January 28, 2019

Orange County

Voice of OC: Over 3,400 homeless people on OC streets, according to initial headcount

The unofficial count as of 11:30 pm Thursday shows central county with the highest concentration of homeless people at 1,697, followed by north county at 1,307 and south county at 418 people.

 

OC Register: Garden Grove Fire Chief Tom Schultz dies at 54 after 3 decades serving Orange County

The Orange County firefighting community reeled at the sudden loss of Garden Grove Fire Chief Tom Schultz on Sunday, Jan. 27, just weeks after he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

 

OC Register: Santa Ana faces leadership vacuum with departure of city manager, other top vacancies

Economic Development Director Steven Mendoza is now serving as acting city manager in the interim, but the council has not said when or how it plans to hire someone permanently.

 

OC Register: Home ownership ‘increasingly out of reach’ for typical buyers, brokerage says

The crop of homes that a middle-class family could afford to buy has shrunk in 86 percent of the 49 major metropolitan areas served by online brokerage Redfin, its researchers say. The analysis includes resale houses, condos and new homes.

 

Labor

OC Register: LAUSD teachers strike ends, but the debate is revving up in Sacramento

This strike has helped not only move to this agreement but has helped raise the issue of public education up nationally and even internationally in a way that we’re all now prepared to take advantage of and move forward in the next steps.

 

California

Capital & Main: House-hunting for 3.5 million people

Advocates say the new governor can use his bully pulpit to support affordable housing — and to build on 15 housing bills Jerry Brown signed in 2017.

 

Publication Date: January 28, 2019