We do not make jokes, we simply watch the LA Times, the Orange County Register and the Coto de Caza Board of directors and report the facts!

COTO SAFETY

Dangerous Coto de Caza Roads and Intersections- The changing Coto de Caza demographics have had a major impact on the collision patter n as shown below.  Whereas for the period from 2000 through November 2004, 75% of the collisions in the community involved three roads, current collision distribution spreads out over eight.

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Safety Laws and Regulations

Teen Safety Links

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CHP Reports

Sheriffs Reports

William Pilot’s  White Paper on the State of Security - a report prepared for the CZ Board of Directors

CZ Master Association CC&R Violator's List
We continue to receive a flurry of complaints from Coto residents regarding soliciting and door-to-door distribution of service sales literature, including maid, painting, landscaping, remodeling, (etc.)

 

 

 

 


Teen Safety Links

FREE TRAFFIC SAFETY CLASSES
CHP UNVEILS NEW TEEN DRIVER PROGRAM
Coto de Caza, CA Oct, 27 2006: According to the CHP, motor vehicle collisions nationwide are the leading cause of death for teenage drivers. 

ToyotaTenDriver.com - Tips for parents on how to start a conversation with their teens about safedriving.

Newly enacted California law, criminalizes underage drinking effective January 2007
According to a recent study, underage drinking costs the United States nearly $62 billion a year. Published in the July 2006 edition of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol, the study notes that underage drinking leads to nearly 3,200 deaths each year. For...

Teen-Driven Site Promotes Abstinence- In Albuquerque, a group of teens participating in the Socorro General Hospital (SGH) abstinence education program has developed a peer-based Web site promoting abstinence and healthy lifestyle choices to young people across New Mexico and the nation

 

 

 

 


 

 

CHP Reports

 

Coto's Dads Take Matters Into Own Hands, Get A+: CHP Collision Report, 3Q2007- Kudos Coto Moms & Dads for doing what the CZ BOD refused to even consider!
The 3Q2007 CHP collision figures just received from the CHP show a quarterly collision level (on an annualized basis) comparable to the levels the Coto de Caza community experienced prior to expulsion of the CHP by the CZ Master Association board of...

Coto de Caza, 2Q2007 CHP Collision Summary
The newly elected CZ Master Association Board of directors? president has vowed to improve the relationship between the board and CHP management, a minimum requirement in order to increase the CHP traffic patrol to at least 2006 levels. We think that...

CHP Patrol Hours Down, DUI-related Accidents Up: Coto de Caza Traffic Accident Trends - 1Q2007 - another Case of Cause-Effect
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) reports a total of 6 collision for the first quarter in 2007, one injury and 5 property damage only traffic collisions, for the un-incorporated area of Coto de Caza. Two of the collisions were DUI related.

CHP in Coto - Big Mouth CZ Bob- By Joseph Morabito, former member CZ Master Association Board of Directors
Hello All: I have heard that CHP officers are not volunteering to work in Coto even for the time and a half pay they would earn. So, we are not even getting the 40 hours a week that was the original deal under Glisson/Rose. It would seem that Bob...

COTO DE CAZA CHP TRAFFIC REPORT FOR MAY 2006
The May 2006 CHP statistics for Coto de Caza is consistent with the Coto de Caza board of director’s inaction with regards to public safety: These show an accident rate rapidly approaching the record-breaking 2005 that lead to the first traffic... 

 

 

 

 


 

OC Sheriffs Reports

1Q2007 Coto de Caza Crime and Vandalism Report
A comparison between the 1Q2006 and 1Q2007 Crime and Vandalism reports shows that a favorite Coto de Caza crime is fraud, that the Peter Pan Syndrome continues to be alive and well (crime is evenly distributed between kids and adults) and a criminal...

Orange County Crime Down, Nation's Crime Up
While the FBI is expected to report a 1.3 percent rise in violent crime nationwide in 2006 ? an increase for the second straight year, Sheriff Michael Carona today announced that criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary,...

Coto de Caza Drug Problem The OC Sheriff's Dept’s Deputy Finley states that Coto de Caza has a serious teenage drug problem.   Coto teenagers are involved in nearly 99% of all teenage drug incidents in the areas he serves.  Which is consistent with what CotoBuzz has been reporting for the last four years, but contrary to what residents have been led to believe by the current board.  

 


 

Coto de Caza Links

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Coto de Caza Safety Links:

Coto de Caza's Dangerous Curves-Around 75% of the accidents within Coto de Caza happen in three of Coto?s main roads as shown below: Coto de Caza Drive, Vista del Verde and San Miguel
October 8, 2007The 3Q2007 CHP collision statistics, clearly demonstrate that even though CHP patrol hours are down some 60% compared to 2006, and there is no coordinated safety awareness program such as the one proposed by CHP?s Captain Elzig, the...

The Maturing of Coto de Caza-Coto de Caza is no longer GRUP City!
Age distribution in the crime & vandalism and collision statistics for Coto de Caza, indicate that an underage person is as likely to be involved in a crime or collision within Coto, as is a senior citizen. This fact has led us to the conclusion that...

What does it take to create a public spectacle? - In Coto de Caza
During the 2007 CZ Master Association Candidate?s Nigh (in preparation for the 2007 CZ board of directors' election), incumbents Varo/Mezger insisted that because Ladera Ranch residents were making a public spectacle, CHP hours that otherwise might be...

Coto de Caza?s Bastard Child: Public Safety
In just 15 short months, the community witnessed the absence of the CHP for proactive traffic patrol followed by two tragic traffic accidents. In the last one, the board blamed the victim, although the teen driver eventually pleaded guilty.

From Safety Committee to Committee to Turn Coto de Caza Into a City - Overview
This brief starts with the firing of a volunteer (early 2006) Public Safety Chairperson for her refusal to give up her free speech rights and promote Coto for city, before public safety.The president of the CZ Master Association board promises to fire...

Grup City – Coto de Caza ......Of Peter Pan, Grups and Coto d Caza
As the Coto de Caza board of directors controlled by Varo/Mezger/Hill continue to handle public safety as a Tar Baby, it is only appropriate to consider a tag line for Coto de Caza once Varo/Mezger/Hill accomplish their goal of turning Coto into a City....)

DaVaro Deception and the Gospel According to Mezger
For years, the DaVaro Deception has led Coto de Caza resident’s believe that public safety was the board’s number one concern, while repressing initiatives designed to prevent crime & vandalism and save lives, and promoting personal agendas.

Deliverance – the Coto de Caza District Delegate Committee Movie
In an incestuous move reminiscent of the movie Deliverance, Varo/Mezger/Hill, have done what they refused to do with Coto residents concerned with public safety: use association funds to promote their self-preservation:

Bicycle Safety Within Coto de Caza
During the June 8, 2006 Coto de Caza board meeting Yo Orduno described a public safety situation in the Summerfield district including a warning about an increase of rush hour cyclists in and around Vista Del Verde, some even riding pairwise making the...

The Coto de Caza Government Paradox
California is the direct democracy capital of the nation. California uses the direct initiative process, which enables voters to bypass the Legislature and have an issue of concern put directly on the ballot for voter approval or rejection. There are two...

Rhianna Six Month’s Anniversary Mr. Manian’s Three Month’s Anniversary
It has been six months since Rhianna Woolsey died (December 7, 2005) in the first traffic fatality in Coto de Caza in the last ten years. Sadly, this week also marks the Three Month Anniversary of Mr. Morteza Manian’s death, as he was struck by a...

 


 

Saws and Regulations

Immediate Driver License Suspension:  Coto de Caza  GRUPS (Age 21 and older) The administrative license suspension program, known as “Admin Per Se”  (APS) was signed into law as a stronger deterrent to drunk driving.

The DMV is required to suspend or revoke the driving privilege of any person arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or a combination of alcohol and drugs (DUI), who: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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