August 6, 2020
Orange County
Voice of OC: Judge allows lawsuit against Orange County public comment policies to move forward
A lawsuit alleging Orange County supervisors have unconstitutionally restricted public comments got the green light to move forward Wednesday, after a Superior Court judge rejected a county legal motion that argued there were no legal grounds for the complaint.
Voice of OC: Scores of OC elementary schools move to reopen classrooms
Most of the schools looking to reopen are in South County, where the virus hasn’t hit residents as hard, compared to working class neighborhoods in Anaheim and Santa Ana. In addition, an overwhelming percentage of them are private or charter schools.
Voice of OC: Youth sports largely cancelled as virus transmission rates remain uncertain
Orange County’s young athletes likely won’t be able play games soon as youth sports have been put on hold after updated coronavirus guidance from state health officials was circulated by the county earlier this week.
Voice of OC: School reopening reignites debate over alternative education on charters
Waving signs and American flags, demonstrators turned out earlier this week to the Santa Ana offices of the California Teachers Association on the heels of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision last month to restrict classrooms to largely virtual, distance learning settings.
Daily Pilot: Poseidon’s Huntington Beach desalination plant still in choppy waters
As Poseidon Water pursues the final government approvals needed to build one of the country’s biggest seawater desalination plants, the company still cannot definitively say who will buy the 50 million gallons a day of drinking water it wants to produce on the Orange County coast.
California
KTLA: Legislative leaders ask courts to keep virus eviction ban in place
California’s legislative leaders are asking the state’s Judicial Council for more time before renter evictions resume during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying they are facing “an impossible decision” between rushing legislation and leaving millions of tenants unprotected.
KTLA: California’s coronavirus crisis being fueled by raucous parties, young adults
Younger adults are fueling California’s coronavirus pandemic like never before, health officials are warning, and massive parties and other large social gatherings are threatening to unravel the progress the state is making.
Publication Date: August 6, 2020
