Elected officials and residents in Garden Grove and Stanton – two cities who had the most people evacuated – are demanding accountability and financial reparations for impacted residents and businesses for the chemical tank emergency.
Tag: George Brietigam
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Garden Grove Becomes Flashpoint of Immigration Debate in Orange County
While council members debated posting immigrant resources on the city’s website, questions of potentially losing federal funding and imprisonment of elected officials surfaced – along with who federal agents are targeting.
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Garden Grove Leaders Back Off From Responding to ICE Raids
Garden Grove officials are holding off on adopting a resolution intended to be a collective response to the widespread deportation sweeps amid public pressure to take a stand.
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Garden Grove Public Works Crews Rally for Raises
The city’s nearly 90 public works employees are pushing for an across the board raise to ease the impacts of inflation and rising healthcare costs – along with specialized pay for things like heavy equipment operators.
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ICE Raids Spur Calls for Community Aid in Another Orange County City
Some Garden Grove residents want city leaders to alert the community about ICE raids as well as support immigrants with resources in a town where roughly half the population is foreign born.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
The Year of Homeless Camp Crackdowns in Orange County
Officials in cities across Orange County are ramping up efforts to crackdown on homeless camps in public sidewalks and parks amid a reported rise in homelessness.
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Garden Grove Looks to Crack Down on Homeless Encampments After Supreme Court Ruling
Garden Grove officials may soon become the latest in OC to craft an anti-camping law following a Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way for cities to crackdown on homeless encampments.
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Garden Grove to Build 85-Bed Homeless Shelter for Three Central OC Cities
It comes amidst rising homeless deaths and a cold weather shelter debacle prompted a street medic dispatch this year.
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Garden Grove to Offer City Staff and Leaders Social “Bias” Training Amid Recent Criticism
The council-approved training course is meant to check social, unconscious biases among those overseeing public services and taxpayer dollars.
