A controversial contract to outsource background investigations at the District Attorney’s office is slated to return for a decision by county supervisors on Tuesday.
Yearly Archives: 2015
Posted inCountywide, Government, News Briefs, Top Stories
Bartlett Slated to Join CalOptima Board
Orange County’s troubled public health care plan is slated to get a new board member, with county supervisor Lisa Bartlett scheduled to replace former Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s seat on the board.
Posted inLake Forest, News Briefs
Lake Forest Considers Restricting Political Contributions of Vendors
Lake Forest City Council members will discuss potential restrictions on political contributions from vendors on city contracts.
Posted inCountywide, Laguna Beach, News Briefs, Top Stories
Laguna Beach City Manager to Get 5 Percent Raise
Laguna Beach City Council members are set to approve a five percent salary increase for city manager John Pietig.
Posted inAnaheim, Costa Mesa, Countywide, Government, Laguna Beach, News Briefs, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
DA Contract Sparks Concern at County; Lake Forest Could Regulate Vendors’ Politics
For This Week’s Civic Agenda, OC Supervisors welcome their newest member, shuffle around key commission appointments and look at a controversial DA contract that one supervisor says is an example of friends hiring friends. Meanwhile, Lake Forest could restrict political contributions from city vendors.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
Battered Lives: Santa Ana’s Ongoing Struggle With Domestic Violence
Santa Ana has the highest rate of domestic violence calls among all large cities in California. Experts say crowded living conditions and entrenched cultural mores make the problem difficult to combat. First in a three-part series.
Posted inNews Briefs
OC Vietnamese Americans Protest Riverside for Sister City Relationship
OC elected officials and hundreds of Vietnamese American residents want the city of Riverside to sever its new relationship with Can Tho, Vietnam, citing the communist nation’s record of human rights abuses and the jailing of writers and dissidents.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Do Wins Central County Supervisors’ Election
Republican Andrew Do appears to have won a seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, holding onto a slight lead over former Democratic State Senator Lou Correa that narrowed to 43 votes as of the last update filed by the Registrar of Voters today at 5 p.m.
Posted inSanta Ana
Pulido Forced to Amend More Disclosure Forms
Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido has once again been compelled to amended campaign finance disclosure forms, this time for thousands of dollars in debt that disappeared from his previous disclosures.
Posted inGarden Grove, Health & Wellness, News Briefs
Garden Grove Mayor Focuses on Youth, Citizen Engagement at State of the City
Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen’s pitched a new focus on community engagement, investments in technology, and attracting young professionals and families to the city.
