Some warn the climate crisis poses the next great test to Orange County’s public health response.
Tag: Environment
Posted inOutdoors
Newport Beach Residents Stop $13K County Sale of Back Bay Park Land to Wealthy GOP Donor
A petition has gathered enough signatures to force the County of Orange to either “terminate” the sale or put it up before voters in an election.
Posted inNEWS
Are OC Officials Preparing Enough for Rising Temperatures? Garden Grove Next Week Looks to Trees
A 2019 Orange County Grand Jury report noted a lack of trees throughout OC, which help keep temperatures low.
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Regulators Allow Controversial Desal Plant to Run in Huntington Beach Without Immediately Making Up for Coastal Damage
It’s one more step toward a seawater desalting plant getting built in Huntington Beach. The project goes next before the State Coastal Commission.
Posted inNEWS
Conservationists Split Over Poseidon Desal Project’s Potential to Help Bolsa Chica Wetlands
Some say the project could fund the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, weighed against the plant’s expected ecosystem damage. Others say Bolsa Chica doesn’t need Poseidon’s help.
Posted inCENTRAL COUNTY, Countywide, Health & Wellness, Huntington Beach, NEWS, REGIONS, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Controversial Huntington Beach Desalination Project Faces Key Hurdle Friday
Getting a permit from the Santa Ana regional water board would be one of the last hurdles for the Poseidon Water company to clear for its desalination project.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Huntington Beach, NEWS, Outdoors, State, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Public Protest, Questions Push Water Board Decision on Huntington Beach Desal Permit to Aug. 7
If the permit is approved, Poseidon Water, the company proposing the desal plant, would clear a major hurdle after two-decades of pushing it near the final stretch.
Posted inCountywide, Government, NEWS, Outdoors, REGIONS, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
Santa Ana Wants to Extend $408 Million Streetcar to John Wayne Airport, Anaheim’s Resort District
A resolution approved by the city council at their Tuesday meeting advocates expansions to the route north up Harbor Blvd to Anaheim’s tourist-heavy resort district, and down Bristol St. toward John Wayne Airport.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Housing & Homelessness, NEWS, Outdoors, REGIONS, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Lawsuits, Referendums on Horizon for Santa Ana’s Controversial 2525 Apartments
Council members initially approved the project last year, despite a push by some against the much-disputed 2525 N. Main St. apartments in the city’s north-end Park Santiago neighborhood.
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OC Fair Board Criticized for Attempting Ticket Price Hike While Spending $309,000 on Dinners for Themselves
The exclusive nights of short ribs and tri-tip have sparked criticism from local residents who say the burden shouldn’t be on the public to grapple with the agency’s financial concerns, while Fair Board members spend public money on perks and sit on approximately $55 million in financial reserves.
