All of the local news you can’t miss on what’s happening in Orange County today across all of the topics we cover.
Cities from San Francisco to Costa Mesa put strong emphasis on
audits and transparency in applying hotel tourism taxes. Anaheim,
not so much.
Orange County sheriff’s deputies and officials got in 141
accidents over the last three years, costing taxpayers more than
$3.5 million in settlements. But one involving a Lake Forest man
shows how far the department will go to avoid acknowledging
fault.
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Labor leaders didn’t mince words to political aspirants — both
local and statewide — who attended their annual picnic in Orange
County on Saturday: Anyone applying for office this election season
had better be focused on jobs.
The new Orange County supervisor is taking major heat from his conservative backers over his apparent accidental decision to opt into Orange County’s pension plan, and now he is desperately trying to get out.
The Public Administrator/Public Guardian, who never talks to the
media, made some fascinating comments regarding the Todd Spitzer
firing — then quickly went back to business as usual.
Councilman Tyler Diep has been taking medical benefits from the city, the Midway Sanitary District and the state Board of Equalization.
Todd Spitzer, a former state assemblyman and county supervisor,
says Tony Rackauckas acted improperly to fire him over his
communications with the Public Guardian’s Office — where,
ironically, Rackauckas’ fiancée works.
Sources say the senior deputy DA, who is also a former state
assemblyman and county supervisor, was escorted out of the DA’s
offices on Friday.
Santa Ana Mayor Gets Car Allowance from City and a Toyota Prius courtesy of the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Records and interviews reveal that ta xpayers could be paying a
total of about $33,000 in coverage for Miguel Pulido through plans
offered by the city and the Orange County Transportation
Authority.
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The pets in this story may already have homes. These are the animals waiting at the shelter today.
Adoptions at OC Animal Care are by appointment. Give the pet ID when you contact the shelter. Listings come from OC Animal Care and update every two hours.
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