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Unsatisfied with secondhand information about living conditions at the riverbed, 74-year-old Judge David O. Carter, dressed in jeans and a blue sweater bearing the federal court’s seal, went to see for himself, talking to dozens of homeless people, picking up trash and recruiting volunteers.
Labor confronts the Democratic establishment while Republicans deal with their moderates. Both keep trying to figure out Latinos.
Former Orange County Assemblyman Tom Umberg and CEO Roelof van
Ark are leaving the troubled agency.
Transportation Authority wants Legislature to be frugal with
high-speed rail funds — as long as Orange County gets its
share.
Taxpayers have spent more than $600,000 since the state attorney
general stopped acting as Fair Board’s legal counsel during the
attempt to privatize the fairgrounds.
A new business plan raises the projected cost to $98.5 billion,
more than twice the previous estimate. Brown calls the plan
“solid.”
The former Santa Ana assemblyman replaces former Anaheim Mayor
Curt Pringle atop the board.
The board voted Thursday to oppose one piece of state
legislation that would replace current board members and another
that would abolish the project.
Former Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle and three others did not
violate state disclosure laws with donated trips.
New Year’s Day meeting to transfer title of the Orange County
Fairgrounds cancelled after “consultation with Attorney General.”
This means that the iconic property will likely stay in public
hands.