Category: Orange County News

Senator Min responds to California Attorney General warning Huntington Beach to follow State housing laws

Senator Dave Min released a statement emphasizing that the City of Huntington Beach must comply with the Builder’s Remedy and California’s housing requirements under the Housing Accountability Act. This follows a letter from Attorney General Rob Bonta and a second notice from the Department of Housing and Community Development. “No Read More

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 47 endorses Dave Min

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 47 joined over 55 local Orange County elected officials and leaders, 54 members of the California Legislature, Congresswoman Katie Porter, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, California Insurance Commissioner Ricard Lara, and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus’s political Read More

Bill to create veterinary public interest debt relief program introduced

To mitigate the crisis-level shortage of veterinarians in California that is acutely affecting access to care for the most vulnerable companion animals, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris introduced AB 1237, the “California Public Interest Veterinary Debt Relief Act.” AB 1237 is co-sponsored by San Diego Humane Society and San Francisco SPCA. AB Read More

Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley Releases Statement on OCTA’s Savings of $500M

Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley released a statement following the presentation to the OCTA Board about the agency’s utilization of lower interest Bond Anticipation Notes (BAN) over additional Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Loan funds. “By paying off Bond Anticipation Notes through drawing down the TIFIA Loan, OCTA Read More