January 15, 2019
Orange County
Voice of OC: Top Santa Ana leadership leaves as city preps $400,000 payout
Santa Ana faces a wave of top staff departures, as council members vote Tuesday on a nearly $400,000 separation agreement ousting City Manager Raul Godinez and decide on a replacement for longtime City Clerk Maria Huizar, who also is on her way out.
Voice of OC: Santana: Anaheim Stadium deal goes easy on Angels, hard on taxpayers
Anaheim council members ultimately responded to the Angels’ challenge by extending a critical out-clause in the lease, moving it forward to a point where the team could more easily use it.
OC Register: Government shutdown threatens newborns, their families
The government shutdown compels federal workers to grapple with deciding whether to continue their career paths in the federal government, seek work elsewhere, or stay home. And this is added to all the other impacts to our nation’s safety and security, to the economic security of some 800,000 workers who are going without pay, to moral fabric of our nation.
Labor
Labor 411: Senate says yes to back pay for Federal workers
Last week, the House passed a spending bill to fund the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service, with eight Republicans joining Democrats to approve the bill.
LA Times: L.A. teachers’ strike: How we got here and how we get out
For the teachers union, the line is about classes that are too big and paychecks that are too small, and also about combating the slow death of traditional schools as charters mushroom.
California
Associated Press: PG&E, facing colossal liability, seeks bankruptcy protection
The company says will be able to gain access to capital and resources it needs to continue providing service to customers as it restructures. Late Sunday, PG&E Corp. said that CEO Geisha Williams resigned, and that John Simon will serve as interim chief executive.
Publication Date: January 15, 2019