Huntington Beach Pat Burns has publicly said since taking office in 2022 that he does not consider himself a politician.
A tall police officer and one of the five boys in a large family are attributes that he feels better by describing him.
In fact, his speech on the annual morning of the mayor Wednesday morning at the Central Park High Center was partly anti -government, or at least a large government.
“We have to curb regulations,” Burns told the audience of more than 100 city governments and business leaders. “I am everything for the small government. I don’t like the government. We will deceive everything we touch, and time is proven inside and time out. “
Burns, about three months in his one -year term as mayor, made titles when he displayed a bust of President Donald Trump in Dais during the January 21 city council meeting. A month later, the council then approved a “Maga” tile in the Central Library to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Visitors, including the pro -Tem Casey McKeon and Masonry Foundation of the Bling Irene Cancer Foundation from the left, participate in the morning of the annual headmaster at Central Park on Wednesday.
(Don Leach / staff photographer)
The breakfast of the mayor was received by the Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce. She also filed remarks from the Golden West Meridith Randall College President. Shawn Wood, chairman of the Chamber Board, moderated a panel that presented local business owners.
Burns told the crowd on Wednesday that being a police officer was easy for him, especially because he grew up in a large family and was used to fighting and quarreling. He said being a business owner would have given him more stress, with daily uncertainties.
He advised business leaders to include local government with their companies – but also keep it in a distance.
Huntington Beach Pat Burns talks about the local business community and leaders in the morning of the annual chairman at the Central Park High Center on Wednesday.
(Don Leach / staff photographer)
“No business is clean, no industry is clean to have their idiots,” Burns said. “In the police work, we had our part of Knuckleheads that were a kind of attractive nails that did the thick shit at work. But it was more our position, our work as other police officers, to keep those idiots in line. And no business industry is immune to it.
“If guys know a fraudulent business [whose operators] They are not fulfilling their promises or their contracts or something like that – and most of that kind of things are proven by greed – please help us get them from here, get them out of the city or out of business, because we want the best in Huntington Beach. We want everyone to serve with the integrity and fulfillment of the promises made within a contract or within business decisions. “
To make it easier to do the business at Huntington Beach, the city recently began its simple Surf City program. Founded in January 2024, this allows people to seek help when attracting a permit, starting a new business or seeking coordinated assistance between departments.
The program expanded last year to include residential customers who can require resources for the installation of solar panels, for example.
The pro -Tem Casey McKeon told the crowd the city is working to install high -speed fiber internet downtown and surrounding areas.
The guests participate in the morning of the annual mayor at the High Center in Central Park on Wednesday.
(Don Leach / staff photographer)
“I think we’re going in the right direction, and that means a lot to me,” Burns said. “And as the mayor, feel free to contact me if you get into a collision, and there’s something I can do to shake you [sic] The government yes, I want not only to encourage businesses to come to the city, I want to protect the businesses that are here. So yes, if the guys have problems, you should not have it, not from the end of the city. “
The panel presented local business leaders Alecia Reinberger of Moonwood Cafe Co, Gary Frahm of Expert Automotive and Deanne Mendoza of the teachers of created.
Reinberger, who co-owned Moonwood, opened the company’s store in 2022, but also helps oversee a growing hotel business. She praised Huntington Beach to be a safe city, which offers peace of mind as its company sometimes creates coffee in the middle of the night while preparing for morning events.
She said she is concerned about increasing the costs of packaging, supplies and ingredients, but has worked to get the brand in the community.
The guests participate in the morning of the annual mayor at the High Center in Central Park on Wednesday.
(Don Leach / staff photographer)
“I think everyone has some kind of talent they can give to the community, whether they serve students or understand what your niche is and help,” Reinberger said. “It is about our young people, including them, linking them and making them dreaming again.”
Mendoza is also a co -owner of her business, a publishing company that has been in Huntington Beach for nearly 50 years. She said she recently worked with the city for update equipment.
“I think it’s one of our big responsibilities as a city to build each other’s businesses,” she said. “I really try hard to get to know as much as I can. I think we are excellent stimulants for each other, and the amplification of other businesses that do not come from the business itself is the best marketing we can get.”