The mayor is calling on the OC District Attorney and state Attorney General to investigate a city contract that gave former Fire Chief David Barlag a two-year position at full salary in exchange for him dropping undisclosed legal threats against the city.
Yearly Archives: 2015
Posted inGarden Grove, News Briefs
Garden Grove Considers Banning Sale of Pets From Puppy Mills
Garden Grove city council members are considering banning the sale of animals from large-scale commercial breeders in city pet stores.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Civic Center Homeless at Odds With City Over Proposed Storage Center
A planned storage and check-in center is seen by many as a rare example of progress in helping homeless people who gather at the county Civic Center. But some who would be served say they’re suspicious of the city’s motives.
Posted inBuena Park, Health & Wellness, News Briefs
Buena Park To Look at District Elections
Buena Park officials are also exploring options for single-member district elections, after a city-commissioned report showed racially polarized voting in the city.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, News Briefs
Anaheim Makes Moves Toward District Elections
Anaheim City Council Tuesday will take steps toward district elections, and approve a $167,000 agreement with the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce.
Posted inCountywide, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Government, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Westminster
Vietnamese Voter Turnout to Decide First District Race
While name recognition, campaign cash, endorsements and support from both business and union interests seem to fall in favor of former State Senator Lou Correa for First District Supervisor, it will likely be voter turnout — specifically, Vietnamese turnout — that will determine who wins the seat in Tuesday’s special election.
Posted inAnaheim, Buena Park, Countywide, Garden Grove, News Briefs, Top Stories, Transportation, Westminster
This Week’s Civic Agenda
Orange County Transportation Authority directors start the week Monday, meeting to finalize voting on annual committee assignments, coming out of a contentious meeting last week that resulted in Costa Mesa losing it’s seat on the board of directors to Huntington Beach.
Posted inCosta Mesa, News Briefs, Transportation
Costa Mesa’s Righeimer Loses OCTA Seat to HB Councilman Katapodis
Costa Mesa loses a key seat on the board of the Orange County Transportation Authority Friday night to Huntington Beach, replaced during a reportedly contentious vote during a special meeting.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana
Santa Ana’s Park Ranger Program Not Dead Yet
City staff wants to end the program, but council members — after hearing backlash from residents — are split on the issue.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
Boy’s Death Becomes Flashpoint in Battle Over Gang Injunction
The District Attorney’s Office says the December killing of a 17-year-old provides justification for a gang injunction in Santa Ana’s Townsend Street neighborhood. Defense attorneys say prosecutors are exploiting the death.
