Officials at CalOptima, Orange County’s health plan for the low income and elderly, are considering plans to use the property surrounding the agency’s headquarters to build a mixed-use development that includes affordable housing and permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals.
Yearly Archives: 2017
Posted inPress Releases
Public’s Voice silenced at Edison Community Engagement Panel
The San Juan Capistrano City Council voted to remove its former mayor and council member, Pam Patterson, from Southern Edison’s Community Engagement Panel (CEP). The CEP is a ratepayer funded forum controlled by Edison that educates the public on nuclear waste safety issues at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).
The vote has received howls of protest from local
nuclear safety advocates and consumer watchdogs
on the grounds that it does not serve the public
interest.
Posted inPress Releases
Palm Lane Elementary Becomes the First Conversion School In Orange County, CA
Palm Lane Elementary School will become Palm Lane Charter Elementary, the first conversion school in Anaheim under the Parent Trigger Law. The new charter school, operated by New Century Charter Public Schools, will open in August 2018, as it was approved unanimously (5-0) by the Anaheim Elementary School District Board.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories, Transportation
OCTA Leaders Call for Halt to North County Toll Road Ramp
Leaders at the Orange County Transportation Authority want to halt a proposed project for a $180 million connecting ramp between the 241 toll road and the 91 freeway toll lanes, citing concerns the timing of the project would increase traffic on the already congested 91 freeway.
Posted inPress Releases
CalTrout awarded $1.8M to pursue restoration and fish passage projects: $717K to benefit Southern California Steelhead
The California Wildlife Conservation Board awarded $522,762 in support of a priority project in Orange County, the I-5 Bridge Array Fish Passage Project on Trabuco Creek. This grant will allow CalTrout to move forward with a significant fish passage improvement project on Trabuco Creek, a major tributary to San Juan Creek in Orange County.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, Garden Grove
City-Subsidized Hotel Resort in Garden Grove Moves Forward
Plans for a 769-room, three hotel resort in Garden Grove will move forward after the City Council approved a development agreement that hands over a 5.18-acre property to the developer for $852,571 in fees. The city also will pay up to $250,000 in improvements to the site and give the developer tax subsidies worth at least $17.6 million.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Mental Health Reform Suggestions Get Muted Reception From OC Supervisors
The recommendations are aimed at diverting mentally ill people from jails into treatment, which county officials say would improve public safety by reducing crime, while also saving taxpayer dollars.
Posted inCountywide, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: A Voice to Rely on
Publisher Norberto Santana Jr. writes about the founding of Voice of OC and how funding nonprofit newsrooms can ultimately change local politics in America.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Loewen: Anaheim Elementary School Board Has Opportunity for Redemption at Palm Lane
The Anaheim Elementary School District board will vote on a proposal to convert Palm Lane Elementary School into a charter school on Wednesday evening, Dec. 13.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Reiff: DA Candidate Spitzer Sounds Off on Incumbent Rackauckas, OC Corruption, Wahoo’s
Todd Spitzer has been a popular vote getter as a state Assemblyman and Orange County Supervisor. Now he’s running for district attorney. Why does he want to be Orange County’s prosecutor? And what are his beefs with incumbent Tony Rackauckas? Spitzer discusses the county’s jail informant scandal and his citizen arrest at a Wahoo’s Fish Taco. He responds to critics who question whether he has the temperament and judgment to be the county’s top prosecutor.
