April 13, 2023 By Brian Hews Things got heated at last Monday night's Cerritos City Council "special meeting" with Mayor Chuong Vo, Mayo pro tem Bruce Barrows, who was appointed and not elected, and Councilman Naresh Solanki, voting to move the city's election date from April 2024 to March 2025. The vote was 3-2, with…
February 8, 2022 By Edna Ethington The Public Policy Committee of the La Palma-Cerritos American Association of University Women (AAUW) is holding a Candidates Forum for City of Cerritos residents on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Cerritos City Council Chamber at 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Cerritos CA. Seven Cerritos residents…
Chuong Vo (left) called him self “too inexperienced” to be Cerritos Mayor after one year of holding the Mayor pro tem chair and wanted to be Mayor pro tem again this year. Councilmen Solanki (center) and Barrows obliged, the move is a first in Cerritos’ history.
April 30, 2021
There were many speakers at the Cerritos mayoral transition last week including Supervisor Janice Hahn who gave accolades to outgoing Mayor Naresh Solanki.
Little did Hahn know about the petty, pay-back politics that was about to occur, along with an obvious Brown Act violation that should catch the attention of the D.A.’s Office of Integrity.
BY BRIAN HEWS • April 30, 2021
In another first for Cerritos City Council, following Councilman Solanki occupying the mayor’s chair for two consecutive years, Mayor pro tem Chuong Vo, who was absent from Wednesday’s mayoral transition, told the council and residents that he was too inexperienced to be mayor and wanted to wait a year.
Vo read his speech from a legal pad in a pre-recorded video and indicated he wanted to wait a year in order to gain more experience.
As the time neared to nominate the mayor and mayor pro tem, City Clerk Vida Barone directed the council and residents watching on cable to view Vo’s speech.