March 28, 2018
Orange County
Voice of OC: OC Supervisors back off new homeless shelters, make promise to work with cities
Facing hundreds of upset residents on all sides of the issue, with an estimated 2,000 more demonstrating outside the meeting, the supervisors promised to collaborate with cities and residents on any future locations and an operational plan to address safety concerns.
OC Register: Council members sue Santa Ana mayor over ballot measure to change voting system
It’s a battle that pits Mayor Miguel Pulido against a majority of the City Council, which is suing Pulido to force the election issue onto the June ballot.
OC Register: Southern California housing shortage: 1,066 fewer listings selling 2 days quicker
ReportsOnHousing tracks homebuying patterns found in real estate broker networks: supply (active listings); demand (new escrows in past 30 days); and “market time” (a measure of selling speed of days it takes a typical listing to enter escrow).
Labor
PBS News Hour: Why Anaheim’s low-wage workers struggle to keep a roof over their heads
Even for those who work full-time, garages, spare bedrooms, motel rooms, cars and tents have become shelters of necessity in an area with some of the highest housing costs in the country.
California
OC Register: Californians support increased school security but favor police over armed teachers
Survey USA interviewed 882 registered voters from March 22-25, a month after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and over the weekend that included “March For Our Lives” gatherings across the country.
OC Register: California consumer confidence index back at record high
California shoppers continue to see through various bits of economic and political turmoil to push one measure of statewide consumer optimism to a new record high. It’s the same annual pace of improvement seen in the previous eight years when Barrack Obama was in the White House.
Nation
LA Times: Supreme Court justices troubled by partisan gerrymandering, but unsure how to control it
Supreme Court justices, hearing arguments Wednesday in a Maryland gerrymandering case, signaled again they are troubled when politicians draw election districts solely to give their party more seats in Congress. But they appeared equally frustrated over the question of what — if anything — the court should do about it.
Publication Date: March 28, 2018