Trash contracts are up in Stanton and Laguna Hills this week.
Category: State
Sacramento sets housing law, the state budget and the rules Orange County cities have to follow. We cover the decisions made there so you don’t have to sift through council agendas and meeting minutes.
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OC May See Rolled Back Youth, Adult Sport Restrictions; Teacher, Farm Worker Vaccines May Start Next Week
Restrictions on youth and adult recreational sports could soon roll back if OC’s positivity rates keep going down.
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Santa Ana College Vaccination Site Opens Wednesday; Racial Vaccination Inequities Persist Across OC and CA
White people are getting vaccinated at far greater numbers than nonwhite populations statewide. That gap is apparently wider in Orange County.
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Meet the Santa Ana Activist Who Spent Her Teenagehood at City Hall
Citlali Ruiz’s activism in Santa Ana goes back to high school.
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Will Some OC Cities’ Proposed Pension Gamble Save Public Money or Risk Greater Losses?
Officials in Santa Ana and Orange, and a few other cities, are posing one way to tackle their skyrocketing public employee pension debt: Bonds.
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Divided Santa Ana Council to Decide By Early March If Local Grocery Workers Deserve Hazard Pay
Santa Ana grocery clerks could get a temporary $4 raise, which could last four months.
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Costa Mesa and Santa Ana City Officials Ponder Whether Grocery Workers Deserve Hazard Pay
In both cities, officials have raised the idea one way or another. But it’s unclear whether elected leaders will actually do anything.
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OC Fair Officials Say They Have No Plans to Remove Pride Flag Amid Outcry
Meanwhile, fair officials face ongoing questions about how they can better represent Orange County’s nonwhite communities.
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OC Fair Seeks Public Input on Removing the Pride Flag While Annual Event Faces Diversity Questions
Attempts by some locals to remove the Pride Flag from the OC Fairgrounds and an identity crisis at the fair will collide on Jan. 20.
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Garden Grove Wants To Tackle Carpetbagging Today, Seeking Statewide Policy Change
Officials want the state’s help requiring stricter residency requirements for local political candidates. But the city’s ask could have implications for other cities.
