Category: Orange County News

California High-Speed Rail celebrates creating 10,000 construction jobs

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) celebrated a historic milestone, announcing the creation of more than 10,000 construction jobs since the start of high-speed rail construction. Most of these jobs have gone to Central Valley residents and men and women from disadvantaged communities. In partnership with the local and State Read More

Senator Dave Min and Stop AAPI Hate introduce bill to improve ridership safety on public transit

Senator Dave Min and Stop AAPI Hate announced the introduction of Senate Bill (SB) 434, ‘Public Transit for All: Improving Safety & Increasing Ridership,’ which would require California’s top ten public transit systems to collect survey data as a critical first step towards improving ridership safety, addressing street harassment on Read More

Legislative Analyst’s Office issues report on CalWORKS take-up rates across demographic groups

The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility for Kids (CalWORKs) program provides cash assistance and employment services for low-income families with children. In an earlier analysis, we introduced a new method for estimating CalWORKs take-up across the state. In this brief, we examine how CalWORKs eligibility and take-up rates vary between Read More

State Treasurer Fiona Ma announces Kathryn “Kasey” O’Connor recognized by National Association of State Treasurers

State Treasurer Fiona Ma announced that Kathryn “Kasey” O’Connor, executive director of the California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Program, was awarded the 2022 Chris Allen Memorial Award for Outstanding Advocacy in Public Finance from the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST). O’Connor was nominated Read More

City of Los Alamitos adopts automated permitting tool to lower cost of installing solar

The City of Los Alamitos announced the launch of CityTech Solutions featuring SolarAPP+, an automated permitting application including the permitting of new residential rooftop solar and storage systems. This launch ensures Los Alamitos’ compliance with SB 379, the Solar Access Act, which requires cities and counties to adopt automated solar Read More