June 6, 2018

Orange County

Voice of OC: One-third of OC ballots remain to be counted, ‘Will take weeks’ to know results

OC Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley estimated there were 188,488 ballots still remaining to count after the last election night update. That brings the total estimated ballots in the election to 557,755, of which one-third have yet to be counted and reported.

 

Daily Pilot: L.A. County officials demand answers after more than 118,000 people were left off voter rosters

The faulty rosters, which were attributed to a printing error, affected roughly 2.3% of the registered voters across the county and 35% of voting locations, according to county figures.

 

OC Register: Discrimination lawsuit by former commander against Santa Ana Police Department can move forward, appeals court rules

A federal judge should not have thrown out a civil rights lawsuit brought against Santa Ana by a former high-ranking police official who alleges she was discriminated against, an appeals court has ruled.

 

Daily Pilot: Federal judge tours O.C. armory as he works toward homeless solution

The tour’s aim was to gauge the adequacy of the armory, which, along with another armory in Fullerton, is serving a more prominent role in the county’s homelessness efforts after two prominent encampments in the Santa Ana riverbed and Civic Center were removed.

 

Labor

Capital & Main: ‘Janus’ and Its Supreme Court enablers

The Supreme Court’s transformation into an anti-union institution runs directly through Alito, a 68-year-old from New Jersey who graduated from Yale Law School.

 

California

OC Register: Proposition 13: On its 40th anniversary, we look at its history and what’s new

An initiative called the California School & Local Communities Funding Act seeks to remove Prop. 13 tax limitations for commercial properties. The ACLU and the California Federation of Teachers back the initiative and say it could raise $6 billion to $10 billion for schools and programs per year.

 

LA Times: California campaign watchdog panel ends power struggle with sweeping changes to commission structure

Just days after the chairwoman of California’s campaign watchdog agency abruptly quit, an internal power struggle came to a head Monday with its governing board restructuring itself to transfer powers from the chairperson to other members.

Publication Date: June 6, 2018