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.
May 18, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Will Santa Ana crack down on families renting in boarding houses?; Hikers undeterred by HOA gates on public trail in Laguna Niguel, and Tesla under review by California DMV, could face penalties.
May 17, 2021 Media Brief
Today: "COVID vaccines available at new Fly Well clinic at John Wayne Airport," "Full vaccinated county residents still required to wear masks indoors another month," "County politicians ready to redraw election maps, will the public get a say?" and more.
May 14, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Will fully vaccinated OC residents have to keep wearing masks? The unwitting are the target of COVID-19 falsehoods online, and Martin Schwarz named new Orange County public defender.
May 13, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana clears homeless encampment at cultural center; Chapman University survey finds most OC residents support masks and vaccines, and environmental groups take positions on Poseidon desalination plant.
May 12, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Supervisors cancel digital Coronavirus vaccine records as hundreds protest; Grand Jury issues scathing report on County’s pandemic response, and OC could move to yellow tier by May 19.
May 11, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Cities want public input in COVID relief spending but not Orange County; Irvine faces questions over lack of transparency in public meetings; and OC officials to face crowd, again, over digital vaccine records.
May 10, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Anaheim to discuss “hero pay” ordinances for grocery/drug store workers; are OC officials preparing for rising temperatures? Pandemic eases, but the California housing crisis worsens.
May 7, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Local health clinics gear up for increased vaccinations as super sites close; hospital workers braved pandemic, but some can’t afford healthcare, and unemployment case spells bad news for Huntington Beach Mayor Pro-Tem.
May 6, 2021 Media Brief
Today: County will close vaccine super sites, switch to neighborhood clinics; misinformation may delay herd immunity say, officials and OC reported 38 new COVID cases and 13 new deaths as of May 6.
May 5, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana can go its own route to remove El Centro homeless encampment; County halts plan to destroy meeting records, and toxic dump cleanup to resume in Huntington Beach.
