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Jeff LeTourneau’s resignation came after he shared a Facebook post praising the late Communist leader as someone who “liberated an entire poor, colonized nation from 2 of the most powerful military forces in the world.”
It’s the latest incident where public statements revolving around the Vietnam War and ideas about communism have sent this area of OC into a political frenzy.
The council-approved training course is meant to check social, unconscious biases among those overseeing public services and taxpayer dollars.
New partnerships between census workers and local community leaders have formed new outreach efforts to ramp up response rates in undercounted areas.
Ever since a leadership vacuum opened up among city executives the city hasn’t had someone at City Hall focused specifically on economic development, according to staff.
It would be the latest city to join a growing list banning evictions throughout the county amid the coronavirus public health emergency. Many residents in Little Saigon area live in rental units with many others living in accessory dwelling units and mobile homes.
Recent orders — and subsequent clarifications — by the county health officer weren’t immediately translated into non-English languages when they went into effect Tuesday. Meanwhile, local activists and doctors have taken it upon themselves to ensure key information about the novel coronavirus gets across to immigrant families and businesses where English isn’t the first language.
If the results still hold when vote counting is over, it will be a rare case in Orange County of a state legislator failing to make it to the November runoff for their seat.
While Democrats state wide comprise a lion’s share of lawmakers in Sacramento, Republicans currently hold seven of Orange County’s state-level offices while Democrats hold five.
This year, revelers had three major Tet festivals to choose from to help ring in the lunar new year. Parades in Garden Grove and Westminster, with the Garden Grove parade new this year, were the result of a split in leadership, but not a split in loyalties by the community.