The new developments will include employment help and other services for veterans and chronically homeless people. City leaders say other cities also need to expand their housing supply.
Tag: Veterans
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Gov. Brown to Visit Proposed El Toro Marine Base Veterans Cemetery Site
Brown and two top Assembly Democratic leaders will visit the proposed veterans cemetery site at the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Base in Irvine within the next several weeks.
Posted inIrvine
OC to Get a Veterans Cemetery, But Where?
One side favors a 125-acre site on the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station while the other wants to let a developer build it near the intersection of the 5 and 405 freeways.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Homeless in the OC
More than 15,000 people are homeless in Orange County at some point during the year, according to the latest available figures.
Posted inNorberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Is This The Year OC Vets Finally Get Their Own Cemetery?
There are state and federal designations backing a site on the former El Toro Marine Air Base but no clear path to fund the $77 million construction cost. This Tuesday, Irvine City Councilman Jeff Lalloway and Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk Silva jumpstart a stalled debate, advocating a plan to have the city fund more than half.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Banditelli: Classified Employees Deserve Equitable Treatment
Classified professionals at Orange Coast Community College are protesting that they haven’t had a raise in eight years although faculty and management have and even the Board of Trustees voted themselves a 5% raise this year.
Posted inNorberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Can Local Government Operate in Total Secrecy?
This week, the nation celebrates Sunshine Week, an annual event recognizing the need for more open government and access to public records. Here in Orange County, Voice of OC marks the holiday in court. On Tuesday, a yearlong battle to get public records about a bizarre incident – involving a county supervisor, an evangelist, a gun and handcuffs – goes to trial.
Posted inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Plans Legal Defense Fund for Undocumented Immigrants Facing Deportation
In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the City Council told city staff to work with nonprofits and law schools and develop a plan to provide lawyers for Santa Ana residents who are at risk of deportation but can’t afford an attorney.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Sdao: It’s a Great Time to Be a Democrat in Orange County
Orange County’s Democratic Chairwoman Fran Sdao argues it’s a promising time for a progressive agenda in 2018. Democrats turned out in record numbers to vote last November. For the first time in 80 years the Democratic candidate for President won in Orange County. Frustrated Democrats are now turning out in record numbers to Democratic club meetings, State Party delegate elections and to meetings/events in their communities.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Veterans’ Stories Told Through Their Mementos at Heroes Hall
The inaugural exhibit at Heroes Hall, the new veterans’ museum at the Orange County Fairgrounds, features items soldiers carried with them in combat.
