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City Council appoints Council appoints
City

Ehrenkranz to mayorEhrenkranz to mayor

BY DONNA RITCHIE “I’m sorry our previous mayor had ment. The appointed individual will
EDITOR, THE FRIDAY FLYER to resign due to personal reasons. He serve the remainder of the vacant
The Canyon Lake City was a great asset to the community.” term, ending in December 2020.
Council appointed Jordan Kasey Castillo was elected to the Application packets can be
Council appointed Jordan
Ehrenkranz to the seat of City Council in November 2018 and picked up from the city clerk’s office
mayor and Kasey Castillo sworn into office on Dec. 5. Her beginning Monday, Sept. 16. Those
mayor and Kasey Castillo
mayor pro tem. The ap- term ends in 2022. interested in applying should con-
pointments come on the
pointments come on the Kasey is a managing partner tact Deputy City Clerk Ana Sauseda
heels of the resignation of at Castillo Harper, APC, and one to schedule a time to meet with her
Larry Greene, who resigned of the founding partners of the law and to pick up an application packet.
Larry Greene, who resigned
his position as mayor and firm. Prior to founding the law firm, Applicant packets will be available
his position as mayor and
a member of City Council Kasey worked at a police defense on Monday, Sept. 16 and must be
a member of City Council
on Aug. 20 to care for his firm and was a deputy district attor- submitted by Thursday, Sept. 26.
wife who was diagnosed with ney IV at the San Bernardino Coun- Mayor Jordan Ehrenkranz has
cancer. Greene was elected to a ty District Attorney’s Office. When appointed an Ad Hoc Committee
four-year term on the City Coun- she left the DA’s Office, she was consisting of Mayor Pro Tem Kasey
cil at the Nov. 8, 2016, election assigned to the county-wide Career Castillo and Councilman Jeremy
and served as mayor since Dec. 12, Criminal Prosecution Unit where she Smith to review the applications
and served as mayor since Dec. 12,
2018.
2018. handled vertically-assigned cases in and to move the most qualified ap-
Ehrenkranz was re-elected in a trial-intensive assignment. She has plicants forward in the process. The
2016. His term ends in 2020. Eh-
2016. His term ends in 2020. Eh- successfully prosecuted gang cases, chosen applicants will be invited to
renkranz has been a member of the was a member of the Auto Theft interview in front of the City Coun-
City Council for 11 years. This is Unit and worked in the Juvenile De- cil at a special meeting, which will
his third term serving as mayor. linquency Prosecution Division. be open to the public, on Monday,
Prior to serving on the Council, Vacancy to be filled by appoint- Oct. 7.
Prior to serving on the Council,
The Canyon
Lake City Ehrenkranz was elected to the POA ment It is anticipated that the City
Council ap- Board where he served five years, On Sept. 4, the City Council ad- Council will vote to make the ap-
three of those years as president.
pointed Jordan three of those years as president. opted an ordinance and a resolution pointment immediately following
Ehrenkrenz to Ehrenkranz will serve as mayor that outlines how the city will handle interviews on Oct. 7. A majority vote
until December, at which time the vacancies on the City Council when of the remaining council members
until December, at which time the
mayor. Ehren- City Council will appoint a new they arise, including the current va- (3 out of 4) will be required in order
City Council will appoint a new
krenz replaces mayor. cancy created by the resignation of for an appointment to be made. The
mayor.
Larry Greene, “It is my pleasure to once again former Mayor Larry Greene. chosen applicant will be sworn-in
who resigned serve as mayor to the citizens of The current vacancy on the City and seated on the Council that same
on Aug. 20. Canyon Lake,” Ehrenkranz said. Council will be filled by appoint- evening.

Board approves to proceed with special election

The POA Board of Directors approved to proceed These measures have been selected to help mod- only.” By doing so, the voter is forfeiting the right to
with a special election. The POA will announce the ernize and enhance the POA’s governing documents vote on any measure but will help reach quorum.
election date and timeline within the next few weeks. by adapting to the needs of the community and in- The quorum requirement may change as members
The POA said the election will likely be held in late dustry standards and to better stabilize the governing come into and out of “good standing” with the POA.
October. board. All ballot measures will be processed by the POA’s
The special election ballot measures will include Only the prime member of record on each lot who Inspector of Election. If all ballot measures are ap-
removing proxy voting (Articles of Incorporation), is in “good standing” with the POA may vote. Voters proved, additional copy, print distribution and ad-
remove cumulative voting (Bylaws), extending future may select only the measures they would like to vote ministrative costs per page in the election packet may
board of director terms to four years to eliminated the on. It is not required for members to vote on every apply. The election averages a total cost of $40,000
need for director elections every year (Bylaws), mod- measure. per election. Significant election and administrative
ifying five-foot fence height restriction (CC&R) and Voters who do not want to cast a vote on any related costs are expected to be reduced by extend-
empowering ACC to select and designate appropriate measure but want to help reach quorum may do so ing terms and having a bi-yearly election. In addition,
roofing materials to modify roof material (CC&R). by marking the box that says “for quorum purposes uuCONTINUED PAGE A15