October 26, 2018

Orange County

Voice of OC: OC Supervisor candidates Shaw and Chaffee debate at CSUF

County Supervisor candidates Doug Chaffee and Tim Shaw discussed their plans to try to solve homelessness in north Orange County Thursday night at their California State University, Fullerton debate.

 

Voice of OC: City and Anaheim Ducks propose 25-Year lease and development around Honda Center

The city announced a negotiating framework for the deal shortly after the city’s baseball team, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, terminated its lease agreement beginning in October 2019, setting off a new round of negotiations over where the team will call home.

 

Voice of OC: Confronting corporate cronyism in Anaheim

Interests like Disney – in small cities like Anaheim – are often addicted to the same, thuggish and ugly approach to local campaigns unless really checked by organized, local communities. This month’s most recent campaign finance disclosures show I was right to be suspicious.

 

OC Register: 13 chilling economic trends in Cal State Fullerton’s Southern California forecast

The university’s latest forecast for the region comprising Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial and Ventura counties expects 2019 to bring milder growth — though CSUF economists don’t see a serious chance of a recession through 2020.

 

Daily Pilot: O.C. Fair Board eyes possibly relocating Vietnam-era jet to Heroes Hall museum

“I think it would be a real coup, so to speak, if we could get the aircraft and relocate it here at the Heroes Hall site,” said board member Douglas La Belle. “It would provide an added educational opportunity and kind of finish off really a very beautiful setting that has been created there.”

 

Labor

Labor 411: Food workers at United say Yes to union

As many as 72 percent of workers in United Airlines’ catering kitchens in five cities, including Honolulu, voted to join the union in a National Mediation Board election.

 

California

OC Register: California’s for-profit college watchdog fails to police as feds back down

Though the number represents less than six percent of all college students in the state, it includes some of the most vulnerable learners – veterans, low-income people and single parents. Many more attend for-profit vocational schools that don’t award degrees, looking for training that can give them a steady paycheck.

 

Publication Date: October 26, 2018