ACLU Analyst Eve Garrow warns Orange County officials that criminalizing homelessness on city streets is pushing people to the riverbeds, which are quickly turning into deathtraps and are poised to get more deadly this winter with expected rains.
Tag: Community Opinions on Government
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Yorba Linda
Schlotterbeck: Yorba Linda is Local Government at its Worst
Orange County environmental activist Claire Schlotterbeck writes that Yorba Linda city government doesn’t respect the public’s right to express themselves.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Investigative
Woolery: County Auditor Controller is Right to Question Supervisor Pension Payout
Orange County’s elected Auditor Controller Eric Woolery argues that Supervisor Shawn Nelson’s pension payout doesn’t smell right. He’s asking questions. And he says the answers don’t make sense.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Health & Wellness
Multi-service homeless shelter: Looking Out for the Vulnerable
The chairman of the Orange County Human Relations Commission calls for the county to come together and finally build a year-round, multi-service homeless shelter.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Water, Power & Waste
NRC Blocks Cancer Study Near San Onofre and other Nuclear Power Plants
No one knows for sure whether living near a NPP can cause cancer, but on Sept. 8 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) terminated a study designed to find out.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
5 Myths About Planned Parenthood Debunked
Undercover videos released earlier this summer documenting Planned Parenthood’s practice of selling aborted baby parts has brought the country’s largest abortion provider under fire. From hearings on Capitol Hill to […]
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Exiled Activists Fight for Freedom in Vietnam
Hao-Nhien Vu, also known as the Bolsavik, writes on issues related to Little Saigon and this week he talks to exiled bloggers Dieu Cay and Ta Phong Tan.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
AB 2: “Redevelopment Light”
AB 2 which establishes CRIAs, is a step backward but less dangerous than old-fashioned Redevelopment Agencies which were abolished about four years ago.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness
Outreach won’t end homelessness
Orange County’s leaders need to do more than reach out to the homeless in their backyard, they need to find them homes says the ACLU/SoCal’s Eve Garrow.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
“Sublime Madness” in Santa Ana
Author/activist Chris Hedges will speak in Orange County on Sunday, Sept. 20 about his book “Calling All Rebels: The Moral Imperative to Revolt”, hosted by OC Green Party.
