Poseidon: Too expensive, not needed, environmentally degrades our ocean. We have a stable supply of water for more than 20 years. There are better and less expensive ways to get more water if we want it. Already have plans for 80 million gallons a day of new water .
Monthly Archives: April 2021
Posted inPress Releases
OCTA Continues Delivering on Promises to Improve Transportation Network with Updated 10-Year Measure M Plan
The following is a press release from an organization unaffiliated with Voice of OC. The views expressed here are not those of Voice of OC. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 22, […]
Posted inPress Releases
Laguna Hills Mall Redevelopment: Great Potential for Missed Opportunity
On April 27th, the Laguna Hills City Council will vote on a project called “The Village at Laguna Hills” – the redevelopment of its Mall, at the 68 acre site right off the I-5 El Toro exit.
Posted inCountywide
Tackling Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy Across Orange County
While Orange County is making headway in vaccinating the population, there are concerns about the obstacles that vaccine hesitancy can pose to that progress, already held back by persisting vaccination disparities for disenfranchised people.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County is Looking at Destroying Public Meeting Records After 2 Years. Will They Save Digital Copies?
Questions from Voice of OC are prompting the county to think about an official policy to make sure they digitize public meeting records that would be destroyed after a couple of years.
Posted inCountywide
Will Desalination Come to Huntington Beach? A Water Board Hearing Happens Tomorrow
Tomorrow’s hearing on the Poseidon Water Co.’s needed desalination permits, by the Governor-appointed Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, is considered to be a final juncture for the project.
Posted inCountywide
Two New Coronavirus Vaccination Clinics Come to Santa Ana and Irvine
The new vaccination sites are opening up with the help of Providence, a nonprofit Catholic health care system.
Posted inCountywide
Santana: It’s Time To Get Politicians Out of the Way on Orange County Homelessness
As homeless deaths rise to record levels, the county’s homelessness commission sat idle for most of 2020, prompting questions whether it’s time to switch out the lead role of politicians like OC Supervisors’ Chairman Andrew Do.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Costa Mesa City Council One Step Closer to Finalizing Retail Cannabis Regulations
City council members laid groundwork Tuesday and a 7% tax for commercial marijuana shops that could start opening by Summer.
Posted inCollegiate News Service
Orange Finalizes Sale Of Properties to be Turned Into Affordable Housing Units
The homes the city originally bought in the 1990s were sold to Shelter Providers of Orange County, Inc., for $700,000.
