These responses will determine how billions of federal dollars will be distributed as cities face the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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.
Posted inNEWS
Uncertainty Continues for OC Restaurants and Bars Reckoning with Coronavirus
Restaurant owners who suffered from a lack of sit-down dining business during the more restrictive months of the pandemic had to shutter again amid Coronavirus outbreaks and case spikes.
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Toll Road Officials Keep Battling Efforts to Drop South OC Toll Road Extension, Defend Financial Health
TCA directors in March dropped a slew of controversial proposals to extend the 241 toll road. Now they’re using paid lobbyists to oppose a state bill affirming their own move.
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OC Fair Audit Shows $220K in Improper Expenses, Travel, and Unreported Theft
The audit spans a year, 2018, in which the OC Fair and Events Center was under leadership of former CEO Kathy Kramer, who was fired by the Fair Board in late 2019.
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Coronavirus Impacts To Vulnerable Seniors Go Way Beyond “Skilled Nursing Facilities”
While Coronavirus outbreaks have occurred in at least 28 skilled nursing facilities, they’ve also occurred in at least six assisted living facilities and two care homes.
Posted inGovernment, NEWS, Outdoors, State, Top Stories
OC Fair Holds Off On $5 Million Loan to San Diego County Fair While Grappling with Coronavirus Losses, Virtual Fair Possibilities
The Orange County and San Diego County fairs are canceled this year due to Coronavirus.
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OC Fair Considers Loaning $5 Million to San Diego’s Fair To Stem Their Coronavirus Losses
OC Fair Board Directors are expected to consider the request today at their 9 a.m. teleconference meeting.
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Families Mourn as Coronavirus Spreads In OC Nursing Homes, Driving County’s Hospitalization Rates
Hundreds of families have been impacted by the spread of COVID-19 through at least 20 nursing homes and long term care facilities throughout Orange County.
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Video: Orange County Goes Back to the Beach
A Voice of OC flyover captured video of beaches up and down the OC coast, to see what members of the public were doing while Coronavirus social distancing restrictions is in effect.
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City Beaches Get State’s OK to Reopen, Other Beaches Remain Closed
The cities of Laguna Beach, Seal Beach, San Clemente, Dana Point, and Huntington Beach were allowed to reopen after their reopening plans were approved by the state.
