More cities in Orange County are looking at legalizing retail cannabis to create a new form of tax revenue while weeding out illegal operators.
Category: Health & Wellness
Posted inEquality & Equity
OC’s Community Health Leaders Want a Seat at the COVID Decision Making Table
Through a UCI study, community health leaders are hoping to be included in the county health department’s efforts to not only reduce lopsided pandemic impacts, but other health gaps.
Posted inEducation
Capistrano Unified School Board Members Resigns, Citing Harassment After School Mask Debate
Pamela Braunstein’s resignation comes after what she said is harassment from some parents and her vote to keep following the state’s classroom mask mandate until it expires after March 11.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
A New Approach to the Homeless Crisis Could be Coming to Orange County
State officials rolled out a new policy proposal that would offer people mental health and drug addiction programs instead of mandatory hospitalizations or jail to combat homelessness.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Homeless People Living at Two Stanton Motels Could Soon Be Back on the Streets
Amid a shortage of affordable housing in OC, the county is looking to house homeless residents currently living at two Stanton motels as they convert the buildings into permanent housing.
Posted inEducation
Orange County Students Can Ditch Masks After March 11
Mask mandates for indoor businesses and other public areas, regardless of vaccination status, ends Tuesday.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Orange County Students May Soon Be Able To Take Off Their Masks
California public health officials are expected to lay out a timeline of sorts of when masks will come off at K-12 schools, although they previously hinted that it might not be immediately.
Posted inIrvine
Irvine Officials Look to Move Controversial Asphalt Factory Through Legal Settlement
City staff are hoping to present a final settlement agreement in a month as residents call for an immediate end to production.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Santana: Does Orange County Really Need Another Panel to Study Homelessness?
OC Sheriff Don Barnes is crafting a panel to study why homeless deaths are increasing, but the answer to that question already lies in the data. Activists say rapid housing remains key.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Seeing Slow Homelessness Progress, Some Ask: What’s the Point to OC’s Point-in-Time Count?
Some wonder what the point is to OC’s biennial homelessness count given slow progress on addressing the region’s homelessness crisis.
