The Fourth District Court of Appeal Friday unanimously upheld a ruling that Orange County District Attorney prosecutors improperly withheld information from defense attorneys and misused a jailhouse informant.
Yearly Archives: 2017
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Anaheim Wrestles Over Homeless Anti-Camping Ordinance
Anaheim City Council members failed to endorse an existing anti-camping ordinance aimed at people living on the streets, tabling a request by Councilwoman Kris Murray to “reaffirm” the city’s existing approach to addressing homelessness.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Huntington Beach
Weber and Peesapati: Huntington Beach Must End Its Sweetheart Deal with Rainbow Environmental Services
UCI legal advocates Olivia Weber and Suma Peesapati write that Huntington Beach city council members should consider revoking Rainbow Environmental Services franchise unless the waste hauling business can better control particulate matter levels concentrated near a local elementary school.
Posted inAnaheim, News Briefs
Anaheim City Council Forms Youth and Senior Commissions
The Anaheim City Council Tuesday voted 6-1 to form youth and senior commissions with Councilman James Vanderbilt voting against the proposal. According to a staff report, the Anaheim Youth Commission […]
Posted inCountywide, Education, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Is California’s big investment in needy students paying off?
California’s new system for funding public education has pumped tens of billions of extra dollars into struggling schools, but there’s little evidence yet that the investment is helping the most disadvantaged students.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Padilla: OC Should Empower Local Voters
Secretary of State Alex Padilla calls on Orange County Supervisors to reconsider their refusal to implement a new state-wide electronic voting pilot project supported by OC Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley.
Posted inPress Releases
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla Calls on Orange County Board of Supervisors to Reconsider Voter’s Choice Act
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla sent a letter to the Orange County Board of Supervisors requesting that they reconsider their decision to reject the reforms contained in the California Voter’s Choice Act. Sacramento and Nevada Counties have already adopted the Voter’s Choice Act.
Posted inEconomy, Top Stories, Westminster
Westminster’s Sales Tax Increase Offers Reprieve From Crisis
Revenue from the one-cent sales tax increase passed in November has pulled Westminster out of an acute financial crisis, but it doesn’t solve all its problems.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Kapijimpanga: The U.S. is Trying to Deport Me, But You Can’t Deport My Story
Casey Kapijimpanga, a small business owner from Huntington Beach, writes from an ICE detention center about being detained for deportation back to Zambia after twenty years living in the United States.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Block: Open Letter to California Democratic Delegates and Members
In this Open Letter, Rossmoor resident and Democratic Party Delegate, Joel Block offers a solution to resolving the split inside the California Democratic Party, calling for an audit of election results.
