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 4, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Efforts to vaccinate people are stretching OC’s community groups and clinics thin; Huntington Beach implements social media policy for officials, and Cypress opposes proposed rules calling for warehouses to reduce emissions.
May 3, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC’s vaccination efforts shift from the vulnerable to the hesitant; 4th District Virtual Job Fair Wednesday and Irvine to fight voting district lawsuit
April 30, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Disneyland reopens to the public after 13-month closure; Jury says Anaheim police used excessive force in man’s death, and regulators allow controversial desal plant to run in Huntington Beach.
April 29, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC’s three main coronavirus metrics remain low, but fall short of yellow tier; which is the better immunity: COVID vaccine or natural infection? And, Disneyland resort lost $4 billion due to coronavirus closure.
April 28, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Orange County community groups partner to bring seniors to vaccination sites; Supervisors keep coronavirus state of emergency, and Newport political donor’s bid for parkland sparks opposition.
April 27, 2021 Media Brief
Today: County sees another vaccine gap for older coastal communities and other areas; OC’s homelessness commissioners admit having no idea what to do, and Anaheim Council may remove a commissioner who blamed China for the pandemic.
April 26, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Meet Orange County doctors who are confronting COVID-19; OC Supervisor Chaffee holds Fourth District Virtual Job Fair, and Westminster police officer on paid leave after punching handcuffed suspect twice.
April 23, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Tackling Coronavirus vaccine hesitancy across Orange County; first-time homebuyers are getting outbid by big companies, and Costa Mesa hopes legal cannabis dispensaries will alleviate city’s pot problem.
April 22, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Two new Coronavirus vaccination clinics come to Santa Ana, Irvine; study: Black and Latino people disproportionately booked in OC jails, and Water Board hearing tomorrow on desalination.
April 21, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Health experts heighten calls to narrow OC’s Latino vaccination gap; virus metrics in Orange County dip to new lows, and Orange finalizes sale of properties to be turned into affordable housing units.
