Visit Lompoc News Today

What happens when someone makes a false or misleading statement or accusation during a meeting of a government body? Well, if the government body has any

"The summary of those is that we disagree strongly,” Christie Donnelly, city management services director, said during a presentation at the May 21 City Council meeting.

Back in March 2023 I wrote: “One local resident, Martin Bender, who claims in a blog post to have ‘a juris doctorate and have worked for both private

Annual reporting by Visit Lompoc LLC shows hundreds of thousands of dollars in unaccounted-for funds, according to a Santa Barbara County Grand Jury report. Released March 22, the report says that over the first five years of the current agreement between Visit Lompoc and the City of Lompoc, the cumulative value of those under-reported funds

Previously disputed by Lompoc’s legal counsel, a local resident’s 2023 complaint against the city’s tourism board and its accounting practices ignited a Santa Barbara County...

A watchdog panel criticized the City of Lompoc for an inadequate system of checks and balances, recommending better oversight of the Visit Lompoc tourism

A Santa Babara County Grand Jury report released Friday details that over the last five years, more than $500,000 has been under-reported by Visit Lompoc LLC in required annual reports submitted to the City of Lompoc.

Sometimes a citizen’s questions concerning city matters sound more like allegations of wrongdoing. That’s what happened during the March 21 and April 4

Lompoc city officials say they are looking into allegations by a community member that a councilmember is living outside of city limits and personally benefiting from her position on another board.

I have often written of the misdeeds of Lompoc City Council members based on their public record. Politicians need to be held accountable for their