June 26, 2020 Media Brief
Orange County
OC Register: Orange County unveils revamped coronavirus data site
Based on input from elected officials, the media and community organizations, Orange County has redesigned its public coronavirus data dashboard, making it easy to see how the county’s case and hospitalization numbers compare to state benchmarks, where cases are by zip code and how nursing facilities are affecting the numbers in each community.
Daily Pilot: Newport-Mesa district crafts plan for new school year as O.C. virus cases, hospitalizations surge
Board members on Tuesday approved an instructional model that would include a 100% virtual school option for parents reluctant to send their children back to brick-and-mortar classrooms. Students would be asked to commit to that model for at least one full semester or trimester.
OC Register: New shelters in Northern OC could get 300 homeless off streets
If all goes as planned, two year-round homeless shelters will open in the next couple of weeks in north Orange County – one in Buena Park, set to begin operating next week, and the other in Fullerton by mid-July.
OC Register: Disneyland reaches agreement with cast member unions on park reopening process
A coalition of unions representing more than 11,000 Disneyland cast members have reached an agreement with Disney on bringing employees back from furlough in preparation for the now-delayed reopening of the Anaheim theme parks.
OC Register: Civil rights group demands that Tustin convert to by-district elections
Under threat of a potentially expensive lawsuit, Tustin could join a host of other Orange County cities – as well as its school district – in transitioning to by-district elections
California
KTLA: State assembly to vote on spending plan to close states $54.3 billion deficit
The California Assembly will return to work on Friday from their summer recess to vote on a spending plan that closes the state’s estimated $54.3 billion deficit through a combination of temporary tax increases, delayed spending and cuts to colleges, courts and state worker salaries.
KTLA: Spike in virus cases coming from infections in younger Californians
The surge in new coronavirus cases that has alarmed health officials and put renewed strain on hospitals appears to be driven at least in part by increases in younger Californians falling sick
Nation
Associated Press: States retreat as confirmed virus cases hit all-time high
Texas and Florida reversed course and clamped down on bars again Friday in the nation’s biggest retreat yet as the number of confirmed coronavirus infections per day in the U.S. surged to an all-time high of 40,000.
Publication Date: June 26, 2020
