{"id":1640539,"date":"2022-09-13T20:34:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T00:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1640539"},"modified":"2022-09-13T20:35:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T00:35:00","slug":"fight-back-against-sacramento-newport-city-council-candidate-amy-peters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fight-back-against-sacramento-newport-city-council-candidate-amy-peters\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fight Back Against Sacramento\u2019: Newport City Council Candidate Amy Peters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffight-back-against-sacramento-newport-city-council-candidate-amy-peters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1640539&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Previous 2016 and 2020 Newport Mesa School Board candidate Amy Peters is running for Newport Beach\u2019s District 3 city council seat, which encompasses neighborhoods surrounding the upper Newport Bay, in the upcoming Nov. 8 election.<\/p>\n<p>Independent thought and expertise from someone who is not a lifelong politician is something she said she hopes to bring to the table if elected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope to be a mirror for the people and what the people want to have happen in our community,\u201d Peters told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/13\/IMG_3761aa-e1663109514911.jpeg\"><\/a> (Courtesy of Amy Peters) <\/p>\n<p>Her goal, she said, is to \u201cfocus on what our actual needs are\u201d and what she calls \u201coutside influences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to minimize those as much as possible and fight back against Sacramento,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Peters, requirements to zone for nearly 5,000 apartments and single-family homes by 2029 is one example of unreasonable mandates by the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of units has to reflect the area that we have to build on,\u201d she said\u2014also mentioning that the United States is one of the few countries allowing non-citizens to own homes.<\/p>\n<p>Peters is a longtime resident of 40 years, mother of three, and owner of a consulting company that prepares businesses for sale. She\u2019s also been involved in her children\u2019s schools.<\/p>\n<p>While volunteering for Woodland, Kaiser, and Ensign elementary schools as well as Newport Harbor High School, she helped found the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwpfo.org\/forum\/\">Kaiser Woodland Schools STEM-focused foundation<\/a> which helps raise funds to promote more science-based education in schools.<\/p>\n<p>Peters said she decided to run for the city council seat last December, after thieves tried twice to steal the catalytic converter from her 2006 Toyota Prius.<\/p>\n<p>During the second incident, which occurred early one morning while she was walking her dog, she said she confronted the would-be thieves. Before driving off, one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous 2016 and 2020 Newport Mesa School Board candidate Amy Peters is running for Newport Beach\u2019s District 3 city council seat, which encompasses neighborhoods surrounding the upper Newport Bay, in the upcoming Nov. 8 election. 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