January 10, 2018

Orange County

Voice of OC: County supervisors criticized for plan to push hundreds of homeless people from riverbed to cities

Orange County supervisors are facing criticism over their plan to require hundreds of homeless people to leave an encampment along the Santa Ana River by Jan. 22 without a place for most of them to go – a move one county supervisor said would push a large number of homeless people into cities like Anaheim.

 

NBC News: Rep. Darrell Issa says he will not seek re-election

Issa is the 18th Republican member of the House to announce their retirement ahead of the 2018 elections, according to NBC News, while six Democrats have announced they are retiring.

 

OC Register: Irvine voters in June will decide location of Orange County’s first veterans cemetery

The decision came after a group of residents collected enough signatures to hold a referendum over the City Council’s approval of a land swap that would put the state-run cemetery on strawberry fields near the I-5/I-405 interchange.

 

OC Register: Anaheim’s Garden Walk mall on the market again

Real estate broker CBRE is seeking a buyer’s best offer for the 455,343-square-foot center, which features restaurants, shops and entertainment venues, according to the broker’s website.

 

Daily Pilot: Newport and FAA reach settlement moving John Wayne Airport departures closer to the bay

Flight paths will stay between the existing noise monitors on the ground and along Newport Bay, and the FAA will design and study a curved departure procedure intended to allow planes to follow the bends of Upper Newport Bay and avoid as many residential areas as possible.

 

California

LA Times: Sen. Toni Atkins will become first woman to lead the California Senate on March 21

State Sen. Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) was unanimously elected Tuesday by her Democratic colleagues to take over as the next president pro tempore of the Senate on March 21.

 

Nation

Truth Out: Net neutrality bill gains enough support to force floor vote, but 17 senate democrats still uncommitted

Open internet defenders in the Senate reached an "important milestone" on Monday when Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) announced she will co-sponsor legislation that, if passed, would overturn FCC chair Ajit Pai's "corrupt and illegitimate" order to kill net neutrality.

Publication Date: January 10, 2018