February 13, 2018

Orange County

Federal judge tells county and cities to move “quickly” on temporary riverbed homeless aid

At Tuesday’s hearing, where no one was sworn in to give official testimony, Judge David O. Carter said county officials will be allowed to clear out the riverbed camp “but I have the power to make sure that they’re treated humanely.”

 

Voice of OC: Santana: OC supervisors hate listening to real live taxpayers

In recent years, supervisors have continued to fiddle with the public comment period, placing one restriction or adjustment after another, moving it all over the meeting – all with the aim of getting the pesky public out of the way as fast as possible.

 

OC Register: CalOptima expanding all-inclusive senior care program to Anaheim, Laguna Woods and Santa Ana

CalOptima is partnering with five adult health care centers to expand a program that serves seniors with chronic health conditions beyond its Garden Grove location.

 

OC Register: Boutique hotel operator Kimpton will add rooms in Anaheim, Garden Grove resort district

The new Kimpton property is part of an ongoing boom in hotel construction in California, said Alan Reay, an industry analyst and president of Irvine-based Atlas Hospitality Group.

 

Region

OC Register: Renters outnumber homeowners in some Southern California cities

Some residents are pushing for rent-control ordinances that would put a cap on rental increases. But Wilson said that creates a disincentive for investors who want to build apartments.

 

Nation

Sacramento Bee: Fights over voting rights a prelude to November midterm election

“Republicans seem to come up with a whole variety of ways in which they want to restrict the number of people who get to the polls. And that’s just not good for democracy,” said former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who now chairs a group seeking to elect more Democrats to office.

 

NPR: Russian threat to elections to persist through 2018, spy bosses warn Congress

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the Senate intelligence committee that Moscow viewed its attack on the 2016 election as decidedly worthwhile given the chaos it has sown compared with its relatively low cost.

 

Publication Date: February 13, 2018