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Monthly Archives: March 2019
Posted inNorberto Santana, Jr.
Santana: Has Orange County’s Blue Wave Crashed?
Orange County’s Blue Wave officially crested and crashed earlier this month during a Third Supervisorial District special election that actually saw Republicans outdo Democrats in terms of getting their voters out to the polls on Election Day.
Posted inEconomy, Investigative, NEWS, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Debates Vacant City Leadership Positions Friday
Two key city leadership positions in Santa Ana could be filled at a special City Council meeting this coming Friday night – though movement on solving Santa Ana’s leadership vacuum has so far been stalled by deadlocked council members.
Posted inARTS & CULTURE, Costa Mesa, Music, Top Stories
Pacific Symphony Celebrates Nowruz with Persian Musicians
PREVIEW: Music director of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra will be a guest conductor to help ring in the Persian new year.
Posted inNorberto Santana, Jr.
Santana: California News Media Partnership Forms to Publish Police Misconduct Records
Voice of OC today joins nearly three dozen newsrooms across California that have forged a rare collaborative to report about police misconduct files that recently became available for public review under California’s new police transparency law, SB 1421.
Posted inInvestigative, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana
DA Investigating Residency Fraud Claims Against Ex-Councilman Roman Reyna
District Attorney investigators served search warrants at multiple locations in recent weeks to obtain documents, including text messages involving Reyna from multiple cell phones.
Posted inEconomy, Government, NEWS, REGIONS, Santa Ana
Kristine Ridge Set to Become Next Santa Ana City Manager
Santa Ana City Council members will vote Tuesday on appointing Kristine Ridge as the new city manager, as the city faces a leadership vacuum that began three months ago with the deputy city manager leaving for another city and City Manager Raul Godinez pushed out by the mayor and other council members.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Briceño: Get More Women Involved This Women’s History Month
Following an historic election led by women, Ada Briceño, Chair of the OC Democratic Party writes that this Women’s History Month is a reminder of the importance of building on that momentum in Orange County and across the country.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Orange County Takes First Step to Spur Homeless Housing
OC Supervisors took the first step this month in creating a regional housing finance trust that will build 2,700 housing units for homeless people and affordable housing for low-income residents. Cities still need to sign up for the housing trust first.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Irvine, NEWS
Irvine Cracks Down On Boarding Housing By College Students
Irvine city leaders are cracking down on college students who board up with multiple roommates to afford steep rent prices, to the support of city homeowners concerned with neighborhood character and objection of college students who argue this will force many of them into homelessness.
