Officials are tinkering with their city council meeting agenda setting policy, sparking transparency concerns and worries of limiting policy debates from residents.
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
Buena Park May Soon Roll Out a New Rental Home Inspection Program
Officials are tinkering with an idea of a targeted rental inspection program in an effort to hold landlords accountable for critical repairs.
Posted inTop Stories
Buena Park Officials Expected to Study Allowing Cannabis Shops
The city is slated to apply for state funding, which would be used for developing a plan to bring cannabis businesses to Buena Park.
Posted inFullerton
Fullerton Moves to Repair Badly Damaged Roads
Fullerton officials are trying to fix some local streets, but questions are surfacing if the repairs factor in bicycle riders as some residents push for greater pedestrian infrastructure.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Sacramento Warns Orange For Trying to Quietly Sidestep Housing Law
A Voice of OC review found that much of the city’s current housing plans are set up on sites that can’t be developed for another 20 years – something that prompted a warning from state housing officials.
Posted inLa Habra
La Habra Keeps Security Guard at Skatepark to Enforce Helmet Rules
City officials voted unanimously to keep a security guard at the La Habra Skatepark despite local skaters telling them enforcement of helmet regulations is driving kids out.
Posted inCypress
Cypress Looks to Bolster Businesses Who Lost Foot Traffic During Pandemic
Three years since the start of the pandemic, city officials hope three new recovery programs intended to support business growth will help local entrepreneurs by spurring local spending.
Posted inEducation
What’s the Future of Orange County’s First Arabic Public School Program?
Anaheim Union High School District officials cut their Arabic program but at least one local Arab American leader is asking why the community wasn’t involved in the decision.
Posted inEducation
An Arabic High School Program in OC is Getting Cut; Students Push to Save It
More than five years after the Anaheim Union High School District launched their Arabic program, officials plan to cut it because of low student enrollment.
Posted inEducation
An OC School Board Considers Vetting Books, Raising Concerns of Bans
After one Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Trustee raised concerns about an Iranian revolution novel, the school board is now considering reviewing which books get tested.
