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An investigative report commissioned by the Anaheim Union High School District found evidence that former board trustee and current Anaheim Councilman Jordan Brandman used district resources for personal business – possibly for work on his city council campaign. It also raises questions about the Orange County District Attorney’s probe of the allegations.
City Manager Eddie Manfro can authorize up to $175,000 in spending without City Council approval, which is more than top administrators are allowed in cities four times as large as Westminster.
County Counsel Leon Page is recommending the law, known as COIN, be suspended in light of a recent state ruling that invalidates parts of the ordinance.
Former Republican State Assemblyman Chris Norby argues that Rep. Loretta Sanchez’s voting record is something conservatives should consider as a reason for support in the ongoing race for a vacant U.S. Senate seat in California.
John Briscoe, who has been the public face of an effort to address problems stemming from a trash dump near a Huntington Beach elementary school, says he was refused the email of the county Health Care Agency’s director.
The last time council members got a raise was 1976, and they are paid well below their counterparts in many other Orange County cities.
While the county will see many jobs created over the next decade, wages won’t grow fast enough to keep up with the cost of housing and rising income inequality, according to the report by UC Irvine and the community-organizing group OCCORD.
Members of a council subcommittee are giving organizers of the proposed Vietnam War Museum of America four weeks to come up with a detailed plan for weaning their foundation off taxpayer funds, or risk losing city support altogether.
Ray Chandos, secretary treasurer of the Rural Canyons Conservation Fund, writes that supervisors are asking all of us to cut our water usage while they give developers breaks.
Orange County Employees Association General Manager Nick Berardino is retiring Friday after more than four decades at the union. He leaves a legacy that touches all corners of Orange County and stretches to Sacramento.