It’s still early; in last year’s primary election, almost half of all ballots in Orange County were not yet counted at of the end of election night.
Tag: Healthy Communities
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Today is Election Day in Santa Ana for New Council, School Board Members
Voters are deciding on a council member who will potentially impact key decisions on local issues like the ongoing homelessness crisis and complaints about slow 9-1-1 response times.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC Mental Health Jail Expansion Draws Pushback and Debate
There was no discussion of how much money would be devoted to the plan or how many doctors or nurses would be treating inmates. Answers weren’t provided after the meeting.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, News Briefs, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Spike in Children’s Mental Health Hospitalizations Draws Silence From OC Supervisors
OC’s top elected officials had nothing to say Tuesday when they officially received a report showing jumps in children going to the emergency room for mental illness crises and suicide attempts.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC Sees Spike in Children Hospitalized for Mental Crises and Self-Harm
The rate at which children were hospitalized for serious mental illnesses rose 87 percent over a nine year period, according to the annual Conditions of Children in Orange County report.
Posted inGarden Grove, Government, NEWS, Outdoors, REGIONS, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Willowick Golf Course Sale Put on Hold
Garden Grove city officials have put on hold selling off the Willowick Golf Course – owned by Garden Grove and located in Santa Ana – to a for-profit developer and will instead abide by the state Surplus Land Act, which means they’ll look at affordable housing options for the site first.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC Breaks Ground on First Municipal Mental Health Treatment Campus
Plans call for mental health and drug addiction treatment programs to be available to all county residents, regardless of who their insurance provider is, which officials said would be the first facility in the nation to do so.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Recognizing Orange County’s Laborers
This long Labor Day weekend comes to us all as a legacy gift from a generation of labor activists who created the modern labor movement in America during the 1880s by agitating for worker rights.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Education, Fullerton, Top Stories, Westminster
OC’s Urban, Suburban Youths Are Down With the Farm
The saying that there’s more to agriculture studies these days than “cow and plow” is proving true in Orange County, though challenges remain in getting the benefits of farm programs to all kids.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Sheriff to Get Extra $65 Million for Existing Services Amid Pushback Over Housing, Public Defender
County costs are growing faster than revenues, most prominently with the Sheriff’s Department, officials said.
