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Tuesday, county supervisors will pick between a longtime hospital lobbyist and a former lawyer for a hospital chain, which will give the industry two of the board’s 11 seats.
The suit, which is identified only as “Under Seal v. Under Seal” on the supervisors’ agenda, was filed in Sacramento Superior Court and has been the subject of closed-door discussions in at least two other jurisdictions.
When the Board of Supervisors meet tomorrow about the county’s animal shelters they need to look beyond the one solution they’ve come up with and find a more humane fix.
People who tweet criticism of Santa Ana police have been blocked or muted by the Santa Ana Police Department’s Twitter account. Do members of the public have a right to redress their government via social media?
When 14-year-old Alex was placed in deportation proceedings in 2012, his mother, Marisa, feared he would be immediately deported. That didn’t happen.
The lawsuit argued that county officials are too quick to euthanize dogs and cats, and alleged a pattern of abuse and neglect against animals at the county’s World War II-era shelter.
Juveniles placed in deportation proceedings by ICE are turned over to the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement and placed in facilities throughout the country. It’s a process that’s been questioned by attorneys, mental health experts and youth advocates.
The county has changed several of its policies in reaction to the suit, which sought $2.5 million in damages against the shelter.
Peter Hughes, who was pushed out as Orange County’s internal audit director following audits that impacted several top government officials, was appointed this week as director of the county’s much smaller performance audit department.
The Westminster City Council Wednesday night approved an encroachment permit that would allow Signal Hill Petroleum to conduct seismic tests in a bid to find oil reserves, after nearly two years of negotiating over concerns that vibrations from the tests could damage aging city pipes.
