Orange County officials head to court to fight Laguna Hills’ attempt to block the county from housing homeless people in a hotel in the city, marking another snag in OC’s efforts to put homeless people in motel rooms during the virus pandemic.
Yearly Archives: 2020
Posted inOrange
Orange City Council Orders Closure Of Birth Tourism Hotel This Month
After a city review found multiple building and fire code violations, the council voted unanimously to close the motel that catered exclusively to Chinese women looking to give birth in the US.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Zinder: Enforceable Requirements Will Save Lives for Grocery Workers on the Frontlines
Essential workers and the customers they serve demand clear and consistent regulations that don’t vary from city to city or store to store. The particular guidelines that the Board of Supervisors established are thoughtful and reasonable. But the time for issuing guidelines is over. Too many people will get sick while we wait and hope that the industry will implement them. We need enforceable requirements, and we need them now.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Kriz: Twenty Three People Died “Without Fixed Abode” in OC in March 2020
Twenty three people died “without fixed abode” in OC in March 2020, with a clear uptick in deaths as the COVID-19 crisis arrived. Since then, OC has predictably lagged behind other counties in moving its homeless population off of the streets. Once again, we are faced with the question: Do we actually prefer to keep our poorest people sleeping on our streets, rather than do what is necessary to get them off of them? If we continue to choose to do nothing, or next to nothing, we continue to hurt those who are homeless and increasingly us.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Herrmann: Feeding People, Fueling Hope, Inspiring Humanity
The COVID-19 pandemic is testing us as an organization and as an entire community on many fronts. From my perspective, we are all rising to the challenge in unprecedented ways. As a food bank and pantry network, Second Harvest and our partners continue to make the bold adjustments and preparations needed to best support those who will depend on us in the weeks and months ahead.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Health & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Weekly Drive Through Food Pantry Services Options Offered in Orange County
A network of drive-through food pantries is popping up in Orange County to help feed people devastated financially by the pandemic and stay at home orders. The Power of One Foundation will be hosting a drive through food pantry at the MainPlace mall in Santa Ana from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, NEWS, REGIONS, Top Stories
High Pay for Disney Area Promotion Group Called Out in Email from City Manager After Bailout
Zapata, who offered to take a pay cut, in an emailed memo proposed the same for Visit Anaheim executives who make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in salary. The same day he sent the memo, an online city agenda item began circulating for a closed door discussion about Zapata’s firing or resignation.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, Health & Wellness, Huntington Beach, Investigative, NEWS, REGIONS, San Clemente, Top Stories
Some Orange County Residents Defy Stay-at-home Orders With Protests in Huntington Beach, San Clemente
The protests in Huntington Beach and San Clemente come amidst reports of anti-lockdown protests from across the country, which have largely pushed anti-lockdown sentiments amplified by the president, who’s vocally encouraged such protests.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Economic Pain and Frustration Grow in Orange County Under Stay Home Orders
Some Orange County residents are becoming increasingly frustrated with the state’s stay home orders during the novel coronavirus pandemic and are turning to protests while the virus has killed 28 people in OC as of Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, unemployment claims are reaching record highs.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Top Stories
OC Expects to Receive $540 Million-Plus in Coronavirus Response Money From Feds
County officials haven’t publicly outlined what they would use the money for, but said they would start describing their plans this coming Tuesday at a county Board of Supervisors meeting.
