Federal Judge David. O Carter halted the county’s Santa Ana riverbed homeless evictions late Tuesday night when he ordered the County of Orange and Anaheim, Orange and Costa Mesa to stop enforcing anti-camping and trespass laws along the riverbed.
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Posted inAnaheim, CENTRAL COUNTY, Costa Mesa, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, NORTH COUNTY, Orange, Top Stories
Federal Judge Orders Hearing On Santa Ana Riverbed Homeless Evictions
U.S. District Judge David Carter ordered a federal court hearing Feb. 13 that could temporarily stop the county’s eviction of the homeless from the Santa Ana Riverbed after attorney Brooke Weitzman filed a lawsuit against the county and requested a temporary restraining order.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Top Stories
Law Enforcement Ups Santa Ana Riverbed Homeless Evictions; Federal Judge Is Asked To Stop Them
Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies, along with officers from the probation and parole departments, stepped up eviction efforts along the Santa Ana riverbed homeless encampment Thursday, checking for people with outstanding warrants.
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Santana: Focus on the Fundamentals
A glitch in procurement policy shows why it’s important for the public to stay focused on something county supervisors increasingly don’t handle well: details.
Posted inDana Point, Government, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
High-Ranking County Executive Prepares for Abrupt Departure
Mark Denny, a former political aide who has served as Orange County’s chief operating officer since 2013, is leaving his county job on Thursday to take a position with the city of Dana Point, according to county officials.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
County Settles Lawsuit With Employees Over Alleged Toxic Building
County Social Service Agency employees working in the so-called “Eckhoff” building in Orange alleged health problems caused by toxins emanating from the building.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Nelson Draws Flak for Proposing to Extend Supervisors’ Term Limits
County Supervisor Shawn Nelson says his proposal to increase the supervisors’ term limit to three terms would lead to better policymaking. But Supervisor Todd Spitzer and others see it as a last-minute deceptive move to benefit himself.
Posted inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Bustamante Serving Jail Sentence at Private, 20-Bed Facility
Former Orange County Public Works executive and Santa Ana City Councilman Carlos Bustamante is serving his one-year sentence at Montebello City Jail, a private facility where inmates pay to serve their sentence away from the general prison population.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Gender Pay Disparities Among Supervisors’ Staff Worse Than County Average
Among the 40 people who work as staff to county supervisors, women earn an average of 33 percent less than their male co-workers, according to a Voice of OC analysis. A statewide equal pay advocate says this reality should be a call to action.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
New Bill Would Ban Taxpayer-Funded Mailers During Run-up to Elections
The state Senate bill follows revelations that Orange County supervisors Andrew Do and Lisa Bartlett sent out tens of thousands of county-funded mailers prominently featuring their names in the weeks before the June primary.
