Two surveys show that opinions on the health threat of obesity
and who is responsible for it depend on party affiliation.
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All of the local news you can’t miss on what’s happening in Orange County today across all of the topics we cover.
Supervisors Bar CalOptima from Selling Private Insurance
This move shows that the Republican board is not shying away
from the highly partisan issue of national healthcare reform.
Santa Ana to Outsource Graffiti Removal
City Council narrowly approved a $600,000 annual contract with
Los Angeles-based Graffiti Protective Coatings Inc.
County Will Ask Supreme Court to Hear Pension Case
With two losses already in the books, board votes 4-1 to ask
state’s highest court for hearing on case against deputy
sheriffs.
He Won’t Toe the Family Line
Jose Pulido says his family’s auto care shop gets no benefit
from a downtown assessment tax that funds Downtown Inc. His brother
— and mayor of Santa Ana — has been a champion of the booster
organization.
Increasingly, Californians Aware of Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Nearly a third of those polled statewide rank obesity as top
health threat to kids. But low-income areas still put the epidemic
behind drug abuse.
Third Time a Charm or Just More Lost Taxpayer Dollars?
Supervisors to decide today in closed session whether its worth
it to rack up more legal bills by taking their retroactive pension
lawsuit to the California Supreme Court.
A More Difficult Path to Employment
Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to cut the CalWorks budget by 50
percent means that thousands in Orange County will lose the
opportunity to get help in finding a job.
Patients: Cap on Medi-Cal Visits ‘Barbaric’
Opinions on Brown proposal to limit doctor visits and
prescriptions aired at Assembly budget hearing.
Report Cites ‘Rubber Stamp’ Planning in Santa Ana and Anaheim
The planning process in both cities is too heavily influenced by
out-of-town developers and needs to be more inclusive, says report
by an Orange County-based public policy advocacy group.











