Fate of OC Fairgrounds Swap Meet and Hundreds of Vendors Still Undecided
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The Orange County Fairgrounds’ weekend swap meet and hundreds of vendors who make a living there are in limbo.
OC Fair Audit Shows $220K in Improper Expenses, Travel, and Unreported Theft
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The audit spans a year, 2018, in which the OC Fair and Events Center was under leadership of former CEO Kathy Kramer, who was fired by the Fair Board in late 2019.
OC Fair Holds Off On $5 Million Loan to San Diego County Fair While Grappling with Coronavirus Losses, Virtual Fair Possibilities
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The Orange County and San Diego County fairs are canceled this year due to Coronavirus.
OC Fair Considers Loaning $5 Million to San Diego’s Fair To Stem Their Coronavirus Losses
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OC Fair Board Directors are expected to consider the request today at their 9 a.m. teleconference meeting.
Orange County Fair Cancelled This Year Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Economy
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The cancellation — expected for weeks as the 150-acre fairgrounds property had all but closed its facilities to the public and other county fairs up and down the state already cancelled theirs — was made official by the OC Fair and Events Center Board of Directors at their Monday special meeting.
OC Fair Allows Use of Property for Emergency Homeless Housing During Coronavirus
Emergencies & Disasters
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced fair officials to grapple with their uncertain future, under public health orders to limit public interactions and restrictions on mass gatherings, with no guaranteed timeline of when those restrictions will ease.
Trailers for Homeless, Fair Cancellation on Fair Officials’ Table Today and Monday
Housing & Homelessness
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Both the use of travel trailers on the fairgrounds and this year’s possible cancellation would be in line with other county fairs’ recent actions across the state.
Orange County Fair Could Be Cancelled This Year Due to Coronavirus
Orange County Coronavirus
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The possible cancellation falls in line with other fairs across the state wary of public health guidelines discouraging mass gatherings for months, at least, as people are already staying at home to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
OC Fair Getting Travel Trailers, Looking at Buildings on Property for Coronavirus Emergency Medical Use
Orange County Coronavirus
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The OC Fair is getting travel trailers and is looking at three buildings on its 150-acre state property in Costa Mesa for potential emergency housing and medical services, as county officials try to find ways to stretch out hospital capacity for coronavirus response.
OC Fair Board Criticized for Attempting Ticket Price Hike While Spending $309,000 on Dinners for Themselves
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The exclusive nights of short ribs and tri-tip have sparked criticism from local residents who say the burden shouldn’t be on the public to grapple with the agency’s financial concerns, while Fair Board members spend public money on perks and sit on approximately $55 million in financial reserves.