"Palumbo is a married mother of two, as well as a Chapman University School of Law grad who has spent much of her career working for philanthropic enterprises. As we speak, she’s the executive director of Orange County Grantmakers.

To meet Taryn is to sense some legitimate decency and goodness. She’s clearly not running for glory or the perk of a good parking spot. No, she’s fed up by her hometown’s carnival city council, and seeks change.

She’s the real deal …”

“Since my announcement that I will run for City Council I have been grateful to have experienced such a warm reception. Because when you ask people what they want, they will tell you.

We are a beautiful, warm, friendly city of people who choose to live here for the beaches, great schools, and the strong quality of life. Isn’t it time that our City Council acts in a way that supports these values as well?”

“Fortunately, a new candidate for City Council introduced herself at the meeting who I believe is transparent, honest, capable and young enough (under 45) to relate to our family demographics who desperately need representation. She is nonprofit executive Taryn Palumbo. As a parent with young children, an attorney, and a non-profit leader, Palumbo has the administration background and the problem-solving skills to serve us well in Surf City. We need more like her. We desperately need change in our local government.”

“Faced with disappearing government grants, the OC Forum panelists discuss the need for more resource sharing and collaboration, both among themselves and with for-profit businesses, discussing their common challenges and how they work together at an OC Forum lunch in Newport Beach on Thursday, Aug. 21, moderated by Taryn Palumbo.”

“Taryn Palumbo, a former city library commissioner appointed by former City Councilwoman Rhonda Bolton, said her six-year-old son who just learned to read asked her what porn was when they drove past one of the signs. 

‘I’m not happy that I even had to have that question asked,’ Palumbo said in a Wednesday interview. ‘(The signs) are huge, they’re in your face, and unlike a book which I can choose to show or not show my children, it’s unavoidable. It’s on every corner.’”

“‘I was horrified to see the word we are talking about in such large letters on almost every single corner,’” said Taryn Palumbo, the parent of a 4 and a 6-year-old. ‘My son is at the wonderful age where he just learned to read, which means he reads everything. Which means there is no hiding from this; it will be something he sees every time we leave the house.’”

“Palumbo said the commission was intended to assist in the naming of parks, supporting library programs, and reviewing the revitalization of play structures. The political plaque is outside of the realm of what it should be focused on, she said.

‘It is not meant to be a political commission at all,’ she said.”

“‘The term equity has become extremely politicized, but it just means fairness,’ said Taryn Palumbo, executive director of Orange County Grantmakers, a nonprofit that is hosting the conference and commissioned USC’s update to the Orange County Equity Report.”

“Commissioner Taryn Palumbo noted that of more than 60 total speakers Wednesday night and emails received, she only heard four people in support of the review board and outsourcing. She said she has two children, ages 3 and 5, and does not want to give up control of assessing what they read to a review board or anyone else.”