August 24, 2018

Orange County

Voice of OC: Company under fire for recording attorney-client jail phone calls made the same mistake twice before

Company executives testified in Orange County Superior Court Thursday that, in addition to the recording of 1,079 inmate phone calls specifically designated as “do not record” in Orange County jails, the company made the same error two years ago at facilities in Pinellas and Charlotte counties.

 

LA Times: Departing Newport city manager to temporarily lead countywide public policy group

Dave Kiff will be the interim chief executive of the Assn. of California Cities-Orange County starting Sept. 5. He will be in the position for three months, leading the organization as it represents the interests of Orange County cities on regional public policy issues.

 

LA Times: A Palmdale charter school borrowed nearly $30 million to build a new campus. Then it got shut down

Although its students’ scores on the state English exam in 2017 were roughly comparable to their peers in the district. according to Palmdale, math was a different story. In that subject, scores at Guidance were worse than those at most other schools in the area; none of the charter school’s 11th graders tested at grade level.

 

Labor

Labor 411: Here is the agenda from a state chamber of commerce's $500 union-busting seminar

Agenda items include: "Why employees are vulnerable to union organizing;” "Warning signs of union organizing;” and "Avoiding the union organizer altogether.”

 

California

CALmatters: A graphic depiction of California’s housing crisis

Over 134,000 Californians now face homelessness on any given night. Recent research conducted at UCLA found that there is a correlation between high cost of living and homelessness rates.

 

OC Register: California justices limit lawsuits over job injury treatment

The justices ruled that plaintiff Kirk King had to pursue his claims against the doctor through a separate workers’ compensation system set up by the Legislature, not through the courts.

 

Sacramento Bee: Verizon lifts data ‘cap’ on first responders

Verizon, heavily criticized for “throttling” a Northern California fire agency’s communications equipment, said Friday it’s lifted data-speed restrictions on all first responders dealing with the state’s barrage of wildfires.

 

Publication Date: August 24, 2018