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Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz filed for unemployment against city
Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz filed an unemployment claim against the city in February, although his hours as a city council member were not cut.
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Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz filed for unemployment against the city in February, public records show, despite not having his hours cut during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ortiz’s filing with the California Employment Development Department, under his given name of Jacob C. Ortiz, was made on Feb. 22. He listed Dec. 7, 2020, the day he was sworn in after winning the City Council race, as his first day of work. Ortiz listed Feb. 9, 2021 as his last day of work and wrote “still working part-time or on-call related to the coronavirus (COVID-19)” as his reason for separation.
Whose mountain is it?: State stakes claim on old Mount Tom quarry as owners seek bankruptcy protection
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HOLYOKE The state is moving to claim ownership of the former Mount Tom quarry to stop the current owners from converting the 16-acre site into a clean-fill operation in which truckloads of soil would be dumped in the massive crater on the side of the mountain over the next 20 years.
Officials with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation are laying claim to the title for the quarry parcel under terms of the state’s 2002 purchase of 144.7 acres of the former Mount Tom Ski Area for $1.3 million. They want to see the land preserved in its natural state and protected for future use for outdoor recreation.
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+ April 09, 2021 In my columns last week about the P5.5 billion redevelopment plan of Carbon Public Market, I presented all sides of the issue, from the administration to the opposition. The issues that cropped up before and after the Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) was signed by Mayor Edgardo Labella and the developer, Megawide Construction Corp., were all laid down and sufficiently answered by both parties. Vice Mayor Michael Rama, who showed some concerns on the redevelopment, was also given a chance to air his side by publishing his letter in this column last April 5.
The opposition belonging to the Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan claimed that they and their panel of legal consultants were not given ample time to review the contract. The voting approving the JVA was railroaded by the administration allies. Although the opposition admitted that they have a common stand to oppose the multibillion-peso development because they don’t want to be dragged in leg
Police commission OKs sending mental health teams to answer some emergency calls
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Mental health teams to answer some emergency calls
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners moved forward Tuesday on a plan to have mental health professionals respond to certain 911 calls as part of a one-year pilot program.
The board voted unanimously to authorized Police Chief Michel Moore to execute an agreement with Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services to have their psychiatric professionals respond to some nonviolent calls.
The pilot program was adopted in a motion by the City Council on Dec. 8 and approved by Mayor Eric Garcetti on Dec. 15.