The Voice of OC crew couldn’t resist showing up to GOP presidential candidate Donald J. Trump’s rally at the Orange County Fairgrounds Thursday in Costa Mesa. Here are our takeaways.
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Buck: CalOptima Unravels Medical Red Tape That Traps Many
Bureaucratic red tape adds burden to those already dealing with debilitating health issues. With limited choices CalOptima becomes the best option.
Posted inPress Releases
Voting Rights Plaintiff Rickk Montoya Congratulates Garden Grove City Council on Historic Vote
The following is a press release from an organization unaffiliated with Voice of OC. The views expressed here are not those of Voice of OC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rickk […]
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Major Turnover in Store for CalOptima Board
In part because of new rules, at least five members of the board that oversees the county’s $3.2 billion health plan for poor, disabled and elderly residents will be gone in August.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Garden Grove Opts Out of County Contract for Animal Care
Turned off by a steep increase in their contract with the county, the Garden Grove City Council voted Tuesday to instead sign a deal with the local Humane Society.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Trump to Kick Off California Campaign in OC
Donald J. Trump’s campaign announced that the GOP presidential frontrunner will hold a rally Thursday at the OC fairgrounds. And if Tuesday’s Anaheim City Council meeting is any indication, things could get ugly, even by Trump standards.
Posted inGarden Grove
Passions Flare as Garden Grove Council Chooses Voting Districts Map
Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to select a council district map supported by an “historic” coalition of community groups and Latino and Vietnamese American residents, but it has its share of vocal detractors.
Posted inGovernment, News Briefs, Outdoors, Top Stories
Supervisors Vote to Lift Leash Requirement at ‘Dog Beach’
Orange County supervisors took the first step towards repealing a decades-old, and apparently never-enforced, law requiring dogs to be leashed at a popular spot called “Dog Beach.”
Posted inAnaheim
Presidential Politics Trump Anaheim Council Meeting
The scene at Anaheim City Hall Tuesday resembled a Donald Trump rally, with flashes of physical violence, verbal bashing of Muslims and illegal immigrants, and even a condemnation of the media. Except Trump was 3,000 miles away.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Months After Scathing Report on Jail Informants, DA Hasn’t Delivered Promised Response
More than three months after a panel of experts outlined steps to fix a “failure of leadership,” District Attorney Tony Rackauckas still hasn’t provided a response to supervisors, which he said in January would take a couple of weeks.
