All of the local news you can’t miss on what’s happening in Orange County today across all of the topics we cover.
The future of Anaheim for the past eight years has depended in
large part on Mayor Curt Pringle. Pringle is stepping down at the
end of the year, but who will step up?
But officials in Sacramento send clear signals that they will be
returning fire. Upshot is the fate of the 150-acre Costa Mesa
fairgrounds is as muddled as ever.
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Anaheim City Council just passed a new hotel room tax that means
millions for promoting tourism. But along with the money come open
government requirements that tourism execs seem clueless about.
Poseidon Resources, the company proposing a $350 million
desalination plant in Huntington Beach, says the plant will come at
“no financial risk to taxpayers.” But what does that really
mean?
Christina Shea is leaving the dais at the end of the year. In
November, voters will decide whether to replace Shea with a
Republican cast from her mold, or a Democrat who will strengthen an
already formidable majority.
Cities from San Francisco to Costa Mesa put strong emphasis on
audits and transparency in applying hotel tourism taxes. Anaheim,
not so much.
Orange County sheriff’s deputies and officials got in 141
accidents over the last three years, costing taxpayers more than
$3.5 million in settlements. But one involving a Lake Forest man
shows how far the department will go to avoid acknowledging
fault.
Labor leaders didn’t mince words to political aspirants — both
local and statewide — who attended their annual picnic in Orange
County on Saturday: Anyone applying for office this election season
had better be focused on jobs.
The new Orange County supervisor is taking major heat from his conservative backers over his apparent accidental decision to opt into Orange County’s pension plan, and now he is desperately trying to get out.
The Public Administrator/Public Guardian, who never talks to the
media, made some fascinating comments regarding the Todd Spitzer
firing — then quickly went back to business as usual.
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The pets in this story may already have homes. These are the animals waiting at the shelter today.
Adoptions at OC Animal Care are by appointment. Give the pet ID when you contact the shelter. Listings come from OC Animal Care and update every two hours.
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