Remarks by Rachel Lang
22 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 28:12
“Even right up to when I left. It's on right now for me as well. It's on now? Yeah.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 34:23
“I'll move to approve one, two, three, five, six, and seven.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 34:32
“Just for the record, it's two, three, five, six, seven. Two, three, five, six, seven. Yes, two, three, five, six.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:08:33
“Actually, I just wanted to start because I wanted to speak to Renee Roth's comment about the request to recuse myself. And I just wanted to outline that for the, per the FPCC rules, if we do not have a financial entanglement, there's, my friend, I have a lot of friends all over the town. We have a very small town. I'm very social. I have a lot of friends. um and uh you know if i had any kind of ethical dilemma about voting on this i would absolutely recuse myself but there is nothing according to the fpcc rules that would that would have me do that in addition to that it's actually the tennis…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:10:19
“and i have actually been very balanced on this issue i have voted in ways that my friends on the neighbor's side have not agreed with uh and so i mean i think if anything council member rule who is a pickleball player and a part of that club would have more right more reason to recuse herself than i would So I take offense with any...”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:10:49
“Yeah, I wasn't saying that you should. But, I mean, so anyway, so that's all I wanted to say. I just wanted to clear that for the record. um and you know this is something that we talked about when we decided to build the courts at seoul park we talked about having the the tennis courts be designated for tennis only and so this is not this is the next natural step in that process um this is something that the parks and rec commission at that time established as the best practices. There was a whole sound study that happened. The tennis players spoke hours and hours and hours. We spent the…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:13:00
“And I'm saying I do not have a bias. And in fact, my voting record proves that I do not have a bias.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:34:46
“So what if so you say more than I was, I was going to propose that we have staff meet with the tennis tennis group to refine the language of the ordinance, and then bring it back for our consideration.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:35:11
“That they establish with staff the parameters around which it could be used for Ojai Day.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:35:44
“and that would be appealable if somebody had a big problem with the permitting I just wanted to make sure that that was we could even clarify that we move forward with the ordinance provided that it has to come before us for a second reading anyway so that we move forward with the ordinance and direct staff to work with the tennis group to modify language around Ojai Day?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:41:41
“I don't think I want to subject future counsel to ongoing fights.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:41:47
“I'm fine with that. Knowing what we've been through the last four years, I'm grateful for all the conversations, and I think we're probably all good.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 2:25:47
“I was actually, when you were guiding me through the system that we have, I was pleased about that just because I've known about the legal challenges. And also, I mean, copyright infringement, I mean, there are a lot of ethical and environmental issues. with AI as well that aren't even a part of this discussion, but I think the way that it's here to stay and if we can do it responsibly, and it sounds like with transparency and with protecting our own systems and equipment and everything, I think this is the best that we can do.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 2:33:49
“I just wanted to remind everyone that Thursday night is the chamber mixer. And so everyone can come even if you're not a member. And, and it's a monthly event. And it's a great community event as well.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 2:36:09
“But I recall when we were talking with him that he said that he would refuse himself if those decisions came before. I remember that being part of the conversation, and so I don't know if that's changed since they've done the investigation, but he did say that.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:05:48
“I also very much enjoy the relationship with you personally and the fire department and um and also our sheriff so I feel like it's all growing in the right direction thank you for that anything else yeah I'll add one more thing yes please just to piggyback on what everyone else said thank you so much for for coming to talk to us for admitting that there's better communication that could have happened to think that's something that we're all working on as a city And also, I just want to thank you for the great job you're doing to protect our community. Advancements like this, while they might…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 1:20:41
“wildfire safety and risk mitigation. I noticed on the spreadsheet it mentions pursue partner agreements to reduce fuel and hazardous debris, but I didn't see an update about that. And so I was wondering, in your presentation, Norma, and so I was wondering if there is any update on that progress.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 1:22:09
“yeah absolutely I just wanted to make sure that was happening because when I saw it saying in progress and didn't hear an update about it I was just making sure that didn't fall through the cracks because it's really important thank you that's all yeah a question I have a couple questions so let's just take that issue as an example so if a council person”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Can I add to this, Councilman Whitman? Because this, you and I, this is partly... Part of the reason why we're doing an economic action plan to begin with is so that our revenue isn't so weighted on tourism. So one of the purposes that I understood that we were bringing this forward and why I am very committed to it is because to see if if we did if we did want to have more balance with tourism if we did want to have more revenue coming in for the residents here then how could we open up those revenue streams and what would that look like so the tourism management plan that you were proposing…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 2:03:40
“sure yep uh let's just call it oust yeah campus reimagination yes downtown campus yeah i would also like to bring forward uh just uh wildfire safety and risk mitigation with debris clearance and seeing what we can do on city properties to to move forward with an RFP or expedite that process.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 2:07:03
“move forward and if I if I could interject also this is this is something that actually Randy Coggins spoke about at our last meeting in public comments and and so the I just want to thank the fire safe council and all the the public that our safety can everyone who's working on these efforts because I know that there's a lot that's being done and it's happening so fast that we don't always get updates or we don't always have you know consolidation of all that's happening but I just want to acknowledge that some of this is being done and appreciate the efforts it may be that another…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 2:09:26
“I'm not negating anything that the Fire and Safe Council did. No, of course, of course. Town hall after town hall. I'm just saying, now maybe it's time for a city-sponsored one.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026