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Monthly Archives: July 2015

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Report Suggests Brandman Misused School District Resources for Election Campaign

Anaheim
By Adam Elmahrek | July 31, 2015

An investigative report commissioned by the Anaheim Union High School District found evidence that former board trustee and current Anaheim Councilman Jordan Brandman used district resources for personal business – possibly for work on his city council campaign. It also raises questions about the Orange County District Attorney’s probe of the allegations.

Few City Managers Can Spend as Freely as Westminster’s

Westminster
By Thy Vo | July 31, 2015

City Manager Eddie Manfro can authorize up to $175,000 in spending without City Council approval, which is more than top administrators are allowed in cities four times as large as Westminster.

County Supervisors to Vote on Suspending Labor Negotiations Law

Government
By Nick Gerda | July 31, 2015

County Counsel Leon Page is recommending the law, known as COIN, be suspended in light of a recent state ruling that invalidates parts of the ordinance.

Norby: A Conservative’s Case for Sanchez in Senate Race

Community Opinion
By Chris Norby | July 30, 2015

Former Republican State Assemblyman Chris Norby argues that Rep. Loretta Sanchez’s voting record is something conservatives should consider as a reason for support in the ongoing race for a vacant U.S. Senate seat in California.

School Trustee: County Agency Stonewalling Public on Trash Dump Probe

Huntington Beach
By Nick Gerda | July 29, 2015

John Briscoe, who has been the public face of an effort to address problems stemming from a trash dump near a Huntington Beach elementary school, says he was refused the email of the county Health Care Agency’s director.

Garden Grove Council Considers First Raise in 40 Years

Garden Grove
By Thy Vo | July 29, 2015

The last time council members got a raise was 1976, and they are paid well below their counterparts in many other Orange County cities.

Report: Orange County Will See Job Gains, But Growing Inequality

News Briefs
By Adam Elmahrek | July 28, 2015

While the county will see many jobs created over the next decade, wages won’t grow fast enough to keep up with the cost of housing and rising income inequality, according to the report by UC Irvine and the community-organizing group OCCORD.

Garden Grove Council Growing Impatient With Vietnam War Museum

Garden Grove
By Thy Vo | July 28, 2015

Members of a council subcommittee are giving organizers of the proposed Vietnam War Museum of America four weeks to come up with a detailed plan for weaning their foundation off taxpayer funds, or risk losing city support altogether.

Chandos: OC Politicos Squeeze Local Homeowners on Water But Save Developers

Community Opinion
By Ray Chandos | July 28, 2015

Ray Chandos, secretary treasurer of the Rural Canyons Conservation Fund, writes that supervisors are asking all of us to cut our water usage while they give developers breaks.

A Fighter Steps Out of the Ring

County Government
By David Washburn and Voice of OC | July 28, 2015

Orange County Employees Association General Manager Nick Berardino is retiring Friday after more than four decades at the union. He leaves a legacy that touches all corners of Orange County and stretches to Sacramento.

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As of Monday evening, Jan. 25, the OC Health Care Agency reports 1,330 new cases, 66 new deaths (2,704 cumulative) and 1,703 current hospitalizations (447 of those in ICU). As of the weekly update on 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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