May 16, 2017

Orange County

OC Register: Income needed to afford an Orange County house now at $154,120 a year

That affordability rate is down from 39 percent at the peak of the housing downturn when median house prices were almost $300,000 lower.

 

OC Register: Former county treasurer awarded $10 million in malpractice suit against Newport Beach lawyer

The lawsuit, filed in 2011, said Greer skipped meetings and breached his fiduciary duty while representing Street a year before.

 

OC Register: Huntington Beach officials rebuff supervisor’s proposal to house homeless in city

Huntington Beach Councilman Billy O’Connell said Nelson, whose 4th district in Northern Orange County includes Anaheim and Fullerton, was interfering in a city with which he had no business.

 

Voice of OC: Westminster adopts taxpayer-funded car rebate program

The cash-strapped city, whose voters in November 2016 passed a one-cent sales tax increase that city leaders said would save the city from drastic cuts and potential bankruptcy, will set aside up to $3 million for the program from one-time property sales over the next five years.

 

Voice of OC: Anaheim to consider shorter council meetings

Since the new city council was sworn in December, it has become common for meetings that start at 5 p.m. to stretch close to midnight, or at times even later, with just a handful of members of the public sticking around until the end. The council usually meets every other week.

 

Daily Pilot: Judge reverses Costa Mesa's approval of Motor Inn redevelopment project

Judge Mary Strobel’s ruling Thursday reverses the city’s approval of the project, which would demolish the closed 236-room motel at 2277 Harbor Blvd. to make way for 224 new apartments.

 

California

Capital & Main: Jobs to die for: Report cites “Dirty Dozen” companies

There were 745 deaths among heavy truck and tractor-trailer drivers nationwide in 2015, the highest number of all occupations, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The California worker deaths cited in the report all involved motor vehicles.

Publication Date: May 16, 2017