California transportation leaders are set to converge on Santa Ana later this week to hash out a series of key policy issues.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
County Remains Among Worst in State for Affordable Housing
A new report from the California Housing Partnership shows there are only 18 affordable units per 100 extremely low-income renters.
Activists, Santa Ana Officials Reconcile on Strategic Plan
After activists publicly denounced a draft plan that disregarded their key policy goals, city officials have shifted course and granted most of the activists’ demands.
On the Agenda
Up this week: Santa Ana officials adopt a plan to shape the next five years of city policies.
Community Editorial: Toll Agency Blasts CEO Up, Up and Away
A political cartoonist weighs in on the resignation of TCA’s top executive.
PBS: Criticism of Sheriff’s Concealed Weapons Policy
Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and a prominent gun control group disagree on whether she’s moved too fast to loosen requirements.
Voice of Our Commentators
Here is another roundup of some of the most thought-provoking reader comments of the week.
Ousted School Superintendent Honored by Anaheim Officials
Elizabeth Novack was recognized on the same night that school officials revealed her replacement.
Former Lawmaker and Wife Accuse Each Other of Abuse
Martha Norby, wife of former Assemblyman Chris Norby, alleges she’s been subjected to repeated verbal and mental abuse as well as the alleged physical abuse for which he was arrested Wednesday. Norby says his wife is the abuser.
Moorlach: Politics a ‘Dirty Business’
The two-term county supervisor expresses disdain for political fundraising and calls out his colleague Janet Nguyen for questionable campaigning.

