Santa Ana officials are struggling to decide how much they should charge residents to park downtown amid an expected budget deficit while some entrepreneurs say a raise in rates will impact their business.
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 Scrambles to Narrow an Expected $35 Million Deficit in Four Years
Officials are mulling over ways to reduce the projected $4.2 million budget deficit next year, which is expected to widen significantly in 2029 when a sales tax measure decreases.
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 inEquality & Equity
Chapman Students Walkout Demanding University Protect Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Chapman University students are demanding answers to why the top Diversity, Equity and Inclusion administrator was put on leave after the Trump administration threatened to cut funding from the school for allegedly failing to protect Jewish students.
Posted inSanta Ana
Are Santa Ana’s Contracted Parking Officers Giving Too Many Tickets?
Elected officials and residents are raising increasing concerns about city contracted enforcement officers going overboard with citations and ticketing for violations they were never hired to enforce.
Posted inAnaheim
How Long Does it Take to Figure Out If Angel Stadium is Trashed?
Anaheim residents are still waiting to see a final report on the condition of Angel Stadium years after city officials first decided to commission a maintenance assessment of the taxpayer owned property.
Posted inEducation
Why Did a South OC School Board Member Say the N-Word?
Capistrano Unified School Board Member Judy Bullockus used the N-word during her comments at a public meeting in support of approving a book about an enslaved man for high school English students.
Posted inALL TOP STORIES
Rancho Santa Margarita’s Boys & Girls Club Slated to Close This Summer
Rancho Santa Margarita’s contract with its branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley is set to expire this summer after the mayor accused the organization of politically indoctrinating children.
Posted inSanta Ana
Contractors Might Have to Disclose Campaign Finance Violations in Santa Ana
Officials want contractors and developers applying for city permits and licenses to disclose state and federal campaign finance violations after an OC developer was fined for an alleged political money laundering scheme in Santa Ana.
Posted inAnaheim
What’s the Future of Angel Stadium?
Top city officials and Angels executives held a private meeting to discuss the Surplus Land Act years after officials canned land sale deals in the wake of a corruption scandal. City officials say it’s routine business.
