January 9, 2020

Orange County

Voice of OC: Westminster Special Recall election set for April 7

The special election will come after a year of fighting on the Council between the majority and minority factions over ideas about ethics and transparency at City Hall, and after a months-long recall campaign that was publicly dismissed last year as having “no chance of success.”

 

OC Register: Murals, construction are revitalizing Placentia’s downtown and historic area

As murals brighten walls and construction speeds along on the first new housing in the area in years, work is getting started on a key piece of the puzzle that is the renaissance of Placentia’s Old Town/downtown area.

 

Daily Pilot: State says N.B. council member can’t call herself ‘businesswoman’ on Assembly ballot

A spokesperson for the California secretary of state’s office said Diane Dixon filed paperwork requesting that she be listed on the ballot for the state’s 74th Assembly District seat as “Mayor/Orange County Businesswoman,” but the state rejected the two-part designation.

 

OC Register: Placentia’s new fire department will be ready to launch July 1, officials say

With six months to go before the new Placentia Fire and Life Safety Department begins running emergency calls, city officials say the process of starting a new agency is on track and they’ll be ready for a July 1 launch.

 

OC Register: Kids’ fishing derby planned at Irvine Regional

From 7 to 11 a.m. on Jan. 18, the park’s lake will be open just to children ages 15 and younger. The lake will be stocked with rainbow trout for the derby hosted by OC Parks and trophies will be handed out for the largest catch.

 

California

L.A. Times: Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for $1.4 billion in new help for homeless

Gov. Gavin Newsom will ask lawmakers this week to allocate more than $1.4 billion to a variety of local and state-run efforts, with much of the money earmarked as subsidies for immediate housing and community healthcare services.

 

Nation

OC Register: Administration proposes sweeping rollback of environmental oversight

President Richard Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act into law on Jan. 1, 1970, as public outrage over the 1969 oil spill off Santa Barbara, California, and other pollution of the country’s air, water and land spurred creation of the country’s major environmental protections.

Publication Date: January 9, 2020