Los Angeles Police Department officer Kevin Ferguson violated the department’s use of force policy in a clash with a group of Anaheim teenagers last February, according to a vote of the Los Angeles Police Commission Tuesday.
Yearly Archives: 2018
Posted inAnaheim, CENTRAL COUNTY, Costa Mesa, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, NORTH COUNTY, Orange, Top Stories
Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Riverbed Homeless Evictions
Federal Judge David. O Carter halted the county’s Santa Ana riverbed homeless evictions late Tuesday night when he ordered the County of Orange and Anaheim, Orange and Costa Mesa to stop enforcing anti-camping and trespass laws along the riverbed.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Steel Criticized By Other Supervisors for Taxpayer Mailers Featuring Herself and Rackauckas
“This was a campaign mailer, plain and simple,” said Supervisor Todd Spitzer. He and supervisors Shawn Nelson and Lisa Bartlett criticized Supervisor Michelle Steel’s handling of the invitations, which featured herself and District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and were sent to 16,000 voters at county taxpayer expense, even though the event only could handle 50 people.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Houchen: OC’s Painless Solution For Ending Homelessness
Tim Houchen, a Homeless Policy Advisor and Executive Director of Hope 4 Restoration, writes that with Orange County officials paying off the 1994 bankruptcy last July, a good portion of the $68 million saved each year in annual debt payments should now be re-focused on addressing homelessness.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Langenbacher: Waterfront Living in OC Isn’t What You’d Expect
Deborah Langenbacher, Social Action Committee co-chair for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Fullerton discusses the “Trail of Tears” along the Santa Ana River.
Posted inPress Releases
Santa Ana shows industrial art is still hot in Santa Ana
From blacksmiths to brew masters, car designers, sculptors, architects and even a Steampunk artist, Santa Ana’s industrial artists and craftsmen are gathering on the evening of February 9th, 4pm-8pm for a Santa Ana Industrial Arts Roundtable at the Heritage Museum of Orange County showing that Santa Ana is still a hub where Orange County designs and builds things.
Posted inPress Releases
Text-to-Pay Service Available for Traffic, Infraction and Criminal Cases
The Orange County Superior Court has implemented a Text-to-Pay service for traffic, infraction and criminal cases.
Posted inGovernment, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
16,000 Voters Invited By Mail to Meet Steel and Rackauckas, But There Only Was Room for 50
Only 50 people could attend the event, prompting one ethics expert to say the mailers appear to be “more about blanketing people with an electoral mailer than actually meeting people.”
Posted inAnaheim, CENTRAL COUNTY, Costa Mesa, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, NORTH COUNTY, Orange, Top Stories
Federal Judge Orders Hearing On Santa Ana Riverbed Homeless Evictions
U.S. District Judge David Carter ordered a federal court hearing Feb. 13 that could temporarily stop the county’s eviction of the homeless from the Santa Ana Riverbed after attorney Brooke Weitzman filed a lawsuit against the county and requested a temporary restraining order.
Posted inOn OC
On OC: Women’s Issues, Auditor-Controller Lawsuit, 39th District Election, Asian Voters
WAVE Founder Joanna Weiss discusses women’s issues in the 48th Congressional District. Then news roundup about the OC Auditor-Controller lawsuit, the election and the impact of Asian voters.
