OC Supervisors continue to press the county Health Care Agency officials’ over the handling of a mandated mask order amidst Coronavirus.
Tag: Orange County Board of Supervisors
Orange County’s five supervisors run a $10.5 billion county government, from public health and jails to the unincorporated areas no city covers. We cover their votes, their budget and the decisions that reach every city.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Armendariz: Sheriff Barnes, Rise of an Empire
More jail beds added to James A. Musick Facility in Irvine, CA will not solve the mental health crisis that currently plagues the Orange County Jails system.
Posted inCountywide
Local Arts Groups Get Creative, Look for Funding as They Chart a Difficult Path Forward
With the Orange County Board of Supervisors taking steps to distribute $75 million in CARES Act funding, arts groups are advocating to be included among those eligible for those funds.
Posted inCountywide
OC Supervisors Vote To Distribute $75 Million to Small Businesses
There was no discussion of the criteria that would be used for businesses to get financial support.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County Grapples With ‘Devastating’ $458 Million Revenue Drop Projection
As retail sales plummet during the pandemic, local governments across America are facing massive budget holes. Orange County is no exception.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Park: City, School Leaders to OC Board of Supervisors: Work In Partnership With Us
This joint letter, co-signed by more than twenty Orange County elected officials, respectfully requests that the Orange County Board of Supervisors work in partnership with communities by expanding COVID-19 testing, follow Governor Newsom’s guidelines, and release federal CARES Act funding to cities as the funds were intended.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Khan: Cities Need OC Board of Supervisors to Follow Governor’s Guidelines, Open More Testing, and Distribute CARES Act Funds
Irvine has done a tremendous job consistently setting policies ahead of the trend to respond to COVID-19. Like other cities in OC, we want to help our businesses and families that have been struggling. To be most successful, we need the OC Board of Supervisors to take three important actions.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Singer, Kropke and Clayton-Tarvin: Orange County, the COVID Wild West?
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.
Posted inINVOLVEMENT
Sefton and Schlotterbeck: Orange County Needs a Tree Preservation Policy
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.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Gov. Newsom: OC has Fourth Highest Number of CA Coronavirus Hospitalizations [April 29]
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.
