May 4, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Efforts to vaccinate people are stretching OC’s community groups and clinics thin
The nonprofit community organizations have been working with various federally funded local health clinics to bolster shots throughout OC — especially to the hardest hit neighborhoods — and reduce positivity rates.
Voice of OC: Huntington Beach is newest city to implement social media policy for officials
Huntington Beach residents should now be able to comment on their city council members’ official social media without fear of getting blocked or having their comments deleted under a new set of rules.
Voice of OC: Cypress opposes proposed rules calling for warehouses to reduce emissions
Cypress has sent a letter of protest to the South Coast Air Quality Management District, backing one of the city’s largest landowners in the Cypress Business Park, Warland Investments Co., in opposing new proposed rules that would require warehouses to function at near zero emissions.
Voice of OC: Stanton approves new additional units ordinance, complying with state law
Stanton has adopted a new ordinance regulating room additions to homes, speeding up the application process among other changes, adhering to a state mandate that went into effect in January.
Voice of OC: LGBTQ flag to be flown annually at Huntington Beach city hall during Pride Month
The LGBTQ+ flag will fly above the Huntington Beach City Hall every year from the third week of May to the end of June after the City Council agreed Monday to let it fly alongside the United States and California flags during Pride month.
California
KTLA: US earthquake early warning system expands to cover entire west coast
In a major achievement years in the making, the U.S. earthquake early warning system will now be able to issue alerts to cell phone users anywhere on the West Coast of the continental U.S. beginning this morning.
KTLA: New legislation would put 600,000 acres of state under federal wilderness protection
California Sen. Alex Padilla on Monday proposed a vast expansion of government protection for public lands and rivers that he said would fight climate change and safeguard natural treasures for generations to come.
Nation
AP News: Biden aims for vaccinating 70% of adult Americans by July 4
President Joe Biden is setting a new vaccination goal to deliver at least one dose to 70% of adult Americans by July 4, the White House said Tuesday, as the administration pushes to make it easier for people to get shots and to bring the country closer to normalcy.
Publication Date: May 4, 2021
