September 19, 2019
Orange County
Voice of OC: Downtown businesses say OC streetcar construction is hurting business
Advocates for the business owners say they have for years warned city and transportation officials that the storefronts along the busy thoroughfare would suffer from the road closures, and have asked officials to come up with some type of relief strategy like special grant and loan programs or more advertising and signs.
OC Register: Community explores Placentia Library after year-long overhaul
The library features new activity areas such as the Crossroads Corner – a mini city for children to imagine in – and the Hangar – a makers space – as well as spaces for adult literacy tutoring and computer stations.
Daily Pilot: Costa Mesa council turns down flag as a way to honor police; will explore other methods
During an at-times testy meeting Tuesday night, the Costa Mesa City Council turned down a councilman’s proposal to fly a “Thin Blue Line” flag at City Hall but moved ahead with alternative ideas to honor the work of Costa Mesa’s police force
OC Register: Amid recession fears, almost half of Americans have anxiety over debt
Being buried by mountains of debt can make you feel sick. Forty five percent of Americans said that their debt makes them feel anxious at least once a month, according to Northwestern Mutual’s 2019 Planning and Progress Study.
Daily Pilot: Newport considering campaign to encourage people to donate to charity, rather than give to panhandlers
The proposal avoids thorny constitutionality issues by not banning the acts of seeking or offering handouts, but rather encouraging an alternative.
Labor
Vox: Uber’s baffling claim that its drivers aren’t core to its business, explained
Uber and Lyft may not convince anyone that drivers aren’t core to their business, but the argument is a strategic move to buy time.
Nation
OC Register: Southern California elected officials slam the Administration for trying to block states from setting clean air standards
Opponents, many of whom have been elected after promising to fight global warming and improve the environment, suggested the Administration is putting politics for his base above public health and common-sense economics.
Publication Date: September 19, 2019
