Private Jet Plan for John Wayne Airport Sparks Resident Concern and Corruption Allegations
John Wayne Airport
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Several county supervisors have been called out regarding their handling of the private jet contracts.
Orange County Supervisors Push For Language Translation at Main Coronavirus Test Site
Health & Wellness
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Six weeks after the drive-through testing site opened at the Anaheim Convention Center, two county supervisors want to direct staff to translate sign-up forms for the testing site and create a call center in multiple languages.
Kahn: Amid a Pandemic and Economic Crisis, Orange County Forges Ahead with Plans to Expand Musick Jail
Community Opinion
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The Musick expansion will waste $180 million in state funds and more than $170 million in local dollars to expand a jail that has been vacant for close to a year, and will cost an additional $61 million annually to operate. Doing this in the middle of a pandemic is irresponsible and unethical.
Newman: OC Leaders Must Support Medical Experts, Not Denigrate Them or Sit on the Sidelines
Community Opinion
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As coronavirus hospitalizations continue to rise in Orange County, the politics of face coverings continues its downward spiral. If there’s anything more disconcerting than the rise of a vitriolic opposition to commonsense precautions designed to keep us safer, it’s the deafening silence from public servants charged with safeguarding that safety.
Orange County Supervisors Take Formal Stand Against Police Brutality
Countywide
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Orange County Supervisors on Tuesday formally took a stand against police brutality when they adopted a resolution condemning the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd.
Singer, Kropke and Clayton-Tarvin: Orange County, the COVID Wild West?
Community Opinion
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Many children will have to return to daycare requiring bold initiatives. There is likely no vaccine for COVID and herd immunity is years away. There is no relief for this pandemic on the immediate horizon and waiting for a cure is unattainable because science takes time. Our childcare programs will have to be reimagined with flexible thinkers leading the charge. Yet the OC Supervisors have yet to contact anyone in the educational community for assistance. The new normal should be led by campus sanitation specialists who rank in respect to principals and paid commensurate to professionals. Our daily structure needs to be rethought and turned on its head altogether. It’s time.
Sefton and Schlotterbeck: Orange County Needs a Tree Preservation Policy
Community Opinion
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Friends of Harbors, Beaches and Parks supports a tree preservation policy going before the OC Board of Supervisors Tuesday. The precedent-setting policy will protect mature, native trees that improve our quality of life and contribute to the beauty of the environment. Distinctions on property size, location, and exceptions to this policy exist.
Gov. Newsom: OC has Fourth Highest Number of CA Coronavirus Hospitalizations [April 29]
Orange County Coronavirus
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Orange County has one of the highest numbers of people hospitalized for the novel coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, following OC Supervisor Don Wagner’s comment to ease confusion over OC’s business reopening guidelines.
Orange County Supervisors Trigger Confusion With Reopening Guidelines
Government
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Orange County supervisors triggered widespread misunderstanding Tuesday adopting a set of voluntary guidelines for businesses that they were allowing businesses to re-open, when in fact they were not and acknowledge they have no power to do so.
Warner: An Open Letter to the Orange County Board of Supervisors
Community Opinion
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We believe it is possible to protect the health and safety of our communities without bankrupting them as well. If we act now and put together a plan to restart the OC economy as well as minimize health risks, then businesses can begin the process of contacting vendors, employees, customers and preparing to smoothly transition and reopen.