Already Done’s!
COUNCILWOMAN LAURA LOTHIAN’S RECORD
Elected twice to serve on the La Mesa City Council, Laura’s winning record includes:
CREATing a full-time community cleanup coordinator POSITION to eliminate litter on La Mesa’s streets, sidewalks, and on & off ramps
(before and after litter is striking)
Stopping a potentially hazardous battery storage facility from being built in a Lake Murray/El Paso residential neighborhood
SaVing A PORTER HILL NEIGHBORHOOD FROM A “SLEEPS 32” AIRBNB PARTY HOUSE BY EXPOSING THE WILD PARTIES ON INSTAGRAM (318,000 VIEWS). HOUSE HAS BEEN SILENT EVER SINCE. Other Party houses took note.
IMPROVing AND EXPEDITIng the permit process BY EMPHATICALLY PRIORITIZING the NEED FOR better customer service.
QUARTERLY PERMIT REPORTS and comments from business owners and residents DEMONSTRATE the continuing betterment of community development.
using existing infrastructure, convinced the City to add pickleball courts at la mesita (just paint) and to restore the battered courts at highwood. both sets of courts & collier attract hundreds of players daily.
Directing the City to install more water bottle filling stations in high-traffic city buildings, such as the library and city hall
bringing christmas back to holiday in the village by sponsoring an 80’ tall christmas tree in front of casa gabriela.
placed a 4’ brightly lit blue star seen for miles in honor of fallen lmpd officer lauren craven who died in the line of duty october 20th 2025.
the lighting of the tree and star drew hundreds of la mesans and visitors for a heartfelt start to the holidays.
Stopping the ill-conceived to-go plastics ban
Funding the Storefront Façade Program with $500K in federal money
Fighting and winning TO KEEP DOWNTOWN outdoor sidewalk dining alive and thriving by BLOCKING RUINOUS ORDINANCES
Easing parking congestion with Parking T’s free to any La Mesan who requests them.
introducing “temporary* speed humps” to la mesa neighborhoods concerned about speeding cars. instead of waiting years, or even decades, for the city to install concrete speed bumps, laura’s “temporary speed humps” improved the wait from years to months and the cost from $20,000 to $4,000.
*Temporary is a misnomer. Speed humps made froM UV-Resistant vulcanized rubber and can last years.
Bringing VIVID transparency to the public by PERSUADING CITY HALL TO DISCLOSE all major development projects on the city’s homepage
Voting Yes on all funding requests by the LMPD and Heartland Fire
Persuading the city to discontinue purchasing and using disposable, plastic water bottles, saving the city money and stopping thousands of water bottles entering our landfills
Funding the Arts & Culture Commission with $250k in federal money
Notably reducing the number of campers, TRAILERS and commercial trucks parking on public streets
small personal stories:
intervened on behalf of the upscale mammamia italian market and sicilian deli on the verge of not being able to open because of unreasonable mandates from the city of la mesa. added a grate to a storm drain near a pet salon where a chihuahua had previously fallen. added concrete bollards to a stretch of spring street to protect a pasadena home from flying cars. got the city to take responsibility for and fix their storm drain eroding a yard on johnson drive. removed eye sore & odorous garbage cans from the fronts of all restaurants in la mesa village. personally assisted dozens of residents and small business owners navigate the city’s red tape so they could improve their homes and open their business doors
