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.
October 23, 2018
Today: Proposed homeless settlement filed in federal court; UC workers to begin three-day strike at UCI and, Prop 103 has saved California drivers $154 billion says report.
October 22, 2018
Today: Last day to register to vote; mail-in ballots are arriving! Consult your OCEA Voter Guide before casting your ballot and, Here is where you can vote early in Orange County.
October 19, 2018
Today: Here is where you can vote early in Orange County for the 2018 midterm; 18 local cities will ask to raise sales tax in November and, one job should be enough; stand with Marriott workers.
October 18, 2018
Today: Supervisors order destruction of campaign money enforcement emails; County passes registry for some drug rehab centers, and children in Orange County report shows improvement.
October 17, 2018
Today: Disney spends almost $1 million on Anaheim elections; Southern California to see smaller rent hikes over the next two years, and roads in LA, Long Beach and Anaheim rank 3rd worst in U.S.
October 16, 2018
Today: 9,200 without power as winds continue in So Cal counties; November’s election could reshape the Board of Supervisors and sewage spill contaminates area beaches.
October 15, 2018
Today: Thousands left without electricity during powerful Santa Ana winds; Edison warns it may shut down power in high fire-risk areas during windstorms and fewer people are getting onto OCTA’s buses.
October 12, 2018
Today: OCEA’s Voter Guide for the Nov. 6, 2018 Election is here; OC Parks honored for excellence and UC workers vote to authorize another potential strike.
October 11, 2018
Today: Anaheim minimum wage could apply to Garden Walk Mall and DoubleTree Hotel; Orange Coast College to be the first community college in Orange County with on-campus housing and Inland Empire home to hottest U.S. job market in last 5 years.
October 10, 2018
Today: Protecting public safety; Disney announces it’s pulling the plug on Anaheim luxury hotel and the union movement's ground zero is California.