January 8, 2020

Orange County

Voice of OC: Two city council recalls to watch this year

Two recall campaigns in two neighboring cities are on the move against elected officials this year – one in Westminster that’s guaranteed a recall election and another in Santa Ana that has gathered the signatures but won’t find out until next month from county officials whether it can move forward.

 

Voice of OC: Mock election shows new 2020 Orange County voting process

The county’s Registrar of Voters is gearing up to run a new voting process for the March 2020 primary election, which included a mock election in Mission Viejo and Santa Ana on January 7.

 

Voice of OC: Palm Court arts complex strides into the new year

There’s a vast, mostly-open space in the middle of Orange County, and that space used to be the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. MCAS El Toro was built in 1942 and operational between 1943 and 1999.

 

Labor

OC Register: Job fair on Friday seeks ‘thousands’ of 2020 Census count takers

The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to fill thousands of part-time positions for the 2020 Census count, and a hiring event will be held Friday in Commerce.

 

California

Daily Pilot: This bill would let new homeless shelters and affordable housing bypass environmental law

Aiming to speed up the construction of affordable housing and homeless shelters in California, new legislation would make all new low-income housing projects exempt from a key environmental law that has been used to restrict development.

 

Nation

Associated Press: US and Iran step back from the brink of war

The U.S. and Iran stepped back from the brink of possible war Wednesday, as President Donald Trump indicated he would not respond militarily after no one was harmed in Iran’s missile strike on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.

 

Publication Date: January 8, 2020