About Cambria

If you live on Lodge Hill in Area 7 (see map below), you have an opportunity to choose who will represent your neighborhood and Cambria on the North Coast Advisory Council for the next two years. This year, representatives for Areas 1 and 7 will be chosen.

North Coast Advisory Council Mission

The NCAC strives to develop a unified, cooperative effort among individuals, organizations and public jurisdictions interested in furthering sound community development, with resulting in a positive quality of life in the North Coast Area.

The NCAC seeks to be an organization truly representative of the people of the North Coast Area in matters of civic interest, and to represent the community before all bodies, public and private, where the subject is appropriate to the objectives of the NCAC. The NCAC serves as a forum for public review of matters identified with sound development including, but not limited to: land use, public services, circulation, zoning, public improvements and all aspects of orderly community growth. The NCAC focuses primarily on matters relative to areas of direct county supervision.

The NCAC’s authority is advisory only. The NCAC provides comments on items and issues before it, recommends approval or disapproval of them, and submits comments and recommendations that it has adopted to the Board of Supervisors, the Planning Commission, or other appropriate body.

Election day is the first Tuesday of May (May 5, 2009). The polling will take place at the Veterans Memorial Hall on Main Street from 10am-6pm. Absentee ballots are not allowed. You DO NOT have to be a registered voter to participate.

Anyone over 18 that lives in area 1 or area 7 can vote. Please bring something that shows your residential address and your ID (if your ID has your current address, proof of current residence is still requested.)

The NCAC elected members are chosen by the residents of the neighborhood in which they live. Cambrians living in other areas will not be voting this year. Next year neighborhoods represented by Areas 2, 4, 6 and 8 will be included in the elections.  NCAC meets on the 3rd Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm.

In Area 1 (San Simeon) there are two candidates:

• Robert McLaughlin, incumbent
• Bambi Fields

Area 7 has four candidates:

• Jeff Miller, current alternate
• Erwin Ohannesian, current member of traffic committee
• Jeff Hellman
• Laurel Stewart

Visit the NCAC website for more information.

After talking to Kristi Jenkins at some length a few times about the Cambria Community Healthcare District, I’ve come to the conclusion that  voting for her for the CCHD Board is a very wise choice. Ms. Jenkins’ professional experience and clear passion for exploiting the unused potential of the CCHD to the benefit of all Cambrians without additional costs make her an obvious choice next Tuesday.

Read more about her views and vision for the CCHD if she is elected can be found HERE.

I got my sample ballot in Saturday’s mail. If you haven’t registered to vote yet, you can still do so. October 20 is the last day to register to vote. California law now allows registered voters to request permanent Vote by Mail Voter status for any reason at all.  Your application to vote absentee must reach the office of the Clerk/Recorder not less than 7 days before the day of the election. Your Vote by Mail ballot can be sent by mail, fax or dropped off in person at any polling place in the county or to the Clerk/Recorder’s office by the end of voting on November 4, 2008.  For further information phone the Elections Department 781-5080.

In addition to President, US Congressperson, state senate and state assembly positions, nine propositions, and three bonds, Cambrians will be asked to choose members for the Coast Unified School District, the Cambria Community Healthcare District and the Cambria Community Services District.

I invite all the candidates to weigh in with their 2 cents here on AboutCambria.com, so Cambrians will have more to go on than just the names and a hunch. Clive Finchamp, Muril Clift, Frank DeMicco and Richard Davega have written about  some of their positions about CCSD. To read their contributions, click their name in the right-hand column.

AboutCambria.com is committed to bringing the unfiltered views of the candidates, in their own words and/or through interviews,  to our readers.  Commentary from candidates should be about why they are the best person for the job. Candidates, I want to know why I SHOULD vote for you, not why I SHOULDN’T vote for your opponent.

To minimize negative/attack campaigning on this site, contributions submitted anonymously or focused on why another candidate is not the best person for the job are restricted to Comments left in response to a contribution by or interview of a candidate. As managing editor, I reserve the right to approve posts by and about candidates, but will not edit or delete comments made in response to a post.