Teen-Drinking Measure on Docket at Tuesday's Council Meeting

At Tuesday's meeting, the Laguna Beach City Council is expected to officially introduce the controversial social-host ordinance, which would fault parents for underage drinking that goes on in parents' homes. Fines ranging from $500 for a first offense to $1,000 for a third offense will be proposed. This will be the ordinance's first reading, and a second reading will be required before a date is set for the law would go into effect, pending passage.

Previous Patch articles on the measure:

**To read Tuesday's agenda bill regarding the social host ordinance, click on the PDF file in the box to the right of this article. --->

In other business, the council is also expected to:

• Appoint four residents to the Emergency/Disaster Preparedness Committee, and three South Laguna residents to the South Laguna Sewer and Water Committee.
• Award a $33,000 contract to KDM Meridian for survey and boundary documentation between the ACT V parking lot and the Laguna College of Art and Design.
• Adopt the 2012-2013 budget, with several proposed modifications.

There will also be the usual grab-bag of approvals of minutes, denials of claims, awardings of contracts, receiving of reports, stuff about stuff, and much, much more!

The council meets at 6 p.m. in chambers at . Click here to view the complete agenda and click here to watch the meeting live on the Internet.