President Donald Trump’s administration is apparently sending the data to the Department of Homeland Security, which also contains records of undocumented residents as Orange County continues to see immigration sweeps.
Category: Health & Wellness
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Irvine Looks to Increase Enforcement For Sober Living Homes
Irvine City Council members will soon consider an ordinance to increase local oversight on sober living homes and group homes.
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SoCal’s Gas-Powered Water Heaters Won’t Get Phased Out, For Now
Regional air quality leaders are stepping away from a proposal to gradually phase out gas-powered furnaces and water heaters in Southern California amid widespread concerns that a transition to electric appliances will be costly to residents.
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Roaming OC Farmers’ Markets
Orange County is home to over 30 Certified Farmers’ markets.
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Orange County Supervisors Lambast Gas-Powered Water Heater Crackdown
OC Supervisors are the latest elected officials to criticize a proposal to gradually switch Southern Californians to electric water heaters and furnaces – a move that could cost people nearly $20,000.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Considers More Inspections of Housing for Homeless Residents
Santa Ana City Council members are eying an ordinance to increase inspections for permanent supporting housing within the city from annually to monthly – something that’s raising questions from local housing advocates.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Orange County Confronts Dwindling Funding for Mental Health
Orange County leaders are starting to wrestle with how they’ll fund mental health services after voters reappropriated a big chunk of the funding last year.
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OC Health Care Chief Quietly Axes $3 Million Advertising Contract with Anaheim Ducks
Days after recommending the contract, HCA Director Veronica Kelley changed course in a letter to county supervisors after one of them asked her if the mental health advertising contract is worth it.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Bans Whippets
Santa Ana City Council members are the latest elected officials in Orange County to adopt an ordinance banning the sale of nitrous oxide for recreational drug use.
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Are Major Healthcare Cuts Coming to Orange County?
Orange County Supervisors called on the county’s congressional delegation to fight any proposed cuts to federal health programs that over one million county residents use.
