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Lloyd Pendleton’s speech to local officials, business leaders and advocates came as Orange County grapples with a growing homeless population and a severe shortage of shelter and affordable housing.
The lack of affordable housing threatens the quality of life and upward mobility of residents, and puts the county’s economic future at risk, according to a declaration by county supervisors.
There’s a serious risk of the county eventually becoming an economy of low-wage “servants” and wealthy homeowners, unless there’s a stronger focus on expanding the housing supply, according to Chapman University researchers who are advising county officials.
Members of the public raised concerns about a shortage of housing options for homeless people, a troubling county economic future, and alleged improprieties by supervisors in choosing a major airport contractor.
Inside OC host Rick Reiff talks with incoming Chapman University President Daniele Struppa about the university’s future and relations with the City of Orange.
The Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors Monday morning chose a new forecaster after several years of assumptions by a trio of universities proved inaccurate.
Participants in an all-day conference at Chapman University talk about solutions ranging from high school civics classes to lottery jackpots for voters.
Voice of OC Community Columnist Mike Moodian delves into how it took a Latino and Lebanese American coalition—two groups that lived among each other but previously had minimal interaction—to help save democracy in Bell.
State’s Fair Political Practices Commission cutting back
regulation of lobbyists, holding fewer open meetings and keeping
mum on investigations.
This is an important distinction in the mini-controversy
surrounding county CEO Tom Mauk’s decision to contract with the
controversial former chief of staff for help with a pension
case.