Day Laborer Site Up for Sale in Orange County

Barbara Diamond of the Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot writes:

A small slice of Laguna Canyon will be up offered for big money when Caltrans opens bidding at $950,000 for the city’s day labor site on July 23.

City officials declined to comment Thursday on whether the city would submit a bid, but an agenda item relating to the site was being prepared for Tuesday’s council meeting. Possible acquisition of the site has been listed for discussion in closed session in past months.

“I can’t comment on discussions in closed session,” City Manager Ken Frank said.

He has said publicly that the 16,810-square-foot property on Laguna Canyon Road is worth less than $10,000, virtually useless for any other purpose than the day labor site.

The site has been used for day labor hiring for almost eight years, a response to complaints by residents, particularly in North Laguna, who objected to workers congregating on neighborhood streets without supervision or sanitation facilities while waiting to be hired. Click here for the rest of the story.

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