Laguna Beach Unified: Exposing the Flaws of the Past, Defending Reform for the Future

Key points

• Reform manifesto framing the post-2024 board majority (Perry, Hills, Morgan) as correcting failures of the Vickers/Wolff/Brown/Viloria era.
• Cites Glass's discovery of 'at least $1.4 million in unauthorized health benefit premium overpayments' from the General Fund spanning multiple years without board approval.
• Reports Viloria received 'nearly $400,000 in severance' from the previous board late in 2024 — characterized as 'golden parachute leadership.'
• Critiques the prior board's proposed '$100 million bond mostly for administrative offices and parking garages' and a pool project that ran from $15 million to $25.5 million.
• Frames FUEL as 'well-funded lobbying groups' seeking to retake control rather than a grassroots parent organization.