With a visible uptick in immigration enforcement sweeps including a recent raid at the Santa Fe Springs swap meet, many vendors are no longer showing up to the local Orange County flea markets they depend on for fear of ICE.
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Posted inTop Stories
Santa Ana Unified School Board Lambasts Colleague for Transgender Remarks
Santa Ana Unified School District board members censured their colleague, Brenda Lebsack, for what a majority said were anti-transgender comments made in recent weeks.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Costa Mesa City Council Abruptly Fires City Manager
A slim majority of city council members decided to terminate City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison, who’s helmed the city’s top executive spot since 2019.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County Opposes Proposed Regional Gas-Powered Water Heater Crackdown
Officials across four counties in Southern California say a proposal to regulate the sale of certain gas powered heaters will financially burden residents while proponents say it’s necessary to improve air quality.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Costa Mesa Looks To Expand Rental Assistance
Families Forward, a program that seeks to prevent homelessness, could expand services to five more families for three years if federal funding is available.
Posted inOrange
Building Back Trust: Diving into Orange’s Multi-Million Dollar Budget Deficit
Officials are looking to contract with a public accounting firm to analyze how they ended up with a projected $19 million budget deficit and how to prevent it from happening again.
Posted inGovernment
Orange County Grapples With New Composting Laws
As cities race toward a state goal of decreasing food waste in landfills, Orange County grapples with how best to educate residents and businesses.
Posted inOrange
Orange May Roll Out Paid Parking in Old Towne Amid Budget Woes
Still facing a $6.7 million budget deficit, Orange officials are instituting paid parking around Orange Plaza after a measure to increase the local sales tax narrowly failed in November.
Posted inBrea
Another Orange County City Cracks Down on Homeless Camps
After the Supreme Court overturned a law requiring cities to provide shelter beds before clearing out encampments, Brea City Council took the first steps in tightening their anti-camping laws.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Orange County Supervisors Look to Ban Whippets
Retailers who have found a loophole to sell the nitrous oxide for inhalant purposes may soon be prohibited from doing so throughout OC’s unincorporated areas.
