February 10, 2021

Orange County

Voice of OC: What are OC’s actual Coronavirus vaccine demographics? Officials say it’s tricky

While Orange County’s Latino community has so far received only 11% of the coronavirus vaccines, county officials said the true number and demographics of people vaccinated are pretty much up in the air at this point.

 

OC Register: OC won’t start vaccinating teachers, food workers for at least two weeks

Orange County will wait at least another two weeks before offering COVID-19 vaccine shots to educators, food service workers who are newly eligible under state guidelines, county Health Officer Dr. Clayton Chau said Tuesday. Feb. 9.

 

Voice of OC: Placentia –Yorba Linda Unified School District is not video broadcasting so parents are

Misty Janssen, one of the candidates and a parent in the district, said the effort to get the district to broadcast the meetings has bipartisan support. She, as well as two other people who ran against her in 2020, Susan Metcalf and Mike Nicosia, have been broadcasting the meetings since December on Facebook.

 

Voice of OC: Anger flares in Anaheim and Orange over rollbacks on public comment accessibility

That concern flared into anger this week, where the only way for residents in those cities to give public comment — and be heard out loud on issues they care about — is by showing up to meetings to speak in person.

 

Voice of OC: Irvine becomes first city in Orange County to approve hero pay for grocery workers

Originally proposed by Mayor Farrah Khan, the new law requires that all grocery and pharmacy employers in the city with over 20 workers in California and an additional 500 employees nationwide pay workers an additional $4 per hour for the next 120 days.

 

Labor

OC Register: A proposed law in California seeks to ban NDAs that prevent workers from speaking up about discrimination and abuse

State Sen. Connie Leyva, who was behind California legislation banning non-disclosure agreements in cases of workplace sexual assault and harassment, is now hoping to prevent workers from having to sign such settlements in all cases of discrimination and abuse.

 

California

Daily Pilot: California lawmaker who once set sights on ending gun shows at O.C. fairgrounds now aims for statewide ban

As an Irvine Democrat campaigning to represent residents of California’s 37th Senate District in 2019, Dave Min set his political sights on ending the decades-long tradition of hosting gun shows at the state-owned Orange County fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.

 

Nation

OC Register: Housing prices booming in U.S. cities, just not in San Francisco or New York

Maybe you’ve heard: The pandemic is killing cities, fueling a rush to spacious houses in the suburbs. But beyond pricey New York and San Francisco, real estate demand is booming in downtowns across America.

 

Publication Date: February 10, 2021