OCEA Media Brief
OCEA monitors local, state-wide and national news outlets to keep members up to date on the issues that impact working people. Media briefs are compiled and sent to members in a daily email blast. To receive OCEA media briefs, please register for an account.
June 18, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC set to mark Juneteenth ‘Freedom Day’ with local events; ballot proposal to extend OC Supervisor term limits is revived, and the push for ethnic studies classes continue throughout OC school districts.
June 17, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Council members clash, police spending furor, community outcry: Santa Ana's new budget; Costa Mesa Council meetings now in-person; approves 1,057-unit project, and Fountain Valley hospital workers, OC Congresswoman seek federal investigation.
June 16, 2021 Media Brief
Today: County residents enjoy reopening largely without masks; Disneyland without pandemic rules gets big crowds, and will outdoor dining in public spaces become permanent in OC?
June 15, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana council finalizes city budget, community spending demands persist; more vaccines, following rules will help as state reopens today, and former Rep. Rohrabacher breached Capitol barricades on Jan. 6.
June 14, 2021 Media Brief
Today: County reopens Tuesday with herd immunity vaccination gap; Candlelight vigil at Costa Mesa’s Avenue of the Arts honors OC lives lost to COVID-19, and Cities across OC are taking state-mandated housing battle to court.
June 11, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Orange County COVID victims to be memorialized tonight; how June 15 reopening will change restaurants and dining in, and advocates urge creation of a safe parking program for people living out of vehicles.
June 10, 2021 Media Brief
Today: More cities move to use social workers In homeless, mental health response; OC residents still required to wear masks at work, and veterans groups now support Anaheim Hills as a veterans cemetery site.
June 09, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Will OC residents still need to wear masks at work? OC's COVID experts to answer questions on eve of reopening, and Santa Ana cannabis shop policies praised, but questions linger.
June 8, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Police oversight office has yet to release its first report after years of silence; Supreme Court will hear case of alleged illegal spying on OC Mosques, and Jim Fassel, longtime NFL coach from Anaheim, passes away.
June 7, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana Council approves police cost increases, Viet community liaison; should Irvine shift to district voting? And, veterans abandon potential cemetery site ahead of contentious Irvine City Council vote.
