Garden Grove officials may soon become the latest in OC to craft an anti-camping law following a Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way for cities to crackdown on homeless encampments.
Yearly Archives: 2024
Posted inEconomy
Voters Across OC Are Considering Tax Increases This Year
More officials across OC are asking voters to pay more in taxes warning that if they don’t they’ll have to cut public services as they struggle to generate revenue and face deficits.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Costa Mesa Eyes Housing Fees to Spur Affordable Home Building
Costa Mesa City Council members set the city’s in-lieu fee at a flat rate of $10 per square foot of development in an effort to build up funding to build affordable housing elsewhere.
Posted inFullerton
How Can Fullerton Prevent a Projected $20 Million Spending Deficit in Three Years?
After wrestling with years of budget turmoil, Fullerton leaders are enlisting the help of residents to come up with ways to make and keep the city financially stable.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
OC Supervisors to Revisit Legal Settlements Limiting Anti-Camping Enforcement
The closed-door review of some of the county’s landmark homeless cases comes as Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for more crackdowns on homeless camps throughout the state.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Yamashiro: Questionable Contracts and Understaffed Shelter, A Crisis in OC Animal Care
Are county contracts being issued without proper oversight? A former OC Animal Care employee, now living out of state, received a contract that seems to have produced no tangible results. Meanwhile, OC Animal Care is understaffing kennels and ignoring the majority of their very expensive 2018 Strategic Plan.
Posted inSanta Ana
Celebrating Chicanos: A Legacy of Culture and Activism in Southern California
The 3rd annual Chicano Heritage Festival at Centennial Park, where over 8,000 gathered Sunday, followed a proclamation honoring Artesia Pilar neighborhood leaders and muralist Marina Aguilera last week.
Posted inALL TOP STORIES
Aliso Viejo Strengthens Anti-Camping Law After Supreme Court Ruling
Aliso Viejo city officials revisited their anti-camping law after a Supreme Court ruling and executive order from the governor’s office cleared the way for cities to increase homelessness enforcement efforts.
Posted inInvestigative
How Did County of Orange Executives Lose Track of Over $10 Millon Meant to Feed Seniors?
Questions about the contracts have spiraled for over eight months Yet there’s still no answer on how they came to be or how they were monitored.
Posted inPress Releases
Candidate Filing Period Extended Through August 14 for Select School and Special District Offices
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. Candidate Filing Period Extended Through […]
