June 9, 2017
Orange County
OC Register: Beuthin - Petition is bait-and-switch that won’t repeal gas tax
When big oil companies raise fuel prices, political insiders like the San Diego politicians who are raising so much money for this recall effort are silent. It’s only when state representatives marginally raise prices to invest in the state’s infrastructure that they balk. I think we should all be asking whose interests they’re really serving.
OC Register: It’s time to nominate Orange County’s 2017 Top Workplaces
Does an organization offer its associates the option of flexible schedules or provide opportunities to learn and grow? To help us figure out who’s the best of the best, the Orange County Register launched its tenth annual Top Workplaces program June 4.
OC Register: As JWA modernizes, it reports record passenger counts, $6 billion local impact
As John Wayne Airport makes “significant progress” on a three-year $101.8 million plan to modernize the 26-year-old Riley Terminals A and B, it saw a 5.5 percent increase in operating revenue and record-breaking passenger traffic in 2016, according to an annual report released this week by the airport.
Voice of OC: Noting public pressure, OC Supervisors approve homeless services and housing
At the request of Supervisors Do and Spitzer, the four supervisors who attended the meeting authorized $5 million in new housing for homeless people with serious mentally illnesses.
Associated Press: US households owe record amount, topping pre-recession peak
The nature of what Americans owe has changed since the Great Recession. Student and auto loans make up a larger proportion of household debt, while mortgages — the epicenter of the financial crisis — and credit card debt remain below pre-recession levels.
Labor
Capital and Main: María Elena Durazo remembers “Chasing the Harvest”
Picking cotton was the roughest of all, because of all those little buds. It’s very prickly. You have to pull the cotton out of the little bud, and every time you get pricked at the tip of your finger, so by the end of the day your fingers have all these little pricks of blood. Not gobs of blood, but just constant.
California
Capital and Main: New bill would end corporate tax write-offs for punitive damages
The whole idea behind punitive damages is to deter the most outrageous corporate behavior by hitting companies on the balance sheet. It is illegal to deduct compensatory damages, payments for a loss resulting from the negligence or unlawful conduct of another party. But the law is silent on punitive damages.
Publication Date: June 9, 2017
