Recent orders — and subsequent clarifications — by the county health officer weren’t immediately translated into non-English languages when they went into effect Tuesday. Meanwhile, local activists and doctors have taken it upon themselves to ensure key information about the novel coronavirus gets across to immigrant families and businesses where English isn’t the first language.
Tag: City Governments
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters, Government, Top Stories
Questions Mount on Financial Relief for OC Workers as Coronavirus Closes Scores of Businesses
Questions over any potential rent, mortgage and lost income assistance are mounting in Orange County as scores of workers find themselves losing paychecks from business closures to help stop the spread of the novel Coronavirus.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
As OC Shuts Down Public Activities, Questions Emerge About Law Enforcement and Courts
As Orange County residents get ready to hunker down in their homes in an effort to help curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus, questions have emerged about how law enforcement will handle enforcement of the order prohibiting people to gather at bars, nightclubs and other businesses.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, Safety, Security & Justice, State, Top Stories
Top OC Health Officials Face Public, Answer Coronavirus Questions in Online Town Hall
The virtual meeting — which got nearly 2,000 comments and more than 16,000 views on Facebook as of Thursday — comes as health officials have reported only six known cases countywide, out of the 3.2 million total people in OC, and no evidence of the virus spreading in the county yet.
Posted inNEWS
CA Watchdog Proposes $27,000 Campaign Finance Fine on Newport Council Members
Diane Dixon, a Republican candidate for state Assembly, is among the current and former Newport Beach City Council members who were found to have failed to properly disclose campaign finance efforts.
Posted inTop Stories
Irvine’s Great Park Fails Transparency Test
While city officials have touted the Park as the most transparent project of its type, questions still remain about how public money is being spent to develop Orange County’s largest public works project.
Posted inNEWS
Here are the Candidates Running in Santa Ana’s May Recall Election
Voters across Santa Ana will decide Iglesias’ fate on the council in the May 19 recall election, which was put on the ballot through a signature-gathering campaign financed by the city’s police union.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, NEWS, Politics & Elections, REGIONS, State, Top Stories, Westminster
Billionaire Spending on OC Elections Denies Intentional Wrongdoing, State Probes Activities
Kieu Hoang and his lawyer have denied all wrongdoing, amid a state probe into his campaign activities in local OC elections centering on Little Saigon.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
OC’s No Party Preference Voters Likely Key to 2020 Elections
Orange County’s 420,000 registered No Party Preference voters are crucial to the 2020 elections because their share of the electorate has nearly doubled in the last 20 years, while Republicans have been bleeding numbers and Democrats made modest increases.
Posted inCollegiate News Service, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
User-Friendly Government: Which OC Cities are Most Transparent Online
Survey finds Orange County’s most transparent cities online include Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Irvine, Lake Forest, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, San Clemente, Santa Ana, Tustin, Westminster and Yorba Linda. Least transparent cities include Aliso Viejo, Buena Park, Fountain Valley, La Habra, La Palma, Laguna Hills, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Juan Capistrano, Stanton, Villa Park, Cypress and Laguna Woods.
