The way elected officials react to tragedies provides a window into the delicate relationships they must maintain with their political colleagues.
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Temps Still Running County Staff After Wallar Deal Collapses
With the failure to hire Santa Barbara County’s CEO, Orange County supervisors still have a bureaucracy largely in interim hands.
Posted inAnaheim
DA’s Decision Reignites Police Oversight Issue in Anaheim
Calls for a civilian check on police renewed after DA declined to file charges in fatal shooting of documented gang member who was unarmed.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Supervisors Inch Toward Response to CalOptima Report
They have appointed a subcommittee to analyze the recommendations that more supervisors be added to the 11-member CalOptima board.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories, Transportation
On The Agenda
Laguna Hills considers calling for refunds over the San Onofre nuclear power plant, and Irvine doesn’t know how much its new city attorney will cost.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Council’s New Majority Terminates City Attorney’s Contract
The decision is the latest move by the Republican council majority to reshape the city’s bureaucracy.
Posted inUncategorized
Voice of Our Commentators
Here is another roundup of some of the most thought-provoking reader comments of the week.
Posted inNewport Beach
Public Comment Sought on New Airport Noise Deal
The tentative agreement calls for a 12-percent increase in daily flights starting in 2021.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Community Editorial: Are Supervisors Worth the Cost?
The county CEO’s compensation debate begs a much larger question: Are we truly getting our money’s worth from five county supervisors?
Posted inCountywide, Inside the Newsroom
Voice of OC on KPCC: Anaheim Officers Cleared and More
Among the topics: prosecutors clearing Anaheim officers in shooting death and controversy about county payments to Jordan Brandman.
