JOE A. GARCIA

Six weeks after 57 percent of Lompoc voters passed Prop 64, city staff, including then City Manager Patrick Wiemiller, City Attorney Joe Pannone, and both the police chief and former fire chief initiated, drafted, or supported a city ordinance to ban adult-use recreational cannabis businesses in opposition to the voters directive. Ultimately, the Lompoc City […]

Lompoc was founded as a temperance colony which completely prohibited alcohol. A group of ladies is famous for pulling a saloon right off its foundation and dragging it down the street in 1885. But Prohibition ended with progression in Lompoc, and the city now boasts itself as wine and beer crafting tourism destination. In November […]

Lompoc City Manager Patrick Wiemiller, during the 2016 State of the City address, instructed his audience to pledge, “We deserve and expect the best in Lompoc.” Wiemiller went on to talk about his belief that Lompoc desperately needed a new fire station, which was rejected by the City Council the month prior, mostly due to […]