February 1, 2022 Media Brief
Orange County
OC Register: Campuses in Orange County starting to return to pandemic normal
After three weeks of online courses to start the winter quarter, UC Irvine students returned to classrooms in person on Monday – with masking and vaccination requirements – as the county appears to be coming off an omicron-fueled winter surge of coronavirus.
OC Register: Coronavirus: Orange County reported a drop in new cases and hospitalizations over the weekend
There were 88 fewer people with confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in Orange County hospitals on Monday than there were on Friday. The county reported 934 hospitalizations with 174 patients in intensive care units.
Voice of OC: Voter redistricting faces unwillingness, hurdles in some Little Saigon cities, school districts
At the heart of Little Saigon, for example, City of Westminster officials are in the process of redistricting but have less time than other cities. Meanwhile, elected officials at the Garden Grove Unified School District will decide whether to skip the redistricting process entirely at today’s meeting.
Voice of OC: What will OC cities’ representation look like after this year?
Anaheim may get three majority Latino districts. Last week, Anaheim City Council members narrowed down their selections to four maps at their fourth public hearing for redistricting, with a fifth map also going to be drawn up for consideration.
Voice of OC: Cities adopt new housing plans after fight against state’s home building mandates
According to a state database, as of Monday, only 9 cities in the county have adopted updated housing plans including Garden Grove, Brea, San Clemente, Mission Viejo and Yorba Linda – despite the upcoming deadline from the state to do so.
OC Register: Dana Point files lawsuit over access to popular Headlands bluff-top trail
A bluff-top trail that hugs Dana Point’s Headlands hasn’t been open daily since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and city officials say in a new lawsuit that violates an agreement for public access made with the California Coastal Commission and private developers more than a decade ago.
OC Register: After a dark year, big public Tet celebrations set to resume
In Orange County, Tet will be celebrated at a number of venues. The county is home to about 204,000 people who were born in Vietnam or are of Vietnamese descent, including large communities who live in Westminster, Garden Grove, Santa Ana and Fountain Valley.
California
KTLA: CA Assembly unanimously passes bill aimed at deterring inadvertent shootings by police
Officers involved in the high-profile slayings of Oscar Grant in Oakland and more recently Daunte Wright in Minnesota said they thought they were using their Tasers but instead fired their handguns.
Labor
KTLA: 1st-in-the-nation measure would give California fast food workers more power
Workers would be included alongside employers and state agencies on a new Fast-Food Sector Council to set statewide minimum standards on wages, working hours, training and working conditions including procedures designed to protect employees from the coronavirus pandemic.
Publication Date: February 1, 2022
