May 3, 2017
Orange County
OC Register: Santa Ana chooses interim city manager, names acting police chief
“We approved a tentative contract on tonight’s council agenda that needs to be agreed upon by the candidate so we can finalize and name the individual,” Councilman David Benavides said in a text message after the closed meeting Tuesday, May 2.
Voice of OC: It’s time for districts in Santa Ana
Santa Ana, now the largest city in California to lack districts, exists in limbo, using a system in which representatives must live in certain wards of the city but are elected at-large. Like many attempts at compromise, the ward system leaves no one happy.
Daily Pilot: Fountain Valley prefers local control of water use
The city of Fountain Valley opposes proposed legislation that would centralize management of statewide water conservation with the State Water Resources Control Board and instead supports bills that allow local control.
OC Register: Vote for the Best of Orange County
If you don't see a business you want to vote for, click "add/edit a place." Submitting a business for inclusion on the ballot does not constitute a vote. I know of a really great labor union, for example.
OC Register: Anaheim revamps fireworks program to lottery system, won’t be mega booth at Honda Center
Nonprofits will have until May 19 to turn in an application for a May 25 lottery to operate fireworks booths in the city. Eight nonprofits will be chosen in the new system, with another eight slots already earmarked for Anaheim high schools.
Nation
LA Times: Senate positions to block ambitious California retirement savings effort
The Senate is positioning to scuttle an ambitious California effort to create retirement security for low-income workers, with a vote Wednesday morning that aims to block the state and others from launching programs to automatically enroll millions of people in IRA-type savings plans.
Politico: House passes $1 trillion spending bill to avoid shutdown
The legislation, which was passed on a 309-118 vote, now heads to the Senate, where it is expected to be approved and signed by President Donald Trump before a Friday deadline. Congress was supposed to have finished its spending work for the fiscal year seven months ago.
Publication Date: May 3, 2017