Newport Beach City Councilwoman Leslie Daigle is recognized as a serious and thoughtful public servant with a reputation for independent thinking and creative municipal problem-solving that embraces fiscally conservative principles.
Serving her second term on the council, Daigle is a driving force for sound fiscal policies, public employee pension reform, support of the city’s entrepreneurs and risk-takers, effective service delivery, and protection of the city’s coastal and bay waters for both environmental and economic reasons.
As a member of the council’s Finance Committee, she has advocated budgetary actions that balance the competing demands of residents, employees and taxpayers. Daigle worked with her colleagues in a struggling economy to achieve a balanced budget that cut year-over-year spending, produced $90 million in reserves, and earned a rare and coveted AAA credit rating from the three major national rating agencies. The city has been negotiating a larger pension contribution from its employees.
Our historic drought has brought important public scrutiny to the agencies that are responsible for delivering water to our homes and businesses.
With the encouragement and support of organizations such as the Orange County Business Council and the Orange County Taxpayers Assn., I decided to run for the Orange County Water District (OCWD) after serving...read more
Remarkably, Newport Beach's water use between 2007 and 2013 was reduced an admirable 29% from 257 gallons per day per person to 190 gallons per day.
Still, our distressing drought continues, and there is only a glimmer of hope that a possible El Niño event this winter will give us relief...read more
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Leslie Daigle is Endorsed for Orange County Water District, Division 5 by:
California Women's Leadership Association
PAC
Mayors of Irvine and Newport Beach
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Paid for by Leslie Daigle for OCWD Director, 2014 | P.0. Box 11922 | Newport Beach, CA 92658 | ID# 1370911
