Following a Supreme Court ruling last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging local leaders to crackdown on homeless encampments across the state.
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 inEconomy
Disneyland Workers Reach Tentative Agreement, Avert Strike For Now
Less than a week after overwhelmingly authorizing a strike, Disney workers and the entertainment juggernaut have reached a tentative agreement for a three-year contract.
Posted inEquality & Equity
Disneyland Workers May Soon Strike at ‘The Happiest Place on Earth’
Over 10,000 Disneyland workers could soon walk out on strike for better pay and working conditions if contract negotiations between a coalition of unions and the entertainment juggernaut falls apart.
Posted inEducation
OC’s Only Public Arabic Class is Getting Cut, Can it Be Saved Again?
After back tracking on over a 100 teacher layoffs, Anaheim Union High School District officials are cutting the only public Arabic class in OC after almost doing so last year.
Posted inCountywide
A Peek at Police Departments’ Military Weapons Cache in Orange County
Officials across OC are approving their annual state-mandated military weapons and equipment disclosures, here’s what your local police department is packing.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Tearing Down the Barriers to Food Access in Orange County
A global pandemic and a statewide food cliff is leading food bank leaders to look at long term solutions to address increased hunger in Orange County.
Posted inOrange
Orange Asks Voters to Raise Taxes To Bail Out City Budget
Voters will decide on a 0.5% sales tax increase in November that if approved would sunset in 10 years and generate $20 million annually.
Posted inOrange
How’s Orange Going to Patch its Multi-Million Dollar Budget Gap?
As the window to put a sales tax increase measure on the November ballot quickly shrinks, Orange officials may have to resort to more public service cuts to address a budget shortfall.
Posted inCountywide
OC Supervisors Consider Gun Storage Law, Spark Constitutional Questions
A newly proposed law is sparking questions at the county level on whether it’s constitutional to regulate home gun storage and how exactly it would be enforced.
Posted inEconomy
New Taxes? Increasing Revenue in Orange County Amid Budget Shortfalls
As a host of cities struggle with dim financial outlooks on their budgets, officials across OC are considering new taxes to bring in more money.
