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A proposal by Mayor Pro Tem Gene James looks to have San Clemente declared as a Second Amendment Sanctuary City. Photo: Courtesy of Karolina Grabowska/Pexels

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James Looks to Declare San Clemente as Second Amendment Sanctuary

BY SHAWN RAYMUNDO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

A non-binding resolution that Mayor Pro Tem Gene James is spearheading aims to declare San Clemente as a socalled Second Amendment Sanctuary City—a designation some U.S. cities and counties are adopting to fight a perceived attack on gun rights.

“In San Clemente, we have 65,000 citizens and residents who possess about 20,000 firearms, and not once, in recent memory, has anyone in San Clemente been convicted or charged with a crime involving firearms,” James said during a March 16 council meeting. “I think the Framers (of the Constitution) had it right.

We have a right to bear arms.”

The symbolic resolution, if passed by the city council, is meant to support the town’s gun owners, whose rights, James believes, are being threatened by lawmakers in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. In an emailed statement to San Clemente Times this week explaining his position, James expressed his belief that there’s a growing movement in the U.S. to adopt a similar gun control measure to one that was imposed in Australia back in 1996.

Following a mass shooting in the Tasmanian town of Port Arthur, Australia passed the National Firearms Agreement, which restricted gun ownership and established a mandatory gun buyback program.

“The Founding Fathers and Framers saw this day coming and wanted us to be protected,” James, in the email, said of the Second Amendment. “To be clear, this is not about open carry or concealed carry; my overriding concern is about the citizens of San Clemente having the right to be safe and secure in their homes in our wonderful city.”

In California, residents 21 and older are allowed to purchase firearms through a state licensed dealer and must undergo a 10-day waiting period. Those 18 and older can possess a firearm that isn’t a handgun as long as they have a valid hunting license from the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The state prohibits those with felony and misdemeanor convictions from owning a gun, as well as anyone addicted to narcotics or has been deemed a danger to themselves or others. Residents can qualify for concealed weapons permits through a county sheriff’s department as San Clemente Times May 13-19, 2021

long as certain criteria are met.

The council is expected to take up the discussion on the resolution next month.

Talks had been tabled twice so far, initially on April 6 at James’ request, as he acknowledged receiving a considerable number of emails on the matter.

“I’m going to commit to reaching out to the people who reached out to us to talk about this resolution,” James had said.“I’m not changing my mind, I’m still going to proceed, but I want to sit down with these people and explain what this is about.”

The resolution has prompted dozens of people to write in to the city to express their thoughts. According to the city clerk’s office, roughly 35 individuals have submitted comment cards for the proposal—none in support.

Among the chorus of those opposed to the resolution is the Orange County chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a national group that advocates for responsible gun ownership.

“These types of resolutions are generally meaningless, all bark and no bite,” said Patricia Boe, a volunteer leader for the group. “But regardless of that, we oppose it, because it undermines the rule of law (and) fosters distrust in law enforcement and the communities that they serve.”

Boe also said that cities and states should uphold the laws in place.

“We don’t want to have a city council come in and unilaterally say that we don’t like these laws and say we shouldn’t have to enforce them,” Boe said. “(Councilmembers) are entitled to their opinion … but they can’t just decide to enforce a law that they don’t like.”

The proposed resolution comes as the nation continues to grapple with the epidemic of gun violence.

As of Tuesday, May 11, there had been a total 198 mass shootings in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which characterized 13 of those incidents as mass killings. The nonprofit defines a mass shooting as an incident involving four or more victims who have either been injured or killed, excluding the shooter.

Since James first proposed the resolution to the council in mid-March, there have been eight mass murders in the U.S., including the March 31 shooting at a real estate office in Orange, where four people—a

A proposal by Mayor Pro Tem Gene James, who is looking to have San Clemente declared as a Second Amendment Sanctuary City, has drawn considerable opposition. Photo: Courtesy of Karolina Grabowska/Pexels

9-year-old boy among them—were killed.

On the same night that the councilmember first asked his colleagues to take up discussion on the resolution, a gunman in Atlanta, Georgia had earlier killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent.

Less than a week later, another gunman opened fire at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, killing 10 people. And just over the past weekend, the state of Colorado again was rocked by a mass shooting, when a gunman killed six people before killing himself at a birthday party in Colorado Springs.

In the wake of the mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, the Biden administration last month introduced a half-dozen gun control directives through executive actions. President Biden is looking to tamp down on homemade firearms referred to as “ghost guns,” which lack serial numbers, by having the Department of Justice draw up a policy proposal to limit such weapons.

Another directive has the DOJ drafting model “red flag” legislation for states to adopt. Red flag laws, according to the White House, allow family members or law enforcement to petition courts to temporarily bar people from accessing firearms “if they present a danger to themselves or others.”

Depending on how the council votes on the resolution, San Clemente could join many other municipalities that have declared themselves sanctuary cities for the Second Amendment.

The city council in the California city of Needles back in 2019 approved a similar resolution, and jurisdictions in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Maine and Texas have done the same.

Asked what kind of message the resolution would send to the rest of the nation, Boe said it would negatively brand the city while separating it from a majority of the country that supports common-sense gun laws.

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about two-thirds of Americans are in favor of stricter gun laws.

“We have this extremist on the council who’s willing to flout the majority of American voters because this is important to him but not the rest of the electorate or his constituency,” Boe said, criticizing James.

In his email, James reiterated his point on promoting safety by invoking several popular conservative talking points, pointing to Los Angeles, where, he said, the Defund the Police movement has had “disconcerting and disastrous results.”

He also claimed, without citing examples, that the “woke” and “progressive movement” was to blame for the “unraveling of society” in urban areas, as well as the apparent destruction of properties and “assaults and intimidation of law-abiding citizens” that he believes are being seen throughout the U.S. “The Second Amendment addressed the right of citizens to bear arms,” James said in the email. “This was a response to the heavy-handed police powers of the Crown and the desire to allow the people of the newly formed republic to be safe and secure in their homes.”

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Miramar Construction Project Makes Way for Food Hall

BY SHAWN RAYMUNDO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

If you frequent the North Beach area, you may have noticed construction crews digging a large hole where the historic bowling alley used to sit. That’s because the project to restore the Bowling Center and convert it into a food hall is entering the latest stage of development.

Crews are excavating the site to make way for the foundation of the anticipated food court and its underground basement that’ll be used for food storage, explained Daniel Conrardy, the project’s architect.

“The lower area of the food court is a storage compartment”—a requirement by the health department, Conrardy said.

He added that the basement also allows the developer to “maximize the amount of restaurants.”

The food court, set to fit about 15 eateries and a major dining area on an outdoor patio, will be constructed to match the footprint and architectural configuration of the historic Bowling Center that was built in the 1940s next to the Miramar Theatre.

Construction crews last summer began to dismantle the bowling alley, while preserving key elements later to be refurbished and reused as part of the food hall’s aesthetics and architecture.

Redevelopment of the bowling alley and the Miramar—San Clemente’s first movie theater that opened in 1938—has been underway since early 2020. For

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Construction crews on Friday, May 7, excavate the site of the historic Bowling Center in North Beach as part of a project to restore the building for conversion into a food hall with an underground basement for food storage.

Photo: Fred Swegles

nearly $8 million, restaurateur James Markahm in late 2019 purchased the buildings that had sat idle for years.

Based on the entitlements for the 61acre property that city and state officials approved in 2017, the theater will be rehabilitated into a performance and event venue, called the Miramar Event Center.

During inspections of the theater building, asbestos, mold, dry rot and other contaminants were found last year.

Conrardy said remediation efforts have been completed, as all of those hazardous materials have been removed from the structure.

The next steps, he said, include redoing the building’s floors, which had experi-

enced water damage, as well as redoing the roof that had also been damaged from a previous fire several years ago. And much like the food hall, several elements of the theater will be repurposed to preserve the aesthetics of the historic building.

“All the historic pieces, which include light fixtures, tiles, clay tiles and just little artifacts, have been saved by the contractor, and they will be reused and reappropriated with the remodeling of the theater itself,” he said.

As construction continues toward completion of the project, Conrardy teased that more information relating to a grand opening could be announced later this summer.

Mercy House Temporarily Providing Homeless Services in San Clemente

will be tasked with working alongside San Clemente’s code compliance team and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s homeless outreach unit.

Ideal candidates, city officials have previously stated, will have experience in interviewing and counseling, and should be knowledgeable of community resources and social service programs for the homeless—specifically, the county’s Continuum of Care program, a regional or planning body that coordinates housing, services and funding for homeless families and individuals.

“I anticipate a decision will be made relatively soon from an offer standpoint,” Sund told the council on May 4.

Back in December, the council voted to direct more than $103,000 in federal COVID-relief funding to create the position. According to the city, those funds, which come from Community Development Block Grants under the CARES Act, will pay for the position for one year.

BY SHAWN RAYMUNDO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

The nonprofit group Mercy House has been tapped by the city to provide homeless outreach services in San Clemente over the coming weeks, while city officials reportedly enter the final phase of hiring a full-time community outreach coordinator.

During a routine “Homelessness Update” to the city council last week, City Manager Erik Sund said a two-person team of case workers from Mercy House has been assigned to San Clemente to coordinate services with the city’s homeless.

For 20 hours a week, the case workers will be on the ground providing outreach services. The agreement is only temporary, Sund explained, as it falls under his $25,000 spending authority, which is San Clemente Times May 13-19, 2021

enough to cover the next three months, if necessary.

San Clemente has been without an official homeless services contractor since early March, when the council voted not to extend City Net’s contract for another month while the hiring process for an in-house coordinator continued.

City Net, another homeless advocacy nonprofit in Orange County, was initially contracted by the city in December 2019.

Prior to that, Mercy House had been the city’s homeless outreach contractor.

The announcement comes as the city last week completed the final round of interviews with candidates looking to take on the full-time coordinator position, according to Sund. The individual Page 4

A new book by Col. Steve Miska of San Clemente offers a first-person account of how he and his teammates worked to overcome policy failures and broken promises while protecting the nation’s most reliable combat partners in the War on Terror: foreign military interpreters.

Miska, in his book, Baghdad Underground Railroad: Saving American Allies in Iraq, writes about his team with the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, also known as Dagger Brigade, and their efforts to establish safe passage for dozens of Iraqi interpreters to the U.S. “The mostly young men and women who embraced American idealism risked their lives to support U.S. service members in countries where understanding the language, the people, and the contours of the culture are often a matter of life and death,” Miska said of the interpreters who, along with their families, were being hunted, facing near-certain death by “death squads.”

According to Miska, a violent sectarian cleansing broke out in Iraq in 2007. Citing recent estimates, Miska explained that about 100,000 interpreters and at-risk family members are currently in Iraq and about 70,000 remain in Afghanistan.

“The plight of Iraqi and Afghan interpreters left behind by the United States remains one of the most significant human rights issues of the Global War on Terrorism, America’s longest, and ongoing, military conflicts,” Miska, the executive director of the local nonprofit First Amendment Voice, said in a press release.

In the book, Miska explains, readers will learn more about the ways in which foreign military interpreters support U.S. missions, keeping service members safe in combat zones, as well as gain an understanding of the fraternal bond that’s forged across the cultures.

“Baghdad Underground Railroad is a sober reminder of the far-reaching human and national security consequences of abandoning U.S. allies in countries of conflict,” Miska said in the release. “Above all, it is an exploration of universal questions about hope, brotherhood, and belonging—questions that strike at the heart of who we are as a people and as a nation.”

The book will be released on May 19. sanclementetimes.com

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COMMUNITY MEETINGS TUESDAY, MAY 18

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CITY COUNCIL 6 p.m. The San Clemente City Council will conduct its regularly scheduled meeting via teleconference and can be streamed through the city’s YouTube channel.

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SC | Action for Spent Fuel

Solutions Now Coalition Gains Support from County of Orange The Orange County Board of Supervisors last month unanimously adopted a resolution brought forth by Supervisor Lisa Bartlett authorizing the County of Orange’s participation in the Action for Spent Fuel Solutions Now coalition.

Action for Spent Fuel Solutions Now is a newly formed coalition, co-chaired by Bartlett and San Diego Supervisor Jim Desmond, dedicated to advancing efforts to relocate the spent nuclear fuel from San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).

“I am honored to serve as Co-Chair of Action for Spent Fuel Solutions Now, and proud to have the support of my colleagues on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, as we take on the monumental task of demanding action by the federal government to fulfill their obligation and deliver a solution,” Bartlett said.

For more than two decades, the federal government failed to meet its legal and contractual obligations under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, to take possession of and dispose of the spent fuel at SONGS, stated a news release on behalf of Bartlett’s office. Nearly $41 billion has been paid into the Nuclear Waste Fund, managed by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, with almost $1 billion coming from SONGS customers.

The press release stated that Action for Spent Fuel Solutions Now will work to unite local governments, utilities, environmental groups, labor leaders, Native American leaders, business organizations, and community members to support the relocation of spent nuclear fuel to a federally licensed facility.

The coalition will advocate for necessary federal legislation, funding, and administrative policies and programs that will be critical in advancing the goals of removing spent nuclear fuel from SONGS.

SC | SC Rotary Club Donates

$2,500 to Support COA Members of the San Clemente Rotary Club presented a $2,500 check to volunteers with Community Outreach Alliance during a food distribution event at an affordable housing community in Talega on April 30.

Rotarians, along with Councilmember Chris Duncan, spent the afternoon with San Clemente Times May 13-19, 2021

San Clemente Rotary Club members present a check for $2,500 to volunteers with Community Outreach Alliance at the Mendocino at Talega apartments on April 30. Photo: Courtesy of Tyler Boden

the volunteers, lending a helping hand with the food giveaway event at Jamboree’s Mendocino at Talega apartment complex.

Second Harvest Food Bank and Amazon Fresh, through a partnership with Family Assistance Ministries, donate the food for the weekly event, Rotarian Tyler Boden explained.

The Club’s $2,500 contribution to COA, he said, kicked off the Thrive Alive program, which is meant to help transitional-aged youth gain skills and life experiences while promoting drug and alcohol awareness and prevention.

ocean each year impacts marine ecosystems. Plastic contains toxic chemicals that are ingested by marine wildlife and transferred to our food. The OFR advocates for locally sourced seafood, which is defined by Seafood Watch as “Best Choice” or “Good Alternative.”

The Ocean Friendly Restaurant program was launched in 2013 and aims to

establish “eco-conscious” restaurants that limit their consumption of single-use plastic. OFR, a network of 672 restaurants nationwide, offers ocean-friendly logos, national vendor discounts, collaborative promotions and other benefits for participating businesses.

The meeting next week will also highlight volunteer opportunities and ways the OFR program is being implemented locally. Danielle Kuhn, the chef and owner of the “Ocean Friendly” Maison Cafe + Market, will illustrate her business’s practices.

The Ocean Friendly Restaurant meeting, accessible to the public, will be held on Zoom at 6:30 p.m. A link to the meeting can be found in the online version of this story.

SC | Surfrider to Host

Webinar on Ocean Friendly Restaurants In its efforts to reduce plastic waste and promote ocean sustainability, Surfrider Foundation is scheduled to hold a Zoom meeting for its Ocean Friendly Restaurant program on May 18.

The webinar will feature Surfrider staff members Rachael Coccia and Jennifer Hart, who are the plastic pollution manager and plastic pollution coordinator, respectively.

Coccia and Hart will give an overview of the program and its latest changes.

“We’re excited to announce criteria updates and membership optional fees to the OFR program that will help eliminate more plastic and make it easier for volunteers to sign up and restaurants to participate,” Surfrider said in a press release.

The current criteria established by Surfrider aims to lessen the amount of plastic that restaurants use for straws, single-use utensils, takeout orders, cups and other products. Participating businesses must adhere to seven required and three optional guidelines.

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reversed, if permanent damage has not taken place, but it takes time.

When I meet a new client, we take a peek under the hood, looking at past and current blood work, screening tests, and any other pertinent details to evaluate how their body is holding up.

HEALTH AND Along with their NUTRITION 101 weight, what they

BY GINA COUSINEAU “look” like on the outside, and how they “feel” inside, these particulars allow me to project into their future. Unfortunately, and all too often, my clients don’t like what they will hear.

This information usually provokes a trip to their medical practitioner, with a list of questions and action items, as I encourage them to begin their health advocacy journey. This might lead to medications being prescribed to “patch the sinking ship” and the encouragement of a lifestyle shift, including better nutrition and adding exercise.

Pharmaceuticals such as statins, blood pressure/blood sugar regulators, and bone strengtheners, often bring much angst to my clients. But this is where I assure them the perfect dose of “the poison” will allow them to control the attack that is underway inside their bodies, looking at risk vs. benefit. And then the real work begins.

It is at this moment in time that these individuals must decide to “right the ship.”

And given that their medical practitioners are not nutrition or fitness experts, they must look to your qualified influencer.

Enter Mama G. I teach the food-as-med-

GUEST OPINION | Health and Nutrition

101 by Gina Cousineau

Every Pill Is Poison T

he title of the column this month is a mantra I preach to my clients each and every day. It is always followed by the words “and those very pills might be needed to save your life.”

Depending on where you are in your life journey, the repercussions of our behaviors and choices might be rearing their ugly heads, especially after the brutal year we all have encountered. Life hands each of us a variety of obstacles at any given time, but there is a rare moment in history that we are all in the same boat, as we have been with the pandemic.

That being said, the dose and length of time ingesting the poison are really what matters in terms of how harmful it might be to our bodies and whether the positive can supersede the negative effects during this time.

Case in point: cigarette smoking. We know that the effects of this poison (nicotine) in the body can be completely

icine approach, encouraging the elimination of the highly processed foods that are acting like “poison” and to instead swap them for delicious and nutritious choices paired with a little calculated exercise.

With this one-two punch, we can begin to heal the body with the goal of preventing and/or eliminating the use of prescription meds and the diseases that are threatening their very lives.

With all the negatives of the past year, I want to celebrate the wins, and more importantly, I want to be part of your wins.

On June 1, I launch a complimentary four-week webinar series (via Zoom, once a week) to help you advocate for your health, tackling how to reduce your risk of lifestyle diseases, which are the leading causes of disability and death in our country.

Our topics will range from healthy advocacy, being a good nutrition consumer, using food as medicine and, finally, providing you with a game plan for a sustainable healthy lifestyle approach.

Gina Cousineau sees clients virtually and in person out of her San Clemente office.

Her extensive education—a BS in dietetics and MS in integrative and functional nutrition—chef training, and 30-plus years as a fitness professional allow her to help clients lose weight and improve their health. You can reach her at mamag@mamagslifestyle. com, 949.842.9975, and on Instagram and Facebook @mamagslifestyle. Register for her complimentary weekly newsletter at mamagslifestyle.com. SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SC Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared.

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ceived overwhelming mail against it.

It is extremely inappropriate that this is being added as an agenda item.

The residents of San Clemente should decide through the voting process whether they want to be labeled as a city that opposes California’s current gun laws.

If these two councilmembers want to express their opposition, they should not use their position of power in city government to create controversy and get publicity. This is not the kind of publicity San Clemente needs.

We don’t want to have protesters in the streets of San Clemente showing support for and against California’s gun laws. If they don’t like the laws, they can try to change them instead of asking the city to ignore them.

Their focus should be on solving the city’s problems, not creating more.

If they continue to push this agenda item, they should be voted out of office.

ABUSE OF POWER FIONA CARROLL, San Clemente There is an agenda item that has been added, removed, and added again to be considered by the city council at the May 18 meeting.

It is a purely symbolic and political statement that two councilmembers, Gene James and Steven Knoblock, are proposing to send a message to Sacramento regarding gun ownership rights.

They want to declare San Clemente a Second Amendment sanctuary city.

This is a highly controversial and divisive issue that will meet opposition with residents. The city has already rePage 7

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The List What’s going on in and around town this week SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

SATURDAY | 15 SOUTH OC CARS AND COFFEE 9-11 a.m. South OC Cars and Coffee, dubbed the world’s biggest weekly car meet, attracts a mix of 500-1,000 hypercars, supercars, exotics, vintage, classic, muscle and sports cars, hot rods, rat rods, pickups, 4x4s and motorcycles. Those attending are encouraged to practice

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responsible social distancing. Face masks are not mandatory but are recommended. No cars in before 8:30 a.m. The Outlets at San Clemente, 101 West Avenida Vista Hermosa, San Clemente. southoccarsandcoffee.com.

SUNDAY | 16 FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Shop for a wide selection of fruits, vegetables and artisanal goods from organic growers at the Community Center/San Clemente Public Library parking lot. 100 North Calle Seville.

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WEDNESDAY | 19 PIERPRIDE VIRTUAL AUCTION All day. Bid on unique experiences, travel packages, local dining and local products to support the San Clemente Pier. Pre-registration is currently available to participate in this auction hosted by the PierPride Foundation. From a smartphone, text PierPride to 76278. From a laptop or tablet, head to pierpride.givesmart.com. More information can also be found by visiting pierpride.org. All of the proceeds from the auction will go to preserving and enhancing the historic pier.

YOUTH JOB FAIR 3-6 p.m. The Wellness & Prevention Center is inviting teens and young adults, aged 15-24, to find their perfect summer job. See what opportunities employers have to offer and find out what they are looking for in an employee. The Youth Job Fair offers an opportunity for San Clemente and South Orange County youth to find employment with local

businesses that are hiring. Outlets at San Clemente, 101 West Avenida Vista Her-

mosa, Suite 150, San Clemente. Register at eventbrite.com.

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GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALE LISTINGS ARE FREE Email your listing to info@sanclementetimes.com.

Deadline 12pm Monday.

EL ENCANTO COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE – SAN CLEMENTE Saturday, May 15. 7 AM to 1 PM. Cross streets: Camino De Los Mares and Camino Del Rio. Multiple homeowners on multiple streets participating.

GARAGE SALE – SATURDAY, MAY 15 Saturday, May 15th from 7am-noon. SC Realtor Michelle Wilson is hosting a garage sale in the following Rancho San Clemente neighborhoods: Richmond Pointe, Brisa Del Mar, Harbor Ridge, Harbor View

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CoastLines

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How Different San Clemente’s Coastal Bluffs Look Today

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s you drive into San Clemente from Capo Beach on Coast Highway, a head-scratching sight may suddenly pop into view.

Why on Earth do the coastal bluffs up ahead in San Clemente look like three magically different walls of pie crust?

NUMBER ONE: The first 100-foot-high cliff that you see, beneath the Colony Cove community, looks like a Hollywood movie set, a fake palisade.

I call it the Jurassic PARK-isade.

Imagine we could set up a 20-foot-high, robotic creature—a computer-animated dinosaur—on the Jurassic PARK-isade’s COASTLINES base. Watch our

BY FRED SWEGLES dinosaur, craning its neck out toward the highway, and down toward every car that’s passing by.

NUMBER TWO: The next stretch of barren brown cliff looks crippled and crumbly.

It probably looked something like this in 1931, when it was cut into so that the original highway could be widened.

That bluff no doubt has crumbled a few winters, over the past 90 years. Just last winter, the city had to repair a mudslide and rebuild a sidewalk that’d been buried.

NUMBER THREE: The third and final cliff, much shorter than the other two, isn’t steep at all.

It was drastically cut into in 1990 under an emergency slope repair permit. Today, it looks nothing like it had before 1990.

ARE THESE OUR ‘THREE BLIND BLUFFS?’ If you lived in San Clemente around 1990, you may remember how differently those three stretches of cliffs had looked in our town’s prior epoch.

In February 1990, the city closed the entire highway between Poche Beach and North Beach for emergency repairs.

City Manager Mike Parness had announced “alarming deterioration of the face of the bluff, as well as up top.”

He said it would require geologists to study and recommend repairs. The biggest would require the Lusk Company—the future developer of 250 vacant acres of Marblehead Coastal property— to stabilize its stretch.

While the road was closed, San Clemente’s business community suffered. In 1994, a follow-up news article described San Clemente Times May 13-19, 2021

Here is how a mudslide had buried Pacific Coast Highway and the railroad tracks in 1993 in Dana Point, just north of Poche Beach and the San Clemente city limits. Photo: Appeared in Daily Sun-Post

Entering San Clemente at Poche Beach, you can see dramatic differences between three stretches of coastal cliffs that once had all looked alike. Photo: Fred Swegles

Lusk’s stabilization as “a drastically scaledback stretch of Coast Highway bluff.”

But before 1994, a historically spectacular bluff mudslide made news in 1993, not in San Clemente but barely outside the city limits.

On Feb. 22, 1993, along Dana Point’s stretch of bluffs just outside San Clemente’s border at Camino Capistrano, a massive mudslide buried the highway and the coastal railroad tracks, beneath mud and rubble.

create a similarly textured wall, which appeared in 1996.

A TWO-YEAR CLOSURE Railroad clearance crews worked ’round the clock to enable train service to resume two weeks after the mudslide.

But then it took fully two years to unbury the highway, repair the bluff and reopen the highway.

Funding it, designing it, permitting it and performing the repairs was a complicated undertaking, dealing with the federal government, the state, the county, Dana Point and San Clemente. It was Dana Point’s bluff face. Atop those bluffs were five San Clemente homes ruined by the collapse.

In 1995, Dana Point’s stretch of road reopened. The stabilized bluff looked much different, covered with a textured wall resembling something animated, like from Disneyland.

COLONY COVE BLUFF The massive 1993 mudslide had no impact on San Clemente’s nearest bluffs, just south of Camino Capistrano at Camino San Clemente.

The city determined a need to stabilize that bluff to prevent anything similar from ever burying San Clemente’s highway or possibly collapsing blufftop homes.

San Clemente secured funding from Caltrans and the Federal Highway Administration to stabilize the bluff and

MARBLEHEAD’S COASTAL BLUFFS In 1990, the Lusk Company’s first bluff scalping had secured an emergency Coastal Commission permit for “310,000 cubic yards of grading in order to stabilize approximately 1,800 linear feet of the approximately 2,400 linear feet of 70- to 100-foot-high bluffs, which are on the Marblehead site and which face upon El Camino Real.”

Lusk scaled back its own bluffs, without knowing what intensity of development it might try to develop later.

A 1987 MILESTONE In 1987, the city council had approved an intensive Marblehead Coastal development, including a Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library, 1,198 homes, a shopping center, parks, a hotel, an educational facility and a civic center.

That proposal got so bogged down, during months of public hearing debates in San Clemente, that former President Nixon gave up on his San Clemente library site. He chose to build his library in Yorba Linda, where it wouldn’t need to be attached to a hotly disputed oceanfront development that the Coastal Commission might never allow.

San Clemente approved Lusk’s plan in September 1987, just weeks before Nixon announced Yorba Linda as the library site. Loss of the Nixon Library rendered San Clemente’s Marblehead Coastal approval null and void.

That led to several less intensive development plans over the next decade, finally leading to the Coastal Commission’s 2003 approval for 313 homes, an outlet shopping center, canyon preservation and open space all along the coastal bluff frontage.

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MARBLEHEAD’S BLUFFS Final approval came in 2005. The bluff that’d been cut back in 1990 would now include trails on terraces and stairways.

There was to be no reshaping or cutting back, nor any trails atop the taller Marblehead Coastal bluff adjoining Colony Cove’s textured bluff face.

Grading for development began in 2006 but was halted by a national economic collapse in 2008. Development was revived in 2014, producing 309 homes, renamed as Sea Summit, together with the Outlets at San Clemente, plus multiple parks and widespread open space.

None of Sea Summit’s 4.1 miles of public trails would extend over to the top of the old-time bluffs that dated back to 1931 excavation. It’s just an open space preserve.

WHAT IF? Imagine if Nixon hadn’t abandoned the intensive San Clemente Nixon Library plan in 1987 and somehow the Coastal Commission had approved it.

Avenida Vista Hermosa would have carved into the cliffs, descending downhill to intersect with El Camino Real with a signalized intersection, between Avenida Estacion and Camino San Clemente.

As it stands, we today still see three distinct bluff faces—Colony Cove, the unaltered old-time bluff that’d been cut into in 1931 and shaving of Marblehead Coastal bluffs in 1990.

Fred Swegles grew up in San Clemente before the freeway. He has 50 years’ reporting experience in the city and can be reached at fswegles@picketfencemedia.com. SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SC Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared. The opinions expressed in these columns are entirely those of the columnist alone and do not reflect those of the SC Times or Picket Fence Media. If you would like to respond to this column, please email us at editorial@sanclementetimes.com.

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The Trolley Returns!

MAY 14 -SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

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Route map & TROLLEY HOURS INSIDE San Clemente Times May 13–19, 2021

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Hours of Operation FRIDAY, MAY 14– SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Monday-Friday: 12 noon - 10 pm Saturday: 10 am - 10 pm Sunday: 10 am - 8 pm

HOLIDAY SERVICES Memorial Day: 10 am - 8 pm Independence Day: 11 am - 11 pm Labor Day: 10 am - 8 pm Hours and days are subject to change.

San Clemente Trolleys stop every 15 minutes. Trolleys are ADA accessible.

Bike racks available. No pets allowed.

San Clemente Trolley Stops NORTHBOUND - RED LINE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

San Clemente Pier Ave. Del Mar & Calle Seville Ave. Del Mar & Ola Vista El Camino Real & Ave. Del Mar El Camino Real & Ave. Palizada El Camino Real & El Portal El Camino Real & Calle de Los Molinos Metrolink Station (North Beach) Outlets at San Clemente (Red-Blue Line Transfer)

SOUTHBOUND - RED LINE 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 16A 1

Outlets at San Clemente (Red-Blue Line Transfer) Ave. Vista Hermosa at Via Pamplona El Camino Real & Calle de Los Molinos El Camino Real & Mariposa El Camino Real & Ave. Del Mar Ave. Del Mar & Ola Vista Ave. Del Mar & Calle Seville Ave. Del Mar & Ave. Granada San Clemente Pier

NORTHBOUND - BLUE LINE 9 10 11 17 17A 18 19

Outlets at San Clemente (Red-Blue Line Transfer) Ave. Vista Hermosa at Via Pamplona Metrolink Station (North Beach) Camino Capistrano & Ave. Vaquero Camino Capistrano & Via Breve Camino Capistrano & Camino Mira Costa Cam. Mira Costa & Cam. de Estrella (Dana Point Transfer)

SOUTHBOUND - BLUE LINE 19 20 21 22 8 9

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Cam. Capistrano & Cam. de Estrella (Dana Point Transfer) Camino Capistrano & Camino Mira Costa Camino Capistrano & Via Breve Camino Capistrano & Ave. Vaquero Metrolink Station (North Beach) Outlets at San Clemente (Red-Blue Line Transfer)

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GUEST OPINION | On Life and Love After 50 by Tom Blake

Should Single Seniors Split Dating & Living Expenses?

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ayne, 72, a single South Orange County man, asked, “What do women think about sharing dating expenses 50/50?”

He said, “I don’t want one nickel from a woman for my share of expenses for anything, but it’s difficult to broach the idea of sharing dating expenses even when I know most women I’ve dated have the financial resources to share.

“Am I being realistic, or am I better off moving out of state, where I could live well and pick up all the tabs?”

I asked women subscribers to my ON LIFE AND LOVE weekly newsletter

BY TOM BLAKE for their opinions on Wayne’s sharing-expenses question.

Bobbi emailed, “I have no problem sharing expenses. I am financially secure, so no big deal, and it’s only fair to both parties, especially with the rising costs everywhere. Most women in our age range should be willing to share expenses.”

Gail said, “I see nothing wrong with sharing the cost for entertainment and travel expenses. However, I would add some conditions.”

Gail recommends that senior singles share expenses based on each person’s annual income, as a percentage of the combined total of both incomes. For example, if the combined total is $100,000, and the man earns $70,000, Gail feels he

should pay 70 percent of the expenses and the woman, 30 percent.

Gail added, “Smartphones have calculators, so each person’s share would be easy to figure on the spot. I feel this would be the fairest and most honest way to do things.”

Tom’s comment: I disagree. Sharing expenses should be based on other factors as well, not just income. Taking your phone out in a restaurant to calculate each person’s share of the bill is ridiculous.

Shari stated, “A senior woman should insist up front that she believes in paying her dating expenses. That puts both parties on an equal footing. In that way, the woman is not beholden to the man.

Also, it does not put undue pressure on one party to pay for everything.

“I wouldn’t dream of letting a man pay for all the dating expenses.”

Cynthia emailed, “I am from the old school, when a gentleman opened doors and paid for our dates. It never occurred to me to go Dutch.”

Tom’s comment: Times and thinking have changed.

Cris shared, “The key is to discuss expense-sharing early so your companion knows what to expect.”

Nancy emailed, “My advice to Wayne is to discuss sharing expenses and suggest he and his partner share informally, but he shouldn’t expect a rigid 50/50 split.”

Kathy wrote, “When I remarried my husband after four years apart, we came

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into the relationship with separate checking accounts and a household account that we both pay equally into monthly. It works great; I wish I’d done this the first time around.

“There’s no discussion when I come home with a bag of new clothes or even a new car that I’m spending his money, or too much money.”

May wrote, “Wayne is being realistic in thinking a woman should share in the expenses of dating. I do not want or expect any financial gain from a man. Hopefully, Wayne will not leave California.”

Tom’s comment: What happens if a potential mate doesn’t have the funds to contribute to sharing expenses and yet,

Sudoku

Steve

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION:

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ADOPTABLE PET OF THE WEEK

BY MYLES MELLOR

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult. Level: Medium

that person would be a great partner?

Couldn’t he or she contribute by doing things like preparing the meals, doing the shopping, the cleaning, or even attending to the partner’s health needs?

Should sharing expenses be based solely on one’s income? I don’t think so.

Tom Blake is a retired Dana Point business owner and resident who has authored books on middle-aged dating. See his website at findingloveafter50.com. To comment: tompblake@gmail.com. SC

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TRITON REPORT

BY ZACH CAVANAGH, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

For in-game updates, news and more for all of the San Clemente High School sports programs, follow us on Twitter @SouthOCSports.

Boys Volleyball Continues Dominant Stretch to League Title The San Clemente boys volleyball team cruised to another two victories over the past week, resulting in an early clinching of the South Coast League championship.

The Tritons’ sweep victory over Tesoro, 25-15, 25-17, 25-21, on Thursday, May 6, wrapped up the league title with two matches left to play. San Clemente has now won back-to-back South Coast League championships and three in the past four full seasons. San Clemente won the title in 2019, and the season was not completed in 2020.

San Clemente followed up with another sweep over Trabuco Hills, 3-0, on Tuesday, May 11. The Tritons have dropped

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only one set in seven league matches during a 21-1 run. In total, San Clemente (10-1, 7-0) has dropped only four sets all season for a 31-4 overall set record.

The Tritons wrap up league play and the regular season at Aliso Niguel on Thursday, May 13. The Wolverines were the only league team to take a set from San Clemente in a 3-1 Tritons’ victory on April 27 at San Clemente High School.

After that, the Tritons will await their draw in the CIF-SS playoffs, when the brackets are announced on Saturday, May 15.

In the latest rankings, San Clemente is No. 5 in the combined Divisions 1 and 2 poll behind No. 1 Loyola of Los Angeles and a three-way tie for No. 2 among Corona del Mar, Newport Harbor and Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach. This ranking will slot the Tritons into the Division 1 playoffs, which begin on Tuesday, May 18.

Boys Tennis Extends Title Run, League Streak Despite graduation losses of top players and a break in the run due to last season’s pandemic-related cancellation, the championship beat rolls on for the San Clemente boys tennis team in the South Coast League.

The Tritons captured their 10th con-

secutive South Coast League championship with another 8-0 run through league play, which extends their league winning streak to 80 consecutive South Coast League matches.

Among those contributing to this season’s championship run include seniors Nathan Carey, Arya Nemati and Nathan Kelly, as well as junior No. 1 singles player Michael Milner.

CIF-SS team tennis brackets will be released on Monday, May 17, with wild-card games on Tuesday, May 18, and the first round starting on Wednesday, May 20.

Soccer Teams Open CIF-SS Playoffs The San Clemente boys and girls soccer teams both finished second in the South Coast League and earned berths into the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs.

The San Clemente boys begin their run for redemption in the first round on Thursday, May 13, against Los Alamitos.

Last season, the Tritons were the topranked team in Division 1 and reigning champions before losing on penalty kicks in a scoreless draw.

San Clemente (9-1-2) and Sunset Surf League champion Los Alamitos (13-7) have only one common opponent on each other’s schedule: Santa Ana. The

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Tritons beat the Saints, 8-0, and the Griffins beat Santa Ana, 3-0.

The San Clemente girls kicked off their playoffs at home against El Dorado on Wednesday, May 12, but results were not available at press time. The winner of Wednesday’s game will travel to take on No. 1 seed Harvard-Westlake in the second round on Friday, May 14.

Boys Basketball Tied for Top Spot in League The San Clemente boys basketball team recorded a huge victory in the race for the South Coast League title on Friday, May 7.

The Tritons knocked off league-leading Capistrano Valley, 51-44, at San Clemente High School to even their season series and force a tie atop the South Coast League standings. Capo Valley won big in their first matchup, 61-38, on April 21.

In Monday’s latest CIF-SS rankings, San Clemente (9-2, 4-1) moved up to No. 8 in Division 2A, and Capistrano Valley (9-1, 4-1) dropped to No. 14 in Division 1 and off the Open Division watch list.

San Clemente next hosted Trabuco Hills on Wednesday, May 12, but results were not available at press time. The Tritons are next in action at Mission Viejo on Friday, May 14. SC

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JOANNE BAADE City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Council PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1713 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Clemente, at its Regular Meeting of May 4, 2021, adopted the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 1713 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING ORDINANCE NOS. 1684, 1697 AND 1710 RELATING TO THE BEACHES, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, PLANNING COMMISSION, GOLF COURSE COMMITTEE, HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, COASTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND/ OR THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2021-01197279 To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Thomas Allen Kearney; filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Thomas Allen Kearney PROPOSED NAME A. Thomas Allen Hodgin The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court of the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objective is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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Toledo Back on Top in Margaret River San Clemente Local Dedicates Latest Win to His Young Son

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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t had been a couple years since Filipe Toledo won a WSL Championship Tour event. In fact, the last time he hoisted a trophy above his head was his 2019 win in Rio. But last week, the Brazilian surfer, who now calls San Clemente home, took out the Boost Mobile Margaret River Pro in Western Australia, beating South African Jordy Smith, who has also kept a residence in town for some years, in a heated battle in the final.

“This has been a really fun week,” Toledo said. “There have been such amazing waves and amazing surfing from everybody, so to come out on top feels so good.”

“This one is for my son Koa,” he continued. “It’s his birthday today, and he asked me to win the trophy. I promised him I would, and I could not break the promise, so this one’s for you son; I love you.”

It was a quite a week for Smith, too.

“I had a good time today and was stoked to make it into a final for the first time in who knows how long,” Smith said.

For the women, Brazil’s Tatiana WestonWebb took her first win of the season after besting seven-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore in a close final.

“Steph is one of the best surfers of all time and was always someone I looked up to so much, so it was incredible to come up against her in a Final,” WestonWebb explained.

In the semifinals, Smith took out local hero Griffin Colapinto, who’d been en-

Filipe Toledo was in rare form at the Margaret River Pro, taking the event win and rocketing up the WSL Leaderboard. Photo: Courtesy of WSL

joying a solid run through the event. Colapinto advanced out of the quarterfinals after two-time World Champion John John Florence was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury.

“Unfortunately, I hurt my left knee on the end section of a wave during my round 16 heat two days ago,” said Florence in a prepared press statement.

“It’s not the same knee I dealt with last year, so that’s good, but with the Olympics coming up this summer, I’m going to focus on healing up and getting strong.”

Florence’s knee injury comes on the heels of San Clemente’s Kolohe Andino

withdrawing from the entirety of the Championship Tour’s Australia leg due to a high ankle sprain. Andino has subsequently had surgery for the injury.

Both surfers have expressed that they’re hoping to be back in time for surfing’s Olympics debut later this summer.

Meanwhile, the plot continues to thicken regarding the Rip Curl WSL Finals, which will take place at Lower Trestles this September. The top five men and five women on the leaderboard at season’s end will have the opportunity to vie for the 2021 World Title in a one-day, winner-take-all day of competition at Lowers.

For the men, world champs Gabriel Medina and Italo Ferreira, who is supported by local shaper Timmy Patterson, front the pack, while Toledo has moved up into third, thanks to his Margaret River win.

Florence is currently in fourth, with Smith rounding out the top five. After back-to-back semifinal appearances, Colapinto is knocking on the door in sixth, with a very real chance of giving surf fans around here somebody for whom to cheer.

“This win will be a huge jump on the rankings for me, which I needed,” Toledo explained. “This tour is all about consistency, and if you’re not showing up in the Finals often, you won’t make that Final 5, and that’s my biggest goal for the year, to give myself that chance.”

For the women, four-time world champ Carissa Moore continues to control the race. Weston-Webb sits in second, Gilmore in third, and San Clemente resident Caroline Marks is in fourth.

The WSL Championship Tour will now head to Strickland Bay in Western Australia for the Rip Curl Rottnest Search event, which kicks off on May 16.

Jake Howard is local surfer and freelance writer who lives in San Clemente. A former editor at Surfer Magazine, The Surfer’s Journal and ESPN, today he writes for a number of publications, including Picket Fence Media, Surfline and the World Surf League. He also works with philanthropic organizations such as the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center and the Positive Vibe Warriors Foundation. SC

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GROM OF THE WEEK

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TANNER SANDVIG

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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ne of the best things about writing the Grom of the Week column—besides getting to shine light on some seriously amazing kids—is that as time goes by, it’s inspiring to watch them grow and achieve their dreams.

Seeing 11-year-old San Clemente shredder Tanner Sandvig develop into the surfer he is today is especially rad. In or out of the water, the stoke is on!

Lately, Sandvig has been chasing contest points up and down the coast.

He and his little sister, Teagan, live for it.

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Tanner Sandvig. Photo: Courtesy of WSA

They love it. And last weekend, Tanner came away with a huge win at the WSA West Coast Championships.

Held at 9th Street in Huntington

Beach, he made the most of the challenging conditions and came out on top.

He’s also been ripping among the NSSA ranks, recently taking wins in the Under-10 division of a couple different events.

But more than just the results, Tanner is quick to fire up his friends. He congratulates them on their successes and is humble when he wins. He even remembered to post a nice message for his mom on Instagram on Mother’s Day. Every day at the beach is a good day, and for Tanner, the vibes are always up. SC Page 20

Water Temperature: 64-66 Degrees F Water Visibility and Conditions: 4-6 Thursday: A mix of South/southwest swell and secondary Northwest swell sets up shoulder high to a foot overhead waves, (4-6’). Light westerly winds early morning rise to moderate onshores for the rest of the day.

Outlook: For Friday, South/southwest swell keeps surf in the shoulder high to a foot overhead zone, (4-6’). Light breeze most of Friday morning turns to moderate west winds in the afternoon. Surf size holds on Saturday, then Sunday picks up into the shoulder high to two feet overhead range, (47’). Southerly winds are light Saturday morning, then become moderate by the afternoon. Winds shift out of the Southwest on Sunday: Light in the morning, then moderate for the afternoon.

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GUEST OPINION | By Jim Kempton

Juliette Paskowitz: A Matriarch of a Remarkable Family Remembered J

uliette Paez Paskowitz, the matriarch of one of surfing’s most storied families, died peacefully in San Clemente on May 3 at 89.

The mother of nine children raised primarily in oversized campers, Juliette, along with her husband—surfing legend Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz—would live a remarkable odyssey and pioneer the living embodiment of surfing’s nomadic lifestyle, which became famous worldwide.

Her family would have movies, books and countless articles written about them, but through it all, Juliette was the upbeat, patient (some would say saintly) mother figure whose humor, wisdom and devotion held together a seven-decade marriage and was the bedrock of a dynasty including 27 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

One of eight children, Juliette was born in 1932 in Long Beach and was the last surviving member of the Paez family.

When she met Dorian, a dashing lifeguard and surfer who had just received his medical license, it was love at second sight.

Just in her early 20s, she had already graduated from Long Beach State and was working as an opera singer who had found work as a vocalist for the prestigious Roger Wagner Chorale group. They met on Catalina Island, a romantic locale that fit their lifelong passion for adventure.

Their offspring—David, Jonathan, Abraham, Israel, Moses, Adam, Salvador, daughter Navah and Joshua—was a conundrum of a family that defied all the conventions of their time, and yet it succeeded on some fundamental and simultaneously mythic level.

Juliette’s contribution to this gypsy-like tribe cannot be underestimated.

“My mom had such natural strength,” said Jonathan. “And she supported Doc’s vision—and let him live his dream.”

“Mommy was the one who kept it all together,” remembered Abraham.“How she managed to do it all, no one will ever know.”

Joshua said his mom’s strength informed his own perspective of women.

“She was tall, and dignified, and loving,” he said. “We saw women as beautiful—but to be respected.”

Stories of the Paskowitz clan—dubbed by the New York Times as the “First Family of Surfing”—have become part of surfing culture’s heritage.

The proof of the experiment was the success they have all found in their adult lives.

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Known as the matriarch of the “First Family of Surfing,” Juliette Paez Paskowitz lived a remarkable life, raising nine children—in a rather unorthodox manner—before dying peacefully in San Clemente earlier this month.

Photo: Courtesy of Surfwise/Paskowitz Family Archives

David, the eldest son, followed his mother’s passion, becoming the lead singer in the infamous horror-surf-rock band Johnny Monster and the Nightmares. He recorded an album and was the focus of an animated movie, Return to Monster Island. He continues to create, produce, and write music.

Jonathan was a U.S. national longboard champion who pioneered Black Flys, a sunglasses company, and was head of marketing for Gotcha, a global sportswear company. Since 1998, Jonathan has been freelancing, eventually becoming the president of Lightning Bolt USA. “It was a wild, wacky, weird and wonderful upbringing,” Jonathan has observed. “But I don’t think I would have changed it for the world.”

Israel, who married into another San Clemente surf dynasty when he found Danielle Brawner, implemented his mother’s nurturing side as well as her quiet drive. After winning the World Longboard Championships, he and Danielle founded Surfers Healing, a nonprofit school for challenged children.

“Juliette was the rock,” he said.

Moses, the only son to forsake surfing as a lifetime pursuit, nonetheless says, “Everything that has happened to me comes from surfing—and probably my mom.”

At 6 foot, 2 inches, and 265 pounds, Mo-

ses played football at Saddleback College as an outside linebacker, earning a football scholarship to the University of Las Vegas before injuries halted that career.

He joined the Teamsters union for the motion picture industry, earned a SAG card and was credited on many films.

But eventually, he moved to his beloved Hawaii, attaining a real estate license in a successful third career.

“My mother was so elegant, so classy,” Moses remembered. “She was like the Mexican Princess Grace Kelly; who else could be living in a camper and listening to classical opera?”

Abraham, a middle child of multiple talents, was a Chart House employee for decades, produced surf contests nationwide and became an acclaimed chef at The Ritz-Carlton. He now owns his own thriving skateboard and surf products business.

Adam chose the musician’s path, founding the Fly’s, a band with his brother Joshua, toured nationally and had a 1998 alternative top five hit “Got You (Where I Want You).” The song’s video was featured on their second album Holiday Man in 1998 and also appeared on the soundtrack for the 1998 film Disturbing Behavior.

“She was always there for us,” he said.

Salvador also gravitated toward film,

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developing his talent as a screenwriter and producer. His writing credits include The Age of Adaline, and recently wrote the screenplay for the Justin Baldoni film Alive Inside, which will debut in fall 2021.

“She was this amazing mother to us, and an international surf icon to the world,” Sal commented. “But in her own heart, she also kind of always remained that kind-hearted, sweet little girl from Long Beach.”

Navah, the only female in the brood, is the executive director and founder of The Ed Asner Family Center, providing instruction to children, teens, and adults, exclusively working with special needs surf therapy. She founded and named the nonprofit after her father-in-law, the renowned actor Ed Asner, and is married to Matthew Asner, the president of The Ed Asner Family Center.

“It was a magical experience growing up,” Navah admitted.“We’d come down to San Onofre; it was our home. We couldn’t imagine anything better than living like we did.”

Joshua, the youngest family member, agreed.

“She gave him the opportunity to be the great person he ended up being,” he said. “Mom was the practical person who allowed that magic to exist.”

After a stint with his brother Adam in the Fly’s, opening for such legendary bands as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joshua built a reputation as a well-regarded artist.

“It isn’t the most obvious road to success,” he told me at his mentor Greg Escalante’s memorial, “but it’s all I know.”

Amazing as it would seem in the hyper-competitive 21st century, the eight sons and daughter whom Juliette Paskowitz raised have been remarkably successful in a surprising range of careers.

As any parent will agree, the main goal they wish for their children is to be healthy, happy and be able to take care of themselves and their own family. For Juliette, the knowledge of that achievement was no doubt her crowning glory.

Jim Kempton is a writer, surfer and San Clemente resident. His friendship with the family spans half a century, and incredibly, the clan still allows him to catch a wave in their midst. SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SC Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared.

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