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		<title>Public on vacation proposed rental rules</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 20:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Part two of two. Last week the Avalon City Council approved the introduction of an ordinance updating the rules or short-term rentals. The adoption of the ordinance will return to the council at a future date. There were a lot of questions from members of the public who spoke at Aug. 5 meeting. Due to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hospital requests $2.8 mil from city</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island Health recently asked the City Council to approve a non-binding letter of interest for a potential $2.8 million advance from the Avalon General Fund. The council considered the and unanimously approved the on March 18. The money would go into a state program that would receive matching federal funds that would go back [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hospital officials, public react to council comments about Catalina Island Health CEO</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First of two parts. On Jan. 9, Catalina Island Health CEO Jason Paret warned the City Council that the Island’s only hospital was in financial trouble. Due to the length of comments, this is the first of a two-part article on what was said during the meeting. During the public comment part of the Jan. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Letters to the Editor: published Jan. 19, 2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina Islander Readers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Avalon City Council: At the special meeting regarding the hospital, the CEO made an extensive presentation as to why our hospital is always in a precarious position financially. Look around-half the restaurants and activities are closed for the winter. They send all their workers home and turn off the lights to save money because [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon Election 2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff Report]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The nomination period for next year’s Avalon election ended on Friday, Dec. 8. Incumbent Anni Marshall will be vying with challenger Daniel Felts for a two-year term for mayor. Councilmembers Lisa Lavelle and Yesenia De La Rosa are each running for re-election to four-year terms. No one else is running for City Council. Oley Olsen [&#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>Council OKs new fees</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following a public hearing, the Avalon City Council last week unanimously approved a new fee schedule for city services. There were no comments from the public. Mayor Anni Marshall proposed adding ebikes to the bike license. “Or if we’re not going to do it, just get rid of it all together,” Marshall said. Finance Director [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City Council gets city budget draft preview</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2023 18:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finance Director Matthew Baker recently presented the Avalon City Council with information based on the draft of the 2023-24 budget. The council took no action on the budget. The budget is scheduled to be approved in June. Baker gave his presentation at the May 2 council meeting. According to Baker, the city is in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council gets update on new waste rules</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[State mandates 3 separate containers for waste for all cities Avalon residents will have to separate their trash, their recyclables, and their organic waste into three separate containers, according to Julie Barreda of Avalon Environmental Services (a CR&#38;R Incorporated Company). Some Island residents have been confused about what to put out and when under the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council OKs new noise ordinance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2022 21:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Permit process allows amplified outdoor music The City Council this week voted unanimously to replace Avalon’s noise ordinance with a new one. The new ordinance applies to outdoor music. City Manager David Maistros told the council that from the information he has, the concerts are not the problem. According to Maistros, the noise ordinance applies [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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