Tag: Board of Supervisors

 Be Well Orange County Opens New Campus 

January 13, 2021
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Be Well Orange County (OC) organizers celebrated the opening of its new facility Jan. 13 with a virtual ribbon cutting. Located in Orange, the new 60,000-square-foot facility will offer mental health and substance abuse treatment services. This facility is the first of what is expected to be three buildings for Be Well OC, an organization that serves as a county-wide commitment to creating…

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Orange County Cities, Districts Roll Out Latest Relief Plans for Ailing Businesses

January 8, 2021
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As small business owners across California anxiously await distribution of the latest round of stimulus checks while pandemic restrictions linger on, some Orange County cities—along with the Board of Supervisors—have created relief programs of their own. Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa, and Mission Viejo are among the cities that have created their own grant programs to…

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Congresswoman Michelle Steel Tests Positive for COVID-19

January 6, 2021
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Newly-inaugurated U.S. Congresswoman Michelle Steel, who represents California’s 48th Congressional District, has the coronavirus. “This morning I learned I had been in contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19,” Michelle Steel said Jan.  6 in a press release. “I have no symptoms, but out of an abundance of caution received a test through…

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US Rep. Michelle Steel Tests Positive for COVID-19

January 6, 2021
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Newly inaugurated U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel, who represents California’s 48th Congressional District, has tested positive for COVID-19. “This morning, I learned I had been in contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19,” Steel said in a Jan. 6 statement. “I have no symptoms, but out of an abundance of caution received a test…

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Groundbreaking Orange County Representatives Sworn In to Congress

January 3, 2021
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—Republican Reps.-elect Young Kim and Michelle Steel were sworn in Jan. 3, joining Rep.-elect Marilyn Strickland (D-Washington) as the first Korean-American women elected to Congress. Kim and Steel both ousted Democrats who were in their first terms. Kim and Steel will be the only Republicans in the seven-member Orange County congressional delegation,…

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Orange County Sheriff Defends ICE Transfers Before Board, Public

December 27, 2020
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Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes, who has been ordered by a Superior Court judge to cut the county’s jail population in half, recently defended his department’s policies regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) transfers in front of the Southern California county’s Board of Supervisors. Barnes said state regulations are responsible for releasing dangerous criminals out…

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