Council members turn down an option to hire a professional translation service for $21,000, opting for a less expensive option where city staff translates for about $5,000, just under the costs of catering the council’s closed sessions.
Tag: Immigration
Posted inGovernment, Inside the Newsroom
Voice of OC on KPCC
Voice of OC contributing writer Rex Dalton will discuss his recent article on realities of immigration detainees.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Investigative, Irvine, Orange, Santa Ana, Top Stories
A Window Into the World of Immigration Detainees
In recent months, group of local volunteers began visiting immigration detainees held in Orange County jails. Some of their and others’ discoveries have been alarming.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Carolina Sarmiento, Director of El Centro Cultural de Mexico
Carolina Sarmiento was 14 years old during height of the anti-immigrant movement in Orange County and when her mother founded El Centro Cultural de Mexico, an organization dedicated to promoting […]
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
On The Agenda
The county buys property for a homeless shelter and Anaheim debates civilian oversight of its police force.
Posted inIrvine, Lake Forest
Board OKs Environmental Review for Expansion of Musick Jail
Supervisors’ action brings jail expansion a step closer. Irvine officials continue voicing concerns.
Posted inEducation, Government, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Many in OC on Their Way From ‘Invisible’ to Documented
Although cost remains a barrier, signs indicate that large numbers of youths in the county are applying for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories, Transportation
On The Agenda
Newport decides on a controversial increase to dock fees, and two cities fill vacant council seats.
Posted inIrvine, Norberto Santana Jr.
Kang Steps Down as Mayor
He became the first Korean-American mayor of a major U.S. city when he assumed office in Irvine in 2008.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
A Young Woman Tells Her Story of Housing Insecurity
Marilynn Montano’s family has been forced to move every two to three years in response to neighborhood crime, fear of immigration authorities, rent increases or foreclosure.
