One year after revelations of an FBI corruption probe in Anaheim, officials are expected to weigh in on a proposed law aimed at increasing pay and protections for hotel maids.
Category: Health & Wellness
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Researchers Arm Santa Ana Residents With Data to Fight Pollution
Inside the effort by a team of UCI researchers to equip polluted Santa Ana communities with information they can act on.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Orange County Continues Grappling With Rehab Centers as Opioid Crisis Worsens
Tustin is the latest OC city to deny a drug treatment center after concerns over just how the rehab would safely operate in the city – a question cities across the county have wrestled with.
Posted inGovernment
U.S. Dept. of Justice Backs Religious Group’s Fight to Help the Homeless in Santa Ana
The case could impact federal protections for religious groups seeking to feed homeless people over local government objections.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Are OC’s Street Vendors ‘Unfair Competition’ or Fuel for the Community?
More OC officials are cracking down on street vendors with some calling these typically immigrant merchants unfair competition to storefronts as opposed to entrepreneurs.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
After Scathing State Audit, is OC’s Health Plan for the Poor Getting the Message?
Responding to a scathing state audit that called out CalOptima’s CEO hiring practices, agency leaders on Thursday approved a new hiring policy that exempts its CEO.
Posted inOutdoors
Irvine Set to Incur up to $360 Million in Bonds to Buy Asphalt Plant
Officials are looking to turn the controversial asphalt plant into a nature preserve, with plans to pay off the bonds quickly through a land sale.
Posted inCountywide
Are Appointment-Only Policies in Animal Shelters Across America Driving Up Kill Rates?
COVID-19 policies have made it more difficult for people to surrender and adopt animals at local shelters, something that activists say is killing more animals.
Posted inAnaheim
Will Anaheim Require Better Pay and Protections for Hotel Housekeepers?
Anaheim city council members could either adopt an ordinance giving hotel workers pay raises and workplace protections or put the question to city voters.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
State Auditor Found $1.2 Billion Laying Around at OC’s Health Plan For the Poor
The California Auditor found CalOptima sat on a $1.2 billion dollar stockpile at a time when homeless people are dying in record numbers on Orange County’s streets – the people who rely on CalOptima’s services.
