The 2022 election has the potential to affect which services get priority for years to come, since a majority of the five supervisor seats are up for grabs.
Tag: Katrina Foley
Posted inPolitics & Elections
‘Sneaky’ Ballot Proposal is Revived to Extend OC Supervisor Term Limits While Calling It a ‘Lifetime Ban’
A backlash is brewing as Orange County supervisors revive a failed proposal to have voters extend their term limits while describing it on the ballot simply as a “lifetime ban after three terms.”
Posted inGovernment
What Should OC Do With its Hundreds of Millions in Extra Tax Dollars? What Do You Think?
There’s a surge of money coming for county supervisors to divide up. What should they do with all this cash? Residents can weigh in at a public hearing next Tuesday.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
OC Eyes Massive Conversion of Motels into Homeless Housing with Services
Hundreds of millions of state dollars could be coming for OC to convert crime-ridden motels into homeless housing with support services, county officials say.
Posted inGovernment
Was OC’s Shadowy PR Contract for Promoting Supervisors or Vaccinations?
Despite taxpayers paying up to $2.5 million in secretly-approved PR contracts, officials can’t answer basic questions about how it’s all been spent.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
OC Politicians Getting Ready to Redraw Their Re-Election Maps; Will the Public Get a Say on Who Represents Them?
Will politicians focus on gerrymandering the districts to ensure their own re-election? In contrast with other levels of government, the county is doing no public outreach to bring the public into the conversation.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Chapman University Survey Finds Most OC Residents Support Masks and Vaccines, But Shows Stark Political Division
In a poll of 700 people, 81% of self-identified Democrats said they would get vaccinated, compared to 58% of Republicans. Overall, 69% said they plan to get the shot.
Posted inGovernment
Has Orange County’s Secretive Approach to Covid Contracting Gone Too Far, Broken the Law?
Legal questions are being triggered by revelations of a closed-door contract-changing process involving most of the elected supervisors.
Posted inOutdoors
Newport Beach Residents Stop $13K County Sale of Back Bay Park Land to Wealthy GOP Donor
A petition has gathered enough signatures to force the County of Orange to either “terminate” the sale or put it up before voters in an election.
Posted inGovernment
After Public Backlash, Orange County Officials Back Up on Secret Contracts
Officials back away from coronavirus emergency contracting powers for new contracts but keep expansions of existing contracts off public agendas, at the urging of Chairman Andrew Do.
