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The audit spans a year, 2018, in which the OC Fair and Events Center was under leadership of former CEO Kathy Kramer, who was fired by the Fair Board in late 2019.
Aggressive police unions, spending on law enforcement over youth programs and few citizen oversight boards — activists and leaders say OC’s debate is years in the making.
Superintendent of the Orange County Department of Education
plans to discuss the issue with education leaders statewide.
The audit team included the father of OCTA’s financial
manager.
State Sen. Lou Correa is proposing a bill that will limit terms
of officials from smaller cities. OCTA board members say it’s a bad
idea.
City Council unofficially agrees to a developer’s plan for one
of the city’s last remaining tracts of open space.
Meanwhile, county Supervisor John Moorlach wants to study
possible outsourcing of the entire department.
Dozens of county managers and executives got pay raises while
services were cut and others laid off. But the county still won’t
say who they are.
When officials at the county agency needed someone to conduct an
“independent” audit of a $12-billion transportation improvement
program, they chose a group that included the father of their
financial manager.
Costa Mesa City Council members are feeling the heat from two
months of intense union campaigning against their outsourcing plan.
Some Republicans are growing impatient waiting for local party
leaders to fire back.