September 20, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Santa Ana officials may enact rent control, eviction protections, legal aid
The idea of rent control has volleyed between community activists and city officials for years, but — except for a temporary pandemic-era rent increase freeze — has never become a consistent law due to a historic lack of support for the idea on the dais.
Voice of OC: Questions swirl around stalled paychecks for Santa Ana Unified School District workers
More than 100 Santa Ana Unified School district teachers and other workers have gone without pay for at least a month, drawing increasing questions about the district’s management. The issue came to light last week after a local teacher spoke up this week at the district’s board meeting Tuesday.
Voice of OC: Dana Point to consider closing library on Sundays
The Dana Point City Council is set to vote Tuesday on whether to terminate an agreement with the County of Orange for Sunday operations at the library, which, according to a city staff report, would save the city $45,000 annually.
OC Register: Housing hot streak cools as some buyers balk at sky-high prices
Homes now are taking longer to sell, and there’s fewer bidding wars, agents say. The supply of homes for sale also has ticked up steadily over the past few months, giving buyers more selection and less incentive to bid higher for desired homes.
OC Register: Redistricting Commission shifts to tough stage of political map making
And, yes, the people drawing political maps still want voter input. An updated online tool and six new centers across the state offer more ways for residents to have their say.
OC Register: Disneyland pays tribute to fallen U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan airport attack
During lunch at the exclusive Club 33 private club, Disneyland security vice president Dan Hughes presented the Lopez family with the American flag flying over Disneyland — which had been quickly framed with a plaque in honor and memory of Hunter Lopez.
Labor
OC Register: Airline catering company Sky Chefs laying off hundreds of workers
The cuts are scheduled to take effect Oct. 1 and will impact 294 employees at Los Angeles International Airport, 210 at San Francisco International Airport and 72 at John Wayne Airport.
Daily Pilot: Frontier workers picket outside Huntington Beach office for better pay, job security
Employees unionized through CWA held a demonstration Thursday to protest stalled contract negotiations. They say after sticking through a bankruptcy and a pandemic, they deserve more consideration.
Nation
KTLA: COVID has killed about as many Americans as the flu pandemic of 1918-19
The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning the flu cut a much bigger, more lethal swath through the country. But the COVID-19 crisis is by any measure a colossal tragedy in its own right.
Publication Date: September 20, 2021
