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Monthly Archives: January 2011

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FPPC Clears High-Speed Rail Officials on Travel to Europe

Anaheim
By | January 30, 2011

Former Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle and three others did not
violate state disclosure laws with donated trips.

A Debate on the Outsourcing of Graffiti Cleanup in Santa Ana

Countywide
By ADAM ELMAHREK | January 29, 2011

City Council is set to consider a plan — in the name of cost
savings — to hire an outside contractor for graffiti cleanup work.
City employees say the outsourcing will increase the city’s
budget.

Fair Board, Activists Do Their Usual Thing

Costa Mesa
By | January 28, 2011

Fair Board members take their actions and activists take their
shots against backdrop of upcoming court hearing.

Dwyer Protesters Hit the Big Time

Countywide
By | January 28, 2011

LA activist attorney Gloria Allred and five television stations
on hand for protest against installation of solar panels at H.B.
school.

Norby Cited for Paying Motel Tab with Campaign Funds

Chris Norby
By | January 27, 2011

The state FPPC says the assemblyman of improperly used campaign
donations when his wife kicked him out.

OC Fair Board Still Working to Stay in Charge

Costa Mesa
By NORBERTO SANTANA, JR. | January 27, 2011

Proposal to state is the latest scheme for control of the
150-acre property in Costa Mesa. Fair activists oppose the plan and
call on board members to step down.

Irvine Council Cuts One Development Fee, But Builders Ask for More

Irvine
By | January 27, 2011

Council agrees to slash fees for development at Irvine Business
Complex by 75 percent, but cool to proposal to cancel another fee
increase.

Solar Panel Contract at H.B. School Part of Statewide Controversy

Education
By TRACY WOOD | January 27, 2011

San Francisco lawmaker has introduced legislation aimed at
ending non-competitive contracts like the one Chevron received to
erect panels at Dwyer Middle School.

Appellate Court Rejects Orange County’s Retroactive Pension Case

Government
By | January 26, 2011

Court issues decision a week after hearing arguments. Next stop
would be the state Supreme Court.

Supervisors Sing County’s Praises

Government
By | January 26, 2011

Republican board takes a break from the “government is the
problem” rhetoric to tout the accomplishments of county government
in 2010.

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As of Thursday evening, Jan. 21, the OC Health Care Agency reports 1,340 new cases, 38 new deaths (2,546 cumulative) and 1,935 current hospitalizations (517 of those in ICU). As of the weekly update on Sunday, Jan. 17, a total of 108,812 vaccination doses have been given (88,539 first doses and 20,272 second doses).

COMMUNITY OPINION »

  • Ventura, Henderson and Tarallo: To the Executive Administration at Chapman University

    On January 13, John Eastman retired from Chapman University unscathed, after being put under fire for his involvement at the Capitol insurrection. President Daniele Struppa stated that Eastman’s retirement closed a “challenging chapter” for Chapman, but the university’s students think otherwise. In this open letter to the university executive administration, students from the Chapman Activist Coalition argue that Eastman is just one blip in the longstanding history of racism and inequality at Chapman University.

  • Kriz: Twenty Four People Died “Without Fixed Abode” in OC in December

    Twenty four people died “without fixed abode” in OC in December, for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis like the year before. Yes, we may have been lucky. The December death toll among the homeless is almost always high in OC because of rain and we had almost none this year. Still progress in opening new homeless shelters is being made and the OC BOS may be signaling that it’s ready take-on this problem with the commitment needed to finally bring it to resolution.

  • Mundekis: When an STR is Opened, a Home is Lost and a Neighborhood is Harmed

    Short Term Rentals (STRs) are portrayed as harmless ways for property owners to make money. The harm starts when the STRs open and bring problems into neighborhoods. More harm is caused when residents are pushed out of homes to convert homes to STRs. Banning STRs eliminates these harms.

NORBERTO SANTANA, JR.

A pioneering leader in the nation’s rising nonprofit news movement and an award-winning journalist. Santana has established Voice of OC as Orange County’s civic news leader, uncovered the truths across Southern California governments for more than two decades and reported on Congress and Latin America. Learn more »

  • Santana: Orange County Secrecy Complicates Vaccine Rollout, County Outbreaks

Press Releases »

  • State of California Announces Extension of Southern California Region’s Stay-at-Home Order
  • OC Health Care Agency Deploys Mobile Field Hospitals to Help Alleviate COVID-19 Burden on the Local Health Care System
  • County Service Center Closed to General Public Due to COVID-19 Stay at Home Order
  • California Health Officials Announce a Regional Stay at Home Order Triggered by ICU Capacity 

YOUTH MEDIA »

  • Orange City Council Extends Glassell Street Closure in Orange Plaza Paseo

INSIDE THE NEWSROOM »

  • Voice of OC Publisher Norberto Santana, Jr. Elected as President of First Amendment Advocacy Group CalAware
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