June 2, 2017

Orange County

VVoice of OC: Pulido cancels emergency City Council meeting on police chief, housing projects

Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido has canceled an emergency City Council meeting he called for Thursday afternoon that sparked claims of illegal vote-trading from one of his colleagues. Pulido canceled the meeting just before 11 a.m.

 

OC Register: Supervisors want to dismantle Santa Ana riverbed homeless camp, add showers, toilets in meantime

The proposal, filed Wednesday, May 31, by Supervisors Andrew Do and Todd Spitzer to be discussed at next week’s board meeting, would link the estimated 500 homeless people who live along the Santa Ana River with programs to help them find permanent housing.

 

OC Register: From homeowners to homeless: One family’s tale of eviction

Each year, courts order an average of 6,400 Orange County families to move out of their homes or have deputies come and remove them, sheriff’s figures show. About 52,000 eviction orders are issued annually in Southern California as a whole.

 

OC Register: Lakeview Avenue overcrossing set to open to commuters

The OC Bridges project that built over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad line is the fifth of seven overcrossing and undercrossing planned by the Orange County Transportation Authority to improve the commute of thousands of residents along the Orangethorpe Corridor in Anaheim, Fullerton, Placentia and Anaheim.

 

Daily Pilot: Debate continues over proposed Huntington desalination plant amid latest environmental report

The State Lands Commission report, published Tuesday, concluded that the screen on the intake pipe would help reduce harm to marine animals. The 2010 EIR had already concluded that the intake wouldn’t significantly impact sea life.

 

California

LA Times: California's top court overturns convictions because prosecutor excluded Latinos from jury

The unanimous decision, written by Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, appeared intended to send a clear signal to prosecutors, defense lawyers and the lower courts that charges of racially motivated juror exclusions must be taken seriously.

 

LA Times: Legislation to overhaul bail reform in California hits a hurdle in Assembly

An ambitious plan to overhaul the bail system in California stalled in the Assembly late Thursday, facing steep opposition from industry lobbyists and lawmakers concerned about the high costs it could impose on counties.

Publication Date: June 2, 2017