Residents at the Driftwood senior mobile home park are pushing for better living conditions and calling on elected officials and park management for help.
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 inEducation
Placentia-Yorba Linda School District Trustees to Ban Critical Race Theory; Criticism Soars
Amidst a nationwide reckoning on how history is taught, district trustees are looking to ban Critical Race Theory as they face pushback from some parents, students and various groups.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
State Legislators, OC City and School District Officials Call For Ending State of Emergency
While nearly every state-imposed pandemic restriction has ended in Orange County, many are still calling for a total repeal of the governor’s state of emergency.
Posted inEquality & Equity
Will Orange County’s Grocery Workers Strike? Union Claims Unfair Labor Practices
Grocery store workers are calling for increased pay and better safety conditions at stores after risking illness on the frontlines of the pandemic as essential workers.
Posted inEquality & Equity
Unheard: Orange County Shuts Out Deaf Residents From Public Meeting Broadcasts
A Voice of OC investigation reveals that most OC city governments fail to provide live closed captioning of council meeting broadcasts – which not only disenfranchises the hard of hearing but leaves cities vulnerable to lawsuits.
Posted inEquality & Equity
Accessibility Accommodations For OC City Council Meetings in Real Time
A breakdown of accommodations like closed captioning available for hard of hearing/deaf people at city council meetings in Orange County.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Muslims Continue Battling FBI For Spying on OC Mosques After Supreme Court Ruling
After 10 years of litigation and a Supreme Court ruling, Muslim Americans are still looking to hold the FBI accountable for what they say was a violation of their First Amendment rights.
Posted inEducation
Capistrano Unified Trustees Wrestle With School Board Vacancy Following Abrupt Resignation
Pamela Braunstein resigned citing harassment, leaving trustees to figure out how to fill her empty seat on a board that oversees one of the largest school districts in Orange County.
Posted inHuntington Beach
Are Cannabis Shops Coming to Huntington Beach? Voters to Decide on a Special Tax in June
More cities in Orange County are looking at legalizing retail cannabis to create a new form of tax revenue while weeding out illegal operators.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Tim Shaw to Stay on Orange County Board of Education After Lawsuit Sputters Out
A tentative ruling was issued by a Superior Court Judge denying an attempt to stop Shaw from serving on the board until an election is held.
