For This Week’s Civic Agenda, OC Supervisors welcome their newest member, shuffle around key commission appointments and look at a controversial DA contract that one supervisor says is an example of friends hiring friends. Meanwhile, Lake Forest could restrict political contributions from city vendors.
Category: Transportation
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Transportation
Venezia’s View: Airport Director Retiring, Supes Weigh Replacement
The airport director, Alan Murphy, never shied away from controversy and always made himself available to the community, writes columnist Barbara Venezia.
Posted inAnaheim, Buena Park, Countywide, Garden Grove, News Briefs, Top Stories, Transportation, Westminster
This Week’s Civic Agenda
Orange County Transportation Authority directors start the week Monday, meeting to finalize voting on annual committee assignments, coming out of a contentious meeting last week that resulted in Costa Mesa losing it’s seat on the board of directors to Huntington Beach.
Posted inCosta Mesa, News Briefs, Transportation
Costa Mesa’s Righeimer Loses OCTA Seat to HB Councilman Katapodis
Costa Mesa loses a key seat on the board of the Orange County Transportation Authority Friday night to Huntington Beach, replaced during a reportedly contentious vote during a special meeting.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories, Transportation
Lalloway Named New Chairman of Transportation Authority
Jeff Lalloway, who is also an Irvine councilman, said he wants the agency to continue to be the “gold standard” of all forms of transit and keep the promises of Measure M2.
Posted inFullerton, Government, Health & Wellness, Top Stories, Transportation
Transportation Authority Backpedals On Fullerton Bike Share Project
Board directors cancelled the bike share program in Fullerton this week after an analysis showed ridership was so low that taxpayers were spending nearly $800 on each bicycle ride.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Top Stories, Transportation
This Week’s Civic Agenda
County supervisors will address the location of the Social Services Agency while OCTA board members will grapple with a failed bike share program. In local municipal action, Garden Grove leaders are exploring expanding citywide internet access and Newport Beach officials are back on beach fire rings.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
Santa Ana Tackles Food Truck Regulations…Again
City leaders are once again considering options to regulate the catering and produce vending trucks that dot city streets and offer everything from heads of lettuce to tacos and gummy worms.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
Study: Downtown Santa Ana Not Cashing in On Its ‘Latino Identity’
Central Santa Ana residents are spending a large majority of their money on goods and services outside of the downtown area. Researcher Jeb Brugmann says much of that business can be recaptured.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Transportation
Venezia’s View: Santa Ana Leads the Way on Medical Pot
Voice of OC Columnist Barbara Venezia looks at whether Santa Ana is the city that finally figures out how to properly manage medical marijuana dispensaries in OC?
