February 13, 2019

Orange County

Voice of OC: Anaheim Mayor Sidhu, Council majority, make sweeping changes to public meetings

When Sidhu was approached by a reporter, he was only briefly able to answer some questions before an assistant cut off the interview. He did say that clapping is still allowed in the council chambers.

 

OC Register: Anaheim’s 13th affordable housing project would have units for families making as little as $32,800 a year

The City Council recently approved the project with Jamboree Housing Corp. Expected to open in 2021, the complex will be the city’s 13th housing project dedicated to offering affordable rents.

 

OC Register: Orange County homes might be almost twice as affordable as you’d think

By Realtor math, 37 percent of Orange County households could comfortably buy a local home using the first-time buyer standard in 2018’s fourth quarter vs. 20 percent using the stricter, traditional metric.

 

OC Tribune: Kicking the rust from the ‘skeleton’

For over a decade, the “rusty skeleton” was Garden Grove’s least popular landmark. The steel bones of an unfinished structure, festooned with graffiti, the building on Garden Grove Boulevard was a sort of poster child for busted dreams.

 

Daily Pilot: Costa Mesa panel approves new event space and coffee shop in office complex near JWA

Concerns about parking didn’t keep Costa Mesa planning commissioners from giving a unanimous thumbs-up Monday to a planned event space, coffee shop and outdoor activity area in an office complex near John Wayne Airport.

 

OC Register: UC Irvine most popular UC campus among California high school students applying to college

Along with being popular among the general high school population, UCI was a top choice for first-generation students and those from underrepresented minority groups and lower-income families, officials said.

 

California

OC Register: California governor pulls plug on L.A.-S.F. high-speed train

“Let’s be real,” Newsom said in his first State of the State address. “The current project, as planned, would cost too much and respectfully take too long. There’s been too little oversight and not enough transparency.”

 

Publication Date: February 13, 2019