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Past an ivy partition, a conci-erge greets a guest with bottledwater.

As staff bustles back and forthasking customers for their namesto confirm their appointments,partitions for 14 newly-builtsuites — each labeled with a dif-ferent plant, such as camellia,jasmine and peony — are pulledbackward to reveal the interior,equipped with a fitting room andminor furnishings for displays.

One guest examines a clothingrack while others wait in chairsfor their boutique associate to es-cort them to their suite.

On Friday, Costa Mesa’s SouthCoast Plaza officially opened “thePavilion” in its northern parkingstructure, located nearest to Bris-

tol Street and Nordstrom’s, in aneffort to provide an in-personshopping experience for inter-ested customers to do safely dur-ing the coronavirus pandemic.

Over 100 of South Coast Plaza’smore than 250 boutiques areparticipating, including brandssuch as Omega, Prada and Ver-sace. And in Orange County, peo-ple find ways to shop for high-end products.

The Pavilion is accessible byappointment only and custom-ers are asked to call or email par-ticipating boutiques ahead of ar-rival to discuss what they wouldlike to see, try on or purchase,and what times work best forboth clients and staff.

After booking an appointment,

Photos by Scott Smeltzer | Staff Photographer

A GUEST IS MET by an attendant upon arriving at the Pavilion at South Coast Plaza on Friday. The Pavilion is accessible only by appointment.

South Coast Plaza opens up ‘the Pavilion’ for in-person shopping in a parking garageBY LILLY NGUYEN

YALE AND LAURI SMITH shop for a bag from Louis Vuitton with theassistance of Maggie Cheng at South Coast Plaza’s the Pavilion on Friday.See Pavilion, page A3

The Santa Ana Regional WaterQuality Board on Friday again de-layed a vote on Poseidon Water’scontroversial desalination plantproposal in Huntington Beach.

Following an eight-hour onlineZoom meeting, board membersagreed to reconvene on Sept. 17 todiscuss whether to renew a permitthat would allow the $1.4-billionproject to move forward. ShouldPoseidon get the permit from thewater quality board, it would stillneed a permit from the CaliforniaCoastal Commission before itcould potentially forge a contractwith the Orange County WaterDistrict and begin construction ofthe facility.

Santa Ana Regional Water Qual-ity Board chairman William Ruh,vice chair William von Blasingameand director Daniel Selmi wereamong those who indicated sig-nificant concerns about the proj-ect. It would be located adjacentto the AES Huntington BeachGenerating Station on NewlandAvenue, which is soon to ceaseoperation. Poseidon plans to pro-duce 50 million gallons of de-salted drinking water per day.

“From the data I’ve seen, it’s nota need issue, it’s a diversificationissue,” von Blasingame said.“There is value in locally sourcedwater. I do hope the agency hasput a value on conservation be-cause that’s the most environ-mentally friendly way ... and wewouldn’t be talking about miti-gation and arguing about whatthe carbon footprint is.”

Proponents of the Poseidonproject, which was first proposedin 1998, have cited securing alarge, drought-proof water supply

No voteyet ondesalplantRegional water boardcontinues debate overcontroversial Poseidonfacility and agrees tomeet again on Sept. 17.BY MATT SZABO

See Poseidon, page A5

The lights may come back onat Laguna Beach’s only movietheater.

The theater on South CoastHighway closed its doors in 2015when Regency Theaters decidedto pull the plug for its lease forthe building at 162 S. Coast Hwy.after it was unable to secure along enough extension on itslease to make changes to im-prove the theater and convert todigital projection. Since its clo-sure, the building has remainedvacant, though adjacent storeshave continued to operate.

Rivian, an electric vehiclemanufacturer, announced onJuly 30 that it would be pursuingthe purchase of the historicproperty as part of the compa-ny’s retail strategy. The organiza-

tion said it aims for a 2021 open-ing, pending city approvals.

The current two-story build-ing was constructed in 1934 bythe Aufdenkamp family andnamed the New Lynn Theatrewhen it opened in 1935, but thetheater’s roots date to 1921. Citystaff said it is the first concreteand steel building constructedin Laguna Beach and is listed onthe city’s local historic inven-tory.

“A high concentration of ourpreorder customer communitylives in Southern California, andthe opportunity to put our phi-losophy of adaptive reuse intopractice at such a landmark lo-cation was really a great fit forus,” Amy Mast, a spokeswomanfor Rivian, said in an email. Thepurchase is still in escrow.

Concept plans were submit-

ted to the city on July 16 with thegoal of restoration to “transformthe historic theater to a commu-nity-focused hub that will in-clude retail space, food and bev-erage and a restored theater forpublic programming.”

“Rivian sees this project as anopportunity to invest into thecommunity of Laguna Beach byrestoring the historic facade,modernizing the theater interiorand introducing new publicprogramming to make it an acti-vated development year-round,”the company said, according toa staff report.

The current proposal wouldreduce the current two-screen,674-seat theater to a single, 130-seat theater and restore the orig-inal proscenium arch and stage

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THE SOUTH COAST THEATER building in downtown Laguna Beach is shown. It’s been closed since 2015.

Laguna Beach’s historic movie theaterundergoes concept review for revivalBY LILLY NGUYEN

See Theater, page A3

Orange County is trying to in-centivize restaurant owners tokeep their businesses clean andsafe with a grant program that re-imburses for masks, cleaning sup-plies and other expenses to miti-gate the spread of COVID-19.

The $1,000 SafeDineOC grantswill cover expenses incurred fromMarch through September andcome from federal CARES Act re-lief funds. The Orange CountyBusiness Council will manage the

program on behalf of the county.“These grants reward restau-

rants trying to do the right thingby reimbursing them for the costsof masks, cleaning supplies, re-configuring tables and chairs, fordistancing protocols, et cetera,”OCBC President Lucy Dunn saidThursday.

Approved eateries will be addedto a list online and receive a signthey can post at their establish-ments.

O.C. restaurants can get paid formasks, other pandemic costs BY HILLARY DAVIS

See Expenses, page A5

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for screenings and liveperformances. The reduc-tion in seating would al-low for expansion in thelobby, which would in-clude public seating andadditional space for edu-cation and communityprogramming.

The two retail spaceswould be modified tohave direct access to thelobby while the secondfloor would be altered tohave additional seatingand workspaces.

Two Rivian vehicleswould be showcased inthe lobby.

Commissioners raisedthe question of whether ornot cars would be sold atthe location, which Den-ise Cherry, senior directorof facilities design at Riv-ian, said the rehabilitationand display of cars at thehistoric building would bea form of “brand educa-tion.”

“We think of this astruly as a war to educatepeople on the mission ofelectrifying vehicles,whether that’s our car or aVolt or a Tesla or whateverthat might be,” Cherrysaid.

Commissioners also

asked whether or not Riv-ian would pursue regis-tering the property on thestate historic register, thereason for the reductionin seats and suggested thepossibility for artists towork onsite. CommissionChair Pro Tem Anne John-son raised the proposedconcerns about how thedisplay vehicles would berotated.

Cherry said that discus-sions with current tenantsof the adjacent storefrontshave not begun becausethe transaction is not yetfinal.

No members of thepublic spoke on the con-cept review.

“I think it’s conceptuallygreat. I know there’s somedetails and things to workout, but I’m so encour-aged that this project is fi-nally potentially being re-alized in terms of redevel-opment of the movie the-ater for something thatwill provide the commu-nity,” Commissioner JorgDubin said.

Johnson and Commis-sion Chair Susan McLin-tock Whitin both encour-aged the application ofthe property to the stateregister and for the resto-ration to be in-line withstate standards.

“We’re, of course, striv-

ing for a 2021 opening andso depending on howfeedback on this goes andother things, we hope tobe back in front of youguys before the end of theyear for sure,” Cherry said.

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customers arrive at thescheduled date and timeat the North parking struc-ture and are asked to pro-vide their name and thedetails of their appoint-ment.

Boutique associates, up-on arrival, then escortthem to one of the suites,where they’re able to tryon and purchase mer-chandise.

Masks are required andhand sanitizer stations arescattered throughout thearea. Maintenance staffare also present to sanitizeall suites before and afteruse. Social distancingmeasures are also in place,according to a statementby South Coast Plaza.

“We wanted to give ourguests a way to shop inperson safely from ourboutiques when we had totemporarily close to com-ply with Gov. [Gavin] New-som’s July 13 order,” saidDebra Gunn Downing,spokeswoman for SouthCoast Plaza.

“The Pavilion and itssuites are designed forguests who want to try on,touch, feel and smell mer-chandise before buyingand want the immediategratification of takinghome their purchase,”Downing said.

“These can’t be donewhen browsing and shop-ping online. The experi-ence aspect is importantfor these shoppers.”

The Pavilion is in addi-tion to South Coast Plaza’sSCP 2 Go program, a curb-side pick-up program thatlaunched in May with 80stores and restaurants par-ticipating at the time. Itnow includes more than120.

Aliso Viejo residentKristi Conlon said sheheard about the Pavilionthrough a sales associatewith Yves Saint Laurent.

“I think [the Pavilion]'snice. It actually justdawned on me that we’restill in a parking structure,”Conlon said.

“It’s the best they can dounder the circumstances,so it’s nice.”

Conlon said she feltmaking an appointmentwas easy, adding that shehad texted one of the salesassociates and was sentpictures of things that shewas interested in.

She said she had seensomething that she likedand that her appointmentFriday was to select whichone she wanted to pur-chase in-person and leave.

Lauri Smith, wearing acheetah print mask, waslooking at purses fromLouis Vuitton, wanting toexchange an anniversarypresent that her husband,Yale, bought her becauseshe already had it.

“They mailed [thepurse] to me because thestore’s closed, but thenthey set [the Pavilion] upand we went, ‘Let’s justdrive down and see otherpurses,’ ” Smith said.

She and her husbanddrove 64 miles to SouthCoast Plaza from Murrieta.

“I love [the Pavilion], butit’s also overkill in myopinion,” Smith said.

“I’m not that worried

about it, but it’s OK. Imean, what are you goingto do? You just can’t shop.”

“It was easy. Louis Vuit-ton knows how to do it. Ithink South Coast Plazaknows how to do it. Theywant to get customers, sothey made it as convenientas they could under thecircumstances, but it’s stilloverkill in my opinion,”Smith said.

“It was convenient.Everybody was there to tellyou where to go and wedidn’t drive in circles andthe consultant met usright out, we had an ap-pointment, easy.”

Yale Smith said theprocess was convenient ifthe shopper knew whatthey wanted, but that itwas hard to do windowshopping.

"[Our consultant] wassending us pictures, so weknew what we were ... itwas just coming here toexchange, it was easy,” hesaid. “But, you can’t reallyshop this way.”

Lauri Smith said she’dcome again if she reallyneeded to go buy some-thing, but added that shedoes most of her shoppingonline now during thepandemic.

Continued from page A1PAVILION

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LAURI AND YALE SMITH shop for a bag from LouisVuitton with the assistance of Maggie Cheng.

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N ewport Beach isrushing headlongtoward a colossal

mistake that our communi-ty will regret for at least 35years. If citizens and im-pacted cities don’t inter-vene decisively and soon,an airport expansion willinundate our communitieswith noise and pollutionand provide no plausiblebenefit to residents.

Under the proposed35-year contract, two newlyselected companies op-erating at John WayneAirport will drasticallyexpand private jet servicein the general aviationsector.

After offering a majorcapital investment, thesetwo new fixed base op-erators (FBOs) will expect areturn on their investment,meaning as many privatejet flights as possible in-cluding during nighttimehours.

The plan could not bemore poorly suited to ourcommunity or the timeswe’re living in. Anyoneliving within a few miles ofJWA can already attest to

the problem of noise, butwhat’s more, a study per-formed at Santa MonicaAirport showed that resi-dents living nearby wereexposed to more pollutionthan a freeway during thatairport’s busiest hours.

In terms of flight avail-ability for most OrangeCounty residents, nothingwill change. There stillwon’t be commercial jetflights in the late eveningand early morning thanksto the established rules.

But rich private jet own-ers in the general aviationarea will play by their ownrule book — flying morefrequently and at all hours— and pass the cost, interms of noise and pollu-tion, onto the communitybelow them. General avia-tion (private) jets can cur-rently fly at all hours of theday or night as long as theymeet outdated nighttimenoise requirements. Thenew plan would park morejets and allow the expan-sion of late-night flights tobe a burden on our com-munities.

Most Newport Beach

residents don’t have anyidea of the significance ofthis general aviation FBOdecision. Representatives ofactivist groups and electedofficials with good inten-tions like Still ProtectingOur Newport (SPON),Airfair, Airport WorkingGroup, Citizens AgainstAirport Pollution, as well asneighborhood organiza-tions in Dover Shores, theBluffs, Balboa Island Im-provement Assn. and im-pacted cities includingNewport Beach and CostaMesa have been virtuallyexcluded from this selec-tion process. OrangeCounty officials (operatorsof the airport) want to meettheir revenue goals, andthey have designed theapproval process for thiscontract in order to breezepast watchdog groups andde-fang anyone with inter-ests that contradict thosegoals. For instance, thoseagainst the change havenot been able to see theinitial proposals in theirentirety, and possible be-hind-the-scenes revisionsmay never be made public.

The process has beenmade to appear demo-cratic, but when the inevi-table complaints arise afterthe consequences of thisexpansion become wide-spread public knowledge,the county will point to thepaltry disclosures it hasoffered up and claim thatdocuments have beenshared.

Local government agen-cies representing us shouldhave never compromisedat the beginning of thisprocess putting residents ina position where all we cando is beg the county to nothurt us. We are now in thatposition.

The only way to fix thisproblem is to change gearsand attempt to force mea-sures to safeguard ourcommunities or possibly

protest the process legally.Playing nice didn’t work,and what we will see at theTuesday Board of Supervi-sors meeting to select thetwo FBOs is a sham processwhere the public will begiven their three minutes tospeak but all the decisionswill have been made priorto the meeting.

It is troubling wheneverything has been de-cided by a public agencythat does not have thesame goals as our commu-nities.

Without the guarantee inthe contract of these fourthings we all lose: 1.) thecritical issue to close gen-eral aviation during night-time hours to comply withcommercial hours of oper-ation; 2.) no Uber/charterjets in the general aviationarea ever — all commercialoperators must be locatedat the main terminal; 3.) nointernational processingfacility as a part of eitheroperation; 4.) preservationof space for small planes ina fair ratio to limit thelucrative expansion ofprivate jet parking andflights at the airport.

The county will say itslegal counsel will not allowthe community-requestedprovisions to be writteninto the 35-year leaseagreements.

Not true. This must beguaranteed prior to theconclusion of the selectionprocess of the new op-erators or we lose. We mustmake sure these decisionsdo as much as possible toprotect all county residents.If these provisions are notset in stone now we won’tbe able to fix them for 35years, and by then, I will beover 100 years old or mostlikely dead.

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EXPANDED SERVICE for noncommercial flights at John Wayne Airport under a proposed 35-year contract would drasticallyexpand private jet service in the general aviation sector with added noise and pollution, writes columnist Lee Pearl.

Expanded service at John Wayne Airport would

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LEE PEARL is the localgovernment liaison to theBalboa Island ImprovementAssn.

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for Orange County and re-lying less on imported wa-ter. Opponents have de-cried increased water costsamong other issues. Rateswould likely go up be-tween $3 to $6 per month,according to district esti-mates.

Much of Friday’s re-gional water board discus-sion centered on whetherthe desalination plant wasneeded, and efforts thatPoseidon would be re-quired to take on to miti-gate the project’s damageto the marine environ-ment. Board membersagreed — going againststaff recommendations —that Poseidon would beprohibited from dischargesfrom the desalination facil-ity until it obtained per-mits for all components ofmitigation.

Ruh challenged OrangeCounty Water District exe-cutive director of engineer-ing and water resourcesJohn Kennedy to makeconservation a priority.Kennedy responded thatthe district takes conserva-tion very seriously, citing aChildren’s Water EducationFestival held each springand adding that its sisteragency, the Municipal Wa-ter District of OrangeCounty, had an even morerobust water conservationprogram.

“What specifically, be-fore you’re looking at thisproject, are you doing to

really integrate conserva-tion into the lives of theresidents?” Ruh asked.“Reminders, things onyour website, fliers,courses, putting in pro-cedures ... You say there’s aneed for the future and todiversify your source.Fourth- and fifth-gradersdon’t make decisions,adults do. Do you have aprogram or protocol inplace for new devel-opment, whether it becommercial or residential,for total drought-tolerantlandscaping?”

Kennedy replied thatwas a city issue, as individ-ual cities issue permits fornew development. ButRuh pushed forward.

“It’s up to you, the waterdistrict, to set an example,”he said. “On your websitethere’s nothing about con-servation. Before we getexpensive water, cuttingback is the best thing. Butyou haven’t said to cities ...to cut back.”

Kennedy later main-tained that the Poseidonproject was the best way tosecure a reliable watersource for the future.

“When we look out intothe future, we think we’regoing to need about120,000 acre feet a year ofimported water,” he said.“The Poseidon project,which would make 56,000acre feet a year, is our big-gest opportunity to signifi-cantly cut how much im-ported water we’re going toneed in the future ... Itmakes a big dent.”

Board member Selmi

earlier made a proposalthat Poseidon’s mitigationwould be split 75%-25% infavor of restoration overpreservation (inlet dredg-ing). The board came to aconsensus on that figure.

The requirement re-mains for 112 acres of miti-gation, so 84 acres of resto-ration credit would be re-quired along with 28 acresof preservation credit. Pri-or to Friday, staff recom-mendations were for aroughly 60-40 split in favorof restoration.

“The reason we don’thave final details isn’t be-cause Poseidon is unwill-ing to provide them, it’sbecause we can’t,” Posei-don Vice President ScottMaloni said, in response tovon Blasingame’s chargethat the company has notproduced a complete miti-gation plan. “We can’t ad-vance it because the earthunder our feet keeps shift-ing.”

Restoration of the BolsaChica wetlands would beincluded in the restorationtotal, and additional resto-ration would be accom-plished within the sourcewater body of the PacificOcean if possible. BolsaChica would take prece-dence.

Santa Ana Regional Wa-ter Board staff will consultwith the State Lands Com-mission on the feasibilityof the mitigation require-ments prior to the Sept. 17meeting.

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IF APPROVED, the Poseidon plant would be located next to the AES power station.

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“When the public seesthose posted pieces of pa-per on their front doors, ontheir windows it gives themthat little extra assurancethat this is a restaurant thatcares about their customersand cares about their work-force,” Dunn said.

Orange County is hometo nearly 10,000 restaurants,which, if currently op-erating, must stick to out-door dining, takeout or de-livery.

“Restaurants drive our lo-cal economy, create thou-sands of jobs and generatemillions in local tax reve-nue,” said Orange CountyBoard of Supervisors ViceChairman Andrew Do, whopitched the program to hissupervisors colleagues lastmonth.

Learn more about theprogram at safedineoc.com.

Overall, the county had 43new coronavirus cases Fri-day, bringing the total to38,754, according to the Or-ange County Health CareAgency. But Friday’s reportappears artificially low astechnical difficulties contin-ue to hinder CalREDIE, thestate health data collectionsystem.

“I urge the state to pro-vide timely, transparent in-formation on the status ofCalREDIE,” SupervisorsChairwoman Michelle Steelsaid Thursday.

“The public health offi-cials and policymakers

across the state rely on thisdata to understand COVID’sspread and make decisionson opening and closingschools, businesses andgatherings. It is essential toknow the extent of the prob-lems with the CalREDIE sys-tem and understand how itis affecting the data we re-port.”

Hospitalized coronaviruspatients numbered 511, with177 in intensive care. Thiscontinues a slide since aJuly 14 peak of 722 patients,and the lowest patientcount since June 29, when510 people were in hospitalsfor COVID-19.

The county also reportedseven related deaths Friday,bringing the total to 704. Anestimated 29,009 have re-covered. Here are the latestcumulative case counts anddeaths for select cities:

• Santa Ana: 7,414 cases;189 deaths

• Anaheim: 6,632 cases;167 deaths

• Huntington Beach: 1,745cases; 51 deaths

• Costa Mesa: 1,267 cases;12 deaths

• Irvine: 1,215 cases; 10deaths

• Newport Beach: 913cases; 11 deaths

• Fountain Valley: 370cases; 10 deaths

• Laguna Beach: 138cases; fewer than five deaths

And here are case countsfollowed by deaths, by agegroup:

• 0 to 17: 2,340; zero• 18 to 24: 5,777; two• 25 to 34: 8,691; 10• 35 to 44: 6,332; 23• 45 to 54: 6,322; 65• 55 to 64: 4,656; 90• 65 to 74: 2,283; 137• 75 to 84: 1,305; 159• 85 and older: 1,024; 218

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ARTURO GUZMAN cleans a table in the outdoor diningarea at Cappy’s Cafe in Newport Beach in July.

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