May 6, 2020 Media Brief
Coronavirus
OC Tribune: 4 more deaths, 131 more new cases
Four more deaths and 131 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Orange County were reported today (Wednesday). According to the county health agency, confirmed cases to date now total 3,004, including 268 residents at skilled nursing facilities and 216 inmates at Orange County Jail in Santa Ana.
Voice of OC: Santa Ana City Council resists efforts to reverse rent freeze
The potential repeal of the rent freeze — which lasts through May 31 — prompted uproar across Santa Ana as soon as it was scheduled for a discussion.
Voice of OC: Anaheim City Council declines eviction ban extension
The City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday to extend the eviction ban for one more month, but needed at least six votes since it was an emergency ordinance proposal. Councilmembers Lucille Kring and Trevor O’Neil voted no.
OC Register: State approves Newport Beach’s plan to open city beaches for limited active use
The city has been cleared to open its beaches for “active recreational use” to coincide with a state-approved plan. That means starting Wednesday, May 6, the city’s beaches opened for walking, exercising, surfing and other active uses from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
OC Register: Where’s the beef? Plant closures lead to shortages at Costco, grocers
On Tuesday, the attorneys general for 11 Midwestern states urged the Justice Department to pursue a federal investigation into market concentration and potential price-fixing by meatpackers in the cattle industry, pointing out the disparity in the price of live cattle and the retail cost of boxed beef that is sold to consumers.
Daily Pilot: Jamboree Housing continues to build affordable housing complexes in O.C.'s fight against homelessness
The Irvine-based nonprofit, currently in its 30th year, recently started construction on an affordable housing complex that it’s been trying to develop on Manchester Avenue in Anaheim for more than a decade. It will include units for 102 families, 20 of which will be for the formerly homeless.
Labor
LA Times: California makes it easier to receive workers’ comp for coronavirus claims
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday that will make it easier for essential workers who contract COVID-19 to obtain workers’ compensations benefits in a win for labor unions that called for the change.
Nation
KTLA: White House rejected virus warnings, pushed unproven drugs
A government scientist was ousted after the Administration ignored his dire warnings about COVID-19 and a malaria drug the President was pushing for the coronavirus despite scant evidence it helped, according to a whistleblower complaint Tuesday.
Publication Date: May 6, 2020
