A recent controversial audit is sparking questions as to whether Santa Ana officials are spending too much or too little to insure cops after a City Councilman called on the state to probe the police union’s spending.
Category: Health & Wellness
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Councilman Calls on State Attorney General to Probe Police Union Spending
A city councilman is calling on the state’s top cop to probe the controversial Santa Ana police union – which spends heavily on local elections – and see if they are misusing taxpayer dollars.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Will CalOptima Release Probe of Convicted Orange County Supervisor Today?
The agency’s leaders are meeting for the first time in weeks as calls grow for them to publicly reveal what they found.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Feeding Orange County Families Amid a Federal Immigration Crackdown
Food pantries and community groups are helping deliver groceries to immigrant families amid widespread deportation sweeps and looming federal cuts that threaten to worsen OC’s food cliff.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
No Smoking: Orange County Increasingly Bans Tobacco, Vapes in Public
An increasing wave of cities are limiting where residents can smoke or even purchase things like cigarettes and vapes.
Posted inGarden Grove
No More Butts: Garden Grove Looks to Ban Smoking at Parks
City officials are looking to ban smoking and vaping at public parks in an effort to make the air cleaner and curb cigarette butts.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Neighboring OC Cities Look to Private Security to Patrol Parks
Garden Grove and Stanton are looking to hire private security guards to help patrol streets, parks and other public areas in an effort to curb low-level crimes like drinking in public.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Pressure Grows on CalOptima to Release Andrew Do Corruption Report
Two Orange County Supervisors are publicly calling on the report to be publicly released, and it remains unclear how many board members have had a chance to read the documents.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Will CalOptima Release a Probe Into a Former OC Supervisor Serving Prison Time?
While CalOptima is the first local agency to complete an internal investigation into former OC Supervisor Andrew Do’s conduct, it’s unclear if the public will get to see the report.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Another Orange County City Bans Whippets
Costa Mesa is joining a growing list of cities looking to crackdown on the recreational use of laughing gas as police report a surge in public safety threats from nitrous oxide.
