Reminder for Folks in Sea Terrace ll and Villas: Hopefully, all of you received your allotted supply of guest passes and will instruct visitors and service providers to place them face up on their vehicle dash boards so they may be clearly viewed when parked on the street. If you have to leave your residence before a service person arrives, notify … [Read more...]

With the Yuletide and Winter Solstice rapidly approaching, it will become darker much earlier. At the same time vehicle and pedestrian traffic will increase during the upcoming holidays. Keeping that in mind, we ask each of you to drive extra carefully and also to be extra cautious while walking across all streets. Car Clouts: “Tis the season . . … [Read more...]

Citations—Ouch! — Just a few weeks ago a motorcycle deputy sheriff entered our community to monitor traffic. Within a very brief period of time, he noticed several violations in the vicinity of Mariner Drive and Niguel Shores Road. He subsequently issued four citations for failing to stop at a stop sign. I know we have all seen similar violations, … [Read more...]

Guests: On occasion, we have misunderstandings involving guests and folks purporting to be guests with our screening personnel at the front gate. While our patrol officers seldom have difficulty with regular residents, most of the conflict involves people not on a current guest list or guests attempting to bring in their own guests. The attitude … [Read more...]

I assume by now a lot of us have seen the uniformed deputy sheriff that has been assigned, along with other collateral responsibilities, to focus on our community. He will provide visible patrol and take appropriate enforcement action. I suspect the first offenses he will notice are the folks that don’t completely stop for stop signs. However, … [Read more...]

Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs) and Golf Carts With the warm weather upon us, a lot of folks will be cleaning and charging their Golf Carts or Neighborhood Electric Vehicles to transport friends and family to the beach, pool, or neighbors’ homes within the community. Note: Technically, all vehicles operating in the Shores are considered … [Read more...]

The school year is drawing to an end and summer is almost here. With the start of this warm weather season we will surely have a significant increase in the number of guests entering our community. To minimize conflicts and maximize the good times, we are asking for everyone’s help. First of all, please update your guest lists. In the event you … [Read more...]

I hope that this isn't the proverbial quiet before the storm, but in terms of Traffic and Safety everything is going smoothly. Of course we appreciate that with warmer days approaching some old issues and some new ones are likely to pop up. In the meantime, if we can just just address some minor matters and keep some focus on our guests, we can … [Read more...]