July 28, 2017

Orange County

OC Register: Put democratic process ahead of partisan politics

Supervisors recently shelved a new election system because it would have complicated campaigning as usual for both political parties. We support the vote center model because it expands democracy, saves tax payer dollars and promotes the kind of innovative work that government workers can and should be doing to improve efficiency.

 

Voice of OC: Irvine again puts off decision on overturning airport commission rejection of hotel and office project

The council will need four out of five votes to overturn the commission’s decision, according to the State public utilities code that also establishes airport commissions.

 

OC Register: Notices posted at Tustin Civic Center tell homeless to clear out for interim library

To meet the deadline, homeless advocate TyRon Jackson and Jim Palmer, president of the Orange County Rescue Mission, have joined forces to find shelter for Civic Center dwellers.

 

OC Register: Who are the homeless living in the shadow of the Big A? Here are 11 stories

David Doan says he once was vice president of an Anaheim company that remanufactured toner cartridges. But he got into a tussle with his father (the company president) and was let go. Soon after, he went through a divorce and was living out of his car.

 

OC Register: Things to do at the OC Fair Friday, July 28

There’s a monster truck show, tribute bands and the original sounds of Roberto Tapia and Larry Hernandez. OC Fair’s “G Force” ride was closed yesterday for inspection after one death and several injuries occurred at a similar attraction in Ohio.

 

Daily Pilot: ‘We’ve moved mountains to get where we are’: L.A. Chargers gear up for first training camp in Costa Mesa.

The Chargers pulled out the old grass and laid down new sod to get the fields ready for NFL action, according to John Spanos, the team’s president of football operations and brother of A.G. Spanos.

 

California

San Diego Union: State Supreme Court takes up appeal challenging San Diego pension cutbacks

The state Supreme Court will review San Diego’s five-year-old pension cutbacks that, if overturned, would require the city to spend millions creating retroactive pensions for more than 3,000 workers hired since 2012.

Publication Date: July 28, 2017