PUT A LID ON IT- Rally for the Health of Oak View Students and Teachers

20/10/2024

Vote Gina Clayton-Tarvin to continue to protect Oak View students and teachers!

25/04/2022

Our “neighbors” at Republic Trash Dump are once again doing wrong by the Oak View community. Republic needs to do the right thing and save Japanese American history by saving Historic Wintersburg in HB!

HUNTINGTON BEACH — In response to a fire that damaged the Historic Wintersburg site in February, an ad hoc coalition called Support Historic Wintersburg held a rally at the site in […]

08/05/2020

Does this really surprise anyone? Where were these rabid “freedom” fighters aka protesters when niños were getting polluted by a trash dump in the heart of Surf City while at school? Oh I know, not standing up for Oak View’s kids. AstroTurf constitutionalism brought to you by the City of HB.

At least we know the City of HB is consistent, it’s never been about health and safety for them.

Defending a trash dump ✅
Allowing spread of COVID19 ✅

Coronavirus pandemic widens racial and political divisions

04/11/2019

Gustavo Arellano Tonight on ITZ Happenin Show!

Tune in and watch our amigo, Gustavo Arellano live from Santana. He will be a guest and discuss his work over the years and what he’s up to now. We thank Gustavo for taking a stand for our Oak View ComUNIDAD students, teachers and community. Environmental justice can be attained with a group of like minded people who are ready and willing to fight corrupt corporate interests. It happened in Huntington Beach with Gustavo’s help!

TONIGHT! The one and only Gustavo Arellano will be joining us. We'll talk about his life after OC Weekly, his current job with LA Times and his recent story about Prop 187, his college teaching gig, and what future projects hes got coming for us. Gustavo is a critically acclaimed writer and lecturer who has never shied away from controversy in the divisive and complex conversation around immigration, identity, white supremacy in OC, and the most controversial of all....who makes the best tacos?
We'll find out tonight. ITZ going to be a GREAT show!
Tune in 9 to 10 pm only on our Facebook live feed.

17/06/2019

Today is the day!

Oak View Gym Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Today!

Today will serve as the culmination of a struggle for environmental justice in a community that began 6 years ago. The School District was so proud to work with the AQMD, our pro bono attorneys, Connor, Fletcher, and Hedenkamp, the media, the Ocean View Teachers Association, local activists Oak View ComUNIDAD, and most importantly the school’s neighbors and the Oak View community, who had been been suffering in silence for decades due to governmental apathy and lack of action. Trustee Briscoe and I were proud to lead this action and today will oversee the grand opening and ribbon cutting for the new gymnasium financed by the legal settlement with Republic Trash Services. Thank you to the OVSD Board of Trustees who supported me to handle this matter, litigate, negotiate, and settle on behalf of the them, the district, and the children. Please join us today at Oak View at 5:30pm to celebrate, all are welcome!

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23/05/2019

City of HB votes to terminate contract with Republic Services

Last month, Mayor Erik Peterson and Mayor Pro Tem Lyn Semeta brought forth an agenda item to look at canceling the Evergreen Contract that Rainbow had negotiated for itself and enjoyed until recently. Both argued that no company should have sole lifetime rights to a contract funded by tax dollars. Gina Clayton-Tarvin, vice president of the Ocean View school board, concurred and urged the council to terminate its contract with Republic Services, like the school district did. “We vowed not to give them one more taxpayer dollar until they did the right thing and mitigated the unbearable conditions at the dumpsite,” she said. “At OVSD, we don’t just talk the talk, we walk the walk and do what’s right.”

The Huntington Beach City Council on Monday directed the city manager to draft a letter, but the council will hear a presentation from city staff next month on the pros and cons of leaving the pact.

06/07/2018

It was a long hard road to clean up the dump known as Rainbow Environmental Services. It looks like it’s done and the Oak View School gym is being built. Now children will be able to eat lunch and play without being sickened by smells, dust, or birds. Great work OVSD. The community looks forward to the completion of the gym project next year.

Portable buildings were torn down this week to make way for a new gym/multipurpose room at Oak View Elementary School in Huntington Beach.

17/06/2018

What a display of abhorrent behavior by former Rainbow Disposal Vice President Sue Gordon. She is lying about Oak View Community member Victor Valladares and OVSD Trustee Gina Clayton-Tarvin who worked to safeguard the health and safety of 1,000 children, teachers and staff, as well as the community against an 18-acre trash dump 50 feet from the schools. When will these people from Rainbow stop their harassment? Stop the lies and defamation -Rainbow employees- you’re embarrassing Republic Services.

23/03/2018

We believe that all children deserve parks, no matter which neighborhood they reside in. Vote yes on Prop 68 in the CA Primary election, June 5th. Yes on 68!

03/02/2018

Here we go again! This dispute should have been over in 2016 with the settlement by OVSD and Republic Services. Republic is looking to monetize and sell the land to Public Storage and destroy a beautiful site, the Historic Wintersburg right in the heart of HB in Oak View. When will Republic do what is right for kids once and for all?

Huntington Beach’s Historic Wintersburg, dubbed an official National Treasure, is under the gun once again. On Friday, Jan. 26, land owner Republic Services informed members of the Historic W…

23/01/2018

Even with the progress made with Republic Services, the City of Huntington Beach and County of Orange remain defiant in doing what is right for children.

Ocean View School District Trustee John Briscoe writes that his successful public records lawsuits against the County of Orange and the City of Huntington Beach raise troubling questions about why inspectors for both jurisdictions didn't find what regional inspectors did at trash site near Oak View....

05/10/2017

Important Notice:

South Coast Air Quality Management District Hearing on Stipulated Abatement Order in the case of SQAMD vs. Rainbow Transfer and Recyling Inc. scheduled on October 17, 2017. At issue, extension on Stipulated Abatement Order affecting the Oak View Schools and Community.