June 17, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Council members clash, police spending furor, community outcry: Santa Ana has a new budget
A new city budget, finalized unanimously by City Council members on Tuesday, paves the way for ongoing and further legal protections for undocumented residents and the first-ever Vietnamese community liaison to service a long-neglected city demographic.
Daily Pilot: Costa Mesa City Council returns to in-person meetings, approves 1,057-unit One Metro West
Costa Mesa City Council members convened at City Hall Tuesday for their first in-person meeting in 15 months and approved a 15.23-acre mixed use development with 1,057 apartments just north of the 405 Freeway.
Voice of OC: Fully vaccinated Orange County workers can likely ditch masks at their jobs soon
Workers in Orange County who are fully vaccinated can expect to drop their masks at their jobs soon as the state workplace regulatory board is expected to revise jobsite pandemic policies Thursday to match the current state public health guidelines.
OC Register: Suspect in freeway shooting death of boy in Orange had additional altercation
A man charged with the 55 Freeway shooting death of a six-year-old boy in Orange also brandished a handgun at another motorist during a second apparent road-rage incident that occurred several days later, prosecutors allege in newly filed court papers.
Labor
Voice of OC: Fountain Valley hospital workers, OC Congresswoman seek federal investigation
Rep. Katie Porter, medical workers, and their union at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital are calling for a federal investigation into how the facility’s parent company, Tenet Healthcare, spent at least $764 million in federal bailout money.
California
OC Register: Court access in Southern California remains limited to public despite re-openings elsewhere
As the masks come off and pandemic rules are relaxed across California after Tuesday’s re-opening, state courthouses in Southern California are keeping their COVID-19 restrictions in place. That means that for courts in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, masks are still required inside.
KTLA: Heat wave grips Western US amid fear of new, hotter normal
An unusually early and long-lasting heat wave brought more triple-digit temperatures Wednesday to a large swath of the U.S. West, raising concerns that such extreme weather could become the new normal amid a decades-long drought.
Nation
Associated Press: Supreme Court dismisses Obamacare challenge
The Supreme Court preserved insurance coverage for millions of Americans Thursday, rejecting the third major challenge to the national health care law known as “Obamacare.”
Publication Date: June 17, 2021
