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		<title>City OKs housing design contract</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 20:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The council on May 6 unanimously approved a contract for phase 1 (project design) of the Civic Center Housing Project. The project would return to the City Council at a future date to consider whether to move forward with manufacturing modular living units. The cost for US-Offsite, of Redding, CA, to work on phase one [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City to request proposals for Civic Center project</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 19:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council on Dec. 17 authorized Avalon staff to publish a request for proposals for the Civic Center Housing Project. The vote was unanimous. Councilmember Mary Schickling was absent. “City Council has directed staff to prioritize private and public housing policy and development to improve overall housing stock in the City,” according to the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Residents look at ways to approach short term rentals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 18:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Council extends moratorium on transient rentals Part of an ongoing series on housing. The Avalon City Council on Friday morning, Sept. 15, voted 4-zero to extend the moratorium on short term rentals for 10 months and 15 days. That’s the maximum length of the extension allowed by law, according to the city attorney. Mayor Anni [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Vacation rentals on Sept. 15 council agenda</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Moratorium on issuing transient rental licenses ends next Friday The City Council will hold a hearing on whether to extend the moratorium on licensing short term rentals beyond the 45-day limit. The hearing is set for 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 15, which is also the day the transient rental license moratorium expires. (In related news, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Short term rental townhalls continue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Staff gathers public input on the impact of vacation rentals First of two parts. Avalon city staff held another townhall meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 30. This was the second townhall meeting on the issue. Four individuals attended the first townhall (on Aug. 22), according to City Manager David Maistros’ recent report to the council. Twenty [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Letter to the Editor: published Sept. 9, 2023</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina Islander Readers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Review of short term rentals in Avalon As a property owner at 357 Descanso, and a part time resident I would like to comment on the current STR issue under review. Our property has been in the Paulson/Gaines family since 1936. Both long term and short term rentals have been utilized here for many years. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Short term rentals and quality of life</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 18:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[City staff townhall meeting discusses impacts of vacation rentals Second of two parts. On Aug. 22, Avalon city staff led the discussion about short term rentals at a town hall meeting that was held both in-person and on Zoom and Facebook. This is the second installment of that story. Meeting As the Islander left off [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Town starts talking about short term rentals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 19:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First town hall on vacation rentals looks at impact on quality of life First of two parts. Avalon city staff led the discussion about short term rentals at a town hall meeting that was held both in-person and on Zoom and Facebook. A one-hour video of the Tuesday, Aug. 22, meeting is available on the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>No vacation rentals for now</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2023 20:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Avalon will not issue new licenses for 45 days (as of Aug. 1) The Avalon City Council on Aug. 1 unanimously approved a moratorium on issuing new vacation rental licenses. This was an urgency ordinance, which means in went into effect immediately. Property owners who have already put in applications will be allowed to continue [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City seeks to transfer water to housing projects</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 18:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The council this week—acting as the city’s Housing Authority—voted unanimously to authorized staff to request a transfer of water allocations from discontinued housing projects to two current city housing projects. Neither of the current projects has a water allocation. Avalon Public Works Director Bob Greenlaw said this action was only for the water allocation. As [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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