March 15, 2017

Orange County

OC Register: Orange County ends jail contract amid accusations of overcharging inmates' families to send money

Orange County supervisors voted Tuesday to cancel a contract with a jail kiosk operator over concerns that family members and friends of inmates were being charged too much to use the company’s services, including posting bail money and adding funds electronically to commissary accounts.

 

Voice of OC: Sparks fly over Anaheim July 4th fireworks sales

Anaheim could scrap a Fourth of July fireworks program run by the Honda Center for a new sales program where just the city’s eight high schools and eight nonprofits picked in a lottery can participate.

 

OC Register: Anaheim to pay $189,000 to family of mentally ill woman who died in police shooting

The family’s wrongful-death lawsuit accused Anaheim police of a string of errors, including a sergeant’s supposed failure to inform his officers that Deckard was mentally ill.

 

California

OC Register: Laguna Niguel's Pat Bates named state Senate GOP leader

Bates, one of the county’s veteran Republican officials, has helped lead a wave of successful south county GOP women candidates, who include Rep. Mimi Walters, county Supervisor Lisa Bartlett, and Board of Equalization Chairwoman Diane Harkey.

 

Sacramento Bee: Grudgingly, CalPERS cuts pensions for 200 workers of defunct LA agency

For the second time in four months, CalPERS on Wednesday voted to cut pensions for a group of public workers whose former employer quit contributing to the retirement fund without making arrangements to protect their benefits.

 

Nation

Associated Press: Fed raises interest rates for third time since financial crisis

The Fed also highlighted a recent increase in inflation after a long period of sluggishness. Prices are now rising at roughly the 2 percent annual pace that the Fed regards as optimal.

Publication Date: March 15, 2017