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It’s a 43 percent increase from two years earlier. “We have a shortage of both affordable and available housing to meet the needs of our populations,” said Susan Price, the county’s coordinator of homeless services.
Westminster City Council members are approaching another debate over whether they should subject themselves to term limits.
The entire Westminster City Council is looking at a possible recall.
Stanton residents will have a chance to vote on a marijuana tax Nov. 5 which, if approved, would lay the framework for marijuana-related businesses to come into the city.
Pacific Symphony and Chorale’s upcoming concert in the newly-dedicated cathedral in Garden Grove will showcase Beethoven’s Ninth.
Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu has limited the time for Council debate, despite the Council not voting on the rule, and experts said it sets a bad precedent and sends a bad message.
Sheriff Don Barnes has set what is apparently a new standard at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, enforcing administrative discipline against deputies who plead Fifth Amendment protections. The OC Deputy Sheriff’s union is taking Barnes to court, saying it’s unconstitutional. But legal experts sought out by Voice of OC argue Barnes is right on.
Vincent Pollmeier, Director of Friends and Neighbors of the Orange County Fairgrounds, writes that state laws bar discrimination at the OC Fairgrounds but Pollmeier warns that the Fairgrounds CEO appears to ignore those regulations.
Dr. Saskia Boisot writes about the progress being made at Orange County Animal Care noting that the county shelter is on the right path.
New Swan Shakespeare Festival wasn’t meant to last, but in it eighth season it’s more popular than ever.