August 29, 2018
Orange County
Voice of OC: OC moves to actually count homeless people
The counts have significant implications for what responsibilities cities and the county have regarding homelessness, and provide basic demographics about how many homeless people are women, children, have a mental illness, and why they are homeless.
Voice of OC: Anaheim ends tax subsidy deals for Disneyland
Canceling the deals could have another major impact: exempt Disney from a ballot initiative which, if passed by voters in November, would require businesses receiving a tax rebate from the city to pay a minimum wage of up to $18 an hour by 2022.
OC Register: Orange County supervisor wants to end contract with phone carrier that improperly recorded attorney-client jail calls
News of the jailhouse recordings emerged this month when an attorney representing a man accused of attempted murder asked the judge to drop the charges because his client had been improperly recorded.
OC Register: Orange County builders’ inventory at 12-year high: 1,022 unsold new homes
According to Metrostudy, local builders had 1,022 newly constructed residential units ready for immediate sale in the second quarter, up 340 or 50 percent in a year. That’s the highest level since the end of 2006.
OC Register: OCTA is seeking public input on how the OC Streetcar vehicles should look
One design that used a lot of white around the skirt of the electric streetcars was rejected because of the potential for higher painting and maintenance cost.
Labor
Capital & Main: The chasm between CEO and median worker pay widens
The new SEC data offer a rare snapshot of the cumulative effect, illustrating how in low wage industries, the rich get especially rich, at the expense of the employees
Nation
OC Register: U.S. economy grew at a brisk 4.2% annual rate from April to June
The U.S. economy grew at a strong 4.2 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, the best showing in nearly four years, as growth stayed on track to produce its strongest full-year gain in more than a decade.
Publication Date: August 29, 2018
