Supervisors Andrew Do and Doug Chaffee blocked county Health Care Agency staff from participating in weekday updates convened by fellow Supervisor Katrina Foley.
Tag: Andrew Do
Andrew Do served on the Orange County Board of Supervisors and is now imprisoned for corruption. This archive follows the whole arc: the nonprofit contracts, the federal case, the guilty plea, his resignation and the forensic audits still finding questionable spending.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
OC Welcomes Afghan Refugees; Officials Call on Federal Government to Expedite Process
Afghan Americans in Orange County are worried about their families back east as the window to evacuate people from Afghanistan seems to be closing.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
OC Supervisors Support Afghan Refugees Following Taliban Takeover
County officials are calling on the federal government to allow more Afghan refugees to come to the United States.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
OC Supervisors Bury Public COVID Updates, Shut Down Effort to Have Experts Answer Questions
As local coronavirus hospitalizations increase, most Orange County supervisors are continuing to shut down public discussions and data presentations about the virus’ spread.
Posted inGovernment
Taxpayer Groups Demand Transparency on How OC Spends Hundreds of Millions in COVID Money
Over the past year, Orange County officials have spent massive amounts of federal coronavirus recovery dollars – all without a public presentation about where it’s all gone so far.
Posted inGovernment
Local Political Leaders Condemn Racist Remarks Hurled at OC Supervisors’ Chairman
Both major parties are rebuking the comments from last week’s county supervisors’ meeting, where in-person public speakers have become increasingly hostile towards chairman Andrew Do and others.
Posted inGovernment
Orange County Supervisors Accused of Strangling Public Comment
OC supervisors continue fighting efforts to allow for remote public comments as COVID-19 cases surge around the county. It’s drawn criticism from the ACLU and the First Amendment Coalition.
Posted inGovernment
OC Veterans Cemetery Could Get $20 Million Boost from County Under New Proposal
The proposal – slated for a vote on July 27 – is the latest move since supervisors this month publicly doubled down on their support of the cemetery site in Gypsum Canyon just east of Anaheim Hills, which would move the planned site from former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Irvine.
Posted inGovernment
Officials Shut Down Public Presentation of Multi-Million Dollar Mile Square Park Plan
When a county supervisor tried this week to have staff publicly present where taxpayer money would be going at Mile Square Park, she got shut down.
Posted inEquality & Equity
Could OC’s New Health Inequity Map Lead to Real Systemic Change?
The new tool is heralded as the first of its kind, mapping out issues like supermarket access and stroke prevalence — to name just a few — unique to different OC communities.
