April 19, 2019

Orange County

OC Register: Huntington Beach City Council approves homeless shelter location, with mayor the lone opposition

Mayor Erik Peterson cast the lone dissenting vote, saying that staff had not provided enough information for him to feel confident about the costs and outcome.

 

Daily Pilot: O.C. panels in holding pattern over proposed general aviation upgrades at John Wayne Airport

Newport Beach objected to what it considers the last-minute release of a key section of the project’s environmental review.

 

OC Register: After campaigns, veterans look to lawmakers for bigger changes

Many small-scale bills do come out of Washington and state legislatures. But advocates say big-picture legislation that could help vets better navigate their after-military lives rarely even gets proposed.

 

OC Register: 5G is going to let even more devices go wireless, but cities are grappling with the roll out

5G may also help cities improve operations from addressing gridlock in their streets to deciding where to dispatch police officers.

 

Labor

OC Register: Culver City car wash owners fined almost $2.4 million for wage theft

The fines levied against the owners and parent company of Centinela Car Wash include restitution for 64 workers who were denied minimum wage and overtime pay and even made to pay for towels used on the job.

 

OC Register: Southern California employment hits record-high 7.68 million

Local bosses added 66,300 workers in the 12 months ended in March — by the way, that’s 101 year-over-year gains in a row — to push the number of jobs to 7.68 million in the four counties covered by the Southern California News Group.

 

California

EdSource: Rising rents in coastal California outpace teacher pay

An EdSource analysis of teacher salaries and rents reveals just how crushing California’s housing crisis has become for many teachers.

 

Publication Date: April 19, 2019