Orange County officials are accepting they are “financially and legally responsible” for the Sheriff-Coroner’s misidentification of a dead body that resulted in a family unknowingly holding a funeral for a stranger.
Author Archives: Jose Ochoa
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Third OC Ethics Commissioner Up for Appointment Tuesday
The Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will vote on appointing retired Superior Court Judge Barbara Tam Nomoto-Schumann as the third member of the new Campaign Finance and Ethics Commission.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana City Council Calls DACA Repeal “Appalling,” Will Urge Congress to Support DREAM Act
The council action came as demonstrators also gathered in a Santa Ana park to protest the scheduled elimination of the six-year-old program.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness
Anaheim Takes No Action on Portable Restrooms for Homeless People
Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait disclosed the council received a letter a few hours prior to the Aug. 29 meeting notifying it Anaheim does not have the authority to place restrooms in the proposed area near the Santa Ana riverbed.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
County Used Rock Riprap, Sand to Make Santa Ana Riverbank “Less Desirable for Occupation”
Riprap has moved two homeless camps from the Santa Ana riverbank, one by the Honda Center last year and the other this year along the 57 Freeway from roughly the 22 Freeway to Angel Stadium. The Honda Center riprap was requested by Supervisor Shawn Nelson, according to county emails.
Posted inAnaheim, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice
Anaheim Police Chief Files Claim Against City After “Overwhelming” Police Union Vote of No Confidence
Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada has filed a claim against the city alleging its policies “led directly to polarization” of the police department and resulted in 87 percent of police union voters deciding they had no confidence in the chief
Posted inEconomy, Government, Top Stories
Helicopter Rescue Dispute Escalates Between Sheriff and Fire Officials
Fire Authority officials say they’ve been performing air rescues for over 20 years and are well-equipped for the job, but that in recent years sheriff’s helicopter crews have been racing to the scene and taking control.
Posted inGovernment, News Briefs, Top Stories
League of Women Voters Urges Supervisors to Drop Plan to Change Ethics Commission
The League of Women Voters is “disappointed and dismayed” by the Board of Supervisors’ plan to give supervisors more power over the ethics commission that was approved last year by county voters and called for supervisors to back off.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Spitzer Joins Closed Session After Being Assured DA Wrong About Conflict of Interest
County Counsel Leon Page said the conflict of interest claims were “simply not true.”
Posted inLos Alamitos, News Briefs, Seal Beach, Westminster
Los Alamitos Police Captain Fatally Shot Westminster Clerk With His Weapon, Coroner Reports
Los Alamitos Police Department Capt. Rick Moore fatally shot Westminster City Clerk Amanda Jensen three times with his personal weapon, according to the Orange County Coroner.
