May 20, 2019

Orange County

OC Register: Southern California builders, swamped with unsold homes, cut construction to 3-year low

First-quarter data from MetroStudy shows 3,750 new homes went unsold in the four counties covered by the Southern California News Group, — an increase of 688 units in a year or 22% and up 37% vs. the five-year average.

 

OC Register: Here’s how Edison will encourage the switch from diesel to electric heavy-duty trucks, buses, even forklifts

Edison moved deeper into the transportation fuels business on Monday by launching an electric charger incentive program aimed at enticing operators of heavy-duty trucks, buses and forklifts to switch from polluting diesel and gasoline power to electric power.

 

Voice of OC: OC Sheriff Don Barnes slow to release deputy misconduct records – Santana

Voice of OC led a media coalition including the LA Times and Southern California Public Radio, working in court to check an intense deputy union effort to destroy such police misconduct records. The legal fight, which we won, took great expense, time and effort.

 

OC Register: 1,776 flags on display in Newport Beach’s Castaways Park to honor service to our country

Presented by the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor, the display of 1,776 large American flags went up Friday, May 17, to commemorate both Armed Forces Day and Memorial Day.

 

Daily Pilot: Residents protest proposed water rate increases in advance of Huntington Beach council meeting

Most single family residences would pay $53.03 a month — 70 cents more than what they pay now — in the first year of five annual rate increases.

 

Labor

Labor 411: 12 Arrested in Civil Disobedience During Strike Against Illegal Outsourcing at UC

The latest charges highlight the scope of what is an increasingly radical privatization scheme at UC, which is ultimately focused on one thing—paying its lowest wage workers even less.

 

Publication Date: May 20, 2019