May 31, 2017
Orange County
Voice of OC: DA Tony Rackauckas Defends His Prosecutors’ Handling of Informants
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas Tuesday stepped up his defense of prosecutors accused of misusing jailhouse informants and withholding evidence, saying the rulings against his office came from “one judge.”
Daily Pilot: Newport OKs a bigger commuter aircraft definition for John Wayne Airport
The Newport Beach City Council has agreed to redefine the maximum capacity of commuter aircraft as an amendment to a decades-old settlement agreement regarding John Wayne Airport.
Daily Pilot: Ocean View classified staff, two assistant superintendents receive a 2.5% salary increase this school year
The school board approved the new contracts with a 4-1 vote this week. Trustee Norm Westwell dissented. The total amounts to a 2.5% increase for the 2016-17 school year, said Felix Avila, assistant supt. of human resources.
OC Register: Anaheim, county say don’t drop off homeless at new shelter
Less than a month after the county’s new Bridges at Kraemer Place homeless shelter opened its doors in Anaheim, an outside police agency and a hospital tried to drop off a homeless person at its front door. Those agencies were politely turned away.
California
Sacramento Bee: Two-year probation for state workers? That’s what Jerry Brown is proposing
Getting a job working for the state of California can take months of testing and interviewing. Keeping one would take up to two years under a state budget provision that would give departments more time to lay off new workers without cause.
Nation
Nation of Change: How not to make the budget balance on the backs of the poor
There’s no reason why America’s wealthy should be able to deduct or exclude from their taxable incomes more than, say, $25,000 a year for employer-provided health care, retirement, and mortgage interest. Limiting those deductions and exclusions would be rational, fiscally responsible, and fair.
Publication Date: May 31, 2017
