Two small Orange County cities could be the first in California to successfully fight back against a statewide trend of cities switching to district elections. – Voice of OC
Anaheim City Council members this week have settled on a newly carved out election map that will determine voter representation in Orange County’s largest city for roughly the next decade and it boosts the Latino community’s voting power. – Voice of OC
The midnight deadline for a possible strike by bus drivers in Orange County passed with negotiators still at the table, union officials told their members in an early Tuesday morning update. – OC Register
Three cold rotten moldy bologna sandwiches a day – that’s what local advocates and a report say people locked up in Orange County jails have been eating for the past two years during the pandemic. – Voice of OC
Orange County is about to see a big change to the leadership of its elections system, with the retirement and replacement of outgoing Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley. County leaders picked current San Bernardino Registrar of Voters Bob Page to succeed Kelley. – Voice of OC
When Mission Viejo leaders in 2020 decided to delay plans for changing how voting is done in the city — after nearly two years of trying to implement a cumulative system — three council members ended up staying in office two years longer than the terms they were elected to. – OC Register
Emergency staff who are a person’s first encounter with the Social Services Agency feel burnt out and overwhelmed – shouldering large caseloads due to understaffing, being sent alone at night to unstable home situations, and stressed by long hours at the agency’s “toxic” workplace. – Voice of OC
New housing plans across Orange County are often caught in a debate about whether cities should overhaul their landscapes or stick with how they already look. – Voice of OC
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