With the failure to hire Santa Barbara County’s CEO, Orange County supervisors still have a bureaucracy largely in interim hands.
Category: ALL TOP STORIES
All of the local news you can’t miss on what’s happening in Orange County today across all of the topics we cover.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Supervisors Inch Toward Response to CalOptima Report
They have appointed a subcommittee to analyze the recommendations that more supervisors be added to the 11-member CalOptima board.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories, Transportation
On The Agenda
Laguna Hills considers calling for refunds over the San Onofre nuclear power plant, and Irvine doesn’t know how much its new city attorney will cost.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Council’s New Majority Terminates City Attorney’s Contract
The decision is the latest move by the Republican council majority to reshape the city’s bureaucracy.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
Law Meant to Shift Autism Care to Health Insurers Has Caused Turmoil
The state law, passed last year, was intended to shift the cost behavior health therapies to insurance companies but has led to barriers of service for families.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Salary Negotiations With Prospective County CEO Apparently Break Down
County supervisors declare they want to hire Santa Barbara County CEO Chandra Wallar but can’t agree on how much to pay.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Friday on PBS SoCal: Latina Moms Flood County Supervisors Meeting
Tune in to PBS SoCal at 5 p.m. Friday, when we’ll delve into the controversy over funding mental health services in central Orange County.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Bring Your City Hall to Life
Support Voice of OC’s proposal for City Pages, road maps to issues before and information about your local government.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Still More Questions About Restricted Clerk-Recorder Fund
Internal Auditor Peter Hughes says county officials have had to “reconstruct” records to support expenditures from the fund, and Supervisor John Moorlach won’t remain calm about it.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
Latino Health Access Will Protest Funding Cut to Supervisors
Leaders of the Santa Ana-based nonprofit hope to bring more than 100 people to the meeting to protest the county’s decision.
