Garden Grove Police Officer Brian Hatfield writes about his own life challenges and how those have opened his eyes to addressing homelessness, mainly that we all have to leave our comfort zone to reach out to those who have fallen on hard times.
Yearly Archives: 2017
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Transportation
Garrow: Housing, Not Fences and Boulders
Following a legal settlement with county officials protecting homeless at the Santa Ana riverbed, ACLU officials are calling on the OC Board of Supervisors to step up to the real challenge: Affordable Housing. Orange County’s approved Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness calls for permanent, affordable housing as an immediate response to peoples’ needs.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Begins Review of Its Citizen Police Oversight Board
Councilman Jose Moreno proposed the city beef up its Public Safety Board into an “investigative police commission” while councilwomen Kris Murray and Lucille Kring argued that the board should remain in its current form.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Airport Controversy Heats Up as Supervisors Award Contract to Low-Ranked Firm
An intense battle over a lucrative John Wayne Airport lease further ratcheted up Tuesday, with promises of legal action after Orange County supervisors granted the lease to a firm that was ranked fifth out of six by the county’s evaluation panel.
Posted inPress Releases
Court of Appeals Upholds OCDA’s Peremptory Challenge to Disqualify Judge Thomas Goethals and Orders Cases to be Assigned to Different Judge
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. ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS […]
Posted inPress Releases
Dean Zipser of Umberg Zipser Honored by City of Newport Beach
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 Dean Zipser […]
Posted inPress Releases
Downtown Santa Ana invites Authors to Take Over Their City
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 RELEASEMEDIA CONTACT: Madeleine […]
Posted inAnaheim, News Briefs
LAPD Identifies Off-Duty Officer in Anaheim Altercation
The Los Angeles Police Department has identified the off-duty officer involved in a physical struggle with Anaheim teenagers as Kevin Ferguson.
Posted inAnaheim
Week After LAPD-Teen Clash, Anaheim To Discuss Public Safety Board
The City Council will review a report on the civilian oversight committee and discuss whether or not they want it to continue.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
FAA Looking Into Why OC Supervisors Chose Low-Ranked Firm for Major Airport Lease
Federal aviation officials are now digging into the awarding of a lucrative John Wayne Airport lease to a company that was ranked fifth by the county’s official evaluation panel.
