January 23, 2019

Orange County

Voice of OC: County begins 2019 Homeless population headcount

The County, along with a handful of organizations and numerous volunteers, today begins counting the number of homeless people in each city as part of a requirement for federal funding to help combat homelessness.

 

Voice of OC: Trial starts today on removing Santa Ana councilman

Santa Ana’s city charter requires candidates for a particular City Council ward to live in that district for 30 days before receiving nomination paperwork from the city.

 

OC Register: King tides offer look at the coast’s flooded future with sea-level rise

From 1000 feet above, you can see surf pounding long sequences of seawalls and riprap rocks protecting homes, the ocean sometimes appearing to threaten structures despite the installed barriers.

 

OC Register: Orange County Great Park development to speed up in 2019

This year at Irvine’s 688-acre sports and recreation mecca, new features are opening, including one of the largest public ice facilities in the country and a 40-acre natural area with trees, walking paths and a dog park.

 

Labor

Unite Here Local 11: Fair Contract Now in Anaheim!

Our brothers and sisters at Unite Here Local 11 are staging a massive rally at Anaheim hotels on 777 W. Convention Way, Anaheim, CA92802. The action runs from 5 pm to 7 pm. Let’s show some support for hotel workers who are trying to land a fair contract.

 

California

OC Register: Could anti-price gouging laws slow rising rents in California?

Rents are surging in some California cities where there is no rent control by double, even triple digits, according to mayors and tenants rights advocates.

 

OC Register: California’s net population outflow by van line shrinks 21%

State-by-state migration stats from United, Allied and Atlas van lines — shows a continuation of the long-running decline in people moving, in or out of California, with exits slightly outnumbering arrivals.

 

Publication Date: January 23, 2019