Charter school advocates had backed Republican candidates and teacher’s unions backed Democrat candidates for the board, which can approve and renew charter schools.
Author Archives: Hosam Elattar
Hosam Elattar is a Voice of OC/ Report For America reporter covering Anaheim & North Orange County, food insecurity, housing & homelessness, the Arab & Muslim American community and education.
Elattar started at Voice of OC as an intern in January, 2020 and has covered local food banks’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, School board debates on how to teach history, the decades long push by Arab American business owners to recognize Little Arabia and a corruption scandal at Anaheim City Hall.
He has won several awards from the OC Press Club including Best News Story, Best Political Story and Best Religion Story.
Elattar is Egyptian American and has lived in Botswana, Nepal, Uganda, The Dominican Republic and India.
Posted inCountywide, Education, Government, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Election Night Results for the OC Education Board Battle
Initial results for the three seats up for election show Republicans ahead for 2 seats, and Democrats ahead in one seat.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
‘The Survival of Our Region’ Depends on Addressing Housing Crisis: A Q&A With Kome Ajise
Voice of OC spoke with Kome Ajise, the executive director of SCAG about how the plan was developed, and what’s at stake with Southern California’s housing crisis.
Posted inGovernment, Newport Beach
Newport Beach Tightens Grip on Short-Term Rentals
The Newport Beach City Council passed an ordinance on Tuesday to implement stricter rules for short term rentals amid resident complaints about overcrowded homes, noise, shortages of street parking and overflowing trash.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Momentum Grows Around North OC Shelters as Shortage Remains
Another 100 shelter beds will be coming online in Placentia on March 19, followed by a further 100 beds in Buena Park in June, officials said.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Ballots Start to Go Out for March 2020 Election
Mail-in ballots are being sent to every voter in Orange County as part of multiple changes to the voting process this year.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
City of Santa Ana Challenges County of Orange in Federal Court Tuesday Over Homeless Dumping
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter is deciding whether to order the county to reimburse Santa Ana for millions in extra police, fire and security costs the city says is caused by a concentration of homeless services there.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Residents Say They’re Tired of Being Dumping Ground of OC’s Homeless
Residents said the county was moving forward with its Yale St. shelter plans without spreading the burden to south county cities that don’t host any shelters. County officials said the shelter would be an improvement over the existing Courtyard shelter that’s being replaced.
Posted inEconomy, Housing & Homelessness, Newport Beach, Top Stories
Newport Beach Opposes State Affordable Housing Quotas
Newport Beach officials this week joined cities across Orange County who have passed resolutions opposing mandated regional quotas that significantly expand the city’s affordable housing goals for the next ten years.
Posted inCountywide, Government, NEWS, Outdoors, REGIONS, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
Santa Ana Wants to Extend $408 Million Streetcar to John Wayne Airport, Anaheim’s Resort District
A resolution approved by the city council at their Tuesday meeting advocates expansions to the route north up Harbor Blvd to Anaheim’s tourist-heavy resort district, and down Bristol St. toward John Wayne Airport.
