Bus ridership on north and central Orange County routes overhauled last year by the Orange County Transportation Authority has increased by nearly 20 percent, according to report presented Thursday to the board’s transit committee.
Tag: County Government
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC Supervisors Take Direct Control Of Anti-Hate Group’s Staff
The changes give supervisors the power to fire the commission’s executive director at any time, for any reason, and pick the replacement.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Investigative, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories, Yorba Linda
Fire Dispatcher Misrepresented Early Report of Flames From Canyon Fire 2
Recordings of the dispatcher are raising further concerns about the Fire Authority’s initial response to the fire, which damaged or destroyed nearly 60 homes.
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Who is Running the County’s 2018 Tet Festival?
A little-known organization based out of a family-owned pharmacy in Westminster, the CEAVA Foundation, will run one of the most important community events of the year for the local Vietnamese community, the annual Lunar New Year celebration or Tet Festival.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Fountain Valley, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Supervisor Nelson: County To Phase Homeless People Out of Santa Ana Riverbed
“If you push people out you will end up dealing with it in the city,” Supervisor Shawn Nelson told a community meeting in Anaheim last week.
Posted inAnaheim, Canyons, Government, Investigative, Orange, Outdoors, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories, Yorba Linda
OC Fire Authority Plans Outside Investigation of Canyon Fire 2 Response
“There are things we could have done differently,” Interim Fire Chief Patrick McIntosh told reporters at a news conference Wednesday.
Posted inDana Point, Economy, Government, Top Stories
Dana Point Harbor Overhaul: Supervisors Pick Developers Who Seek a $20 Million Public Subsidy
Orange County supervisors Tuesday unanimously picked a team of developers to manage a long-awaited overhaul of Dana Point Harbor with new space for shops, restaurants, boat slips, and hotels – as one supervisor raised heated questions about how the winning team came to be chosen.
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Santana: Dana Point Harbor Revitalization Could Seek as Much as $45 Million in Public Subsidies
With Orange County supervisors poised to approve a developer to remake Dana Point Harbor this week, two different approaches appear for a public/private sector partnership to build hotels, docks and shops at the harbor. One bidder – Dana Point Partners – wants a $45 million subsidy from taxpayers while another, Dana Point Harbor Partners, seeks $20 million, both largely to fund parking garages and potential nearby street improvements.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
County Ethics Commission Holds First Meeting
More than a year after Orange County voters passed a ballot measure to create a county ethics commission, the board met for the first time Monday.
Posted inGovernment, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
State Bar Recommends One Year Suspension For OC Prosecutor
A judge for the State Bar of California is recommending Deputy District Attorney Sandra Lee Nassar be suspended from practicing law for one year, for failing to turn over evidence to defense attorneys in a 2011 child abuse case.
