Note: This is another segment of an interview with Huntington Beach mayor Keith Bohr, conducted in November, 2008. Water Conservation in Huntington Beach. Q: What are some specific things we can do in Huntington Beach to conserve water? Well you start with education before you make it a law. Don’t water down your driveways, sweep [...]
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Interview Part III: Conserving Water, Privatization, Being Green, City and National Politics, Infrastructure Short Fall and the Senior Center
Posted in City Council, desalination, Environment, Green Living, Huntington Beach, water, tagged Build it Green, Central Park, economy, green, Huntington Beach, infrastructure, interview, Keith Bohr, Kettler school, Larry Agran, LEEDS, Makar, Poseidon, senior center, water, water privatization on May 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mayor Keith Bohr: Huntington Beach can’t lose with the Poseidon desalination project
Posted in City Council, desalination, Environment, Huntington Beach, water, tagged ASCON, bailout, Bush, Coastal Commission, conservation, costs, Dana Point, Delta, desalination, Environment, Huntington Beach, Keith Bohr, Mayor Keith Bohr, Municipal Water District Orange County, MWDOC, once through cooling, Poseidon, Poseidon Resources, southeast Huntington Beach, subsidies, Tampa Bay, toxic waste, water on May 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is Part II of a series of excerpts from a lengthy OC Voice interview with Mayor Keith Bohr of Huntington Beach. We spoke to the mayor about the long delayed efforts to clean up the ASCON toxic waste site in southeast Huntington Beach and the nearby desalination plant planned by Poseidon Resources Inc. Note [...]
Mayor Keith Bohr on the future of Huntington Beach
Posted in City Council, Huntington Beach, Orange County, tagged Beach Bvld., Beach Edinger specific plan, Bella Terra, Edinger Ave., Go Local, goals, Hilton, Home Depot, hotel tax, Huntington Beach, Hyatt, Keith Bohr, Mayor Keith Bohr, mixed use, New Urbanism, Pacific City, personal rapid transit, PRT, redevelopment, Ripcurl, single family, South Coast Plaza, traffic, train, transportation, Waterfront, Westminster Mall on May 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The following the first part of a series of excerpts from a wide ranging interview with Keith Bohr, the mayor of Huntington Beach, California, conducted by OC Voice editor John Earl last November. Part One: Goals for the next year, New Urbanism and transportation. Tomorrow: The proposed Poseidon desalination plant. Q: Where do you want [...]
Desal Debacle: Can Huntington Beach Become Tampa Bay? What if Poseidon fails again?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged desalination, Don Hansen, Keith Bohr, Poseidon Resources, Tampa Bay on March 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Part 2 of a series. By John Earl OC Voice Huntington Beach City Councilmember Don Hansen reassured the public. “I’m actually pretty comfortable having a private company potentially evaluate the dedication of a source for our future water supply,” he said. That was three years ago at a city council meeting when Hansen and three [...]
Community Voices
Posted in City Council, tagged cats, dogs, Huntington Beach, Keith Bohr, neuter, PETA, population, Save Our Strays, spay on April 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Why I Proposed a Spay and Neuter Ordinance By Keith Bohr Mayor Pro-Tem, Huntington Beach, California I have had a few former elected officials over the past few months advise me that one should not meddle when it comes to people’s children or their animals. Definitely information I could have used a year or more [...]
Campaign Reform H.B. Style
Posted in Campaign 08, City Council, Huntington Beach, tagged campaign funding, Cathy Green, City Council, corporations, Debbie Cook, Don Hansen, Huntington Beach, Keith Bohr, labor, PACS, reporting, Rohrabacher, unions on April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Huntington Beach Councilmember Don Hansen’s proposed campaign finance reporting reforms raise fundamental questions about the influence of money on election campaigns.