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After Public Backlash, Orange County Officials Back Up on Secret Contracts

Avatar photo by Nick Gerda May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Why you can trust Voice of OC

Officials back away from coronavirus emergency contracting powers for new contracts but keep expansions of existing contracts off public agendas, at the urging of Chairman Andrew Do.

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Orange County Already Had a Secret Contract for Vaccine PR Before Firm Was Publicly Hired

Avatar photo by Nick Gerda Feb 9, 2021 Why you can trust Voice of OC

It turns out the county already had secretly hired the firm for COVID-19 outreach and secretly expanded the contract by $500,000 to include vaccine outreach.

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Orange County Officials Disclose More CARES Act Spending, Offer First Public Update on Millions in Secret Contracts

Avatar photo by Nick Gerda Jan 28, 2021Jul 9, 2021 Why you can trust Voice of OC

Hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts have been signed privately by county staff under emergency powers delegated by county supervisors, according to the supervisors’ chairman.

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Has Orange County’s Secretive Approach to Covid Contracting Gone Too Far, Broken the Law?

Avatar photo by Nick Gerda May 13, 2021Jul 8, 2021 Why you can trust Voice of OC

Legal questions are being triggered by revelations of a closed-door contract-changing process involving most of the elected supervisors.

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OC Leaders Secretly Approved Over $200 Million in Covid Contracts; Voice of OC is Getting the Public a Peek at Where it Went

Avatar photo by Nick Gerda Feb 22, 2021Jul 8, 2021 Why you can trust Voice of OC

While county supervisors have gotten monthly lists of such contracts, the public has not – until now.

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Top OC Official Complains About Public Records Requests for Secretly-Approved Covid Contracts

Avatar photo by Nick Gerda Feb 11, 2021Jul 9, 2021 Why you can trust Voice of OC

Andrew Do, chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, says reporters are asking too many questions and requesting too many public records.

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Secret PR Contract Aims to Promote OC Politicians Amid Vaccine Rollout Woes

Avatar photo by Nick Gerda Jan 21, 2021Mar 11, 2021 Why you can trust Voice of OC

The $2 million PR campaign aims to build a “love affair” between the public and top county officials, according to an internal work plan obtained by Voice of OC.

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OC Supervisor Joins Calls For Anaheim Mayor’s Resignation, Wants to Audit Contracts With Angels Baseball

Avatar photo by Hosam Elattar May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC

County Supervisor Katrina Foley also wants to audit any contracts with the Angels and the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce – two areas an FBI corruption probe have touched.

Posted inWater, Power & Waste

Have Water and Power Officials in Orange County Figured Out a Way to Meet in Secret?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Noah Biesiada and Brandon Pho Mar 23, 2022Mar 22, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC

A renewable energy agreement between the OC Power Authority and Poseidon Water is nonbinding. But critics wonder whether it opens the door towards secret government.

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Was OC’s Shadowy PR Contract for Promoting Supervisors or Vaccinations?

Avatar photo by Nick Gerda May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 Why you can trust Voice of OC

Despite taxpayers paying up to $2.5 million in secretly-approved PR contracts, officials can’t answer basic questions about how it’s all been spent.

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