June 4, 2018

Orange County

Elections: Early voting for the June 5 Primary Election is available at several County locations

Services offered at Pre-Election Day Vote Centers drive-thru ballot drop-off (at select locations) include secure vote-by-mail ballot drop off, in-person polling place voting and voter assistance.

 

OC Register: 6 people who left the Santa Ana River homeless camps, and the different paths their lives took

Those who engaged with county workers have been dispatched to different programs for shelter, counseling, health services and job training. Not all accepted their referrals. Others who did have had varying experiences.

 

OC Register: Is the Bridges at Kraemer Place transitional center in Anaheim a ‘model’ for future homeless shelters in Orange County?

At completion in a month or so, the facility will include an on-site medical clinic and pharmacy, meals prepared in a full-service, industrial kitchen, a computer room outfitted with six stations, and a recreation room for playing board games and other activities.

 

Daily Pilot: Fountain Valley’s next budget will fund fire station, City Hall improvements

General fund revenues are projected to increase by about $2.3 million this year, primarily due to 3% increases in property and sales taxes.

 

Daily Pilot: Proposed $373-million budget returns to Huntington Beach City Council

In public safety, the Police Department is slated to receive $3.55 million more than in the current fiscal year — a 1.5% increase — and the Fire Department $773,000 more — a 2.1% increase.

 

California

OC Register: California’s information industry: $50 billion in pay raises

This is not a huge California industry, employee-wise, with roughly a half-million employed in 2017. Information’s cash flow is another story: Compensation for California’s information workers jumped by $50 billion in seven years, nearly a $100,000 pay boost per worker.

 

Publication Date: June 4, 2018