May 18, 2018
Orange County
OC Register: UC strike is over growing racial, gender inequality
University of California workers are standing together to protest growing inequality among the workforce, driven in part by outsourcing jobs to for-profit corporations. They stand together to imagine a future for the UC system that reflects the values taught in its halls and practiced in its medical centers but abandoned when it comes to how UC leaders treat their workers.
OC Register: Santa Ana rent control petition drive underway
This month, Santa Ana became the eighth California city where tenants’ rights workers are circulating petitions to force a vote on proposed laws limiting rent increases and enacting renter protections against evictions.
OC Register: Santa Ana suspends updating council wards pending lawsuit over voting rights
After holding two of five scheduled public hearings on changing the boundaries of City Council wards, Santa Ana officials have canceled the remaining hearings and are delaying any action until a voting rights lawsuit is resolved.
Washington Post: The Health 202: These Republicans may pay a political price for their health-care votes
U.S. representatives like Steve Knight, Mimi Walters, Jeff Denham and Dana Rohrabacher and David Valadao of California face an uphill battle to hold on to their seats in November.
OC Register: Southern California housing plans must grow by 80% just to be ‘average’
In 2018’s first three months, permits were filed for 10,253 new residential units in the four counties covered by the Southern California News Group. Yes, that’s up 4.5 percent in a year, but it’s down 9 percent compared with the average permitting rate since 1988.
Voice of OC: Which democrat will challenge GOP Rep. Mimi Walters in November?
The 45th Congressional District likely will see Rep. Mimi Walters (R-Irvine) face off against a Democrat in the November general election because she’s the only Republican running in the June 5 primary against four Democrats and one no party preference candidate.
California
LA Times: California moves closer to crafting specific water caps for urban districts
Under the bills, which Brown is expected to sign, the state will set standards that will be used to create individual water budgets for the more than 400 water agencies that distribute supplies to cities and towns.
Publication Date: May 18, 2018