Members of Buena Park City Council are incredulous over a demand by CalPERS that the city increase pension payments for uniformed employees.
Category: NORTH COUNTY
North Orange County covers Fullerton, Brea, La Habra, Buena Park, Placentia, Yorba Linda and their neighbors, where city budgets have been the recurring story. Every story we have published about north county, newest first.
Posted inInvestigative, Orange, Politics & Elections, Transportation
Orange Votes Against High-Speed Rail
Officials cite eminent domain fears and shaky financial estimates as reasons for their opposition to the $43 billion state program.
Posted inBrea, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Do the Numbers Add Up for Brea’s Fire Department?
City manager assures council that a reorganization plan will realize enough savings to save the department. But firefighter’s union head calls the plan “terrible.”
Posted inInvestigative, Orange, Politics & Elections
Orange to Consider Pot Dispensary Ban
City already has a temporary ban and will decide tonight whether to make it permanent.
Posted inAnaheim, Investigative, Transportation
Few Federal Dollars for Public Transit
This is not good news for high-speed rail and local bus service in California. Both programs need money to go forward.
Posted inAnaheim, Investigative, Politics & Elections
Circus Having a Harder Time Coming to Town
A few Orange County cities are at the forefront of a new movement to ban displays of exotic animals. But animal rights activists could not sway the Anaheim City Council.
Posted inBrea, Investigative, Politics & Elections
After Much Talk, Brea Decides to Keep Fire Department
Council voted, 3-2, in favor of a reorganization plan presented in a somewhat last-minute fashion by the city manager.
Posted inPlacentia
Placentia Council to Consider Massage Moratorium
Current city laws are ‘much more onerous’ than state requirements, according to city administrator.
Posted inBuena Park
Buena Park Council Approves Affordable-Housing Project
The council gives the go ahead for a 71-unit project along the city’s border with Anaheim. A few residents objected, citing traffic and safety concerns.
Posted inAnaheim
Who’s the City of Anaheim Taking to the All-Star Game?
It might be a month before we find out.
