Garden Grove officials are holding off on adopting a resolution intended to be a collective response to the widespread deportation sweeps amid public pressure to take a stand.
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 inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Joins Regional Crackdown on Problematic Group Homes
Santa Ana is the latest city in Orange County to establish regulations for alcohol and drug rehabilitation homes in residential areas amid neighbor complaints of drug use, noise and other disturbances.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Renews Legal Defense Fund for Immigrants; Will Costa Mesa Follow?
Santa Ana officials are re-uping their immigration defense legal fund months into widespread deportation sweeps. Will Costa Mesa launch their own fund to protect immigrants in court?
Posted inGarden Grove
Will Garden Grove Officials Finally Respond to ICE Raids?
As residents call for the city to take a strong stand against deportation sweeps, city officials are considering a resolution reaffirming that local police don’t participate in immigration enforcement.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim’s Little Arabia Celebrates Third Anniversary
Little Arabia’s gearing up to celebrate its third official birthday amid a humanitarian crisis in Gaza and widespread deportation sweeps. What will the enclave’s future hold?
Posted inGarden Grove
Garden Grove Bans Booze Ads Near Schools & Playgrounds
City officials are moving forward with an ordinance that would ban the advertisement of liquor near schools, playgrounds and libraries after mural advertising alcohol popped across from a school.
Posted inFullerton
Opposition to ICE Raids Grows in Orange County
Fullerton is the latest Orange County city to look to support a lawsuit challenging the widespread deportation sweeps that have rocked Southern California this summer.
Posted inOrange
An End to The ‘Orange Way’: Scrambling to Prevent Municipal Bankruptcy
Orange city officials are scrambling to implement recommendations from a financial consultant after they warned them last month their town would be bankrupt in three years if they don’t act.
Posted inEducation
Orange County Schools Prep for ICE
Here’s how five different school districts in Orange County are preparing in case federal immigration agents show up to one of their campuses.
Posted inEconomy
Orange County Feels Economic Fallout of ICE Raids
Economic fallout concerns were raised this week during a roundtable discussion of state legislators and community organizations, which also saw the local groups call on state leaders for more resources and stronger oversight of the ICE raids.
