Saratoga News News Briefs Council introduces new ordinances Two new ordinances were introduced by the Saratoga City Council at its Jan. 6 meeting. One ordinance prohibits people from sleeping or living in their vehicles in Saratoga. According to a city staff report, an increase in complaints over the last few years fueled the drive for the ordinance. One exception to the ordinance, however, provides for people to sleep in recreational vehicles, trailers and campers as guests of a resident of Saratoga, as long as the vehicle sits on the resident's property. The ordinance will be enforced starting in March by the city's code enforcement officer and Sheriff's department officers. The other ordinance will allow for City Council meeting times to start half an hour earlier. Meetings typically start at 7:30 p.m. With the new ordinance, meetings will start at 7 p.m., beginning in March. Sheriff Smith shares vision Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith will speak at a luncheon sponsored by the West Valley Republican Women, Jan. 21 at 11:30 a.m. at the Saratoga Country Club. Smith will give a presentation entitled, "Victory and Vision--What Comes Next!" Smith was elected in November as the first female sheriff in Santa Clara County, and is one of just two females ever elected sheriff in the entire state. Because Smith's office is nonpartisan, the WVRW is welcoming anyone interested in meeting and hearing the new sheriff speak. The cost of the luncheon is $12.50; the Saratoga Country Club is located at 21990 Prospect Road. For more information, call Kay Eshleman at 354-3373. Presentation of ranching history "The Glen Una/Hume Ranch" will be the topic at the Monday, Jan. 18 meeting of the Saratoga Historical Foundation, held at 7:30 p.m. in the Saratoga Senior Center. Mamoru Inouye, whose father was foreman of the Japanese workers on the 680-acre ranch will give the presentation, showing slides of the ranch and harvest activities. The ranch was once known as the largest prune-bearing orchard in the world. It was subdivided a few years before 1920. [ Back to Contents Page | Saratoga News Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Saratoga News, January 13, 1999. ©1999 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.