November 19, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Costa Mesa officials oppose proposed OC Election maps that split city from its neighbors
On Tuesday, the city council voted on a resolution opposing any of the board’s proposed redistricting maps that would take the city out of District 2 and out of the same district as the bordering coastal cities of Newport Beach and Huntington Beach.
Voice of OC: Santa Ana officials charge community center $40K for letting homeless camp on its property
A split City Council made the decision to pursue the money from El Centro at their Tuesday meeting, which officials say will recover the $39,604 they spent when they obtained a court order to move in on the property and address the encampment themselves.
OC Register: OC sheriff’s reserves leader charged with $17 million in workers’ comp fraud
A former volunteer reserve captain for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department has been charged with defrauding the state workers’ compensation program of $17 million.
OC Register: Thanksgiving meal costs take biggest jump in 31 years
Consider one yardstick of the cost of a Thanksgiving dinner from the America Farm Bureau Federation. This year’s typical meal will cost $53.31 — up $6.41 in a year or 13.7%. It could be the largest one-year jump in this index since the cost jumped 16.8% in 1990.
Voice of OC: Seal Beach City Council to remain virtual amid pandemic
The Seal Beach City Council voted unanimously late last month to continue to hold public meetings virtually to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The meetings will continue to be streamed in real time via teleconference for the public to be able to participate live.
Labor
Daily Pilot: Protesters rally in Newport Beach to show solidarity with striking mine workers
About two dozen people demonstrated outside the BlackRock corporate office building in Newport Beach on Thursday to show support for striking mine workers in Alabama.
Nation
CNN: Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all charges
The prosecutors were trying to make a case about an active shooter, arguing that everyone else who responded to Rittenhouse's actions that night were actually the one's acting in self-defense. Coates said, in the end, it wasn't compelling.
Associated Press: Dems’ sweeping social, climate bill passes divided House
Democrats brushed aside months-long divisions and pushed their expansive social and environment bill through a sharply divided House on Friday, as President Joe Biden and his party moved closer to capitalizing on their control of government by funneling its resources toward their top domestic priorities.
Publication Date: November 19, 2021
