January 22, 2018
Orange County
LA Times: Homeless wonder where they will go as O.C. clears out massive encampments along river
This stretch of tents along a bicycle path gained further prominence after a cyclist filmed a six-minute video last July showing the scope of the problem.
Voice of OC: Transportation officials debate bus or streetcar service for Harbor Boulevard
Increased bus service and new streetcar routes are on the table as Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) officials study options for one of the county’s busiest bus corridors, Harbor Boulevard.
OC Register: Santa Ana Council to reconsider $1 million subsidy to auto dealers for freeway billboard
City Manager Raul Godinez is bringing back the issue with new recommendations: hold a public hearing, analyze how the subsidy to the dealerships would benefit the public, and create a new agreement that doesn’t call for dipping into the city’s reserves.
OC Register: Construction to begin on a $1.9 billion widening of the I-405 freeway in Orange County
The result will be a new freeway lane in each direction, for the 16 miles between Euclid Street in Fountain Valley and the I-605 in the Seal Beach area. Once completed, the existing carpool lanes on that stretch become express lanes – requiring drivers using them to carry passengers or to pay.
Labor
KPCC: Robots that steal port jobs also fight climate change
At 21 of the 22 docks at the Port of Long Beach, most of the work of loading and unloading cargo from containers ships is still done by people, not by robots. The Long Beach Container Terminal, which opened in April 2016, is an exception.
Nation
NY Times: Senate votes overwhelmingly to end government shutdown
Monday’s vote came after a frantic weekend of work by a bipartisan group of more than 20 senators, who were discussing a plan in which the government would stay open through early February, coupled with a promise from Mr. McConnell to allow a vote on a measure to protect the Dreamers from deportation.
KTLA: 82 percent of wealth created in 2017 went to the 1 percent
The report released by the World Economic Forum also highlights the detrimental effects of gender inequality with data that show more men own land, shares and other capital assets than women.
Publication Date: January 22, 2018
