The City Council indefinitely postpones plan to erect billboards next to homes after facing a packed chamber of upset constituents.
Yearly Archives: 2013
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Resident to City Councilman: ‘Pot, Meet Kettle’
A councilman speculates that the mayor is fishing for campaign contributions from local baseball leagues, but some say he has done the same.
Posted inGovernment
County Takes Steps to Institute Sexual Harassment Training
The move is an apparent reaction to the Bustamante sex abuse scandal.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Revamps Alcohol and Entertainment Rules
The new process makes it less cumbersome for businesses selling alcohol to open their doors.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Investigative
Community Editorial: Full-Time Supervisors Make No Sense
If Orange County supervisors are so busy with their full-time jobs, why do they have so much time for outside activities?
Posted inPlacentia
Placentia City Hall Chided for Lobbyist’s Role in Billboard Deal
The consultant who helped the city shape the bidding process was in fact a lobbyist paid by the company poised to win the bid.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Treasurer’s Flip-Flop Creates Havoc on Retirement Board
Shari Freidenrich’s waffling on a vote regarding amortization changes to long-term pension debt has drawn the ire of Republicans and unions.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
PBS Video: A Volunteer’s Important Role in Finding a Missing Hiker
We delve into a citizen volunteer’s successful effort to find one of the two lost hikers in the South Orange County wilderness earlier this year.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
PBS: Mayor Worried That At Large Voting in Anaheim Is Illegal
Mayor Tom Tait is questioning whether his city is breaking the law by continuing to have at large City Council elections.
Posted inWestminster
Westminster Councilman Late Filing Disclosure Statement
Andy Quach has missed the deadline by three months to file is Form 700, which discloses his financial interests.
