October 7, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: OC lawmakers call for new bans on offshore drilling creating a campaign issue
The spill illustrates the problem with having these pipelines, a lot of which have aging infrastructure and aging pipelines, right off the coast. Past calls have been for moratoriums for new drilling…this is the first time anyone’s calling for ending existing drilling. - Sen. Dave Minn.
OC Register: OC oil spill: Testing begins to see when beaches can reopen
A private firm has been contracted to do water-quality testing at State Parks beaches and Huntington City Beach to determine when it will be safe for people to get back into the ocean.
Voice of OC: Cleaning oil off birds can feel good, but does it make a difference
“Although response teams diligently cleaned thousands of animals, most of the birds died within a week. Only a few hundred ever made it back to the wild.” Experts disagree on whether such efforts are worth it.
OC Register: Laguna Beach homeowners sue Amplify Energy Corp.
Attorneys are seeking class-action status for the lawsuit against Amplify Energy Corp., citing the widespread impact of the oil leak – estimated at 144,000 gallons – and the large number of residents and businesses impacted.
Voice of OC: How were more than a million people allowed along Huntington Beach coastline as a massive oil slick approached?
So far, Coast Guard officials, who are leading the cleanup effort, haven’t been willing to comment on any aspects of how the spill started or what the early hours of the disaster response looked like, insisting all those details will come out in the investigation eventually.
Voice of OC: Will Anaheim council members and OC supervisors be forced to hear from residents?
If a new bill becomes law, that means Orange County Supervisors and Anaheim City Council members would have to do what numerous other OC cities and agencies have been doing — take remote comments.
Voice of OC: Seal Beach repeals COVID-19 commercial eviction ban
The City Council voted unanimously late last month to approve an urgency ordinance, lifting the city’s commercial eviction moratorium that, according to a city staff report, prohibited landlords from evicting tenants facing COVID-19 financial hardships. The ban had been in effect since the early stages of the pandemic.
Daily Pilot: Orange County Museum of Art’s new Costa Mesa home will have free admission
Orange County Museum of Art Director and Chief Executive Officer Heidi Zuckerman made the announcement on Oct. 5 at a hard hat tour for media of the OCMA construction site.
OC Register: These Southern California residents are accused of taking part in the Capitol riot
One of them is a former police chief in Orange County. Stop the Steal organizer Alan and four men accused of being involved in the Three Percenters militia were charged last June for their suspected roles in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.
Publication Date: October 7, 2021
