April 14, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: OC Jewish community calls for an end on comparing Coronavirus vaccine to Holocaust
Waves of OC residents showed up to protest a vaccine passport at Tuesday’s county Board of Supervisors meeting. Many public commenters compared the concept of a vaccine passport to the yellow star Nazis made Jewish people wear in Germany and its territories during the Holocaust from 1933 to 1945. A couple of residents also wore a yellow star to the meeting. The County’s Jewish Community is pushing back.
Voice of OC: County officials say vaccine passports won’t be forced on residents
Orange County officials won’t mandate coronavirus vaccine passports, but local public health officials are looking into providing digital vaccination records to residents after the CDC and FBI said many physical vaccination cards are forged.
Voice of OC: Glitchy vaccine app “Othena” quietly gets nearly $3 million increase
Much of the increase comes as Othena started adding digital proof-of-vaccination barcodes to the app page people use to check their vaccination history. Othena labeled the QR code as a “Vaccine Passport,” prompting hours of concerned comments at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors.
Voice of OC: Anti-hate resolution gets political in Anaheim, questions persist on curbing racism in OC
Four more Orange County cities adopted resolutions condemning racism this week, amid a spike in hate crimes and incidents locally and nationally during the Coronavirus pandemic. Yet, in Anaheim, such anti-racism talks have become a vessel for ongoing political tension.
OC Register: Man suspected of punching Korean American woman in Tustin booked on hate crime
A man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of a hate crime and other counts in an assault of a Korean American woman at a Tustin park, officials said Tuesday, April 13.
OC Register: Permit terms might kill Poseidon desalination proposal in Huntington Beach
Poseidon’s three-year effort to win a permit from the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board is scheduled to culminate within the next month, with a vote as soon as the board’s April 23 meeting.
California
ABC7: City of LA to pause distribution of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Vaccination sites throughout Southern California are pausing distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for COVID-19 until further notice as federal regulators examine reports of potentially dangerous, but rare, blood clots..
KTLA: Lawmakers push for expanded chokehold ban, police misconduct panel
California law enforcement officers could lose their certification based on the decisions of a panel that includes victims of police misconduct under legislation that moved forward Tuesday in the Legislature, as lawmakers also supported an expansive ban on policing techniques that obstruct a person’s breathing.
KTLA: Bill to ban fracking fails to advance in state legislature
California lawmakers Tuesday rejected a bill that would have banned fracking in the state, succumbing to pressure from the powerful oil and gas industry and their labor union allies who warned the bill would have cost good-paying jobs.
Publication Date: April 14, 2021
