Anna Piercy, also a former Cypress mayor, passed away Monday after a battle with cancer, leaving behind a vacant seat on the Anaheim Union High School District Board of Trustees.
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 inHousing & Homelessness
Orange County Homeless Population Continues Growing
According to a federally mandated biennial headcount, Orange County’s homeless population grew by 28%.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Raiders to Train in Costa Mesa, Officials Expect $1.3 Million Tax Revenue Boost
The NFL team will hold a summer preseason training camp at the Jack Hammett Sports Complex and make $600,000 in improvements to two of the fields.
Posted inCulture
Orange County Gears Up For Juneteenth Celebrations
Cities across Orange County and local organizations are planning how to celebrate Juneteenth and commemorate the day the last enslaved people in the U.S. were freed.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Jury Finds Buena Park Police Used Excessive Force in Killing of 19-Year-Old
The city will pay out millions to the mother of a 19-year-old man killed by officers in 2019 after a civil jury found they bore some of the blame for what happened.
Posted inAnaheim
A Gas Station Owner Says City Corruption Cost Him Money, Now He is Suing Anaheim
Isa Bahu, a business owner, is suing the city of Anaheim alleging that public corruption kept his family gas station from being built and cost him money.
Posted inEducation
Anaheim Union High School District Continues Struggling With Layoffs
District officials called for a hearing in an effort to protect certain programs, including AP courses. A host of parents and teachers say the hearings are disrupting students’ education.
Posted inAnaheim
Will Tourism Dollars Help Fund Anaheim’s Affordable Housing Trust?
After state auditors alleged public tourism dollars were used to lobby elected officials, one city councilwoman now wants to use a portion of the money to fund affordable housing.
Posted inCypress
Cypress Funds Classes for Entrepreneurs, Waives Development Fees
Officials are funding two educational programs with federal COVID dollars to help local entrepreneurs learn how to market and grow their businesses and waiving thousands in development fees.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Another Orange County City Mandates Affordable Housing
Costa Mesa joins a host of Orange County cities requiring developers to build affordable homes in their residential projects amid state pressure to address a worsening housing crisis.
