Coastal Fire Spurs Entrepreneur to Run for Laguna Niguel City Council

The Civic Center building of Laguna Niguel, Calif., on Sept. 20, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

When the Coastal fire of May 11 blazed over 200 acres of Laguna Niguel, Javad Mokhbery received a text from a local city councilman saying his neighborhood was on fire.

Javad, who is running for a seat on the Laguna Niguel City Council in the upcoming Nov. 8 election, quickly left his office in Irvine and went home to find the canyon near his backyard engulfed in flames.