Activists want to see Anaheim’s Public Safety Board turned into a full-fledged commission, while the police association says it should stay as is.
Yearly Archives: 2017
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Reiff: State Treasurer Struggles to Bank on Pot, Casts Doubt on Bullet Train
Rick Reiff interviews State Treasurer, and candidate for governor, John Chiang who talks about how California addresses legalized marijuana as well as the controversial Bullet Train.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Sheriff May Change Policy That Led to Threatened Arrest of Reporter
The policy resulted in a Voice of OC reporter being threatened with arrest for trying to report on officers removing a homeless activist from the Board of Supervisors meeting room.
Posted inDana Point, News Briefs
Dana Point City-Sponsored Ballot Initiative Fined by State Ethics Watchdog
A campaign committee for a June 2016 ballot initative will be fined $3,500 for failing to include proper financial disclosures on campaign signs.
Posted inAnaheim, Transportation
Anaheim’s ARTIC Train Station Loses Its Deficit Funder
Businesses in the Anaheim Resort voted, for the first time in three years, not to pay for ARTIC’s shortfall.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Transportation
Headrick: Without Our Consent, San Onofre has become a Nuclear Waste Dump
Gary Headrick writes that SDGE has turned South Orange County into a default nuclear waste dump, due to a shortsighted solution that leaves OC extremely vulnerable until all the nuclear waste has been removed from the former San Onofre nuclear power generating station.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Eidt: The Big Deal Nuke Canister Sell-Job Open House
Jack Eidt and Jerry Collamer take on SDGE’s plan for burying radioactive waste on the site of the former San Onofre nuclear power generating station based near San Clemente and the world class surfing beach known as Trestles.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Fullerton, Lake Forest, Top Stories
Growing Pains: Urbanization Fuels Orange County Parking Problems
In the county’s urban core where apartments are packed near single-family homes, curbs are often crowded bumper-to-bumper with cars.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Homeless Advocate Shuts Down OC Supervisors’ Meeting Over Children in Riverbed
Mohammed Aly refused to stop speaking when his three minutes were up. A sheriff’s deputy threatened to arrest a Voice of OC reporter who was filming Aly and sheriff’s officers when everyone was ordered to leave the board room.
Posted inNorberto Santana Jr.
Santana: OC Auditor Controller Leads CA Public Accountants Uprising
OC Auditor Controller Eric Woolery leads a coalition of 44 auditor controllers from across California, demanding the ability to hire their own lawyers when they detect fraud, waste or abuse from local elected officials. Action comes just as OC Supervisors are poised today to water down 1994 bankruptcy-era reform requiring public review for borrowings.
