Stanton tightens regulations for motels and hotels, pressuring operators to clean up their facilities in a city that’s long struggled with street crime on Beach Boulevard.
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 inBuena Park
Boosted by Sales Tax Hike, Buena Park Looks to Hire More Police Officers
Months after Buena Park voters approved of a sales tax hike, City Council is now making steps to expand the city’s police department after a community survey highlighted that public safety was a top priority.
Posted inLa Palma
La Palma City Hall Resists Residents Watching Official Deliberations From Home
After a City Council member pushed to give residents live streaming options for public meetings, La Palma City Council failed to pass a motion to look into offering such services.
Posted inCountywide
Free Things to Do This Weekend Across OC
Gardening workshops, makerspace open hours and fitness hikes: These are just a few of many free, family-friendly holiday events offered through public libraries and OC Parks this weekend.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Officials Won’t Have to Disclose Impromptu Private Meetings a Year After Reforms
Officials are loosening disclosure requirements on unscheduled private meetings with lobbyists and business interests in a transparency reform measure that was implemented last year in the aftermath of the Anaheim corruption scandal.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Will Motels Become Orange County’s New Winter Shelter?
OC Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento is using $200,000 in discretionary dollars and teaming up with a nonprofit to help shelter homeless families at motels across his district during the winter.
Posted inAnaheim
Is Anaheim About to Gut a New Transparency Measure?
City council members are expected tonight to make changes to their public calendar policy to explicitly not require city council members to disclose unscheduled meetings related to city business in the wake of a corruption scandal.
Posted inFullerton
Fullerton Officials Gear Up For Over 13,000 New Homes Across the City
Fullerton officials approved a state mandated plan to zone for over 13,000 homes weeks before a looming deadline that if missed could result in a loss of state funding, fines and local control.
Posted inALL TOP STORIES
Cypress Doubles City Manager’s Spending Power
Cypress City Council members approved increasing the city manager’s purchasing power from $25,000 to $50,000 — giving him more power to spend taxpayer dollars without a public discussion or vote.
Posted inTop Stories
A Space to Create
From inland Orange County to the coast, libraries across the county are increasingly offering patrons opportunities to work on creative projects or work on crafts for free through makerspaces.
