The city is in the midst of a drawn-out process of transferring paper records to computer. Meantime, officials are seemingly unable to handle even the most basic request in a timely fashion.
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 inAnaheim, Corrections, Countywide, Fullerton, Investigative, Top Stories
Crime in Orange County Trending Down Along with Police Budgets
Conventional wisdom says bad economies and slashed budgets lead to more crime. But that is not what seems to be happening.
Posted inPlacentia
Hey, You, Get Off of My Road
Placentia passes resolution to keep utility, phone and cable companies from digging up newly paved roads in the city.
Posted inAnaheim
California Inspector General To Examine High-Speed Rail
State watchdog asked to keep tabs on the $42 billion program in the wake of a critical audit.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Anaheim ‘Outfoxed’ by San Francisco on High-Speed Rail
Curt Pringle and other officials need to come up with $200 million to change train station design so it can handle high speed trains. San Francisco, meanwhile, is sitting pretty.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
The First Step is Admitting You Have a Problem
The high-speed rail authority has done that, say two state Senate leaders. But there is less agreement over the future of the authority following findings of mismanagement of the $42 billion rail project. And a possible conflict of interest issue looms.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice
Homeless Sex Offenders Rousted in Anaheim
Officials break up a group that had set up camp near the state parole office.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Finally, Signs of Stimulus Dollars at Street Level
Work happening in Anaheim shows that while it has certainly taken awhile, stimulus dollars are going toward local infrastructure projects.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Yorba Linda
Yorba Linda Councilwoman Remains Defiant on Conflict Issues
Jan Horton continues to insist that she can walk a narrow line on issues regarding redevelopment area next to her home despite investigation by state.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Orange, Outdoors, Top Stories
A Battle in Orange Over Open Space
Developers want to turn a 51-acre tract that is now a shuttered golf course into an exclusive housing development. Argument centers on the very definition of open space.
