Operation: Back To School
In the Los Cabos Municipality, public education is available through various systems. Each student is responsible for providing school uniforms and school supplies. Purchasing these supplies can be a tremendous challenge and for many a huge financial burden.
To aid those in need, the Municipality invites residents and visitors to help meet this financial challenge by donating backpacks filled with school supplies to be distributed to each needy child
This program has assisted hundreds of children in the past, and the Advisory Board is encouraging those who want to participate to consider making a donation of backpack(s) yes, you can donate more than one.
Filled backpacks can be dropped off at the CATTAC [Centro de Atencion Turistica/Tourist Attention Center] office located along the Cabo San Lucas marina on or before August 25, 2023. Please refer to the announcement below for school supplies to fill the backpacks.
This program will make a huge impact on the lives of many youths in the Los Cabo Community. Your help is needed for the success of the project. Give until it feels good!
Paellas Festival
G104 and the Rotary of Los Cabos is having our 6 annual fundraiser at the Hilton Los Cabos from 2 to 7 pm. There will be 12 to 15 local Chefs preparing paella. The event will also include desserts and other snacks plus 2 glasses of wine from local sellers to go along with your meal there will be entertainment during the event. The proceeds from the event help support our projects here in Cabo which includes 20 scholarships for local school children plus starting this year supporting students going to college. Plus we support the Smiles Program which works with children who are born with cleft lip and cleft palates. Tickets are $1,000 paseos per person.
Please contact me if you have any questions or would like tickets 624 129 7968
Keep Los Cabos Beautiful
Attention Los Cabos community!
The H. XIV City Council of Los Cabos, in collaboration with the Municipal Tourism Department and the Advisory Council of Foreign Residents, invites all citizens to participate in a cleaning campaign in the framework of the International Day of the Earth.
This important event will take place on Saturday, April 22 at the Héroes de 1847 Elementary School in Cabo San Lucas, starting at 7:00 a.m. This is an opportunity for all of us to come together for the same cause and contribute to the care and protection of our planet.
The cleaning will consist of collecting trash and waste in the streets and parks near the school. Come and join this cause! Bring your family, friends, and neighbors, and let’s work together to create a cleaner and healthier environment for our community.
Don’t forget to bring your gloves, face masks, and comfortable clothes! We are confident that together we can make a great impact on our environment.
Renovating a 6-million dollar home in Cabo
Alex Tapia is one of our long time Knights of Cortez members. He has been a strong supporter of our group and the needs of the Los Cabos community. We are proud to call him a Knight.
Imagine a home built on a cliff in one of the most luxurious areas of Cabo San Lucas, waves crashing several feet below, and a view stretching out to the Pacific Ocean.
Now imagine that beautiful home, built in the last century, having a stunning renovation that brings it into the 21st century. That is now Villa La Favorita. We invited the architect Alex Tapia to tell us about this spectacular renovation!
Watch the full episode here…
U.S. Consular Agency Los Cabos
Designer Purse Auction
Meeting # 334 of the Knights Of Cortez
Meeting # 334 of the Knights Of Cortez. April 28, 2021
Today’s gathering was an OPEN meeting designed to meet one of the Los Cabo mayoral candidates, Profe Oscar Leggs Castro who will be on the municipal ballot of the upcoming June 6th elections. This, the third “Meet the Candidate” gathering was held at the Villa Serina Restaurant and well attended by 15 members, 13 guests mostly from our sisters of the local “Tomatoes” organization. We had total of 28 attendees plus the candidate and his staff.
The meeting was called to order at 8.15 AM by Sir Bob. After a brief welcome remark, he introduced Sir Sergio Gonzales who then acted as meeting moderator and translator.
Sir Sergio then introduced Nohemi Romero, who discussed the candidates’ previous experiences and credentials. The candidate, known as Profe Leggs, served the community as deputy of District 8 from 2007-June 2008. He then served a delegate for Cabo San Lucas from 2018-2021 working along with business people and citizens in the areas in the areas of street cleaning and maintenance and public lighting.
Candidate for Mayor of San Jose Del Cabo Profe Oscar Leggs Castro spoke for 22 minutes outlining his plans for the Municipality if elected. He expressed concerns regarding poor management of potable water, misdirected funds for street repairs, trash and what he referred to as a large increase in stray digs in our streets. His focus was that the City has in place, managers who know little if anything at all about the departments they are hired to manage. He stated that if elected, he would replace these mangers with individuals who had expertise and training is the areas in question.
An open forum of questions followed Profe Leggs remarks with most concerns expressed focusing upon the lack of water and uncontrolled development. Profe Leggs responses reinforced his opening remarks.
It was announced that the next Knights of Cortez meeting would be held at Cascadas Beach Grill in the Los Cascadas Hotel on Medino Beach.
Breakfast was served by the wait staff of the restaurant and the meeting was adjourned at 9:50 AM.
Meeting # 334 of the Knights Of Cortez. April 28, 2021
Today’s gathering was an OPEN meeting designed to meet one of the Los Cabo mayoral candidates, Profe Oscar Leggs Castro who will be on the municipal ballot of the upcoming June 6th elections. This, the third “Meet the Candidate” gathering was held at the Villa Serina Restaurant and well attended by 15 members, 13 guests mostly from our sisters of the local “Tomatoes” organization. We had total of 28 attendees plus the candidate and his staff.
The meeting was called to order at 8.15 AM by Sir Bob. After a brief welcome remark, he introduced Sir Sergio Gonzales who then acted as meeting moderator and translator.
Sir Sergio then introduced Nohemi Romero, who discussed the candidates’ previous experiences and credentials. The candidate, known as Profe Leggs, served the community as deputy of District 8 from 2007-June 2008. He then served a delegate for Cabo San Lucas from 2018-2021 working along with business people and citizens in the areas in the areas of street cleaning and maintenance and public lighting.
Candidate for Mayor of San Jose Del Cabo Profe Oscar Leggs Castro spoke for 22 minutes outlining his plans for the Municipality if elected. He expressed concerns regarding poor management of potable water, misdirected funds for street repairs, trash and what he referred to as a large increase in stray digs in our streets. His focus was that the City has in place, managers who know little if anything at all about the departments they are hired to manage. He stated that if elected, he would replace these mangers with individuals who had expertise and training is the areas in question.
An open forum of questions followed Profe Leggs remarks with most concerns expressed focusing upon the lack of water and uncontrolled development. Profe Leggs responses reinforced his opening remarks.
It was announced that the next Knights of Cortez meeting would be held at Cascadas Beach Grill in the Los Cascadas Hotel on Medino Beach.
Breakfast was served by the wait staff of the restaurant and the meeting was adjourned at 9:50 AM.
The March 31st gathering of the Knights of Cortes
The three hundred twenty sixth meeting of the Knights of Cortez took place on March 31, 2021. Chef Roger Martin opened the Casa Martin Restaurant especially for us. It is located inside the El Nido B & B, which is owned by Sir Gary Morton.
The meeting was called to order by Sir Bob Schultz at 8:15 AM. In attendance were a total of 38 persons, 18 members and 16 guests, 10 of whom, with the assistance of Sandra Berry and Marilyn Plank, were members of the Ladies Tomatoes Social group. The additional guest consisted of those noted below.
BAJA SUR GOVERNOR CANDIDATE:
PANCHO PELAYO
&
DISTRICT ONE DEPUTY CANDIDATE:
EDA MARIAPALACIOS MARQUEZ
Along with their respective team members consisting of Luis Aragon and Sergio Perez for the Governor Candidate and Gabriella Palacios Marquez, and Arturo Osunam for the District 1 Deputy’s team. The guests for today’s meeting were arranged for by the Coordinators of the Foreign Community in Los Cabo, Nohemi Romero, and Enrique Gonzalez.
We had encouraged each member to bring your spouse, significant other as well as any friends or neighbors who may have an interest in the future of Baja Sur and our community.
Both candidates where introduced by Nohemi Romero who, with the able assistance of Sir Sergio Gonzales, translated the proceedings for the non-Spanish speaking attendees. Each Candidate’s qualifications and past political experience were presented by way of an English language version of their personal political power point presentation.
Following these presentation, both candidates spoke of their visi0on for the future of the Baja Sur and Cabo in general. It was noted that Cabo is now the leading and most wealth municipality in Mexico and contributes 85% of the total Mexican Federal budget.
Following was a q& A period. Sir Davis Larson spoke of the advancements already taking place in the Baja Sur especially in the areas of online administration. He further mentioned the need to address the major growth taking place especially in the El Tazel area of Cabo. Water, sewer and CFE electrical shortages would appear to be far behind the growth that is taking place.
Sir Sergio Gonzalez also mentioned that even though the Cabo San Lucas area produced more than 60 % of the Baja Sur revenues sent to Mexico City, the area seems lacking in being provided a full returning share of money for improvements. He stated that a disproportionate amount of tax money is returned to LA Paz and San Jose, while Cabo trails badly in the mix.
Sir Bob Schultz spoke of the need for the expat community to be heard by the local and state government. He noted that although many of the expat community may be unable to vote, they do vote by investing a great deal of money into the community.
At the conclusion of his comments, Sir Bob presented honorary membership in the Knights of Cortes to each candidate anas well as Nohemi Romero and Enrique Gonzalez.. Sir Bob asked that when the candidates where elected, they might not forget us, but visit the members whenever they are in Cabo. Pancho Pelayo promised the membership that that would in fact be the case.
At the conclusion of the formal meeting of the Knights of Cortes, breakfast was served while several one-on-one conversation took place. At 10:40 AM, Sir Bob formally called the meeting concluded.
BREAKFAST mEETING MARCH 17, 2021
Breakfast Meeting of the Knights of Cortes
March 17, 2021
Today was the three hundred twenty-fifth gathering of the Knight’s of Cortes breakfast group. The meeting was held at the Villa Serena Restaurant. Moderator Robert Schultz, called the meeting to order at 8:20 AM.
Attending were eighteen members and eight guests. The meeting featured a guest speaker. This morning was a “TOWN HALL” type meeting allowing our members and invited guests to meet the possible PAN Candidate for Mayor of San Jose Del Cabo:
Profesora Lupita Saldana
Campaigning is not allowed in Mexico’s election process until April, so Sr. Saldana expressed her desire to hear from us, the locals…the ExPATS community about what our concerns are. We asked those attending to come prepared to suggest possible concerns and actions that the municipal government might undertake to make Cabo a better place to live.
Questions ran the full gambit of concerns with water once again being one of the primary reoccurring issues. Srt. Saldania noted that as a currently seated Senator in Mexico City, she has repeatedly attempted to address the needs for water infrastructure improvements. She contends that the current administration has in place, non-qualified political appointees in management positions within the water department.
She further noted that this seems to be the problem within several other departments as well. They are being managed by individuals who are less than qualified. She promised if elected, to replace these individuals with engineers and others who have the needed education and firsthand knowledge and capability to properly manage the problems within several departments.
Additional concerns included zoning and what appears to be a lack of enforcement of the laws regarding Highrise buildings which hare blocking of views by new construction. Ms Saldania noted that there is a Master Plan that was put into place almost 10 years ago and that she will work diligently to enforce the guidelines established by that civil engineering master plan.
The question of planned project was brought forth. During our meeting with City Engineers two weeks earlier, they noted five priority project that the current administration wanted to see undertaken.
The question was brought forth as to why, in as much the Cabo San Lucas area of the City, which accounts for more than 55% of the total population and 65 % of the Tax revenues, yet only one of the five projects would be to benefit Cabo San Lucas and the other four would be placed with San Jose portion of the city.
The question was “When will Cabo begin to get it’s fair share of the improvements. Sr. Saladia referred back to the water and highway situation being largely a Cabo rea improvement
The meeting concluded at 10:45 AM with the awarding of Sr. Saldania with an “Honorary Membership” to the Knights of Cortes, as Lady Lupita Saldania.