July 25, 2018

Orange County

OC Register: Bill to limit OC toll road agencies’ power is dead, but the fight’s not over for San ClementeV

A bill from an Oceanside assemblyman would have barred the Transportation Corridor Agencies – which oversee the 73, 133, 241 and 261 toll roads – from issuing new debt or forming a new entity to build additional toll roads. But with the bill stalled and the bill’s author termed out, t’s not expected to move forward.

 

OC Register: Fullerton drywall contractor fined $2 million for cheating 472 workers

Industry giants R.D. Olson Construction of Irvine and Tarzana’s Sinanian Development were among those who employed the Fullerton firm for the projects, including multimillion-dollar apartment buildings and hotels for Marriott, Hyatt, Homewood Suites by Hilton and the Bicycle Club casino in Bell Gardens.

 

OC Register: OC Fair 2018: Things to do today, July 25

It’s gonna be a hot one today – kids can beat the heat in the splash fountain in front of The Hanger and there are two carnival rides, Pelican Splash and Wild Rivers, that cool off their riders.

 

Daily Pilot: Costa Mesa Planning Commission clears way for new local animal adoption center

The commission’s 3-2 decision clears the way for Priceless Pet Rescue — a nonprofit organization that is the city of Costa Mesa’s contracted animal adoption service provider — to open the center in an existing 2,202-square-foot building at 1536 Newport Blvd.

 

LA Times: Sanitary and water districts reach settlement in legal fight, ending talk of merger

In addition, Mesa Water and the sanitary district declared they will not support California Fair Political Practices Commission investigations of one another resulting from complaints against the districts.

 

Labor

Labor 411: SC Governor and AG Intervene after Boeing workers vote Yes to unionize

Gov. Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Attorney General’s office are jumping into the middle of an organized labor dispute at Boeing Co.‘s North Charleston campus, calling flight line workers’ decision to join a union a threat to the state’s economy.

 

Crosscut: Seattle is the first city in the nation to protect domestic workers

The Seattle City Council on Monday passed new protections for housecleaners, nannies, gardeners and other “domestic workers,” making Seattle the first municipality to pass such a law, though eight other states do have similar protections on the books.

 

Publication Date: July 25, 2018