As a growing opioid epidemic claims hundreds of lives across Orange County, Supervisor Todd Spitzer said heroin addicts should be given help for their addiction, not antidote kits to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses.
Yearly Archives: 2017
Posted inEconomy, Investigative, Westminster
Employee Lawsuits Pile Up in Westminster
The number of employee claims against Westminster has caught the attention of the city’s insurance pool, the California Insurance Pool Authority (CIPA), which recently raised the city’s general liability insurance deductible from $350,000 to $500,000.
Posted inNews Briefs, Westminster
Westminster Approves Budget With New Spending
For the first time in years, the city of Westminster will step out of austerity mode and put more money into its budget for staff and services, thanks to an infusion of revenue from the one-cent sales tax increase approved by voters in November 2016.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, News Briefs, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Ex-Staffer’s Claim Against Spitzer Didn’t Pan Out, According to DA Investigator
The OC Register said District Attorney investigator Tom Conklin, in an 11-page summary of the investigation of Spitzer obtained by the newspaper, said bank records of former Spitzer aide Christine Richters didn’t show the cash withdrawals.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Starting Over: Once-Homeless OC Man Found by Family After 18 Years
Donald Meade was homeless, living at Santa Ana’s Civic Center. Then he stopped using and got off the streets. But there was still unfinished business.
Posted inPress Releases
As Part of National Health Care Fraud Takedown, Federal Prosecutors in Los Angeles Charge 14 Defendants in Fraud Schemes that Allegedly Cost Public Healthcare Programs nearly $150 Million
In the largest-ever health care fraud enforcement action by federal prosecutors, 14 defendants – including doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals – have been charged in the Central District of California for allegedly participating in health care fraud schemes that caused approximately $147 million in losses.
Posted inPress Releases
Coast Community College District Pattern of Discrimination Challenged
The Coast Community College District, which was recently caught discriminating against the free speech rights of its students, in favor of abusive faculty, also discriminated against its own voters in favor of the establishment.
Posted inAnaheim
Sparks Fly Between Anaheim Mayor and Councilwoman Over Fire Fighter Outsourcing Inquiry
Anaheim City Councilwoman Kris Murray publicly criticized Mayor Tom Tait at a city council meeting Tuesday over a phone call he had with Orange County Fire Authority Chief Jeff Bowman exploring the possibility of outsourcing the city’s fire department.
Posted inGovernment, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Sheriff Didn’t Fire or Demote Any Jail Managers for Failures That Enabled Escape
Sheriff Sandra Hutchens agrees that serious failures by her own jail managers probably enabled last year’s jailbreak.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, News Briefs, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
DA Rackauckas Investigating Supervisor Spitzer, His Election Rival
According to the Los Angeles Times, Rackauckas, working with the state Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), is looking into Spitzer’s campaign fundraising and spending as well as allegations from a former Spitzer legal client that she couldn’t pay her legal bills so Spitzer put her on his campaign and county payrolls and she used $7,000 of that money to repay him in cash.
