Seniors living at the Rancho La Paz mobile home park won’t find out until August if the Fullerton City Council will step in and help them manage rents with either a temporary rent control ordinance or a rent relief fund.
Author Archives: Brandon Pho
As a Voice of OC reporter, Brandon Pho covered north/central Orange County, as well as broader regional issues around law enforcement, transportation, the environment, the OC Fair and Little Saigon.
He joined in 2018 as an intern, shedding light on turmoil and corruption claims in Westminster and uncovering a now-fired OC Fair executive’s suspect fundraising relationship with a nearby, private Christian college that the Fair had sponsored with public money.
Later, he published a number of investigative stories on local law enforcement agencies; detailed political jockeying around a controversial seawater desalting plant proposal in Huntington Beach; narrated a racial reckoning inside one of the county’s largest school districts; and tracked various quality of life issues across the region.
Before Voice of OC, Brandon worked as a reporter and editor at Cal State Fullerton’s independent student newspaper, the Daily Titan, and won a number of accolades for his reporting in 2018, including a 1st and 2nd place Los Angeles Press Club award and 1st place national College Media Association award.
While at Voice of OC, Brandon was a member of Report for America, a national network of local reporters committed to bolstering democracy throughout the U.S.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim City Council Members Clash Over Angel Stadium, Speaking Rules, and City-Owned Lands
Anaheim City Council members are at odds over key issues like the currently secret Angel Stadium appraisal, the sale of city-owned lands, and whether or not the city’s laws actually empower Mayor Harry Sidhu to informally limit his colleagues’ speaking time.
Posted inInvestigative, Politics & Elections, Westminster
Westminster City Council Will Revisit Term Limits
Westminster City Council members are approaching another debate over whether they should subject themselves to term limits.
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Westminster
Recall Efforts Underway Against All Westminster City Council Members
The entire Westminster City Council is looking at a possible recall.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories, Transportation
OCTA Makes Bus Service Cuts, But Withdraws Some After Opposition
Orange County transportation officials are moving ahead with more public bus service cuts to cope with a years-long ridership decline, but backed off plans to slash some bus routes after objections from riders.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Equality & Equity, Top Stories
State Investigating OC Fairgrounds’ Sponsorship of Vanguard University Over Possible Anti-Discrimination Law Violation
The Orange County Fairgrounds’ business dealings with a private religious university are under state investigation over a possible violation of anti-discrimination laws.
Posted inAnaheim, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Government, Irvine, Newport Beach, Villa Park, Westminster
Irvine Becomes Latest OC City To Adopt Controversial Agenda-Setting Policy
The Irvine City Council, joining at least six other Orange County cities, has adopted a controversial temporary policy that potentially shuts some council members out of holding public discussions on issues that others on the dais don’t want.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Top Stories
OC Fair Board Grapples With Struggling Swap Meet
The struggling Orange County Marketplace swap meet, where hundreds of mom-and-pop vendors set up shop on the county fairgrounds on the weekends, wants an annual $600,000 from the Fair Board to cope with a longtime decline in business and attendance.
Posted inInvestigative, Politics & Elections, Westminster
Recall Effort Begins Against Three Westminster City Council Members
A recall effort has begun against the three-member majority of the Westminster City Council, Kimberly Ho, Charlie Nguyen and Mayor Tri Ta.
Posted inInvestigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Westminster
A Top Westminster Police Official Joins Three Other Officers Alleging Department Retaliation and Wrongdoing
Cmdr. Cameron Knauerhaze, a top-ranking Westminster Police Department administrator, is claiming the city ignored a culture of wrongdoing under former police chief Ralph Ornelas.
