September 4, 2018

Orange County

Voice of OC: Improper jail phone recordings put OC Sheriff under scrutiny

The Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney’s Office are already under federal and state investigation for illegally using informants against defendants in jail awaiting trial.

 

OC Register: Is Disney making a mistake by selling alcohol at Disneyland?

Disney defines family entertainment in this country. It sells alcohol at every other theme park it runs in the United States, and attendance continues to grow.

 

OC Weekly: Principal author of Anaheim’s living wage law says Disney’s not exempt

Disney agreed to relinquish subsidies approved by the city’s previous council majority in a move seen by many as a way to inoculate the company from Measure L - Anaheim’s minimum wage initiative on the ballot in November. Measure L’s principle author says the company still falls under its proposed provisions.

 

OC Register: Proposal for larger homeless shelter in Santa Ana closes eventful month on homeless issues in Orange County

Under a memorandum of understanding the Santa Ana City Council is set to consider on Tuesday, Sept. 4, the city and the county would relocate the Courtyard shelter to 3100-3120 W. Central Ave., a business park/industrial area in south Santa Ana near Fairview Street and Segerstrom Avenue.

 

Daily Pilot: Political Landscape: State Sen. Moorlach is admonished after woman complains he gave her a ‘noogie’

Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) was the subject of a June complaint by a woman who said he grabbed her, put his arm around her neck and gave her a “noogie” while taking a photo at a reception for GOP lawmakers.

 

OC Register: SoCal house prices rose between 6% and 7.6% in July, CoreLogic index shows

By comparison, house price gains in Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire averaged above 8 percent in 2018 so far. Orange County’s gain averaged 6.2 percent in the first half of the year.

 

Labor

Sacramento Bee: On Labor Day, California workers need help to survive hostile U.S. Supreme Court

On this Labor Day we are living through a time in American jurisprudence that appears hell-bent on degrading the tools that workers rely on to enforce these commitments.

 

OC Register: Labor groups show off their solidarity at annual Labor Day march in Wilmington

On Monday, more than 6,000 people marched, cheered, chanted and lined the streets of the blue-collar community of Wilmington to show solidarity with that sentiment on Labor Day, at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition Solidarity Parade and Picnic Rally..

 

Publication Date: September 4, 2018