In a matter of weeks, Peter Buffa went from serving on the
Orange County Transportation Authority board to working for an
investment house that does business with the agency.
Goings on in Santa Ana top an interesting week of public meeting
agendas.
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Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido earns at least $81,952.68 in
stipends and benefits from his memberships on public boards, likely
making him the highest-paid city council member in Orange
County.
The new policy director for Latino Health Access talks about
what she brings to the organization and what she wants to help it
achieve.
Alan Lowenthal, who chairs the state Senate committee on
high-speed rail, says the $43-billion project is at the point where
“it can all disintegrate.”
Getting rid of fast-food restaurants in poor neighborhoods is
more important than adding grocery stores, study shows.
House members want to take $368 million from California’s
high-speed rail allocation and apply it to Midwestern flood
relief.
Transportation Authority CEO talks high-speed rail,
redistricting maps delayed and public works director paychecks.
Will Kempton, who chairs the Peer Review Group advising the
High-Speed Rail Authority, discusses the critical report the group
just released.
Peer Review Group says the state is in serious danger of
starting a massive construction project it can’t finish.
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