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Tonight, Fullerton could join other cities in OC requiring face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Cities like Costa Mesa and Buena Park required everyone to cover up when out in public, while others like Santa Ana, Irvine, and Westminster only apply the mandate to employers and workers in essential businesses while residents in those cities are merely encouraged to cover up.
California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal has barred Orange County’s Superior Court judges from issuing any more orders on Fullerton’s lawsuit against two resident-bloggers while the appellate court considers the case.
The Fourth District Court of Appeal blocked an Orange County Superior Court judge’s publishing gag leveled against Fullerton residents and bloggers Joshua Ferguson and David Curlee for publishing secret city hall documents. The two residents are appealing the entire City of Fullerton lawsuit against them.
Buena Park, Fullerton and Irvine became the latest Orange County cities to declare states of emergency Tuesday in order to unlock state and federal emergency funding amid the novel Coronavirus outbreak.
Resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson has been hit with another publishing gag, despite discrepancies in expert declarations on the case stemming from the publication of secret city hall documents last year.
Orange County Superior Court Judge James Crandall will decide if Fullerton’s lawsuit against resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson is an attempt to silence him for publishing secret city hall documents.
Fullerton’s lawsuit against resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson for publishing and allegedly stealing secret city hall documents could be in jeopardy after an expert, testifying on Ferguson’s behalf, said the city misrepresented evidence to the court.
City of Fullerton attorneys are put on notice they have to prove allegations that resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson stole secret city hall documents, potentially jeopardizing the city’s lawsuit against Ferguson.
A Fullerton resident, and the blog he writes for, is looking to get a city lawsuit against them thrown out Thursday after the city alleged they stole and published secret city hall documents.
Fullerton Councilmembers authorized a 150-bed, year-round homeless shelter, and is joining a growing list of North County cities who are building homeless shelters for people in the region — mostly driven by a 2018 federal lawsuit.