August 12, 2020

Orange County

Voice of OC: Anaheim council members fund Chamber of Commerce with federal relief money

The two-page bailout package also reinstates the eviction ban, gives funding to struggling nonprofits and brings more coronavirus testing for residents. But it doesn’t list how much of the $4 million will be spent on each program.

 

Daily Pilot: 10 new coronavirus-related deaths reported in county as Huntington Beach promotes ‘Masks Up, Surf City’

Surf City has developed a reputation as resisting the use of masks, but Huntington Beach resident Amanda Olson, 38, said she sees the campaign as a positive one. Olson contracted a mild case of COVID-19 herself in early July, she said, but has since recovered.

 

OC Register: Bubble Watch: Southern California mortgages 60 days late hit record high

The data cruncher found 3.43% of the first mortgages it tracks in Los Angeles and Orange Counties were 60 days delinquent and 3.59% in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. A year ago, the two markets respectively had 0.55% and 0.83% of loans two months tardy.

 

Voice of OC: DA faces calls to resign from families of Seal Beach shooting victims

In a statement responding to the rally, DA Todd Spitzer’s spokeswoman acknowledged the prosecutorial misconduct in the Seal Beach case, but did not address criticism about Spitzer’s remarks on video praising the prosecutors’ ethics.

 

Voice of OC: Despite promises, OC still doesn’t have a Spanish option for main Coronavirus testing site

The county’s top health official on Tuesday cited the lack of translation as a barrier that could help explain why not all of the testing slots at the Anaheim site are being booked.

 

OC Tribune: Commissioner arrested, then fired

A Garden Grove planning commissioner was arrested for fraud and grand theft Tuesday morning, and then fired from the commission that evening.

 

Labor

Labor 411: DoorDash gives workers 78-cents per day in hazard pay

According to the email from DoorDash, which as of June had a valuation of almost $16 billion and an estimated median executive salary of $100 per hour, “for each day you complete at least one delivery in the CA: San Francisco Starting Point, you’ll receive an additional $0.78 daily deposit on top of your regular earnings.”

 

California

Capital & Main: How California school are adapting to the age of the pandemic

Bureaucratic systems fabled for their inflexibility were, suddenly, tasked with finding speedy solutions to meet these extraordinary challenges. Inevitably, the result was hit or miss.

 

Publication Date: August 12, 2020