A new draft plan is a step toward the eventual goal of making the city’s streets more harmonious for bikes, pedestrians and cars – a high aspiration for a place where biking can be a major hazard.
Category: Transportation
Posted inCountywide, San Clemente, Top Stories, Transportation
It’s Location, Location, Location in San Clemente’s Voting Districts Fight
While battles over creating local election districts usually revolve around disenfranchisement of minority groups, the contentious issue in this largely white seaside town is geography.
Posted inCountywide, Norberto Santana, Jr., Transportation
Santana: Marian Bergeson Left OC a Better Place
Orange County’s grand dame of politics and government, Marian Bergeson, has died at 90. While her energy will never leave OC, her type of policy approach to politics seems to be in danger of extinction, Santana writes.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Top Stories, Transportation
OCTA Votes Unanimously to End Anaheim Streetcar Project
The Orange County Transportation Authority will stop all planning activities with Anaheim officials for the city’s controversial streetcar project.
Posted inGovernment, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories, Transportation
State Snafu Leads to Cuts in Projected Funding for OC Law Enforcement
An audit found that the state Board of Equalization has been over-allocating sales tax revenue to counties, which means Orange County officials have to scale back recommendations on how many sheriff and district attorney’s office jobs to add next fiscal year.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Transportation
Langley: Coalition Launches Independent Community Forum on Nuclear Waste
Citizens took aim at So Cal Edison and their plans to bury high level nuclear waste near the beach at San Onofre State Park this week, holding their own public hearing at Laguna Beach City Hall.
Posted inGarden Grove, Government, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
Do Still King of Campaign Cash in First District Supervisor Race
The incumbent supervisor has raised $435,086 in total, which is multiple times the amounts raised by his chief rivals, Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez and Garden Grove Councilman Phat Bui.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Transportation
Hiemstra: Take Out the Trash This Memorial Day Weekend
Trash is impacting our waterways, killing marine life and polluting our earth. Are you doing your part to reduce trash pollution?
Posted inCountywide, Huntington Beach, Top Stories, Transportation
Helping Kids Who Have to Swim Against the Tide
They live just a few miles from Huntington Beach’s iconic pier, but many children in the city’s low-income Oak View neighborhood have no experience in the ocean. A program, dubbed Reach Beyond the Beach, gives them a chance to learn the lessons of lifeguards.
Posted inGovernment, News Briefs, Top Stories, Transportation
Supervisors Give Final Approval to Bus Terminal Purchase
It’s widely assumed the abandoned terminal adjacent to the downtown Santa Ana Civic Center will be turned into a homeless shelter and service center. But supervisors have yet to unveil any concrete plans.
