October 1, 2018

Orange County

Voice of OC: Santa Ana to receive new mayor in decades, here are the candidates

Mayor Miguel Pulido assumed office in 1994 and has been in office ever since, but because of a law passed in 2012, it means he will be termed out at the end of this year.

 

LA Times: Newsom vetoes bill to provide rehiring protections for workers laid off amid COVID-19 pandemic

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have provided sweeping new labor protections for workers laid off during the pandemic by requiring hotel, airport and janitorial employers to rehire based on seniority.

 

OC Register: Disneyland layoffs include thousands of restaurants, imagineers and hotel workers

The massive layoffs coming to Disney theme parks in the U.S. as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are expected to cost nearly 3,500 Disneyland restaurant and hotel union workers their jobs and put more than 400 Imagineers out of work.

 

Daily Pilot: UCI law professor says undercover policing creates criminals

Undercover police stings aren’t effective at combating crime rates and create criminals out of people who possibly wouldn’t otherwise commit crimes, according to a new article by a UC Irvine law professor.

 

California

KTLA: California voters to consider rolling back criminal justice changes, bail reforms

California voters will consider rolling back a host of criminal justice changes in what amounts to a referendum on whether the progressive state has become too lenient. Proposition 20 would amend criminal sentencing and supervision laws that critics say are too favorable to criminals.

 

KTLA: Californians to vote on affirmative action in public, contracting and college admissions

A California with vastly different political preferences and demographics is voting on whether to allow affirmative action in public hiring, contracting and college admissions — nearly a quarter century after voters outlawed programs that give preference based on race and gender.

 

Nation

AP News: White House ups bid in last-ditch COVID talks with Congress

The White House is backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit and is dangling the possibility of a COVID-19 relief bill of $1.6 trillion as last-ditch, pre-election negotiations hit a critical phase Thursday. But pessimism is again seeping into the talks and the two sides switched back to attacking each other in public.

 

Publication Date: October 1, 2018