Facing intense resident pressure to make various reforms after an FBI corruption probe surfaced in late May, city officials are deadlocked on making changes to their campaign finance policy.
Tag: Mike Robbins
Posted inEquality & Equity
OC Fair Reopens Friday As Debates Over Its Identity, Policies Could Reshape Local Image
As the OC Fair reopens this Friday in-person, debates over the fair’s identity, role, and image persist.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Judge Hears Arguments on Immediate Destruction of County Public Records
ACLU lawyers say the county has a host of illegal and unconstitutional policies and practices that stifle public information and debate. A judge now will decide if officials are breaking the law and whether to block their policies.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Robbins: Orange County Board of Supervisors Blocks Public Comments
Anaheim’s Mike Robbins, from the People’s Homeless Task Force, writes about the ACLU lawsuit filed against the County of Orange alleging illegal restrictions on public comment.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC Supervisors Leave it to Cities and Judge to Find New Homeless Shelter Sites
“We don’t have sufficient capacity,” said the supervisors’ chairman, Andrew Do. The issue is scheduled to be discussed Tuesday at a federal court hearing with U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, county officials, and city officials from across Orange County.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Robbins: A Homeless Christmas
During this Christmas holiday week, Anaheim resident Mike Robbins, who volunteers with Housing is a Human Right OC and The People’s Homeless Task Force, writes that we should all remember the special ethos of this holiday and ask ourselves whether our government is truly doing the best it can for the weakest among us. Robbins doesn’t think so and is calling on all Orange County residents to engage on their behalf and demand more from their local elected officials.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Robbins: Hate Rhetoric Alive and Well in Sunny Orange County
Mike Robbins, a 56-year Orange County resident who now lives in Anaheim, writes about the recent county push to move homeless encampments along the Santa Ana riverbed, questioning how officials can expect homeless people to move when they don’t have any other housing options.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Robbins: The Other Dimension of Mission Viejo
Mike Robbins, who works with the Anaheim Poverty task force, writes that Mission Viejo leaders should avoid adopting harsh anti-homeless ordinances urging civic leaders to help, rather than harass, those who have fallen on hard times.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Mission Viejo
Mission Viejo Toughening It’s Homeless Anti-Camping Ordinance
The camping ordinance is a revision of the city’s previous camping law, which only addressed sleeping in cars, campers, recreational vehicles and trailers. The new ordinance applies to individuals sleeping anywhere on public property in the city.
