August 2, 2018

Orange County

OCEA column in the OC Register: Will Orange County veterans finally get a local cemetery?

An Orange County veterans advocacy group, Veterans Alliance of Orange County, asked the Board of Supervisors to step in and help make the veterans cemetery a reality. The supervisors agreed to study the issue and review a potential county-owned site.

 

Voice of OC: OC Supervisors to hold emergency meeting on state-authorized OC Needle Exchange Program

The program, authorized Wednesday by the state Department of Public Health (DPH), aims to provide clean syringe needles to individuals, in exchange for their used or dirty ones, to prevent the transmission of disease and infection among people who inject drugs.

 

Voice of OC: With hundreds of homeless back on streets, judge sets Friday hearing

Judge David O. Carter set a Friday morning hearing in response to the closure of armory shelters, which pushed more than 200 homeless people into local communities where it’s illegal to camp in public.

 

Labor

LA Times: Union workers collect enough signatures to qualify hotel 'panic button' proposal for ballot

Union workers in Long Beach have collected enough petition signatures to place on the ballot a measure requiring hotels with more than 50 rooms to give workers a “panic button” to call for help in the event of a sexual assault.

 

LA Times: Targeting home healthcare workers, the Administration opens another front in its war on public employees

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants to eliminate the authority of state agencies to deduct union dues, as well as health insurance premiums, from the Medicaid reimbursements the care providers receive via the states.

 

California

OC Register: California has already spent $125 million of its fire budget fighting wildfires — and it’s only been a month

Just a month into the budget year, California has already spent more than one-quarter of its annual fire budget of at least $125 million.

 

Publication Date: August 2, 2018