June 8, 2017

Orange County

Voice of OC: Irvine moves Vets Cemetery from main former Marine Base to strawberry fields near freeway

FivePoint Chairman and CEO Emile Haddad said in a statement “the Irvine Council’s decision is a win-win-win for the city-at-large, or communities and, most importantly, the veterans who deserve a special place to honor their own, a cemetery that is worthy of the service they have given this country.”

 

OC Register: Judge: 3 accused in Orange County jail escape will stand trial

A deputy recounted the shocking moment he discovered that the three inmates were missing from the jail during a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, June 7, in Orange County Superior Court. The judge found sufficient evidence to continue with a trial against the trio, who became the focus of a nationwide manhunt last year.

 

OC Register: Costa Mesa Sanitary District sues Mesa Water over failure to produce public records

The Costa Mesa Sanitary District is asking an Orange County judge to force the Mesa Water District to produce records it requested earlier this year in the midst of an ongoing battle between the public agencies over a possible merger.

 

Daily Pilot: Trash collection rates will go up in Huntington Beach, council decides

The council voted 6-1, with Councilman Erik Peterson dissenting, to approve a series of rate increases that start July 1 and end two years later. The increases coincide with increases in what Republic Services — formerly Rainbow Environmental Services — charges the city for collection.

 

California

Associated Press: Federal budget cuts West Coast quake warning system funding

Veteran seismologist Lucy Jones, who recently retired from the U.S. Geological Survey after years of providing earthquake information to the public, said she was deeply disappointed. “Eliminating the $10 million (per) year that the government has been spending would stop the program and waste the $23 million that has already been invested,” she said in a statement.

 

LA Times: Editorial A risk worth taking to cut CalPERS' pension liabilities

The idea is to substitute a low-interest loan for higher-interest debt, much like one might refinance a mortgage. This bit of arbitrage would save the state an estimated $11 billion over time, reducing the amount the state contributes to CalPERS by hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

 

Publication Date: June 8, 2017