Category: Orange County News

Rep. Young Kim votes to protect families and small businesses from IRS overreach

U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) voted in support of the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act (H.R. 23) to rescind over $70 billion in Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding added last year through the Inflation Reduction Act.  According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the $80 billion in IRS Read More

WalletHub Martin Luther King Jr. Day Report: 2023’s states with the most racial progress

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day around the corner and only 40% of adults thinking that the recent spotlight on racial equality has actually improved the lives of black people, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2023’s States with the Most Racial Progress, as well as expert commentary. To Read More

Former bank manager in Orange County pleads guilty to bank fraud for stealing $1.2 million from elderly customers’ account

A former Orange County-based bank manager pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge for stealing $1.2 million in savings from elderly customers by using one the victims’ identities to fraudulently open a bank account, then impersonating the victim to transfer the stolen money to different bank accounts. Lana Pothos, 59, Read More

OCTA Board selects Yorba Linda Mayor Gene Hernandez to serve as Chairman

Yorba Linda Mayor Gene Hernandez was unanimously elected as the new Chairman of the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors, responsible for planning, funding, and delivering transportation improvement projects and public transit for all of Orange County. Chairman Hernandez served as the OCTA board’s Vice Chairman for the last Read More

OCHS to hear about the history of Mission Viejo on Thursday, January 12, 2023

At the Orange County Historical Society January meeting, former Mission Viejo Mayor and Mission Viejo Heritage Committee member Robert Breton will share the history of the master-planned community he calls home.  Brenton will focus on the early rancho days, the formation of the Mission Viejo Company, its purchase of the land from Read More

LAO report: The Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools

The Legislative Analyst’s Office has just published the following report: The Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools In 2013-14, the state created the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)—a major change to the school finance system. LCFF was intended to simplify school funding and distribute funding based on Read More