Later today, the former state assemblyman and county supervisor
will announce his bid for Third District seat in 2012.
County will postpone signing contracts for health services
through the state’s First 5 program because Gov Jerry Brown wants
to take $1 billion from the program for the budget deficit.
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As County Supervisors negotiate the resignation of Public
Administrator John Williams, questions swirl over whether he
deserves a payout or should be forced to just walk away.
Supervisors strip John Williams of his public guardian
responsibilities as pressure mounts for the embattled official to
also resign as public administrator.
Lead prosecutor said investigators did not have “probable cause”
to seek out billing records that show contact with legislators by
former State Sen. Dick Ackerman.
The latest request was for an additional $225,000 for an
accounting software overhaul. Reason given for the change order:
“unforeseen complexities.”
Citizen watchdog says supervisors would be breaking the law if
they stripped Williams of his public guardian duties but still paid
him his full salary.
Supervisors’ Chairman Bill Campbell hails the work of employees
during the December storms. Employees recount some of their
harrowing experiences.
Board decides on politically well-connected firm that handled
redistricting for the county in 2001 and 1991.
It is redistricting time in Orange County, which means that
supervisors are thinking about remapping their districts and their
political futures.
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