At the public forum Sunday afternoon, Mayor Bao Nguyen thanked the U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, as a gay man himself, for his influence as an openly gay ambassador in Hanoi.
Yearly Archives: 2015
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Civic Center Shows What Politicization of County Board Brings
As the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors votes to take on a bigger management role within the government it oversees, Santana warns that Orange County provides a cautionary tale about what happens when you put politicos in charge.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Tingle: Cities Aren’t Waiting for County Anymore to build Animal Shelter
OC Animal rights activist Rose Tingle writes that given the county’s total lack of focus on the animal shelter, cities are finally waking up and leaving the county board of supervisors behind taking up for themselves the task of a new shelter.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Councilman Peddling Himself as a Pot Shop Consultant
Councilman Sal Tinajero has offered his consulting services to medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, Voice of OC has learned.
Posted inAnaheim, Inside the Newsroom, Investigative, News Briefs
Voice of OC Podcast: A Peek Behind the Curtain of Reporter-Source Relationships
This week, Voice of OC journalists discuss allegations by a Latino activist in Anaheim that the Orange County Register excluded him from coverage of a ticket tax protection deal for Disneyland.
Posted inNews Briefs, Westminster
Westminster Hires Consultant To Resolve Budget
Westminster has hired local government finance consultant Irwin Bornstein to help resolve budget issues after its last finance director was fired for a budget miscalculation.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Health & Wellness
Nava Teodoro: Community Activism is key to Stopping Deportations Now
Alexis Nava Teodoro writes that Latino activism and the loss of fear is changing ICE and deportation policies. And nobody on the ground is looking back.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
State Watchdog Gives DA Light Reprimand Over Financial Disclosures
The Fair Political Practices Commission said it was satisfied with District Attorney Tony Rackauckas’ response to revelations that he had allowed his chief of staff Susan Schroeder to avoid filing financial disclosures, but told him not to let it happen again.
Posted inEducation, Government, Health & Wellness, Huntington Beach, Top Stories
County Health Officials Remain Under Fire for Trash Dump Near School
Health Care Agency leaders are refusing to formally investigate a trash dump adjacent to one of Huntington Beach’s most impoverished elementary schools despite repeated claims by school officials that bird droppings and odors from the dump are making children sick.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
O’Grady: Newport Beach Councilman Scott Peotter’s Hate Speech Requires Public Rebuke
Kevin S. O’Grady of the LGBT Center OC says every decent individual and public official should condemn recent hate speech by Newport Beach City Councilman Scott Peotter.
