Newly passed budget calls for 162 fewer positions than the city has now. However, officials seem confident that reductions can be made without layoffs.
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Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
A Frayed and Frustrated Costa Mesa Council Agrees to Fairgrounds Deal
Council members succumb to governor’s take-it-or-leave-it offer to form a partnership with a Newport Beach firm and buy the 150-acre property for $96 million.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Will Shawn Nelson Take a Pension?
The primary winner will be sworn in Tuesday morning as the newest member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors. One of his first official decisions will be whether to opt for the same kind of pension he campaigned against.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
A First Amendment Lawyer’s Take on Punishing the ‘Irvine 11’
The one-year suspension of the Muslim Student Union at UC Irvine following the disruption of the Israeli ambassador’s speech raises two important First Amendment issues.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Final Tally Shows 30 Percent of County Voters Cast Primary Ballots
The local turnout mirrored the statewide pattern — just 31.2 percent of all California registered voters either went to the polls or turned in an absentee ballot.
Posted inCountywide, Equality & Equity, Investigative, Irvine, Top Stories
Gay Rights Movement Becoming More Confrontational with Religious Right
Exodus International holds its annual conference aimed at changing people’s sexual identities in Irvine this week. Meanwhile, gay activists hold their own conference to confront what they say is hate mongering.
Posted inCountywide, Dana Point, Investigative, Top Stories
Orange County’s Present and Past With Killer Whales
Recent sightings of orcas off the coast of Dana Point aren’t so rare after all.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Politics & Elections, State, Top Stories
OC Studies Options for Suing State Over Property Taxes
The county gets one of the state’s worst returns on property
taxes, so supervisors direct their lawyers to study legal
remedies.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, State, Top Stories
County Leaders Seek to Renegotiate Public Employee Pensions
More than 24,000 state workers will increase pension contributions after striking a deal with the governor. OC supervisors have similar ideas.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, State, Top Stories
County Faces Uncertainty and Ugliness for 2010-11 Budget
The most important decisions — the ones that could result in deep cuts in law enforcement and elsewhere — will be made in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento.
