Newport Beach residents are now suing the city over a push to build a new surf park that would split the private Newport Beach Beach Golf Course in half, with residents arguing the city officials’ continued support of the project contradicts the will of the people.
Benny Hallock, the chairman of Save Newport Beach Golf Course’s Political Action Committee, said the council is just trying to “shoe-horn” the project in where open space and the golf should be.
“When given the chance to listen to the community this city council has a history of fumbling the ball,” Hallock wrote in a statement last week…