled to present this item.

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We're ready, sir. >> All right. Good afternoon. Um, it's 5:01 p.m. and the regular session of or the periodic session of the Lancaster Major LC Citizens Oversight Committee uh will come to order. Um this afternoon, uh member Burden will give the invocation and uh member Jagger will offer the pledge. That's all right. All right. Please stand. >> Dear heavenly father, we thank you. us all presus. Amen. Oh, thank you. So have the roll call please. >> Committee member Dairberry absent. Committee member Burden >> present. >> Committee member Joerger >> Committee member Hernandez >> present. >> Chair votes >> I'm present as well. >> Thank you. We have a quorum. >> All right. Thank you. So I don't have anyone from the public here this afternoon. So this would be the time for the public to address the group if they had anything on the agenda they wish to talk about. But since no one is here, we'll move to the next item which will be um the consent calendar which is approval of the minutes of the committee um of June 16, 2025. Uh hopefully everybody's had an opportunity to review the minutes and if so motion would be in order. >> Motion to approve the minutes. >> Thank you. I have a second, please. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> So, it's been moved and seconded. Um, you want us to vote electronically? Okay. Please vote. Motion passes. Uh, 401 absent. and new business. It's a presentation of the proposed budget program for fiscal year 202627. >> Good. >> Whomever whomever's starting is it [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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LANCASTER MEASURE LC CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Monday, June 22, 2026 5:00 PM Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall Posted by 5:00 p.m. on June 18, 2026 at the entrance to the Lancaster City Hall Council Chambers 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 MEASURE LC CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Chair James Vose Committee Member Devin Birden Committee Member Steven Derryberry Committee Member Cynthia Hernandez Committee Member Geoff Yeager CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL Commission Members: Devin Birden, Steven Derryberry, Cynthia Hernandez, Geoff Yeager, and Chair James Vose AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Lancaster Measure LC Oversight Committee on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Commission Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Commission at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers, and your speaker card must be filled out prior to the agenda item being called. We respectfully request that you fill the cards out completely and print as clearly as possible. Following this procedure will allow for a smooth and timely [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Mon Jun 15, 2026 · 03:30 PM

Planning Commission

Planning Commission to discuss citywide zone amendments and a condominium subdivision

The Planning Commission will consider a citywide amendment to Title 17 of the Lancaster Municipal Code. They will also review a request for a condominium subdivision at an existing multifamily development.

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We also ask you to comfort those families of those eight souls that were lost today in the accident on Edwards Air Force Base. In your name we pray. Amen. >> Amen. >> Put your right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. All right, roll call, please. >> Roll call. Vice Chair Derryberry. >> I'm here. >> Commissioner Burke. >> Present. >> Commissioner Correa. >> Commissioner Hernandez. >> Present. >> Commissioner Latonzi. >> Commissioner Underwood. Absent. We have a quorum. >> Thank you. Public business from the floor. Any person who would like to address the Planning Commission on any agenda item is requested to complete a speaker card for the recording secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given the opportunity to address our Planning Commission. At such time the item is discussed before the Planning Commission. Speaker cards are at the rear of the council chambers. Individual speakers are limited to three minutes each. Individual comments again are limited to three minutes um unless a different time is announced. So, first up we have the approval of our minutes from our regular meeting of May 18th, 2026. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Motion by Commissioner Burke, second by Commissioner Hernandez. Any discussion? All right, let's vote. >> That one g [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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LANCASTER PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MONDAY , JUNE 15, AT 3:30 P .M. Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall The Commission Secretary hereby declares that the agenda was posted by 3:30 PM on Friday, June 12, 2026, at the entrance to the Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, California 93534 PLANNING COMMISSION Vice Chair Steven Derryberry Commissioner Ben Berk Commissioner Irvine Carrillo Commissioner Cynthia Hernandez Commissioner Denise Latanzi Commissioner Leslie Underwood   This meeting will be video-streamed live on Channel 28 and the City’s website: https://www.cityoflancasterca.org/our-city/departments-services/city-clerk/meetings- agendas-and-minutes/public-meetings-web-streaming   CALL TO ORDER   INVOCATION   PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE   ROLL CALL Vice Chair Derryberry, Commissioners Berk, Carrillo, Hernandez, Latanzi, and Underwood     PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MONDAY , JUNE 15, 2026 MINUTES   CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARINGS   NEW PUBLIC HEARINGS   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR Any person who would like to address the Planning Commission on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Recording Secretary, and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given the opportunity to address the Planning Commission at the time such item is discussed by the Planning Commission. Sp [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Jun 10, 2026 · 10:00 AM

Criminal Justice Commission

Criminal Justice Commission to receive law enforcement updates

The Lancaster Criminal Justice Commission will hear several agency reports regarding crime and public safety. Presentations include updates from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, California Highway Patrol, and the District Attorney’s Office.

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But you will see some of the hot spots near uh more of our businesses and more of those areas as well as the um kind of more centralized along Sierra Highway and then our our major arteries throughout the city. Um and then these are our traffic stop hotspot maps as well. So you'll see a direct correlation to where uh majority of our vehicle thefts are taking place, majority of our uh property crimes, assault crimes, you'll see those stops happening in that area as well. You know what? I think the next um the other PowerPoint, sir, just really quick, Kristen, I think it's the other PowerPoint, the other one that comes up. That table that you guys are familiar with is what I'm trying to find. Uh we'll get that up here on the screens in a moment, but I can go through kind of some of the the data. Overall, we have great news to report. It should be Yes, this one. And then next slide or I do that. There we go. This is the table we're looking for. Sorry, new guy problems. Um, but if you take a look uh from our five and one-year comparisons, you're going to see overall tremendous improvement. We are down about 300 part one crimes uh in the city of Lancaster compared to uh last year, which is phenomenal. Um, if you take a look there at criminal homicide, you're going to see overall in the uh in the data, you're going to see a one-year change of a drop in 70 or excuse me, 57.14% uh for the station total of criminal homicides. There were only two year to date uh here in the city of Lan [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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LANCASTER CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION AGENDA Wednesday, June 10, 2026 10:00 a.m. Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall Posted by 6:00 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LANCASTER CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Chairman Drew Mercy Vice Chair Jeff Little Commissioner Mark Brown; Commissioner Howard Harris; Commissioner Cynthia Hernandez; Commissioner Jin Hur; Commissioner Nicole McCracken AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Lancaster Criminal Justice Commission on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Commission Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Commission at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled out prior to the agenda item being called. We respectfully request that you fill the cards out completely and print as clearly as possible. Following this procedure will allow for a smooth and timely process for the meeting and we appreciate your cooperation. Individual speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each unless a different time limit is announced. Consent Calendar it [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jun 9, 2026 · 01:30 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

City Council discusses road maintenance, public art repairs, and water annexations

The City Council will review several consent calendar items including road maintenance project lists and property tax sharing resolutions for various annexations. The meeting also includes presentations regarding the Impact Presentation Program and Juneteenth.

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✓ Decided: Lancaster City Council approves road maintenance, park upgrades, and public safety agreements

The City Council approved several infrastructure projects including playground surfacing and road maintenance. The council also accepted grant funds for Avenue J neighborhood park planning and authorized a school resource officer agreement.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Regular Meeting – 1:30 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 5:00 p.m. on June 05, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Lauren Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Rocio Castellanos Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Ken Mann Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Cedric White     CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDAY , 06/09/2026 ~ 1 ~ AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Legislative Body at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled o [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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CC 2 06/09/2026 TN Tuesday, June 09, 2026 CALL TO ORDER Vice Mayor Hughes-Leslie called the meeting of the Lancaster City Council / Successor Agency/ Financing/Housing/Power Authority to order at 1:31 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: City Council Members /Agency Directors/Authority (Housing) Members: Castellanos, Mann, White, Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Hughes-Leslie EXCUSED: Mayor/Chairman Parris On a motion by Council Member Mann and seconded by Council Member White, the Lancaster City Council excused Mayor/Chairman Parris from the City Council/Successor Agency Financing/Housing/Power Authority Regular Meeting of June 09, 2026, by the following vote: 4-0-0-1; AYES: Castellanos, Mann, White, Hughes-Leslie; NOES: None; ABSTAIN: None; ABSENT: Parris. STAFF MEMBERS: City Manager/ Executive Director; Assistant City Manager/Deputy Executive Director; City Attorney/Agency/Authority Counsel; City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary; Director - Community Development; Director -Public Works; Director -Parks, Recreation, Arts, & Community Services; Senior Director/Treasurer-Admin Services; Assistant Chief of Police. INVOCATION Eric Mendoza, Grace Chapel PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council Member Mann Docusign Envelope ID: 79BA63AB-DD38-8455-82F1-163A6D0F89DA CC/SA/FA/HA/PA Minutes-06/09/26 2 PRESENTATIONS 1. Impact Presentation Program Presented by: Bailey Ziehr, Coordinator I-Recreation 2. CPRS Award of Excellence Award Presentation-IMPACT Prog [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue May 26, 2026 · 01:30 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

City Council discusses developer fees, security coverage, and annual assessments

The City Council will review several consent calendar items including updated fire protection developer fees and police station security. The meeting also includes discussions regarding maintenance district annexations and annual assessments for landscape, drainage, and lighting districts.

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✓ Decided: Lancaster City Council approves various district assessments and service contracts

The City Council approved several resolutions regarding annual assessments for landscape, drainage, and lighting maintenance districts. Additionally, the council authorized new agreements for towing services, violence prevention, and ecosystem evaluation.

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Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Regular Meeting – 1:30 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 5:00 p.m. on May 22, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Lauren Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Rocio Castellanos Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Ken Mann Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Cedric White     CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDAY , 05/26/2026 ~ 1 ~ AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Legislative Body at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be fille [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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CC 2 05/26/2026 TN Tuesday, May 26, 2026 CALL TO ORDER Vice Mayor Hughes-Leslie called the meeting of the Lancaster City Council / Successor Agency/ Financing/Power Authority to order at 1:33 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: City Council Members /Agency Directors/Authority Members: Castellanos , Mann, White, Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Hughes-Leslie EXCUSED: Mayor/Chairman Parris On a motion by Vice Mayor Hughes-Leslie and seconded by Council Member Mann, the Lancaster City Council excused Mayor/Chairman Parris from the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing Power Authority Regular Meeting of May 26, 2026, by the following vote: 4- 0-0-1; AYES: Castellanos, Mann, White, Hughes-Leslie; NOES: None; ABSTAIN: None; ABSENT: Parris STAFF MEMBERS: City Manager/ Executive Director; Assistant City Manager/Deputy Executive Director; City Attorney/Agency/Authority Counsel; City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary; Director - Community Development; Director -Public Works; Director -Parks, Recreation, Arts, & Community Services; Senior Director/Treasurer-Admin Services; Chief of Police. INVOCATION Tony Herrera, Grace Chapel PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council Member White Docusign Envelope ID: 47DC1B24-CE3A-8523-80AD-F9EEA510C627 CC/SA/FA/PA Minutes-05/26/26 2 PRESENTATIONS 1. SCAG Sustainability Award Presented by: Jocelyn Swain, Senior Planner-Community Development 2. Teresa Howard-AVUHSD-ASCA Career Technical Education Administrator of the Ye [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue May 19, 2026 · 01:00 PM

California Choice Energy Authority Board of Directors Regular Meeting

Board considers operational service agreements and the 2026/27 budget

The Board of Directors will meet to discuss several professional services agreements and a report on recruitment and retention efforts. Additionally, the Board is scheduled to consider adopting the Fiscal Year 2026/27 Budget and an agreement for a distributed energy management system.

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California Choice Energy Authority Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda May 19, 2026, 1:00 p. m. City of Lancaster, City Council Chambers 44933 Fern Ave, Lancaster, CA. 93534 Members of the public can observe the livestream of the meeting via Zoom by clicking: https://cityoflancasterca-gov.zoom.us/j/89080929282 or telephonically by dialing: (253) 215-8782 Meeting ID: 890 8092 9282 This meeting will be held in person. As a convenience for the public, the meeting may also be accessed by Zoom and will be available by computer or telephone audio as indicated above. Because this is an in-person meeting and the virtual component is not required, but rather is offered as a convenience, if there are any technical issues during the meeting, this meeting will continue and will not be suspended. Members of the public may also participate in this meeting at the following locations: Members of the public can provide public comments in writing or orally in person as follows: Written Comments: If you are unable to participate in person and you wish to make a comment, you may submit written comments up to 4 hours prior to the meeting via email to: [email protected]. All written comments will be posted online and become part of the meeting record. Public comments received in writing will not be read aloud at the meeting. Oral Comments: Members of the public can address the Board on items on the agenda at the time the item is being addressed or during Public Comments for topics that a [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Mon May 18, 2026 · 03:30 PM

Planning Commission

✓ Decided: Lancaster Planning Commission continued zoning amendment and reviewed restaurant permit

The May 18, 2026 minutes record that the Lancaster Planning Commission continued Zone Text Amendment No. 26-002 regarding MART uses to June 15, 2026. Staff recommended approval of Conditional Use Permit No. 26-005 for El Malecón at 44245 Sierra Highway to host special events and live entertainment with alcohol sales. The provided text does not include final vote tallies or recorded outcomes for these items.

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MINUTES   MINUTES   REGULAR MEETING OF THE LANCASTER PLANNING COMMISSION Monday, May 18, 2026 View this Meeting on the web: https://www.cityoflancasterca.org/our-city/departments-services/city-clerk/meetings-agendas- and-minutes/public-meetings-web-streaming     CALL TO ORDER   INVOCATION   PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE   ROLL CALL Chair Vose, Vice Chair Derryberry, Commissioners Berk, Carrillo, Hernandez, Latanzi, and Underwood   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR Any person who would like to address the Planning Commission on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Recording Secretary, and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given the opportunity to address the Planning Commission at the time such item is discussed by the Planning Commission. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers. Individual speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each. Individual comments are limited to three (3) minutes each unless a different time is announced. 1. Approval of Minutes from the Regular Meeting of April 20, 2026   PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES MONDAY , MAY 18, 2026 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARINGS   NEW PUBLIC HEARINGS   2. ZONE TEXT AMENTMENT NO. 26-002 – CONTINUED     Applicant: City of Lancaster     Location: Citywide     Request: The City is pursui [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed May 13, 2026 · 10:00 AM

Criminal Justice Commission

Wed Apr 29, 2026 · 11:30 AM

California Choice Energy Authority Board of Directors Special Meeting

California Choice Energy Authority Board discusses energy development and budget

The Board of Directors will review a report from the Energy Development Feasibility Ad-Hoc Subcommittee. Additionally, members will receive a report on FY 2025/26 projected results and the proposed FY 2026/27 budget.

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AGENDA Apple Valley Choice Energy | Lancaster Energy | Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice | Pico Rivera Innovative Municipal Energy | Pomona Choice Energy | Rancho Mirage Energy Authority | San Jacinto Power | Santa Barbara Choice Energy California Choice Energy Authority Board of Directors Special Meeting Agenda April 29, 2026, 11:30 a. m. City of Lancaster, The Energy Room 44933 Fern Ave, Lancaster, CA. 93534 Members of the public can observe the livestream of the meeting via Zoom by clicking: https://cityoflancasterca-gov.zoom.us/j/89080929282 or telephonically by dialing: (253) 215-8782 Meeting ID: 890 8092 9282 This meeting will be held in person. As a convenience for the public, the meeting may also be accessed by Zoom and will be available by computer or telephone audio as indicated above. Because this is an in-person meeting and the virtual component is not required, but rather is offered as a convenience, if there are any technical issues during the meeting, this meeting will continue and will not be suspended. Members of the public may also participate in this meeting at the following locations: Members of the public can provide public comments in writing or orally in person as follows: Written Comments: If you are unable to participate in person and you wish to make a comment, you may submit written comments up to 4 hours prior to the meeting via email to: [email protected]. All written comments will be posted online and become part of the meeting rec [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Apr 28, 2026 · 01:30 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

City Council certifies April 2026 election results and seats two new members

The Lancaster City Council will certify the results of the April 14, 2026 municipal election and swear in two newly elected council members. The meeting also includes a closed session to discuss anticipated litigation involving multiple cases and joint powers agencies. During the consent calendar, the council will approve check registers totaling over $13 million for recent city expenditures, accept additional state grant funding for police mental health programs, and formally accept several completed public works projects.

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✓ Decided: Lancaster City Council approves various infrastructure and development actions

The Council approved several public works completions, tract maps, and professional service agreements. Additionally, the Council accepted supplemental grant funding for community violence intervention and mental health support.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Regular Meeting – 1:30 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 5:00 p.m. on April 24, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Marvin E. Crist Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Lauren Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Raj Malhi Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Ken Mann   CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDAY , 04/28/2026 ~ 1 ~   AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Legislative Body at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled out and [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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M1     Insert date of meeting minutes will be approved     JC      CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/ FINANCING/POWER/ CALIFORNIA CHOICE ENERGY AUTHORITY MINUTES Tuesday, April 28, 2026   CALL TO ORDER City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority ROLL CALL City Council Members /Agency Directors /Authority Members: Hughes-Leslie, Malhi, Mann; Vice Mayor/ Vice Chair Crist; Mayor/Chair Parris Consideration and action to excuse Mayor/Councilmember absence(s). INVOCATION Jordan Corlew, Grace Chapel PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE   PRESENTATIONS   1. Proclamation/Presentation to Former Council Members Presenter: R. Rex Parris, Mayor   2. Older American’s Month Presentation & Proclamation Presenter: Jorge Monroy, Supervisor-Community Services   3. Recognition of Distinguished School-SOAR High School Presenter: Trolis Niebla, City Manager   4. California Architects Board Appointment-Irvine Carrillo Presenter: Trolis Niebla, City Manager   5. Recognition of Quartz Hill High School Girls Soccer Team Presenter: Trolis Niebla, City Manager   LANCASTER HOUSING AUTHORITY   No action is required at this time.   COUNCIL ACTIONS   LANCASTER FINANCING AUTHORITY   No action is required at this time.   LANCASTER POWER AUTHORITY   No action is required at this time.   LANCASTER SUCCESSOR AGENCY   CONSENT CALENDAR No action is required at this time.     CC 1. Waive further reading of any proposed ordinance. (This permits reading the title only in lieu of reciting the entire text.) [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Mon Apr 20, 2026 · 03:30 PM

Planning Commission

Planning Commission discusses residential subdivisions and citywide zoning amendments

The Commission will consider two tentative tract maps for single-family home subdivisions. Additionally, items regarding citywide MART use regulations and a conditional use permit for El Malecon have been continued to the May meeting.

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LANCASTER PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MONDAY , APRIL 20, AT 3:30 P .M. American Heroes Park Community Building 642 West Jackman Street Lancaster, CA 93534 The Commission Secretary hereby declares that the agenda was posted by 3:30 PM on Friday, April 17, 2026 at the entrance to the Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, California 93534 PLANNING COMMISSION Chair James D. Vose Vice Chair Steven Derryberry Commissioner Ben Berk Commissioner Irvine Carrillo Commissioner Cynthia Hernandez Commissioner Denise Latanzi Commissioner Leslie Underwood   This meeting will be video-streamed live on Channel 28 and the City’s website: https://www.cityoflancasterca.org/our-city/departments-services/city-clerk/meetings- agendas-and-minutes/public-meetings-web-streaming   CALL TO ORDER   INVOCATION   PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE   ROLL CALL Chair Vose, Vice Chair Derryberry, Commissioners Berk, Carrillo, Hernandez, Latanzi, and Underwood   PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MONDAY , APRIL 20, 2026 MINUTES   NEW PUBLIC HEARINGS     PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR Any person who would like to address the Planning Commission on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Recording Secretary, and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given the opportunity to address the Planning Commission at the time such item is [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Thu Apr 16, 2026 · 02:00 PM

First Public Hydrogen Authority Board of Directors Regular Meeting

Tue Apr 14, 2026 · 07:40 PM

Live Election Coverage

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Tue Mar 24, 2026 · 01:30 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

City Council to consider AI camera expansion and community preservation legal services

The City Council will review several professional service agreements and construction project completions. Key discussions include expanding AI-powered blight detection and securing legal counsel for code enforcement.

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✓ Decided: Council approves $1.996M CalVIP grant for police violence prevention

The City Council accepted a $1,996,592 CalVIP grant and appropriated the funds for police community‑violence programs. It also approved the expansion of the City Detect AI camera program, the check and wire registers totaling $7,920,047.17, and the completion of the Park‑and‑Ride parking lot refurbishment. Additional approvals included a $159,315 task order for DMR Team construction services, an extension of the Safe Routes to School contract, a HOME‑ARP amendment with LDM Associates, and a legal services agreement with Dapeer, Rosenblit & Litvak.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2026 Regular Meeting – 1:30 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 5:00 p.m. on March 20, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Marvin Crist Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Lauren Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Raj Malhi Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Ken Mann     CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDAY , 03/24/2026 ~ 1 ~ AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Legislative Body at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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M1     Insert date of meeting minutes will be approved     JC      CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/ FINANCING/POWER/ CALIFORNIA CHOICE ENERGY AUTHORITY MINUTES Tuesday, March 24, 2026   CALL TO ORDER City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority ROLL CALL City Council Members /Agency Directors /Authority Members: Hughes-Leslie, Malhi, Mann; Vice Mayor/ Vice Chair Crist, Mayor/Chair Parris Consideration and action to excuse Mayor/Councilmember absence(s). INVOCATION Eddie Barragan, World Harvest Christian Church 224 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE   PRESENTATIONS 1. Presentation from the City Manager Presenter: Trolis Niebla, City Manager 2. Community Preservation Update Presenter: Patti Garibay, Director-Community Development CONSENT CALENDAR 3. PARCS Spring Events Presenter: Effrain Carrera, Jr., Manager-Recreation LANCASTER HOUSING AUTHORITY No action is required at this time. COUNCIL ACTIONS   LANCASTER FINANCING AUTHORITY No action is required at this time. LANCASTER POWER AUTHORITY No action is required at this time. LANCASTER SUCCESSOR AGENCY No action is required at this time.   CC 1. Waive further reading of any proposed ordinance. (This permits reading the title only in lieu of reciting the entire text.) CC 2. Approve the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Housing/Power Authority Regular Meeting Minutes of March 10, 2026. CC 3. Check Registers – February 22, through March 7, 2026 Recommendation(s): Approve the Check and Wire Re [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Mon Mar 16, 2026 · 03:30 PM

Planning Commission

Wed Mar 11, 2026 · 10:00 AM

Criminal Justice Commission

Criminal Justice Commission to receive public safety and crime reports

The Lancaster Criminal Justice Commission will receive updates and reports from several law enforcement and judicial agencies. The body will also consider the approval of minutes from the February 11, 2026 meeting.

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LANCASTER CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION AGENDA Wednesday, March 11, 2026 10:00 a.m. Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall Posted by 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LANCASTER CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Chairman Drew Mercy Vice Chair Jeff Little Commissioner Mark Brown; Commissioner Howard Harris; Commissioner Cynthia Hernandez; Commissioner Jin Hur; Commissioner Nicole McCracken AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Lancaster Criminal Justice Commission on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Commission Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Commission at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled out prior to the agenda item being called. We respectfully request that you fill the cards out completely and print as clearly as possible. Following this procedure will allow for a smooth and timely process for the meeting and we appreciate your cooperation. Individual speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each unless a different time limit is announced. Consent Calendar [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Mar 10, 2026 · 05:00 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

City Council to approve $172,205 CCEP grant for TeamUp Lancaster expansion

At the March 10 regular meeting, the Lancaster City Council will act on several consent‑calendar items, including authorizing up to $300,000 for the Housing Rehabilitation Program, adopting a resolution to receive a $172,205 Clean California Community Cleanup and Employment Pathway grant for the TeamUp Lancaster program, and approving the February check and wire registers totaling $4,073,894.87. The council will also waive further reading of a proposed ordinance, approve the February 24 meeting minutes, and accept the 2025 Sewer Collection System Annual Report.

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✓ Decided: Council approved $300K housing rehab contract and accepted $172K grant

The council excused Mayor Parris from the meeting and approved a $300,000 expenditure authority for the HOME HRP housing rehabilitation program with Petro Remodeling, Inc. It also adopted a resolution to accept a $172,205 Clean California Community Cleanup and Employment Pathway grant and appropriate the funds. The consent calendar was approved, waiving further reading of proposed ordinances, and the meeting minutes were adopted.

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Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Regular Meeting – 5:00 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 6:00 p.m. on March 06, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Housing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Marvin Crist Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Lauren Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Raj Malhi Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Ken Mann     CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/HOUSING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDAY , 03/10/2026 ~ 1 ~ AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Legislative Body at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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3-10-26 CC-SA-FA-HA-PA Meeting 1 CC 2 03/24/2026 TN Tuesday, March 10, 2026 CALL TO ORDER Vice Mayor Crist called the meeting of the Lancaster City Council / Successor Agency/ Financing/Housing Power Authority to order at 5:05 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: City Council Members /Agency Directors /Authority Members: Hughes-Leslie, Malhi, Mann; Vice Mayor/ Vice Chair Crist EXCUSED: Mayor Parris On the motion by Council Member Mann, and seconded by Council Member Malhi, the City Council excused Mayor Parris from the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Housing Authority meeting by the following vote: 4-0-0-1: AYES: Mann, Malhi, Crist, Hughs-Leslie; NOES: None; ABSTAIN: None; ABSENT: Parris STAFF MEMBERS: City Manager/ Executive Director; City Attorney/Agency/Authority Counsel; City Clerk/Agency/ Authority Secretary; Director- Public Works; Director-Community Development; Director- Parks, Recreation, Arts, & Community Services; Senior Director/Treasurer-Admin Services; Chief of Police. Docusign Envelope ID: F4412AB2-96F9-4B8D-8752-66A95E2AE144 3-10-26 CC-SA-FA-HA-PA Meeting 2 INVOCATION Pastor Henry Hearns PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Pastor Chris Johnson, Grace Chapel PRESENTATIONS Aquatics Team Recognition Presented by: Janae Conrad, Supervisor-Aquatics Love Your City Recognition Presented by: Trolis Niebla, City Manager Justice Sunday Presentation Presented by: Nigel Holly, Supervisor-Community Services [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Feb 24, 2026 · 01:30 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

City Council to adopt ordinance amending zoning map for 435 acres in Parkway Village

The Lancaster City Council will consider a consent calendar that includes routine approvals such as waiving further reading of ordinances, approving February 10 meeting minutes, and authorizing $6,814,710.90 in check and wire registers. The council will also vote on several purchases for the Midtown Recreation Center, including networking equipment, audio‑visual systems, security cameras, and additional Accela user licenses. A key agenda item is the adoption of Ordinance No. 1147, which amends the city zoning map for approximately 435 acres in the Parkway Village area. The council will award a contract to Mynt Systems for the Lancaster Police Station microgrid project, not to exceed $941,170.

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✓ Decided: Council approved $941,170 police microgrid contract and renewed weapons policy

The council approved several contracts and purchases, including a $941,170 microgrid project for the police department and new networking, audio‑visual and security equipment for the Midtown Recreation Center. It adopted Resolution No. 26‑06 renewing the police department’s military equipment use policy and approved the purchase of rifles, pepper‑ball launchers, beanbag rounds and 40 mm launchers. The council also amended the FY 2025‑26 budget and capital improvement program and adopted Ordinance No. 1147 changing the zoning map for about 435 acres. All items were approved unanimously with one member absent.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2026 Regular Meeting – 1:30 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 6:30 p.m. on February 20, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Marvin Crist Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Lauren Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Raj Malhi Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Ken Mann     CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDAY , 02/24/2026 ~ 1 ~ AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Legislative Body at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be fil [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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CC 2 3/10/2026 TN Tuesday, February 24, 2026 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Parris called the meeting of the Lancaster City Council / Successor Agency/ Financing/Power Authority to order at 1:33 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: City Council Members /Agency Directors /Authority Members: Malhi, Mann; Vice Mayor/ Vice Chair Crist; Mayor/Chair Parris EXCUSED: Hughes- Leslie On the motion by Council Member Mann, and seconded by Council Member Malhi, the City Council excused Council Member Hughes-Leslie from the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority regular meeting, by the following vote: 4-0-0-1: AYES: Mann, Malhi, Crist, Parris; NOES: None; ABSTAIN: None; ABSENT: Hughes-Leslie STAFF MEMBERS: City Manager/ Executive Director; Assistant City Manager/ Assistant Executive Director; City Attorney/Agency/Authority Counsel; City Clerk/Agency/ Authority Secretary; Director- Public Works; Director-Community Development; Director- Parks, Recreation, Arts, & Community Services; Senior Director/Treasurer-Admin Services; Assistant Chief of Police. INVOCATION John Meadors, Christian Life Assembly Docusign Envelope ID: 47F1A9BC-0092-4942-A85F-2F3C052B6920 2-24-26 CC-SA-FA-PA Meeting Minutes 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council Member Raj Malhi PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Recorded public announcement regarding meeting conduct and public participation was played at this time. CONSENT CALENDAR On a motion by Vice Mayor Crist and seconded by Council Member M [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Mon Feb 23, 2026 · 03:30 PM

Planning Commission

Tue Feb 17, 2026 · 01:00 PM

California Choice Energy Authority Board of Directors Special Meeting

Board considers agreement with Lunar Energy for energy management system

The California Choice Energy Authority Board of Directors will meet to discuss operational updates and procurement mandates. The board is considering a resolution to set its regular meeting schedule and a policy for rotating leadership positions.

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AGENDA Apple Valley Choice Energy | Lancaster Energy | Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice | Pico Rivera Innovative Municipal Energy | Pomona Choice Energy | Rancho Mirage Energy Authority | San Jacinto Power | Santa Barbara Choice Energy California Choice Energy Authority Board of Directors Special Meeting Agenda February 17, 2026, 1:00 p.m. City of Rancho Mirage, City Council Chambers 69825 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage, CA. 92270 Members of the public can observe the livestream of the meeting via Zoom by clicking: https://cityoflancasterca-gov.zoom.us/j/89080929282 or telephonically by dialing: (253) 215-8782 Meeting ID: 890 8092 9282 This meeting will be held in person. As a convenience for the public, the meeting may also be accessed by Zoom and will be available by computer or telephone audio as indicated above. Because this is an in-person meeting and the virtual component is not required, but rather is offered as a convenience, if there are any technical issues during the meeting, this meeting will continue and will not be suspended. Members of the public may also participate in this meeting at the following locations: Members of the public can provide public comments in writing or orally in person as follows: Written Comments: If you are unable to participate in person and you wish to make a comment, you may submit written comments up to 4 hours prior to the meeting via email to: [email protected]. All written comments will be posted online and become part [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Feb 17, 2026 · 01:00 PM

California Choice Energy Authority Board of Directors Regular Meeting

Council Chambers - Lancaster City Hall
Wed Feb 11, 2026 · 10:00 AM

Criminal Justice Commission

Criminal Justice Commission to receive public safety and crime trend updates

The Commission will receive a series of reports and updates from local law enforcement and justice agencies. The meeting includes a presentation on community preservation and the approval of previous meeting minutes.

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LANCASTER CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION AGENDA Wednesday, February 11, 2026 10:00 a.m. Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall Posted by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 6, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LANCASTER CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Chairman Drew Mercy Vice Chair Jeff Little Commissioner Mark Brown; Commissioner Howard Harris; Commissioner Cynthia Hernandez; Commissioner Jin Hur; Commissioner Nicole McCracken AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Lancaster Criminal Justice Commission on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Commission Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Commission at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled out prior to the agenda item being called. We respectfully request that you fill the cards out completely and print as clearly as possible. Following this procedure will allow for a smooth and timely process for the meeting and we appreciate your cooperation. Individual speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each unless a different time limit is announced. Consent Cal [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Feb 10, 2026 · 01:30 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

City Council approves contracts for economic development and police updates

The Lancaster City Council will consider approving contracts for a leadership development firm and an economic development strategy, along with updates on crime statistics and infrastructure projects. The meeting agenda is posted for February 10, 2026.

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✓ Decided: Council approved Parkway Village Specific Plan and major zoning changes

The City Council approved the consent calendar, several site‑plan and parcel‑map items, and a lease amendment for the YMCA. It also adopted a $450,000 professional services agreement with Frydman Counsel and a contract with TIP Strategies for a comprehensive economic development strategy. In the public‑hearing portion, the Council approved the Parkway Village Specific Plan, amending the zoning map for about 435 acres, and adopted updates to the Open Space and Conservation Elements. Check registers for Jan. 11‑24, 2026 totaling $12,616,108.49 were also approved.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Regular Meeting – 1:30 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 5:00 p.m. on February 06, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Marvin Crist Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Lauren Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Raj Malhi Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Ken Mann     CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDAY , 02/10/2026 ~ 1 ~ AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Legislative Body at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be fil [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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CC 2 02/24/2026 TN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2026 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Parris called the meeting of the Lancaster City Council / Successor Agency/ Financing/ Power Authority to order at 1:32 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: City Council Members /Agency Directors/Authority Members: Hughes-Leslie, Malhi, Mann; Vice Mayor/ Vice Chair Crist; Mayor/Chair Parris STAFF MEMBERS: City Manager/ Executive Director; Assistant City Manager/Deputy Executive Director; City Attorney/Agency/Authority Counsel; Assistant City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary; Director- Community Development, Director-Public Works; Director-Parks, Recreation, Arts, & Community Services; Senior Director/Treasurer-Admin Services; Chief of Police. INVOCATION James Gibson, Grace Chapel PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council Member Ken Mann PRESENTATIONS 1. Lancaster 2025 Crime Stats Presenters: Mayor Parris, Rodrick Armalin, LPD Chief of Police, and Paul Bartlett, LASD Captain 2. APWA SoCal B.E.S.T Award Presenters: Marissa Diaz, Director-Public Works, Nick Godin, Assistant Director-PW-City Engineering, and Steven Anderson, Director APWA 3. TEAM UP Lancaster-Commitment Completion & Renewal Presenter: Mike Harne, Assistant Director-PW Maintenance Services Addressing the Council at this time: Mark Ritthaler – Thanked the TEAM UP Lancaster for their work in the community. Docusign Envelope ID: 0CC34B4F-989C-4B42-A548-EFDDB88E1C43 CC/SA/FA/PA Regular Meeting Minutes – 02/10/26 2 P [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jan 27, 2026 · 01:30 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

City Council to authorize $28M in lease revenue bonds for Lancaster Financing Authority

The City Council will consider a public hearing and resolution to authorize up to $28,000,000 in Lease Revenue Bonds. The agenda also includes approving contracts for Midtown Recreation Center improvements, a professional services agreement for assessment district administration, and an ordinance to repeal local laws on vehicular cruising.

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✓ Decided: City Council authorized $28 million lease revenue bond issuance

The council approved the consent calendar and several routine items, including the meeting minutes, check register payments of $13,636,691.23, and the December 2025 investment report. It awarded a $639,780.53 contract to Angeles Contractor Inc. for Midtown Recreation Center improvements, approved a $29,134 environmental services authorization for Aspen Environmental Group, and accepted a $4,500 NRPA grant for the Walk with Ease project. The council adopted Ordinance No. 1146 repealing cruising sections, authorized up to $28 million in lease‑revenue bonds, and established the YardSmart Lancaster beautification program.

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Tuesday, January 27, 2026 Regular Meeting – 1:30 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 6:00 p.m. on January 23, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Marvin Crist Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Lauren Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Raj Malhi Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Ken Mann     CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDAY , 01/27/2026 ~ 1 ~ AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Legislative Body at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be fille [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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CC 2 2/24/2026 TN Tuesday, January 27, 2026 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Parris called the meeting of the Lancaster City Council / Successor Agency/ Financing/Power Authority to order at 1:35 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: City Council Members /Agency Directors /Authority Members: Hughes- Leslie, Malhi, Mann; Vice Mayor/ Vice Chair Crist/ Mayor/Parris STAFF MEMBERS: City Manager/ Executive Director; City Attorney/Agency/Authority Counsel; City Clerk/Agency/ Authority Secretary; Director- Public Works; Director-Community Development; Director- Parks, Recreation, Arts, & Community Services; Senior Director/Treasurer-Admin Services; Chief of Police. INVOCATION Eddie Barragan, World Harvest Christian Outreach Docusign Envelope ID: C8805646-B4BD-4D6E-B78B-91C89D1FF614 2 1-27-26 CC-SA-FA-PA Meeting Minutes PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council Member Raj Malhi PRESENTATION 1. BLVD Association-2025 Recap & What’s to Come Presented by: Art Minasyan, Former President, BLVD Association & Michael Flores, Coordinator II- Economic Development CONSENT CALENDAR On a motion by Vice Mayor Crist and seconded by Council Member Mann, the City Council approved the consent calendar as comprised, by the following vote: 5-0-0-0: AYES: Hughes- Leslie, Mann, Malhi, Crist, Parris; NOES: None; ABSTAIN: None; ABSENT: None. CC 1. ORDINANCE WAIVER Waived further reading of any proposed ordinance. (This permits reading the title only instead of reciting the entire text.) [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Mon Jan 26, 2026 · 03:30 PM

Planning Commission

Planning Commission to consider Parkway Village Specific Plan and General Plan updates

The Planning Commission will discuss updates to the city's Open Space and Conservation elements. The body is also considering a specific plan, zone change, and general plan amendment for a 435-acre area known as Parkway Village.

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LANCASTER PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MONDAY , JANUARY 26, AT 3:30 P .M. Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall The Commission Secretary hereby declares that the agenda was posted by 3:30 PM on Friday, January 23, 2026, at the entrance to the Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, California 93534 PLANNING COMMISSION Chair James D. Vose Vice Chair Steven Derryberry Commissioner Ben Berk Commissioner Irvine Carrillo Commissioner Cynthia Hernandez Commissioner Denise Latanzi Commissioner Leslie Underwood   This meeting will be video-streamed live on Channel 28 and the City’s website: https://www.cityoflancasterca.org/our-city/departments-services/city-clerk/meetings- agendas-and-minutes/public-meetings-web-streaming   CALL TO ORDER   INVOCATION   PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE     PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MONDAY , JANUARY 26, 2026 MINUTES   NEW PUBLIC HEARINGS   ROLL CALL Chair Vose, Vice Chair Derryberry, Commissioners Berk, Carrillo, Hernandez, Latanzi, and Underwood   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR Any person who would like to address the Planning Commission on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Recording Secretary, and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given the opportunity to address the Planning Commission at the time such item is discussed by the Planning Com [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Jan 14, 2026 · 10:00 AM

Criminal Justice Commission

Criminal Justice Commission to review crime trends and department updates

The Lancaster Criminal Justice Commission will meet to approve minutes from November and December 2025 and receive reports on crime trends, probation updates, and public safety from various agencies.

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LANCASTER CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION AGENDA Wednesday, January 14, 2026 10:00 a.m. Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall Posted by 6:00 p.m. on Friday, December 9, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LANCASTER CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Chairman Drew Mercy Vice Chair Jeff Little Commissioner Mark Brown; Commissioner Howard Harris; Commissioner Cynthia Hernandez; Commissioner Jin Hur; Commissioner Nicole McCracken AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Lancaster Criminal Justice Commission on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Commission Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Commission at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled out prior to the agenda item being called. We respectfully request that you fill the cards out completely and print as clearly as possible. Following this procedure will allow for a smooth and timely process for the meeting and we appreciate your cooperation. Individual speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each unless a different time limit is announced. Consent Cale [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jan 13, 2026 · 01:30 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

City Council to approve $13.56 million of payments for Nov‑Dec 2025

The Lancaster City Council will consider a series of consent‑calendar items, including approval of $13,563,295.10 in check and wire payments for November‑December 2025, adoption of resolutions to annex areas into the Lancaster Maintenance Districts, and a purchase‑sale agreement with Quartz Hill Water District for two parcels. Additional items include a professional‑services amendment up to $136,000, tax‑sharing resolutions for two annexations into Los Angeles County Sanitation District No. 14, and a $3,662 appropriation for the HOME‑ARP program.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Regular Meeting – 1:30 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 6:30 p.m. on January 09, 2026 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Marvin Crist Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Lauren Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Raj Malhi Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Ken Mann     CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDAY , 01/13/2026 ~ 1 ~ AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Legislative Body at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled out [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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CC 2 1/27/2026 TN Tuesday, January 13, 2026 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Parris called the meeting of the Lancaster City Council / Successor Agency/ Financing/Power Authority to order at 1:32 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: City Council Members /Agency Directors /Authority Members: Hughes- Leslie, Malhi, Mann; Vice Mayor/ Vice Chair Crist/ Mayor/Parris STAFF MEMBERS: City Manager/ Executive Director; City Attorney/Agency/Authority Counsel; City Clerk/Agency/ Authority Secretary; Director- Public Works; Planning Manager-Community Development; Director- Parks, Recreation, Arts, & Community Services; Senior Director/Treasurer-Admin Services; Chief of Police. INVOCATION Ethan Berthiaume, Grace Chapel Docusign Envelope ID: 2F4DD2CE-969B-479D-8023-D0501C26ED9B 1-27-26 CC-SA-FA-PA Meeting Minutes 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Raj Malhi, Council Member PRESENTATION 1. 2025 Year in Review Presented by: Trolis Niebla, City Manager CONSENT CALENDAR Mayor Parris stated that he needs to recuse himself from item number CC 14 as he owns property within proximity to the project. Council Members Mann, Malhi, and Mayor Parris recused themselves from item number CC 15 due to conflicts. Council Member Malhi remained present due to “the rule of necessity”. On a motion by Vice Mayor Crist and seconded by Council Member Malhi, the City Council approved the consent calendar, pulling items CC 14 and CC 15, by the following vote: 5-0-0- 0: AYES: Hughes-Leslie, Mann, Ma [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Mon Jun 17, 2024 · 05:00 PM

Planning Commission

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Planning Commission of the city of Lancaster will come to order tonight our invocation is uh being offered by commissioner Burton and the pledge will be led by commissioner tuus if you'd all please stand father thank you again for all us to come together service of city city I ask you USD to way people Jus your hand over your heart face the flag repeat after me I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the rep stand indice thank you have the roll call please chairman Bose here Vice chairperson Dairy Berry I'm here commissioner Burton present commissioner Loa here commissioner Moore here commissioner tus present and commissioner Underwood is absent we have a quorum thank you well we wish commissioner Underwood well hope hopefully she'll recover and be joining us next meeting public business from the floor if there is anyone here that wishes to address the Planning Commission on any agendize the items you're requested to complete a speaker's card at the rear of the chambers and bring it to the recording secretary right there on my left your right at the end of the day when uh the action item is called each person then will be H will have an opportunity to address the commission um after the staff report and uh typically after the applicant has a chance to comment uh we also allow the applicant to rebut if they choose based on the comments from the public if there are any we have three action items tonight um what I didn't mention is and I'm sorry um co [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Thu Jun 13, 2024 · 05:00 PM

Measure LC Citizen's Oversight Committee Regular Meeting - 06/13/2024

Presentation of the proposed Fiscal Year 2024/2025 budget

The committee will review a presentation regarding the proposed Fiscal Year 2024/2025 budget. Members will also consider approving the meeting minutes from March 21, 2024.

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e all right it's 5:00 pm and major LC citizens oversight committee will come to order um member Burton will offer the invocation and I'll lead us in the pledge if please stand dear heavenly father thank you yet again for an opportunity for us to come together collaboration and service of our great City pray that you bless the staff I pray that you bless all committee members bless those that are absent ask that you continue to cover the city of C Lord give us all Direction and guidance on how to make this community great in Jesus name amen amen please join mees thank you have a roll call please present V common mistake thank you um the only item on the agenda items on the agenda are the U approval of the pre minutes of the previous meeting which are not attached but I can see maybe they are and I just don't see them you got them well we'll forego the the consent calendar then since we don't have copyed the minutes and just do it the next time right we have no public here here other than staff I believe right okay so there's no reason to invite the public to speak to us unless the staff members would like to come and talk to us about the budget before Mr Harris no okay all right George would you it's your presentation tonight um on the actual budget for fiscal year 242 good evening this always the this always the fun part of the budget process yeah this is great I mean because the other group that I stand in front of they usually beat me up a little bit before after and during [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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LANCASTER MEASURE LC OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Thursday, June 13, 2024 -1- LANCASTER MEASURE LC CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Thursday, June 13, 2024 5:00 PM Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall Posted by 5:00 p.m. on June 10, 2024 at the entrance to the Lancaster City Hall Council Chambers 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 MEASURE LC CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Chair James Vose Committee Member Geoff Yeager Committee Member Devin Birden Committee Member Steven Derryberry Committee Member Greg Tepe LANCASTER MEASURE LC OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Thursday, June 13, 2024 -2- CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL Commission Members: Steven Derryberry, Devin Birden, Geoff Yeager, Greg Tepe, Chair Vose INVOCATION AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Lancaster Measure LC Oversight Committee on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Commission Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Commission at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled out prior to the agenda item being called. We respectfully request that you fill the cards out completely and print as c [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Jun 12, 2024 · 10:00 AM

Criminal Justice Commission

Law enforcement agencies will provide crime and safety updates.

The Lancaster Criminal Justice Commission will review reports from several law enforcement agencies. These include updates on crime trends, probation, and public safety. Representatives from state legislative offices are also scheduled to provide updates.

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order uh Dr Brown would you like to lead us in the pledge uned States uh thank you role Commissioners Brown Harris AB abent her present McCracken present Paris absent Vice chair little absent chairman Mercy present we have a quorum okay um consent calendar do we uh have any corrections to the uh minutes as presented hearing none is there any objection to approving the consent calendar consisting of approval of the minutes hearing none the uh consent calendar is approved uh commission staff presentations updates and reports uh we're going to do this a little bit out of order we're going to jump to our uh Public Safety update and uh with that but we're going to start with uh Dr Roger Gan well good morning everyone I'm Dr Roger gean I'm a clinical psychologist on the medical staff at anal Valley hospital and I was speaking to Dr Mark Brown uh about the idea of of uh talking on the broken windows Theory I don't know how many of you are familiar with it in law enforcement I'm I'm a former Reserve uh police officer with Pomona and we were quite familiar with the broken Theory broken windows Theory uh but uh the broken windows theory was uh started by a couple of sociologists in 1982 uh Wilson and and uh kering I think is his last name but it basically goes like this that in a neighborhood if there's a broken window and it goes unnoticed nobody bothers fixing it it invites for more broken windows much like when someone litters in an area people feel more free to just litter in that [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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LANCASTER CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION AGENDA Wednesday, June 12, 2024 10:00 a.m. Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall Posted by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 7, 2024 at the entrance to Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LANCASTER CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Chairman Drew Mercy Vice Chair Jeff Little Commissioner Mark Brown; Commissioner Howard Harris; Commissioner Jin Hur; Commissioner Nicole McCracken; Commissioner Rutger Parris AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Lancaster Criminal Justice Commission on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Commission Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Commission at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled out prior to the agenda item being called. We respectfully request that you fill the cards out completely and print as clearly as possible. Following this procedure will allow for a smooth and timely process for the meeting and we appreciate your cooperation. Individual speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each unless a differe nt time limit is announced. Consent Calendar ite [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jun 11, 2024 · 01:30 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

Lancaster City Council discusses upcoming budgets and bond issuances

The City Council will hold a joint public hearing regarding the proposed Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budgets. The meeting also includes discussions on authorizing lease revenue bonds to fund various city projects.

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e e welcome to the Lancaster City council meeting this is our inaugural afternoon meeting let's see how it goes okay city clerk city council member agency director Authority member Hughes Lesley present Molly present man here vice mayor Vice chairman Chris present mayor chairman Paris here thank you we have a quum thank you the vacation is with John is it how do I pronounce that Michael Michael I should have been able to do that huh From Grace CH thank you for inviting me um it's an honor to be here uh to just seek the Lord on our behalf let us pray uh father we come before you uh we want to acknowledge that you are above all and uh we serve you and so I pray Lord over the city council meeting as the decisions the recognitions that will happen um Lord that you've gone before us and you put us here and uh you've ordained all of this and so I pray that people would remember that you put them here for a reason Lord to serve the city that is here um and it is with all of that Lord that we uh humbly just ask for your blessing in your name amen thank you thank you very much FL of the United States of America and to the stands one nation God indivisible andice for all thank you Sonia Patterson good evening um if I could please have the June 10th planning committee members join me at the podium I almost said good evening but good afternoon um good afternoon mayor vice mayor and Council uh the parks department has had the honor to work with the community-led planning committee to faci [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Regular Meeting – 1:30 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 5:00 p.m. on June 7 , 2024 at the entrance to the Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Marvin Crist Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Lauren Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Raj Malhi Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Ken Mann   CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDA Y, 06/11/2024 ~ 1 ~   AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Legislative Body at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled out [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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CC 2 06/25/2024 JC Tuesday, June 11, 2024 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Parris called the meeting of the Lancaster City Council/ Successor Agency/Financing /Power Authority to order at 1:30 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: City Council Members /Agency Directors / Power Authority Members: Hughes- Leslie, Malhi, Mann, Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Crist, Mayor Chairman Parris STAFF MEMBERS: City Manager/ Executive Director; Assistant City Manager/Deputy Executive Director; City Attorney/Agency/Authority Counsel; Assistant to the City Manager; City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary; Director-Public Works; Director -Community Development; Director -Parks, Recreation, Arts, & Community Services; Director -Finance & Technology; Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety INVOCATION John Mikal, Grace Chapel PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Deputy Mayor Heather Varden PRESENTATIONS 1. Juneteenth Presentation Presented by: Sonya Patterson, Director-Parks, Arts, Recreation & Community Services 2. Antelope Valley Search & Rescue Team Presented by: Rod Armalin, Chief of Police DocuSign Envelope ID: 13D2A5F7-0E67-4A54-8273-E39CD5C37D73 CC/SA/FA/PA Minutes-06/11/24 2 3. Host Homes-Transitional Housing Presented by: Sarah Havon & Angela Rai, Valley Oasis Mayor Parris directed staff to advertise the Host Homes information in the Outlook magazine and across the City’s social media platforms CONSENT CALENDAR On a motion by Vice Mayor Crist and seconded by Council [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue May 28, 2024 · 05:00 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

Lancaster City Council reviews road maintenance projects and waste service fees

The City Council is reviewing the 2024-2025 road maintenance project list and processes for solid waste handling fees. The meeting also includes decisions on professional service contracts for interchange improvements and environmental consulting.

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e e e do you know how you give a 70-year-old a smoking hot body how cremation my grandson says that's the best dad joke he's ever saw heard okay city clerk let's call it city council member agency director Authority member Hughes Leslie present Molly present man present vice mayor Vice chairman Chris present mayor chairman Paris here we have a quorum thank you the invitation tonight is Matt Dumis from Central Christian Church all right let's pray father we thank you so much for today and for the opportunity we have just to um be here this day uh Lord we thank you for the breath that you give us the life that we have and Lord the opportunities each and every day to represent you and I thank you for these men and women who have given of their time uh to ser serve this community Lord I Thank You for their faithfulness and I pray that the decisions that they make this evening would bring honor and glory to you I thank you for the folks that are here today uh Lord I pray that in somehow and some way father if they don't know you that one day that they would come to know you through your son Jesus uh Lord we thank you for your love and the way it was demonstrated on the cross by your son in Jesus name amen amen United States of americe but true okay we have three presentations tonight Jason you want to take it over sure the first one I'm going to turn over to Sonia I believe oh Sydney I'm sorry Sydney's number one um Sydney can take over the presentation good evening mayor Paris il [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Regular Meeting – 5:00 PM The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted by 5:00 p.m. on May 24 , 2024 at the main entrance to the Lancaster City Hall 44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534 LEGISLATIVE BODY City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Mayor/Chair R. Rex Parris Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Marvin Crist Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Hughes-Leslie Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Raj Malhi Council Member/Agency Director/Authority Member Ken Mann   CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/POWER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA –  TUESDA Y, 05/28/2024 ~ 1 ~   AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.   PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS Any person who would like to address the Legislative Bodies on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Legislative Body at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled out pr [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
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DocuSign Envelope lD: 6BBC828A-E1 12-4446-9688-8D3108891954 CC2 06ltt/2024 JC CIry COUNCIUSUCCESSOR AGENCYIHOUSI NG/ FINANCING/POWER/CALI FORNIA CHOICE ENERGY AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, May 28r 2024 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Parris called the meeting of the Lancaster City Council/ Successor Agency/Financing /Power Authority to order at 5:04 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: City Council Members /Agency Directors /Power Authority Members: Hughes- Leslie, Malhi, Mann; Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Crist, Mayor Chairman Parris STAFF MEMBERS: City Manager/ Executive Director; Assistant City Manager/Deputy Executive Director; City Attorney/Agency/Authority Counsel; Assistant to the City Manager; City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary; Director-Public Works; Director-Community Development; Director-Parks, Recreation, Arts, & Community Services; Director-Finance & Technology; Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety INVOCATION Matt Dumas, Central Christian Church PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Deputy Mayor Heather Varden PRESENTATIONS Economic Development Proclamation & Presentation Presented by: Chenin Dow, Assistant Director-CD & Economic Development; Joshua Thomas, Supervisor-Economic Development & Sydney Yeseta, Assistant Manager- Economic Development DocuSign Envelope lD: 6BBC828A-E1 12-44A6-9688-8D3108891954 CCISA/FA/PA Minute s-05 128/24 Proclamation for Older American's Month Presented by: Victoria Reyna Assistant Director-Parks, Arts, Recreation & Community Services Waste Management Sustaina [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Mon May 20, 2024 · 05:00 PM

Planning Commission

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father thank you for OPP to come together of our city bless are bless States thank you I have the roll call please chairman Bose here Vice chairperson der Berry present commissioner burden pres commissioner Loa commissioner Moore commissioner TS present and commissioner Underwood is absent we have a quorum all right thank you public business from the floor any person who would like to address the Planning Commission on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker's card which you'll find at the rear of the chamber and deposit it here on your right my left that by the little sign on the end of the uh table I guess you would call it at any rate if um you do wish to address us that's the appropriate way to do it speakers uh typically are limited to three minutes each first action item tonight um is approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of March 11 2024 as amended I'll move for approval of the minutes from our previous board meeting of March 11th 2024 I'll second thank you any discussion no all right please vote motion passes five with two absent our first action item tonight and one of three new public hearings is a public hearing on conditional use permit 24-1 conditional use permit 22-8 a an amendment to conditional use permit 22-8 um presenter tonight is Miss Swain we have received correspondence on this item uh from a neighbor uh Maria Teresa Quang I believe it is I'm sorry if I mispronounced it so without objection public hearings open on this item and uh [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 · 05:00 PM

Social Equity Commission

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so perfect thank you so much I would like to call to order the city of Lancaster social Equity Commission meeting for November 15th assistant city clerk could you please call the role commission members Carter here Davis absent Doos Ramos here Sanchez here chairman Kristen Pope here we have a quorum perfect thank you so much I'm going to forgo the invocation today but uh Jennifer could you please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance commissioner Sanchez so before we have our presenter come up today um there is something that has happened in the community that has prompted this discussion and conversation obviously the discussion and conversation about mental health is a very very important one we recently have lost members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to suicide and we can lead here we have the opportunity to lead we have the opportunity um to start this conversation about mental health in this community and really continue carrying that conversation on um and so today we would like to hear about the efforts of Jackie Fontana Diaz and the Eric F Garcia foundation so yes just thank you so much for being here and we'd love for you to kick off your presentation thank you so yes absolutely good evening um council members thank you so much for this is your mic on oh yeah I think so oh it's just me but thank you so much council members it's a pleasure being here with you guys tonight uh my name is Jack Jackel IND Diaz Fontana and um I have my nonprofit which is Eri [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jul 12, 2022 · 05:00 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

Council Chambers - Lancaster City Hall
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uh we can't have a meeting or open a meeting and declare a meeting is that the way you'd like to handle it okay if you'll bear with me we'll do the uh pledge and then the invocation Sean you lead us in the pledge please please stand the United States please remain standing we do we do vacation for us great thank you uh if you would bow your heads with me as I pray Lord I Thank you on behalf of all who are gathered here today thank you for your many and Abundant Blessings you provide for us Lord thank you for life itself for a measure of Health we need to fulfill the calling you've placed in each of Our Lives thank you for the ability to be involved in useful work and and for the honor and the responsibilities you give us to lead and to govern thank you as well for the freedom to embrace you thank you for the loving for loving us In Spite of Ourselves at times your love is boundless and your gracious nature to us Knows No Limits in scripture you have said that citizens ought to respect the governing authorities since you have established those leaders to promote peace and Order and Justice therefore I pray for our mayor our city council members and the various levels of City officials I'm asking that you would graciously grant them wisdom to govern amid the conflicting interests and challenging times we face today a sense of the welfare and the true needs of our people a desire for justice and goodness confidence in what is right and pleasing to you the ability to work togethe [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jun 28, 2022 · 05:00 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

Council Chambers - Lancaster City Hall
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yes don't i do some work [Music] what's yes hey you know this one george you know this one [Applause] [Music] jim qualman is there jim cuellman here yes he didn't put what he's speaking on okay one to the lancaster city council uh roll call please city council member agency direct authority member doris here molly here president man present vice mayor vice chairman chris president mayor chair paris absent we have a quorum move to excuse mayor paris second debt we have a motion in a second let's vote you want to just do an oral vote all those in favor signify by saying aye aye aye motion passes unanimously uh roll call for the housing authority housing authority members harvey absent molly present man present vice chair chris president scherzetto absent we have a quorum okay the invocation is henry hearns here alison can you go check and see if henry hearns is here darryl do the prayer everyone please if you don't mind stan father we thank you right now we thank you for this great government we thank you god for the city that you have blessed us with we pray right now for wisdom and understanding and knowledge and pray right now god that you lead and guide us in every task that we do today we thank you god for what you're doing right now in america and we pray right now god that you continue to unite her will god allow us to be able to keep this city united in love and god united in prosperity and we'll give you all the praise and glory in jesus name we pray amen amen ken will [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Jun 22, 2022 · 05:00 PM

Measure LC Citizens' Oversight Committee

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i'd like to call the meeting to order for the major lc citizens oversight committee good evening everyone george harris the director of finance for the city and your appointed liaison for this particular committee i just want to we have one procedural uh element that we're going to have to start the meeting with we have a chair that's been identified as mr vos and we formerly had been had a vice chair that is an individual that that has resigned and so we have not replaced the vice chair role yet and the council would need to do that so in the interest of not having a vice chair we need a volunteer to actually run the meeting tonight and want to give everyone an opportunity to to uh to volunteer for that and then that person would proceed with actually running the meeting so do we have a volunteer unless there's any objection i don't mind running the meeting tonight this is in the objection with the other committee members okay okay so miss harvey would serve as the acting [Music] chair for the night and now i turn the meeting over to you okay thank you good evening everyone i'd like to call to order the meeting for the measure lc citizens oversight committee would like to take a roll call please secretary committee member jerry berry president committee member burden present committee member yeager president committee member harvey president chair votes chairpost will not be in attendance tonight with that i'd like to make a motion that to excuse the absence of chair votes o [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jun 21, 2022 · 05:00 PM

Planning Commission Special Meeting

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okay we'll begin when you tell us good evening it's now 507 pm in the regular session of the planning commission the city of lancaster police come to order tonight i'll offer a brief invocation the pledge will be led by commissioner tufts so if you please stand as we pause briefly to honor our lord and we reflect on the health our health our friendship the city we enjoy living in let's be thankful for all the gifts that our god the father has granted to us we pray in his name amen amen hand over your heart i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united for which it stand one nation under god indivisible with liberty thank you since our last meeting commissioner paris has resigned i was informed recently and we wish him well and whatever his next endeavors may be uh may we have the roll call please chairman vos your vice chairperson harvey here commissioner king moore here commissioner tufts present commissioner leslie underwood thank you we have a quorum thank you um commissioner underwood is our newest victim and she said to me earlier tonight she's calm she's read everything and she's not concerned at all about anything that's on the agenda tonight it'll be smooth sailing isn't that correct [Music] there we go it'll be okay if you move the microphone close to your head so when you speak we can all hear you okay next time is public business from the floor any person who would like to address the commission relative to any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker's ca [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Thu Jun 16, 2022 · 10:00 AM

Homeless Impact Commission Regular Meeting

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sorry i was waiting for the heads up good morning everybody thank you for joining us we have an off-site tour today so we have a small crowd with us i'd like to welcome you to our homeless impact commission and i'd like to call this meeting to order roll call please commissioner crabson president commissioner padgett president commissioner latanzi absent commissioner hearns absent commissioner sarah sarris chair tamir here we have a quorum thank you thank you thank you i didn't arrange for an invocation today because we were going to be on an off-site tour but i would just like to take a moment before we do the pledge of allegiance to um ask for guidance and safety in our tour today in our travels and thank you all for joining us amen carol crabson is going to lead us in the pledge for all of those that can stand please stand good morning everybody if you would please stand and face the flag or sit in the face of flag put your hand over your heart and let it repeat after me i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it slams one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you thank you you may sit down thank you thank you okay uh approval of our regular minutes from march 17th do we have a motion and a second to approve those minutes march 17th i know i know i've had some time between this i'll make the move to approve the minutes thank you cara thank you okay so we'll all vote thank you everyone motio [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jun 14, 2022 · 05:00 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

Council Chambers - Lancaster City Hall
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conflicting interests and issues of our times i pray that you would grant them a sense of the welfare and true needs of the people of lancaster pray that you would grant them confidence in what is good and fitting and the ability to work together in harmony even when there is an honest disagreement pray that you would grant them personal peace in their lives enjoying their tasks i pray for the agenda set before them today please give an assurance of what would please you and what would benefit those who live and work in and around our beloved city of lancaster i pray also that you would bless the people of lancaster that you would protect us allow your peace to reign in our city and our lives i pray that the people would prosper and live fulfilling lives it is in jesus's most blessed name i pray amen amen thank you sir thank you sean you want to do the pledge for us please please raise your right hand over your heart and face the flag ready begin i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you okay consent calendar anything to be pulled from it we have cards on cc 16. so let's take care of the rest of it we'll pull cc16 i'll make a motion to approve the consent calendar uh with the exclusion of cc 16. i'll second that let's vote passage with four yes votes cc 16. uh do you guys want a presentation or let's just hear you guys uh grace good evening [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Jun 8, 2022 · 10:00 AM

Criminal Justice Commission

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[Music] commissioners brown fuller harris here here medrano vice chair little here chairman mercy here we have a quorum okay uh do we have someone to lose this uh inaudible you know we've had a couple of tragedies in the nation the last uh last few weeks sadly so let's take a moment of silence oh is that okay uh in lieu of invocation we've had some tragedies in our nation the past few weeks and let's take a moment to reflect in our own way okay thank you uh pledge of allegiance uh vice chair little would you like to lead us place your hand over your heart please repeat i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with justice for all okay uh uh consent calendar uh we just have approval of the minutes is there any objection to approving the minutes as presented hearing none minutes are deemed approved commission staff presentations updates and reports first up we have the l.a county sheriff's department good morning everybody it's good to see everybody live in action again uh my name is deputy lawrence greene i am your community relations deputy for lancashire sheriff's station my primary responsibilities are to interact with the community in a positive manner a non-emergent manner as well and provide any feedback that that we may have or that the community may have today we'll be presenting our april crime stats we always go two months back to get you the most accurate stats as possibl [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue May 24, 2022 · 05:00 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

Council Chambers - Lancaster City Hall
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which one is it ca1 so we need you to mr mayor we need you to nominate and then we need the council to someone to second and then to vote i will second the motion okay i am nominating leslie underwood to serve on the planning commission we do it differently in lancaster you see he seconds it then i make the motion your motion's on here [Laughter] let's vote our new planning commissioner [Applause] we let the mining commission sit at the council meetings that i will support and defend that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies against all enemies born in domestic foreign and domestic that i will bear true faith and allegiance and i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states for the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california and the constitution of the state of california that i take this obligation freely that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter upon which i am about to enter thank you [Applause] already thank okay city manager anything to be removed yes sir leslie did you steal my pin we [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed May 18, 2022 · 05:00 PM

Social Equity Commission

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to order assistant city clerk please call the roll commissioners carter here colin delosh here hohn joseph vice chair christian pope here chairman cannon here we have a quorum thank you um i will say the invocation um let us pray father god in the name of jesus we ask that you guide us right now as we do the work for our people and for our city lord we want to thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve in your image i want to thank you so much for all of the members of our community that have been participating with us and the things that we have planned we want to thank you for members of the community that are here with us today and continue to bless us as we move forward in jesus name amen amen thank you and if you stand for the pledge of allegiance we actually have a flag yes please face the flag right hand over your heart ready and begin i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you very much okay first order of business we have our recapping updates uh from mr chatters mr hawley go ahead good afternoon everyone just to give a recap in the month of april we've had a series of special meetings in which the social equity commission met to go over their equity report the social equity commission decided to then move forward and your subcommittees to work on that report over the next month we've also had a series of special meetings wher [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Mon May 16, 2022 · 05:00 PM

Planning Commission Regular Meeting

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of a screen up here so it's hard to tell we're good all right thanks all right then the regular session of the planning commission the city of lancaster will come to order at 503 pm i'll offer the invocation tonight and commissioner moore will lead us in the pledge could please stand as we meet to serve our community to use our resources wisely and well to represent all members of our community fairly and to make decisions to promote the common good we recognize our responsibility to the past and to the future and the rights and needs of both individuals and community we seek blessings on our deliberations and our efforts here today may we act wisely and well in his name i pray amen i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and thank you another roll call please chairman bose here vice chairperson harvey here commissioner cook is absent commissioner moore here commissioner paris here commissioner tufts is absent we have a quorum thank you for our fellow commissioners as well as the public i received notice over the weekend that commissioner cook has decided to resign her position on the commission we're very grateful for her service for the last 12 plus years on this commission and previously she served on the architectural and design commission of the city so at any rate i'm i have mixed emotions on on making that announcement however folks do need to move on with thei [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue May 10, 2022 · 05:00 PM

Special Joint Meeting - Lancaster Homeless Impact Commission and Lancaster Social Equity Commission

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[Music] so five four nine five three and to ensure public safety measures while maintaining transparency and public access members of the public may observe and or participate in this meeting telephonically and virtually this meeting will also be live streamed on channel 28 and the city's website assistant city clerk the lancaster homeless impacts commission will call please commissioners sarah sarah's latanzi hearns crabson president paget chair premiere there is not a quorum for the lancaster homeless impact commission thank you so much and could you please assistant city clerk call the role for the lancaster social equity commission please commissioners carter president colin delosh hohn joseph present vice chair pope christian i'm so sorry christian pope president chairman cannon we do not have a quorum for okay um thank you so we right now are going to forego uh the invocation and um since there is no flag present we will also be foregoing the pledge of allegiance uh because i believe that that would be disrespectful um so with that being said um could we please have the presenters for the home arp allocation plan to present thank you so much for your patience by the way i greatly appreciated it thank you um good evening everyone um i hope you can hear me i'm having a hard time hearing all of you i don't know if it's my connection my name is auroxy carmanian and i work with the city of lancaster specifically in the real estate economic development section which was recen [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Jan 19, 2022 · 05:00 PM

Social Equity Commission

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mm-hmm recording in progress okay we are live thank you i'd like to welcome everybody to this meeting of the lancaster social equity commission um pursuant to the governor's code section 54953e and to ensure public safety measures while maintaining transparency and public access members of the public may participate in this meeting telephonically this meeting will be videoed streamed on channel 28 and the city's la uh the city of lancaster's website um and with that city clerk can you please call the roll joseph hope present vice chair carter uh here i'm sorry i had a hard time getting off of you i am here chairman cannon here we have a quorum and we're going to skip the invocation today um we did have a minister that was willing to do it but they had to bow out at the last minute we are also going to forgo the press of allegiance because this is a telephonic meeting you all know i love america and i believe you all do too um and so let's move on to hold on the presentation or am i sorry my script is a little weird here commissioner joseph has arrived we would go to the consent calendar we're having a bad connection uh chairman cannon you want to try um maybe taking off your video i think sometimes that helps oh city clerk should we should we pause until um chairman cannon comes back or do we have uh we do so yeah we can proceed um with vice chair carter because we do still have a quorum with commissioners hohn joseph and pope including vice chair carter okay alright sir cart [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Jan 12, 2022 · 10:00 AM

Criminal Justice Commission

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current cameras can provide and i think you'd be very impressed with that i think that would be important bob if we're looking at something oh absolutely absolutely had to make some type of as a as a commission to make some type of recommendation yeah that would be helpful yeah i think i think even the captain and deputy green would would agree that boy if we could fly at night and be it would be amazing how many how many pilots are there i mean okay so we and you by the way you're right we're down to three days a week that was mainly because of funding issues with the city you know we had a rough year with covet and and all the other things going on so funding was not there um uh we have i have a stable of about 18 pilots uh we are able to you know obviously ramp up and fly more if needed um my operators my prime operators on the ground are uh ex law enforcement as you probably all know so they're uh they work well in that that that facility um i know you mentioned to you can we support something on call um yes and no i mean yes uh we can right now we don't have people who are on call per se um if i was contacted by the city says hey please we got this big function going on whatever can you can you can you meet us yeah it might take me a few hours to get some you know we we have been operating on a a set schedule usually not an on-call basis but obviously we could so if somebody had that emergency and they needed something a pilot in the air um to do some type of tracking wh [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jan 11, 2022 · 05:00 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

Council Chambers - Lancaster City Hall
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okay how come i can't choose a virtual background i think you have to download them here we are ready we're live now okay i heard the dog it's like it's like it's a year ago city council member agency director authority member doris here molly president man [Music] vice mayor vice chair chris president mayor chair paris i'm here we have a quora thank you who's doing the invitation tonight listen if ever we need prayer it's this week daryl father we thank you right now we ask right now god that you continue to help us lead us in this time of pandemic and time of surging sickness god we pray that you continue that give the doctors knowledge guilt leadership knowledge god of what to do we pray right now for complete healing we pray right now that you would just leave and guide us to keep life as normal as possible we thank you right now that you are the god of everything we ask right now god that you continue to just bless us allow us god to make the right decisions at the right times in jesus name we pray amen thank you recording in progress okay let's hear from our deputy mayors i'm sharing my screen um can everyone see that yes okay great let me uh pull into full screen so we've been busy this past uh week uh things have gone really crazy uh at both hospitals um but i'll start with the usual uh numbers this is what's happening in the world as you can see the seven day average uh spike is substantial uh a lot of cases throughout the world over two million cases per day 300 mil [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Thu Dec 16, 2021 · 10:00 AM

Lancaster Homeless Impact Commission

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homeless impact commission and we will take roll call commissioner crabson president commissioner latanzi absent commissioner padgett president chair trimmer present vice chair holly president commissioned commissioner sarah saris absent commissioner hearns absent we have a quorum thank you melissa all right we are going to get started and nigel is going to give us an invocation i learned to preface this from my bishop in rehearsal i know we have different religions in our city another year uh though it was some trouble we made it to a point where we're coming back together bless our leader our chair so that you can help guide us in the ways in which we can touch as many individuals as possible during this holiday season we actually continue to keep your covering over the city of land pastor keep your covering over all of our leadership so that we can have the heart to do your work we ask you please remain and join me in the pledge of allegiance please sorry i unmuted myself [Laughter] ready begin i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all these silly buttons oh my gosh thank you all for coming out today at this very very very busy time in all of our lives and we understand it please uh and thank you okay uh consent calendar approval of the regular minutes of november 18th 2021. do we have a motion to approve those minutes i move to approve the minute [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Dec 15, 2021 · 05:00 PM

Social Equity Commission

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and and to ensure public safety measures while maintaining transparency and public access members of the public may participate in this meeting at the lancaster city hall chambers or telephonically this meeting will also be streamed live on channel 28 and the city's website and can we please have the role commissioners colin delosh president commissioner hohn will not be in attendance commissioner joseph president commissioner pope vice chair carter president chairman cannon present we have a quorum thank you and now i would like to ask um our chair uh chair look at that i just promoted it let's ask our commissioner pope if he would do the invocation awesome if everyone can bow your heads please dear heavenly father we have seen what can happen when people work together in this city and i believe the grand opening of the hotel is a perfect example of that we know that there is a lot of divisiveness in our culture right now that i'm sure each of us independently of our backgrounds could speak to but right now i want to focus on our common mission and our common purpose towards creating a better city for all of us together so i ask that this holiday season you bless us with the gifts and the leadership and the skills to be able to work together and to see one another beyond our misunderstandings of each other i ask that we be able to work together more productively and more efficiently no matter who you are or where you come from and that we can all make sure that we have a goo [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Dec 14, 2021 · 05:00 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

Council Chambers - Lancaster City Hall
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i know test test one two [Music] good evening everyone thank you for joining us on this rainy afternoon so hopefully everybody's keeping warm and dry and merry christmas happy holidays to everyone when the rain is [Music] is [Applause] but no doubt in my [Music] i go crawling and on the highway [Music] you ain't seen nothing like me yet go to the ends of the earth [Music] to make you feel my love so [Music] is ten me peace [Music] loves you [Applause] [Music] is jesus [Music] lord excellent thank you so much for that beautiful singing i would like to welcome you all here this evenings it's so great to see so many young smiling happy faces this is kind of the best time of year i don't know if you've noticed and i appreciate all of you kind of being flexible with us as we bring this ceremony inside so how many of you have some favorite holiday traditions what's your favorite holiday tradition you love christmas yay everybody loves christmas [Music] all right i don't want to delay us any further so i am going to bring out the man the myth the legend the mayor of our great city mayor r rex paris [Applause] jason give her a raise thank you merry christmas you know this is this is this is my favorite time of the year right primarily because we get to celebrate things that are getting better and they seem to be getting better every year but mostly it's because of the children you know every time we can do something to make them smile it makes everything we do the rest of the time wo [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Dec 8, 2021 · 10:00 AM

Criminal Justice Commission

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um okay let's go ahead and call to order uh would you like to read the rule commissioners brown president fuller [Music] vice chair little vice chair little oh thank you chairman mercy president we have a quorum okay great oh i apologize just lost the agenda there okay uh let's go ahead and have the pledge of allegiance um let's see uh commissioner brown do you like to lead us i'd be happy to let me uh let's see if i can get everybody here in the nursing home to stand up i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states justice for all thank you it was very complicated through there thank you okay uh we'll head into the consent calendar and approval of the minutes uh is there a motion move to accept second motion by commissioner brown was there a second second by harris uh second by harris any objection to adopting the motion nope okay great i am switching over to my laptop now so i'm gonna uh end it on my phone it passes unanimously with commissioner fuller not in attendance okay thank you for that uh let's go ahead and start with a report from the sheriff's department good morning everybody it's good to see you happy holidays uh i am deputy lawrence green and i'm your community relations deputy for lancaster sheriff station um i've been at the i've been in on law enforcement for about seven years now i've been at the station for about five um today we'll be going over our stats for the city of lancaster um and feel free to ask any questions as i'm going through them um a [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jun 22, 2021 · 05:00 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

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welcome city council meeting city clerk do you want to call the roll city council member agency director authority member doris molly present man present vice mayor vice chairman chris president mayor chair paris here thank you you have a quorum move to excuse uh councilman dora daryl doris i second that all in favor aye aye all opposed well what about daryl's what never mind well she passes unanimously do you guys know why you cannot trust adams they make up everything all right go do the pledge sure please rise place your hand over your heart and repeat with me i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you do we have anybody for the invocation oh i see okay macy will do it macy can do it want to do the invocation your buddy here volunteered you okay we'll pass all right uh anything to be removed no sir thank you is there a motion on the minutes so moved for a second i'll second that all in favor aye aye all opposed passes unanimously oh let's go to the emergency declaration 81 and we'll city manager are we hearing from dr stocks or dr trump who are we hearing thank you both hopefully turn on your microphone can you hear me yes yeah all right i just have to lean forward okay um so it looks like the uh we are at the tail end of the uh pandemic what we need now is to complete the herd immunity with vaccinations and will be good i'll go through t [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Jun 16, 2021 · 05:00 PM

Social Equity Commission

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vice chair carter chairman cannon here we have a quorum thank you very much um is there uh would anybody like to move to excuse accident commissions hearing none we will move forward invocation uh we're going to skip the invitation today i did not get anybody to do an information um please invoke your higher powers as we move forward we're going to need them remember our first uh presentation i believe um are our presenters here from av map towards diana i believe so just give me one second to put him as a panelist yes now uh well guys i definitely forgot that i put toast in the oven before we started the meeting um i can run a public meeting but i can't give toast it's burnt um is it appropriate to have our commissioner colin go first and then we can circle back to av map yeah sure yeah let's go uh zach are you ready um yeah let me pull up my deal here i can hear you patty voter oh okay thank you all right let me bounce back to you guys and share this real quick and we'll jump into it let me know if you got me yep okay so um um there's a another commissioner on um on this commission um you know that we've uh we're both on terracino what do you call it the it's the moa cultural cultural master plan committee there you go all right so the the master cultural plan engagement survey that we had had a conversation about a couple months ago at a board meeting that was presented by andy and we'd we'd gone over um some of the some of the things that were were in it and i think we we [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Jun 9, 2021 · 10:00 AM

Criminal Justice Commission

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be great thank you okay uh in this lieutenant program um yesterday we got 75 725 live plans uh we made 32 arrests recovered nine firearms uh we recovered uh almost eight thousand pounds of already harvested marijuana and yesterday's total search warrants was uh 37. wow that's just the first day that's incredible i'm sorry i didn't catch the last 37 what was that uh we served 37 search warrants thank you okay do we have uh is probation here uh if not uh if there's no objection we'll table uh probations report till next month highway patrol hello sir hello how you doing this morning okay i got some statistics statistics for the month of may we had a total of 222 traffic collisions throughout the valley two of them were fatality traffic collisions 19 were major injury and 17 were dui involved speaking of duis we had a total of 88 dui arrests 79 were straight alcohol seven of those were drug related uh duis and two of those were felony dui arrest we recovered seven stolen vehicles and made two arrests out of that drug arrest we had five we had one gun possession violation we had one spousal abuse case and two resistant arrest arrests and also we because there's been an uptick in traffic collisions and throughout the valley we conducted two speed enforcement details uh in the month of uh in the month of may we've been trying to uh conduct two to four a month we'll have those i didn't bring any of those statistics this month we'll bring some next month and also we conducted a speed [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jun 8, 2021 · 05:00 PM

City Council Regular Meeting

Council Chambers - Lancaster City Hall
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participating by zum the people that are here vaccinated and staffed and involved in the council oh are you discriminating against unvaccinated people the members present are staff members and those integral to the actions before the council i'm just repeating what i hear on my social media account every morning okay welcome to the lancaster city council meeting we've had an eventful day i got to ride a tractor i got to bulldoze uh illegal marijuana field it was fun you guys have fun do you have fun i had a lot of fun today i i didn't have fun i had a blast yeah daryl was young i just wanted to be known that i didn't have fun because i didn't know anything about it that's not true i know about i gotta say that is not acceptable i agree but we shouldn't we shouldn't really air our dirty laundry during a meeting i agree i just want to say i didn't get to enjoy the festivities that i would have loved to have driven a tractor over illegal marijuana that would i would have loved to have tore them up and burnt them and chopped them up well not burn them maybe maybe not burn them we wouldn't have made it out of there probably we might have bumped into each other oh i love that oh i'm sure you were so if we burn it would that give us credit towards the restaurant rescue i don't understand why we just don't turn the problem over to edwards air force base they could do bombing practice right i mean it would be cost effective i i right i'm sure we got some bones we could test on them th [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed May 5, 2021 · 05:00 PM

Measure LC Regular Quarterly Meeting

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so actually mr yeager just i believe you just sent an email hold up well he needs a recent all right let me resend him the link [Music] okay you guys uh go ahead and start with uh you want to let mr votes know we're live okay we are live mr vos if you want to begin great yeah um thank you so it's wednesday may 5th 2021 about 508 pm the regular meeting of the major lc citizens over site committee will come to order this meeting is being conducted telephonically and virtually pursuant to governor's order in 29-20 because this is a telephonic meeting all votes will be taken by roll call so um may we have the roll call please mrs committee member yeager gomez president harvey president vice chair seison chair votes thank you yes i'm here so we have a quorum right so it would be appropriate to consider a motion to excuse uh mr yeager and vice chair system from the meeting today uh so moved thank you a second thank you all right any objections no ordered so um let me offer a brief invocation tonight we see god's seek god's blessings on our task before us this evening bless our efforts with clear insight our deliberations with wisdom our work with clarity and accuracy in our decisions with impartiality we ask this in your name amen amen so tonight uh we have this mr harris mr lee nibbler will be making presentations and mr d rico i'm assuming so yes so um before you deny commission we have a presentation that outlines a list of programs that we believe as staff are all possible to b [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Feb 9, 2021 · 05:00 PM

2-9-21 CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/FINANCING/POWER/CALIFORNIA CHOICE ENERGY AUTHORITY

Council Chambers - Lancaster City Hall
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agency director authority member doris molly president man president vice mayor vice chair chris president mayor chair parents here we have a quorum thank you the who's doing the invocation tonight anyone i will do the indication everybody could bow their heads our heavenly father please forgive us our many sins and transgressions and we humbly ask that you protects our city during this ravages of this plague we are grateful for all that you've given us and for sending us some samaritan's purse to save our citizens and we ask that you soften the hearts of l.a county public health so that they will give us our share of the vaccine so we can continue to save the lives of our people in jesus name amen amen amen okay moving on oh and this is the aclu day i gave them something else they can sue me for isn't that right allison yes sir all right anything to be removed uh no sir thank you is there a motion to approve the minutes don't move is there a second i second that if we can call the role any council member agency director authority member doris aye molly hi yes yes vice mayor chris yes mayor paris yes moving on to 81 the copa 19 pandemic update are all the vice mayors president maria alta murano is i got it didn't i maria you can check in if you want yes you did yes she did all to murano is tiffany tanner here i don't see it okay do we have a cobot report i do uh we put it up can everyone see the full screen yes yes so we start at the top as usual right now in the world we hav [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Mon Feb 8, 2021 · 04:30 PM

Planning Commission Meeting

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we have just a quorum um miss winter did you hear from the remainder of our little group i haven't had they haven't let me know that they're not coming or not okay we'll give it one more minute okay thank you thank you thank you do you think i started a regular do you think assumed that we had 5 pm start i let everyone know it was still at 4 30 but i mean it could have been still it's normally our study sessions that were at 4 30 in our regular public meetings were at five correct um i mean the emails went out and it said 4 30 on all of them but um i'll double check with them just about i'm reaching a straw so i just sent them a note hope they did not indicate that they would be absent but we can give them a minute or so it's 4 32 since we have four members i don't want to delay any longer excuse me so the regular um well let's see actually we adjourned to a special meeting at 4 30 today so this is a special meeting of the planning commission in the city of lancaster so we will now come to order at 4 32 excuse me 4 33 pm so let's see um have the roll call please miss winter commissioner cook present commissioner harvey commissioner moore president commissioner paris absent commissioner tufts absent vice chair smith absent and chairman bose uh here we have a corn thank you uh we were supposed to have an invocator today um pastor mitters i believe but i don't see that he's on yeah yeah i emailed him beforehand um but it doesn't look like he'll be joining us okay well that's all [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Thu Feb 4, 2021 · 05:00 PM

Architectural & Design Commission Meeting

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i'm good how you doing i think you're muted because i can't hear you i said not too bad a little rough for where i just got off the i5 oh that's no fun it's no fun where's everybody well it looks like they're logged in but being shy yeah i love your location well thanks i wish right just sitting i got to come up with something hello hi how are you good how are you sorry we're just we're just behind the scenes doing all the moving and shaking so we don't see us you knew you're working hi guys so we lost adam huh just waiting for two more two more two more are there more commissioners on so just the two of us so far there's another commissioner white now oh there we go okay yeah we have commissioner white and we need one more to have a meeting and both of them said they would be here so just give them another few minutes so what's the what's our total now are we down to five e i believe so yeah yeah oh darn it we liked adam [Laughter] [Music] we like everybody we don't of course we like everybody but we lost him and we like him right commissioner fay he just signed on so we can start whenever you guys are ready okay uh the regular meeting of the architectural and design commission please come to order this meetings can be conducted telephonically pursuant to governor's order n2920 all votes will be taken verbally by the recording secretary recording secretary may we have the roll call and your announcement sure commissioner wiley right here commissioner white absent commissione [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Tue Jan 26, 2021 · 05:00 PM

1-26-21 City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power/California Choice Energy Authority Regular Meeting

Council Chambers - Lancaster City Hall
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uh start the meeting okay not quite yet all right let me share the screen not yet dr trump okay hang on one second i'll call the meeting to order lancaster city council roll call please city council member agency director authority member doors here molly present man president vice mayor vice chair chris president mayor chair paris we have a quorum i need a motion to excuse the mayor i'll make a motion to excuse the mayor i second that okay roll call vote real quick city council member doris aye molly aye man yes vice chairs yes okay unanimously motion passes unanimously um the invocation today is by rajon zed is he with us i see his name i see his name there he's muted andre you want to tell him how to get in um i'm not on the camera no you're not if you could at the bottom left it should have start video okay you have to hover over the bottom there you go there you go okay perfect welcome okay uh my hearty thanks to mayor r.x paris council members christ mali man doris and city manager jason caudal for scheduling me to read invocation for the great city of lancaster i shall be reading in sanskrit from ancient hindu scriptures some as old as 1500 bce and then interpret in english [Music] we meditate on the transcendental glory of the deity supreme who's inside the heart of the earth inside the life of the sky and inside the soul of the heaven may he stimulate and illuminate our minds lead us from the unreal to the real lead us from darkness to light lead us from death to imm [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Mon Jan 25, 2021 · 05:00 PM

Planning Commission Meeting

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okay hmm [Music] me wonderful thank you how are you let's see we're outnumbered as usual i can see that dan that's okay i'm used to it commissioner moore is joining right now so it'll even out the score a little do what bit told head down three steps behind we got it excellent well it's now five o'clock so the regular session of the planning commission the city of lancaster will come to order in response to governors executive order n29-20 this meeting will be conducted telephonically and audio streaming live on channel 28 and the city's website so i'll offer the invocation this evening um shall we pray together as we gather this evening to make planning commission decisions for our community maybe we use our best skills and judgment keeping ourselves impartial as we consider the merits and challenges of each matter that we consider before us as we deliberate guide us is to always act in accordance with what is best for our community and our fellow citizens in his name i pray amen we have the roll call please miss winter sure commissioner tufts present commissioner paris president commissioner moore president commissioner harvey president commissioner cook president vice chair smith here chairman bose here lia the quorum thank you uh we're going to make one adjustment to the agenda tonight um we'll take up item one uh the approval of the minutes first then we will hear the housing report and uh then we'll hear the draft eir comments and then we'll take up conditional using th [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Wed Jan 20, 2021 · 05:00 PM

Social Equity Commission Meeting

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hi everybody hey how's it going good how are you i'm doing great how are you i'm doing fine thanks good good hey zach dr delos how are you i'm standing are you i'm doing great thank you good all right shawn how you been hello nigel how are you doing i can't complain oh everybody's talking to me lord have mercy it might have been shot or shine i don't know he started breaking up he's talking i hope that's not my internet and just his oh pastor ready to go how you been man well the nigel good to see you man good to see you sir congratulations hey sean hi hello everyone hello all right zach how are you hanging in there hanging in there we need you to do more than just hang zach we gotta get you all the way in there man deloach how are you sir oh good how are you i'm doing good i'm doing good hey dr deloach what's going on mr irving how did you sir happy new year i know you were part of the commission i guess i didn't recognize the name on vacation today pastor irving is doing our invocation today oh perfect i did see the name you go boy yeah i thought i'd stop by brother sean just invited me over so i thought i'd come on in and say hi good to see everybody happy new year i don't know hello hello hello good to see you in a while i know happy new year everyone happy new year it's good to see you and today's a good well a hopeful day right hopefully i hope is vice chair carter on online uh i don't see her on yet do we have a quorum it looks like we do we do have a quorum we give he [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]
Thu Jan 7, 2021 · 05:00 PM

Architectural & Design Commission Meeting

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okay [Music] me so [Music] this so hello sir hey danielle good morning i mean good afternoon you're in trouble this is the day i've had wow welcome back i like i like the beach background that's where i wish i was i think it's probably where everybody wishes they were right now oh yeah is everyone else here i see a bunch of other uh i just uh reached out to commissioner de spain um we're just waiting on him and then we can get started okay thanks jesse come here okay so [Music] me so happy new year everyone by the way [Music] hey same to you thank you everyone have nice holidays [Music] no is commissioner wiley supposed to be here today going to be here today uh no he's not okay so we're just waiting for um adam uh to spain adam um to spain we're waiting for spain commissioners it would appear that we don't have a quorum we are trying to um see who we can get to fill in so we can still hold the meeting but um give us just a moment i'm doing behind the scenes work so i apologize for going dark but please give me a moment oh it looks like adam just joined someone he was able to make it after all fingers crossed even if it's just the voice of adam that's okay the voice of them we can borrow voices yeah it's a good thing just lend us the voice for a few minutes yes as long as we can say he was present if he does if he's not available to show his face that's okay looks like he's adam are you there i am here okay okay okay great so you're able to join us then yes i have all new fro [Excerpt truncated on this listing page; use the official record for the full text.]

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