Santana challenges county supervisors to address the homeless situation on their front steps by offering the civic center’s homeless community a better transition center at a nearby abandoned bus shelter.
Yearly Archives: 2015
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
OC Supervisors to De-Fund Office That Reviews Sheriff’s Department Investigations
During an all-day budget hearing, the county’s top elected officials took a unanimous “straw vote” to completely de-fund the Office of Independent Review.
Posted inGarden Grove
Proposed Vietnam War Museum Struggles For Community Buy-In
As Garden Grove city council members decide whether to continue subsidizing the Vietnam War Museum of America Foundation, board members say there has been little community support for the project, especially from Vietnamese Americans.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories, Transportation
County Budget Hearing Kicks Off With Some Requests Not Recommended for Funding
Most of the discussion is expected to center on how to divvy up the more than $60 million in extra discretionary funding for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Daly Tries Again to Strip Audit Power from County Supervisors
County supervisors see the move as payback for a report by the county’s internal auditor, which found that a restricted fund at the county’s clerk-recorder’s office was badly mismanaged under Tom Daly’s tenure before he took office in the Assembly in late 2012.
Posted inNews Briefs, Westminster
Budget Season: Westminster Projects $5.39 Million Deficit
City staff project a $5.39 million general fund deficit for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
Posted inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Street Widening Means a Life Together Disrupted
Santa Ana officials want to widen a one mile section of Warner Avenue to improve traffic congestion. But the widening is expected to displace dozens of residents, including a couple who have resided there since 1955.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Inside the Newsroom, News Briefs
Voice of OC Podcast: Orange County’s Homeless
Voice of OC reporters sit down with Tim Houchen, a member of the Civic Center Roundtable, to talk about new developments in Orange County’s longstanding efforts to build a year-round homeless shelter.
Posted inTop Stories, Westminster
Westminster Police Seek Vietnamese Officers
Known as the center of Vietnamese America, the city of Westminster has just seven Vietnamese police officers.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Jump in Food Safety Violations Prompts Debate by OC Supervisors
There appears to be general support for adding inspectors, but letter-grades proved much more controversial given opposition from Supervisor Andrew Do.
