Play along with our guests Shawn DeWane, Director Mesa Water District and East OC Water District and Lisa Ohlund, GM at East OC Water District, as they test their skills on this week’s segment of IS IT A LAW? Hear the only question that trips them up and find out if you’re all wet on questions like “Is it against the law to collect rainwater in Colorado?” Only on THE CITY SQUARE, brought to you by the Association of California Cities-OC and their sponsors Waste Management, West Coast Arborists, Rutan and Tucker (who sponsor this segment) and the HERO program. Here on Orange County’s only community radio station, http://www.OCTalkRadio.net.
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Is It a Law? From today’s CITY SQUARE
Posted in Is It a Law?, Uncategorized on May 25, 2016 by OC Talk RadioDoes the Fed NEED to raise rates?
Posted in oc housing connection, Uncategorized with tags OC, oc housing, oc housing connection, OC Talk Radio, octalkradio, Orange County on May 25, 2016 by OC Talk RadioDoes the Federal Reserve actually WANT to raise rates regardless of whether they NEED to right now? Is it more than just holding off inflation? Or do they see some larger crisis looming over the horizon which they feel REQUIRES them to raise rates (regardless of its short term effects on the election or the economy) so they can cut them back again in response to some unforeseen stock market correction, China meltdown or Eurozone explosion? That’s the question our hosts Hamid and Fay Hamadanchy debate today (along with yours truly, the “everyman” on the show). For if (as some speculate) there is surely a stock market correction coming or some Euro/China storm just over the horizon, then what could the Fed do if rates are already at or near zero? Go into negative territory as some banks in Europe have already done? And how would banks continue to make money if interest rates were BELOW zero? It’s a fascinating look at “macro-economics” today on OC HOUSING as we argue over not just IF or WHEN the Feds will raise rates but do they feel COMPELLED to do so (regardless of the short term effect on the economy or election) to give them ammunition for some future economic crisis? You’ll want to hear this one!
Do Real Men Get Massages?
Posted in The Raad Life, Uncategorized on May 25, 2016 by OC Talk RadioOK all your real, macho men. Do any of you ever get massages? Well being a boy from the Midwest, I thought the answer was “hell no”. But you know? It wasn’t bad! In fact, it was downright great. Listen along as I get a massage (ON THE AIR) on THE RAAD LIFE today (courtesy of the folks at Spa Gregories). Only on Orange County’s only community radio station, http://www.OCTalkRadio.net.
The Economic Effects of our Election
Posted in oc housing connection, Uncategorized with tags OC, ochousing, octalkradio, the housing economy on May 19, 2016 by OC Talk RadioDon’t miss this wide ranging discussion about the possible economic impacts of our upcoming national election. How will the stock markets react (or will they?) What could massive deportation or immigration bans mean for our economy? And why isn’t Wall Street more nervous about the political revolt happening on Main Street America?
Our host, Hamid Hamadanchy touches on all those topics, along with several more like potential “negative interest rates”. What are they? How do they work? And will this uniquely European phenomenon ever find its way to our shore? Or what about the steady influx of influential Chinese investments here in Orange County and the continual flood of Chinese money coming into our county. How it helps prop up an already overheated housing market, with Chinese buyers buying anything and everything in sight for all cash. And how long will it continue?
You won’t want to miss this wide ranging view of the some macro economic trends and their impact on our own long term housing market. Only on Orange County’s only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.
IS IT A LAW from today’s CITY SQUARE show
Posted in Is It a Law?, Uncategorized with tags Is It a Law?, OC, OC Talk Radio, Orange County, The City Square on May 18, 2016 by OC Talk RadioBig shout out to our two contestants on this week’s IS IT A LAW SEGMENT of our weekly public policy show THE CITY SQUARE, Michael Lyster (Chief Communications Officer for the City of Anaheim) and Diana Coronado from the ACC-OC (who puts on this show each week) as they both went 4-1 in today’s contest, each getting tripped up by only one of our ridiculous laws. See how you fare with questions like “can you shoot a squirrel in court in Canton, Mississippi” or “pick your teeth in public in Rhode Island”? Courtesy of our sponsor Rutan and Tucker (the OC’s largest public policy law firm) and Orange County’s only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.
OC Hosts Giant PET EXPO
Posted in OC Spotlight, Uncategorized on April 20, 2016 by OC Talk RadioDon’t miss the world’s largest PET EXPO at the OC FAIRGROUNDS this weekend (April 22-24). Last year, over 45,000 people attended this pet extravaganza and this year promises to be even bigger with a Reptile show and sale, dozens of dog and cat breeds and all day entertainment including Splash Dogs (the dog diving demo you’ve seen on TV), a K-9 dog demonstration, the weiner dog races, a big bird show and lots of other acts and entertainment. More than 300 Pet Organizations, Rescues and Retailers will be participating from ALL OVER Southern California and they hope to top last year’s animal rescue record where over 600 dogs and cats were adopted and found new homes. If you love pets, this is the place to be. Hear more on Orange County’s only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.
Disney on Ice Skates into Long Beach Arena
Posted in OC Spotlight, Uncategorized with tags disney on ice, OC Talk Radio, octalkradio on April 19, 2016 by OC Talk RadioDon’t miss the DISNEY ON ICE show that skates into Long Beach Arena this weekend starting Friday, April, 22 thru Sunday, April 24. Hear all about it here, on Orange County’s only community radio station, http://www.OCTalkRadio.net.
Mindy Rickles Talks2Cathy
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2016 by OC Talk RadioWhat’s it like when you’re father’s a comedy icon, like Don Rickles? Or you fondest memories from youth are playing in front of the Sahara hotel in Vegas? Welcome to the world of Mindy Rickles, who talks to our host Cathy Katz about all that and more on this week’s edition of our relationship show TALK TO CATHY. Hear what it was like going to school with the kids of other famous stars, like Carol Burnett’s children and others. And how she resisted the siren song of comedy touring until a chance meeting with comedian Jeff Garlin (from Larry David’s CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM and elsewhere) gave this stay at home mom the confidence and opportunity to get up on stage herself. How does she balance home and work and the pressures of following in her father’s big footsteps? Find out on this week’s edition of Talk to Cathy, only on Orange County’s only community radio station, http://www.OCTalkRadio.net.
Millennials and Boomers: 2 Halves of the Same Housing Problem
Posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2016 by OC Talk RadioTo a certain degree, Millennials and their Baby Boomer parents are two halves of the same housing problem which includes high prices, short supplies and few first time homebuyers. For 20 somethings, it’s all about getting them INTO a home. And for Boomers, it’s all about getting them to move OUT of their home, or at least get the equity out of their homes (particularly when they need the money to supplement their sparse social security income). So today, our host Hamid Hamidanchy spends this week’s show examining each half of this interrelated housing problem.
Millennials are certainly deferring “family formation” much later than previous generations. And when they do finally start having children, will they still want the American dream of their own home w/a backyard for their kids and safe suburban neighborhoods to play in? For now, it’s anyone’s guess. That’s because they are NOT buying homes or even showing any interest in the process. Instead, they seem to prefer renting in more urbanized areas with close proximity to shopping, entertainment and work.
Some say it’s because they can’t afford to buy with the amount of student debt they carry and the unaffordably high prices of homes near the hi-tech, hi growth coastal communities where all the jobs are being spawned. So will OC become like SF and NY where high paid young workers abandon the idea of home ownership altogether and rent their whole lives instead? Or will they be forced to commute or move to new job growth centers in less exciting inland areas? For now, they’re flocking to urbanized areas and seem apathetic to having kids, cars or homes (given what their parents went thru in the Great Recession). For Millennials, it’s all about their lifestyle and the heck with equity and home ownership.
Boomers, on the other hand fought hard to buy their homes and they seem more determined than ever to stay put for as long as possible. Partly, this is due to lower tax rates locked in before their homes doubled or tripled in price. But mainly it’s because they plan to stay, work and live longer than any generation in history and that means they are NOT ready to quit and move to some retirement community to live out their lives playing golf like their parents did. Like their children, they are deferring moving to the next stage of life and this means fewer homes opening up on the market for their children to buy. And a tighter market means a higher priced market, which also acts to keep Millennials from moving in.
So what are the boomers to do? Particularly when they stop working? If the studies are right, they will have far less money saved than they’ll need if they live to be 100 and far fewer pensions to count on as well. So maybe they’ll stay in their homes and draw from the substantial equity they’ve acquired as housing has hit all time highs thru FHA approved programs like REVERSE MORTGAGES. Discover the rules put in place by the FHA to protect borrowers of these unusual new products including age limits (62) and the amount of equity you can tap (up to $625,000) And discover how these may be the answer for both ends of the spectrum…a way to keep Baby Boomers in their homes thru the end of their life and still leave a home and some equity to their children when they finally start their delayed family formation. Only on Orange County’s only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.
Is It a Law? From this week’s CITY SQUARE
Posted in Is It a Law?, Uncategorized on April 7, 2016 by OC Talk RadioCan you pop another person’s bubble gum bubble in Conway, AR? And can you walk your bear on the city street without a leash in Woodstock, NY. (Yes…THAT Woodstock). Sound silly? Wait until you hear the answers from our guests Chip Monaco and Tom Koutroulis from WASTE MANAGEMENT and Andy Trotter from WEST COAST ARBORISTS on the latest IS IT A LAW segment of our weekly public policy program, THE CITY SQUARE. Brought to you by The ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA CITIES-OC and RUTAN AND TUCKER, OC’s largest law firm (and the sponsor for this segment). Only on Orange County’s only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.
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