Voice of OC (https://voiceofoc.org/2018/04/page/2/)
The Veterans Alliance of Orange County (VALOR), a non-profit led by some of Orange County’s most distinguished Veterans, is pleased to announce a partnership with FivePoint to support the delivery of the Southern California Veterans Memorial Park.
This Thursday the OC Fair & Event Center’s board of directors will review a draft of a new master site plan concept and the public is invited to share comments and ideas.
The move sends the issue back to south county mayors to recommend another site or sites for a homeless shelter.
On Wednesday evening, April 25th, 2018, the NORTH ORANGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION (NOCBA) will present an evening of Serious Discussion, Critical Commentary and Political Promises as we meet the 2018 candidates for Orange County District Attorney.
On Thursday, April 26, 2018, two leading candidates for Orange County District Attorney, Incumbent DA Tony Rackauckas and Supervisor Todd Spitzer, will participate in a Candidate Forum hosted by the Hispanic 100 State PAC.
Local & Fed OC law enforcement agencies apparently target each over political investigations, prompting many to question who can be expected to regulate elected officials in Orange County. Meanwhile, south county mayors ignore the Orange County Board of Supervisors’ mandate on homelessness, insisting other cities continue to cover them on shelters. And with hundreds of millions being considered for affordable housing construction, voices are already calling for a new regional housing construction agency – independent of the Board of Supervisors.
The Legal Aid Society filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Anaheim alleging the city seizes and confiscates the belongings of homeless people without providing adequate due process and options for storage and retrieval.
Will the Newport Beach City Council meet in closed session Tuesday to discuss the process for hiring a new city manager?
Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait talks about how the City of Anaheim has approached homelessness, given the fact that most federal and state funds go to the County of Orange. The answer, Tait, said has come from the non-profit sector, providing things like drug treatment, jobs programs, basic sheltering and affordable housing. Yet Tait said big employers like Disneyland and the County of Orange both need to step up on the issue.
Judge Jim Gray (ret.) writes that bail reform is a much needed component to managing public safety budgets and personal liberty, supporting adoption of SB10.