Irvine Employees Must Get Vaccinated or Tested for COVID-19
IRVINE, Calif. Effective immediately, Irvine is requiring all city employees to be fully vaccinated or participate in weekly COVID-19 testing. It’s also mandating all individuals regardless of vaccination status to wear masks in government buildings.
City employees since Aug. 1 have been required to show proof of vaccination or present a negative COVID-19 test to enter municipal buildings.
The cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles recently announced the same requirement for employees. It’s unclear whether other Orange County cities will implement similar guidelines.
“I am grateful to our city staff for their ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19, and I want to thank the 75 percent of employees who have already been vaccinated,” Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan said in a statement.
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After years in limbo, Anaheim council backs controversial veterans cemetery
The proposal to build the cemetery in the Gypsum Canyon area on county land in Anaheim Hills has gathered support from a host of politicians. Above, an artist’s rendering of the proposed project.
July 22, 2021 6:22 PM PT
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The Anaheim City Council showed unanimous support this week to build a controversial veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills after years of contentious debate and political inaction.
For about a decade, veterans fought to have the cemetery constructed in Irvine, but local politicians couldn’t agree on where it should be placed.
The proposal to build the cemetery in the Gypsum Canyon area on county land in Anaheim Hills has gathered support from a host of politicians, including Orange County supervisors Don Wagner, Katrina Foley and Andrew Do; Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer and Rep. Lou Correa, among other supporters.
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A lawsuit claiming Disneyland employees do not earn a living wage can move forward following an Orange County Superior Court decision to certify it as a class action.
The lawsuit filed in 2019 on behalf of five resort workers alleges the Walt Disney Co. violated Measure L, which requires Anaheim resort businesses that receive tax subsidies and their subcontractors to pay employees a living wage. At the time, that was $15 an hour, and now it’s $17. Unite Here Local 11 and other unions representing Disneyland employees backed the measure.
It took a year and a half for the judge to allow the case to proceed as a class action. Many of the workers are employed directly by Disney. Others work for contractors like Sodexo and SodexoMagic, which operate restaurants and coffee shops in the resort.