{"id":1640544,"date":"2022-09-13T20:35:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T00:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1640544"},"modified":"2022-09-13T20:35:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T00:35:12","slug":"planning-commissioner-erik-weigand-seeks-spot-for-newport-council-district-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planning-commissioner-erik-weigand-seeks-spot-for-newport-council-district-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning Commissioner Erik Weigand Seeks Spot for Newport Council District 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fplanning-commissioner-erik-weigand-seeks-spot-for-newport-council-district-3%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=1640544&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>Newport Beach Planning Commissioner Erik Weigand is seeking to replace termed-out City Councilman Marshall Duffield in the city\u2019s Nov. 8 election.<\/p>\n<p>The race in District 3 encompasses neighborhoods surrounding upper Newport Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Weigand is currently the only candidate who has all seven councilmembers\u2019 support, after working in various governmental capacities including at the federal, state, county, and local levels, and is currently the district director for Sen. Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/14\/IMG_0769-e1663114539962-1200x1059.jpg\"><\/a> Newport Beach Planning Commissioner Erik Weigand in Irvine, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2022. (Hau Nguyen\/The Epoch Times) <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019m a superior candidate based on my background and my understanding of local and regional governance,\u201d Weigand told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>If elected, Weigand says his first steps in office would be familiarizing himself with the needs of the city and working closely with city employees.<\/p>\n<p>I want to \u201cgive them all the support they need and say, I\u2019m looking to help make your job easier and help give you the resources available to run an efficient city,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Weigand also said he would ensure the city\u2019s large budget is well-allocated, especially in terms of public security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur budget is significantly higher than some other cities that are of similar population,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to make sure that our budget is completely funded for our police, fire, and all of our services for public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another issue he said he wants to help address is the state\u2019s Regional Housing Needs Allocation plan, requiring nearly 5,000 new housing units to be zoned in the city by 2029.<\/p>\n<p>With the city\u2019s current number of apartments and single-family homes around 37,000, adding an additional 5,000 would be nearly a 13 percent increase in what Weigand calls a city that\u2019s already \u201cbuilt out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the city must be smart in handling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newport Beach resident Erik Weigand is seeking to replace termed-out Newport Beach City Councilmember Marshall Duffield in the city\u2019s Nov. 8 election. The race in District 3 encompasses neighborhoods surrounding upper Newport Bay. Weigand is currently the only candidate who has all seven councilmembers support, after working in various governmental capacities including at the federal, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1349,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1640544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1640544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1640544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1640544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1640544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}