February 15, 2018
Orange County
Voice of OC: County finalizes agreement on evictions and temporary shelter for Santa Ana riverbed homeless
Orange County officials and attorneys for homeless people, pushed by a federal judge, reached agreement Wednesday on a short-term plan to move and provide shelter for nearly 400 people living along the Santa Ana Riverbed, the largest homeless camp in the county.
OC Register:Federal Judge David O. Carter takes four-hour walk through homeless encampment
U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter ditched his robe for a pair of jeans and New Balance sneakers, and led dozens of public officials on a four-hour morning march through the makeshift tent city.
OC Register: Santa Ana faces projected $17 million budget deficit by next fiscal year
Santa Ana is facing a $17 million budget shortfall going into the next fiscal year, prompting warnings from city officials that services could be scaled back.
OC Register: Newport Beach launches its own look into potential voter fraud concurrent with DA investigation
The Newport Beach City Council has decided to issue subpoenas for an investigation into alleged voter fraud; an Orange County District Attorney’s Office review is already under way.
LA Times: Democratic candidates are starting to turn on each other in the race for Rohrabacher's seat
With a little over three weeks left before the candidate filing deadline, Democratic candidates are starting to turn on each other in California’s crowded House races.
Labor
Cal Labor Fed: Labor has a special responsibility to stop sexual harrassment
Long before Harvey Weinstein became a household name, labor adopted this comprehensive Code of Conduct that goes beyond the law of the land and is read at every AFL-CIO event throughout the country.
Nation
Associated Press: Florida teen charged with 17 murder counts in high school shooting spree.
The overall death toll differs by how such shootings are defined, but Everytown For Gun Safety has tallied 290 school shootings in America since 2013, and this attack makes 18 so far this year.
Publication Date: February 15, 2018
